Super Blog XLII.V

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HALFTIME

8:00 - My dream halftime? Arctic Monkeys, Kanye West and a special appearance by Raffi, singing Bananaphone!

8:02 - "They're coming. They'll kill us all." What is it? BattleToads.

8:04 - Cool intro and all, but...must every Super Bowl halftime involve paid fans rushing the stage? I swears, summon's gonna keeled.

8:16 - That was pretty uneventful and unremarkable. Thank you NFL. I say bloggers lead a revolution to rig next year's halftime.

8:20 - OMG OMG THEY JUST USED ARCADE FIRE "NO CARS GO" IN THE TELECAST!!

8:23 - And now the stadium is blasting "Move Away". I'm a massive geek, I really am.

8:27 - Fighting for a dead ball? Come on doooods.

8:31 - WTF AGAIN? salesgenie.com is ridiculous.

8:34 - And Bud Light gives us their epic ad. Wow. These are freaking ridiculous. Give me the Pepsi dancing bears. What's tragic is that, as

8:36 - ALICE COOPER AND RICHARD SIMMONS FTW! Bridgestone is this year's winner.

8:43 - FOURTH DOWN OOHHHH MISS. Was there any particular point in that fourth day attempt? I understand the try, but that was a rather bad play call. This is a rather bland game. Not exactly the most memorable Super Bowl in recent memory.

8:45 - This is either a movie ad or vaccum cleaner ad. That, in a nutshell, is your typical Super Bowl ad. [Turns out it's an ad for the new Disney move Wall-E]

9:02 - Naturally, that was the perfect time to clean the house. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO But this has been the most boring Super Bowl in a while. Also, Shakira doesn't hold a candle to Marilyn Monroe. Or Madonna, for that matter.

9:05 - Stewie and Underdog balloons for Coke. This one looks pretty awesome. And the winner is...GODDAMMIT CHARLIE BROWN.

9:06 - LL Cook J hasn't been a celebrity since, like, 1997. Honestly, Fox.

9:08 - If everything announcers say is fact (and it is), can tight ends who catch passes do anything but rumble? We need to put that line away for a while, mmkay?

9:10 - And now, the Giants are becoming America's team. There's been a collective sense of, "Meh, I guess we should cheer for these guys" each of the last few years. It was the Colts last year, the Steelers the year before. Even Joe Buck has once again stopped pretending to be objective.

9:11 - And finally the Giants cash in on the great play they've shown all night.

9:16 - This blog is dying. I've got eleven football minutes to wring some life out of it.

9:20 - STOP WITH THE CREEPY BABY. He thinks a clown is creepy? You're a talking webcam baby. The hell?

9:22 - You know what we need more of? Mariachi bands. Every ad out there should have a mariachi band in it.

9:27 - Car companies need to calm the fuck down. It's A CAR. I'm \rather grumpy at this point, and it's suddenly become necessary for the trash to go out.

9:29 - Randy Moss has been reduced to only three catches. Reminds me of TO in the Super Bowl a few years ago.

9:30 - Sorry, temporary Giants fans. It's been a great show, but New England's gonna do what they've kept doing - find some insane way to win in the end. [in b4 FIX!]

9:39 - Brady looked calm and collected on that touchdown. Very Montana-like, though sadly, without John Candy. And Joe Buck is ready to eat Brady out.

9:41 - Has the impossible happened? Has the network (Fox, even!) forsaken sponsors for the sake of football? There were no ads before that kickoff. I suppose they've run out of ads, but still, good to seem them stay and actually show the game.

9:44 - Let's see how Eli can do with the biggest pressure he may ever face.

9:45 - oh. my god. My personal favorite thing about that Amp ad [jumper cables on the nipples] was the disclaimer discouraging you from following suit.

9:47 - No question the Giants should go for it here. No point in just giving them the ball with no fight. Here goes....

9:48 - HE GOT IT. Also, i just discovered that Homestar Runner did a halftime show...with Sloshy! Mental note made.

9:50 - The flip side of the possible game-winning drive - that interception would just as easily end the game.

9:51 - HOLY SHIT THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING PLAY I'VE EVER SEEN HOW DID ELI MANNING MAKE IT OUT HOW DID TYREE CATCH IT?!

Whoever wins this game will do so out of fate. Period.

9:55 - Another near miss interception. Too many of these here. Nice play by Smith.

9:56 TOUCHDOWN GIANTS it's not over yet. New England has all three timeouts. This will take a while. Here goes...New England's got pressure pressure pressure...ooooh almost intercepted, kinda sorta. I'm really typing this as it all happens, and as my random, nonsensical ramblig all night has shown, it's going straight to my keyboard BRADY GOES DOWN CALL TIMEOUT CALL TIMEOUT YOU FOOLS wow.

Best end of a Super Bowl in a while. Ho-lee shit.

10:03

CHAOS ERUPTS ONE SECOND REMAINS ALL IS PANDEMONIUM GIANTS WIN GIANTS WIN

GIANTS WIN.

Sorry, Boston. 18-1 just doesn't sound quite as good.

I'll add postgame notes sometime later, but wow. That ending made the rest of the game almost bearable. Congrats, New York, and Pats fans - stfu.

That is all. Good night.