CARDINALS in the Super Bowl???!!!

Super Bowl Sunday at the Bowsers
02/01/09

Both Rob and Don complaining that their glasses were broken. Uh, they may be backwards?

Cards vs. 49ers

UoP Stadium

11/10/08

Walking in to UoP

11/10/08

I am a longtime Arizona Cardinal fan. In the past I would probably make that statement anonymously. It is hard to explain to others (except maybe Lions fans) how painful it is to follow a team year after year that does not play any meaningful games past week eight! The "same ol' Cardinals" always seemed to find new and more heart-wrenching ways to lose (i.e. "They are who we thought they were").

This season was different. I realized this when Rob's mom gave us an early Christmas present and we were able to attend the Cards vs. 49ers monday night game in November. I was shocked to see how many Cardinal fans there actually were. For the longest time I was the only Cardinal fan I knew.

Anyway, I stuck with them. I sure had a great time watching them win each improbable playoff game and end up in the Super Bowl. In fact I was so caught up that in a moment of weakness just after the first playoff game (aided by a lemon-drop martini) I declared to Rob and Jake "If the Cardinals win the Super Bowl I think I'll get a Cardinal tattoo and you guys can pick out where it goes". During the game on Sunday with about 2:30 to go there were about 7 of us planning an outing to the tattoo shop and how they were all going to watch the inking; I bet I could have talked at least my neighbor Don into a Card tat also! However, even after our house doing their best to help the Cards (Josh did a great job staying in the bathroom - way to support the team!) they just couldn't do it, and fell short of the prize. We had a great time and I so glad we have such good friends and family to share these fun times with. That made the day awesome (even though it was depressing at the end).

I am extremely dissappointed.

I can't wait until next season!