#Kurt Irving (Number 7)

[annon-guy2]

Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Voting Poll - Valkyria Chronicles/Revolution

[slavinggrace-blog]

The List! Edited as read.

List Number, Title, Author 1 The Master and Magarita Mikhail Bulgakov 2 Tales of the City Armistead Maupin 3 The Wasp Factory Iain Banks 4 The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson 5 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood 6 The Alchemist Paulo Coelho 7 With The Night Mail Rudyard Kipling 8 The Princess Bride William Goldman 9 Sharpe's Tiger Bernard Cornwall 10 American Psycho Bret Easton Ellis 11 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 12 The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri 13 I capture the castle Dodie Smith 14 Dune Frank Herbert 15 One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez 16 The Diary of a Nobody George and Weedon Grossmith 17 Brighton Rock Graham Greene 18 Moby Dick Herman Melville 19 Beyond Black Hilary Mantel 20 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S. Thompson 21 Atonement Ian McEwan 22 The Sea The Sea Iris Murdoch 23 The Stars Like Dust Isaac Asimov 24 Emma Jane Austen 25 Nausea Jean-Paul Sartre 26 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 27 A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole 28 Paradise Lost John Milton 29 The Crysalids John Wyndham 30 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey 31 The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 32 The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 33 Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut 34 Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut 35 The Dice Man Luke Rhinehart 36 Under the volcano Malcolm Lowry 37 Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 38 Frankenstein Mary Shelley 39 Titus Alone Mervyn Peake 40 Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark 41 The Code of the Woosters P.G. Wodehouse 42 The Pigeon Patrick Süskind 43 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 44 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressel 45 Tipping the Velvet Sarah Waters 46 Cold Comfort Farm Stella Gibbons 47 The Bachman Books Stephen King 48 Child '44 Tom Rob Smith 49 In cold blood Truman Capote 50 The Woman in White Wilkie Collins 51 Neuromancer William Gibson 52 Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 53 Of Human Bondage William Somerset Maugham 54 Life of Pi Yann Martel 55 Uncle Varnye A. P. Chekhov 56 The Colour Purple Alice Walker 57 Sons and Lovers D.H Lawrence 58 The Outsiders S E Hinton 59 Once Were Warriors Alan Duff 60 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Alexander Solzhenitsyn 61 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold 62 Delta of Venus Anais Nin 63 The God Of Small Things Arundhati Roy 64 The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger 65 Dracula Bram Stoker 66 The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers 67 Absolute Beginners Colin MacInnes 68 Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier 69 Cloud Atlas David Mitchell 70 The Secret History Donna Tartt 71 House of Mirth Edith Wharton 72 North and South Elizabeth Gaskell 73 The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett 74 Mister God this is Anna Fynn 75 The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky 76 Silas Marner George Eliot 77 Madame Bovery Gustave Flaubert 78 On the Road Jack Kerouac 79 A Prayer for Owen Meaney John Irving 80 East of Eden John Steinbeck 81 Around the world in 80 days Jules Verne 82 Wild Swans Jung Chang 83 Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy 84 Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery 85 The Book Thief Markus Zusak 86 The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell 87 The Crimson Petal and the White Michael Faber 88 Don Quixote Miguel De Cervantes 89 The Five People You Meet In Heaven Mitch Albom 90 Mary Poppins P. L. Travers 91 Everyman Phillip Roth 92 Kidnapped Robert Louis Stephenson 93 A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki 94 Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie 95 A Kind of Loving Stan Barstow 96 Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 97 Beloved Toni Morrison 98 Girl with The Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier 99 To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf 100 Snowcrash Neal Stephenson SUB 1 A Knot in Your Stomach Yvonne Postma SUB 2 David Copperfield Charles Dickens SUB 3 Age of Innocence Edith Wharton SUB 4 All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque SUB 5 The Leopard Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa SUB 6 War of the Worlds H. G. Wells SUB 7 Pilgrims Progress John Bunyan SUB 8 Labyrinth Kate Mosse SUB 9 The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro SUB 10 War and Peace Leo Tolstoy SUB 11 Captain Corelli's Mandolin Louis de Bernieres SUB 12 Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson SUB 13 A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute SUB 14 Watership Down Richard Adams SUB 15 The Girl Who Fell from the Sky Simon Mawer SUB 16 Lolita Vladimir Nabokov SUB 17 The Cherry Orchard A. P. Chekhov SUB 18 Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky SUB 19 Love in the time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez SUB 20 Middlemarch George Eliot SUB 21 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel SUB 22 Persuasion Jane Austen SUB 23 The Cider House Rules John Irving SUB 24 Alias Grace Margaret Attwood SUB 25 Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling

[livinginlandmarketing]

Looking forward and back

There are many ways to describe how 2020 went.

