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Superbowl Observations

Well, I watched the games, and came up with the following observations, almost none of which have anything to do with football:

1. I don't have a beef with God Bless America being sung by a Canadian. I do have a beef with it being sung as if it were a Canadian song. Dump the soft delicate note crap. Belt it out loud, proud, and unashamed. Compare the original Kate Smith rendition(midway down the page) with what you heard last night. I think the best way to sum up her performance is that Celine Dion's interpretation of the song would be a hit at the UN.


2. The Dixie Chicks have done the best national anthem in a long time. It might even be better than Whitney Houston's version of the song.


3. Madden thought the officiating was good. I don't. The "fumble" at the kickoff in the first quarter was obviously not a fumble to anyone who saw it. The receiver was obviously pushed out of bounds on the two point conversion in the fourth quarter. The only people who thought different were the refs in the game, and maybe Hans Blix. If the game wasn't a blowout, that would be the water-cooler talk today.


4. Anheiser Busch's clown proctology ad makes Miller Lite's mud wrestling ad look tasteful.


5. Shania Twain was lip synching. However, that wasn't the two things I was paying attention to.


6. I think it is safe to say that live mikes on players is an idea that should die a quick death.


7. ABC should dump Skycam. It is the mullet haircut of camera gimmicks. Even the Letterman jokes are 15 years old.


8. Dump the post game show. When the games ends, that's it. Award the trophy, name the MVP, then get the hell out.