It's the kind of game I like best because I didn't have a vested interest in who won, I like both teams enough that I was ok with either team winning, and I have enough friends who are fans of both sides that there were plenty of people to rag on no matter who lost. All I was hoping for was an exciting game that was fun to watch until the bitter end.
And that is exactly what we got! Of course I stayed up way too late to see the end of the game and then watch The Office afterward, but I'm ok with that. Apparently I'm not a lot of fun to be around today but I'm pretty sure I'm ok with that as well.
Here are my highlights/notes of interest from the game yesterday:
- The opening credits and animations and Faith Hill song were all pretty annoying. And it was really confusing to have Faith Hill out on the field singing O Beautiful. I was like 'where is Jennifer Hudson and why do we need to have TWO patriotic songs?' Seriously, one isn't enough? I mean, I like this country, but do we need a reason to make this telecast LONGER? I think not.
- Jennifer Hudson looked incredibly beautiful last night. And she sang the crap out of the national anthem.
- I think I want to be friends with Mike Tomlin (the Steeler's coach). Seriously, he just looks like a cool character, totally laid back.
- The Doritos commercials were hilarious. They win for being the most random and the funniest.
- While watching the commercials, there was a preview for a movie that came on that looked pretty cool and Sacha said, "I wonder what this is for?" Then the title came on and I shouted "GI JOE!!!!!!!" like it was the most exciting thing I had ever seen. That got me a raised eyebrow and a "um, you like GI Joe?" That and Star Trek are the two movies I'm most excited about this spring (with Transformers coming in a close third)
- At the end of the first half I was totally behind James Harrison for that interception/runback. My esteem for him lasted until the 2nd half when he pushed somebody around after the play was dead. Bad form, he has lost my respect. I don't care if he is the defensive player of the year.
- Speaking of which, the number of personal fouls in that game was a little crazy. I didn't realize there was so much heated-ness between these guys. Wow.
- During the 3D portion after the first half I kept saying, 'why is this weird? Why don't my glasses fit right? Why does this whole thing seem off?' At first I thought it was because I had the 3D glasses on over my regular glasses, but afterward I realized that it was because I forgot to punch out the nose piece. Oops.
- Bruce Springsteen did a way better halftime show than Tom Petty, but it was still kind of weird. Can someone please explain the guitar throwing thing he was doing at the end? I didn't get it. Plus, could the E Street band have any more people in it? I don't know how they'd fit on stage.
- At one point in the third quarter I texted my friend Katie who lives in Phoenix "dude what is the deal with your boys?" and they immediately mounted a comeback and almost won. Seriously, the timing could not have been better. Cardinals fans, you're welcome for the almost victory.
- We ate kind of a ridiculous amount of food. I made a layered taco dip (which was delicious), Sacha made some kind of disgusting olive balls that I can't even go into. They were gross. He also made enough chili to feed a small country, and I made some cornbread to go with it. We neglected to get any kind of dessert, but that was probably for the better after everything else.
- By the 4th quarter Toni had completely lost her patience with football and started watching tv on the computer while waiting patiently for the game to end so she could watch The Office. So she was sitting off to the side with headphones in, and most of the quarter saw Sacha and I jumping around and shouting "holy crap! oh my god! did you see that!?! holy s***!" I can only imagine what was going through her head listening to us. I'm pretty sure she thinks we're crazy.
- There should be some sort of law in place barring Matt Millen from being paid to talk like he knows about football. I'm pretty sure the last several years in Detroit have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that he DOESN'T know about football, and if anyone should be out of work during this economic crisis, I'm pretty sure it's him. As soon as he picked the Cardinals to win I thought to myself, sorry Cardinals you just lost. You never even had a chance.
- I enjoyed last night's post-Superbowl Office but in retrospect it probably wasn't good enough for me to lose an extra hour of sleep and be cranky today. Oh well. Live and learn I guess.
I hope everyone enjoyed their Superbowl Sunday and that this Monday is not too painful!
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