A Super Bowl Moment or Two

The end of the Super Bowl Game was interesting to an uninvolved observer in Miami.  Tom Brady is great and I understand the bind the Pats were in at the end of Sunday's game. A field goal with no time left would have left them losing to the Giants anyway. He did a remarkable job moving his team down the field like he did and might have with a little bit of luck might have won the game without last minute heroics. Wifey was correct in saying he can't throw and catch the ball. This points out the Patriot problem. Where is the defense? Where was the defense? What if they had been able to stop Eli before a field goal had become inevitable. The Bradshaw touchdown reminded me of RUDY or the Gator Flop against the UM, but the goal was not to get Rudy into the game or to have Reaves break a passing record. "Just win baby".

The Bears beat the Pats in one of the most one sided Super Bowls of all times. The Fridge scored a meaningless touchdown and Walter Payton was left out of the box score. I'm sure even Mike Ditka regrets that decision.

The second moment was all Clint Eastwood.  I know advertising is always subject to interpretation. A little bit of swagger by the U.S. automobile industry is not necessarily a thank you for the bailout. Males that watched the game might feel more kindly about buying a car, and buying American might sell a few cars.  If the economy had not tanked when it did and McClain had not been so tone deaf to say the economy was fundamentally who knows what the result of the last presidential election might have been.

A republican or democratic spin on this ad misses the point. Why would Dirty Harry do a political favor for Obama and why should Rove complain about free speech if it seems to say things are getting better in America.