That Super Bowl sucked

It was terrible from beginning to end, with the exception of this:

Yeah, Prince pretty much kicked ass during the halftime show. This was CBS's first Super Bowl since the Janet Jackson ridiculousness, and since they split with Viacom, this halftime show was also NOT produced by MTV. What a difference it made. I'm not a frothing-at-the-mouth Prince fan like some I know, but I've got to give the man props for what I saw last night. With that stage, the lighting, and the weather, that rendition of Purple Rain gave me chills. It was certainly the best Super Bowl halftime show I can ever remember seeing (but, unfortunately, that's not saying much).

Other than that, the Cirque du Soleil opening was worse than any fruity Olympic torch-lighting, Billy Joel can't sing, the commercials weren't funny, and CBS apparently didn't prepare the squeegees for inclement weather even after those tornadoes near Orlando over the weekend. I really feel for any schmuck who decided to make the jump to HD for this game, since most of the playing field appeared on screen as a giant green-grey blur. For a couple minutes, I thought someone had changed the channel and we were watching the Incredible Hulk.

The game itself wasn't that good, either. I don't care for either the Bears or the Colts, but the Bears were underdogs and I cannot stand Peyton Manning or his "legacy", so I was sort of hoping that Chicago would find a way to upset. Unfortunately, Rex Grossman threw two untimely (and nearly identical) interceptions to ice it for the Colts. Hey, they don't call him the Cumslinger for no reason...