I’ve watched a lot of Super Bowls in my 43 years of life. Here are the 10 I enjoyed the least.
10. Super Bowl XX: Bears 46 Patriots 10
This is the first Super Bowl I remember watching. I was 6 years old. The Chiefs were not good back then so you sort of found other teams to cheer for too. My older brother was a big Bears fan so I of course cheered against them. The Championship games were Rams @ Bears and Patriots @ Dolphins. I was cheering for the Rams and Eric Dickerson because he wore goggles and I thought it was cool and I was of course cheering against the Bears. I also cheered for the Dolphins because Dan Marino was good and I liked Dolphins. I went 0-2. The Dolphins were the one team to beat the Bears all year so that might have been a good game. But instead the Patriots got rolled. Also, the Bears made a super bowl shuffle video well before making it to the super bowl. That is top notch arrogance. Anyway, the game was boring and they didn’t even let Walter Payton score a td. Instead they handed it off to the Fridge. My brother was happy so I wasn’t.
9. Super Bowl XLVIII: Seahawks 43 Broncos 8
You might be surprised to see a beat down of the Broncos on the list but remember I am married to a Broncos fan and happy wife, happy life. This game was rough from the start and never got better. The very first play was a snap too early with the ball going into the end zone for a safety. It was all downhill after that. Danielle tried to have a good attitude about it but this was a rough one. And honestly, it was just a bad game all together. Unless you were a Seahawks fan or really hated the Broncos this was not an entertaining game.
8. Super Bowl XXVII Cowboys 52 Bills 17
The Cowboys were young, loud and annoying. They are still those things but back then they were good. The Bills were back again for their 3rd straight super bowl. I was feeling sorry for the Bills at this point. And I have never liked the Cowboys. The Bills had a lot of players I liked, Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith, etc. They were easy to cheer for. But unfortunately there wasn’t much to cheer for because this was a beat down. The best thing that happened for the Bills was when Don Beebe ran down Leon Lett who had recovered a fumble and was about to score but instead Beebe knocked the ball out of his hand it rolled through the end zone. When that is your best play, it is a rough game.
7. Super Bowl XXX Cowboys 27 Steelers 17
Nothing is worse than two teams you don’t like playing in the super bowl. And that is what this was. I was sort of cheering for the Steelers because they were the underdogs and Bill Cowher seemed like a good guy who had never won the big one. Well, he didn’t win this one either. Some guy named Larry Brown won MVP for being in the right place at the right time and getting a couple of interceptions.
6. Super Bowl XLII Giants 17 Patriots 14
You might be surprised to see this on the worst list since it was a great game. Also, most of you probably hate the Patriots so I am sure you were happy they lost. But there is one reason this game is on here. The 72 Dolphins. I hate the 72 Dolphins. They went undefeated when the season was 14 games long and there were like 16 teams. But yet they are the only team to not lose a game. They go so far as to celebrate together whenever the last undefeated team loses. What a lame tradition to celebrate other people’s defeat just so your stupid record remains. Most teams and players are happy for those who come after but not these jackasses. Anyway, the Patriots were so close to pulling off the perfect season but fell just short because somehow Eli Manning avoided a sack and some dude caught a ball on his helmet. If the Patriots would have won they would have not only become the second team to go undefeated but also would have won 2 more games. And they wouldn’t have thrown a party when other teams lost because no one would want to hang out with Belichick.
5. Super Bowl XXIX 49ers 49 Chargers 26
I was always team Montana so I was never a Steve Young fan. He was real good though and so was this team. Jerry Rice, Ricky Waters and others led an explosive offense. And the defense even had Deion. The Chargers on the other hand were not good. Stan Humphries was playing quarterback for goodness sakes. This is one of those games you knew was going to be a blowout and it was. It was never close and I am not sure how the Chargers even scored 26 points. You sort of have to feel sorry for the Chargers as this is the only Super Bowl they have ever been too. But don’t worry, they will be lots of people’s preseason favorites for next year.
4. Super Bowl XXXV Ravens 34 Giants 7
The Giants knocked out the NFC team I cheered for at the time, the Vikings but I didn’t really like the Ravens either. This was another boring beat down. The Ravens had Trent Dilfer behind center who quite possibly could be the worst quarterback ever to win a super bowl. But that defense was real good. Anyway, this game was not fun in anyway. I am pretty sure Ray Lewis either shot a guy before or after this game (allegedly) but because he is Ray Lewis everyone just ignored it.
3. Super Bowl XXXIII Broncos 34 Falcons 19
This was pre marriage and I hated the Broncos. They had knocked us out of the playoffs the year before. The Falcons had beat the 15-1 Vikings (the first 15-1 team not to make the super bowl). Stupid Gary Anderson picked the worst possible time to miss his first kick of the season. That Vikings team was so much fun and it could have been a great game. Instead, it was pretty much over from the start. So I had to watch the team that always beats my favorite team beat the team who just beat my second favorite team. Horse face got his second ring. The only good news is he retired after that.
2. Super Bowl LII Patriots 13 Rams 3
Zzzzzzzzzzzz….boring. Yes, you are reading that score right. After one of the best AFC Championship games ever we got this snooze fest. The Chiefs were so close to making the super bowl and they had already played the rams in a 54-51 thriller. But instead, the Pats beat the Chiefs and the Saints got hosed on quite possibly the worst no call in sports history against the Rams. Any combination of games could have been good but instead we got this dud. I somehow watched the whole thing even though hardly anything happened.
1. Super Bowl LV: Bucs 31 Chiefs 9
It is always exciting when your team makes the Super Bowl…right up to the point they get rolled. Apparently the Bucs talked to the refs before the game and said that our defensive backs were real grabby. Carl Cheffers and his team dropped a solid 11 penalties against us. I mean our guys were grabby but they had been grabby all year so it is hard to change now. I was worried going into the game because we had like 3 guys on the offensive line playing different positions then they usually played. It did not go well. To make matters worse, both Tyreek and Darrell Williams dropped touchdowns and Pat spent most of the game running for his life while dealing with turf toe. The Bucs were the better team and deserved to win but even the halftime show commentators were like the refs are controlling the game. Let’s hope it is a different story on Sunday when Cheffers and the gang call the game.
Tune in tomorrow for my top 10 favorite Super Bowls.