55 Super Bowls - Dave's Midwestern Ohio Memories

Series of Guest Blogs by an out-of-state Fish Report reader originally from this area about fond memories of growing up in Midwestern Ohio during the 50’s & 60’s

55 Super Bowls

This past Super Bowl was number LV (55), with the first occurring in 1967. I remember them all, some much more than others. That first Super Bowl game between the NFL Green Bay Packers and AFL Kansas City Chiefs won by the Packers 35-10, was named retroactively two years later when the big game was officially named the Super Bowl, but the Roman numeral designation didn’t occur until 1971 for Super Bowl V.

That first Super Bowl game is vaguely remembered, but not for the game itself. All I really remember is two guys in rocket packs pictured above who flew around the stadium. That got my attention as an engineering student at the time.

As a Tom Brady fan, I was pleased with the outcome of the game. But I did miss the quasi-streaker while watching the game! The next morning a friend had texted me the above photo, which got my attention as well as the following message:

I went to bed Sunday at midnight thinking Tom Brady had won the Super Bowl.

The next morning I read on the internet that the Kansas City Chiefs scored 23 points at 4 am to beat the Tampa Bay Bucs 32-31.

A comment in the article stated:

"But the 23 points at 4:00 AM did NOT constitute "widespread" cheating and there is "no evidence" of cheating. Further, an elected official in Kansas City "certified" the victory of the Chiefs, and the NFL front office went along with that certification. When Brady objected, he was told that he has "no standing" to complain. Then all the media sports writers as a mob did a gang up and pile on and accused Brady of lying, bad sportsmanship, and hurting the NFL and said he should be quiet and go away. Some hot dogs were thrown at the referees, and Brady was accused, but later there was video showing that the hot dogs were thrown by some Chiefs fans. YouTube and Twitter removed all content about Brady or the game. And the NFL accused Brady of cheating. The NFL declared that Brady should never play football again.”

As a Michigan grad, I became a Tom Brady fan long before his Super Bowl heroics. During the 1999-2000 season, he lead his Wolverines to victories over both Ohio State (Big House) and Alabama (in OT @ the Orange Bowl) coming from behind in both games. Here’s the highlights of the game with the Bucks.

Tom Brady, make room for ring #7! And #8 isn’t out of the question.

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