The Superbowl and everything about it sucked...

[SnakeCharmer]

Shitty game

Shitty, shitty commercials.  Even Budweiser failed to produce.

And constantly reminded / beaten over the head with the fact it was two black head coaches.  You know what would be remarkable about that?  If noone fucking talked about it.  If noone cared.  Why does it have to be black coaches?  Why can't it just be....coaches.  The Colts aren't Tony Dungy.  The Bears aren't Lovie Smith. 

I wonder what is more racist:  Not caring that they are black, or beating it into everyone's heads that they ARE black.  Until the day noone cares about race or gender, anyone that talks about how big a deal it is is nothing more than a blatant racist, chauvinistic hypocrite.

Fuck YOU, Coca Cola...You just made a Pepsi drinker out of me.

[Riggswolfe]

I didn't watch it (my girlfriend was still pissed about the Saints not making it so we did other things) but the feedback I got from people at work was that it sucked, especially the commercials.

[bhodi]

Who the fuck cares about this shit? Why? Nevermind, I didn't mean to bring the hate. It's a monday morning.

[SnakeCharmer]

Who the fuck cares about this shit? Why? Nevermind, I didn't mean to bring the hate. It's a monday morning.

Lots of people.  And apparently you since you posted.

[bhodi]

It matters less to me than if someone created a thread about how they had just clipped their toenails.

[Nebu]

I thought it had some interesting moments.  Rhodes and Jones ran the ball well, Devin Hester's kickoff return, Hayden's interception return, and the slop created by the weather. It's pretty tough to have an entertaining Super Bowl when one of the teams is decidedly one-dimensional.  

Edit: I do agree that the black coach thing was overblown.  Both men are good coaches, why bring their race into it? 

[Trippy]

The Blockbuster mouse ad was chuckle-worthy. The Bud Lite ones as a series were decent. I don't even remember the Coca-Cola one though my current favorite Coke ad is the one where that guy gives a bottle of Coke to that girl on the bench. The game itself was like Indy's previous two games where they basically played keep away from the opposing team's offensive chewing up huge chunks of time with long defense-sapping drives.

[MrHat]

The first half was entertaining as hell to me.  Like playing a game of NFL Blitz.

As for commercials, fuck!  Only one I thought was good was the office supplies death match one in the Promotion Pit.  Don't even remember the company though, so failure as an ad.

[Nebu]

Youtube has all of the superbowl ads HERE.

I laughed at the Sierra Mist one.

[Signe]

I think they brought race into it because it was a first.  Things like that are considered important milestones.  The football was okay but I didn't really watch the adverts much.  I do enjoy watching Peyton Manning play.  It's mostly good fun.  Prince, as expected, was a dramatic spectacle.  He can't do anything subtle, ever.  He'll never top Purple Rain, either.  Hate when he wears a do-rag, too.  It gives him weeble hair.

[El Gallo]

I liked the Ultraman ad and the Robert Goulet ad.

The race angle is newsworthy, but to use it to sell products (particularly ads that compare two black coaches in the SB to the Tuskegee Airmen, Rosa Parks and MLK, jr.) is disgusting.

That GM ad about the suicidal robot HAD to have been designed by Toyota or Ford.

As for the game, sloppy as hell.  But without the Pee-Wee league comedy it would have been something like 47-10, so I'll take sloppy and close for the SB.

[Sky]

I paused the DVR and played about a half hour of Thief 3 to let it queue up...so I could skip the commercials :)

I thought it was a good three quarters of football, and even the fourth started out decent. Rex had to start throwing long balls, and had the chance to be the comeback kid. Didn't, sealed the game, boring fourth quarter. I enjoyed the rest of the game, though as mentioned, it was Indy playing Indyball. Some great subtle Adai moves, Freeney unfortunately kept out of the game by being double-teamed.

I thought Prince was great. I really think he could've been the next Hendrix if he weren't so wrapped up in the pop stuff. He's got a better voice by far than Hendrix, and has great guitar chops when he actually plays. His guitars were /cranked/, you could hear his fingers sliding on the strings. Great stuff. I don't know if he was trying to play with a 'muscular' tone for the testosterone-friendly venue or if he was pissed playing in the rain, but it was great. That's the Prince I've been waiting to see for a long time, just cutting loose, playing easy and LOUD.

