Written by Alex Patt
New Jersey. New York. Over 80,000 loud football fans packed Metlife Stadium for Super Bowl 48, Peyton Manning and the Broncos, against Russell Wilson and the Seahawks. The Seahawks won the coin toss, and deferred, giving Denver the honor to start the Super Bowl. The Broncos would not start off well, a bad snap and miscommunication lead to a Seahawks safety on the first play, as the snap sailed over Manning’s head into the end zone. The Seahawks got the ball, and drove down the field, to score a field goal, making it five to nothing.
Woes continued for the Broncos, after a three and out, the Seahawks drove down field again, and scored another field goal. The Broncos needed a spark, but if things couldn’t seem to get worse, it did. Manning threw a dart down the middle, but a bit too high and got picked off, giving the ball right back to Seattle. The Seahawks drove to finally get one into the end zone, as Marshawn Lynch pushed the ball in on from the one yard line.
Could it get worse for the Broncos? You bet. The Broncos had a great drive going into Seahawks territory, but a tripping penalty, and yet another Manning pick, this time, a pick six, leads to a 22 to nothing Seahawks lead in the second quarter. After the Broncos could not convert on a fourth down, the clock winded down, and the Seahawks would lead by that score.
While Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers where performing, the average fan would think that the Broncos have a long pep-talk during half time, and come out strong. Not the case, the kickoff was popped into Percey Harvin’s arms, where he ran the ball forward, all the way into the end zone for a touchdown. The score right off the bat changed to 29 to nothing.
More pain would be inflicted on the Broncos. A fumble recovery late in the 3rd quarter lead to an impressive touchdown catch by Jermaine Kearse with 3 minutes left in the 3rd. The game was in the books by this point, with a 36 to nothing Seahawk lead. In the last five seconds of the game, Manning finally hit Demaryuis Thomas in the end zone, and added a two point conversion to get the Broncos on the board. But little momentum did not last, as Russell Wilson hit Doug Baldwin Jr. to make the score 43 to 8. Both teams had small, non-scoring drives which winded down the clock, and the Seattle Seahawks clinched their first ever Super Bowl championship.
