Half ends with a Carolina field goal. 14-10 Pats.
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:17 2Q: Lordy: nothing happens for the first 25 minutes, then three touchdowns in five minutes. It’s 14-7 Pats and I stick by my sense that they’ll prevail.
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\n1:07 2Q: Figures _ the minute I note how terrible Delhomme’s doing, he starts making some completions, then throws this 40-yard touchdown pass.<\/p>\n
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Early in the game the announcers were finding a hundred subtle ways to say the Carolina Panthers quarterback, Jake Delhomme, is out of his league. By any measure he’s having a terrible game. Good thing his defense is keeping the game close.
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3:05: Touchdown, Pats. Finally.
\n5:15, 2Q: key turnover for the Pats; they’ve got the ball back deep in Panthers territory. First interesting thing to happen in the whole game.<\/p>\n
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Ouch, the Ali ad was painful. Rare for IBM to miss that<\/i> badly.<\/p>\n
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Pats’ second field goal try misses. Didn’t I say the chopper flyover was bad luck?<\/p>\n
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Horse farts and toilet paper. Consumer culture at its finest<\/p>\n
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Melissa’s taking a nap right now. I don’t blame her.<\/p>\n
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11:18, 2nd quarter: Carolina has zero yards on offense. Not to be a cynic or anything but this is not the stuff of Super Bowl champions.<\/p>\n
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\nMitsubishi ads still have the most rockin soundtrack (Barroom Blitz!). Now if somebody would start buying their cars.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Alamo: Who needs to see all those Texans get killed? Might do some business south of the Border, come to think of it.
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\nOh, a donkey. Nice try kids.<\/p>\n
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OK, I liked the guy in the kilt doing the Marilyn Monroe over the sidewalk grate routine. Will I ever drink Sierra Mist? Probably not.<\/p>\n
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End of first quarter prediction: A defensive score will make the diffference in this game. It’ll have to, the way these offenses are playing.<\/p>\n
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\nHmmm… the best ads must be coming up during halftime. May have to turn to the game for entertainment. Rats.<\/p>\n
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Elephants. What’s next? Whales?<\/p>\n
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\nBody wax: ouch.<\/p>\n
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Bears! Geeze.
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OK, AOL top speed: The biker shop father & son are funny, but who on earth uses AOL anymore?<\/p>\n
(sorry, mom).<\/p>\n
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\nThree creature commercials in a row. Whoah. The Bud Light dog-to-the-naughty bits was a bit predictable, but it made me chuckle. The Fed Ex alien was swell, thought not in the league with the famous helium-snorting munchkin of lore. Dodge needs to get over the Hemi thing.<\/p>\n
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12:03: I’m not going to get into play-by-play but the Pats are already looking too tough for the Panthers.<\/p>\n
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Let’s see what kinda commercials we get.<\/p>\n
Hmm, Ford debuts its coolest car since the ’64 Mustang and that’s the best they can come up with? In what gear do you realize it’s time to fire your advertising agency?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Half ends with a Carolina field goal. 14-10 Pats. :17 2Q: Lordy: nothing happens for the first 25 minutes, then three touchdowns in five minutes. It’s 14-7 Pats and I stick by my sense that they’ll prevail. 1:07 2Q: Figures…<\/p>\n