Unpredictable is certainly a good description when it came to the calendar and events scheduling. And, 2021 is likely to have some of the same challenges.

Today we look at a tentative schedule and some notable anniversaries that are coming up in 2021.

AHEAD IN 2021:

(Note, much of this is subject to change)

Jan. 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan. 20: Inauguration Day

Feb. 7: Super Bowl

March 9-23: World Baseball Classic in Japan, Taiwan and the U.S.

March 28: Palm Sunday

March 28: Passover (first day)

April 4: Easter

April 8-11: Masters Augusta, Georgia, USA

April 13: Ramadan starts

April 29: NFL draft starts

May 1: Kentucky Derby

May 30: Indianapolis 500

June: Stanley Cup finals

June: NBA Finals

June 17-20: U.S. Open Torrey Pines Golf Course

June: FIFA Club World Cup, China

July 23-Aug 8: Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan

Sept. 7: Rosh Hashana

Sept. 16: Yom Kippur

October: Baseball World Series TBA

Nov. 25: Thanksgiving Day

Nov. 29: Cyber Monday

Dec 7: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (80th anniversary)

Dec 25: Christmas Day will be on a Saturday.

Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve will be on a Friday.

MEMORY LANE

100 years ago, 1921:

March 4, 1921: Warren G. Harding is sworn in as the 29th president of the U.S. He died of a heart attack in San Francisco in 1923.

March 4, 1921: The founding of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The United States Congress approves the burial of an unidentified soldier from World War I at Arlington National Cemetery. The inscription on the tomb reads “Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God.”

May 19: The Emergency Quota Act is passed into law.

May 31-June 1: Tulsa race riots happen when mobs of White residents, many of them deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

June:  The Yankees’ Babe Ruth hits his 138th home run. Ruth broke the career home run record that had been held by Roger Connor for 23 years. Ruth would extend his record to a total of 714.

Adolf Hitler becomes chairman of the Nazi Party in his rise to power and prominence in Germany.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, at 39 years old, contracts polio.

 Ellis Island is placed under quarantine on May 18 due to a typhus outbreak.

The Chicago White Sox are accused of throwing the World Series.

More tests and advancements are being made that will later provide the basis for TV.

Boeing obtains orders for aircraft and abandons furniture-making.

Albert Einstein receives the Nobel Prize in physics.

Irving Berlin’s song “All By Myself” becomes popular.

The silent film, “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” is the biggest box office success.

Top hit recording: “Wang Wang Blues” by Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra

75 years ago, 1946:

Average cost of new house: $5,600.

Average wages per year: $2,500.

Gallon of gas: 15 cents

Bikinis go on sale July 5 in Paris

The first Cannes Film Festival takes place in France.

Tupperware sold in department and hardware stores.

The U.S. starts atomic tests on Bikini Atoll.

AT&T announce first car phones.

Piaggio produces the Vespa, the first successful motor scooter.

The Mensa society is created, the only qualification for membership being a high IQ in the top 98th percentile.

The Atomic Energy Act of 1946, also known as the McMahon Act, was signed into law by President Harry Truman during August. The act created the civilian-controlled United States Atomic Energy Commission.

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is created during December . The organization was created by the General Assembly of the U.N. after World War II in an effort to provide help and services to children living in war-torn or trouble countries.

50 years ago, 1971:

Average cost of new house: $25,250

Average income per year: $10,600

Average monthly rent: $150

Gallon of gas: 40 cents

The microprocessor was invented.

The Voting age in the United States is lowered to 18 years old. The 26th Amendment was adopted July 1, 1971.

Walt Disney World officially opened on Oct. 1.

NASA’s Apollo 14 mission to the moon was launched Jan. 31. This was the third successful manned mission to the Moon.

The New York Times begins to publish sections of the Pentagon Papers starting on June 13.

