{"id":38351,"date":"2019-02-04T21:14:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T21:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=38351"},"modified":"2019-02-05T00:54:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T00:54:31","slug":"football-superbowl-liii-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/football-superbowl-liii-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"FOOTBALL: SUPERBOWL LIII 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

SUPERBOWL LIII 2019<\/h1>\n

I should not be allowed to watch sports anymore; it\u2019s just too hard on my psyche.\u00a0 And my nerves.\u00a0 And my stomach.\u00a0 So, my health in general.\u00a0 Even though I didn\u2019t have a dog in the race, per se, I got sick over the action (or non<\/em>-action, in this case!,) in this year\u2019s Superbowl.<\/p>\n

Right up front, I have to say that I still haven\u2019t gotten over how screwed the Saints were to not make the Super Bowl over the Rams in the first place.\u00a0 The Saints coach said that the team will\u00a0never<\/em>\u00a0get over that worst non-call I\u2019ve ever seen, and I\u2019m right there with them\u2014I\u00a0detest<\/em>\u00a0unfairness.<\/p>\n

But that being said, (meaning the Rams shouldn\u2019t even have made it to the Super Bowl this year in the first place,) I really loathe<\/em> the Patriots, so I still had to root for the Rams.\u00a0 (And they\u00a0are\u00a0<\/em>my hometown team, after all, since I\u2019ve lived here since I was a teen-ager. And Brooklyn doesn\u2019t have a team.)<\/p>\n

So this whole terrible game was painful to watch, on every level.<\/p>\n

I want to put it out of my mind as soon as possible, so here are my thoughts on the entire day of coverage, in their own sections:<\/p>\n

PRE-GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n

That new stadium in Atlanta is really gorgeous! [Image at the top of this page.]<\/p>\n

\"Super_Bowl_LIII_logo\"<\/a>The stupid Superbowl LIII logo, with the trophy right after the \u201cL,\u201d makes it look like Superbowl 54, not 53. (Did they learn nothing from the same design last year, where that added trophy image made it look like \u201c53\u201d rather than \u201c52???\u201d)<\/p>\n

The features and interviews on the many-hours-long pre-game coverage were pretty interesting.\u00a0 But I could have done without seeing Orange Hitler on there.\u00a0 That brought me down quite a bit.<\/p>\n

The most interesting note of the whole day for me is that the Patriots\u2019 coach\u2019s age is double that of the Rams coach.<\/p>\n

GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was perhaps the worst Superbowl in history. (I know the first two were supposed to be pretty bad, as well, but they were before my time.)<\/p>\n

It was for sure the most boring<\/em>.\u00a0 When the highlight of it is the longest punt in Super Bowl history, (by Johnny Hekker of the Rams,) you know there hasn\u2019t been much action all along.<\/p>\n

And it has the dubious record of being the lowest-scoring<\/em> one. (This, after every single pre-game commentator predicted a high-scoring game! How are they the experts???)<\/p>\n

It was also the first Superbowl ever with no touchdowns through three quarters!!!\u00a0 Wow.<\/p>\n

Mr. X commentated that both teams were playing like they didn\u2019t want to go to the White House. (But I\u2019m sure that insane Trump-lovers, Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick, won\u2019t mind! Maybe they\u2019ll even get served real<\/em> food for their support!)<\/p>\n

This is interesting: The late non<\/em>-call, which would have most likely resulted in a touchdown for the Rams, was, as Mr. X pointed-out, justice. (Refer back to my second paragraph above, if you don\u2019t know of what I speak.)<\/p>\n

My only solace in the Patriots winning once again is that, since I love twins, (and wish I had one myself, although I might be jealous of her,) I am<\/em> happy for the McCourty twins, (the first twins in the Superbowl ever<\/em>,) especially Jason, the one whose first year on the team this is.<\/p>\n

\"Gladys<\/a>

Gladys Knight, all in white.<\/p><\/div>\n

OPENING MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n

That was a strange choice to book an act that few people have heard of, Chloe and Halle, to sing\u00a0America the Beautiful. <\/em>They were okay, but far from special.<\/p>\n

Just when I was asking why they hadn\u2019t just gotten Gladys Knight, (because they obviously wanted someone from Atlanta to fill these spots,) they did!\u00a0 She sang the much more prestigious National Anthem<\/em>.\u00a0 Now, that<\/em>\u00a0was special!\u00a0 That\u2019s\u00a0sangin’<\/em>!!!\u00a0 And she\u2019s lost so much weight that she could wear white! So, you go, girl!<\/p>\n

HALFTIME SHOW<\/strong><\/p>\n

OMG\u2014was that a snoozefest!\u00a0 It was the worst halftime show I\u2019ve ever seen!<\/p>\n

Mr. X said, \u201cThe only thing worse than the game<\/em> was the halftime show.\u201d But I<\/em> think it was a tie.<\/p>\n

Adam Levine was trying to show that his body<\/em> is not as skinny as his head<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Adam<\/a>

Adam Levine.<\/p><\/div>\n

But that shirt, bracelets, necklace (or chains,) and moves were\u2014how shall I put it?\u2014so much less than masculine.<\/p>\n

