Trent Tholstrup's February Blog

Super Bowl Recap

            This year’s Super Bowl was dubbed the “rematch” because the two teams played each other in the Super Bowl four years ago. The talk before the game was all about New England Patriots' tight end Rob Gronkowski’s high ankle sprain. This ankle injury would limit the record breaking tight end to being a non-factor in the game. More than 111 million people tuned in to watch the game. And just think, in the middle of summer, many doubted that an NFL season would even exist. The lockout apparently didn’t hurt the fan base, or the price for a 30 second ad. Companies apparently had to cut their comedian commercial writers to afford a $3.5 million dollar ad.

     The new definition of a halftime show: a has-been singer mixed in with some current popular artists, singing old/new song combinations and looking like they just stepped off the set of an ancient Roman Empire film. Oh yeah, we can’t forget about being shown the middle finger by singer M.I.A. *Sigh* why can’t we just have a NFL regular season halftime that takes 15 minutes and get on with the game?

     Oh yes the game. Wait, there was a game right? The Yankees were up early 2-0 off a dumb Boston mistake. No, no, that’s just what people who turned in 5 minutes late assumed when New York led 2-0. The Patriots battled back for the lead but couldn’t hold on and let New York beat them for the second time in the Super Bowl. The Giants hoisted the trophy, Eli Manning received the MVP award, and the team is going to Disney World. End of story right? WRONG… Patriots, Matt Light and Rob Gronkowski  (bad ankle and all) were seen dancing the night away shirtless after the game. Gisele Bundchen, Victoria’s Secret Model/Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady’s wife was heard saying after the game, “My husband cannot f****** throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can’t believe they dropped it so many times.” Well Gisele, maybe that email you sent out at the beginning of the week asking for people to pray for your husband wasn’t received by Tim Tebow.