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Our Super Bowl open thread is officially under way! Updates will be added at the top, in EST. Have at it!

10:08

And it’s the Patriots, 28-24!

The way Seattle sees things now:

10:00

INTERCEPTED BY BUTLER ON THE TWO! God is not a Hawk, yet…

9:57

Omg, Kearse caught that ball? God must be a Hawk.

Two Minute Warning!

9:27

Brady to Amendola for the touchdown, 68 yards in 9 plays. 24-21, Seattle.

9:26

Edelman catches a Brady pass to the 3!

9:15

Do you throw #LikeAGirl?

9:05

Hey Jeep, “This Land Is Your Land” is written about the U.S., not the world. Requisite Muslim woman in full regalia to show Jeep loves everyone. Even Saudi woman who are not allowed to drive?

8:53

Touchdown, pass into Doug Baldwin, and the extra point is good. 24-14, Seattle…

8:52

Seattle’s Lynch runs it in, breaking tackles to the 4. Now 2nd and goal.

8:44
Interception! Bobby Wagner intercepts Tom Brady at the 42.

8:37

Wilson puts height on another long pass to Chris Matthews, terrific catch, Seahawks! On the 8, field goal team coming on, and it’s good! Hawks now up by 3, 17-14.

8:28

Bob Costas, blah blah, I must say something, blah blah…

8:26

Thanks God, came is coming back, after that horrible singing, flat, no voice, who thought that would be good?

Katy Perry, then a bunch of dancing rubber beach things… I’m thinking someone left the weed loose next door and it’s flooded over here, or I might be hallucinating, I’m seeing dancing surfboards?

Halftime!

7:59
6’5″ Chris Matthews, 4th receiver, has height on defender, catches one, touchdown, Seahawks, 14-14.

7:47
Brady throws deep to Gronkowski, 22 yards for the score! Touchdown! Now 14-7, New England. Brady now has 50 post season touchdown passes, more than anyone in history…

7:34

On 3rd and 2, Seattle’s Marshawn Lynch gets in, touchdown! Extra point is good, we are all tied up at 7-7…

7:26

Hey, guess what Bill Belichick wore to the Super Bowl?

I think that beats a #BlackLivesMatter T-shirt…

7:13
While we’re watching the game with all our snacks at home, our military is out there fighting the good fight and watching out for us. Well a Chicago charity was thinking about them today...

Make it 5,000 pizzas to go please.

And so it will be that the roughly 11,000 U.S. troops left in Afghanistan will get a slice of home for Super Bowl Sunday.

Pizzas4Patriots.com is teaming with Rich Foods and DHL to send 5,000 pies to American service members across Afghanistan.

Retired Air Force Master Sergeant Mark Evans says the troops get good food on their posts, but pizza is a special treat for them on a day their friends and family at home are enjoying big spreads during the game.

Evans started the charity in 2008 and says it’s delivered more than a million slices of pizza to the warzones. The pizzas are frozen, packed in dry ice, cooked once they arrive in Afghanistan and distributed to various bases.

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7:11
Pass from Brady caught! Brandon LaFell for the touchdown! Pats.

7:10
Nice play! Pats catch 23 yard pass down at the 10, deep surge.

6:56

Hahaha, long time NBC spokes tools Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric did a BMW commercial for the Super Bowl which mostly shows how unaware they were.

Heh, but Audi says, psst, she actually drives an Audi:

6:50 Brady intercepted!

6:39
Seahawk should have been called for roughing kicker, hit him in the planted leg. 15 yard penalty, automatic first down, not called. Got away with that one.

6:32
I don’t have a team in this fight. But if you’re wondering who to root for, here’s one reason to root for the Pats, courtesy of one of our readers, U.S. Patriot 1776:

6:18

Idina Menzel sings National Anthem. Not a fan of that rendition. Too stylized, guess I prefer the simple.

6:00 pm (EST)

Via NY Post:

The Seahawks will be led onto University of Phoenix Stadium field in Glendale, AZ by a 9-year-old augur hawk called Taima, a name of native American origin meaning “thunder.” The bird of prey has a 4 1/2-foot wingspan and usually stays on course — except that time last November at a Seahawks-Giants game when he went rogue and perched on a fan’s head.

As the technically visiting team, the Patriots will be in their white road jerseys, while the Seahawks will be in their home blue.

It’s the third time Arizona has played host to a Super Bowl, the last one in 2008. Aside from the glory in playing in the big game, players from either side get a few extra shekels: losers $49,000, and winners $97,000.

And for some, the most important part? The best commercial. The two best, at least in the first quarter, seem to be from Budweiser, who just seems to have a sense of Americana, and Snickers (funny!) (don’t click if you want to see it live):

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