Cimmerian Nights said:
It's promotional, what'd you expect? Awfully lot of non-Bucs/Pats jerseys in the stands there. I don't think they care who is playing or why, they just want NFL.
More or less. For a lot of Europeans this is the only shot to see the game.
Hell, I saw about 10 different team jerseys around the city before I first saw a Bucs jersey. Though Tom Brady jerseys were in a vast vast majority and there weren't too many Bucs jerseys. Lots of Dolphins, Giants and Packers jerseys (even saw some of those cheesehead hat thingies).
But even though it was a blowout victory for the Pats, the game was still awesome. It was actually never boring, and there was a ton of stuff happening. Good times. I'm definitely going to try and get into the next London game, too. 85,000 people in the stadium having a ton of fun, though they did boo for the kneel with a minute to go on the clock (European mentality isn't used to that).
High points:
- Seats at the 45-yard line, right below the second ring, which means right below the cameras and to the side of the press area. Basically some of the best seats in the awesome Wembley stadium.
- Bucs Cheerleaders
- Wave that went around the stadium 7 times. That was pretty insane and impressive to see.
- 2 interceptions on Tom Brady, Aqib Talib and Tanard Jackson not only got those, but also managed to largely shut down a lackluster Moss in the endzone (who, I might add, is available for trade: I'll consider any good offer)
- The touchdown pass to Bryant was awesome
- Some pretty good plays from the Bucs and I got the impression that there was much more potential to this team than people ascribe them. Josh Freeman looked like a rookie when he came in in the last quarter, but one with a good arm, a bit of scrambling in him, and a huge physique. The Pats had some trouble getting him down.
Low points:
- Suckass pre-game artist
- Johnson trhowing a pick 6 on his second pass, and then throwing a terrible pass for another pick a while later
- The American homer Pats fan right behind me, who couldn't stop going on about how the Pats were perfect in everything and couldn't fail at anything ever, while trying to talk business (and whining that he was probably going to get fired) with some outside consultants on whatever gambling site he worked for. Then he got embarrassed by them at the end of the game as he explained that he had bet 5% of his net worth on the spread, they essentially called him a dumbass for that (and rightfully so, 5% is insane), until he defended himself by saying he only had $5,000 to his name.
Of course, he also managed to throw over his beer which ruined the fun little book on the game we got. Which we didn't find out until after he was gone (yeah, thanks for the heads up there fuckhead).
Note: not all Pats fans are bad. Met a couple of cool Pats fans in a bar after the game.
