Okay, I have decided to do a little live blogging during Super Bowl XL coverage.
UPDATED 10:27 p.m. (scroll down for most recent updates)
Some initial observations:
4:05 p.m.
So far, so good on the pregame show. The features have been okay and not overly cheesy and a lot less emotionally manipulative than they could have been.
Steve Young said Joe Namath when he meant to say Joe Montana, his former rival in San Fran.
Today may be the last meaningful football game for seven months, but there is an upside — not having to see the atrotious attire on the studio hosts. I have been meaning to mention that since bowl season. It makes the original MNF yellow blazers look good. Michael Irvin does not deserve to be in the Hall of Fame if he is going to wear a tie that bad.
Smart move using a taped interview with Joe Willie this time, lest he come on to another sideline reporter.
Jessica Simpson and Pizza Hut can go to hell.
I’m back with more observations:
5:35 p.m.
Vault has some pretty funny commericials. I think PETA is going go nuts about the first one because they killed some crows and foxes. They won’t care about the hippies though, OR WILL THEY?
Michelle Tafoya is a lot more attractive than her predecessor Lisa Guerrero and is much better at the job. (On a side note, will this mean the Lisa Gurerro fetishists start coming here instead of dl004d?)
When the camera was panning some Steelers fans in the crowd, there was kid with no shirt on and a jersey painted on. It didn’t look like a boys face — creepy.
Coverage has been better than I expected.
6:10 p.m.
If you are going to call it a Stevie Wonder performance, maybe you ought to let Stevie sing more than a just a few of the songs.
The Crock*Pot BBQ*Pit makes some tasty ribs.
I like the MVP parade. John Riggins looked to be the least happy to be there though, Jerry Rice needs to, um, dress for the occasion, and Randy White probably walked the slowest. The color-coded ties were great too. Franco Harris’s terrible towel was pretty cool. Lynn Swann got the loudest ovation. Where was Joe Montana, or did I miss him?
It’s a shame I did not talk to Sam long enough to see XXX MVP Larry Brown announced.
7:10 p.m.
Quick first quarter.
Too many captains at the coin toss.
7:43 p.m.
Great play by Ben Roethlisberger on 3 and 28.
Gillette Fusion: F–k Everything, We’re Doing Five Blades – The Onion (not work safe)
I don’t think Roethlisberger was in the endzone, but I don’t think you could overturn that call on the field, it would not be conclusive.
7:54 p.m.
What a weird end to the half. What was Seattle doing? That clock management reminded me of Penn State, circa 2003.
Pittsburgh 7 Seattle 3
Halftime
While it is not as bad as Fred Astaire dancing with a vacuum cleaner, changing “Addicted to Love” to “Addicted to Lost” is pretty bad. Shame on his heirs.
Whoa, I totally expected the Stones to open up with Mother’s Little Helper or Paint it Black. Boy, they just keep you guessing.
8:59 p.m.
What kind of throw was that by Roethlisberger?
Harris Teeter crescent rolls make pigs-in-a-blanket as well as the Pilsbury ones.
Are the Seahawks facemasks black or navy?
9:24 p.m.
How can you flag a QB for a “block below the waist” when he is going after the defender who intercepted his pass? Pittsburgh is getting the calls thus far.
10:28 p.m.
Good Super Bowl! Pittsburgh 21 Seattle 10