A Harris public opinion poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the war in Vietnam

Federal Express is started by Fred Smith

Popular films in 1971 were:

“The Last Picture Show”

“Diamonds Are Forever”

“The French Connection”

“Fiddler on the Roof”

“Dirty Harry”

25 years ago, 1996:

Average cost of new house: $118,200.

Average income per year: $36,300.

Average monthly rent: $554

Gallon of gas: $1.22

On March 19, in L.A., Lyle and Erik Menendez are found guilty of first-degree murder for the shotgun killing of their parents.

30 Black churches in Mississippi are burned to the ground the previous 18 months.

A nail bomb exploded July 27 in Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta killing two and injuring 111.

The Fox News Channel is launched Oct. 7 on U.S. cable systems.

Bill Clinton (D) Defeats Bob Dole (R) and Ross Perot (Reform)

DVDs are  launched in Japan

In 12 months, the number of internet host computers goes from 1 million to 10 million.

Sources: History.com, The Associated Press, thepeoplehistory.com, topendsports.com

-on December 31, 2020 at 10:02AM by Kurt Snibbe

[watchingthesuperbowl]

Notes taken during Super Bowl XLVIII

PREGAME

This is a Fox broadcast. It opens with a crazy classroom-looking thing where the players write on the chalkboard what they'll do. Okay. Sure. I guess.

Peyton Manning says he'll compete his butt off.

Buck and Aikman in the booth. Looks like this recording includes a half-hour of pregame.

Aikman: Peyton Manning knows what to expect. Russell Wilson says it's just like any other game, but it's just not.

Buck: Number one ranked defense of the Seahawks vs. the number one ranked offense of Denver.

Aikman: What will decide the game is what happens when the Seattle offense faces the Denver defense.

Pete Carroll: All the plans in the world may not work for us. Everybody's tried to stop Peyton Manning and nobody's been able to do it. We'll mix it up.

Carroll: Russell Wilson will have a huge part in our success.

Eric Decker: Gotta weather the storm of the emotions early. It's my first Super Bowl, gotta go out there and execute early and get into the game.

Walter Payton Man of the Year Award winner is announced. Charles Tillman of the Bears.

"America the Beautiful" performed by Queen Latifah. Again? She did the same thing before Super Bowl XLIV, the Saints-Colts game.

Buck tosses to a trailer for a Captain America film as they go to break. My recording doesn't have it, which, whatever.

Pre-produced video about the Seahawks. Kurt Russell talking about how tough they are. Russell's from Portland, isn't he? He might be a Seahawks fan. (Looking it up: He's from everywhere. Born in Massachusetts, spent time in Portland when his dad ran the Mavericks baseball team, went to high school in metro LA.)

Russell did a video for the Broncos too. So I guess they didn't just pick a famous fan of each team. 'When The Levee Breaks' in the background. Broncos offense is a fine-tuned machine. Relentless. No mercy. Reference to "Escape from New York". This game is in New York. (Well, New Jersey.)

National anthem. Renee Fleming. She performs it exactly like you'd expect from an accomplished opera singer: Ostentatious, a bit over the top, but brilliantly sung. One wonders what she thought of Queen Latifah's performance. (I, for one, was impressed by Queen Latifah's performance.)

Coin toss. Joe Namath and Phil Simms. Have I mentioned this game is in New York?

Namath toss the coin before anyone calls anything. Ref grabs it out of the air and asks the visiting team (Seattle) to call it. The Seahawks call tails. Now Joe tosses it again. It's tails. Seahawks win the toss and defer. Broncos will receive.

Namath: I’mma just toss th...  Referee: NOT YET, JOE!

Chris Myers: Before the game, people were concerned about the weather, this being the first Super Bowl played outdoors in the north. The only story with the weather today is that it isn't a story. (It's 49 degrees and clear.)

FIRST QUARTER

Nice kick coverage by the Seahawks, stopping Holliday inside the 15.

Goodness. Manning had 5477 yards and 55 yards in the regular season.

First play, snapped over the head of Manning into the end zone. Knowshon Moreno falls on it for a safety. But wait, there's a flag down. Illegal motion, declined. Safety confirmed. It's 2-0 Seahawks, 0:12 into the game.

