Well if you have been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks, the Super Bowl occurred over the weekend. On Sunday the New England Patriots faced off against the New York Giants. The Patriots went undefeated during the regular season and were strong favorites against the G-Men. I believe they were 12 or 14 point favorites before the big game began. I was a strong believer that we would witness another terrible Super Bowl in which the Pats would simply blow out the Giants. Boy, was I wrong.
The Giants came out fighting right away holding the ball for majority of the first quarter, which led to a field goal. Eventually, Plexico BUress scored what became the game winning touchdown which followed a miraculous scramble from Eli Manning and an even greater catch by a guy who had more tackles than receptions during the regular season. The Patriots, who are well known for their unbelievable game winning drives were unable to capitalize and the Giants pulled off what was the second greatest upset in Super Bowl history, behind the Jets when Broadway Joe Nammoath defeated the Baltimore Colts many years ago. Not to mention that it ruined the Patriots run of perfection, which made me happy.
I was very happy to see such an entertaining game.
Well enough about football. Super Bowl Sunday is great for many other things as well. Spending time with a group of my friends laughing and cheering is always a great time. Not to mention the food is good too. Chips and salsa to start off, and then a big sheet pizza for everyone to share. Its like heaven in your soul after eating all that stuff. I was very pleased with the quality as well. The pizza place was so busy that people were lined up out the door for their pickup. I figured that they would have rushed my pizza and it would have came out terrible. Kudos to Pasquales for providing myself with such great food to eat.
The commercials were also very entertaining well. That Godfather remake where the guy finds the front of his old car in his bed made me giggle. Then the advertised that new Audi R8. What a beautiful car that is. I had chills when the engine started and the car drove off. I was also very happy to see Danica Patrick in the GoDaddy.com ad for obvious reasons. She looks very pretty. Will Farrel always keeps me laughing. That commercial which covered his new basketball movie and Bud Light was very funny stuff. As much as I hate Justin Timberlake’s music he really seems like a funny guy. After seeing that episode of SNL which he hosted I figured he would never do anything funny again, but that Pepsi commercial was pretty good. Andy Samberg should never put on a blond wig again. I felt very violated after they showed his face and revealed that it was him and not a hot blond. Honorable mentions include the dancing lizard commerical, classic immigrant Bud Light commercial, and the House ads.
The Super Bowl is pretty much a national holiday in the United States. It’s just too bad that the Bills haven’t gone to it since that Imfamite 4 straight loses over ten years ago. Sorry I had to bring that up, but I would just love to experience having your favorite team play in the big game.