Do you think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll work? For this Super Bowl edition of Work of Art, I asked a number of athletes, employees of the City Recreation Center \u00e2\u20ac\u201d people who follow football \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to predict the winner and the final score of Sunday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s game.<\/p>\n
Surprisingly, only West Las Vegas High School junior Brandon Gallegos predicted anything close to a slaughter. Brandon picks the Seattle Seahawks to beat the Denver Broncos 42-24. And why does he choose the Seahawks? \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like Denver.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reason enough.<\/p>\n
Those who predicted a final score were extremely conservative, for the most part, choosing either the Broncos or the Seahawks winning by a touchdown or even a field goal. Except for Brandon, the participants in this informal poll kept the scores in the teens, twenties and low thirties.<\/p>\n
The experiment mentioned above will be simply to tally all the predicted scores and come up with an average. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see how close our local experts come to guessing the winner of Super Bowl XLVIII final score. With experts like these, we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need odds makers from the bigger Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
Nicolas Silva, a lifeguard at the rec center, is a fan of the Philadelphia Eagles. He picks Seattle to win because \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a better all-around team.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Their quarterback holds a good pocket. Nicolas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 prediction: Seattle 27-20.<\/p>\n
Miguel Martinez, a maintenance technician at the center, roots for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but since they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t qualify this year, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Denver in a close game. This is Denver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s year.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Carlos Romero, another fitness tech, is a Kansas City Chiefs fan. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s picking Seattle, 27-21, and figures \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Payton Manning, the Broncos\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 quarterback, won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be a factor.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Ricky Gardu\u00c3\u00b1o, a 2011 West Las Vegas High School baseball player and cross-country runner, already has his favorite team, the Broncos, in the Super Bowl, and he predicts a 23-17 victory for Denver. Why? Because \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Denver knows how to work as a team. And Manning is the main team player.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Pedro Tafoya, a sophomore at Luna Community College and a former gridder for the Dons, likes the Broncos, and accordingly, picks them to beat the Seahawks 26-17.<\/p>\n
Brandon Lucero, a work-study student at the recreation center, is a senior at Robertson High School. His favorite team is the Dallas Cowboys. He foresees a low-scoring game \u00e2\u20ac\u0153between Denver, the No. 1 offense and Seattle, the No. 1 defense.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Brandon doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a predicted winner, saying only, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be a close game, not high-scoring.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Two cousins, Tyler Rudolph and Cheyenne Rudolph, who describe themselves and each other as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153two peas in a pod,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d are nursing students at Luna, working toward their RN certification.<\/p>\n
Tyler as yet doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a favorite team but expects Seattle to take it, 27-17. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They have better players,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tyler said. And her prima, Cheyenne, says \u00e2\u20ac\u0153consistency\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is what got the Seahawks into the big game, which she says they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll win 30-22 over Denver.<\/p>\n
Albert Tafoya, the assistant division manager at the rec center, is a fan of the Miami Dolphins. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Did you know the Dolphins beat every team that made it to the AFC playoffs?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he asked. Tafoya explains Denver was not one of Miami\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s victims, and that was only because the teams didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t play against each other.<\/p>\n
Tafoya picks Denver by four, 28-24. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The difference is offense,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153and if Seattle can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop Manning, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s over for them.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
The local prognosticators come up with an average tally of 27.6 points for the Seahawks and 22.6 for the Broncos. By Sunday we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll all know how accurate these people are.<\/p>\n
Did anyone notice that this column \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the 10th Super Bowl installment, going back to 2004, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t contain a single insult directed at the Dallas Cowboys, nor a single compliment for the Oakland Raiders?<\/p>\n
These rapidly advancing years of mine must be causing some mellowing.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2<\/p>\n
Could last week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Christmas carol quiz have been too easy for our local literati? Almost all received 100 percent.<\/p>\n
The column listed some 20 carols and hymns cloaked in far-too-eloquent terminology. It asked readers to identify the selections. I got the idea after I outed my wife, Bonnie, announcing to all, that she listens to Christmas music year-round.<\/p>\n
The list of hymns and carols included, for example, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bleached Yule\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which becomes \u00e2\u20ac\u0153White Christmas\u00e2\u20ac\u009d; \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Arrival Time 2400 Hours \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Weather Cloudless\u00e2\u20ac\u009d represents \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Other alternate titles include \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bantam Male Percussionist,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Little Drummer Boy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Delight for this Planet,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d representing \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Joy to the World.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Those who submitted responses were Jackie Gallegos, Bonnie Bolton, John and Margaret Geffroy and Jean Hill and Tom Ward.<\/p>\n
Jackie Gallegos might have struggled with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Proceed and Enlighten on the Pinnacle,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which she identified either as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The First Noel\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh Christmas Tree.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The correct answer is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Go Tell it on the Mountain.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d But Jackie still scored a 95.<\/p>\n
Hill and Ward say they became interested in this quiz because Jean\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s daughter, Mikaele, also listens to Christmas music irrespective of the season.<\/p>\n
An unexpected submission came from John Geffroy, who asks if anyone in Christendom can divine what he refers when he submits \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Observed: Genetrix Osculating Hibernal Gift-Giver.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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