On Sunday, Feb. 8 millions of people from across the world eagerly huddled around their devices to watch the 60th Super Bowl. The Super Bowl, a staple in many families’ homes across America, did not disappoint. Fans witnessed an exciting 29-13 victory for the Seattle Seahawks over the New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Prior to the game, Green Day opened for the 70,283 fans with strong punk-rock melodies and Charlie Puth sang the national anthem. Controversies swarmed around the halftime show with Bad Bunny headlining, along with guest appearances from Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.

While these performers, events and players hooked audiences from all over the world, John Carroll University students and alumni were particularly drawn to this year’s Super Bowl. The New England Patriots had three Blue Streaks on the sidelines representing them, including offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels ’99, offensive assistant Riley Larkin ’19 and Southwest area scout Alex Brooks (former JCU coach).

This is not the first Super Bowl appearance for the Blue Streaks family. John Carroll University has been represented in the Super Bowl for 10 straight years, a remarkable accomplishment for the small D-3 university. Some other Blue Streak Super Bowl statistics include 30 out of 60 Super Bowls played have had an individual with a JCU tie, 27 individuals with JCU ties have reached the Super Bowl and 80 total Blue Streak appearances in the Super Bowl.

If the Patriots had won, Riley Larkin would have made history as the 24th Blue Streak to earn a Super Bowl ring, Josh McDaniels would have won his seventh Super Bowl ring and Alex Brooks would have won his second ring.

While the results were not in the Patriots’ favor, it was still very exciting to see Blue Streak excellence on one of the most-watched annual events.