Fox graphic: Last safety in a Super Bowl was last year. Okay, thanks. Actually, it's weird - there were safeties on two consecutive snaps from center in the Super Bowl. (Sam Koch's intentional safety in XLVII and this debacle in XLVIII.)

That safety was the fastest score ever in a Super Bowl.

First play for the Seahawks is a Marshawn Lynch run for three yards. Doesn't talk much into microphones. Does his talking with his legs.

Next play, Percy Harvin on a jet sweep left. I love that play call. Harvin was/is insanely fast. Runs for 30 yards. Aikman calls it a reverse. Dude. That's a jet sweep 100 times out of 100. Went in motion, took a handoff from a quarterback in a shotgun formation on the dead run laterally. That's pretty much the exact definition of a jet sweep.

Third and 9, Jermaine Kearse runs a quick slant. They get 11-12 yards. First down inside the 20.

2nd and 12, zone read, Wilson keeps it for 6. Gets out of bounds. It's third and manageable.

Third and 6, Wilson scrambles for 5. Dove for the sticks but didn't get there. I assume that means Steven Hauschka will kick. Well, maybe not. Pete Carroll is challenging the spot. Replay shows it's very close. I think he got the first down.

He did not get the first down. Short by inches. Here's Hauschka for a 26 yard attempt. Nope. False start. Here's Hauschka for a 31 yard attempt. Yep, got it. Hauschka is nails. 5-0 Seattle.

Broncos go three and out. Aikman says the Broncos had the second-fewest threes and out in the regular season. Colquitt will punt. Fair caught by Tate.

Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers at halftime. I assume they'll sing about California.

Aikman: Denver is stacking the line of scrimmage to prevent the run and going one-on-one against the receivers.

Third and 8, Wilson scrambles and finds Golden Tate on the sideline. Clutch play for another first down.

Another third down conversion. Third and 4, Wilson to Doug Baldwin for 6.

Seahawks go razzle dazzle on second and 5. Toss to Lynch, a throw back to Russell Wilson, and Wilson is under pressure. Rolls left and flips it forward toward a receiver. Incomplete. The Fox commentators don't think it went past the line of scrimmage, but that doesn't matter when there's a receiver in the neighborhood.

Next play, Wilson lofts a ball down the left sideline and Baldwin runs underneath it. First down inside the 10. Baldwin torched Champ Bailey on a double move and there was no safety help. The corners were on an island. It was a nice catch and an even nicer throw.

Aikman: These Seahawks WRs are a lot better than people realize.

Second down, swing pass incomplete to Harvin. The Broncos challenge, say that it was a lateral and a fumble. They're wrong, it's clearly a forward pass. Review confirms the call on the field.

Total yards: Seattle 128, Denver 8.

Third and goal, Wilson throws it to Kearse in the end zone. Kearse grabs it, but Nate Irving knocks it out of Kearse's hands for an incomplete pass. Hauschka splits the uprights. 8-0 Seattle, 2:16 left in the first quarter. The Seahawks have as many points as the Broncos have yards.

Nice defensive play here by Irving.

Hauschka hits the crossbar with the ensuing kickoff. Nice aim, Steven.

Fox graphic: First two drives for the Broncos were the first time all postseason Denver has gone two drives in a row without scoring.

Third down, Seahawks blitz and hurry Manning's throw. He overshoots Julius Thomas down the middle and throws it right to Kam Chancellor, a Seattle DB. Interception. Seahawks have the ball inside Denver territory again.

Another jet sweep to Harvin starts the next drive. 14 yards this time. Harvin is still lightning-quick.

First quarter ends with the Seahawks inside the 20. Denver has 11 total yards, their lowest first quarter output all season. Broncos had zero first downs in the quarter. 8-0 Seahawks after one.

SECOND QUARTER

Aikman: This drive is important for Seattle. They've had to settle for field goals twice, need to take advantage of these opportunities.

Rushing yards: Seattle 66, Denver 1.

Third and 4, Wilson throws to Tate in the end zone. Tony Carter was face-guarding him and didn't turn for the ball. It'll be first and goal from the 1.

This is a rules violation.

Two Marshawn Lynch runs later, the Seahawks are in the end zone. 15-0 Seattle with 12:00 left in the first half.

Holliday stuffed again on the ensuing kickoff return. Only gets out to the 15.

Kam Chancellor is injured on the tackle. Looks like a serious injury, but he pops up after a minute or two.

