Super Saints and looking forward

Well, I was wrong. The Saints won. Since 106.5 million people watched the game, I'm not going to go into the details of how the Saints beat the Colts, because I'm assuming you watched the game yourself. I thought that Peyton was going to come through at the end and he didn't. That's all there is to it. Also, there was an incredible call by Sean Payton to try an onside kick to start the second half. The key player in the game was the Saints kicker Garret Hartley, who made three field goals from over 40 yards, and kicked the game changing onside kick. Drew Brees now has to be considered among the elite quarterbacks in the NFL, and Manning, who is 9-9 in the playoffs, is certainly going to face critiques about his clutchness (not a word). But in the end, this victory is great for the city of New Orleans; now they finally have a reason to party (not that they ever needed one).

The commercials were average. My favorite was the house made of bud light commercial, with the Megan Fox commercial coming in a close second place. The Who were good and their lighting was great. The last three Super Bowls have all been incredible games and with the amount of people that watched Sunday, I don't understand why the Monday after isn't a national holiday.

Looking forward...

Now that football season is over, we can really start to focus on the NHL and the NBA, as well as MLB which starts in 56 days. The best hockey game of the NHL season was played on Super Bowl Sunday, in frigid Washington DC between the Penguins and the Capitals. Alex Ovechkin scored three goals to lead the Caps to an overtime victory, in an incredibly fast paced and thrilling contest. Ovechkin does things on the ice, that I don't even think are possible; he is an incredibly gifted hockey player. The olympic break starts on Friday, but then the NHL heads into the homestretch, until finally we get to see some playoff hockey. In the New York area, the Devils are in second place in the East but are in a slump right now. Hopefully after the Olympic break the Devils can get some momentum going into the playoffs. The trade to get Ilya Kovalchuk was brilliant. The Ranger and Islanders are in a fight to even make the playoffs.

In the NBA, the regular season is chugging along, as everybody waits for the playoffs. There are really only five teams that have a legitimate chance at winning the championship: Boston, Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland, Orlando, and Denver. The Nets are on pace to break the worst record in a regular season in NBA history, and the Knicks are in a tailspin, and will most likely fail to make the playoffs.