The Six-Hundred-Thirty-Second Superbowl

    It was the fourth down of the final play of the six-hundred-thirty-second Superbowl, and Phase Jetson was set to make the winning catch. The play was decided on, and the team was lined up. The quarterback, Ion Ianson, counted down the play, then hiked the ball.

    Phase blasted off, following his route. Ion spotted him exactly where he expected. He launched the ball right toward his anticipation spot. Phase caught the ball right at his center of mass, right in the core, but the ball was thrown so hard that it knocked him out of the gravity field, and he started floating off into space.

    Coach McThrust smacked his head with the clipboard.

    "What are you doing Ion!" he called, then started pacing back and forth on the sideline. They still had time left, what could they do?

    Then an idea struck him. "Timeout!" he yelled to the ref.

    The players trotted over to the sideline, and they reviewed Coach's plan. They all shrugged at the proposed idea; it was worth a shot. They trotted back out to the field, and instead of beginning a new play, they lined up back on the line of scrimmage, but facing backwards.

    Ion counted down again, but instead of "Hike!" he yelled "Thrust!" and the players ran as hard and fast toward their own goal, directing as much force of their movement as they could parallel to the ground. It was working!

    Slowly, but quite surely, the space stadium drifted toward Phase thanks to the opposite force the team was applying to the field. The stadium drew nearer and nearer to Phase until he breached the gravity field. As soon as he did, he fell right onto the field, and as he fell he directed himself as best as he could toward the opposing team's end zone.

    He was right on the line. He pointed his toes and stretched his legs as much as he could, and when he touched down on the ground, he just grazed the interior of the end zone before crashing into the field.

    The referees threw their arms up. "Touchdown!'' The crowd erupted in cheers in amazement at the most remarkable touchdown the Superbowl had ever seen.

    Phase managed to pull himself out of the crater he made on impact before the team thrust him up on their shoulders. Coach McThrust ran over, relieved, and congratulated him and Ion for their outstanding play.

    Then the team dumped astronaut ice cream all over their coach, as was tradition, and then the media swarmed them, asking endless questions about the final play and Coach's quick thinking. As a good coach does, though, he gave the credit to his team, and the Gemini Twins made history as the six-hundred-thirty-second superbowl winners.