Jan 31, 2011
Hawaii - The NFL claimed to have held the 2011 NFL Pro Bowl yesterday, with the NFC All-Pros supposedly defeating the AFC 55-41 in what was called "one of the strangest Pro Bowl Games nobody has ever seen."
After a one-year trial in Florida, apparently, nearly 50,000 fans professed to have seen the game's return to its long-time home: Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, which the NFL insists has been the site of the game since 1980.
The NFC All-Pros, ostensibly led by Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, purportedly took advantage of five AFC turnovers to feasibly build a 42-0 lead by halftime. The AFC squad in all likelihood scored a few second-half touchdowns to make the stated final score close, including one probably on a muffed kickoff return, and another, it seems reasonable to believe, on a double-lateral pass play in the game's final minute?
"This game was so strange, it had to be seen to be believed," remarked announcer Terry Bradshaw, without a hint of irony.
