Years of planning come together

By MIKE BEAS / Daily Journal
First Posted: February 06, 2012 - 12:39 am
Last Updated: February 06, 2012 - 12:42 am

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A fan takes a photo before the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game between the New England Patriots and New York Giants on Sunday in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly four years of planning and buildup came to this.

The football teed up 10 yards in front of him, New England kicker Stephen Gostkowski began his approach at 6:30 p.m., before swinging his right leg to literally kick-start Super Bowl XLVI.

Sensory overload reined, the boisterous interior of Lucas Oil Stadium balanced only by two or three seconds in which thousands of camera flashbulbs were popping.

Two proud and proficient professional franchises from the East deciding their sport’s premier event on Midwestern soil. Only one trophy. And a day no one who was fortunate enough to have been here will soon forget.

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