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February 05, 2007
Super Bowl Extra-Large-Eye
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| If you missed the Super Bowl here's a recap. Cirque du Soleil performed for the Super Bowl XLI pre-game show (41 for the Carthaginians in the audience). They were firing on all 5 cylinders and would have done any high school flag team proud. The media focus on ads prior to the Super Bowl was pretty annoying. There are a couple that end up being funny every year, but it's still just advertising. There's a web site somewhere where you can watch the ads. I won't post it here because I'm better than that. The first half of the game was pretty exciting with 6 turnovers, a couple of long yardage plays, and of course the opening kick-off run back for a touchdown. The Colts were clearly in charge, but could only eke out a 16-14 advantage over the Bears. The CBS play-by-play team sucked (Jim Nantz - Phil Simms). I long for the annoying talent of John Madden. I would take his 1 minute soliloquies on the color of a player's shoes over Phil Simms' useless conceited ramblings. CBS had a foggy camera lens that I did like. It added that romantic "soft light" quality to many of the plays. The half time show featured the artist formerly known as a hieroglyph. I actually like Prince quite a bit. I remember singing Raspberry Beret with my friends while riding in the back of a convertible Mustang on my "senior trip". That's about all I remember of the trip. Check out this Chappelle Show True Hollywood Stories skit, which does him serious justice. In the second half the Colts gutted the Bears and hung their mangy old pelt over the old set of One Day At a Time. It was a sad contest for the Bears (29-17 Colts), but that's football for you. If you get beat, you get beat publicly. Most people I talked to wanted Manning's team to win, and his team did it on all fronts. Hats off to Da Bears for #2. I pick the Niners for Super Bowl 42. |
| I'm always sad when football season
ends. Football is the all-American sport and culminates
in an emotion filled capitalist extravaganza. Prior to that
the 16 regular season games determine
who makes the playoffs, and every one of those games count. During the playoffs you either win and move on, or your season is done. That kind of black and white determination of success is something lost in popular culture. At a time when people have litigated job positions into near permanency, the NFL is the ultimate meritocracy. More importantly, what other sport gives you the opportunity to drink beer and eat good food for an entire day. |
Posted by Lon at February 5, 2007 12:00 AM