January 29, 2015

The Root of the Taunt of Super Bowl XLIX


Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived at the end of the line. The longest yard. The end of the road. The last full measure. The final hour. All of it means and all of it leads back to the same place: Glendale, Arizona.

The Suicide Pool has reached the Super Bowl for the third time in five years. This year, certainly, was the most dramatic, with the number of wins in crazy fashion (most recently as evidenced in Packers-Seahawks, which saw the dreams of one participant fade and the lives of two others continue magically on) too numerous to count.

Four remain alive, but that is mere technicality --- poor Junior is left with no team to select this weekend, what with the Seahawks coming back --- which leaves three possible winners. The two possible outcomes:

Seahawks Win ... The Spawn wins the entirety of the Pool outright.
Patriots Win ... Pool veterans Shiner and Pillow split the championship.

It has come down to this. For those watching at home, we have but eight short months to the return of NFL Suicide Pool 2015. I am counting down the days.

That is all.