Hey, the Broncos have a first down. Third and one, Knowshon Moreno carries it over right guard out to the Denver 30.

Later in the drive on third and 9, Manning gets time to throw for once and throws a strike to Wes Welker coming across the middle. First down into Seattle territory.

Broncos putting together a solid drive here. Clock under 6:00, third and 1, Montee Ball gets a yard and a half. A fresh set of downs for Manning. This drive is nearing the 7:00 mark in terms of time of possession.

Welp, that'll kill the drive in a hurry. Broncos called for tripping on first down. It's first and 20 from the Seattle 42.

Screen pass blown up on first down. Now it's 2nd and 22. Moreno gets nine up the middle on second down, so it'll be 3rd and 13. Clock under 4:00. Fifteenth play of the drive here.

...and the drive is over. Manning hit as he throws, the ball floats through the air and is picked off by linebacker Malcolm Smith. Smith takes it all the way to the house. It's 22-0 Seahawks in the second quarter. 3:21 left in the half.

Oh, it's all falling apart for Denver now. Holliday is stripped on the ensuing kickoff return and kicker Steven Hauschka recovers. It'll be reviewed and possibly overturned. I think he was down.

Overturned. Returner was down at the Denver 33. No fumble.

Wow, nice third down catch from Demariyus Thomas. Back shoulder fade to the Seattle 43. Two plays later, the Broncos are at the Seattle 28 and we reach the two minute warning.

Broncos get hosed on a no-call. DB Earl Thomas ran into Julius Thomas while the ball was in the air to him. Clearly should have been defensive pass interference.

Third and 4 at the 22, false start on the offense. Oof. It's now 3rd and 9 at the 27.

They get seven on a Manning to Moreno pass. Seattle takes timeout. It'll be fourth and 2 from the Seahawks 20. Does Denver dare go for it, or do they take the easy points?

They go for it. Shotgun, three wide. Pass tipped and falls incomplete. Seahawks take over on downs with 1:01 left in the first half.

Seattle isn't going to anything stupid here. Two runs up the middle and the first half is over. 22-0 Seahawks at the break. This is the first time a team has been scoreless at the half of a Super Bowl since the Giants in Super Bowl XXXV against the Ravens.

HALFTIME

Jimmy Johnson: Pete Carroll told me during the week he was going to get the ball in the hands of the fastest guy on the field, Percy Harvin. He didn't waste any time and it's worked well.

Curt Menefee: Manning came back from a 24 point deficit last year against the Chargers.

Johnson: I expected the Seattle defense to be good, but I didn't expect them to be sufficating.

Michael Strahan: Trying to come back is playing right into the strength of the Seahawks defense.

Johnson: We'll fer a big dose of Marshawn Lynch in the second half.

Okay, time for Bruno Mars featuring the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Bruno is playing the drums and killing it. They should just let him do this for 15 minutes. Locked Out of Heaven. I wonder if the guys in The Fixx get any residuals from him completely swiping everything except the vocals from One Thing Leads To Another. Also, I wonder what an acceptable length of time would be for one to be locked out of heaven. Treasure. This isn't exactly my cup of tea musically, but the showmanship is good. Runaway Baby. Now he's completely stolen Shout from the Isley Brothers. Great. Here come the Peppers. It's a duet on Give It Away. You can keep it, my dude. I understand you'd like to give it away now, but I'm not in the market for what you've got and would prefer that it not be put in me. Just The Way You Are, dedicated to the U.S. Armed Forces. Bruno's on a tiny stage in the dark. I assume that's a trick to get the massive stage off the field more quickly.

Menefee shoehorns in a Rio 2 reference when they go back to the studio hosts. Coincidentally, it was produced and distributed by Fox. They talk about how great Bruno Mars was. Jimmy Johnson very noticeably stays quiet.

Jimmy watches people talk about Bruno Mars.

More Led Zeppelin as they bump in from commercial for the second half. Good Times Bad Times.

Aikman: First thing the Broncos need to do in the second half is get a stop. Seattle gets the opening kickoff of the third quarter.

It has begun to rain very lightly. Probably not enough to become a big factor.

Broncos last two possessions: 24 plays, zero points.

Aikman: Not including the kneeldown at the end of the first half, the Seahawks scored on all three first half possessions, and they scored twice when they didn't even have the ball.

