Thoughts on the Super Bowl and Commercials

I have to say, I was pleased with the game. Green Bay looked to be well in charge, up 21-3 late in the 2nd quarter, but Pittsburgh scored a late touchdown to trim the lead to 11 (21-10) at the half. From that point forward, it was tightly contested. Aaron Rodgers, the Super Bowl MVP, was great and in all actuality, his numbers could have been better. I don't have the official count, but the last time I checked, the Packers' receivers had dropped 4 passes and three of those could have gone a ways.

I will say, even though the Packers won the game 31-25, I am still amazed that the Pittsburgh Steelers had a chance to win at game's end. The Steelers had 3 turnovers compared to a goose egg by the Packers. Pittsburgh was -3 in the turnover department and ALL three turnovers led to Green Bay touchdowns. Even then, with a touchdown and extra point on their final drive, Pittsburgh would have won the game 32-31.

In any case, it was a good game. Congratulations to both teams, especially the Packers.

With regard to the commercials, I have mixed thoughts on them. From a first-impression standpoint, I'd probably grade them with a C, maybe a C-. I did think a couple of the Doritos commercials were pretty good, where the guy is so obsessed with the chips, he rips off a fellow employees' pants, which were rubbed by a consumer of the chips, and sniffs that particular area. The one with the dog knocking over the guy teasing him was pretty funny too.

Perhaps it's the pervert in me, but I thought the Valentine's Day commercial with Faith Hill was the funniest of the night. The guy in the commercial was sitting at the computer, about to send flowers to his girlfriend for Valentine's Day, but couldn't think of what to write in the card that would be sent along with the flowers.

Faith Hill said, "Just say what's in your heart."

The guy responds, "That will sound dumb."

Hill says, "No, trust me. Just go with your heart."

He then types something like, "Dear Kim, you have a great rack."

I'm sorry, that caught me off guard there and delivered the biggest laugh of the night from me.

There were plenty of misses as well, but overall, I'd say the commercials this year were very average, some pretty darn funny and others which were cringe-inducing.

So, all-in-all, it was a pretty good Super Bowl Sunday, a A- grade for the game, a C- grade for the commercials for a composite grade of a B-.