It's in the basement. The VHS copy of Super Bowl XXXVI. It's been a while since your Uncle Buck has put it in, so NFL Network was kind enough to pull it out for him and air it as part of a series of original Super Bowl broadcasts on the network. As UB is sure many in Stoolville did last night, the game was TiVoed and zipped through to the highlights, but while watching there was several things that struck UB about the event:

• Pat Summerall and John Madden are doing the game for Fox. UB completely forgot how AWFUL Summerall was at this point. Even just zipping through you can hear Summerall refer to Warner as Faulk and during the Ty Law interception, Mike Vrabel as Willie McGinest. He steps all over Madden's lines throughout and of course there was the end of the game...He comments that Vinatieri missed a field goal in pre-game that he hits as it is being replayed ("Well he pulled that one in pre-game, but most of them he hit in pre-game and he doesn't miss many...") and then delivers the worst "dramatic ending" call in the history of sports. Vinatieri's kick: "And it's right down the pike" (long pause, checking his notes...) "Adam Vinatieri" (long pause, check the clock) "No time on the clock, (Pause) and the Patriots have won Super Bowl 36." (Pause) "Unbelievable." By the time he got the last word out Brady had already received the keys to his new MVP car. What a sad way for one of the all time great broadcast duos to go out.
• Even though Fox had been doing the NFL for several years now, they still had an awful broadcast. Especially the moments after Adam's game winner...UB really hopes that director was fired. After the game winning kick the camera shots include: Seldom used receiver Charles Johnson who is talking to the camera, Patriots Center Mike Compton (#77) rolling around, a Rams player on one knee saying "damn", a zoom in of confetti, Mike Martz looking like a zombie and then a few other random Patriots linemen. Only in replays do you see Brady slapping Bledsoe's shoulder pads or the reaction of Vinatieri and Ken Walter. They completely missed Belichick's embrace with Lawyer Milloy and his daughter, which was caught by NFL Films.
• The graphics are amazingly different from today. The scoreboard bug at the top takes over at least 1/5th of the screen, while the camera is more zoomed in than today, making the players and the field look bigger.
• Just before the game begins the Patriots are introduced as a team, it still gives UB chills.
• Brady looks SO freaking young. He looks like an 18 year old when they introduce the offense.
• UB remembers waking up that morning in his new apartment, just lying in bed thinking "If they can just win this game, everything will be different." Think about it. In February 2002, the last title UB and Boston had enjoyed was the 1986 Celtics. We were hanging our hats on an AFC title in 1996-97 and a Stanley Cup appearance in 1990, that's it for the decade. At the time the Celtics were improving, but no one expected them to do anything amazing (although they did reach the Eastern Conference Finals later that season) and the Bruins were in the same boat. The Red Sox were taking steps to get better but we were celebrating more about the Yankoffs losing the 2001 World Series than we were about anything the Sox had done. About 13 hours after waking up, life was VERY different for UB and Boston.

Those are just a few things that popped in to UB's head...UB is sure that the Stoolies will add there own memories from the game and the times below, but it still stands out for UB as perhaps the happiest and most unbelievable sports moment of all time...When UB woke up this morning, he flipped on the TiVo and noticed that the NFL Network re-broadcast of Super Bowl XXXVIII recorded at some point over night...Can't wait to re-live that one too.