The first-ever Super Bowl began in 1967 and was played by the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs hosted at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Last year the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers played, with the Chiefs winning 25 – 22. This year’s Super Bowl number 59 was played in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs met again after 2 years. This year the Eagles won 40 – 22. It was a devastating break of the streak for the Chiefs after winning the Super Bowl two years in a row. They played on February 9th with millions of watchers from all over the world.
I asked some teachers and students from LHS what they thought of the outcome of the Bowl this year. Mr. Mack, a special education teacher, said that watching the Super Bowl, he wanted the Eagles to win over the Chiefs. Ethan Bader, a senior at LHS, agreed with Mr. Mack saying, “I hate the Chiefs personally, I didn’t want any team to win but I would rather have the Eagles win than the Chiefs”. And Mrs. Barlow, a social studies teacher said “The Eagles. I hate the Chiefs.”
The Halftime show was performed by popular artists Kendrick Lamar and SZA. I asked our interviewees what their opinion on the halftime performance for this year was and Mr. Mack with a funny comment said he fell asleep during it so didn’t get to watch it at all. But Ethan thought it was super lame and did not enjoy it personally. On the other hand, Mrs. Baarlow loved it saying, “I thought it was really good. I thought it was really culturally relevant for 2024, 2025, especially coming off the Grammys.” Samuel L. Jackson, dressed as Uncle Sam made a few appearances during the show as well, commenting on the performance and giving “advice” to the performers.
Everyone has an artist who would be their dream artist to perform in the Super Bowl halftime show and everyone’s artists and genres are different. I asked what their dream performers would be and they replied right away with proud answers. Mr. Mack told me he would love to see Luke Combs perform. Ethan, sticking with the country genre added that he would like to see Chris Stapleton and brought up how he did the national anthem for Super Bowl 57. Mrs. Barlow, changing it up a little bit, said some girly pop would be fun.
Overall this year’s Super Bowl was a huge hit as always and tons enjoyed it. It was a devastating loss for the Chiefs but a well-deserved win for the Eagles. Both teams fought hard but only one was able to walk away with the trophy. If you watched the Super Bowl this year I hope you enjoyed it and can’t wait for next year.
