Senior Bro recaptures Surfy
OAKLEY, Calif. — It may have lacked the confetti, streamers, and the pomp and circumstance of last year’s championship celebration, but it was a victory nonetheless for the Senior Bro, who hoisted the Surfy Trophy high for the fifth time in six years.
Unlike the 2017 trophy presentation to honor Sean’s first title after a four-year drought, it had been little more than one trip around the sun for Glenn, who concluded that memorable ceremony by telling his brother not to get too comfortable with the Surfy because he wanted it back next winter. Despite having to come from behind to win the prize late in the season, on this day his wish came true.
“I really didn’t think I’d be winning this back this year,” Glenn said following the brief trophy-passing event that included only the briefest of introductions — Tina Turner singing a canned rendition of “The Best.” True enough, Glenn had to climb out of a four-game hole he found himself in at the end of Week 12. But he then stitched together a six-split winning streak that led to his ultimate victory. A kiss of the golden statuette and some minor polishing, and the Surfy was soon back in its spot in the living room. Glenn barely had to blow the dust off the shelf, it had been so short an absence.
While the 2018 Surfy Trophy presentation may not have been the most memorable in GBF history, four out of four people on hand for the ceremony said it was easily more entertaining than this year’s low-scoring Stupor Bore, won by New England over the L.A. Rams, 13-3.
