Aparets is the winner of the Super Bowl Pool. Congratulations. He correctly picked the Colts, the Under, and, even though he didn't need it, came closest on the tiebreaker pick by selecting a total of 45. Some thoughts on the big game: The best team won, but this wasn't the best Colts team...Sloppy weather makes for sloppy play...The artist currently known as Prince's halftime performance was the off the hizzook. But where was Morris Day doing the bird? Tina and Wendy?...The Bears need a new quarterback. Don't say that Rex Grossman brought them to the Super Bowl. The Bears brought him to the Super Bowl...If your friend asks if you want to share a Snickers bar with him, it's code that he wants to be more than a friend...The AFC continues its recent Super Bowl dominance, winning eight of the last ten...Of course, that string followed an NFC streak of twelve in a row...Has there ever been a postseason with so many muffed point after attempts?...Peyton Manning won a Super Bowl, which means he will appear in even more ads!

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Pretty good game first half, boring in the second I thought. Of course, I was rooting for the Bears, as an avid patriots fan, and an avid hater of Peyton Manning.

My thought on what we will see for teams next year:

The Bills and Dolphins will continue to go nowhere.

Chad Pennington is at core, I think, a good QB. Eric Mangini is a smart head coach and I think that the Jets are going to continue to develop into a very good team.

The Patriots are in a good position, I think, for next season. If Corey Dillon refuses to retire, Belichick should cut him. Laurence Maroney is an amazing player and more than ready to start at half back next season. Dillon was great, but is burning out fast. The Pats should use their two first round picks to get a receiver that Brady can throw too consistently and a defensive play maker. Jabar Gaffney is developing into a good receiver I think, but he is nowhere near ready to be a go to guy, and Reche Caldwell is not good enough to fill that role.

We will probably lose Asante Samuel in the off season, and Tedi Bruschi may also retire. So its obvious why we need a defensive play maker. We should use the rest of our draft picks to pick up some patches for the defense and maybe a few young offensive linemen.

If we do these things I think we will have a very good chance to win the Super Bowl next year.

The Ravens need to do something on offense. Their defense is great but offense is as mediocre as I have ever seen. I think that they will dominate their division again next season.

The Bengals...need to get some players that won't wind up in jail. I'm not sure there is anything that anyone can do to help the Browns right now.

The Steelers I am unsure about. What exactly their problem was this season is difficult to place one's finger on. I don't claim to know what they should do or where they will go.

As for the Texans...and the Jaguars, I can't see much in their future and don't know what to prescribe.

The Titans are going to continue to develop into a successful team I think. I believe they are on the right track and will soon be a contender for their division.

The Colts are seemingly a perfect team. I can think of nothing they need to do differently, if their defense plays next year like it did in this post-season. If its back up to its old tricks, then what they need to do is clear: Stop the run.

The Broncos need to do more things than I can list here to get back in the fray in a serious way.

The Chiefs need to get rid of Trent Green. Larry Johnson is a great player who they can build an offense around. Trent Green is a horrible QB, imo.

The Raiders will be pretty good next season I think, with Jamarcus Russell on QB and Randy Moss receiving. What should they do? Sit back and concentrate on rebuilding around Russell.

The Chargers are another team that really needs no changing. They were clearly the NFL's best team this season I think.

Its hard to put my finger on Dallas. They are teetering on the edge, and could either go big places or sink back into mediocrity. They need to get a competent new head coach who can work on building a successful team around Tony Romo.

The Giants...I don't see them doing anything. Tiki Barber has retired and Eli Manning is a horrible, horrible, QB. If they want to move ahead the first thing they need is a new QB, stat.

Eagles are in a pretty good position. Brian Westbrook has played very well as of late. They should continue to model their offense around him and it will be successful.

The Redskins I really don't know enough about.

Bears should get a new QB, as soon as possible.

The Lions should draft Brady Quinn I think, and then work on building a team around that high quality QB.

Green Bay needs to tell Brett Favre to hit the road. He is holding the Packers hostage.

The Vikings...should get a new team.

The Falcons can be good, if they would just build a West Coast Offense for Michael Vick instead of flipping back and forth about what they want to do.

The Panthers and the Buccaneers I know little about. The Saints don't need much changing. They are a great team and will continue to develop nicely. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they represent the NFC in the Super Bowl next year, as I thought they would this one.

The Cardinals, Rams, and 49ers need...a lot of work. Beyond that, I don't know what to say about them.

The Seattle Seahawks are a good team, they need to get their offense back firing on all cylinders again.

Predicting who will be in next year's Super Bowl the night of this one is a very good way to make a fool out of oneself. But if I really had to pick, I would say that next season would see the Saints or the Eagles facing off against a repeat Colts team.

What's Peyton going to whine about now? And, who on his team will he blame or throw under the bus? Winning has its advantages.

I'm not crybabying here but after the Pats loss to a beatable Colts team highlighted by an extremely uncharacteristic collapse, I can't ever look at playoff football the same way. There were too many cooincidences in the game and I still think it was a bag job and that the big NFL money was with the Colts to win theirs.

I'll continue to be an NFL fan and still love the game but will always observe the playoffs with a jaded eye understanding that big entertainment and human interest stories can trump performance.

I'm not sure what you're implying. That the Pats were told to throw the game?

The game was real sloppy. Super Bowls, for the most part, have been very poor games with a few notable exceptions. The extra commercial breaks really interupts the flow of the game, for both the players and viewers. The NFl is the only sports league in the world that has it's act totally together. There is a tremendous void in sports at this time of year. I will now go into a funk for the next 9 weeks as the NBA and NHL are shells of their former selves. 48 days until opening day.

i will never eat a snickers AGAIN!

OH, i forgot Thug princess, you smell like he-haw, brothers, lovers?

Sloppy game, but the better team won. Both these teams should be a force in the league for some time to come.

Ben-T: I agree that the Jets should develop into a very good team within the next season or two.

Tag: My guess is both. Soulmates at the very least.

Screw the snickers. I will never

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buy another GM car for as long as I live. You want to see what Corporate America thinks of its workers? Watch that ad again.

Do you think that it's not within the realm of possibility Ben-T? All about the Benjamins man. And they just don't talk they scream.

One comment about the SB ads: catering to a dumbed down and aloof America.

I don't think the Patriots ever would have won one after 2001 if the games were fixed. The Colts would be a dynasty by now.

Many of The Patriots had the flu, keeping them from getting in full practice time, and Tom Brady's play was nothing short of terrible during the divisional round, leading to huge amounts of time spent on the field by the aging Patriots defense against the destructive Chargers ground-pounding offense.

They left it all on the field at Qualcomm, and then got sick. Thats why they couldn't put in a full game against the Colts.

rex is bad however....I disagree if big ben can win then grossman can...his rating was 3 times that of roethlisberger's.