Monday, January 17, 2005

The Vikings, NFC final and the Super Bowl

A quick follow-up to my predicted outcome in Sunday's Vikings-Eagles NFC divisional, I didn’t expect Minnesota to win, as you can see in my recent entries. I still look forward to Donovan McNobjob going down in flames, choking in the NFC final, precisely the way he has done the last three years in a row.

While I am airing things I want… I want the Super Bowl to be a real nail-biter competition won by no more than 3 points, and won in overtime. I want better commercials during the Super Bowl. No oh-so-quixotic flaming horse farts in commercials this year, PLEASE? Okay, Budweiser? Advertisements can be hilarious and effective without sophomoric humor and witlessness. I want this over-choreographed stupefaction that is allegedly music in the loosest sense of the word, displayed on live TV (with a 7 second delay, of course) to be talented musicians just this once. It does beg the question, if a performer has to have a blatantly purposeful licentious “wardrobe malfunction”, what are they hiding by this so-called mishap? A lack of talent, perhaps? I want a brilliant, even interesting halftime show instead of the horse hockey I tune out due to absolute boredom within minutes of the start of the half-time show.

Other than that, as any true Vikings fan says this time of year, “There is always next year.” As for my disdain for the over-rated performance of Donovan McKnobjob, I don’t wish bad fortunes on anyone. After all, losing a football game isn’t a life-or-death occasion. It is much more important than that.