Seattle should have won Super Bowl XLIX (Every time I look at those Roman Numerals I think they belong to a Mexican radio station).
Pete Carroll outsmarted himself by not running on second and goal from the one yard line with a timeout left late in the 4th quarter. Seattle's Offensive line had been winning the war in the trenches for most of the quarter. With Marshawn Lynch going into "Beast" mode I doubt the Patriots defense, even with nine men in the box, could have stopped Seattle. So, the Seahawks management decided to stop themselves and lost to New England 28-24.
The game reminded me of Super Bowl 36 when the Patriots pulled off a huge upset by beating the Saint Louis Rams 20-17. The Rams had All Pro and future Hall of Fame Running Back Marshall Faulk in the backfield. But, the Rams Head Coach "Mad" Mike Martz decided to throw the ball all afternoon. That didn't work out so well for the Rams and they lost to an inferior team which just happened to be quarterbacked by Tom Brady and coached by Bill Belichick.
Oh and one final thought. Belichick and the Patriots cheated that year too, as they spied on the Rams in their practices leading up to the Superbowl New Orleans. I guess the saying "Once a cheater, always a cheater" is true.
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