Super Bowl Mania
From Kurt…
Super Bowl Prediction -
Since I was so accurate about the Orange Bowl, and I received many emails of thanks from non-football fans who used my predictions as their own…let me try my hand at the Super Bowl.
1 - Final Score - Saints 30, Colts 24.
2. Super Bowl MVP - Saints running back Pierre Thomas…however, if an MVP would ever go to a player from the losing team, it would go to Dallas Clark. I have a gut feeling Dallas Clark will have 80 yards and 2 TDs…Pierre Thomas will have 110-120 yards rushing, and 2 TDs as well (one will be a receiving TD).
3. Colts Defensive End Dwight Freeney will play, and will be effective. He will have 1.5 sacks.
4. Peyton Manning will be intercepted twice.
5. Reggie Bush will fumble once.
6. Haitian-born Colts wide receiver Pierre Garcon will get a lot of attention. So much so, that everytime he is mentioned, Haiti will also be mentioned. He will score a TD.
7. Finally, the best play of the night will be by Dallas Clark. He will turn a simple 10 yard pass play into a 40+ yard TD.
Predictions for Non-Football Related Activities -
1. Vegas has the over/under at 1:42 of Carrie Underwood singing the National Anthem. I think it will be under. I will go 1:37. Also, I predict she will look fantastic.
2. The Who will be outstanding at halftime…they will be three songs, maybe four…if they do three…I will go
a) Won’t Get Fooled Again
b) My Generation
c) Baba O’Riley
If they add a fourth song… I think that they will add “Pinball Wizard“, and it will be in between My Generation and Baba O’Riley. If they do do Pinball Wizard, they will make the entire field look like a giant pinball machine.
Also, folks under the age of 19 will find The Who boring…if so, teach them about musical history…The Who are AWESOME (They performed a tremendous show when they were at the Wells Fargo Arena)
3) They will show Kim Kardashian only once…hopefully only once.
4) They will show Eli Manning and/or Archie Manning 8 times.
5) Due to buffalo chicken dip, countless bowls of chili, and other finger foods…I will have horrible gas by the start of the 3rd quarter. (You can take this one to the bank).
Super Bowl Commercials -
Hopefully, we will have a good crop of Super Bowl commercials this year. The past few years, I feel, have been disappointing. There are too many commercials that just blend all together…we need that one AWESOME commercial that everyone remembers.
Here are Super Bowl Commercials, That I Feel…Suck.
Any Car Commercial - These are boring. I’m not a car guy…but I don’t need 30 seconds of a car just driving on the road with a voiceover guy telling me “how smooth the ride is”. Do you think there will be any Toyota commercials this year? Yikes.
GoDaddy.Com - Take away my guy card, I don’t care…these commercials are stupid. I’ve never gone to the “un-rated” commercial that they promote online…but I”m guessing that if Danica Patrick really showed boobage in the commercial, that they would have been picked up by other media outlets by now. They’re horribly acted…the girls in the commercial are dumb…well, Danica Patrick probably isn’t dumb…but they make her look dumb in these. If you have to use that much sexual innuendo to make people visit your website…well then, your website isn’t that good. By the way, shameless plug, check out “Ken and Colleen’s Hunk of the Day” every morning at Star1025.com! ha ha.
The Budweiser Horses - I’m tired of them…until they start speaking at least. They’re just so darn cute, right? Blech. Every time they air, the girls in the room watching the game all seem to melt…oh, look it’s the story of a pony that got to pull the cart. Oh look, it’s a dalmation that wants to ride on the cart…ugh. I know I’m in the minority here…but I depise this run of commercials.
Babies Talking - Is this the E*Trade one? I’m tired of the baby talking. Why is the other baby singing “Broken Wings”…it doesn’t even make sense. When the baby had the clown…and when the baby puked…I admit, I laughed. Funny. The one with the golfing buddy though is awful…golfers that I know just think it’s hilarious that the baby called the other golfer “Shank-o-saurus”…that was dumb…I didn’t even crack a smile. This year, though, I’m sure the baby will be back…tell us all about his 401 (k) or his IRA. Booooo.
Best Super Bowl Commercials -
These are my favorite commercials ever. Now, I want to preface this with this notion…I didn’t watch the Super Bowl in 1984 or back in the 70s (I was “six” and “not born” at those times respectively), so I never watched the famous Apple Computer one…or the Mean Joe Green Coke commercial one live. I’m making this list with the reaction to commercials that I have seen live during the Super Bowl.
The FedEx Carrier Pigeons - Remember the giant pigeons? Hilarious…oh, you will see a theme develop real quick.
Any Commercial With Talking Animals - See, if the Budweiser Clydesdales talked…then we’d be on to something here! Get those horses talkin’! Seriously, though, any commercial that has an animal talk…winner winner chicken dinner!
Any Commercial With Monkeys - See the pattern…except for the Clydesdales…if you have an animal doing something ridiculous, I’m totally on board. Monkeys are always funny.
The Monster.com “When I Grow Up” Commercial - This was hilarious…all those little kids telling us their remedial employment dreams. “I want to excel towards middle management”. Hilarious.
Michael Jordan v. Larry Bird McDonalds Commercial - “Nothing But Net”…seriously, is MJ wearing Zubaz pants in that commercial. Pure early 90s AWESOMEness!
