A very enjoyable Super Bowl Sunday as the Thunder beat Portland 105-99 (my recap), the Patriots stunned the Falcons 34-28 in an OT comeback thriller for the ages, and Lady Gaga gave what I thought was the best Super Bowl halftime show I can ever remember. Incredible that the Falcons choked on a 28-3 lead, but I’m not an Atlanta fan so it’s not like I have to live with this for the rest of eternity. They beat my injury decimated Packers—-so fuck them, they choked. I’ve never really gotten all that emotionally involved in the entire Deflategate saga, but it’s always been fairly clear Tom Brady along with Joe Montana will go down as one of the two greatest quarterbacks of all-time. Personally, I feel this nudges Brady in front of Montana, but we’ll just have to see if those who vote on such things agree with me or not.
The halftime show was fantastic. Lady Gaga was incredible. Too bad Trumpster Fire pissed her off and she didn’t perform at the inaugural. Usually, I watch the commercials very closely, but this year I just wanted to escape Trump for this game and enjoy the game without the obvious underlying tension which has our country consumed. But I have to admit, the John Malkovich commercial was my favorite of the ones I paid attention to. I never saw a Clydesdale commercial which I have to admit disappointed me greatly. Maybe a Clydesdale walking over to Trump and Billy Bush with some Tic Tacs in his mouth and kissing both of them would have created some closure for us if for nothing else.
Thunder at the Indiana Pacers tonight.