Post Thirty-one: Super Bowl XL

Call it Super Bowl "X-tra Lame." That had to be the worst Super Bowl in history: anyone have any worse ones in mind? I mean, at least when the Cowboys were destroying Buffalo there were memorable plays and some decent action. Yesterday's game, on the other hand, can best be described as "awkward." Boring also comes to mind.

And here I was expecting so much from the game. Oh, well. As the song goes:

The Super Bowl
ain't the Super Bowl
if the Dallas Cowboys ain't there

A couple of notes regarding other aspects. First, I've heard that Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw didn't participate in the ceremony honoring Super Bowl MVPs because they weren't being paid enough money to show up. If this is true, that is incredibly sad. I always thought Montana was of higher stock than that. And Bradshaw? WTF? Your team was playing in the friggin' game! Why the hell he'd pass on being absolutely exalted is beyond me.

Second, the music for the most part sucked. Aaron Neville's wave-voiced rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner was terrible. But the NFL just had to make some token reference to the New Orleans tragedy. Spare me. If you want to do something, donate the revenues earned by the NFL for the day.

And the network censored the Rolling Stones (most noticeably during "Start Me Up", since no one cares about their new stuff)! Look, if there is anyone over the age of 10 who has heard the song and does not already realize that Mick sings "She'll make a dead man cum," I'll drop dead of shock. Gads, how long has that song been playing on classic rock stations uncensored? And society hasn't crumbled yet.