The Super Bore

As predicted the Steelers won the game, mostly in a comfortable fashion. And as expected the game, the hype, the concerts and everything about the game in general was an unmitigated disastrous bore. I don’t know what it is but the Super Bowl holds no intrinsic excitement or value to me. The playoffs leading up to the game are great, and then the game just plain blows. I know we are all sick of all the shit that surrounds the game, especially those of us who actually like football, the sport not the entertainment venue.

Last year I had many of these same views and by most of the readers I was ripped apart for having them. But again I don’t care; I want to watch a football game, preferably a good one void of errors and mistakes and played by the premier players in the game. What do I get? I get a bunch of washed up entertainers sharing the national anthem, after a washed up blind guy played a pre game concert. Pre game concert? Are you kidding me, I hate to sound like Chuck Bednarik, but when the fuck did a football game need a pre game concert. Only to be outdone by all these washed up clowns the NFL trotted out the fucking Rolling Stones for halftime. This halftime show was so bad and out dated that before “Satisfaction” Mick Jagger stated, “We could have played this before the first Super Bowl.” What does that tell you? Nobody gives a shit about the Stones, not even old people who used to like the Stones.

Now to the actual football game, a bigger bore than all the fake entertainment. I thought this game had a little potential to be a good game. Although the national “buzz” about it was awful. Really the Seattle Seahawks just don’t move the meter. Yes I know they have the MVP of the league, but most people have never even heard of Shaun Alexander. Come to think of it, after the Super Bowl even less people have heard of him, I am not sure if he ever made it to the game. He had the quietest 95 yards in a Super Bowl. It was a fairly uninspired performance by the league MVP.

The Seahawks had this game in their hands. They were and probably still are the better football team. However, every time they had a chance to do something they bit themselves in the ass. And no I do not want to hear anything about the officials, Darrell Jackson pushed off. He gained an advantage through the use of illegal contact that is textbook pass interference. Then after that the Hawks still had a 1st down and they promptly lost 4 yards on the ensuing three plays and had to settle for a field goal. After one quarter they severely outplayed the Steelers (who had 0 first downs and 3 three and outs) but negated two drives with penalties and only led 3-0. You cannot give a team as good as the Steelers opportunities like that. In the second quarter they had a typical Steelers11 play 6 minute drive capped off by a Ben Roethlisberger TD (and yes look at the replay part of the ball crosses the goal line). Then came the Seahawks total abomination; their 2 minute drill. This was an absolute freaking joke, it was like watching 11 guys and 1 coach who have never been together try and operate a two minute drive.

The second half was more of this poor brand of football. In the second half the Steelers finally played on offense as I suspected, mixing up the running game with Bettis, Parker and an end around. Then they threw in the old reverse pass which was the signature play of the game and won Hines Ward the MVP. The Steelers controlled the second half and the Seahawks just burned too many opportunities, and look no further than Jeramy Stephens who thrice dropped 3rd down passes that would have kept drives alive. The Seahawks were their own worst enemies in Super Bowl XL and that is why they did not win.