34 Ravens, 31 49ers

After a hot start and being able to hold off the 49ers with a little help from the refs, the Baltimore Ravens are your Superbowl champions.

What looked like was going to be an absolute shellacking by Baltimore, actually turned into a really heart pounding game, where the 49ers had 1st and goal on the Ravens 8 with 2 minutes left in the game and all the momentum was on their side. before I get to the blown pass interference call, I just want to say the Jim Harbaugh's playcalling in the first half was atrocious, he was too safe with the ball, didn't put the ball in Kaerpernicks hands nearly enough, and I think he really blew these last 4 offensive playcalls were not correct. They were safe and didn't weren't in the endzone. I would at least threw it in the endzone every play or would have got Colin to run for the TD, the 4th down fade was also perplexing at the end.

Now with the lack of calls, there were two plays where it was absolute evident. 1st was the forementioned fade, corner back Jimmy Smith had his 2 arms around Michael Crabtree which was flagrantly a call and there was no call. I don't know how or why the refs didn't call that play but I never have seen such an obvious call not being called. It should have been 1st down at the 1 with a minute and half to go rather than a turnover on downs. On the flip side, the Baltimore Ravens got a same type of pass interference during a long drive. The second call is the missed holding call on the safety, offensive players are trained to hold when it comes to taking a safety, but the lack of call on Anthony Dixon cost the 49ers some seconds, I know it would have been a long shot but still.

The next thing is the power outage, what a weird thing to have happen. I don't think it's as big of a deal when it comes to momentum as people are making it out to be. I know the Ravens were outscored 25 to 6 after it, but I think that has more to do with the SF gameplan than the power outage. And that 25 to 6 disparity is exactly the reason why I think Jacoby Jones should have won the MVP over Joe Flacco. Flacco threw for 287 yards and 3 TDs, but disappeared in the whole second half. Jacoby Jones TD was the reason the Ravens won it. Not Joe Flacco.

Either way, it was a great Superbowl, I am glad Ray Lewis got to ride off into the sunset like Jerome Bettis.

And Beyonce killed it at halftime.