Super Bowl Sunday - Food, Entertainment, Commercials - THE GAME
Date February 7, 2010
Stadium Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Favorite Colts by 4
National Anthem Queen Latifah ("America the Beautiful") and Carrie Underwood
Coin toss Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2010
(led by Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith)
Referee Scott Green
Halftime show The Who
Network CBS
Announcers Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
Cost of 30-second commercial USD $2.8 million (Estimated)
It was 10 seasons with Manning at the helm – and 10 seasons without a winning record. The team referred to as the "Aints".
It’s the cursed franchise, its mistreated, beaten-down former savior and the son with the chance to deliver payback for all those seasons of mauling and misery. It’s the sporting passion of New Orleans against the city’s first football family.
“I’ve lived in New Orleans for 39 years and I’m very proud of what the Saints have done,” said Archie Manning, “Very proud.”
Yet make no mistake about his allegiances. Blood is thicker than Bourbon Street.
“I’m pulling for the Colts, 100 percent,” Manning said. “One-hundred percent."
Perhaps no franchise misused a potential superstar the way the Saints did with Archie. He managed to make two Pro Bowls despite a 35-91-3 record in New Orleans. He was sacked an outrageous 339 times, including four seasons when he got buried 40 or more times. By comparison, Peyton took just 10 sacks this season.
Peyton won in 2007 Super Bowl, Eli in 2008. For a dad who experienced so little professional team success, it’s been a bountiful run. “I sure never got close to it,” Archie said.
Four decades later, is the son returning to pay back the Saints for the sacks of the father?
The Saints enter the game with a 13-3 record for the 2009 regular season, compared to the Colts 14-2 record. In the playoff games, both teams had a 1st round bye. The Colts entered the Super Bowl off of 20–3 and 30–17 victories, while the Saints advanced with scores of 45–14 and 31–28.
Halftime performance by the Who.
FLO TV, will.i.am, The Who, Slash, UMG and Songways Dedicate Proceeds From will.i.am’s Super Bowl Ad Remix Of “My Generation” To Oxfam America’s Haiti Relief Efforts. The song makes its debut appearance February 7 during the 2nd quarter of Super Bowl XLIV in an ad for FLO TV.
Commercial Controversies
Three advertisers in particular raised eyebrows with their choice of being in the Superbowl. One new advertiser, Focus on the Family, will have a commercial featuring 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother that has drawn criticism from women's groups who have asked CBS to cancel the ad because they believe it will be divisive. So far, CBS is going ahead with airing the advertisement, which has not been pre-released to the public.
Read more about it Focus On the Family Commercial
One proposed sponsor, ManCrunch, a gay dating site that bills itself as a place "where many many many men come out to play," had expressed interest in purchasing a 30-second advertisement, which would have shown a male Packers fan and a male Vikings fan reach into the same bowl of potato chips at the same time, and after a brief pause, begin passionately kissing. ManCrunch's ad, which has been released to the public, was initially put on a waiting list before the network outright rejected it due to it violating CBS's broadcast standards. ManCrunch immediately accused CBS of discrimination, and in doing so led observers to suspect that their advertisement was an attempt at ambush marketing and free publicity.
Among rejected or modified ads were one for Electronic Arts Dante's Inferno, which had to be edited for content (the closing phrase, originally intended to read "go to Hell," was replaced with "Hell awaits"), and GoDaddy's originally planned advertisement.
Articles of interest on bloomberg.com
Pizza Drivers' `Chaotic' Sprint on Super Bowl Sunday Has Insurers Shaking Super Bowl Sunday means money for speedy pizza-delivery drivers: In the U.S., it’s the busiest sales day of the year.
Super Bowl Turf to Be Cut, Freeze-Dried, Sold as Collectible Souvenirs The grass surface from this weekend’s Super Bowl in south Florida will be cut up and sold as a collectible for the first time.
Killing Quarterback Manning Has a Flip Side: Commentary by Scott Soshnick A little perspective makes it easy to understand Peyton Manning’s nonplussed response to the suggestion, made by his Super Bowl opponent, that hurting him is an effective way to beat the Indianapolis Colts.
Okay, now that we've all seen that the Colts seem to be favored to win, I know you're just dying to know who Tommy picked.
I am a New Orleans fan but I also would like to see Archie somewhat vindicated. So, I suppose I'll be happy no matter which team wins. I'm just looking forward to seeing a good football game. (A good game to me is a close game).
To my new friend Stan, who is a Colts fan, I wish you the best!
2 Quick and Easy Recipes
Easy Microwave Nachos
1/2 to 1 lb ground beef
chopped onion
1 bag tortilla chips or bite-size rounds
1 bag shredded cheddar to mexican blend cheese
Sliced jalepenos
Dollap of sour cream
(Refried or Pinto beans options)
Process:
Crumble ground beef and onion into a microwave-safe dish. Cook on high 2 minutes at a time until done. Drain off fat.
Place chips on a microwave-safe plate, covering entire bottom plate. If you are using beans, put them on the chips now, otherwise, drop crumbled ground beef and onion all over the chips. Cover with shredded cheese and top with sliced jalepeno peppers. Heat for 30 - 45 seconds in microwave on high.
When you take them out, drop a dollap of sourcream onto the middle of the nachos.
Taco Casserole Served With Tortilla Chips
1.5 lbs cooked ground beef
1 packet taco seasoning
1/2 cup chopped onion (or used uncooked onion in the topping)
1 8oz pkg softened cream cheese
1 small container sour cream (large if you like a lot of sour cream)
shredded lettuce
chopped tomatos
slice black olives
Taco sauce or salsa
shredded cheddar cheese
Brown ground beef, onion and taco seasoning packet according to package directions. Cover bottom of large casserole dish with meat mixture. Mix sour cream and softened cream cheese together and spread over meat...or you can do them in individual layers if you prefer. Drizzle taco sauce or salsa over the sour cream mixture. Top with the shredded lettuce, chopped tomatos, black olives and shredded cheddar cheese. If you want to spice it up, toss some sliced jalapenos on top too. Scoop up with tortilla chips!
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