[Sky]

I liked the Ultraman ad

I did catch this ad earlier in the day...was that Grim Reaper playing at the end?

[shiznitz]

I don't know what crack pipe you haters picked up off the sidewalk, but the game was more exciting than most Superbowls and a lot of regular season games, too. Lots of turnovers makes for good football TV. Unlike in past years, there were no bad calls either. Sure, it was effectively over by the middle of the third quarter in hindsight, but it wasn't inconceivable that the Bears could score 14 points quickly given how they performed in the regular season. Indy's D was just on fire.  I was half-heartedly rooting for the Bears, if ti matters.

I also liked Prince's halftime show and I have channel-surfed away from that part for most of my adult life.

As for the ads, I didn't pay attention to most of them but the Snickers and rock-paper-scissors ads were funny.

[Samwise]

I paused the DVR and played about a half hour of Thief 3 to let it queue up...so I could skip the commercials :)

Terrist!

[Raging Turtle]

I know jack about guitars, but it looked to me like Prince wasn't playing what I was hearing- as in, there'd be several new notes but he wouldn't strum or move his hands at all. 

The game was too damn sloppy.

[voodoolily]

This was the closest I have ever come to caring about football. The Bears totally shit the bed (sorry, Sauced, dear husband, but it's true). Well, Benson getting checked in the hip flexor wasn't his fault, but wtf was up with Grossman. Doughy little skinny-armed bitch fucked up not one, but two basic-est of basic pass-thingies because his widdle fingers was all wet! Oh, gosh it's all wainy and the ball is swippery! Go in a corner and cry more n00b. If I ever see that guy I'm finnuh kick him in the dick and throw him off a cliff for fucking my husband's dream.

[voodoolily]

I know jack about guitars, but it looked to me like Prince wasn't playing what I was hearing- as in, there'd be several new notes but he wouldn't strum or move his hands at all. 

btw ever hear of feedback.

[Paelos]

I don't know what crack pipe you haters picked up off the sidewalk, but the game was more exciting than most Superbowls and a lot of regular season games, too. Lots of turnovers makes for good football TV. Unlike in past years, there were no bad calls either. Sure, it was effectively over by the middle of the third quarter in hindsight, but it wasn't inconceivable that the Bears could score 14 points quickly given how they performed in the regular season. Indy's D was just on fire.  I was half-heartedly rooting for the Bears, if ti matters.

I bolded that for you as it's the key reason this game sucked. Chicago showed absolutely no signs whatsoever of coming back in this game once they went into the locker room at the half.

Drive 1 - 5 plays: The first drive in the second half, after making two solid passes, Grossman runs backwards and falls over his own feet to lose 11 yards, and then proceeds to screw up the snap on the next play insuring a punt.
Drive 2 - 6 plays: They get the ball at the Indy 40, and they can barely go 15 yards in 6 plays after Rex tosses two incomplete passes. So they kick the FG.
Drive 3 - 4 plays: One good deep pass for 22 by Grossman to pick up a long first down, then on that first down play he throws one of the most horrible passes I've seen in a superbowl that floats up, gets intercepted, and gets run into the end zone for a TD.
Drive 4 - 4 plays: Two completions by Grossman to get a first down, and AGAIN he throws the interception on first down trying to force the ball.
Drive 5 - 8 plays started at the CHI 8: Terrible field position, but this was the most solid drive of the day, and it didn't even get past midfield. Grossman went 5/7 but they were mostly short dump passes for running gains. They still couldn't pick up a first down when they needed it. Game over.

There's nothing in there that showed any spark or chance on offense. The defense had the best shot to score some points, but they couldn't make up for Grossman's mistakes in their own territory. Hell they couldn't even run effectively against the worst running defense in the league when it mattered. It was a bad game where the competition folded up after Prince took the stage.

[WayAbvPar]

This was the closest I have ever come to caring about football. The Bears totally shit the bed (sorry, Sauced, dear husband, but it's true). Well, Benson getting checked in the hip flexor wasn't his fault, but wtf was up with Grossman. Doughy little skinny-armed bitch fucked up not one, but two basic-est of basic pass-thingies because his widdle fingers was all wet! Oh, gosh it's all wainy and the ball is swippery! Go in a corner and cry more n00b. If I ever see that guy I'm finnuh kick him in the dick and throw him off a cliff for fucking my husband's dream.