Mr. X said the halftime show reflected the boring score\u20143-0.<\/p>\n

And where was Maroon 5\u2019s supposed big \u201cmessage\u201d that they said was going to appease the people who wanted all big music acts to turn-down doing the show because of the Colin Kaepernick kerfuffle??? Surely \u201cONE LOVE\u201d in lanterns, or some such objects, was not it. Or was it?<\/p>\n

COMMERCIALS<\/strong><\/p>\n

For once, I didn\u2019t really hate<\/em> any of these super-expensive ads, but there were few I was really taken with, either.<\/p>\n

Here are the six best:<\/p>\n

My favorite by far, and the only one I choked-up over, was the Microsoft Xbox Adaptive Controller. It\u2019s not the presentation<\/em> that got to me\u2014it\u2019s the actual product<\/em>! It\u2019s so long overdue.<\/p>\n

But the honest-to-goodness best<\/em> one was the \u201chundred years of the NFL,\u201d with all the players fighting over the football. I loved seeing all those guys, except for one. It always chaps my hide to see Peyton Manning included anywhere<\/em>, except on lists of sexual predators. (If you don\u2019t know that<\/em> story, read this: itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/footballkarens-rant-peyton-manning-scandal.)<\/p>\n

I so admired the Mercedes A-Class ad that I may actually get one now!!!<\/p>\n

I got a kick out of the Hyundai ad where Jason Bateman was the elevator operator. I know that humorless vegans are up in arms over it, but it\u2019s a riot.<\/p>\n

Cumulatively, the T-Mobile \u201ctexting\u201d ads were good, especially the final one, about the father thinking text and Google are the same thing!<\/p>\n

The first Bud Light ad, letting us know that it\u2019s the only beer made without corn syrup, was really good.\u00a0 They definitely made their point.<\/p>\n

And now, the four worst:<\/p>\n

Conversely to my last thought, the Bud Light jousting<\/em> ad totally sucked, because it turned-out to somehow be a promo for\u00a0Game of Thrones<\/em>, which made it uber-confusing.<\/p>\n

The one for Audi\u2019s e-tron electric car was really stupid.\u00a0 While he\u2019s choking, a guy sees his dead grandfather, which is just creepy. That one ad made me not want to get an Audi now, which I was really<\/em> leaning towards!<\/p>\n

The one for avocados, with humans as dog show contestants, was just stupid. And creepy!<\/p>\n

The Kia Telluride ad was so depressing.\u00a0 It looked like a town full of suicidal drug addicts, which is never an upper.<\/p>\n

AFTERMATH<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Finding<\/a>

Finding Tracy Wolfson in this pic is like doing Where’s Waldo?! She’s the tiny woman being squished behind Tom Brady, who knew she was there, but did nothing to help her! Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

Poor tiny reporter Tracy Wolfson was trying desperately to interview Tom Brady, as is her job, but the madding crowd just swallowed her up!\u00a0 Frightening.\u00a0 Tom, the narcissist, knew she was there, and should have looked out for her.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t think I could like him less than I already did, but now I do.<\/p>\n

AUXILIARY PROGRAMMING<\/strong><\/p>\n

As always, the network that broadcasts the Superbowl tries to take advantage of what they assume will be a gigantic viewing audience. But in this case, it was the lowest Superbowl ratings in a decade, which is good, because the shows that followed it were just as dreadful as the game itself.<\/p>\n

First up was The World\u2019s Best<\/em>, which is a shameful direct rip-off of America\u2019s [or other countries] Got Talent<\/em>. But it\u2019s so far below that other show in quality that it\u2019s almost a super-long SNL<\/em> skit! And, as I tweeted (@MajorCelebrity<\/strong>,) it\u2019s way too noisy and chaotic, the judging is whack, and I can\u2019t listen to Drew Barrymore\u2019s lisp for an hour! (Or ever.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve actually never watched Steven Colbert\u2019s talk show on purpose, (I have nothing against him; there\u2019s just not enough time in life,) but I do hear<\/em> it occasionally when Mr. X has it on. And I can say that this was perhaps his worst outing ever. I heard the entire hour, and I didn\u2019t even get one laugh out of the deal. Who thought that old man Patrick Stewart, a funny-looking hockey mascot, and Steve Carrell were attractive post-the-biggest-sporting-event-of-the-year guests??? Those bookings went along with the rest of the entire lackluster day and night on CBS.<\/p>\n

And that wraps it up for this year\u2019s not-so-Super-Bowl. Let\u2019s hope that the NFL makes a lot of changes to their officiating next year, and we get a better contest. I can only imagine how fun a Saints-Chiefs competition would have been!!! But then I would have been rooting for them both<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SUPERBOWL LIII 2019 I should not be allowed to watch sports anymore; it\u2019s just too hard on my psyche.\u00a0 And my nerves.\u00a0 And my stomach.\u00a0 So, my health in general.\u00a0 Even though I didn\u2019t have a dog in the race, per se, I got sick over the action (or non-action, in this case!,) in this<\/p>\n

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