1. I’m surprised that Obama took a shot at Jessica’s burgeoning weight problem during his chat with Matt Lauer. But it was kind of funny to see a president be so casual.
2. Matt Lauer’s lower teeth have no business being shown in HD.
3. Kurt Warner seems like a stand up guy (insert Michael Phelps joke here)—but I just couldn’t stomach the hours/weeks/months of fawning we’d have been subject to if the Cards had held on to win.
4. Faith Hill is smoking.
5. Speaking of smoking, when did Kurt Warner’s wife leave the Marines and grow all that hair? Maybe I should re-think item #3 on this list.
6. Nothing beats a pre-game flyover—especially if you happen to be sitting in the top row at the stadium and not expecting it.
7. But come on NFL, you have to go with the Stealth Bomber—gives pause to our cave-dwelling enemies watching abroad.
8. Hmmm…sushi at a Super Bowl party? Uhhh…domo arigato!
9. Nice bleached rug, Jeff Reed. Friggin’ kickers.
10. John Elway is god but he really should have cycled in some sunscreen over the years.
11. The Cards should have elected to receive and then launched into a carefully scripted drive designed to take the fans out of the game early (it was about 70,000:1 Steelers fans inside the stadium).
12. But the Steelers kind of let them off the hook by not going for it on 4th and inches, instead settling for the field goal.
13. You could just tell that Hines Ward was done after his 38 yarder in the game’s opening drive. He caught just one more for five yards.
14. I don’t believe I saw Troy Polamalu make a single play in the first half. Of course I’d had five Heinekens by then.
15. Maybe that explains why Larry Fitzgerald was non-existent early on.
16. Has anyone else ever noticed that Polamalu prays before and after every play? How very Nomar of him.
17. Steve Breaston? Not a bad idea. Probably helped set up Fitzgerald’s 4th quarter explosion.
18. Funny…I don’t remember Santonio Holmes playing like this on my fantasy team this year. Time for another Heineken.
19. I may have been the only person in America to predict James Harrison’s pick-six as Warner was dropping back to pass. I have witnesses.
20. That play re-defined the game completely. And if he hadn’t gone MMA on that DB in the 4th quarter, he’d have been the MVP.
21. Did anyone else see that DB go after his jewels, thus prompting that relentless beating? Good for Harrison and his sensitive jewels.
22. Springsteen is fantastic live. And in case you’re wondering, he didn’t play the anticipated “Born in the USA” because some find it degrading of the military and the Boss didn’t want to send the wrong message.
23. Who brought all this guacamole? Tomorrow is not going to be pretty.
24. Pepsi did a nice job. And the “sell your gold” ad caught my attention—mostly because I assumed it was a spoof. But Super Bowl advertising just isn’t what it used to be.
25. It’s obviously going to suck but I’m planning to see “Land of the Lost”.
26. The Steelers offense just seemed to be a split second ahead of the Cardinals defense throughout the game.
27. Mike Gandy got completely out-classed by James Harrison. Without Gandy’s constant holding, Harrison might have gotten five sacks.
28. Did you know Harrison was cut by the Steelers three times before he stuck with the team? Crazy.
29. Down by 13 with less than 8 minutes left, it would have taken a miracle for Arizona to win. And it almost happened.
30. Larry Fitzgerald is the best all-around WR I have seen since Jerry Rice. That leaping end-zone corner grab was sick.
31. When Fitzgerald was watching the jumbo screen as he ran in to score on his 64-yard strike, do you think he was trying to spot Brenda Warner in the crowd so he could do a Lambeau Leap?
32. I wonder if Neil Rackers bleaches his hair too.
33. Is it just me or is the TV getting fuzzy? OK, time to transition over to Diet Dr Pepper.
34. Another Fitz TD and suddenly this thing is looking like a replay of last year’s crazy finish. Put on your seatbelts, people.
35. I’m sorry…but is that really the Arizona Cardinals playing in the Super Bowl? I just can’t figure out how this happened.
36. Roethlisberger may not have the flashy stats, but he’s a man among boys when it comes to toughness. The dude just gets it done.
37. If Holmes had let another winning TD slip through his fingers and Pittsburgh ends up losing, his career would be finished. But instead, he’ll now be able to charge people for his autograph until he’s 85.
38. That last play was a little fishy and way too important not to review closely. I was rooting for Pittsburgh but even I thought the officiating had a decided pro-Steelers lean.
39. Time to collect my winnings from the square pool—got three of four quarters. I have witnesses.
40. I haven’t seen Joe Namath this fired up since he hit on Suzie Kolber.
41. I wish Mike Tomlin was my team’s coach. I love his swagger.
42. Nothing quite like having Seahawks’ colors on your official Super Bowl Title hat.
43. I better get some rest. Free agency starts in 26 days.
