Across the Pond Look

So this week is as good as any to write about the Super Bowl, and I am going to.  Don't worry this wont be a breakdown about how the Saints are going to bring pressure and what a 2nd Super Bowl for Manning would mean to his legacy.  No this is going to be what people are going to talk about after the game.

Already people are raising a fuss over commercials that are going to be aired.  The one that has received the most attention is Tebow's pro-life commercial.  We all know that Tebow is outspoken about any of his beliefs.  Some people love him for it, other people hate him.  I am in the middle because I give him credit for not shying away from it, but ESPN has soured me to him because 3 days a week we heard about how great of a person he is.  The main reason for the hoopla around it is that CBS agreed to air it, when there was an unwritten rule amongst stations, FOX being one major player, that they will not show government ads or anything that has to do with such a hot button topic.  Well CBS is apparently ignoring that rule because the Southeastern Conference owns them to put it nicely.  And with Tebow being such a big part of their marketing scheme the past 4 years, how could they turn him down?  I do not have a problem with the decision he has made, or others backing pro-life decisions, I have a problem when a national broadcast company will not show an ad from the opposing viewpoint making it seem that they are on only that side as well.

Another ad that hasn't been getting much attention, except on gaming sites, is that an advertisement for the game Dante's Inferno, yes they made a game about the poem, had to be changed.  The original ad had the tagline "Go to Hell," at the end of the spot.  Yes this may, MAY, be a bit of a oversight on EA's part, but to make them change that but still air the pro-life ad? Pretty sure we will see some cleavage, spaghetti strap bikini's, violent movie ads, violent game ads, and maybe even a missed bleep during the game, but yet "Go to Hell," is the only thing that needs to get changed?  Sorry CBS but that just doesn't seem right.

And to wrap it up, yes I will talk about the game.  The 'Aints actually have a shot at grabbing their first championship in franchise history.  Some would claim that with Manning the Colts will walk over them, but to quote one of my all time favorite analysts, "Not so fast!"  The Saints offense is just as effective as the Colts offense, actually more so because it led the league in scoring.  But in reality it is going to come down to who can make the last defensive stop.  The Saints live and die by the turnover on defense, if they can't get a few they will lose.  But as ball hawking as this defense is, I can see them causing a fumble late in the game.  Here is my prediction...Colts. I can't go against Manning.  They have won every single game they tried to win this year, and I do not see that changing.  But you bet I am going to be rooting for the Saints, if only for Kim Kardashian to agree to marry Reggie Bush because of it and then to find out that he cheated at USC.