But the #1 commercial of the Super Bowl…nay, of All-Time…
and then there was the remake a few years back…still good.
The Cindy Crawford Pepsi Commercial…Ohhhh snap. Could women be hotter than that? Turns out…yes…my wife puts her to shame. Love you sweetheart. Cindy Crawford could sell just about anything while wearing the white tanktop and the jean shorts…she could sell me used monkey dung…that is, if it were at a reasonable price.
More Super Bowl -
Hopefully, the game will live up to it’s name. I’m totally on-board with the folks that want to move the game to Saturday…staying up late on Sunday night destroys me for the rest of the week. We’re heading over to our friends’ Jim & Molly’s house for the game…and that should be fun. My friends and I will bet on absolutely everything possible. I think I won $10 last year because Bruce Springsteen opened his set with “Born to Run”….c’mon “Won’t Get Fooled Again”…big money, big money.
This Weekend -
This weekend is going to be very interesting. Tomorrow, Ken and I are meeting up with Colleen to help her pick out a wedding dress….and then Colleen’s engagement party is tomorrow night as well.
Joining Ken and myself to pick out wedding dresses will be Colleen’s mom, and I think her sister as well. Many fun stories will be told at Colleen’s expense. We will take photos…and maybe video record the ordeal…non-stop hilarity may ensue. Ken and I are planning on drinking through most of the fittings…is that we call this…a fitting? I don’t even know.
Everyone have a great weekend as well…I look forward to us all being tired Monday morning after the Super Bowl!
AWESOME is as AWESOME does!
February 5th, 2010 at 9:49 am
The Super Bowl is just something that I have trouble getting into. It is all way too overdone. It is almost like Christmas, the entire US stops for this. We have a party to go to, so Jake and I will see a part of the Super Bowl, only becasue my mom is catering and bartending the event.
I predict I will sit with my back to the TV during 90% of the game, talking to other people about things other than football and/or doing homework. I also predict we will leave after the half-time show to go home and watch Desperate Housewives or whatever else is on our DVR.
Cindy Crawford commercial, I remember this from when I was little! I will have to agree one of the best commercials. I also agree about the Budweider horses… how about a little innovation here Budweiser. I will admit they were neat to see in person, only becasue they are so huge!
Animals talking are funny. Giant pigeons were great.
So it is official, I’m crazy. I took my final last night for by Business Ethics (an oxymoron?) Class, and I maintained my new years resolution by getting an unofficial A (grades still not posted, but with my calculations I should be good) but I decided to double up on classes, so I am now working full time and going to school double-full-time. Look forward to grumpy and tired Nathan for the next several weeks! Im going to try and get all of my homework done on Saturday, so while you are suffering at the dress fitting, I will be suffering with my textbook, and maybe a bottle of wine!
Have an AWESOME weekend everyone.
P.S. Jennifer, Kurt gives you so many sweet shout-outs in his blog. It’s hard enough just getting a guy to tell you that you are beautiful but you have a guy that broadcasts it. I’m proposing for a 2nd time that Kurt starts to teach husband classes… Extra baby-money? LOL
February 5th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Colleen has got to be crazy. Why on earth would she have you and Ken help in picking out her wedding dress? WHY? Am I totally missing something here? She should be having your wives instead of you guys. I’m sensing a few crayons lost in the box on this one!
Happy drink and eat and socialize Sunday all! And a slow recovery week! I heard someone was trying to get Obama to declare the Monday following Superbowl Sunday a national holiday, as it’s the least productive work Monday of the year! I’m all for it!
February 5th, 2010 at 10:37 am
good morning IOWA
This goes back to a week or so ago and the whole farting/dutch oven remarks. We have a little lap dog and you would think with a little dainty dog you would get little dainty portions of “gas passing”. Let me tell you all - that is NOT the case. I only sleep about 3 hrs a night and i woke up and rolled over and did not have any covers on and grabbed them and pulled them over my body and wholey hell - it was like getting hit with a wet pillow. I could litterly taste it and after spraying and coughing i still could not kill the stench.
Superbowl Sunday I equate to NYE, a bunch of amatures out boozing on a day they are not use to or out to late and no chance they can control or regulate themselves and all are crusty the following day.
February 5th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Townshend recently revealed the Who’s halftime setlist to Billboard, saying that the 12-minute performance will consist of, “A bit of ‘Baba O’Riley,’ a bit of ‘Pinball Wizard,’ a bit of the close of Tommy, a bit of ‘Who Are You,’ and a bit of ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again.’”
February 5th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
He was close, Kurt I think you are losing your psychic abilities; either that or they just apply to football scores.
I agree Hand Fish… Amateur night. That is exactly why I predicted we would be home after the half-time-show, maybe even before. We are professionals.
Michele, while I agree about the crayons, it will all be to our benefit. I’m sure there will be some great stories and/or footage for our amusement and Colleen’s embarrassment!
February 5th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Michelle, I had the same reaction when reading about Kurt & Ken helping Colleen pick out her wedding dress, but I think Nathan’s right - it will be all to our benefit on Mon.
February 5th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Producer Kurt
Do you think Colleen will let me tag along tomorrow???