Super Bowl XLI

The Super Bowl halftime show featuring Prince was horrible so let's go ahead and get that out of the way and some commercials were pretty good but none that I would consider in the top 10 of all-time.

But between the halftime show and the commercials was a pretty good game. I also hate to say I told you so but in my last post you may remember I chose the Colts in a close game over the Bears. I'm not going to take too much credit though because that's what most everyone else predicted as well.

Super Bowl 41 was a game of firsts. Believe it or not it was the first rainy Super Bowl and it was also the first time the opening kickoff was returned for a touchdown. Although I was cheering for the Colts, I do appreciate the talent of Devin Hester and it was fun to watch him score on the kickoff. I wasn't too worried because if you remember Ohio State returned the opening kickoff in the college football championship and Florida still won the game.

The MVP of the game Peyton Manning was great as expected, but it was also impressive to see Dominic Rhodes and Joseph Addai run the ball as effectively as they did (191 yds rushing). Adam Vinatieri played decent despite his holder Hunter Smith doing his best Tony Romo impression in the first half and even the Colts defense showed that they aren't nearly as bad as everyone made them out to be.

As for the Bears. Rex Grossman was Rex Grossman. Very inconsistent with costly turnovers. Thomas Jones ran the ball well and would have been the MVP had Chicago won and the defense led by New Mexico native Brian Urlacher played well but had a hard time stopping runs up the middle.

In the end I would give Super Bowl XLI an A minus. It was enjoyable to watch with a great storyline and a fitting culmination to a good season. And now I guess we will have to shift our attention to basketball and baseball as we eagerly await another NFL season. Go COWBOYS!