Thinking about the Super Bowl

OK, I know it's not hard to find a story about the Super Bowl since it was just yesterday, but I thought I'd spout a few thoughts.

1.) The game was OK. It wasn't the most exciting in recent history, but it wasn't a blowout or anything. There's not a lot to comment about the actual game, other than...

2.) Rocky Bernard, #99, Seahawks defensive tackle. I love when big fat guys get out in the open field. Something funny always happens, and Rocky was no exception. For a few seconds after Kelly Herndon's interception, big Rocky was chugging downfield. He wasn't just giving a cursory effort to impress the coach or looking to cream one of the O-line folks (ala Warren Sapp). Ol' Rocky was moving. After about 20 yards or so, he went gimpy with what looked like an extreme ass injury. Good luck on your recovery, Rocky Bernard. The wife and I didn't mean anything by laughing so hard when your ass started hurting.

3.) Everybody talks about the commercials, including me. I didn't really have a dog in the hunt as far as a team to root for, so the commercials also became part of the show for me. Trouble is, this was a really subpar year for super bowl commercials. MacGyver's commercial was probably the tops, but the "pricless" shtick is starting to wear a little thin for me. GoDaddy.com is still hurting from Janet Jackson a couple years ago. The CareerBuilder.com commercials with the monkeys are wearing out their welcome. I'm starting to think Budweiser views its Clydesdales as a national treasure or something. It's like they think we're keeping up with all their commercials, and they just build on top of the earlier ones. I feel like I missed the first half season of 24 and then started watching. Finally, since Disney owns ABC which owns ESPN, a third of the commercials were that company advertising in its own forum. Must've had a hard time selling 30 second spots for $2 million. I almost forgot, those companies that bought spots but showed their old commercials - why bother?

4.) The halftime show. Have the Rolling Stones done anything in the last 20 years? I read that there was a 5 second tape delay to bleep out bad language and questionable lyrics. Doesn't everyone know the lyrics to Satisfaction and Start Me Up be now? You can also tell that our parents are in charge of the country now. Who the hell besides a baby boomer listens to the Rolling Stones? Worse than that, what non-boomer would book them as halftime entertainment? Jeez, shouldn't Mick be relegated to wearing long sleeves in public after that show? He could've killed someone with the jiggling arm-flab. I don't see how hard it would be to have a halftime show featuring someone who has at least had a radio-played hit in the last 5 years or so. Isn't Kid Rock from Detroit? How about Eminem? Janet Jackson, why couldn't you have just leaked a sex tape or something else to get your attention-whore fix? See what you've done?

Damn...