SuperBUST

How anticlimactic was SuperBowl XLV?
(I don't think it's any coincidence that it says 'Cope' and 'terrible' on a towel for the Super Bowl.)

So much so that people were willing to pay $200 to stand outside the stadium in 40 degree Dallas weather and watch the game being projected on a white tarp. If that’s not good, wholesome family-fun then I don’t know what is.

The game itself was in hand from the get-go. The early Ben Roethlisberger pick-6 sealed the deal, and an insignificant late run by the Steelers was hardly enough to make it a game. The Green Bay Packers were the better team, the best team all year, and showed it with their talent, depth and precision. It just didn’t have the feel of smash-mouth game that should have resulted from such good defenses coming together.

The commercials were also weaker than a Circus strongman. Way too much money, and way too much research went into them. They outdid themselves, and by ‘outdid’ I mean couldn’t put a memorable or funny ad together for the life of them.

The NFL Championship game doesn’t have to be Super to be called a SuperBowl… this year proved that.

[They didn't even say I'm going to Disneyland.... tradition?]

Mind-Boggling

What is going on?

The NFL sounds more like a reality radio show… if there ever was one. (Not a bad idea, right? Jersey Shore mixed with Don Imus… could turn out to be some good radio.)

Last week it was, “Who could have the biggest grudge, talk the most smack?” media week. Jets and Pats were throwing, and sometimes landing, soundbite after soundbite. Steelers and Ravens had nothing good to say to each other, obviously they ran out of compliments because they said them during their 2 regular season matchups.

This week it’s the role reversal, “They are real good, I don’t know how we are going to compete.” They are playing the ultimate underdog, just like Dean Smith did with his Tar Heel squad. Ben Roethlisberger can’t seem *says he is in awe of the Jets defense. And Charles Tillman, Bears CB, *thinks the Packers wide receivers are THE best in the league.

I’m excited. This is going to make for one heck of a quote happy, drama stirring, crazy fun Super Bowl week. Yea I said it, I’m not really that excited for the big game… only the pregame festivities that involve athletes, mind games and microphones.