THIRD QUARTER

Hey, remember where Aikman said Denver needed a stop? The good news is that the Seahawks offense won't score on this first possession. The bad news is that the Seattle special teams scored when kickoff returner Percy Harvin picked up a bouncing football and housed it. Buck says the kick was bounced to limit the damage Harvin could do. Oops. Now it's 29-0 Seahawks with 14:48 left in the third quarter

Buck: Seattle actually practiced halftime during the week.

Erin Andrews: Broncos coach John Fox says he's happy with the way the offense is moving the ball, they just have to stop turning it over.

Pam Oliver: Seahawks coach Pete Carroll says he talked about finishing. It has nothing to do with disrupting Manning, they just have to go out and finish the job.

Eek. First and ten, Manning lofts a pass into an area with four Seahawks and zero Broncos. It falls incomplete. He looks rattled.

Third and 4, Manning to Decker for six or so. First down near midfield.

Seahawks star cornerback Richard Sherman is down injured. Fox goes to commercial and when they come back, he's up and standing on the sideline.

Seattle jumps on third and 3. That's a first down.

Buck: Broncos punter Britton Colquitt might as well go home. They aren't going to punt, down 29 in the Super Bowl.

3rd and 10, draw play to Montee Ball. Loss of 1. The previously dismissed Colquitt will come in handy as the Broncos punt for the coffin corner. Fair catch at the 8.

Cutaways: Hugh Jackman, Kevin Costner, Paul McCartney, John Travolta, Harry Connick, David Beckham, Michael Douglas.

First play of the drive, Marshawn Lynch for 18 up the middle. Aikman says the Broncos are stacking the line, which is good unless the back gets past those defenders - then there's nobody to tackle him.

Seahawks called for holding, it's first and 20 but they don't seem to worried about it. They still run up the middle to roll that clock. Clock under 8:00 at the next snap. Wide receiver screen for zilch. Yardage no longer matters - they're just killing clock. It'll be near 7:00 before Jon Ryan punts. Broncos take over at their own 45 with 7:05 left in the third.

Cutaway: Sad John Elway

Erin Andrews: Broncos RB Knowshon Moreno has been receiving treatment for a back injury.

Manning goes downfield to Demariyus Thomas, complete but almost immediately fumbled. Maxwell punched it out during the tackle. Seahawks take over with 5:55 left in the third.

Third and 7, Russell Wilson to Luke Wilson for 12 yards and a first down. Barring turnover, that'll eat another 2+ minutes off the clock.

Another first down. A laser from Wilson to Lockette downfield for 19. They're inside the Denver 25. 3:10 and counting.

If the game weren't already over, it is now. Wilson throws a slant to Jermaine Kearse, who spins, makes four defenders miss, and gets to the end zone. It's 36-0 Seattle. 2:58 left in the third quarter.

Fox graphic: Seahawks are the first team in Super Bowl history with a safety, interception TD, and kickoff return touchdown in the same game.

Aikman: I can't think of a single Denver Bronco, on offense or defense, who has won his matchup.

Buck: Seahawks have played almost seven quarters in this stadium this season and allowed zero points. Shut out the Giants in week 15.

This is what it looks like when a billionaire fist-bumps.

None of this really matters anymore, but Manning throws downfield and draws a defensive pass interference penalty.

Manning on a crossing pattern to Welker at the 14. 0:02 left in the quarter.

Well, it won't be a shutout. Last play of the third quarter. Demariyus Thomas makes a nice catch in the end zone. He was being tackled before the ball got there, but still caught the ball.

They go for two and get it. Welker across the middle again. Third quarter is over. It's 36-8 Seahawks.

FOURTH QUARTER

Can I stop watching this now? I don't want to watch this anymore. I'll continue watching though. I'm one stubborn SOB. This game cannot, must not defeat me.

Fourth quarter starts with an onside kick. Seahawks recover without much problem. They get the ball at the Denver 48. 14:59 left in the game.

2nd and 11, Wilson to Tate for 9. Two Denver defenders blast each other in the helmet on the tackle. I'm sure that didn't do any permament damage at all.

3rd and 2, Wilson buys time, looks, scrambles, looks, and finds Doug Baldwin coming across the field. First down. Clock down below 12:45.

