In the NFL’s “Super Bowl era” teams have won back-to-back Super Bowls nine times. (Eight teams – the Steelers did it twice.) The most recent occurance, of course, was my beloved KC Chiefs winning the last two years.
No one has ever won three in a row. But the Chiefs have a chance now. They’re actually favorites to pull it off.
Tonight was opening night for this NFL season. We, of course, decorated for the season.
We, of course, also decorated the cars.
The Chiefs started the season well, beating the Ravens in a repeat of last year’s AFC Championship game. It was tight – on the last play of the game the Ravens thought they had scored a touchdown that (with the gimme extra point) would have sent the game to overtime, but video review showed that the receiver came down with just half a toenail on the line and out of bounds. Great fun!
And just before the game was over, there was a launch out of Vandenberg, which I livestreamed on Facebook. (Here!) The rocket shows up above Castle Peak at 2:45, and I think it was pretty much visible (I picked the second stage back up on camera at 5:11) all the way until it disappeared over the horizon to the south. (Here!)
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 