[Sportsandrec] Hi!

Wed Feb 6 03:23:17 UTC 2013

Did you enjoy the part of the game that you watched? I think the game was 
the best football game that I have ever seen!
Kendra
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Hi!


>I don't follow much football, but this is interesting; I did watch some of 
>the game though.
> BTW its Super bowl.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Kendra Schaber
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:23 PM
> To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Hi!
>
> Believe it or not, I already know that. The Ravens won a Super Bull before 
> I
> became one of their fans. Back then, I was not into football yet. I do
> remember hearing something over the radio about it in route to the Oregon
> School for the Blind. Back then, I wanted nothing to do with football and
> everything to do with hockey. I have been a fan of the Portland 
> Winterhawks
> of the Western Hockey League and the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National
> Hockey League since I was 9 years old. I watched hockey, not football. I 
> was
> a fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins and I watched them whenever I could. 
> Hockey
> did not have good televition coverige especially when my parents did not
> have cable T.V. in the house. I became a fan of the Detroit Red Wings of 
> the
> National Hockey League and the Oregon State Beavers of collige football in
> highschool. I did not get interested in the Baltimore Ravens until I flew 
> to
> Baltimore myself to attend Youth SLAM in 2007. I was so impressed with my
> experiences in Baltimore that I wanted to follow their hockey team if they
> had one. Unfortunently, Baltimore did not have a hockey team. They had a
> football team and a baseball team but not a hockey team. I went to turn on
> the usual Sunday evening local news one Sunday only to discover that the
> Baltimore Ravens were on instead. I remembered Youth SLAM a few weeks
> earlier and felt the same energy with the football game on as I did back 
> in
> Baltimore. Since my trip to Baltimore, something about Baltimore fasinated
> me to no end. I suddenly wanted the Ravens to beat the Giants even though 
> it
> was only the pre-season. The Ravens wound up losing the game by one point. 
> I
> was not happy that they lost the football game. In the wider sceme of
> things, that turned out not to matter mainly because Baltimore took a loss
> that didn't count much tward the Super Bull and at the same time without
> them knowing it that they added a Ravens fan to their fan club. I have
> watched the Ravens ever since that is, as long as my schedule and 
> televition
> would allow me. Last October, I got an iphone and since then, I got
> wonderful apps for watching football and hockey. I am still a big hockey 
> and
> football fan. I follow the Detroit Red Wings, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the
> Portland Winterhawks, the Oregon State Beavers and of course, the 
> Baltimore
> Ravens. I have not missed a lot of football or hockey games since I got
> those apps. I would have loved it if I was in Baltimore instead of Salem,
> Oregon this morning because that victory praid sounded like a blast! Thank
> goodness for newsline! I can read the Baltimore Sun at any time. I found 
> out
> about the praid when I was reading Super Bull articals from the Baltimore
> Sun over newsline. Go Ravens!!!
> Kendra
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 4:36 PM
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>
>> You also won one in 2000.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sportsandrec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Kendra Schaber
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 6:33 PM
>> To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Hi!
>>
>> I agree with you. If the Ravens lost their lead after the power outige, 
>> not
>> only would the 49ers would have won the Super Bull but the media would 
>> have
>> a bigger field day than they already have had even without garbige like 
>> that
>> at least, that is not outside of the power outige itself. Yes, if a
>> conterversy rose up from that, it would be unfair to the players. I am a
>> Ravens fan which was not influnced by losing power shortly after the 
>> start
>> of the second half. I have wanted the Ravens to win the Super Bull since
>> 2007 which was the year that I join their fan club. Go Ravens!!!
>> Kendra
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Kociaba" <williamkociaba at comcast.net>
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>> <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 8:00 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Hi!
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>>
>>> Hay Kendra,
>>> They won but the outage totally changed the momentum of the game.
>>> Just imagine how many complaints and protests there would have been if
>>> they hadn't won.  Everyone would be screaming that the outage gave the
>>> other team an unfair advantage and they were allowed to regroup.  I
>>> personally didn't care who won but I am glad the team that did, did or
>>> the game would be shrouded in controversy and it would have been a
>>> tainted win in many minds.
>>> Unfair to the players for sure
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Sportsandrec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>>> Of Kendra Schaber
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 10:36 AM
>>> To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
>>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Hi!
>>>
>>> I said after the power went out and got restored that if Baltimore
>>> could march through a thunderstorm, they could march through a power
>>> outige. I was proven right when my Ravens won. Go Ravens!!!
>>> Kendra
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
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>>> <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 6:12 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Hi!
>>>
>>>
>>>> It was a fantastic game.  I watched it in a sports bar.  I didn't
