It's certainly not the ending we hoped for. It would be one thing to lose the game decisively early on, and just have to admit, for this one game, you were simply out-classed. And it would be something else if the Falcons had lost a close back and forth game. But neither of those is what happened.
They lost by allowing the greatest come-from-behind win in Super Bowl history. Heck, in playoff history.
It was heart-breaking to the max.
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For those making clever remarks about the electoral college and the loss, you're off the mark. The only strange thing about it was that the NFL's overtime rules favors who wins the coin toss. That doesn't seem quite right.
I got nothing else to say about the football game. It still hurts too bad.
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Lady Gaga was as entertaining of a half-time show as I've ever seen. Her messages of support for communities under pressure was subtle yet powerful, like a performance from Cabaret, trying to get away with what you can while under the hateful glaze of the Nazis.
I also enjoyed the positive theme of several of the commercials. It is a sad day in America when speaking of equality and tolerance, of the strength of our immigrant nation and it's beautiful diversity, when those things are considered political and cause the alt-right extremists to mutter about boycotts.
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And so we close up another football season. My favorite teams, in both college and professional, flirted with greatness, but then fell short. Like Icarus, they flew too close to the sun.
So I set it aside for another year. And by early next Fall, maybe hope can bloom again. Maybe the Michigan Wolverines will make the college playoffs. Maybe the Falcons will win a Super Bowl. Maybe the Lions will finally be in one.
Or maybe my heart will just get stomped on all over again.
But I can't think about that right now. My head is too clouded by what has just happened.
There is no joy in Falconville.
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