Dan's Super Bowl Reactions

I found myself in a state of sheer confusion between the hours of 6pm and 11pm last night. While the Seahawks were putting the beatdown of a lifetime on Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos, my mind was trying too hard to wrap itself around a shmorgesport of things that seemed out of place.

First the obvious thing -- the game itself. Nobody saw this coming, right? One of the greatest quarterbacks of all-time (yes, he still is) got completely manhandled by one of the youngest teams to ever play in a Super Bowl. We all knew how good Seattle's defense is, but to keep a Peyton Manning-run offense to ONE score all while scoring 43 points yourself? I would have thought there would be a better chance of Bigfoot ringing my doorbell than that happening. 

But it is what is it, and Peyton Manning falls to 1-2 in his Super Bowl career.  That's rough and it does hurt his legacy. He will be back, though, and he and the Broncos will be competitive again. 

How about patriots fans saying things like "Now it's obvious that Brady is better," and "Manning is not a great quarterback because he has a losing record in Super Bowls." 

Well, Brady and Manning are 0-4 in their last four Super Bowls. Both of their legacies have taken hits. But that is neither here nor there. In a game that had NOTHING to do about with the Patriots, yet people still found a way to make it about the Patriots. 

And Pats fans wonder why we are hated so much...

It was also terrific to see Percy Harvin score that touchdown. He's one guy who I really want to see make a comeback and be relevant again, because he is a great player.

Like I said last week, the Seahawks should be considered the model team right now. I guess that goes without saying because they are Super Bowl Champions, but it is very good to see the defense still does win championships. 

Okay, next thing on the agenda -- commercials.

Here is a quick ranking of the good commercials:

1. The "Transformers: Extinction" Trailer

2. The "Amazing Spider-Man 2" Trailer

3. The two Budweiser Commercials

4. The Bruce Willis Commercial

5. The Doritos "Time Machine" commercial

Honorable Mention: Those Ian Rappaport commercials were really dumb until Arnold showed up and said "prepare to be crushed... in tiny tennis." I loved that. 

Otherwise, this was the worst year for commercials on record. 

They were all trying to be too sentimental. If you want us to remember a commercial, you need to make us laugh or cry. Most of the commercials did neither of those things. Axe Body spray tried to take a stab at comparing world peace to smelling nice -- at least that's how it came off to me and everyone else in the room -- and that was a total joke.

I guess people are outraged at Coca Cola's "It's Beautiful" ad because it contained some languages that weren't english and a gay couple? Shut. Up.


And finally -- The halftime show

I seem to be the only person who was horribly, horribly disappointed in Bruno Mars' and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers' performances. The Chilli Peppers just sounded bad. Flea's bass wasn't even plugged in, and the whole performance was just noise.

By virtue of the Chilli Pepper's performance, it seriously hurt how much I was able to enjoy Bruno Mars. I like Bruno Mars. I think he is one of the more talented musicians out there today. But throwing RHCP right smack in the middle of his performance brought the whole thing down. The two acts are COMPLETELY different, and really had no business sharing the same stage.

I don't really know who exactly is to blame here, though. On paper it looked like it was going to be a great performance. One of the best rock bands of all-time paired up with today's most talented artist? For some reason I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have. But the rest of you seemed to like it, so I'm happy for you.

Overall, I'd give this Super Bowl 4/10 stars. It was a little boring.

P.S. How about this nutjob? This was just the capper on a strange night.