Super Bowl suXLI

Just some lingering thoughts at the conclusion of Super Bowl XLI...

- What a sloppy, unfun game that was. Even the commercials were just sort of unmemorable.
- Best part of the game day experience for me: cornholing. Apparently cornhole is big in Ohio. It's not what you're thinking though. It is sort of like horseshoes for dummies. Board with a whole in it, small bags filled with corn, throw the bag and get it to land on the board or in the hole. Not nearly as boring as I just made it sound. Lots of fun. I'm already looking forward to the rumored cornhole tournament that is supposedly taking place this summer.
- Another highlight of the game for me, when my mom called my little brother Ross and they had this conversation:
Mom: Can you kick a 3 pointer from anywhere you want?
Ross: Um....3 pointer???....sure...
Mom: And do they keep booing that guy (Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuushin Muhammad) because he is Muslim?
- You know it's a bad game when it will be remembered more for how bad one of the QBs played rather than how good anyone else played.
- I know Rex's interceptions were bad, but his worst two players were when the Bears were only down by two and had second and one in Colts territory and he tripped over his own feet two plays in a row!!!
- The real MVP of that game for the Colts was Grossman. But since that might have been an awkward trophy presentation it should have gone to some combo of Rhodes and/or Addai. You could almost argue that the Colts made it through this entire playoff run in spite of Manning.
- Again, it is never a good Super Bowl when the overall feel is that one of the teams lost the game rather than a team actually going out and winning it.
- Jeff Garcia could make the Bears a legitimate contender next year.

Let's hope the highlights of Super Bowl XLII do not involve the word "cornhole," unless of course I am watching the game in Vegas.