Super Bowl 2012 synopsis

How about them NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS!!! For 12 years now, I have picked a winner the day of the Super Bowl. I'm glad to have the 12 year streak continue.

I am ever more glad for this particular outcome. There's a reason we bELIeve in Eli. Colt's fans across the nation were rooting for Peyton's baby bro. Notice Peyton was eerily absent from the game. He wanted this game focused where it belonged, on the Giants, not the mystery of what will happen next year.

The game itself was great. It was everything a match up of these two teams should be. It was the Giants defense putting the hurt on the Pats, while their offense found a way.

The game started well with a safety the very first time Tom "the chump" Brady touched the football. Good job, your royal chumpiness. The Giants defense for some reason has the ability to take it to the Pats like no one else in the league. I don't know why, they just do.

This time, the Giants had some trouble getting to Brady (unusual for Pierre-Paul to be so quiet in a game), but their coverage was still enough, which they proved at the jump ball on the end.

Manning, in contrast, had a huge game, pulling out the 4th quarter win when needed. That sideline catch by Manningham may not have been as circus-like as David Tyree's famous helmet catch, but also set them up to win the game just as much. The MVP award could have easily gone to Manningham or Nicks, but when you have two WR that could be MVP, you have to give it to the guy who threw to them. Too bad you couldn't make the MVP the entire defense.

I do have to say this, Bellicheck (aka "the Hoodie") is an idiot. When they had a chance to do a goal-line stand, the Hoodie ordered them to let the Giant's score to give more time on the clock. I know you've trusted Brady with drives in the past, but this year your offense stunk. Besides, the Giants have your number when their defense is out there. What he should have done is trust the defense that got him to the championship. There's an old saying in football. "Offense wins games. Defense wins championships." Instead of saying "I have no confidence in you. Give away all our momentum to the other team," perhaps you could say "I'm going to trust you to get the job done and win the game. How stupid do you have to be to let the other team score the game-winning TD? That's like in the AFC championship a few years ago (when the Colts beat the Pats. Great game) when "the Hoodie" went for it on fourth down, deep in his own territory, and called a play that threw the ball short of the first down marker. Stupid.

On to what some of you really care about: the commercials.
I loved the Doritos commercial entitled "Man's best friend," that included a dog bribing a man with Doritos. Sweet. More dog ads included the Volkswagen fat dog commercial, and the Bud Lite "Here We Go" commercial.

The ETrade ad was great, just for the "I'm Speed Dating" line.

Dannon Oikos was great, just to watch John Stamos getting headbutted.

Seinfeld and Ferris Bueller (sp?) made nostalgia comebacks, which was great except for trying to explain to teens who they were. Man I'm old.

I LOVED the Kia Optima commercial, because it started out looking raunchy, but then changed where the guy decided what he really wanted was his wife. We need more men to stand up and fight for their wives the their marriages.

Bridgestone's "Performance Football" was great. The curving pass, and Deon complaining about it... it was just good.

The NFL timeline and the boy peeing in the pool were also funny.

My favorite, however, was the Audi commercial. They have LED headlights, supposedly like a real sun. A vampire drives up, and roasts his buds. Well worth watching.

Lowlights include the usual perversion from Go Daddy, and another perverted one for women with David Beckham in his underwear (and you think lust is only a guy issue...). Crystler's Clint Eastwood one was BORING, and the "halftime" reference seems to edge toward the political. Chevy's end of the world was also stupid. Fiat and Camry were also ridiculously stupid. And the TV show ads were boring.

If you wish to watch the commercials for yourself, click here.

Now to what no one cares about: the halftime show.
Don't care. It sucked, like always. I wish they would at least get someone who was popular in my lifetime. Though I hate the modern stuff too, so there really is no pleasing me. And for anyone who complains about lip-syncing, they've done it for everyone's show for as long as I can remember, so get over it.