Yeah. Great show. Did anyone else give up after halftime in favor of video games? My picks sucked. The commercials sucked - except for the Bud horse commercial - absolutely hilarious. The overkill entertainment sucked, except for Sting's shirt. He sang "Sending Out An SOS," accompanied by the Raider's sideline chorus, apparently nobody answered. Gannon was decidedly Favre-esque. Oakland fans are idiots, your team lost, you freaky uglies. That's all I have to say about that.
Well my preseason pick of a Pittsburgh v. Green Bay superbowl didn't quite come true, in both cases we can partially blame the poor playoff officiating, but I'm an umpire. I respect the profession and the pressure the guys go under. *Sarcasm* I never make a mistake when I umpire, never.
Raiders - 21
Bucs - 13
Jerry Rice will score first in the game.
The odds makers all chose the Raiders as 3.5 point favorites, but the ESPN experts are choosing Tampa Bay.
ESPN's panel of experts is quite interesting. All of them, except Eric Allen and Ed Werder said the point spread will be 7 points or less. Green Bay's ol' boy, Sterling Sharpe thinks it'll be a battle of the kickers with Gramatica being the MVP - interesting. Maybe all those neck and head injuries were really something to be worried about. Dan Patrick is very confused, he picked Jon Gruden as MVP, well, ummm, he doesn't play, Dan - sorry. Of course, Ron Jaworski is a dumbass, so don't look at whatever he said.
U2 won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song last week for their single, "The hands that Built America," from 'Gangs of New York' (Which was, in my opinion, the best movie of the year until I saw 'Adaptation.'). Yeserday a U2 crashed in South Korea. The CNN article mentioned that "It was not known if anyone else was on board the plane," and right next to that in the picture's caption it mentions that the plane is a single-seat airplane. It'll be nice when this flying chopstick stops getting shot down and crashing. U2 can continue making good music as far as I'm concerned. I wonder if U2's fantastic halftime show from last year will be topped this year. NOT likely. Happy Super Bowl Sunday!