This was art. Well played, my lady.


I actually enjoyed this Superbowl more than most. The first quarter was an entertaining a quarter as I can remember, and the game was good until Grossman wrapped both hands around his throat (to the surprise of exactly no one). Prince's show was fantastic; first SB halftime show I have sat through and watched in literally decades. The ads were meh, but I did enjoy the office workers in the jungle and Connectile Dysfunction.

All in all, not a bad show. No more football until August. Fuck.

[Evangolis]

It was a good first half.  Grossman choked bad, but Chicago's D was flat.  If either of Rex or the D had played up to the game they had vs the Saints, the Bears could have won it.  Oh well, at least Hester got a good run in before Indy realized it couldn't kick to him.

[Yegolev]

February is Black History Month, you know.  Also, my wife once again missed out on placing a bet on the winner during the pre-season.

[Merusk]

The first quarter and a half was exciting and fun to watch.  After that, when the Colts finally remembered they were at a football game and not a Manning dick-sucking contest the game wasn't entertaining anymore.

I liked the Bud Light "Rock-Paper-Scissors" ad and the Doritos contest winner and the Office-Jungle (was for Carreer Builder.com).  The rest were kind of "meh" but Goulet and Ultraman did give me a chuckle.   

I know jack about guitars, but it looked to me like Prince wasn't playing what I was hearing- as in, there'd be several new notes but he wouldn't strum or move his hands at all. 

Even if he wasn't playing live (which I think he was) he still put on a good show.   Not being a fan of Water+Electricity myself, I wouldn't blame him if he WASN'T playing in that mess.

[shiznitz]

The best part of Ultraman:

The wife and guests: "What is this supposed to be?"

Me: "Ultraman."

Them: "Who?"

Me: "Ultraman!"

*crickets*

[Tale]

Annual pointer to debunk the Super Bowl audience myth: article.

In the UK and Australia it's a blip on the radar - one of those final-item-on-the-news "and we leave you tonight with ..." curiosities to say "those crazy Americans have gone nuts again over some weak sport where they use pads and helmets". Super Bowl is to the USA what Lineage is to Korea :)

[Yegolev]

Super Bowl is to the USA what Lineage is to Korea :)

keke

[Sky]

In the UK and Australia it's a blip on the radar - one of those final-item-on-the-news "and we leave you tonight with ..." curiosities to say "those crazy Americans have gone nuts again over some weak sport where they use pads and helmets". Super Bowl is to the USA what Lineage is to Korea :)

At least we didn't riot and kill any cops.

[Signe]

I don't think Australia has much football violence.  (although it pains me to say football and Australia in the same sentence  )

[Sky]

Shitty, shitty commercials. 

"We saw huge activity going on in the amygdala -- the threat detector -- so much so that we had to go back and double check our software," Freedman said.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6394628,00.html

[Sauced]

Another season ends and I'm mildly depressed and wondering why I give a shit.  So, all is back to normal in the universe. 

ps Fuck Rex Grossman.

[stray]

You didn't lose money too, did you?

[Sauced]

Nah.  Having money involved would have provided a valid reason to care!  I think when Voodoo sees me getting really upset, somewhere inside she's thinking maybe I just lost a lot of money.

[Signe]

Another season ends and I'm mildly depressed and wondering why I give a shit.  So, all is back to normal in the universe. 

ps Fuck Rex Grossman.

  Don't be depressed.  You live in a pretty part of the country.  You just bought a house.  You have an awesomely cool wife who has kick ass feet and at least one incredible arm who can cook like a gourmet chef.  And you're as adorable as can be! 

[Strazos]

I didn't watch the Superbowl. At all.

But thanks for the Youtube link; that's all I care about in the SB, and even then, these commercials sucked.

[Sauced]

  Don't be depressed.  You live in a pretty part of the country.  You just bought a house.  You have an awesomely cool wife who has kick ass feet and at least one incredible arm who can cook like a gourmet chef.  And you're as adorable as can be! 

Awww, thanks.  I'll get over it.  Right, Way?