"The Charbor Chronicles": Super Bowl XXXV Memories

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Super Bowl XXXV – Baltimore Ravens 34, New York Giants 7. Played on January 28, 2001, at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida. MVP Ray Lewis. Favorite Ravens by 3. National anthem Backstreet Boys. Halftime show Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Nelly, Mary J. Blige, and NSYNC. Attendance 71,921. Network CBS. Announcers Greg Gumbel and Phil Simms. Nielsen ratings 40.3. est. 84.3 million viewers. Market share 60. Cost of 30-second commercial US $2.1 million. Duane Starks INT TD, Trent Dilfer 12/25 153 1 0, Jamal Lewis 27 102 1, Brandon Stokley 3 52 1, Kerry Collins 15/39 112 0 4

Personal Memories: I watched this game at the home of a friend. We were both Giants fans, and had enjoyed their remarkable run at the end of the season. However, we both kind of had a bad feeling about this game, because the Baltimore Ravens really were just that good. Their defense was the best that I have ever seen, bar none, and not least because they allowed fewer points and had generally better statistics than the 1985 Chicago Bears, and that in an era that already favored offenses. The Giants offense was shut out in this game, as their only touchdown came on special teams. The Ravens offense was nothing really special, although the Giants defense made them look pretty good in the Super Bowl. They took a lead early, built on it, and always had an answer whenever the Giants seemed to do anything remotely positive. This game was a blowout, and kind of embarrassing for us Giants fans.

The year 2001 was a bittersweet one for me. Still a newlywed to start the year, I graduated from Rutgers University with High Honors, and to celebrate, my wife and I went to Canada for a week and a half on a second honeymoon. Later that year, we would go to the pacific Northwest for the second time in less than five years, dividing out time between Seattle and Vancouver. However, I was jobless from mid-August until early December, and my debts just kept rising and rising as I had to borrow money from the credit cards simply to make minimum payments for everything that I owed, which is not a formula for financial success, believe me. This set me back many years. Also, the September 11th attacks, and the atmosphere in the country afterwards, was depressing, and the world felt different, unrecognizable, and generally worse.

http://www.infoplease.com/year/2001.html

Here are some of the major events that took place in 2001, the year this Super Bowl was played. The world's population was 6.16 billion people. The September 11th attacks will forever dominate the memory of this year, for obvious reasons. Four airliners were hijacked by Al Qaeda terrorists, and two of them made it to Manhattan and crashed right into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in suicide missions that killed over two thousand people. In response to the September 11th terrorist attacks, U.S. and British forces launch bombing campaign on Taliban government and al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan. Bombings continued on a daily basis, and at a UN-sponsored summit in Bonn, Germany, Afghani factions meet to create a post-Taliban government. Hamid Karzai was selected as head of the transitional government. The Taliban regime in Afghanistan collapsed after two months of bombing by American warplanes and fighting by Northern Alliance ground troops.

Some of the other news that happened in the world in 2001: Congo president Laurent Kabila assassinated by bodyguard. Son Joseph Kabila takes over amid continuing civil war. Ariel Sharon wins election in Israel. Right-wing leader chosen overwhelmingly as nation's fifth prime minister in just over five years during worst Israeli-Palestinian violence in years. Background: Middle East. The long-simmering resentment of Macedonia's ethnic Albanians erupts into violence in March. The rebels seek greater autonomy within Macedonia. After six months of fighting, a peace agreement is signed. British-led NATO forces enter the country and disarm the guerrillas. Background: Macedonia and the Balkans. U.S. spy plane and Chinese jet collide; Sino-American relations deteriorate during a standoff. The 24 crew members of the U.S. plane were detained for 11 days and released after the U.S. issued a formal statement of regret. Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic is delivered to UN tribunal in The Hague to await war-crime trial. Without U.S., 178 nations reach agreement on climate accord, which rescues, though dilutes, 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Irish Republican Army announces that it has begun to dismantle its weapons arsenal, marking a dramatic leap forward in Northern Ireland peace process. Israel condemned the Palestinian Authority as a "terror-supporting entity" and severs ties with leader Yasir Arafat following mounting violence against Israelis. The Israeli Army begins bombing Palestinian areas. Background: Middle East.

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