The Super Bum

The screenbum hiatus is finally over and I figured that since my final posting was about the opening of the NFL season it would be apropos for the screenbum to make a triumphant return with Super Bowl XLV.


Super Bowl Sunday is arguably one of the biggest holidays in America. It’s no secret why a thirty second commercial is going to cost around $3 million dollars. Over 100 million people are going to be watching the Packers take on the Steelers, and many of them are watching more for those commercials then for the game. Not me though.

There are two reasons why I will have my eyes glued to the screen for every snap. The first is simply that it’s the frickin’ Super Bowl, and pro football is hands down the best sport in the world. Secondly, the boxes. Those funny little squares you all see hanging behind the bar at your favorite watering hole. It’s simple, if the scores at the end of each quarter match the numbers you randomly get on the grid then you win. Seriously though, box pools have been around for years. They make the game a whole lot more fun to watch, even for the girl at the party that has no idea what’s going on. The sad thing is that, that’s usually the person that wins the big money, and is completely surprised when it happens.

So the question now is what’s going to be better, the game? Or the over priced & over produced ads? We will see soon. I am going to be watching the big game with some friends, and will continue this article right after the game. I will say before I go that I think that this is going to be a great game, one of the best ever. These two teams are truly, in my opinion the two best in the NFL, and no others this season deserve it more. Unlike many other super bowls where one of the teams had a distinctive weakness the other team could exploit. The Steelers and the Packers have great skill players on both sides of the ball. Eventually something’s going to give, but it’s going to be real close. I think in the end the Packers are going to take it, so let’s find out.……and yes I am aware that I’m posting this after the game is over, but your just going to have to trust me.

Now that the game is over………..

I was right (again you’ve got to trust the writer). The game was close, and the Packers took it home. Aaron Rodgers got a little disrupted by the Steelers defense but he still played a great game and was the clear cut MVP.

As for the boxes my gambling partner Terrance and I came close to winning, and we even celebrated for about 20 seconds until we realized that the Steelers were going to go for a 2 point conversion, and I literally collapsed. We at least had some of Terrance’s slammin’ wings and sweet potato pie leftover to drown our sorrows.

By the end of it all, the commercials sucked (except for the Darth Vader kid, and the cheesy Doritos guy), Christina Aguilera forgot the words to the star spangled banner, and the halftime show was ridiculous. It probably would have helped a little if they remembered to put the Black Eyed Peas microphones on, but not much. At least we got to hear Slash jam out some Sweet Child of Mine. To bad Fergie destroyed it, where you at Axl? When it all ended, despite the fanfare and the talk of everything that surrounds the super bowl it was the game that was the most entertaining thing of the night.

Congrats Packers. Aaron Rodgers is going to Disney World and says….suck on that Farve.