I was watching the game with a close friend who's a Broncos fan. Once 3rd down turned into 4th down, I lost all hope. My head is resting on my left hand as I said to myself, "So this is how it ends for Ray." As the ball is in the air, I'm just drowning in sorrow as it looks like Moore will either bat the ball down or get the INT.
As soon as Jacoby caught, I knew right then that we were going to win this game one way or another. To watch Flacco win against the favorite team of a close friend who I basically grew up with (Broncos) and against the favorite team of my dad (49ers) is the very reasons why I say that the 2nd Super Bowl was MUCH MORE special than the first. The Niners at the time had a good 2-3 years of Super Bowl contention. That was it for us. I literally went to sleep that night with a smile on my face wearing my black Ray Lewis jersey.