In the same vain as last year’s Super Bowl, I figured I would drop some thoughts on last night’s big game.

Fun fact: Did you know that you have to pay the NFL for the use of the phrase “Super Bowl” in a commercial, but if you use the phrase “the big game” you don’t have to pay them anything?…kinda funny.

Anywho, I was watching Mike & Mike on ESPN2 this morning and they were talking about a lot of the extracurricular stuff…not so much about the game. Because isn’t that really what the Super Bowl is anymore? An event? Not necessarily a contest?

It’s too bad too. The first half was very good football. And by “very good”, I mean “very boring defensive battle”. Fortunately things picked up in the second half (the reverse pass from Randle-El to Hines Ward was definitely a highlight), but let’s be honest. Seattle really gave that game to the Steelers. The score didn’t show it, but Seattle certainly had a lot of opportunities to win the game. In fact, after that interception that they had on Roethlisberger that they returned back to the 20, I really expected it to get better.

But they blew it.

Going in, I was about 60/40 on the Seahawks winning. I thought that they had the better team. And after the first half, I was sticking with my pick. They were moving the ball well, they just couldn’t score. I expected them to break through in the second half, but they were pretty ineffective. NFL MVP Shaun Alexander disappeared and the Seahawks tight end (Stevens?) couldn’t catch a ball to save his life. He dropped 3 critical passes he should have had. Not only that, but the Seahawks kept shooting themselves in the foot with penalties. Now, I think the one on Darrell Jackson in the end zone that called back their first touchdown was pretty crappy and it seemed an awful lot like the officiating was favoring the Steelers, but you can’t blame the officials on your inability to close or catch balls.

Honestly, I didn’t have any vested interest in the game, so I can’t say I’m upset that the Steelers won. Good for Jerome Bettis (seriously, one of the most overrated running backs in the history of the leauge…good guy though).

As far as the rest of the stuff goes. Halftime was horrible. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are both 180 years old and they just look weird performing. I understand the NFL’s desire to be “safe” after the Nipplegate of two years ago, but COME ON. At least give us SOMETHING.

My favorite commercials:

• The creepy Whopperettes jumping on each other to make a burger
• Most of the Bud Light ones, but particularly the one with the revolving refrigerator…”hey guys, the magic refrigerator is back!”…so funny
• The H3 commercial with the monster and the robot…it’s actually been around a while, but it is a good commercial
• The “Don’t Judge Too Quickly” Ameriquest commercials…my favorite was the one on the plane where the lady is trying to climb over the guy and then turbulence hits and her blouse comes undone a little just as she is stepping over a guy, causing her to land on him, blouse disheveled, just as the lights come on and everyone wakes up

Overall, it was just a Bowl. Not Super, but not bad.