It effectively ended this contest but it did little to dampen Hull's sense of achievement at arguably the club's finest ever season - and it could get even better at Wembley next weekend.
But the delay would seem to mean that whenever this is resolved over the next few days, the winner is going to enjoy a very bright spotlight, particularly given the frisson of drama that attended the end of this contest.
Much can change before we reach the end of this contest, but neither the bulls nor the bears have much to brag about at this point.
The upcoming election is critical but it's not the end of this contest.
There's no happy ending to this contest, I'm afraid.
And while heavyweight bouts are known for ending early, this contest has real potential to go the distance, as Gonzaga has an ability to slow fights down and stall the action.
Unlike the Tour de France, in which teams of cyclists traverse the country and end in Paris, this contest will be decidedly more modest -- a circle around Lower Manhattan, ending pretty much where it began.
It was a gripping, end-to-end contest with plenty of chances at both ends.
This was a frantic, energetic, end-to-end contest that was highly tactical and ludicrously open.
