Super Bowl thriller: late-in-the-game coaching debacle will go down in history

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Trevor Mulqueen, Sports beat writer

The game football fans have waited for since the season started has come and past.  In sunny Phoenix, Arizona, the New England Patriots would be taking on the defending champions the Seattle Seahawks. Both teams were coated in controversy in the weeks leading up to the big game, between Marshawn Lynch and the media, and Tom Brady deflating footballs.  All of this would be forgotten during the four stunning of the bowl itself.

With millions of people watching, the Seahawks kicked the ball to get the game started. The Patriots kicked off the scoring by taking a 7-0 lead but the Seahawks wouldn’t let this score stay for long as they soon responded with a Marshawn Lynch rushing TD. As the half was coming to a close, Tom Brady set up wide receiver Rob Gronkowski for a touchdown late in the half. With a great half-ending drive, the Seahawks were able to tie up the game.

As the second half started, following a memorable half-time show by Katy Perry, the teams were ready to play one of the most important 30 minutes they would ever play. As the Seahawks kicked a field goal they took a 17-14 lead over the Patriots.

Following this, the Patriots failed to score and the Seahawks took advantage and scored a touchdown putting them up 24-14 over the Patriots. As Tom Brady threw a touchdown to Danny Amendola, he not only brought the Patriots back into the game but he set the all-time Super Bowl touchdown record. The Seahawks then failed to score, which gave the ball back to the Patriots, and the Pats drove down the field and scored a touchdown as Tom Brady yet again connected for a touchdown, this time with Julian Edelman. The score was 28-24 with 2:02 left in the fourth quarter and it was up to Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson to lead them down the field.

Following one of the greatest catches in Super Bowl history, after the ball was dropped by the receiver and he kicked it back to himself to make the catch, the Seahawks were at the Patriots five yard line with less than a minute to go.  It seemed there was nothing stopping them from getting in the end zone.

Marshawn Lynch was able to run the ball to the one yard line for the Seahawks and all it would take was one more run to win the game. With 28 seconds left, all the Seahawks needed to do was run it in, but then they made arguably the worst call in Super Bowl history and decided to throw the ball and try to get into the end zone. The poor decision would cost them the game as Russell Wilson threw an interception on the one yard line to Malcolm Butler, and just like that the game was over, Patriots 28, Seahawks 24.