The worst call in Super Bowl history and other memorable moments

But Super Bowl XLIX will be remembered for its exciting, crazy ending, the kind of final scene that would have a Hollywood scriptwriter saying, “Nah, nobody would ever believe that.”

In the end it was the NFL’s glamorous star Tom Brady leading the Patriots to a 28-24 heart-pounding win and an undrafted rookie defensive back making an astonishing play to seal the win.

After weeks of answering relentless questions about reportedly soft balls, New England joined five other elite NFL teams with a fourth Super Bowl trophy.

Here are some highlights and lowlights from the game, on the field and off:

Why didn’t they run the dang ball?

Pete Carroll looked so smart at the end of the first half, making an unorthodox call that resulted in an unexpected touchdown with time running out.

But with 20 seconds left in the game and the Seahawks scrambling for a potential game-winning TD, he blew it. He just blew it.

As the Patriots lined up to stop a run, Carroll called for a pass. With one of the best running backs in the game — one nicknamed “Beast Mode” for his pounding running style — Carroll called for a pass. On the 1-yard-line.

There are three things that can happen when you pass, they say, and two of them are bad.

Our favorite Super Bowl ads usually opt for cute or clever over sentiment, but this year there were more triumphant and thoughtful spots mixed in. A bunch of them featured fathers.

“These #SuperBowl ads make me want to go out and buy like 12 dads,” Laura A. Rosenfeld tweeted.

These #SuperBowl ads make me want to go out and buy like 12 dads.

The somber tone of some spots brought the clever out in many viewers.

“A psychologist somewhere just paid off his boat thanks to the Super Bowl ads,” Mac Brandt wrote.

A psychologist somewhere just paid off his boat thanks to the Super Bowl ads

Maybe the angst got to the advertisers too. The CEOs of two big cell service companies squabbled on Twitter over their ads, CNNMoney says.

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