Kevin_C's Blog

When Butch, Ock, Keba, and I were led to our seats in the University of Phoenix stadium to watch Super Bowl XLII, we had some Bostonians sitting behind us.  They recognized my three row-mates, looked at me and said, “No offense, but Maria Stephanos is a lot better looking than you.”  I told them that I have to bear that cross every day of my life.

I was undaunted, however, because I was at the Super Bowl!  Excitement!  Pageantry!  Tom Petty!  Free Candy!

Yes, I said free candy.  The woman in the photo above would come through the media seats every twenty minutes giving away free candy.  It was to be a small consolation prize for a Patriots loss.

We were able to watch the first three quarters from our seats – at that point it looked like the Pats might pull out a win.  We had to enter the catacombs of the stadium (and I’d be lying if I didn’t flash to a certain scene from “Spinal Tap” at one point), to get onto the field after the game, hopefully to interview and photograph a victorious, history-making Patriots team.

It was not to be, but even with the loss I have to tell you that being on the Super Bowl field after the Super Bowl, confetti streaming everywhere, Terry Bradshaw interviewing Eli Manning a few feet away from me, and the stadium still full of fans is one of the more surreal experiences of my life.

I’ve described this week as hectic, and from reading the blogs of the other folks here I know I’m not alone in that thought, but compared to the post-game field, everything might as well have been a meditation session.  We were all running around trying to find the Patriots (they had already left the field by the time we were let on) and coordinate with the studio back in Dedham for our post-game coverage.

It’s been great blogging about all this for all of you.  While it’s not the end we were hoping for, I’ve still got some photos from today over here.

See you on Super Tuesday,

Kevin