Top 5 - Thoughts About the Super Bowl

1. Let's stop all the talk about Ben Roethlisberger is in the same class as Brady or Manning (Eli maybe). He was worse than Trent Dilfer last night. Don't get me wrong - I give all the credit in the world to the Steelers as a team (especially Dick Lebeau who's defense came up big when they needed it most). Roethlisberger was just bad last night. Admit it.

2. The two biggest plays for the Seahawks were ticky-tack penalties. You had the offensive pass interference call that cost them a touchdown (they had to settle for a field goal). Then you had that holding call that negated Jeremy Stevens' catch at the three yard line (first there was NO holding on that play and then Hassselbeck then subsequently threw an INT). Those two plays completely changed the make-up of the game. The Seahawks are going to carry this game around for the rest of their lives.

3. One area that Maddon and Michaels didn't discuss that cost the Seahawks greatly was the kicking game. Brown missed two field goals and Rouen never pinned the Steelers back in their own end. Time after time Rouen's punts sailed into the endzone (seriously did Rouen have a punt that didn't go into the endzone?).

4. The commercials were as much of a let down as the game itself. Not a single one that was got-to-talk-about-it really memorable. The Bud Light and the bear commercial was the best of the bunch.

5. The music choices were bad. First let's talk about the National Anthem. They had Dr. John on piano - think for a moment - have you ever heard the National Anthem on piano? Organ at the ballpark maybe - piano no. Then you had Aaron Neville who they didn't even introduce and whose voice is not condusive to the anthem. Finally you had Aretha Franklin who appearance spawned thousands of spontaneous Martin Lawrence Big Mamma's House jokes across the globe. Now let me say a word or two about the Rolling Stones - they're so done. Paul McCartney actually did a much better job and what happened to the Stones being the bad boys of Rock? On Start Me Up - Mick Jagger completely censored himself on the lyric "you make a dead man come". Jim Morrison is up and heaven laughing his ass off at how cowardly Jagger has become.

EDIT: My apologies to grandpa Jagger - it seems ABC censored him - he did sing the lyrics.