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Raiders when they earned their first three Gruden, who recently left Oakland for Tampa, Bucs Thrash the Raiders points in the first quarter but viewer’s had to became the youngest coach to have his team in XXXVII wait to see this team score again until the third win the Super Bowl. quarter as Tampa retaliated with two field goals Most Valuable Player of the game By Kellene Kurtz and then the first touchdown of the game being was number 34, , safety for scored with a little over 6 minutes left in the Tampa Bay becoming only the eighth defensive second quarter. The Bucs continued to domi­ overcame the player in Super Bowl history to be named nate the game until Rice finally scored a touch­MVP. During the game, Jackson orchestrated Oakland Raiders in an impressive display of down for the Raiders, but with every good two against the Raiders. defensive abilities this weekend in the 37th move made by the Oakland team came an even Super Bowl by defeating them 48-21. Althoughbigger counteraction from Tampa Bay as they As far as entertainment went during the Buc’s defense played a very impressive continued on to pick off a pass intended forSuper Bowl 37, my opinion is that this aspect game, the Oakland Raiders seemed to not be Rice just seconds after his enthusiasm-buildingproved to be a rather large disappointment. able to get both their offensive and defensivetouchdown and scored a touchdown of theirPre-game featured the Goo Goo Dolls which teams motivated. In the eyes of many viewers’,own. was entertaining but then continued on to the it seemed to appear almost as if the Raiders did half-time show featuring a half dressed Shania not even realize that they were playing in the Throughout the game, the BuccaneersTwain singing a six-year-old song and Gwen 37th Super Bowl and the importance of this defense was on fire managing to pull off five Stefani and singing both alone and in duet game as they moved sluggishly around the interceptions, the most by Gannon in a singleform. Post-game featured a performance by field, but Tampa Bay continued to show the game this season, three returns of interceptionsBon Jovi. All put on a good performance but excitement and enthusiasm most sport’s fans for touchdowns, and allowed Oakland onlynothing 62 seeming all that worthy of the Super associate with the Super Bowl down to the lastyards in the first half which is the second low­Bowl half-time stage. seconds with their final touchdown occurringest in Super Bowl history. Those of you watching for the infa­ with two seconds left in the game. This is the first Super Bowl win by mous commercials, sorry for the let down but The scoring game was started by the the Bucs in the history of the team. Also, Jon few proved slightly humorous and entertaining.

Need a Ride? By Jenn Anello

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