Super Bowl XLI
[Moozik: Killing Joke - Darkness Before Dawn]
Today was Super Bowl Sunday in case you've been living in a cave. This means that I had my annual exposure to the world of what Americans lovingly call Football. Now don't get me wrong, I actually like American Football when I watch it, and I even understand the rules ;-) Not entirely sure why they need to wear pads and helmets but that's a concept this former Rugby player is never going to grasp and a friendly discussion for another day ;-)
For me, watching the Super Bowl is like having three chances for something good to happen. If the game is mediocre, there's always the half time show. If the half time show is mediocre, there's always the amusing specially made commercials. So let's see how this year worked out.
Mediocre game? Check.
Mediocre half time show? Check.
Mediocre commercials? Check.
Between the interceptions, fumbles, incompletions and general fuckupary I actually nodded off towards the end of the second quarter. I feel a little sorry for the stick Rex Grossman will get in the press for his, er, performance. Still his multi-million dollar paycheck should help sooth those wounds.
Prince singing Foo Fighters eh? Sure, I'll go along ;-) I actually bought a couple of Prince Albums on vinyl way back in my youth so have a lingering slight interest in Princey things. Not that I've really paid attention to anything he's done since whatever album Alphabet St was on but still wanted to see how he looked/sounded after all these years. Wasn't too bad but still left me with a feeling of, well, meh.
This year's commercials were awful. In past years there have been some really good ones that actually made me laugh out loud. With the exception of the Doritos commercials, this year was really quite poor. The Budweiser ads were lame, as were the careerbuilder.com ads, the fedex ads, and would someone please shoot whatever exec keeps letting godaddy.com place ads. That is all.
So, only another 364 days to go until I get my next American Football fix - in my neck of the woods no less.
Yes, this year.. the game was pretty pathetic!! I mean, c'mon.. these were the best teams in the NFL? NOT! I will be bold enough to say I think the Chargers would have beat the Bears. The interceptions at the end, Grossman just needed the game to end to end his embarrassment.
I can't wait for baseball season. We'll be coming to Peoria for Spring Training! Yay Baseball!!
Are the Super Bowl winners still called the 'World Champions' even though only US teams compete?
Do you get to see the Rugby over there Kev??
Jase - I just had a peek at the Colts website and they're calling themselves "Super Bowl Champions" so looks like the "World Champions" label is perhaps just baseball thing.
And that's a no on the Rugby unfortunately. I read some really good things about the England game last weekend though. By all accounts Wilkinson was in top form. My Mum burned the game to DVD so will watch it in a week or so. Can't wait.