Next play, Wilson down the middle to Kearse at the 10. The Broncos just have no answers. Clock below 12:00.

One play later, it's another touchdown. Wilson to Kearse, jukes, dances, and splits the defenders to get into the end zone. 43-8 Seattle.

Aikman: "I don't know what Denver's doing." Notes how soft the coverage is, which makes no sense in a situation where you need to create turnovers.

Looks like a three and out for the Broncos, but they draw a defensive pass interference on this down. Quit stopping the clock, you guys.

Manning to Demariyus Thomas again. His 13th catch of the game, a Super Bowl record.

Seahawks CB Richard Sherman is injured and being carted to the locker room. Again, not that it matters in terms of this game.

Denver dinking and dunking their way downfield. Clock under 10:00, ball at the Seattle 47. Incomplete pass on 3rd and 2. They'll go for it on fourth, of course.

Manning has 33 completions tonight, a new Super Bowl record.

Incomplete pass on fourth down. Manning threw is just short of Montee Ball, who couldn't bring it in.

Buck: Marshawn Lynch has his shoes off on the sideline, so we'll probably see Robert Turbin the rest of the way. Aikman: I thought about kicking mine off. A cutaway shows Lynch has shoes on again.

Pam Oliver: Richard Sherman has a right ankle injury and is doubtful to return.

Seahawks moving the ball slowly but surely. First down for Turbin, clock nearing 7:30.

Fox graphic: Seattle's last championship was the '78-'79 Supersonics. Buffalo and Cleveland are unimpressed.

Turbin gets the ball again, runs to the Denver 30. 6:30 and counting.

Run stuffed on third and 1. Clock below 5:30. What will Seattle do on fourth down? They'll go for it. Play action pass out into the flat, incomplete. Broncos get the ball with 5:19 left, down 35 points.

Denver is running the ball. No mas. Run stuffed, run stuffed, incomplete pass. They'll go for it on fourth down. Okay. Why not? Manning hit in the backfield and fumbles. Seahawks recover. It hardly matters whether it's a fumble or an incomplete pass - Seattle was getting the ball anyway.

Russell Wilson is out of the game. Tarvaris Jackson replaces him at quarterback. Wilson finishes 18-25, 206 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT.

Jackson throws on third and long. Incomplete. 4th and 7 with 2:06 left.

Aikman: Richard Sherman is the closest thing I've seen to a shutdown cornerback since my former teammate Deion Sanders.

Seahawks run on fourth down. Stuffed. Broncos take over with 1:59 left. Guys, can we just agree to take a bunch of knees and end this?

Nope. Swing pass to C.J. Anderson on first down. They get 12 or so, not that it matters.

Run up the middle to Anderson. Clock below 1:00.Run up the middle again to Anderson. Is it over yet? It's over. Pete Carroll gets hit with his second Gatorade bucket of the night. Final score: 43-8 Seattle.

POSTGAME

Wilson: It's a true blessing. God is so good. Believed we'd get here. Said to the guys at the beginning of the season, why not us? Have great teammates.

Wilson: My dad always used to tell me "Russ, why not you?". He meant to believe in myself, to go out and succeed.

Marcus Allen, MVP of Super Bowl XVIII, will present the Lombardi trophy.

Roger Goodell: Big shoutout to New York and New Jersey for hosting. To Pete Carroll and his team, what an amazing performance. Paul [Allen], you've been here once before, now you get to take the trophy back home to the 12th man.

Pete Carroll: This is an amazing team, these guys have worked on this a long time, four years ago, always moving forward. These players didn't expect anything other than a win in this game. They're incredible.

Russell Wilson is the third youngest QB to win a Super Bowl.

Wilson: God is so good. Brought me here a mighty long way. My teammates are just so incredible. Have thought we were going to win the Super Bowl since the playoff loss last year. You want to play your best football at the end of the season and that's what we did tonight.

Linebacker Malcolm Smith is named MVP. Had the interception touchdown and recovered a fumble.

Smith wins a Silverado pickup truck.

Broncos coach John Fox: We just ran into a buzz saw. We didn't play well enough to beat a very, very good Seattle team. My hat's off to Pete Carroll and the Seahawks, they played a great game.

Fox: Proud of my players, proud of what they accomplished this year.

Shoutout to Terry Bradshaw, home in Louisiana.