I hate seeing a no-class act take home a Superbowl victory. The Steelers were acting like the Raiders, which is a shame because Roethlisberger doesn’t seem to be a punk. I was particularly disappointed that James Harrison wasn’t tossed out of the stadium and fined for his completely out-of-line conduct late in the game.

Not being too into the NFL and definitely having no ties to either team, I was just hoping for a good game. And boy did we get one. I had to say that Fitzgerald’s second crowd-rousing touchdown was bittersweet. I was stoked to see the scrappy underdogs come back and take the lead. It seemed like the game had been clinched at the end of the first half after Warner’s poor decision to pass where a Steeler was just waiting for the pick. But they did it . . . and left too much time on the clock. I knew that Roethlisberger had the capability to come back out and do his thing, and he did. For being such a big boy, he’s harder to catch than a greased pig and isn’t afraid to get physical. He’s like The Fridge of Quarterbacks.

Everybody expected the Steelers to take it, and they did. But it was at least nice to get an interesting game out of it. Which is more than I can say for the piss-poor assortment of Super Bowl commercials. WTF? What happened? Super Bowl commercials used to be often more worth watching than the game itself! I saw only two that were worth my attention — the Pepsi MacGruber ad (the Bob Dylan one was an affront to my senses), and the Hulu is an evil plot to destroy the world ad. I guess the CareerBuilder spot had a funny “House That Jack Built” thing going on that kind of amused me. But still. Most of them were crap.

Thank goodness the game was good.