The All Blacks paid for their arrogance on a magnificent day for test rugby, as Ireland's historic victory made many of us wish that we had somehow got to Chicago.
What an arena and what a game, test rugby at its dramatic best, a few too many stoppages aside. The year of sporting drought-breaking keeps on giving.
There's a new rugby rivalry in town. First Dublin 2013. Now this. Forget England. Forget the Lions. The hottest rugby ticket is New Zealand versus Ireland, and who can wait for the Dublin re-match. Ireland are an excellent chance to make it two in a row.
The arrogance I refer to was the selection of halfback Aaron Smith, whose performance was at the heart of the problems.
And the stupidity of selecting him ahead of TJ Perenara, whose form and all round game was made for the physical threat that Ireland posed, came across as a two-fingered salute to those suggesting the pecking order was, remarkably, under challenge. It didn't give enough credence to the Irish threat either.