My Top Eight Sights and Sounds of Superbowl Week!

After reading every article from the Chicago Tribune, Indianapolis Star and USA Today about the Superbowl over the past couple weeks, there are some things that I have noticed.  By the way, Congrats to the Colts and Peyton Manning.  You deserve it and hopefully many more will follow. 

My Top Eight Sights and Sounds Of Superbowl Week

1.  Phil Simms, CBS commentator, has the personality of a brick wall (and not those cool, artsy bricks...the dull plain ones).

2.  It's nice to hear some good stories when it seems everything is negative nowadays.  Lovie and Dungy being the best of  friends and having gone through a lot to be where they are.  Brian Urlacher going back to his small hometown (Lovington, N.M.) a couple of times every year for a charity basketball game, to give shoes to his high school, etc.  Peyton Manning's commercials, doing the Tango for a middle school class (if you haven't seen this video, you NEED to see it HERE) and the story of his big brother, Cooper, who was an all-state wide receiver at Newman High School in Louisiana but unable to play in college because of a neck condition.  Also, Everson Walls giving his old teammate, Ron Springs, a kidney because 'that's what friends do.'  Great, great story.

3.  It's funny reading the Chicago tribune and nearly every columnist picked the Bears.  Then reading the USA Today predictions, 8 out of 10 pick the Colts.  I understand the loyalty to the Bears (and maybe the newspaper), but did they really think the Bears would win? 

4.  When does the pregame for the Superbowl actually start?  The NFL Network had promoted their '65 hours of pregame' on their station.  ESPN was down there all week with every show being live, outside in Miami.  CBS, which the game was on, started theirs at 11am central time, 6 1/2 hours before the game actually started.  Don't worry, I'm not complaining, just asking.

 Jim Sorgi sittingdown...where all Colt fans would like to have him.

5.  Jim Sorgi, ex-Badger and backup to Peyton Manning in Indy, can be funny.  About being a backup in the NFL and having the 'best job in the world' (getting paid a lot of money to sit behind a guy who never takes a game off), Sorgi said 'I'm the guy nobody wants to see.  Everybody thinks it's a great job until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's eight minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to the New England Patriots.'  Now that's funny.

6.  How do Packer fans actually cheer for the Bears?  I'm not talking about the crazy Packers-are-effing-awesome-everybody-else-sucks-a$$ Packer fan, I'm talking about the football fans who have always LIKED the Packers.  I know two close to me.  The Packers and the Bears have the biggest rivalry in professional football and I, being the casual Packer fan, will NEVER cheer for the Bears no matter what.  How can a Packer fan say 'Well, you know, I don't mind if the Bears win the Superbowl.'  ARE YOU KIDDING?  NO NO NO NO NO. 

7.  Prince, even at 4'8, can still put on a good show.  Not a good show like Van Halen and the Police reuniting, but a good show none the less.

 'What?  Rollin' VIP.'  Haha, great commercial.

8.  Kevin Federline is actually really, really funny.  His Nationwide Insurance fast-food commercial yesterday was the funniest one all game.  If you haven't seen it, K-FED works for a fast food joint and he is singing to his video on the tv when the manager guy yells 'FEDERLINE!  FRIES!'  I'm sorry but that is hilarious.  Federline has actually apologized for the 30 second commercial and lawsuits might be following.  I haven't seen anything more ridiculous than a lawsuit because of this great commercial.  And another thing, something I've wanted to write about for a long time, Federline was the normal one in that relationship with Britney.  She is a crazy nutjob and I think K-FED is hilarious.  Good for you Kevin and don't apologize, your commercial is fantastic.  If you haven't seen the video, watch it here.

What did you see that was a sight and sound of the Superbowl and/or the week that was?  Comments welcomed.  (Plus Wes Elfman is playing tennis again for Madison Edgewood, hip, hip...hooray)