Super Bowl Observations
1. Aretha Franklin should have sung the “Star-Spangled Banner” by herself. Aaron Neville’s singing made me wonder if his mic was broken.
2. Why in the world was Tom Brady doing the official coin flip? Aren’t there plenty of other famous people to do this? Did the NFL think the ratings would stink if they didn’t have the Patriots there?
3. Watching the Super Bowl on an HDTV is good. Watching Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in HD is bad. Really bad. Downright disturbing. One of the few drawbacks of HDTV. Plus did anyone understand what he was singing most of the time?
4. Any high school football team could manage the clock better that the Seattle Seahawks did at the end of both halves. They looked better overall in the game, but its the scoreboard that matters.
5. MacGyver is back! Here is the commercial. One of the better commercials last night.
6. Other good commercials included the Careerbuilder.com Monkeys in the Office, the Caveman FedEx commercial. More Commercials here at Google Video.
7. The game did have its moments. The Steelers habit of throwing in a few gadget plays is always fun to watch, especially when it ends in a game breaking touchdown to Hines Ward.
8. Yet again the officiating crew made some horrible calls that seriously effected the momentum of the game.
9. Steelers owner Dan Rooney grabbed the trophy before they even got to the official presentation. Mike Tirico had to make him put it back.
10. In the end the NFL got what they wanted a storybook ending for Jerome Bettis’ career.
