I'm rooting for the Colts. I've always been a huge fan of Peyton and watching him when he has great receivers like he does now is a blast. I really don't think there is a more football-smart QB in the league than Manning. They will need to pressure Brees early to keep him on the edge and nervous, and not having Freeney is going to hurt them a little in that area. I think you'll see both teams blitz a lot early.

But I also respect the Saints greatly, and if they do win I'm not going to be upset. They have a high-powered offense, and Brees and Reggie Bush are both a lot of fun to watch.

I'm expecting a high scoring, exciting game. Can't wait!

Go Yankees!

FFS --> Anti-abortion ad stirs controversy at Super Bowl
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8501532.stm

Is there anywhere I can donate $10 to sponsor an ad extolling the virtues of islam etc to be shown at the superbowl

30-Second Warnings

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Super Bowl Sunday is America’s holiest day, our all-inclusive campfire, and with 100 million viewers, almost half of them women, about as close as we get, without a presidential election, to taking the national pulse. The ads tell us who we are and where we are going. They are also Madison Avenue’s best chance -- at a reported $3 million or more a minute -- to create a buzz. In fact, in a world in which TiVo-ing is spreading like wildfire, they may be Madison Avenue’s last chance to actually get watched on TV.

These days, when it comes to Super Bowl ads, the buzz never dies as YouTube, best/worst commercial contests, chat rooms, and vigorous follow-up ad campaigns carom around the precincts of popular culture. Sacred, profane, gross, on-the-mark or clueless, the ads are cultural signifiers. If Tebow gets to pitch on Sunday, his ad will share the air with the basic football consumer groups: cars, tech, beer, soda, and chips. And, of course, he’ll be right there along with the stuff everyone is waiting to see -- like those three nerds leering at a naked Danica Patrick, the auto racer, for a website company, or that office jerk farting for an employment service.
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Obviously, the Detroit Lions are going to win the Super Bowl.

Technically I think the Colts are the superior team. But I think NO is going to pull out the W.

I predict a riot.

I predict that malls/stores/everywhere will be absolutely packed with women today, with something like a 15:1 ratio. A fair some of whom don't like one bit that they were shoo'd out of the house, while their men do manly man things with other manly men.

All in all, I predict that I won't be watching it, and that I don't have a lot of interest in watching a bunch of huge steroid-packed rich guys in tights running into each other.

There always seems to be a huge hoo-hah about it in the UK each year.

Never really been interested in American Football. Just looks like a load of steroid-fuelled men wearing hotpants crashing into each other, stopping for a 10 year break every 40 seconds or so.

When I was about 9 or 10, I thought gridiron was awesome. Because I lived in Ireland, I'd only get to watch the highlights and an edited version of one match on a weekly American Football show.

Then the superbowl rolled around and I found out the whole thing was going to be shown live and my favourite team (the Bears) were in it! After some serious negotiation, my parents allowed me to stay up and watch it (with the time difference it was on well past midnight).

I never realised how long the bloody games take live. Seriously, any game that stops the play to go to commercials is messed up.

But what the hell, go Saints! [grin]