Jordin Sparks, for all that she looked about to die of fright, did the anthem very well. She did herself proud.
Go Giants. I don’t know what your chances really look like, but I’m pulling for you. Even if I’m still pretty sure that the wrong Manning is playing. Er, just kidding.
It’s nice that they get the ball to start the game, too. Not terribly significant, I’d guess, but nice.
How smart is it of Fox to run House at the end of the game? Consider: if the game becomes a blow-out, I’m betting that lots of fans will stick around to watch it to the end simply to see a new episode of House. It’s a brilliant way to combat that second half drain that has probably plagued quite a few recent Super Bowls and a good way to show advertisers that Fox is committed to making sure that ad space in the second half still has value to advertisers.
Go House!
The new Ford F-150 centrifuge ad is pretty nifty. I’d love to have seen that happening live.
The Audi R8 ad, with the Rolls’ “head” in the bed, was cute. Nice way to grab my attention. Extremely pretty car, too, although I wouldn’t have thought that a Rolls would be its natural enemy.
The Giants are making a good go of their first drive, too. Grinding it out with Eli doing his part on third downs. The Giants are serving notice that they haven’t bought into the hype or the Vegas line.
Shame they couldn’t finish off the nearly 10 minute drive with a touchdown instead of a field goal.
GoDaddy irritates me, though. Their ads are entirely meaningless in relation to their products; neither are they particularly clever. Mostly they are just juvenile.
Dell’s (red) ad is weak. Weak. Thank goodness the FedEx carrier pigeon ad brings back my smile as does the Cars.com circle of death ad and the Silence the Stain ad (which is relevant and clever.
Beautiful catch by Amani Toomer on the sideline. I didn’t think he had his feat in bounds at first, but, with a little bit of pushing off, he made a huge grab.
That interception wasn’t Eil’s fault. Smith should have caught it, even though it was a little low.
Budweiser’s Rocky ad was cute. Not great, but very nicely done.
So, yeah, I’ll be watching Iron Man. Even though the ratio of good to bad comic book movies isn’t really in my favor, here, I remain optimistic.
Big ups to ferocious, face-eating badgers, Leatherheads, and Napoleon’s pony, too.
Does anyone else get the impression that there is going to be a big, nasty brawl between these two teams before the end of the game? They don’t seem to like each other much and there’s been a bunch of extracurricular hitting and shoving.
Careerbuilder.com’s “follow your heart” ad was more creepy than clever. The lizards dancing to “Thriller” was kinda cute, though. It would have been better without the dancing woman, though. Waste of space.
Okay, from a purely visual standpoint, I absolutely adored the Yukon Hybrid ad from GM. The hand-drawn look, the message of persistence in the face of difficulties, and the ultimate sense of quiet triumph. Gorgeous.
