17:28 Well, and so the end of the 1997 NFL season and for NBC Sports, Super Bowl XXXII is the end of our 32 years covering AFL, NFL action. NBC's been there from the start, from Joe Namath all the way to John Elway, from Curt Gowdy to those of us who had the honor of calling this game tonight, and on behalf of all of our crew, all the men and women who have brought you the sights and sounds of NFL football here on NBC since 1960, we want to thank you for your effort, and those of you who have watched, and we congratulate the Super Bowl champions. The underdogs have won. The 13 years of defeat have been erased at least for tonight as Denver wins it, 31-24. Don't wander away, more to come from San Diego. Greg Gumbel will be back after station identification. Denver Broncos are Super Bowl champs.
I miss these post game interviews like Shannon Sharpe. You can say what you wanted and not hold back on anything. Now everything gets blasted or misinterpreted by social media, you have to PC about what you say, you can't disrespect the team you beat even if they disrespect you. It's all BS now.
It took the Denver Broncos five Super Bowls to finally hoist Vince Lombardi's Trophy in total victory after four failed attempts (three with John Elway) and 20 years of torture.
What would've been better is for the postgame show to carry the 1989-92 NFL on NBC theme, and then... after a commercial break close to the end of the show... intro the last part with the *NFL TODAY* theme, and Jim Nantz on hand because CBS would be doing the AFC broadcasts thereafter. Then, finish the post-game with the *NFL TODAY* theme.
I'm surprised that, since this was NBC's last NFL broadcast until the 2006 Hall of Fame Game, the network didn't have Greg Gumbel or Dick Enberg give a farewell message before the network signed off.
I was in my last year of preschool when I watched this. Honestly, I didn't really care who won, I just wanted to watched the game, but I bet that John Elway was a extremely happy man that night and I don't blame him one bit. 😀
