Super Bowl XLVIII

The DTB cousins would have been excited that the Denver Broncos were in the Super Bowl. It was the favorite NFL team of all three cousins - particularly because Trey's uncle used to play for them. In addition, the Broncos were the "home" team for Devin before his family's move to California. Unfortunately, the blowout loss to the Seahawks would have been an all too familiar theme. The first Super Bowl the cousins would have paid any attention to was Super Bowl XII, when Trey's Uncle Jon and company lost to Dallas Cowboys, led by Roger Staubach. Although that was the only Super Bowl appearance for the Broncos at the time of the first DTB book, The Narrows Escape, the Broncos went on to appear in three more Super Bowls to close out the 1980s. Unfortunately, those were all blowout losses too. It wouldn't be until January 1998 that their beloved Broncos, led by their aging star John Elway, won their first championship. Elway retired the following year after leading the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl titles. Unfortunately, that was to be the Broncos' last appearance in the big game until yesterday's debacle. Ah well, there is always next year.