Super Bowl Running Blog

We'll see how long this lasts. Starting at around kick-off time I'm going to start a running blog of the Super Bowl (commercials and all). Will I be able to plant my butt in one seat for 4 hours? I have no idea but I hope it's fun. Anyway, the prediction: Seattle 24, Pittsburgh 20. Have fun watching the game. Time for some Stevie Wonder now.

2:55 pm: Is there a song on TV that is more well-known than the "Are you ready for some football" song? How old is that singer? And does he write his own lines? He's gotta be close to death soon.

2:58 pm: Everyone in the room just looked at each other with a blank stare after that Full Throttle commercial. And they are still running the Patriots offensive line Visa commercial. Visa knows that the Pats aren't in the Super Bowl right?

3:06 pm: Um, everyone noticed that Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw (maybe the best two Super Bowl performers ever) weren't in that Super Bowl MVP thing, right? Ok, just checking.

3:08 pm: "Let your man out." Awesome, just awesome.

3:13 pm: Not so awesome. The Intro songs for the teams and the Star Spangled Banner needed serious help. I can just imagine the players thinking "This is the f'ing Super Bowl right. Why the hell does this suck so far?"

3:28 pm: Looks like the Seahawks aren't afraid to go at Polamalu. 2 plays first down.

3:31 pm: After a promising start the Hawks just kinda fizzled out. Good pressure on Hasselbeck by Pittsburgh.

3:34 pm: I can't speak for all of America but I know that I wouldn't want people on my hamburger. Not sure if that was a smart marketing move by Burger King.

3:35 pm: Great start, Pittsburgh. False start on the first play. I think Bill Cowher might kill Heath Miller.

3:37 pm: Make that two false starts on the first drive. Anyone think that maybe the Steelers aren't really ready?

3:40 pm: Oh Anheuser, that was great. The magic fridge is back! Let's hope that's a prelude to more great commercials.

3:44 pm: If the Steelers don't clamp down on Jackson then there's no way they win the game.

3:50 pm: Seattle's showed some great coverage so far. Roethlisberger's had nowhere to throw and Willie Parker's had nowhere to run.

3:52 pm: One of the stupidest commercials I've ever seen. Pepsi needs to drop Diddy and the whole gangsta rap thing. That was just plain terrible.

3:54 pm: I can hear chants of "MVP" whenever Darrell Jackson's name is called. Five catches already.

3:56 pm: That was the tackiest offensive pass interference of the whole year. Refs haven't called that at all in 2005.

4:01 pm: Anheuser, you're failing me.

4:04 pm: I can't believe how inefficient Roethlisberger has been. Although I think it's more of a testament to a swarming Seahawks defense. Pittsburgh just can't move the ball. At this rate the Seahawks won't need to score again the whole game.

4:10 pm: No one has been as cool and collected in a Super Bowl as these two QBs? I don't think John Madden watched Joe Montana or Terry Bradshaw or Tom Brady. I wonder if anyone has ever told him to shut up.

4:16 pm: John Madden can stop talking now. "The Tackle" huh? Again, I guess he doesn't remember Kevin Dyson being tackled at the 1 with no time left on the clock against the Rams in the Super Bowl. That should have been "The Tackle".

4:21 pm: So this is the lineup for M:I 3: Tom Cruise, Laurence Fishburne, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Intriguing.

4:27 pm: I could see the hit coming but boy was it funny. Michelob Light I applaude you.

4:30 pm: Nice play from Big Ben. The little Brett Favre shovel pass to keep the drive alive. If he starts playing like that then watch out, Pittsburgh will be dangerous.

4:32 pm: I love it when announcers say things like "the Steelers have their deepest penetration all day." Do they know that it sounds dirty?

4:34 pm: Huge sack by Grant Winstrom. Not only does it kill some Pittsburgh momentum but it knocks the Steelers out of field goal range.

4:35 pm: How does that happen? Absolutely horrendous downfield coverage by Seattle. He had to throw all the way across the field, 35 yards away. How does that happen?

4:37 pm: Ready for the 3rd-and-goal play action? I hope Seattle is.

4:38 pm: Does the movie "Poseidon" look exactly like "Titanic" just with a different name slapped on it? Please don't tell me that I'm insane. What's sad is that it will be one of those blockbuster hits.

4:40 pm: Imagine that, a play-action fake. Hate to say I told you so, but...

4:50 pm: Al Michaels just made a pretty decent point: Remember the Carolina-New England Super Bowl (aka the Janet Jackson Boob Bowl)? This game reminds me a lot of that game (minus Janet's nipple, but then again it's not halftime yet).

