Super Sunday

Well the Super Bowl has concluded and the Seattle Seahawks have won their first championship in franchise history. The Seahawks scored 36 unanswered points before the Broncos scored a touchdown and two point conversion late in the third quarter and then soared to a 43-8 victory.

Seattle played a flawless game in every aspect. Their defense lived up to their billing as the number one defense in the league. They got plenty of pressure on Peyton Manning forcing him and the Broncos' offense into a few mistakes and didn't give up many big plays.  The offense was smart and got the job down. Russell Wilson did what he does best, keeping plays alive by moving out of the pocket and protecting the ball. Special teams also did their job, by not allowing Denver good starting position and opening up the third quarter with a kickoff return by Percy Harvin for a touchdown.

The Broncos on the other side of the ball were not able to really get much of anything going. On the first snap of the game a miscommunication between Peyton and his center sent the snap flying over Peyton's head and into the endzone for a safety. Things didn't get much better from there with Peyton throwing two interceptions. The Broncos offense also fumbled the ball four times with the Seahawks recovering two of them. Defensively, the Broncos were unable to contain Wilson and were hardly able to get any kind of pass rush at the line of scrimmage.

Congratulations Seattle you deserve this win. The Seahawks outplayed the Broncos from the start and never let up! Congratulations to the former Ducks who won today; Max Unger and Walter Thurmond III.

I thought this was going to be a good game and held out hope that the Broncos would make a game of it until Harvin's kickoff return for a touchdown to open the second half. At that point I began losing interest in the game and started paying attention to the "Super" commercials. But, even they were a bit lackluster this year. There were a few that were really good. Budweiser went sentimental with a salute to the troops and how everyone of them deserves a hero's welcome home. I enjoyed the Coke Cola commercial celebrating America's diversity, Jaguar's commercial with movie villains was pretty cool, but the one I think a lot of people especially liked was Budweiser's "Puppy Love".

Oh and the strangest super bowl commercial had to have been the one for Scientology. I'm still scratching my head at that one.