They'd Better Be Better
Last year's Superbowl had fairly good action, an acceptable half-time show, and some rather poor commercials. Let's hope everything is better this time around.
The Seahawks seem to be hungry and too many people already think that the Steelers are going to win. This is a recipe for a blowout. Admittedly Pittsburgh's playoff game was good -- about as good as they get -- but that was a lifetime ago in sports terms. Still, if I were a betting man I'd go with the black and gold, if only so people at work wouldn't beat me up.
During half-time this year I'll probably go visit my neighbor. The Rolling Stones? C'mon! Didn't someone notice that they game is in Motown? Sneaking in Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder at other times is an insult. Detroit has turned out some of the best quintessentially American music ever and the main act is the Stones. I don't get it.
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t least the commercials, a Superbowl event in themselves, will have to get better because the adverts from 2005 were that bad. The best was the "Cat Attack" from Ameriquest. It got the point across, was funny, and made the company's name somewhat memorable. I guess too many sponsors were trying not to offend. The exception was GoDaddy and rumor has this they will be back at it this year (click here to see the playoff adverts).
