Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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IRISH IN THE PROS BY ANDREW OWENS W hen the clock ticked to zero after a 43-8 blowout over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate pulled out an iPhone and captured the moment in video while confetti cascaded onto the field. "Where's the champagne? Where's the champagne?" Tate asked report- ers after the game. "We've got to cel- ebrate!" It didn't take long for Tate to find his champagne, and a costly one at that. He took in the win with a $100,000, 15-liter bottle of Armand De Brignac's Nebuchadnezzer champagne known as "The Ace of Spades." It was a celebration to fit the victory. Billed for two weeks as one of the best Super Bowl matchups in recent mem- ory with the No. 1 defense of Seattle pitted against the top-ranked Denver offense, there was little intrigue in the 35-point Seahawks blowout win that marked the franchise's first Super Bowl victory. "We just did what we usually do," Tate said. "We played fundamentally sound football and it worked. We didn't give any spectacular efforts, we just did our job and balled." Tate finished the season as the Se- ahawks' leading receiver with 64 receptions for 898 yards and five touchdowns in a contract season. His intention, he said, is to return to the organization that drafted him in the second round four years ago. "I probably shouldn't even say this right now, but I'm going to say it any- way just because I love Seattle," Tate told Seattle's Sports Radio 950 KJR. "Honestly, I would rather take a little Golden Tate Basks In Super Bowl Glory Tate, who finished the season as the Seahawks' leading receiver with 64 receptions for 898 yards and five touchdowns, earned a Super Bowl ring when Seattle dominated Denver 43-8 Feb. 2. PHOTO COURTESY SEATTLE SEAHAWKS