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130 “I think it took”—Roger Fischer, “ABC Unveils Super Game Plan,” St. Petersburg Times, January 27, 1991.
130 “I’m having a”—Leonard Shapiro, “ABC Realizes That This Time Around, ‘Super’ Really Is a Misnomer,” Washington Post, January 25, 1991.
131 “[The] game”—Mary Jo Melone, “Let’s Call the Whole Thing off Series,” St. Petersburg Times, January 23, 1991.
131 “Somebody asked”—New York Times, “Excerpts from Bush’s Remarks on Moves in Gulf,” January 26, 1991.
131 “I don’t think”—Rick Fuller, author interview, July 26, 2010.
132 “Saddam has a”—ABC broadcast (halftime), January 27, 1991.
133 “various terrorist”—Pacific Stars & Stripes, “FBI Checking on Terrorist Backers,” January 26, 1991.
133 “At the time”—David Isby, author interview, July 13, 2010.
134 “Probably not”—Robert Reinhold, “Threats, Real or Not, Still Fears across U.S.,” New York Times, January 24, 1991.
134 “very concerned”—Robert Reinhold, “Threats, Real or Not, Still Fears across U.S.,” New York Times, January 24, 1991.
134 “We really didn’t”—Jim Steeg, author interview, July 19, 2010.
134 “A black helicopter” Jim Steeg, author interview, July 19, 2010.
135 “The three of us”—Dan Dierdorf, author interview, July 30, 2010.
135 “They proceed”—Dan Dierdorf, author interview, July 30, 2010.
135 “It was pretty hard”—Dr. Ricardo Martinez, author interview, August 20, 2010.
136 “That area of”—Dr. Ricardo Martinez, author interview, August 20, 2010.
136 “We tend to forget”—Dr. Ricardo Martinez, author interview, August 20, 2010.
136 “That Super Bowl”—Jerry Anderson, author interview, August 23, 2010.
137 “We’ve always had”—Jerry Anderson, author interview, August 23, 2010.
137 “Usually, Americans”—Toronto Star, “Bowl Security Fails to Faze Football Fans,” January 28, 1991.
137 “I’m real glad”—Toronto Star, “Bowl Security Fails to Faze Football Fans,” January 28, 1991.
137 “It’s just taking”—Gerald Eskenazi, “Security: Security Slows Crowd Entry,” New York Times, January 28, 1991.
138 “Running out”—Michael Wilbon, “For Parcells, Euphoria and Now a Seller’s Market,” January 29, 1991, Washington Post.
138 “And now to”—ABC television broadcast, January 27, 1991.
138 “It was the most”—ABC’s Television’s Greatest Performances, hosted by Jimmy Smits, 1995.
139 “I keep pride inside”—ABC’s Television’s Greatest Performances, hosted by Jimmy Smits, 1995.
139 “We were in white”—Steve Tasker, author interview, June 17, 2010.
139 “Here we are”—Stephen Baker, author interview, May 13, 2010.
CHAPTER 7: THE FIRST THIRTY MINUTES
142 “No name is”—Armando Salguero, “Tampa Drops Discord for Super Bowl,” Palm Beach Post, January 22, 1991.
142 “It has been”—San Diego Union, “NFL Fans Blast Decision to Play,” November 24, 1963.
142 “Playing the”—Michael Wilbon, “Rozelle Grew into His Job, and NFL Grew into a Giant,” Washington Post, March 26, 1989.
142 “President Roosevelt”—Gerald Eskenazi, “N.F.L. Says It Will Play, with Tight Security,” New York Times, January 18, 1991.
142 “the Super Bowl is”—Ken McKee, “Parcells: ‘A Mad-Dog Coach,’” Toronto Star, January 26, 1991.
143 “It’d be like”—Nancy Imperiale, “Party Mood Pierces Shadow of Gulf War,” Pittsburgh Press, January 28, 1991.
143 “Commissioner Rozelle”—ABC television broadcast, January 27, 1991.
143 “Don’t be off-sides”—NFL Films, viewed at the NFL Films offices in Mt. Laurel, N.J., on June 29, 2010.
144 “He did not want”—David Halberstam, The Education of a Coach (New York: Hyperion, 2005), 172.
144 “We went into the game”—Bill Belichick, author interview, May 11, 2011.
144 “They were used”—Erik Howard, author interview, July 21, 2010.
145 “Supposedly”—Bill Ordine, “From Kutztown to Super Bowl,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 22, 1991.
145 “Everybody talks”—Bill Ordine, “From Kutztown to Super Bowl,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 22, 1991.
146 “I don’t think”—NFL Films, “The Wild Ride to Super Bowl I.”
147 “There were a few”—NFL Films, “The Wild Ride to Super Bowl I.”
147 “He didn’t come”—NFL Films, “The Wild Ride to Super Bowl I.”
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