Super Bowl Thoughts

Now that I've finally caught my breath...

• That sure was a pretty amazing Super Bowl. It had twists and turns, great plays and a great finish. It wasn't the easiest to watch if you were a fan of one of the teams. Trust me on that.
• Some analysts are calling it the best Super Bowl ever, but I'm not sure if I'm ready to do that. There's always a tendency to overrate what just happened. Remember, the greatest Super Bowl ever supposedly happened last year too. I think I might still put that game from last year above this one just because of the subplot of the Patriots losing their chance at going undefeated.
• I knew the Steelers were in good shape when Matt Millen picked the Cardinals to win during the pregame show.
• I agreed with the pick for Santonio Holmes for MVP, especially because of the sheer difficulty of that catch. Ben Roethlisberger would've been a decent pick, too. I was all set to go with James Harrison because of that ridiculous interception return until Arizona took the lead on the Larry Fitzgerald touchdown.
• I think Holmes did such a good job on that touchdown catch that he even got his third leg down. (Search Deadspin if you're not sure about this reference.)
• I know your team won the game and you obviously did an excellent job this season, but please, please, please, please, Mike Tomlin, do not kick a field goal from the 1-foot line ever again. Tomlin had been aggressive with those decisions all year up until that point. It didn't really matter in the end, but I'm just hoping for the future.
• Once again, the commercials were mostly terrible. The only memorable one was the cash4gold.com commercial. Ed McMahon + MC Hammer = priceless. The commercials just strengthened my belief that anyone who says they watch the Super Bowl only for the commercials is the worst kind of person.
• The officiating wasn't very good, and it did favor the Steelers for the most part, but it didn't cost Arizona the game. The officiating this season as a whole wasn't very good, so it's not really surprising that this happened in the Super Bowl. Maybe the edge for the Steelers was also payback for the fact that James Harrison would've had about 30 sacks this year if he hadn't been held on every play this season.