Super Bowl recap: Fullbacks, pole dancing, and evil Google

1st & 10: This was a fantastic showcase for the sport

 You could not have asked for a better game. This is true in terms of flow -- crisp play, restrained officiating, a fourth quarter comeback -- but also in terms of Xs and Os. The game had a bit of everything:
  • An Air Raid alumnus as the game's MVP
  • The first touchdown score by fullback in the Super Bowl since Mike Alstott in 2003.
  • A Mills concept on the would-be play of the game
  • A single wing look pulled from the 1948 Rose Bowl that features pre-snap pirouetting
Football is at its best when styles clash, and this game was a gorgeous cocktail between two head coaches who understand that there is no one true way to play the sport. 

2nd & 1: The halftime show was everything the halftime show should be

To me, the Super Bowl should be America at its most American. The fighter jets, the million dollar commercials, dueling presidential commercials between billionaires: all of it is part of what makes the event so deliciously absurd and over the top. 

 The halftime show ought to be the apex of that ridiculousness, and last night's, much like Justin Timberlake exposing Janet Jackson's breast and Lady Gaga jumping off of the stadium roof, fully embraced its role. Pity the people manning the FCC complaint desk today.

 It is a bit insane that to be a pop star in your 40s and 50s means you also need to be a competent pole dancer. I wonder if the older you get, the more important your pole dancing skills become?

3rd & inches: Seriously, WTF Google?

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