SUPER SUNDAY RECAP

by WCT, The Ship of Fools

Friday we put together a handy guide for what to expect on Super Sunday, complete with predictions on everything from the pregame show, to the commercials. Now that the game is over, lets take a look at how we did:

Prediction:The pregame coverage will be interminable

Verdict: Correct

This was an easy one. Once I saw Ryan Seacrest asking John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson for their predictions and pregame analysis, I knew it was worthless programming. To be honest, I spent more time watching the puppy bowl than I did watching the Fox pregame show.

Prediction: The announcers will talk way too much about Tom Brady's ankle

Verdict: Incorrect

To be honest, I did not hear Joe Buck mention the ankle, or "boot-gate" (part of me just died after typing that) at all. It was refreshing to not have the game announcers rehashing a tired and over-blown non-story as the other talking heads had for two weeks. Brady was not affected by his "injured" ankle at all on Sunday, and this faux-injury was, surprisingly, not a topic of conversation.

Prediction: The commercials are going to be disappointing.

Verdict: Wrong

I was totally wrong about this one. The commercials were much better than I expected them to be. I thought the car ad that referenced the famous horse head-in-bed scene from The Godfather was clever, the first Budweiser ad with the guy breathing fire was funny, and the Clydesdales "Rocky" commercial was hilarious. All in all, some pretty good commercials that should have us talking (and not working, more on this in a minute) around the office water coolers.

Prediction: The halftime show is going to be awkward

Verdict: Push

Yes, the obviously-paid 20-somethings were there, dancing and singing songs from an artist decades past his prime, but to be honest, I didn't mind the halftime show. I thought Tom Petty was okay. First of all, he played a pretty short set, so the show did not seem to drag on. And he also played some decent songs, and they sounded pretty good on stage. To quote the movie Major League, not bad for a has-been and a bunch of never-will-be's.

Predicton: It will be a good game

Verdict: Correct

To call it a "good game" would be a tremendous understatement. Simply put, that was one of the 2 or 3 best Super Bowls of all time. The game was not as sloppy as games have been in the past, there were very few penalties and turnovers, and the ending sequence has to rank among the best endings to a championship game in all of sports. It was tremendous. Because of this outcome, we must now re-think our analysis of Eli Manning, the conventional wisdom that the AFC is vastly superior to the NFC, the Patriots place in football history, and the tired line that "if you give Bill Belichick 2 weeks to prepare he can beat anybody."

Prediction:Monday is going to SUCK!

Verdict: What do you think?

Raise your hand if you are happy to be at work today.

Jeez this is terrible. I am, like I imagine many of you are, hung over, tired and hating life. At least I'm not a Patriots fan.

So there you have it. Another football season come and gone. I must admit, it was nice to see a Boston team actually lose, wasn't it? Since the baseball playoffs, the Red Sox, Celtics, and Patriots haven't lost many games, and it has made Boston sports fans insufferable even more insufferable than usual.

The bad news is, now we have to hear from the classless douchebags on the'72 Dolphins for another 12 months.

pic:AP