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Monday Morning Blog ... MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK!!!

Happily, I have no Monday Morning Quarterback comments. The team I've followed since they wore red and white uniforms with a small minute man in a hiking position on their helmets just won their 5th Super Bowl title. And they did it breaking records again. The greatest comeback being down over 20 points ... the only overtime Super Bowl game ... they never led in the game until they won in the overtime touchdown ... and the unanswered points came mostly in the final quarter and few minutes in overtime. 

I am a New Englander living in Florida. For most of my life, I lived in New Hampshire, along with about 2 years in Vermont and 7 years in Maine. Admittedly, I spent 2 summers in the Adirondacks in NY as a kitchen worker in a camp as well as 5 years in the DC area in college. Oh, I also was born and got married in Massachusetts. My roots are in New England. In the sports world, I've been a Boston teams fan. I've seen the Red Sox play a number of times and the Celtics at least twice. Even though I never seen a hockey or football game live, I am a Bruin and Pats fan. Especially the Patriots. If I miss watching a game, I miss alot. So this ninth Super Bowl appearance by my team was exciting. I was there for the first against the Bears in 1986 ... the biggest blowout in NFL Super Bowl history was leveled against my team by the boys of the "Super Bowl Shuffle" fame! It was ugly. Much like the first half of their 9th Super Bowl game! 

So Super Bowl LI is in the history book. History was indeed made. Winningest Coach/QB combo ever. And neither seem they are choosing to leave the game. Now the Boston Duck Boat Parade for the Super Bowl winners tomorrow at 11am.

Next time I may share some thoughts on Fasting and Prayer.

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