4:54 pm: That was some of the worst clock management I have ever seen to end the first half. I wonder if Madden still thinks that Big Ben and Hasselbeck have the coolest heads in the history of the Super Bowl.

4:56 pm: Halftime. That means food and the Rolling Stones. I'm almost hoping to see one of them drop dead on the stage. Not cuz I'm sick but because everyone is thinking it.

5:30 pm: No Rolling Stones deaths but I did have some good brownies. Also, one of my roommates chuckles everytime he hears Lofa Tutupa's name. C'mon, how could you not at least smile at the sound of"Lofa Tutupa"?

5:32 pm: All it takes is one play to turn the whole damn game around. I'd say that Willie Parker TD run did that. That guy is ridiculously explosive.

5:34 pm: Oh Ameriquest, that whole plane bit was creative and funny. Kudos.

5:38 pm: Seattle has to answer here. It's pertinent to their success. I think it's time to bench Jeremy Stephens. Two huge drops so far.

5:42 pm: Tiny mistakes are killing the Seahawks. No breaks, two missed field goals, lack of execution, penalties. The game is now Pittsburgh's to lose.

5:51 pm: The Hummer commercial was stupid. Does "Sons and Daughters" look like a quasi-rip-off of "Arrested Development"?

5:53 pm: Holy crap! The momentum just took a major swing. That interception is just what the Seahawks needed to get back in the game.

5:54 pm: Jeremy Stevens just redeemed himself. Huge touchdown pass by Hasselbeck. This second half is gonna be good. I can feel it.

6:00 pm: If Seattle can stop Pittsburgh from making big plays then I think they'll win. The only two scores from Pittsburgh came because of that 3rd-and-forever throw and the huge 60+ yard run from Parker. Other than that Pittsburgh really hasn't shown much life on offense.

6:04 pm: Jeremy Stevens! Please be consistent! Catch a pass, geez.

6:06 pm: And another penalty hurts the Hawks. Without that penalty Seattle's got a first down.

6:09 pm: What happened to Bill Cowher? 3rd and 2 and they line up in a shotgun, trips formation. That's normally the situation for Jerome Bettis to rumble.

6:11 pm: Beautiful punt by Chris Gardocki. Seattle's gonna have to rely on Shaun Alexander to get out of this spot.

6:12 pm: Hasselbeck sure is mobile. Only 124 yards rushing on the season but he can roll-out, scramble, run for first downs. It's something I never noticed before.

6:14 pm: And that's why Pittsburgh hasn't blitzed often. Those quick slants will end up burning the Steelers (as evidenced by the Bobby Engram first down).

6:17 pm: If I was rich I think I'd buy one of those Acuras. That voice activation guidance system thingy is sweet.

6:20 pm: Are you kidding? Another penalty to negate a huge play. Seattle is catching absolutely zero breaks today.

6:23 pm: Could anything else go wrong today? This is a perfect example of Murphy's Law: anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

6:24 pm: As dumb as it was, that Emerald Nuts commercial was pretty creative. C'mon, admit it.

6:28 pm: As soon as the play started I could tell it was a WR pass. So why couldn't Seattle tell? Regardless, great play call, great throw, great execution. Those are precisely the things that Seattle hasn't been able to do.

6:30 pm: Pirates of the Caribbean II anyone? Looks sweet, I'll take it.

6:34 pm: It looks like Seattle is finally going to catch a break. The question is whether or not they'll capitalize on it.

6:39 pm: No execution. Absolutely horrible. There's almost no way Seattle can win this game now.

6:45 pm: I don't think Roethlisberger got that snap off. Pittsburgh catches yet another break.

6:46 pm: And that's your ball game. Barring a major collapse that Randle-El first down sealed the deal.

6:50 pm: The same play that Pittsburgh ran on the touchdown. You think Seattle would do something to at least contain that play. Horrible execution.

6:54 pm: Spare me another crappy Paul Walker movie. Is there a reason why he keeps getting roles?

6:57 pm: Those two missed field goals by Josh Brown loom large now.

7:02 pm: I don't know if I've ever seen worse play calling in a Super Bowl. What a horrible job by Seattle. Pittsburgh wasn't necessarily the better team. Seattle just beat themselves with horrible execution and bad play calling. I would hate to be a Seahawks fan right now. Congrats to Bill Cowher and Jerome Bettis though. Two long careers that really deserved a Super Bowl.