SuperBowl XL (Liveblog)

3:05 - Where was Terry Bradshaw for the MVP salute? I don't remember seeing him? Is there a conflict between Fox and ABC that wouldn't let him appear?

3:12 - National anthem was uneven to say the least. Neither Aretha Franklin nor Aaron Neville were up to it. Disappointing and embarassing frankly.

3:15 - First commercial break. Nothing special.

3:22 - Coin toss. Seattle picks tales. Brady tosses tales, Seattle takes the ball.

3:24 - You've come a long way baby!, both sideline reporters are women.

3:26 - Second commercial break. Nothing special

3:27 - Opening kick off!

3:28-3:32 - Seattle's first drive. Ends with a sack on 3rd and 9.

3:32 - Third commercial break, nothing special.

3:34 - Pittsburgh's first drive. Horrible start, false start penalty. 3rd and 14, another false start.
3 and out.

3:38 - Fourth commecial break. Moderately funny Bud Light commercial. (Magic Fridge)

3:46 - Fifth commercial break. Funny Fed Ex commercial. Moderately funny Bud Light commercial (Bear attack)

3:47 - Pittsburgh 3 and out on their second drive.

3:51 - Sixth commercial break. Interesting movie clip. V for Vendetta. (I believe it's based on a comic book)

3:54 - Jackson gets his record-tying fifth reception of the first quarter.

3:55 - Jackson has his sixth catch (for a td) wiped out by his pass interference.

3:58 - 47 yd field goal, Seattle scores first, 3 - 0 with :22 left in the first quarter.

3:59 - Seventh commercial break. Funny Aleve commercial (Spock) Moderately funny Bud Light commercial (Fixing the Roof)

4:04 - End of the first quarter Seattle 3, Pittsburgh 0. The Steelers are about to go 3 and out for the third time. (4th and 10) Pittsburgh becomes only the fourth team not to get a first down in the first quarter.

4:04 - Eighth commercial break. Nothing special

4:07 - Begin of second quarter. Good punt return by Seattle, called back by holding.

4:11 - Blown call. That was a catch and fumble by Stevens.

4:12 - Ninth Commercial break. Funny Budweiser commercial (Streaker)

4:15 - Bettis' first carry. Gained 2.

4:16 - Pittsburgh gets their first first down on a 3rd and 8.

4:17 - End around for 17 yards by Pittsburgh. Back to back firsts.

4:18 - Tenth commercial break. Nothing special

4:20 - First turnover, Seattle interception

4:20 - Eleventh commercial break. Dove self-esteem fund? WTF?????

4:25 - Twelth commercial break. Second Ford commercial about their hybrid.

4:29 - First Al Michaels Lake Placid reference. C'mon Al, that was 26 years ago!

4:34 - Big play by Pittsburgh. Nice scramble and toss. First and goal.

4:35 - Thirteenth commercial break. Nothing special.

4:37 - Two minute warning. Fourteenth commercial break. Another Posiedon Adventure remake? Didn't they just have a Posiedon TV movie a couple of months ago? 5 blade razors? Why?

4:40 - Pittsburgh scores on a QB keeper by Roethlisberger at 1:55 of the second. Should be reviewed. It is.

4:41 - Fifteenth commercial break. Nothing special

4:43 - Play stands, TD. I think it's the wrong call, but it was close.

4:44 - Pittsburgh leads 7-3.

4:44 - Sixteenth commercial break. Nothing special.

4:53 - Seattle misses a 53 yd field goal with :02 in the first half.

4:54 - HalfTime Pittsburgh 7 Seattle 3. I'm not going to blog halftime, I have chores and I'm sure plenty of people will blog it.

5:30 - Second half kick off.

5:32 - Willie Parker breaks a 75 yd run for a TD. Nice play. Longest rush in the SuperBowl.

5:33 - 14:38 in the 3rd Pittsburgh 14, Seattle 3

5:33 - Seventeenth commercial break. Nothing special.

5:41 - 50 Yd field goal attempt by Seattle, missed.

5:41 - Eighteenth commercial break. Cute Budweiser commercial.

5:47 - Nice ten yd run by The Bus to the 10.

5:49 - Nineteenth commercial break. Nothing special

5:51 - Seattle interception inside their 10. Run back to the Pittsburgh 20. Herndon ran out of gas or he would have scored. Longest interception return in Superbowl history. Quite a few records being broken tonight.

5:54 - TD reception by Jeremy Stevens. He finally held onto a ball.

5:55 - Pittsburgh 14, Seattle 10 at 6:45 of the third

5:55 - Twentieth commercial break. Nothing special

6:01 - Twenty-first commercial break. That stupid five blade razor again.

6:14 - End of the 3rd quarter. Pittsburgh 14 Seattle 10.

6:14 - Twenty-second commercial break. Mildly amusing Sprint homage to Benny Hill (ringtones). Mildly amusing Jack in the Box commercial. (Sourdough Ultimate)

6:22 - Intercepted by Taylor for Pittsburgh at his 5 yd line, run back to the 29, ending a nice drive by Seattle.

6:23 - Twenty-Third commercial break. Lame Emerald Nuts commercial.

6:25 - A bad call from the refs gives Pittsburgh 15 more yards to the 44.

6:27 - A reverse pass by Randle-El, TD catch by Hines Ward. First TD throw by a wide receiver in the Superbowl.

6:28 - Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10 at 8:56 of the fourth quarter. (phone call by my brother Thom) Big swing in the last minute of game time.

6:29 - Twenty-fourth commercial break. Nothing special.

6:33 - Fumble by Hasslebeck at 8:26 of the fourth, ruled not down by contact. Under review. Recovered by Polamau for Pittsburgh. (Another phone call by my brother.)

6:34 - Twenty-fifth commercial break. Nothing special.

6:36 - Call reversed, Seattle gets the ball back.

6:34 - Twenty-sixth commercial break. Nothing special.

6:3? - Twenty-seventh commercial break. Nothing special.

6:53 - 2 Minute warning in the fourth. Seattle will get the ball back, but has no time outs and is down by 11.

6:53 - Twenty-eighth commercial break. Nothing special.

6:58 - One minute left. It's not looking good for Seattle.

7:01 - Seattle turns it over on downs, with :03 left. Seattle was pretty ugly at the end of each half. There is no clear MVP for Pittsburgh. I wonder who they pick?

7:03 - Pittsburgh wins their fifth, 21-10. I'm happy for Bettis, but I really don't like Cowher.

7:14 - The MVP is Hines Ward. He's as worthy as anyone else. I probably would have gone with Willie Parker.