After that, the party kicked into high gear and the chili tasting started. 5 different chili's and some new invention called vegetarian chili (oxy-moron) took center stage for the most heated chili battle in super bowl party history. The official votes were tallied by a public accounting firm that has chosen to remain anonymous, but as far as everyone knew, the vote was official.

The party thrower Slavek (mentioned above) won by a narrow margin over Lauren's extra popular chili #2, who incidentally, won last year's contest in a runaway. Stephanie's Veggie Chili (oxy-moron) took 3rd, and I hate to admit it, but it was pretty damn good....nobody's going to read this anyway, right??

After the final tally was announced, Slavek quickly grabbed the championship belt and repeatedly yelled "Big Slav is finally above the law, I can finally buy my way out of anything!!!" while he danced around the room with the championship belt around his waist.

On a side note, as far as I can remember the game was more boring than most super bowls. The Steelers won and covered the 4 and 1/2 points, but other than that there's not much more to say. Willie Parker had a nice 70 plus yard touchdown run and Seattle got jobbed by the refs a couple times. Pittsburgh wide receiver, Antwaan Randle El also threw a 43 yard touchdown pass to eventual super bowl MVP, Hines Ward.

The Seahawks could have taken an early 10 - 0 lead, but the refs called offensive pass interference on the Hawks and the fix was on. Seattle never really recovered, with 2 missed field goals and a handful of Jeremy Stevens drops. The Steelers took advantage and took over what turned out to be the most boring super bowl in recent memory, maybe ever.

Thank God the super bowl party had a square pool and some side action going to actually keep the interest level in the game up to the minimum. However, this also created some major controversy. Party throwers Ed and Slavek won the first 3 quarters and Slavek's brother Andy won the final quarter for a house/family sweep of all the squares. Because of the strange coincidence, an investigative committee was formed and is currently gathering evidence to see if there was any tampering. At this time, no official charges have been filed.

This editor has also found out that there were some sparks flying and despite the cold weather there was some tomfoolery going on outside, aka, make-out session by the side of the house.  We haven't gotten the details yet, but there may be some romance in the air, another successful Super Bowl.

Now its on to the offseason, time for life to continue again, see you all in August for the beginning of the Bears Super Bowl run!