I have watched a lot of Super Bowls in my life. Yesterday, I did my 10 least favorite. Today, we get my 10 favorites.

10. Super Bowl XLIII: Steelers 27 Cardinals 23

I am no Steelers fan but this was a great game. This is the only time the Cards have made the big game. Towards the end of the half, the Cards were down 10-7 and driving. They got all the way to the goal line when James Harrison intercepted Kurt Warner and ran it back 100 yards for a touchdown in one of the more incredible super bowl plays of all time. Down 20-7 going into the 4th, the Cards scored 16 unanswered to take the lead with 2 and half minutes to go. Big Ben drove the Steelers down the field and Santonio Holmes made an amazing catch for the win. Holmes won MVP and then we never heard from him again.

9. XLVII Ravens 34 49ers 31

This game had it all. Two great teams. Lots of points scored. Two brothers coaching against each other. Electrical issues that made the lights go out. You name it, this game had it. It was all Ravens early on led by Joe Flacco and his one good season that led him to become super rich. But then the blackout hit. Maybe Jim Harbaugh unplugged something because after the blackout the 49ers team was a different team and came storming back. They were down 34-29 late in the game and drove all the way to the 7 yard line only to be denied. The Ravens won and big bro beat little bro. Flacco got paid and then was average for another decade or so.

8. Super Bowl: 49ers 20 Bengals 16

This was the game I realized how awesome football is. I sort of liked Boomer Esiason because he was left handed like me. They had some other entertaining players like Icky Woods who did the Icky shuffle when he scored. But they were going up against greatness. Down 16-13 with 3 minutes to go, the 49ers had the ball on their own 8 yard line. Joe Montana had the famous line as he looked into the crowd and said, “hey there’s John Candy.” He then led the team down for the winning drive with a touchdown pass to John Taylor. I remember watching and thinking this is awesome. football is awesome!

7. Super Bowl L: Broncos 24 Panthers 10

I don’t like the Broncos. I never really liked Peyton Manning as a player. This wasn’t a super entertaining game. So why is it on the list? Well, as you know, my wife is a diehard Broncos fan. First of all, I respect her fandom. She is super loyal win or lose and it has been a lot of losing lately. We were watching the game and she kept getting closer to closer to the tv. By the end she was sitting right in front of the tv on the ground, hitting the floor in excitement. She was super happy and even though I am no Broncos fan, it makes the list because I like my wife being happy. On a side note, that Broncos defense was exceptional.

6. Super Bowl XXXVI: Patriots 20 Rams 17

The Patriots were underdogs to the Rams as the Patriots snuck into the playoffs behind the leadership of some guy named Tom Brady. The greatest show on turf was very popular and everyone was cheering for them. So I of course cheered against them because that is how I roll. Plus the Rams were from St. Louis, and if I have not made it clear before, the only thing I like about St. Louis is the zoo. It was a battle right from the start. Belichick had an incredible defensive game plan and slowed down the Rams explosive offense. Brady did enough and drove them down the field in a tie game. Adam Vinatieri made the game winner and a legend was born. Also Tom Brady became the full time starter from there and had a pretty good career, himself.

5. Super Bowl XXXVIII: Patriots 32 Panthers 29

Look there is a lot of Tom Brady on these lists because the dude made a lot of super bowls. I mean he has played in roughly 25% of the super bowls I watched so of course he is going to be on the list some. Anyway, this game got off to a slow start with a scoreless 1st quarter. Things picked up in the second quarter with both teams scoring twice and the Patriots up 14-10 at halftime. The 3rd quarter was scoreless as well but ended with the Patriots driving. The Pats quickly scored to take a 21-10 lead. Then things got real interesting. Jake Delhomme who is now residing in the “where are they now” files, played the quarter of his life. They went down and scored but missed the 2 pointer but cut the lead to 21-16. The Patriots drove down to the red zone but then Tom Brady threw a pick. On 3rd and 15, Delhomme hit Mushin Muhammad for an 85 yard touchdown. The Panthers took the lead 22-21. Brady answered by throwing a touchdown to a linebacker named Mike Vrabel, you might have heard of him. They scored the 2 pt conversion and took a 29-22 lead. Carolina again answered and scored the tying td with just over a minute left. Unfortunately for the Panthers, their kicker kicked the kick off out of bounds giving Brady the ball at the 40. He drove down and much like last time, Vinatieri kicked the game winner.

4. Super Bowl XXV: Giants 20 Bills 19

This game kicked off with Whitney Houston belting out the Star Spangled Banner in an emotional time as we were in the middle of the gulf war. The Bills arriving in the first of four straight super bowls were heavy favorites because of their high scoring offense. They had put up 51 in their conference championship win over the Raiders. Meanwhile, the Giants were without Phil Simms and some dude named Jeff Hostetler had led them to victory over the 49ers without scoring a td. The main thing I remember about Hostetler was that awesome mustache. It was a game of contradictory styles. The Bills had fast no huddle drives. Meanwhile, the Giants tried to eat up as much clock as possible. The Giants also had some guy named Bill Belichick as their defensive coordinator. The Giants ate up a ton of clock on every possession. They limited the Bills to only 19 points. The Giants had a 9 and half minute drive in the 3rd quarter. Then after the Bills scored in a minute and half to take a 19-17 lead, they ate up another 7 and half minutes and Matt Bahr kicked a 21 yard field goal. The Bills had enough time to answer. They drove down and set up a 47 yarder. I remember the specific distance because my brother set a high school record at our school from this exact distance that season. A little different scenario here…not that the Platte County football field didn’t have it’s challenges at the time. Anyway, poor Scott Norwood hit it wide right and the Bills lost. This would be and still is the closest the Bills have ever gotten to winning the Super Bowl. As Donald Trump would say, “Sad.”

