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Super Bowl Roundup?

So, just being realistic, over half the country watched the Super Bowl, so there is no need to do any sort of recap. Thus, I will take this time to talk about the extracurricular aspects of the game yesterday.

Ok yeah, the Packers won the Super Bowl. Congratulations. But honestly, the Steelers prized defense did little to nothing to stop Aaron Rodgers. He more or less picked apart Defensive Player of the Year Troy Polamalu's defense en route to the win. Thus, Ben Roethlisberger was left with the next-to heroic task of overcoming an extremely large defecit. Needless to say, his running efforts, as well as his beautifully crafted 2-pt conversion were all the Steelers could really manage.

So now, let's get started with the commercials, most people's favorite aspect of the game. Well, in all honesty, they sucked. The usually-humorous Bud Light commercials looked like amateur productions, and the few highlights included Eminem and a little kid dressed like Darth Vader. Thus, the aspect of the Super Bowl, which usually waranted the largest portion of viewers, was wasted, and the viewership may easily have dropped.

As well, the halftime show was just disguisting. Whereas previous years have featured popular artists, the Black Eyed Peas' futuristic performance left many unsatisfied. Their outfits were just plain weird, and no one even knows the names of two of the members, who just became backdrops for Fergie and Will.I.Am. Not that either of them are huge names.

Either way, the Super Bowl was a great game, but is there really any need to recap it? You should have watched.

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