Nashville, TN—

Think it’s impossible for there to be more heartbreak for the Romney campaign? Well, tonight they got some more –the New England Patriots losing by 3 in the final moments of the Super Bowl.

The former Massachusetts governor got some ribbing earlier today for missing most of the Super Bowl because of travel from St. Louis to Nashville. But, we dashed into the hotel to catch the last moments of the game. Romney’s close friend and advisor, Bob White handed out Patriot hats to the staff and press as we ran into the bar of the Hilton Garden Inn.

We were able catch the Giants upset of the Patriots with a final play by Eli Manning. White stayed hopeful telling the governor, “There’s still plenty of time.” With the seconds dwindling Romney chuckled, “I think it’s looking a bit tight here. I think we better start getting nervous.”

A reporter asked Romney if it could be compared to his campaign. Romney quipped, “No metaphor, no metaphor.”

Before things started to go sour for his home team he engaged in a bit of trash talk with two New York Giants fans there, both from New York newspapers. Mike Luo from the New York Times looked for the one Giants hat and the New York Daily News’ Celeste Katz shouted out, “Maybe you should warm it up!” Luo called his wife when the Giants scored to make sure she was watching, “This is one of the greatest moments in sports history and I’m watching it with Mitt Romney!”

Romney mentioned earlier today that he sent Tom Brady an e mail yesterday, “I e mailed him- sent him an e mail saying good luck and he emailed back just a friendly personal hi.” He also called Brady a friend, but no word if he will call to express his condolences.

Several members of the Romney press corps hail from Boston, but it was CBS News’ Scott Conroy who summed it up best: “Well, we got the silver.”