The Real Super Bowl Score

Super Lights Out! 
Bowl Game #47 
into Record Books

Super Bowl #47 goes into the record books for two reasons--the dramatic 110 yd run-back for a TD and the 3rd quarter lights out for more than 30 minutes. What really happened is still everyone's guess. What it did for the game is nobody's guess. Forget the announcers saying it had no effect on the game.  Nobody watching what ensued (17 quick pts for SF) believed that nonsense!  The announcers were just trying to protect the "integrity" of the game.  Laughable!  It let SF back into the game--when ironically--it appeared to be lights out for them.  The Ravens were running up the score and folks were ready with channel changers with just one more TD. 

So what we saw is this--first, SF came back dramatically and took over the game.  The Ravens could not fly--they were grounded.  The temporary lights out "rebooted" SF.  However, and this is not to be lost because it makes a champion. The Ravens then got their second wind and did what was necessary to win the game in the end.


The Real Score
 

The real score and lesson is this: LIGHTS OUT.  A second wind. Taking yourself out of the game for a few plays.  Catching your breath. Time out.   Whatever you call it -- we know that we reach a point in life where we confront a problem, and the harder we work at it, the more difficult it becomes.  Then if we back away, detach, do something else, our minds still work on it--but not on the front burner.  Our best problem solving happens at a subconscious level.  Ever hear the phrase--go sleep on it?  Then you awake the next morning and --bingo!--the answer is right there. 

Check out Richard Carlson, PhD: You can be Happy No Matter What (Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective    The chapter on "problem-solving" is terrific. The harder you try to solve some problems the worse they get.  Back away, let it go, forget it for awhile--and the answer jumps out at you.  Once you detach--a different part of your brain can work on it with less clutter and especially the emotion of frustration that builds when answers elude us. 

What was that you said? Wasn't that pass interference on the Ravens at the end of the game to turn the tide for SF? I don't know.  I am gonna go turn off the lights for a while.