A 100-yard pick six, a safety, a dramatic comeback answered by a dramatic last-minute touchdown--what more could you ask for? A few thoughts on the event. Kurt Warner has played in three of the greatest Super Bowls. His teams scored 63, his opponents 63. The Pittsburgh Steelers now are the sole claimants to the best franchise of the Super Bowl era with six Lombardi Trophies. The Boss is the boss live, but his song selection was predictable--so much so that I called three of four. The on-field crowd consisted of legitimate Springsteen fans and not the coached, robotically-bouncing, rent-an-audience that I've come to expect at award shows and halftime shows. Jennifer Hudsom gave a Houstonian performance of the National Anthem in the very city where Whitney Houston set standard eighteen years ago. Sure, Houston's rendition had the backdrop of the Gulf War going for it. But what could be more inspiring than Hudson belting out the Star-Spangled Banner after the horrible crimes inflicted upon her family? The Doritos ad, in which a too-happy gentleman insists his snow globe is really a magic ball and then proves it to his skeptical co-worker by hurling it through a vending machine's window to get free Doritos, was my favorite ad. In my youth, Super Bowl was synonymous with mismatch. The game has really become the game in the last decade. Rams-Titans, Patriots-Rams, Patriots-Panthers, Patriots-Eagles, Giants-Patriots, and Steelers-Cardinals--six of the last ten games--were all in question until the final seconds of play. They don't call it the Super Bowl for nothing.

UPDATE: Homer J. Fong is the winner of the Super Bowl pool, correctly picking the Cards to cover, the game to go over, and coming within two points of the total. Congratulations Homer!

Truly up to the billing. Great game with just about every twist imaginable. Very entertaining and exciting to the end.

I agree that Jennifer H. did a great job on our song.

Snow globe guy? I was dyin'. Other than that, most commercials were average. Grease monkey one was kinda cute. Box O' flowers was creepy.

It's disgusting that the Steelers have six Lombardi trophies (two at the expense of the Boys; though we got a measure of payback in '95).

The close game decided in the final second is nice, if you don't have a horse in the race. But for the true fan, absolute domination is better. I'd rather see my team win 52-17 (should've been 59-17), than win on a last-second-whatever.

And in my opinion, parity blows. The league is better when dynasties are battling for the championship. The fact that the Cardinals can come out of nowhere and make it all the way to the big game is a disgrace to the NFC.

Honestly, I didn't expect the Cards to play that well. I was prepared for a domination by the Steelers over the 9-7 red birds.

But you put Kurt Warner in big games in the post season and anything can happen.

I would opt for games like this rather than a whippin' by a dynasty type team. Instead of an early celebration with a lopsided game, on both sidelines there was the look of terror on the faces of all of the players as the game came down to the wire.

Pittsburgh Steelers superbowl wins are about the only thing from the 70s that I ever want to relive.

Seeing as we have a President that reminds us of one of the bad ones we had in the 70's and are heading toward an economy that will be similar to that of the 70's, it's probably appropriate that the Steelers won. For old times sake.

the party go's on here in stiller land. the iron city beer flows like wine. can you say 6PACK! LOL hey michael phelps pass the bong man! lets party.

Yeah and the day after the Patriots-Panthers game nobody mentioned how close the game was. The talk around the water cooler was about Janet Jackson's nipple.

I thought the best commercial this year was Bridgestone's Potato Heads.

That "fumble" at the end should have been reviewed as I believe it was an incomplete pass... it seemed that the officals just gave up at the end. Not the first time the this season I have seen the booth fail to review a questionable play at the end that ultimately decided the game. It made me want to puke.

I agree with that. They should have reviewed that and I think it would have been reversed. A little too quick to crown the Slags.

The ball was clearly out of his hand before the arm began moving forward. Let's get real, it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT6KyJGa3BM

He clearly got hit before his arm was moving forward, but he still had full posession when it was moving forward and released (as seen in the 4th view). That was wrong not to review it. Just read the Youtube comments...

Once again, it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

You know what might have mattered? A penalty for Holmes using the football as a prop on that last touchdown. This is a penalty that has been consistently called all year long for the slightest molestation of the ball after the play.

Things might have been different if Warner and the boys had that extra 15 yards attached to the kickoff return.

Jeeze, all these excuses and whining. You would think it was the Pat's who lost in the super bowl.

I have no vested interest in who won this game either way. I did route for the birds but ultimately, yawn.

Howevaugh, right is right and there were some calls and non-calls that definately went for the Steelers. And if it weren't for Whisenhunt successfully challenging a few more, things could have been worse.

Steelers fans would have been freaking and throwing their Iron City if the same had happened to them.

Think I'm having a stroke.....route? Root.

Typical Patriots fan mentality.

Yes, it was an incomplete pass.

No, it wouldn't have mattered.

Best commercial: Conan for Bud Light.

I think they'll have to put an asterisk next to the winner of this Super Bowl.