Monday, February 6, 2012
Sports & Rec Off Base: Super Bowl, handcuffs, role models
Posted by Justin Cross on Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:09 PM
5. Super Bowl XLVI by the numbers
- Super Bowl Sunday is the 8th leading day for beer sales. (July 4th is the leader in this frothy category.)
- Oh, that New Year's resolution? The National Chicken Council estimates more than 100 million pounds of wings were consumed during Super Bowl weekend.
- A 30-second ad sold for a record $3.5 million, up $400,000 from last year. And they were all gone by Thanksgiving. Segue...
4. Super-lame commercials
I hope we agree Indianapolis did a great job hosting and entertaining fans leading up to Super Bowl XLVI. But how about those highly anticipated commercials during the game? I was disappointed. None of the spots provoked water-cooler talk at the office. Out of the national spots (does Will Ferrell's Old Milwaukee commercial count as national or local?), here are three of the less-terrible ones: "M&M's: It's That Kind of Party," "Doritos: Man's Best Friend," and "Chrysler: Halftime in America."
3. Gesture malfunction
No wardrobe malfunction this year...darn it! Just the good ol' middle-finger salute, courtesy of singer M.I.A.:
2. Enough football talk! Let's discuss football.
The international kind, that is. A soccer fan handcuffed himself to the goalpost during an Everton vs. Manchester United match. After a short delay in play, bolt cutters were used to remove the dude from the post.
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