The Big Game

The commercials stunk. They were full of animals, some animals kissing each other or humans. A lot of strangeness. I liked the Doritos commercial with the Sno-Globe with Magic 8-ball abilities. Nice. A grown man getting hit in the nuts never gets old.

Now the game: that was good. Some will call it a classic. I call it gobblety-gook. It didn't look like a a Super Bowl. It was a great game, as far as late-game lead changes, but it wasn't great as in the two best teams duking it out to claim the title of champions of the world.

Interesting to point out about the game for you BYU fans out there: two of the biggest plays of the game directly involved BYU players. If you watch the replay of the game-winning TD reception by Santonio Holmes, close behind him, though not close enough, was Aaron Francisco desperately trying to push him out before he got his two big toes down. Then, the game-clinching Kurt Warner "fumble" (which I believe was a fumble, but I might have pulled the trigger and at least reviewed it to be sure) was recovered by former BYU DT Brett Keisel.

Ute players involved in the game: you may have heard EVERYBODY talking about how good Big Ben is at using his feet to keep a play alive. No he is definitely not a Ute. However, one very key player to allow him to deserve this praise was starting LG Chris Kemoeatu, former Ute. He committed only one holding penalty that I can remember in the game, and he and the rest of the O-line ensured that Roethlisberger had to run for his life the rest of the game. They sure made a hero out of him and Santonio Holmes. He also helped to anchor the line that opened up holes all day (for the Cardinal D to get through) to the tune of 2.2 yards per carry.

Go Cougars!