SuperBowl XL

Well another NFL season in the books and another Super Bowl as well. This years superbowl between the underdog Pittsburg Steelers and NFC juggernaut Seattle Seahawks was a game without an identity. The entire week leading up to the game very little was heard or seen of either teams, in fact there was more chatter on Brett Favre's possible retirement than Super Bowl XL. Not until Wednesday did things heat up in the media when Joey Porter and Jerramy Stevens began to exchange billboard material. Seattle came out strong early but was unable to put points on the board after marching up the field on a couple of occasions. Pitt scrapped its way back in the game when Ben Roethlisberger scrambled way out of the pocket and hit Hienz Ward for first and goal. Pitt then came out and quickly scored in the second half on a 76 yd TD run by Willie Parker (the longest in Superbowl history). Pitt was seemingly set to run away with in until Roethlisberger threw an interception to Kelly Herdon and it was returned to the Pittsburg 10, but in the end, Pitt wore out Seattle and won 21-10. There were 11 pac ten alums on the field 5 from Pittsburg (Marvel Smith ASU, Tommy Maddox UCLA, Travis Kirschke UCLA, Chidi Iwuoma CAL and Troy Palamalu USC) and 6 from Seattle (Maurice Morris ORE, Jerramy Stevans UW, Robbie Tobeck WSU, Marcus Trufant WSU and Lofa Tatupu USC). If you caught the introduction of the previous Superbowl MVPs and happened to wonder, yes there were a few notables missing, Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw were apparently not offered enough cash to participate!
A few things I got from the game. The AFC was by far the superior conf this season (Pitt #6 seed beats NFC #1 Seed Seattle). Pitt, Denver and Indy were all better than Seattle. The pregame motown jams sucked. The commercials sucked this year (2 million for a 30 second add and that was the best they could muster). The Stones sucked (enough of those guys already). The broadcast did go smoother than the past few years, this years game was like an hour shorter than last years. Anyways, I'll take the bowl games over the superbowl any day of the year.