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January 30, 2001 SuperBowl XXXV The Super Bowl is supposed to be American Football's finest. Well, this year, it was pretty far from it, as far as I'm concerned.For one, the two teams that played, the Baltimore Ravens and the New York Giants, weren't even projected to have made it so far. Led by virtually unknown quarterbacks, I almost laughed when one of them went in for x-rays in the middle of a game for a sore left hand (not even his throwing arm!) I mean, I thought that they were supposed to play through those kinds of things. Don't they get paid for it? Secondly, the half-time show was far from spectacular. I guess I just expected more. The performance at UH's Veteran's Day game was way better, in my opinion. Of course there was N`Sync and Brittney, but it just didn't have that pizzazz that I was looking for. No dancing. Just a few thousand extras pretending to be groupies. No real singing, either. They all tried to do "Walk This Way," a song from Aerosmith's history - and I mean history! It just didn't flow right, or sound great. The other thing that disappointed me was the commercials. Supposedly one of the most expensive air time is during the Super Bowl, and I've always looked forward to what the different companies produce for their million dollar 30-second investments. There were a few good ones, but for the most part, it wasn't that great. But perhaps the worst thing was naming Ray Lewis the MVP. For a reasonable, responsible citizen like myself, I thought that that was just a disgrace. No matter how well he plays, I would not want a man suspected of murder -double murder- representing the sport as a role model, or hero. Luckily, I'm not the only one. Disney World opted for the cleaner cut, (but still wimpy in my view) Raven's Quarterback Trent Dilfer. But I'm sure that Mr. Lewis doesn't even care. I'm not a football fan, nor am I any kind of expert in sports. For all I know, this could have been a great Super Bowl. However, in my mind, if not for the camaraderie of my friends, and a whole table of food, I would have rather stayed at home and done my homework. And then simply turn the TV on for the Survivor premiere!
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