My World's Been Turned Upside Down . . .

Growing up as a football fan in the 80s and 90s, you could rely on two things (for the most part), that the Superbowl game itself would suck, and that the commercials would be entertaining.

Well, that's been turned on its head lately. I don't know if I like this new regime. When the game sucks, and the commercials kick ass, it gives you plenty of time between commercial breaks to do other stuff and enjoy the company of those gathered in the communal activity of not really watching a boring football game.

But now, with tense fourth quarter action, the game is actually the focus of the evening, and that just feels wrong somehow.

Congratulations to the Steelers, they fought hard, they might have gotten a few breaks from the officials, and but for one boneheaded throw by Warner, they probably would have lost, but the final score had them up 27-23, so in the end they become the first franchise to collect their 6th title in the Superbowl era. They capped off an impressive season with an impressive win, and Arizona demonstrated that despite being awful at times this season, they did belong in this game, and played well enough to beat most teams, just not Pittsburgh this evening.

And to all you creative types, come up with better ads next year, this latest crop sucked, you can do better.