Some thoughts as I watched the "big game":
1. It seems like it would be much more difficult to be the sign language interpreter when people like Jennifer Hudson sing the national anthem. With every note drawn out for 10 - 15 seconds... does the interpreter hold the sign... or make the sign extra slow? Seriously. The question nagged at me for the entire first half.
2. is there really a need for 5 - 10 suits sitting around and discussing the game for five hours? What's next... every NFL team has a failed head coach or executive represent them on the pregame show?
3. My gambling buddy called me at halftime. The line for the 1st half was Steelers (-3.5). All Arizona had to do was not throw a 100-yard Int TD. Ooops. He painted a great picture for me... "Imagine 400,000 annoying Turtle lookalikes bitching and moaning and carrying on." I know exactly the type he was describing. Some of those guys are reading this now. By the way, that TD also put the 1st half OVER. Vegas must have been going nuts during the replay.
4. Bruce Springsteen's junk got much too close to my face. That crotch slide into the camera was funny stuff. I think he really hurt himself.
5. It took me at least FIVE minutes to convince the gal pal that the pudgy guitarist in the halftime show was also this guy.
6. The gal pal HATES the Steelers. She realized that only after seeing this guy and this guy and especially this guy.
7. Granted, Kurt Warner's wife looks better than this. now. But, she still bugs me.
8. Steelers kicker, Jeff Reed, is trying way too hard to be noticed. Note to Reed, you're a frickin placekicker for chrissakes. No amount of dye jobs or crazy hair is gonna make people care about you anymore. In case you missed it. Here was Reed's fresh new look for the big game.
9. Larry Fitzgerald is a TERRIFIC receiver. And, his humility on the field is very refreshing. Too bad his dad is a MASSIVE FRAUD. Here's the "journalist's" "newspaper".
10. Here's a closer look at the Pittsburgh Steelers kickoff returners. "Hey guys, let's really push hard on this return... and maybe we'll get out to the 24 instead of the 23 yard line this time."
11. We could see this on every single play. It's a matter of when they want to call it. And, the babying of QBs is beyond ridiculous. Just put the QBs in any one of these and be done with it for chrissakes.
12. The Steelers are a winning franchise. (whether cats like me like it or not.) It's instilled throughout all levels of that franchise. Arizona is a loser franchise. We saw it tonight. The Cardinals are still the Los Angeles Clippers of the NFL in my mind.
13. Santonio Holmes had a great game. And, made a great catch. This is next.
14. Without DVR, I would have wasted 88 hours and 34 minutes waiting for challenged calls being reviewed. Yet, in the grandest game of them all... at the most critical time... they don't challenge it. Why not? The game was already dragged out to 4.5 hours. What's another five minutes to ensure the call was accurate? If nothing else, imagine the suspense and amount of rage and pent up emotion that would be building if you were sitting next to this guy.
15. Not impressed with the commercials this season. Frivolity doesn't play well during harsh economic times, and this year's crop were safe and safer. Sans, the insufferable CareerBuilder ad where they kept repeating everything. I was so upset by the end that I punched the gal pal. Unfortunately, she punched me back even harder.
16. Heckuva game for drama and great plays... in between stupid penalties and shoddy defense down the stretch.
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