So this is just a quick compilation about some thoughts and feelings about the game, the commercials, the players, and whatever else drips off my fingers today.

Game
Overall I think it was a good game. At least it was close and came down to the wire.

Patriots
Their offensive line lost them the game. Either that or the Giants defensive line was absolutely amazing. Tom Brady got pounded more that game than I remember seeing all season.

Eli Manning
I still don’t like him. His receivers make him look really good, especially since they made some amazing catches on 50/50 balls thrown in the air by Manning.

Bill Belichick
Did he end up shaking hands with Tom Coughlin after the game was over? I know for sure it wasn’t when the clock hit 0:00 because Belichick was gone by then. But when Brady threw the last incomplete pass and everyone started running out on the field did the two coaches actually meet? I’m not sure. Also, did you catch the post game interview? Wow, how pissed was he?

Tom Petty
The guy is 57 years old and put on a show that was so/so. We all know you can’t recruit young talent to perform at the Super Bowl because someone will end up taking clothes off.

Commercials
Did anyone else actually think the commercials were totally weird this year? There was a lot of stuff that was just goofy, a lot of violence, and then some funny stuff. Overall they were just goofy and after a commercial was over I sometimes found myself saying “What the hell?!” After the Under Armour commercial I kinda wanted to take some steroids and go punch someone. After the E*TRADE baby puked on the keyboard I did say “What the hell?!” Bud Light was unoriginal with the “this feature no longer available with Bud Light” tagline. Coke has some good, classy, funny ads, whereas GoDaddy’s ad was worthless. Did anyone see a Miller commercial?

House
Any idea why they were advertising so much for this show that was going to air after the game? Why did they air it after the game? Either way, I watched it. Pretty good episode actually.

That’s all for now. Does anyone agree that the whole atmosphere of the game was off this year?

The University of Cincinnati football team was recently hosed by the Bowl Selection Committee(s). 

Setting the stage:
BCS Rankings:
20) South Florida
23) Cincinnati
n/a) UConn 

Big East Rankings:
1) West Virginia
2) UConn
3) Cincinnati
4) South Florida 

The order (from best to worst) of bowl games that UC is eligible for:
Brut Sun Bowl
Meineke Car Care Bowl
PapaJohns.com Bowl 

The Sun Bowl said they were going to take USF because they had a better ranking in the BCS polls, and also because [at the time] Oregon State was the team from the PAC-10 that was most likely going to play in the Sun Bowl. UC already beat the crap out of O.State, so I can understand this story. 

The Meineke Bowl decided to take UConn because they were ranked higher in the Big East. 

11/03 -> UC beat #18 South Florida 38-33

11/10 -> UC beat #13 UConn 27-3 

UConn isn’t ranked in a single poll. 

UC got shafted. That’s all there is to it.