My recollection of watching the Super Bowl live dates back to Super Bowl XIV between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Los Angeles Rams with my father and little brother in Cleveland betting on who would score on given drives during the game. Let's just say I lost a six-pack of Orange Sunkist because my father knew the history of the Steelers, and, even at 9-years-old, my hatred for the Steelers would not allow me to bet on them. Though Super Bowl week is an annually painful reminder of how terrible my beloved Browns was, is and probably will continue to be into the untold future, I fashion myself an aficionado of football excellence--30-plus years of rooting for the Browns give you an appreciation of good football. With that said, this list are the moments that have left an indelible mark on my psyche that bring back the who, what, when where and why of the Super Bowl party that I was in attendance when they happened.
Not all the moments are individual plays, but, instead, the lasting the impressions had on the historical perspective, my overall football sensibilities, and some were simply Super Bowl moments that stuck out to me.
1. Joe Montana's Game-Winning Drive!
The Cincinnati Bengals scored late in the fourth quarter to take the lead on the San Francisco 49ers 16-13--the thought of the bumbling-Bungles hoisting the Lombardi Trophy was literally making me sick or that may have been the nacho & cheese dip, sausage pizza and hot wings combination coagulating in my stomach.
The fact that Montana and 49er offense had the ball with over 4-minutes to go was comforting--that was the same year Montana engineered come-from-behind wins over the Philadelphia Eagles and the Bengals in back-to-back weeks. So I was confident of two things: Montana was going to pull this game out and the Bengals were going to bungle their Super Bowl victory chances. Montana masterfully led the 49ers on a 92-yard drive for the winning touchdown and left the Bengals only 16-seconds to respond--classic Joe-Cool!
To their credit though, the Bengals played the 49ers tough in their two Super Bowl match-ups--losing the two games by a combined nine points.
This was also the game where the legend of Jerry Rice was solidified--who should have had the "I'm going to Disney World" ad spot to go with his Super Bowl XXIII MVP honor. I understand, now, Montana was more marketable than Rice at that time.
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