3. Super Bowl LI: Patriots 34 Falcons 28

This is the only Super Bowl to go to over time, so it has to be included. It was a game of two halves with the Falcons dominating the first half and leading 21-3. My wife was super excited because Lady Gaga was doing the halftime show. I am sure she was wearing some pieces of meat or something weird. The Falcons continued to dominate as they scored again to take a 28-3 lead. At the time it seemed like the game was over, instead of creating a meme that we now see constantly. Brady led them down for their first td but then they missed the extra point and were down 28-9. The Patriots then kicked a fg, scored a td and got a 2 pt conversion to pull within 8. Down 28-20, the got the ball back with 3 minutes to go. Brady started to move them down the field. Edelman made some crazy catch and the Patriots eventually scored and got the 2 pointer and the game went to OT. The Pats won the coin toss and drove down and scored. I don’t remember any outrage about over time rules. I guess that only happens if the Chiefs win in OT. Anyway, this was the largest lead ever given up in the Super Bowl. Matt Ryan is good at giving up leads as he proved this year as well.

2. Super Bowl LII: Eagles 41 Patriots 33

I know, I know another Tom Brady super bowl. But like I said, he is in 25% of the super bowls I have watched. Also, besides the super bowl against the Chiefs, they have all been very close. This was no different. Just like we all expected, Nick Foles outdueled Tom in this high scoring fun game. This game got off to a fast start and didn’t slow down. The Eagles jumped out early to a 15-3 lead. But the Pats came back and it was quickly 15-12. Then the Eagles ran the Philly special where tight end Trey Burton threw a td pass to Nick Foles. It was 22-12 at halftime. The Patriots had been behind before, including the year before when they were down 25 late in the 3rd quarter. But Foles would not be denied. He answered every Patriots td with one of their own. Down 33-32, He led them on back to back scoring drives to take the lead 41-33 with a minute left. Usually that is enough time for Brady but this one wasn’t meant to be. The Eagles won and Brady lost for the first time in the big game against someone other than the Giants. Also, this is when my daughter conveniently became an Eagles fan. She will be rocking her Eagles t-shirt on Sunday. We will be baking cookies on Saturday and decorating them in Eagles and Chiefs colors. Hey, at least she is excited to watch the game for a change. She did tell me I wasn’t allowed to use bad words or hit the table again. I told her, I save all my bad words and punching things just for the Bengals.

1. Super Bowl LIV: Chiefs 31 49ers 20

Oh the joys of winning. I had sort of a crappy year going into this season so I was more emotionally invested in this team than normal which says a lot. We had lost in OT to the Pats the year before. At one point Mahomes knee cap was on the side of his leg. They had a bunch of new guys on D and it took them a while to come together. They battled through it all and finished on a nice winning streak. They got to the playoffs and quickly went down 24-0 against the Texans. Then they miraculously came storming back in one of the weirdest halves of football ever and were up 28-24. They went on to win 51-31. The next week the Titans came to town and again were down by double digits. Mahomes had one of his greatest runs ever down the sideline and then cut back in and rumbled into the end zone. This is win I knew we were going to the first Super Bowl of my life time. The big game was more of the same. Down 20-10 mid 4th quarter things were not looking good. Mahomes had not played well. He had just thrown short to Hill and the play was being reviewed and was overturned. While they were reviewing, he said the famous line, do we have time to run wasp. They did, barely. Mahomes heaved it down the field to an open Tyreek. A few plays later he would hit Kelce for a td to pull within 3. The D got a stop and Mahomes led them down again. This time a big pass to Sammy Watkins followed by a td pass to Damien Williams. Then the D got another stop. Before Wasp Savannah had hopped into Danielle’s lap and she wouldn’t let her go because at that point everything started going the Chiefs way. We handed off to Williams and he broke it for a big td win that sealed the deal. It ended with an interception by Kendall Fuller and the rest is history. I ran around my house yelling. My whole family, even Danielle was cheering. It was a special moment. Right before the game started my brother asked me what my prediction was. I said 31-20 Chiefs. With 7 and half minutes to go, that seemed very unlikely. But 7 and half minutes later, the dream had become reality. I know this won’t go down as one of the greatest super bowls of all time but it will be the one I always remember the most because of the win and the special time with my family. And isn’t that what sports are all about? The memories with people you care about? And also…the winning.

Tune in tomorrow for 10 reasons the Eagles will win the Super Bowl. Followed by 10 reasons the Chiefs will win the Super Bowl on Thursday and a special Super Bowl Edition of 5 for Friday.