My thoughts on the Super Bowl

The Super Bowl, along with Christmas, Thanksgiving and Halloween is one of my top four days of the year. Two of my greatest passions in life (football and advertising) having their biggest days together, with great food and friends…what else could a man want?

Here are some my thoughts about Super Sunday…

The Game

I thought the game was very good. I have already heard some commentators rank it in the top two of all-time and I think that is sheer lunacy. It was painfully dull for two and a half quarters, very good for a quarter and spectacular for about five minutes, so to classify it as one of the best is a tad too much for me.

There were a number of outstanding plays that really made the game interesting, most notably the Harrison 100-yard touchdown return, the first and third touchdowns for the Cardinals and Santonio Holmes’ game-winning touchdown catch…although I’m still not convinced that his right foot was down.

I do think the game will be forever marred by the failure to replay Warner’s fumble at the end of the game. I am fully convinced that it should’ve been ruled an incomplete pass, however, that’s irrelevant. To not even look at it, with the championship of the league, literally, on the line is criminal to me.

I really think the Cardinals got the shaft on that one.

While my prediction of the game was incorrect, I did predict that the predication would be wrong, thus making the prediction correct.

I’ll pause so you can wrap your heads around that last sentence.

The Halftime Show

Before I launch into this, I would just like to disclose that I do not like Bruce Springsteen. I find his music annoying and his politics misguided; in fact, I wouldn’t even walk across the street to see him.

That said, I thought he was a very good choice by the NFL as his popularity is nearly unrivaled in this country, however, I think that it was the strangest halftime show that I can remember seeing.

What was with him running all over the place?

The piano climb in the beginning was really strange as it looked like he wasn’t going to make up onto it at first.

Then there was his dramatic pose before he started his first song. If you do not know what I am referring to, it was when he was on his knees with the microphone between his legs. He was down for so long, that, honestly, I really thought he hurt himself and that he couldn’t get up.

Then the whole referee guy throwing the flag…seriously, what was that?

But, without a doubt, the strangest moment was the knee slide into the camera. What the hell was he thinking? First, it took him about ten seconds to run the 15 feet to make the slide and then his face right afterwards was a mix of pain and regret…incredibly awkward to say the least. Also, I really could’ve done without a close up of The Boss’ crotch.

The stunts were so bizarre that I don’t even remember the rest of his performance.

The Commercials

Overall, I think they were a very poor group of spots.

In particular, all six Budweiser spots were really bad. Generally, I like the horse ads, but this year they were really lame and unimaginative.

Out of the disappoint lot, here are my top eight spots:

8. Castrol: Grease Monkeys

7. Pepsi: Mcgruder

6. Pepsi Max: I’m Good

5. Hyundai: Contract

4. Doritos: Crystal Ball

3. Gatorade: Mission G

2. Pedigree: Crazy Pets

1. Career Builder: Tips

That’s all for now folks. Until next time, take care and be well.

-John

Lurching Right’s Official Super Bowl XLIII Prediction

With kickoff less than 24 hours away, I can already feel the excitement growing in the pit of my stomach.

Despite an almost unprecedented lack of coverage, I really think this will be an entertaining game.

Arizona’s offense is awfully tough and prone to bringing out a trick play or two, while their defense has been playing some fairly respectable ball this postseason.

With Pittsburgh, all you hear is defense, defense, defense and with good reason, as it’s probably the best defense in the league. However, Pittsburgh’s offense can be quite dangerous as well.

In the end, I just think that the Cardinal’s offense will be too much and they will win in a 34-28 shootout.

Judging by my past Super Bowl prognostications, however, I think it’s fairly safe for you to liquidate everything you have of value and place it on the Steelers.