Rick asked about it, so here's a thread for general Superbowl kibitzing, live blogging, and drinking games. Start with predictions: I have Denver by 8. Drinking game 1: drink every time Peyton Manning screams "OMAHA!" and think thoughts of Mrs. Albert. Drinking game 2 (for the light weights): drink every time a safety is scored. Food: what do you have planned? I've got chips and salsa, my daughter is making a black bean dip, and we'll be doing wings in the deep fryer (buffalo and teriyaki). Okay, kick-off is in less than two hours, get ready!
With apologies to Anc and Krieg, I'm pulling for Denver because a RL friend of mine is a big Broncos fan. I won't be upset if Seattle wins, though. Either way, it should be a really good game. Cooking pork ribs right now. In a short while, I'll cook up some Korean style beef ribs for my wife. Have chips, dip, small cheese tray. And I'm on my third margarita.
I have two bits on the Marx Brothers coming in and piling up the touchdowns in the last couple of minutes.
Dear singers at sporting events: STOP FUCKING WITH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM! It doesn't need extra-elongated syllables, exaggerated vibratos and other random bits of showboating.
I see Pizza Hut is going to be a thing. Still don't care, AT&T. I agree. Don't do that. Also don't care for crunchy PB, but whatever. Still don't care for moving the kickoffs up. haha suckers WACKINESS IS ENSUING
Yeah, that's a bad spot. um, okay? Don't care about action movies, this one looks maybe well-made but not unusual. PB&J again. She makes quite a face there. Um, a smartphone or something. No, I think reducing the yardage by 35/36 inches should probably be a won challenge. It's definitely a blown call. 5-0 here at the end of the second inning. Oh boy, a circle calling ad. And it's a bug-your-friends-to-sign-up schtick. Lovely. Well, this one has a bunch of cows. Points for an original truck ad. Ugh. I am so hyped for the mute button for halftime. A late hit on a kick out of the endzone? Ugh. This is shaping up to be sloppy. Uh, wow. That's a ridiculous number of touchdowns for 16 games. The Quattro ad is in second place right now I think. Uh. Whatever, fX. Good save of the touchdown there. Seattle's on top but this is starting to look frustrating for their offense, with the penalty. If they wind up with a field goal . . . A llama makes everything better. I know all these names but they don't mean anything to me. Well, aside from Arnie. Okay, Nike has a new shoe. Natural gas is boring. Colors are shiny. It's a draw. Oh wow. A third missed TD for Seattle. If they lose they're gonna be counting so many lost points . . . Framily thing again. The reaction to the boyfriend was kinda funny. Are we seriously into repeats already? I hope those were foam bricks. A good commercial there. Race cars! That dude has a noisy uniform. Interception makes FOX happy fun commercial $$$ time! Clunky energy commercial. I like what you're saying, I just think you shouldn't have relied on your intern to write it. My signature look is an eyeroll whenever someone tries to sell a smartphone-related thing as the best thing ever. I am concerned but amused by the skiing baby. Jammin' Grandma's still in first place though. And there's the end of the first quarter.
"What's Marky Mark doing in a Transformers movie?" "Shea Laboof sucks and got replaced obviously. "Yeah, good point, that was a stupid question."
This game is a good reminder of why the Superbowl is mostly about commercials, food, and booze. Here are my wings -- bufallo and teriyaki.
Cancer ad. Nice. A couple of TV ads. And a third. I sense the hair dye is strong with this one. Seattle finally gets in the endzone! Beer bottle commercial. Whatever. And Tebow takes a commanding lead in the commercial contest! Denver's starting to get their offense going. Did that guy seriously have a clear first down and lunge back? 65 gets caught flat-footed and that leads to the INT return for the TD. What a kick in the side for Denver. Cute VW ad. That might be second place. Yeah, let's give it second for now. Drummin' Granny's still third. Oh wow. Just one of those days for Denver. You get something good going and of course the ball pops out. Been there, seen it many a time. Fun Google ad. And Denver catches a break. Two-minute offenses always seem so efficient, why don't teams run them all the time? Fun Coke ad. Oooo, colors. @_@ I dunno, I think you take the FG and trust that your offense will get going in the second half. Fun Muppets commercial, but I think Gonzo may have been phoning it in. Maybe just humming along? Halftime!
"I can't believe the Super Bowl is in New York." "Well, they gotta have it somewhere." Yeah, that about sums it up. And the award for Loudest Tie goes to the second guy from the left. Not much of a field to choose from, though.
Well, this halftime show actually started out promisingly . . . and then they kicked the children out and these guys started yelling and blooping all over the place. So that song was about . . . let's dance, look at me I'm hot, battlestar bathroom? Hey, I can understand some of the words in this one.
