"Buc"-ing Father Time

Tom Brady celebrates (AP/Chronicle)

In the battle of Northern California quarterbacks the San Mateo native defeated the Chico Kid to go to the Super Bowl. (Translation: Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers Defeated Aaron Rodgers' Green Bay Packers, 31-26.)

The quarterback play wasn't stellar--Tom Brady threw three interceptions and Aaron Rodgers one--but both played well at the finish. In fact an excellent argument can be made that the Green Bay loss wasn't due to the quarterback but the coach, who chose to rely on his defense to get the ball back rather than count on Aaron Rodgers to tie the game:

They were helped by a strange decision by Packers coach Matt LaFleur with just over two minutes remaining and down by eight points. On fourth-and-goal, he elected to kick a field goal to get within five. Tampa Bay then ran out the clock on the Packers (14-4).

We tuned in to watch the first-ever playoff matchup between these two Hall-of-Fame-bound quarterbacks. With their combined age of 80 years, the odds are against their meeting again to play for a chance at a title. Any way, now that 43-year-old Tom Brady is in the Super Bowl, we in the senior demographic will have to cheer him on.