Super Bowl Ads '10- My Best & Worst

The worst ads last night:

5. Sketchers- shoes help you lose weight? And Joe Montana voice over is supposed to make me want these?
4. Emerald Nuts/Pop Secret- People as dolphins. Dumb.
3. Dockers- Pantsless men running through a field.
2. Doritos- Gym rats steal a bag from a psycho.
1. Boost Mobile- Aging '85 Bears redux. Sad.

Here's my top 5:

5. Denny's- Screaming chickens. Free Grand Slams.
4. HomeAway.com- No idea what this company is, but seeing the Griswolds back together was worth it.
3. Snickers- You're playing like Betty White. Classic.

2. E-Trade- Baby is cheating on his girl. "Milk-a-what??"

1. Letterman- Letterman, Oprah & Leno at the worst Super Bowl party ever. Topical & fantastic.

NFL Playoff Predictions

AFC Wild Card Games

Browns over Jaguars
Patriots over Jets

AFC Divisional Playoffs

Colts over Browns
Chargers over Patriots

AFC Championship

Chargers over Colts


NFC Wild Card Games

Packers over Bucs
Giants over Rams

NFC Divisional Playoffs

Saints over Packers
Cowboys over Giants

NFC Championship

Saints over Cowboys

and finally...

Super Bowl XLIII

Chargers over Saints

Enjoy the season!!

NFC Predictions

NFC North

1. Green Bay Packers- 9-7
2. Minnesota Vikings- 8-8
3. Detroit Lions- 6-10
4. Chicago Bears- 3-13

NFC South

1. New Orleans Saints- 10-6
2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- 9-7
3. Carolina Panthers- 6-10
4. Atlanta Falcons- 2-12

NFC West

1. St Louis Rams- 10-6
2. Seattle Seahawks- 8-8
3. Arizona Cardinals- 8-8
4. San Francisco 49ers- 3-13

NFC East

1. Dallas Cowboys- 12-4
2. NY Giants- 10-6
3. Washington Redskins- 8-8
4. Philadelphia Eagles- 6-10

Playoff Teams

Cowboys, Packers, Saints, Rams, Bucs(wild card), Giants(wild card)

Tomorrow: Super Bowl prediction...

AFC Predictions

With the new NFL season starting tomorrow, it is time for the surely wrong BK picks. Today, the AFC:

AFC East

1. New England Patriots- 12-4
2. NY Jets- 10-6
3. Buffalo Bills- 7-9
4. Miami Dolphins- 4-12

AFC North

1. Cleveland Browns- 10-6
2. Pittsburgh Steelers- 9-7
3. Baltimore Ravens- 6-10
4. Cincinnati Bengals- 3-13

AFC South

1. Indianapolis Colts- 13-3
2. Jacksonville Jaguars- 11-5
3. Houston Texans- 8-8
4. Tennessee Titans- 7-9

AFC West

1. San Diego Chargers- 13-3
2. Denver Broncos- 9-7
3. Kansas City Chiefs- 5-11
4. Oakland Raiders- 3-13

Playoff teams

Patriots, Browns, Colts, Chargers, Jaguars (wild card), Jets (wild card)

Tomorrow: NFC Predictions

Dan & Keith Discuss Favre

Ahh, a preview of the Big Show:

BK's Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads

Here are the worst ads from last night, in my humble opinion:

5. Garmin GPS- Napoleon using GPS to get through France.
4. Sunsilk- Madonna and Marilyn Monroe in a hair produce ad.
3. Career Builder- Woman's heart leaps out of her chest.
2. (tie) Both Sales Genie ads- Horrible cartoons with 1930's style racist undertones.
1. AMP drink- Redneck sticks jumper cables on his nipples.

And my favorites:

5. Coke- Underdog & Stewie balloons battle while Chasrlie Brown actually wins something.
4. Bud- Dalmation trains Clydesdale to Rocky music.
3. NFL- Story of grocery clerk & oboe player Chester Pitts making the NFL.
2. Bud Light- Will Ferrell as a Flint Tropics basketball player.
1. Diet Pepsi Max- To me, the funniest ad was stars and people alike waking up to Pepsi Max and "What Is Love?" Kattan's appearance at the end is priceless. To see it again, watch below:



Feel free to share your own favorites. A full list of ads is online In USA Today's Money Section.

Conversations with Sports Gods

Sunday, February 3rd, early morning, on another plane of existence. NFL Legend Walter Payton is sent to speak with the Congregation of Sports Gods:

Payton: Sorry to bother y'all, but we have a serious situation developing down in Arizona.
Sports Gods: Why? What's going on?
Payton: Well, the NFL's New England Patriots are about to go undefeated for the season by winning the Super Bowl.
Sports Gods: That should be good for the sport.
Payton: I would normally agree, but there has been proof that they illegally taped games to gain a competitive advantage.
Sports Gods: Well, that is a shame, but these things happen occasionally.
Payton: The problem is that this has been happening too much in sports lately. Between Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, among others, illegally enhancing themselves, and the NBA's Tim Donaghy throwing games, the true sports fan is becoming disillusioned.
Sports Gods: Does anyone even care?
Payton: Not as many as you would hope. But there are those who cannot stomach much more of unattainable records being broken.
Sports Gods: Well, we haven't gotten involved in anything like this since Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson. But you make a compelling argument. Let us right things for this one last game of the NFL season.
Payton: Thanks guys. Anything you can do will be appreciated.

