Final Super Bowl thoughts, points and one-liners
I give the game a C+, the halftime show an A- and the
commercials a B-.
Last Sunday’s Super Bowl XLI received a C+ because
– the bottom line – it was boring for the most part.
Final Super Bowl thoughts, points and one-liners
I give the game a C+, the halftime show an A- and the commercials a B-.
Last Sunday’s Super Bowl XLI received a C+ because – the bottom line – it was boring for the most part.
Yes, there was the game-opening kickoff return by Chicago and the slew of fumbles that made things interesting, but those were the high points. The bottom line was that Indy dominated the game to the point that Chicago should have been blown out by more than 20 points.
Heck, I don’t even remember more than a handful of Bears’ offensive drives the entire game. But Chicago can thank Mother Nature for keeping the game even slightly close, because had it not been raining, Indy would have had Super Bowl XLI won by halftime.
As far as the halftime show goes, that was more impressive. Can you imagine how huge your ego has got to be to tour as only a single name a.k.a. Prince, Madonna, Cher, etc, etc.
I see that Prince is calling himself Prince again too. I guess the symbol just wasn’t working out for him. By the way what the heck is that symbol anyway? It looks almost Satanic to me.
As far as Prince’s performance went, he sounded pretty good and showed some musical depth. With all the rain though, I must admit, I was wondering if the guy was going to get electrocuted out there.
I would have liked to have seen him use more of his symbol-shaped stage, and so would the thousands of fans that stood butted up against various parts of it.
I will say that if it hadn’t been raining, Prince’s version of Purple Rain wouldn’t have gone off so perfectly.
Now on to the commercials…
Some of them were good, like the guy with the comb-over beard. Most were just so so. I must say I wasn’t real fond of the Snickers one. I thought it was a little over the top.
Back to the rain for a minute, can you imagine spending thousands of dollars for a ticket to sit in a downpour for five hours?
I will say this game also brought to the forefront just how out-classed Rex Grossman was going up against Peyton Manning. It would have been a lot closer and exciting had the Saints beaten the Bears in the NFC Championship game because Drew Brees is a lot more evenly matched with Manning than Grossman.
Grossman’s season was no doubt a Cinderella story, but in reality he doesn’t even deserve to be on the same field as Manning? I will say though that Grossman’s last name couldn’t be more fitting.
Super Bowl XLI also left me with a few unanswered questions like:
How many times has Peyton Manning broken his nose?
Now that he got the monkey off his back, how many more Super Bowls will Manning win?
How many people flushed their toilets at halftime?
And last but not least, how does the NFL get all of us to sit in front of our televisions one Sunday each year with an array of drink and snacks to watch a game between two teams that most of us don’t normally root for? Not to mention the NFL also gets the people who don’t even normally watch any football period to watch this game. The Super Bowl has become a national holiday – talk about a lesson in marketing.
