ANALYSIS OF SUPER BOWL BLOWOUT

For the Denver Broncos the Super Bowl became the Stupor Bowl because they were playing under the influence of pot and they didn’t even know it

In the days leading up to Super Bowl XLVIII much was made of the fact that the two teams that made it to the NFL championship game happened to represent the two states that legalized the recreational use of marijuana. There was a slight difference though in that the Colorado’s legalization went into effect on January 1, while Washington’s legalization does not become effective until later this year. And that difference affected the outcome of the game.

Every day since the first of the year, the NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox news channels have inundated us with coverage of Coloradoans lining up at pot shops to buy high-potency marijuana products. The TV screens showed huge grow-houses with their operators exclaiming that they could not keep up with the demand. And the buyers ranged in age from young folks to the elderly. It almost looked as if the whole fucking state of Colorado was about to toke up.

Just as with tobacco, studies have shown that bystanders can be affected by the ingestion of secondary marijuana smoke. I suspect that some of the Broncos players toked up on a few joints in the days leading up to their departure for East Rutherford, New Jersey. Unfortunately for the players who did not toke up, they could not avoid inhaling some of that dense marijuana smog which was permeating the Colorado atmosphere. Thus, for the Broncos, the Super Bowl became the Stupor Bowl.

Numerous scientific studies have shown that marijuana impairs hand-eye coordination, time and distance perception, decision making, concentration, and reaction time. Marijuana also slows down reflexes and can result in spatial disorientation.

Broncos center Manny Ramirez's first snap after the opening kickoff sailed over the head of quarterback Peyton Manning and resulted in a Broncos safety. Things only went downhill from there, ending in a 43-8 Seahawks blowout.

Poor old Manny was obviously suffering from one or a combination of problems with hand-eye coordination, distance perception or special disorientation when he made that bad snap which started rolling Denver’s fortunes downhill. The Los Angeles Times reported that Manning appeared tentative and befuddled. And if you watched the game, the rest of the team had a problem with reaction time, concentration, decision making and poor reflexes, all symptoms of being under the influence of pot.

So there you have it folks. Poor old Peyton and those of his Broncos teammates who did not toke up before the game, were nevertheless playing under the influence of pot and they didn’t even know it. Ingesting all that Colorado marijuana smog got them blown out of MetLife Stadium. Fortunately for the Seahawks, in preparing for the big game they did not have that pot smog to contend with back in Seattle.