All right, Bridgeport … Are you ready to … talk?
Welcome to the debut of the Connecticut Post’s newest sports blog site, “My Two Cents,” by yours truly, the man with an opinion on everything. Here we will discuss what’s taking place in the wide world of sports on a local, regional and national level and hopefully, we’ll have some fun along with way. Ready? Let’s go …
OK, first, Super Bowl XLIII, or at my house: “The Excuse to Eat like a Pig.” Pittsburgh and Arizona gave us a game to remember and pushed the drama meter close to where the Giants and Patriots had it last year as the Steelers pulled out a 27-23 win. (You can breathe again, Elliott, your team won). There were heroes on both sides, Larry Fitzgerald and Kurt Warner for Arizona, Ben Roethlisberger (I had to look that up) and Santonio Holmes for Pittsburgh, we saw a a hell of a halftime show (BRUCE!!) and thanks to NBC, no overblown Oscar Night glitz (hope the FOX execs were watching) just solid coverage from opening kickoff to final whistle.
Have to admit I did not watch much of the pre-game. I focused my attentions on chicken wings, mini-burgers and PuppyBowl V.
As for the commercials: There were some winners but an awful lot of losers. Here’s the Elsberry review of some, but not all, of the spots.
Pepsi: “Forever Young” … Groovy, man.
Doritos: “Crystal Ball” …Ouch.
Conan O’Brien: “Sweden” …Ugh.
Bridgestone Tires: “Mr. Potato Head” …witty.
Castrol Oil: “Grease Monkeys” … Ewwww!
Pepsi Max: “I’m Good” …I’m Not.
The Budweiser Clydesdales: “Fetch”, “Romeo” and “Coming to America” … Sorry, not as good as last year’s “Rocky.”
TeleFlorist: “Rude Flowers” … Flat out Funny.
E-Trade baby: “The Golfer” one … Hilarious. (“Read the rulebook, Shankapotomus”)
And the winner…
Monster. com: “The Moose head”
Bruce was awesome, playing Tenth Avenue Freezout, Born to Run, Working on a Dream and Glory Days.”
Could he play at halftime from now on?
Gotta love the Pres chillin’ in a button down shirt (no tie) in that pre-game interview and giving a “shout out” to all the troops.
And that’s My Two Cents.
