First off, America got to see yet another entertaining NFL Football game in Minnesota. Part of the reason for this is because it played like a college football game.
- A lot of offense
- Creative play calling
- Risk Taking
- Poor kicking
- Bad Defense
- Good Offense.
In the end the Eagles pulled the upset over the Patriots 41-33 and in Philadelphia there was much rejoicing, climbing greased poles, flipping over cars, lighting things on fire and (go look it up) eating horse manure.
Imagine if the Eagles would have lost.
The problem for most people with this game was that you had arguably the two worst NFL fan-bases going head to head to see who could out-douche the other. It's also a problem that you either love these two teams, or don't really care all that much about them. (although, to be fair, you can say that about almost any NFL team)
I was so "meh" on this game initially that I really didn't care who won. I tuned in for three reasons.
1. It was the Super Bowl and, by extension, pretty much the only thing on.
2. Commercials
3. The halftime show.
So, the game didn't disappoint, I thought the halftime show was entertaining (some didn't though, but cracking on the halftime show is now more of a National pastime than actual criticism) and the commercials were generally awful.
Seriously. Super Bowl commercials have gotten so bad we're down to arguing whether a dual rap or a clever twist by Tide was the best of the night. Even the Bud Light commercial was underwhelming.
I thought Tide was the clear winner, with Alexa losing her voice providing some comic relief. Toyota, T-Mobile and Dodge Ram made me want to actively avoid their products (Please, don't preach at me)
Most of the other commercials were just not very memorable, as I've pretty much forgotten them already.
The horrific part of the night was NBC's broadcast. From the creepy animation to Al Michaels having an off night to Cris Collinsworth's public display of affection toward Tom Brady the entire thing was a mess. You knew it was going to be rough when Michaels kept confusing play-action passes with "RPO's" (which they then provided an on-screen definition for) and overusing the term all night long.
Cris Collinsworth is devolving as an announcer before our eyes each and ever game. When he wasn't trying to proposition Tom Brady he was obsessing over minutia in a veiled attempt to cause some controversy that wasn't there.
Yes, the NFL catch-rule sucks, but both plays were reviewed, and the calls are the calls. 30 minutes after the fact and Collinsworth was STILL droning on and on and on and on and on.
All of this and I haven't even the creepy CGI quarterbacks they kept showing.....
All in all however it was a good end for an NFL season that was largely underwhelming in terms of quality of play on the field. Ignoring the social activist stuff for a moment, the biggest reason to stop watching the NFL is that the play is usually BORING. In many cases watching paint dry is preferable to spending your Saturday watching tired offenses run the same 10 plays.
The Super Bowl was exciting because the two teams didn't do that. They both ran creative offenses that confused the opposing defenses.
Oh, and Tom Brady is a wimpy putz, a bad sport and a sore loser. My biggest regret is that he went to Michigan. Honestly, given how he underwhelmed as a QB there they should just write him out of the history books and refuse to acknowledge his presence.
Fortunately we won't have to pay much attention to the NFL until the draft, which is fun at least.
On to college basketball, hockey and rugby.
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