The man who performed an almost naked, on-field, Irish jig at the Super Bowl only to be leveled by Patriots special teams player Matt Chatham faces sentencing in a Texas courtroom today.

"As light-hearted about this as I'd like to be," the prosecutor explained to the jury that found Mark Roberts guilty on Monday, "we don't live in a society anymore where we can excuse this kind of behavior." Does she mean it's no longer the 1970s?

Roberts purchased a ticket to the Super Bowl, attended wearing a tear-away referee uniform beneath his clothing, and snuck onto the field after halftime. In February, Roberts labeled his Super Bowl, g-stringed jaunt the "holy grail of streaking." Roberts, who has streaked almost 300 times since 1993, now faces a possible six months in prison and $2,000 in fines.

It would be hard to argue that Mr. Roberts is innocent, as several hundred million people witnessed his "crime." But as Roberts himself noted, "If making people laugh is a criminal offense, then they should send me to prison for life."

If you are part of the official Super Bowl halftime show and expose yourself, that's "artistic freedom." If you streak, that's a crime.

I'd let him off with a fine.

Besides, he'll make it up in MTV endorsement money.

A tear-away ref uniform. Now that's funny.