2002 "The Snow Bowl"

Year:   THE SNOW BOWL

Games:   New England 16 Oakland 13 OT

Rating:  10 out of 10

Cost:  High

Tickets:   Difficult 

Stadium:   Excellent

Description:  “Uncle Fred! Uncle Fred! Uncle Fred”.  This game is included on the list because it had everything:  It will never get better than this and I’m ok with it. It had: low expectations (The Patriots were not expected to be good that year, just getting to the playoffs was itself long odds.  They went on to win the title.  Boston hadn't won a title of any kind in 20 years, and this kicked off a run that may never be equaled.)  It was a night game.  We were appropriately buzzed but not sloppy drunk. We were the perfect age.    The whole game was in the middle of a SNOWSTORM. We got revenge on the Raiders for Sugar Bear Hamilton in ’76. The Tuck Rule! Gruden’s conservative play calling down the stretch.  Vinatieri’s kic! Heff’s suspenders!  The rental truck.  A free grill.  Random fires in the parking lot.  

Also, the person who got us the tickets has never been properly honored for his sacrifice.  JB worked at the Pats ticket office.  He went in there and printed out a dozen tickets for us (completely against protocol) and I believe he lost his job.  A true hero. 

Attendees:  Bones, Gordy, MG, Heff, Pinkman, Uncle Fred, Rush, Shen, Will, Fraher-Dog, ……Ignatious B. Reilly didn’t attend because he charged his college tuition on his credit card.  This is the same person who owned a fucking jeep at the time and buys shit like 600 dollar power washers and every other dumb thing a person in America can own.  This is the football trip equivalent of getting caught jerking off by your parents.


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