Time For The 275,689th Prediction Of The Week...

The big day is here, and I will not let anything stop my love for this day. Even though I hate both teams. Even though there will be no "winner"(see previous post for explanation). Even though I am much more excited about two events surrounding today (Lost premiere last Thursday and Super Tuesday). So, I have decided after much hand-wringing, that I will not let the Immoral Bowl ruin my favorite "holiday." There will still be great food, great commercials, and hopefully, a decent football game. So here is my unscientific, completely on-the-fence prediction. I am with the thinking, of which I can take no credit, that there could be 2 very different outcomes:

Scenario 1: A complete and devastating Patriots blowout in which She-li Manning throws 8 interceptions and Tom Brady does his best Joe Montana. In this scenario, the Patriots win 54-7.

Scenario 2: The Giants are still the Giants who took on the far-superior Cowboys and Packers and outplayed them both. They are still the Giants who only lost by 3 to these Patriots a few weeks ago and just couldn't close the deal. If they are these Giants, they come up with the biggest upset in 25 years and win 41-38.

Which of these do I believe more likely? Scenario 1, unfortunately, though I hope not. Blowouts make the Super Bowl unwatchable, and seeing this immoral team go 19-0 will be close to Bonds "breaking" the home run record, in my mind. So let's hope for a close game and then- it's only 11 days till pitchers and catchers report!

The Immoral Bowl

One of the biggest quandries of my sports life will happen in 13 days. Who do I root for in what I have dubbed "Immoral Bowl I," more commonly known as "Super Bowl XLII."

In one corner you have the New England Patriots, who are having an "historic" season. They are the first team to go 18-0 and look to become the 2nd NFL team in history to go undefeated. All well and good, except for the fact that in the first week of this season, the Patriots were caught using illegal cameras to tape the opponents' sidelines in order to steal signals and change their defense accordingly. The Pats' defensive players were also accused of using microphones in their uniforms to pick up offensive signals. This incident was considered so severe that the NFL fined the Pats and coach Bill Belichick a combined $750,000 and took away their #1 draft pick. All of this, while still mentioned frequently in the media, is largely dismissed as an apparition, and there's no way they can still be cheating, right? Or the great excuse, "Everyone does it, so it doesn't matter." First of all, are you telling me that the other 31 teams have just been lucky enough not to get caught? And even if every team does do it(HIGHLY unlikely), how does this make it right? Beacuse they're better at it? This is the Barry Bonds apologist excuse, and it doesn't fly with me.

Then you have the Giants, "led" by their "selfless" quarterback Eli Manning. The same Eli Manning that during the 2004 Draft refused to become a San Diego Charger. He didn't like the make-up of the team, he said. Regardless of the fact that when you are a number 1 draft pick, you are going to a bad team, everything Manning that day was low-class. When the Chargers still drafted him, he stood on stage with a pout on his face and even refused to put the Chargers hat on (a draft-day tradition). It would mess his hair, he said. The Chargers, left with no choice, traded him to the Giants(one of three teams he said he would play for). Unbecoming, selfish behavior by Manning, who has turned out be a subpar player until the last 4 weeks or so. And yet he is left off the hook by most media as well. The same people who wanted to run him out of New York in early December now talk about his "pressure under fire." At least he puts his helmet even though it messes his hair up.

So there you have it, folks. Who do you root for? The Cheat-riots or the Littlest Giants? The cheaters or the primadonnas? For those of us that still care about the integrity of sports, the choice is difficult. And for the first time in my life, I may not root for anyone in the Super Bowl.

How Bout Them Cowboys!!

The Dallas Football Cowboys looked great tonight as they beat the Packers 37-27in a battle of the best 2 teams in the NFC. All the great things that happened in a game half of the country (including myself) could not see because of the damn cable company:

- Tony Romo threw for 4 TD's, giving him 33 on the year, breaking the Cowboys all-time Season TD record. With names like Aikman, Staubach, and Meredith in our history, that's pretty damn impressive. He's also dating Jessica Simpson, which justifies my man-crush on Romo even more.

- The Cowboys ran their record to 11-1, the best in their history. They also pulled 2 games ahead of the Packers for home-field advantage in the playoffs.

- The Cowboys clinched a playoff spot, and depending on what the Giants do on Sunday, may have clinched the division.

I've gotta say, I am starting to believe just a little bit in this team. It's been a long 12 years since any of my teams did anything, so my skepticism is justified. But with 4 weeks left in the regular season, it's starting to look like this team can do some very special things.