Task 33- Catch 2 Live Sporting Events (New England Patriots vs. Pittsburg Steelers)

I'll admit im not a huge fan of football but when I was offered a few tickets to the game including Tailgate Party Tickets at the Dana Farber practice facility to took them with out thinking about it.

We arrived early knowing there would be lots of traffic and took advantage of the complimentary food and drink at the Tailgate Party. While we stayed warm indoors the crowds were building at the entrypoints to the stadium. About 30 minute before the game began we decided it was time to get to our seats.

We were lucky and managed to avoid the very long lines by using the Tailgate Party express entrance. Our seats were in the nose bleed section 313 row 4 seats 16 &17 and we had many ramps to climb to reach our seats. It was my frist time at Gillete and I enjoyed the view of the stadium from the ramps and stopped to take a few pictures and panoramics.

Finally we took our seats and settled in for the game. Almost immediately I was happy I wore my thermals since it was in the mid 30's.

The game started with an introduction of several members of the Red Sox, as well as team owner John Henry who were honored in a pregame ceremony; pitcher Jon Lester and the World Series trophy served as honorary captains.

The Patriots came out strong scoring two touchdowns early on but stumbled allowing the Steelers to tie the game. The Patriots had a 24-10 halftime lead, but the Steelers had touchdowns on each of their first two drives of the third quarter to tie the game. After the Steelers rally in the 3rd New England rebounded in a big way in the 4th with 28 points.

It was a run away in the 4th quarter and the Patriots crushed the Steelers with a final score of 55-31.  This amazing finish puts the Patirots at 7-2 and a two-game lead over the Jets in the AFC East.

Their 610 total yards of offense were the third most in franchise history, and for the first time in team history, there were three receivers with more than 100 yards: Rob Gronkowski (nine receptions, 143 yards, touchdown), Aaron Dobson (five receptions, 130 yards, 2 touchdowns), and Danny Amendola (four receptions, 122 yards, touchdown).