Super Blown: Like their hated rivals, Boston fans have a closer, at least when it comes to football ... their kicker. Oh, he made it yet another nailbiter by missing two medium range attempts, but when he had to make a longer one (41yd) to win it at the end, no problemo. Blah. The final kick should have meant OT. After all, with over twelve minutes to play, the Panthers went for 2. Missed. Tried again later. Missed. This allowed the Pats to be able to go up by 7 late via a two point conversion, if they made it ... of course, they did. What if the Panthers just went for singles? They would have had 24 points when the Pats scored that final touchdown and surely the Pats wouldn't have risked the two points when a failure would have meant a 27-24 score instead of a 27-22. The Pats would likely have played it safe and took a 28-24 lead. And, the TD by the Panthers and field goal by the Pats would have meant a 31-31 tie, and the first Super Bowl OT. So, they didn't just defensively fail at essential moments, their coach failed as well.

Anyway, the commercials were lame. I didn't watch the half time show or the ten minutes of the game afterwards (given neither team scored, didn't seem I missed too much), so I only saw three quarters of them. All the same, they were mostly mediocre. The early one with the bear and the false id was good. The company selling broken glass pops serving as a metaphor as cigarette companies was probably the best way to promote a somewhat heavyhanded PSA. Did we really need another Ditka Levitra ad? Anyway, bad result, and bad ads. An average Sunday afternoon game would have been as good ... and the end result about the same (nailbiter, Panthers tying it late ... going to OT if they were smart ... and a kick winning the game for the Pats, after some good offensive moves by Brady et. al. put them in position). Bring on baseball season.