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Monday, Jan. 27, 2003 - 8:13 p.m. Yes, I promise. Unless the Bears get smart and fire John Shoop, I won�t waste your time on football again until next season. That said, here is my breakdown of the action yesterday: The first commercial was the funniest one of the day. The shot of the horse touching the �sideline�, played back over and over. The two groups of Clydesdales waiting on the decision. Then, the full shot with the zebra, looking inside of the replay camera booth, was the only spot that had all of us laughing out loud.(clickhere, if you haven't seen it ) �All of us� would be Codeman, his girlfriend Chelsea, and myself. Lease decided that the 8 hour miniseries of the remake of �Gone With the Wind� was more her taste. No problem. We checked in on each other on and off, so it wasn�t like we in different counties. Bud Light should get their money back for their spots. Only the one where a procession of progressively weaker people tried to take a freezer full of Bud from the finals of a �Strongest Man� contest was funny (the old man with the cane finally makes off with the huge freezer, and then is shown in the tunnel under the stadium guarding the beer. His line, while surrounded by all of the other contestants? �O.k., who�s the hero?�) The guy with the dog on his head? Not even remotely funny. Monster.com�s ad with the semi truck was pretty good, too. Until the last seconds, you don�t realize that there wasn�t a driver in the truck. The kids riding in the back of a station wagon, doing the universal signal for �honk your horn�, their faces turning to terrified when they see the truck sliding past them, was the best part of this one. Who wasted their money (besides Bud light)? How about Chrysler, using Celine Dion to sell their new coupe? Nothing makes me think �high-performance automobile� like watching an Adult Contemporary artist behind the wheel( if you are a glutton for punishment, you can relive this moment by clicking here. Make sure you have an empty stomach, though).One more thing about this "singer"- if the NFL wanted someone to perform �God Bless America�, couldn�t they find an actual American to sign it? I have to admit, the �mute� button on my remote came in handy for that 3:22. The 90 second long Cadillac commercial didn�t do anything for me. The dreary factory workers, singing about rainbows (yes, I know that was Kermit the frogs song) while they suffer through their jobs? I think it was for Yahoo�s new job site, but I�m not sure. All I know is I wouldn�t want to work at their depressing factory. Several others were decent (meeting the mother to see what she will look like in 20 years, the Pepsi Twist ad with the Osbourns, and the baboon making it into the polar bear�s pool) If you thought the �Terry Tate- office linebacker� spot for Reebok was funny (some people were complaining about the violence in it today) , you need to see the uncut version on their web page (4 minutes long, and filled with profanity-don�t say I didn�t warn you!) And the Matercard /Yao Ming spot was a great play on his name (I wonder how long he had to practice his one line, considering he speaks no English?) Aside from that, I don�t remember much else about the show. What, you thought I would spend today boring you by writing all about the football game? Not when the commercials are much better than the actual game. That happens pretty often with this event� (O.K., I admit it- I have to put in my two-cents worth on the actual game. So, here it is:) The team with the best defense beat the team with the best offense. There has been 9 Super Bowls where the team with the #1 defense in the NFL made it to the championship game. After yesterday�s game, their record now stands at 8-1. What�s the old saying? �Offense puts people in the seats, but defense wins championships.� I also enjoyed this victory because there were 4 former Illini who contributed for the Buccaneers. Simeon Rice was the MVP, even if he didn�t get the award. He spent the whole evening chasing Oakland�s quarterback all over the field, sacking him 2.5 times and forcing him into several bad throws. Tampa Bay won the game by following the blueprint that the Bears used, many years ago when they won their only Super Bowl. The both had the #1 defense in the NFL, and they both had very mediocre offenses whose main job was to try to not screw up. The Bears offense that year ranked 20th in the league, the Bucs were 22nd. The Bears general manager was the man who put together the defense for Tampa. The Bears hired him two years ago, so he has had that long to build another team into a contender. Maybe next year they will break through. They are only one year removed from a 13-3 season, and their defense was developing very nicely before all the injuries hit them last fall. It seems like somebody new breaks away from the pack and gets to the Super Bowl every year now. Maybe it is the Bears turn? Don�t worry - I won�t be holding my breath��.
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