>>>> care who won, until the power went out.  That was purposely
>>>> orchestrated. I rooted for the ravens afterwards.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Sportsandrec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>>>> Of Kendra Schaber
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 1:50 AM
>>>> To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
>>>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Hi!
>>>>
>>>> Hellow all, this list has been amazingly quiet. I'm surprized that no
>>>> one as of reading this E Mail has not even mentioned the Super Bull
>>>> let alone, had a bit of fun with riveries. Since we are the sports
>>>> and reck, I have to speak about one of the best sporting events of
>>>> the year. Last night, the Super Bull took place. This year, the
>>>> Baltimore Ravens played against the San Fran Sisco 49ers. I'm sure
>>>> that if you read the newspapers on newsline or watched the news or
>>>> turned on your regular radio that you might have heard all about it.
>>>> For anyone who hasn't, I might as well have a bit of fun by spilling
>>>> the beans about it as well as tell you all my experience with
>>>> watching it on my iphone. This year, I gathered with some friends at
>>>> a friend's place to watch the Super Bull. We got there two hours
>>>> before the start of the game. One of my friends showed us his Mac
>>>> computer and his ipad which he got last week. While we played with
>>>> the Mac and ipad and I was halfway through checking out Sunday's
>>>> Baltimore Sun on newsline, the internet suddenly died. We tried
>>>> trouble shooting the problem but had no luck. My friend's grandmother
>>>> came over and dropped of a lot of chicken wings for the big game. We
>>>> wound up using my iphone on my data plan with my permition to watch
>>>> the football game. I pulled up the football game on the wonderful app
>>>> called All Football as we dug into the chicken wings. The teams who
>>>> played in the Super Bull this year was the Baltimore Ravens against
>>>> the San Fran Sisco 49ers. We were all rooting on the Baltimore
>>>> Ravens. The game began with Baltimore winning the coin toss but they
>>>> defferd it to the second half. The Ravens scored a touch down making
>>>> the score 7 zip in Baltimore's favor. The 49ers answered it with a
>>>> field goal making the score Baltimore 7, San Fran Sisco 3. The Ravens
>>>> then scored another touch down which made it
>>>> 14 to 3 in Baltimore's favor. Next, the Ravens scored again which
>>>> made it 21 to 3 in Baltimore's favor. The 49ers answered that with
>>>> another field goal which made the score 21 to 6 in Baltimore's favor.
>>>> The half ended with that score. We didn't watch the performence by
>>>> Beonsay nor the funny televition commercials because the football
>>>> game was streemed over the radio. Once the half time radio show was
>>>> over, the second half began. Right off of the bat, the Ravens scored
>>>> a touchdown which made the score 28 to 6 in Baltimore's favor. The
>>>> next play, the Ravens sacked the 49ers but before we had figured out
>>>> the full extent of the play, we suddenly lost the game. Once I made
>>>> sure that the game was back on and that we had gotten the right
>>>> station over the All Football app, we suddenly heard that the Super
>>>> Dome had lost power. Of course, we were all taken aback. The
>>>> broadcast now sounded as though my iphone was replaced by a radio
>>>> that was common in the 1960's. Over the next half hour, we watched as
>>>> they restored the power in the Super Dome. During that time, it
>>>> looked as though the Ravens and 49ers were at a practice session
>>>> instead of the middle of the Super Bull which was on hold until power
>>>> could be restored. The players did warm-ups and played with the
>>>> football. Once power was finally restored and all systems were running
>> again, the game resumed.
>>>> The 49ers scored 17 unanswered points by scoring two touchdowns and a
>>>> field goal. Now the score was 28 to 19 in Baltimore's favor. One of
>>>> the touch downs, the 49ers tried to score a two point convertion but
>>>> it didn't work. Next, Baltimore scored a field goal making the score
>>>> 31 to 19 in Baltimore's favor. Following this, the 49ers scored
>>>> another touch down which made the score 31 to 26 in Baltimore's favor.
>>>> The 49ers then scored a field goal which made the score
>>>> 31 to 29 in Baltimore's favor. Next, the Ravens scored a field goal
>>>> making the score 34 to 29 in Baltimore's favor. The Ravens almost
>>>> lost the game when they were at their own two yard line but the 49ers
>>>> who had the ball made an imcompleet pass at fourth down and the 49ers
>>>> scored a safety which made the score 34 to 31 in Baltimore's favor.
>>>> That was the most intense point of the whole entire game. The Ravens
>>>> wound up eating the clock up which for my friends and I, was a good
>>>> thing. The Ravens wound up winning the football game and the Super
>>>> Bull. We all celebrated and watched the Ravens recieve the Lembardy
>>>> troffy and we also watched Joe Flaco win the MVP award. Once we were
>>>> done watching the awards, my Mac friend got on his computer while the
>>>> rest of us got onto our iphones. I spent the next hour keeping up
>>>> with Facebook and text messiging. During this, I learned to my great
>>>> surprize that my dad who is a die hard Steelers fan rooted on the
>>>> Ravens during the Super Bull game. My Grandmother and brother both
>>>> rooted on the 49ers. One of my friends and I let off some of the
>>>> Super Bull excitement by sending each other randem off of the wall
>>>> text messages back and forth to each other. The Super Bull party
>>>> wrapped up and we all went home. As for today, I have spent much of
>>>> it reading newspaper articals about the Super Bull and keeping up
>>>> with Facebook because the Super Bull is still being discussed. I am
>>>> very happy that the Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bull!
>>>> Go
>>>> Ravens!!!
>>>> Kendra
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
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>>>>
>>>>> Hello
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