The Big Game

Tonight's LIVE BLOGGING coverage of the Super Bowl is brought to you with limited commercial interruption by Graco baby products, maker of the Graco convertible crib. Our Graco crib has been converted, as of 5:45 this evening, into a toddler bed which James can climb/fall out of at any time. And by Wegmans, maker of frozen pizzas and wings.

6:00
All the football players are writing I Will statements on a giant chalkboard. J says "these aren't wedding vows, guys." I think the commercial is rather overrating their spelling abilities, with the possible exception of Peyton Manning.

Troy Aikman is talking about Peyton Manning. Let's see how long it takes for him to mention how he is ALSO a Super Bowl winning quarterback.

Also, Joe Buck might have picked out his tie in the dark.

6:08
Advertisement for The Following. No smiling aloud in this show.

I always imagined Charles Tillman (a defensive back) would be a smaller sort of guy. Standing next to normal people, though, he looks enormous.

Pizza time. Sorry, Queen Latifah.

Okay, the pizza is delicious. Union rules state that any orchestra performance must be proceeded by at least 15 minutes of warm-up time in a space which the orchestra travels to. I kind of doubt that the NJ Symphony is going to get their full 15 before they play the national anthem.

The 12th man banner is classy. I'm rooting for the Broncos, but that was really cool.

I don't see a symphony anywhere? Did I make up that they were going to be there?

Good job, Renee. Way to hang over on the high note. (Advice from a trumpet player, add a kiss-off at the end next time.)

We just got our first flashback of Wide Right.

Mountain Dew cans that blast sparks out the top. I think drinking the sparks would be healthier.

6:27
First IPA

Oh YES. Joe Namath is doing the coin toss. Please let him be drunk.

Joe Namath picked out Joe Buck's tie in the dark, then dressed himself.

Yep, definitely drunk. That was an amazing coin toss. I want Joe Namath to do the coin toss at a Bills game next year. He was very eager.

"The NFL has given the stiff arm to mother nature."

Aw, 9 year old James just brought out the football.

I'm starting to count self-referencing 4th wall commercials. Ford Hybrid starts us off with one and two.

6:30
James could not be less interested in the football, mostly because it doesn't have the CBS theme. He is playing trains on the iPad.

Trindon Holliday is more dangerous to the Broncos than the Seahawks.

BAD START. And there's two points. C'mon center.

"You didn't wait for me to say 'Omaha!'"

Third safety in Super Bowl History. Two years ago, Tom Brady's intentional grounding, twenty years ago, Bruce Smith. (He should've gone for the strip-touchdown)

No wonder Manny Ramirez screwed up the snap, he's supposed to be playing baseball.

Percy Harvin's pretty darn fast. Peyton has his constipated face on.

Russell Wilson and Manny Ramirez should talk about their feelings and see if they can get some of the nerves out.

The Fox graphic is wrong. That was actually 2nd and 15, not 3rd and 15.

James just tried to buy an app on the iPad.

Terrence Knighton is shaped like a 400 lb letter S.

I bet the Seattle cheerleaders are a lot warmer than the Denver ones.

4th and 1. Playing the best offense in history in the Super Bowl. Go for it or take the three?

It's escape, not exscape.

That looks like a pretty good challenge.

There are hidden cameras in this beer commercial? This must all be completely authentic and unscripted!

We're now at three 4th-wall commercials.

James is begging me to come look at his toddler bed with him. I don't know, I might miss the Walt Whitman style car commercials.

James told me that he wants to put his bed back together and then take it apart again. I told him that's goofy, and he said "oh, COOKIE!"

5-0. Someone, somewhere, got really good odds on that.

James wants to take apart Mommy and Daddy's bed now.

6:51
There's a Farwell in the Super Bowl. Family pride.

3 and out.

6:59
Going on 8 minutes of playing catch with James and trying to get him to pay attention when it's third down.

J: Well, that was a flea flicker gone flat

James: Daddy, Daddy! Daddy, Daddy! (We need to go look at my toddler bed again.)

3rd and goal. James is running absolutely as fast as he can, laps between his bedroom and the living room.

7:05
Spend the last 3 minutes in James' room, explaining again that we aren't going to put his bed back together and take it apart again.

Great pass break-up. Bravo, 56.

J: There's something about 8-0 that seems less worse than 5-0.

James: Mommy, Mommy, Mommy! (We need to go look at my toddler bed again.)

Hyundai Genesis is the winning commercial so far. This is our life.

7:11
James: Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!

J: But I just want to watch the Super Bowl!

And there's the pick. This is not looking good for the Peyton-choking narrative.

RadioShack 80's ad was pretty good.

J and I are arguing about the Broncos total yardage through the 1st quarter. I think that the television tallied it wrong. James just hit the laptop with a baseball bat.

Another Following ad. Still, no one has smiled. Maybe they should try a bounce house visit.

7:18
James just walked into the living room carrying 7 stuffed animals and a tennis ball. He is now swinging the baseball bat again. Wrong sport, kid.

3rd down again. Denver needs the ball back. Badly.

I wouldn't have guessed that the first defensive pass interference call would go against the Broncos.

Buffalo Bills are mentioned!

7:24
Peyton Manning is really hoping that he wakes up before this gets any worse so he can start preparing for the game.

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Penny for your thoughts, Jim Irsay.

J is excited to watch Bruno Mars. She digs his chord changes. And she made no bones about how much she likes Benedict Cumberbatch. I'm feeling a little marginalized.

James is going much more slowly, but still making slow-motion running motions. He just carried stuffed animal number eight into the living room. I think we're getting sleepy.

James is lying down on the pile of stuffed animals. But he says he is not sleepy.

7:29
Denver's first 1st down.

I hate dancing behind the first down marker in a greedy attempt to get more yardage. It's like they can't even see the yellow line.

"James, are you going to stay in bed?" "Yeah." "James, are you going to get out of bed?" "Yeah."

J: Wes Welker isn't nearly as evil-looking in orange.

Major holding by Denver 74. Not called, but they did call a tripping foul on the next play. Come on, refs, you can't just invent penalties.

Manning picked again, and James is making every effort to turn off the laptop.

7:45
Just got back from putting James to bed and found out that Denver had fumbled. (Call reversed, though.) James had teeth brushed and prayers said. We are bribing him to stay in bed by allowing him to have the projector on his noise machine on. We'll probably see him in about 5 minutes. J is making chicken wings.

Roger Goodell is sitting with the Weasley family.

The Sonos wi-fi system. Invented by Charles Ives, apparently.

4th and short. Come on, make it a game.

What an ugly throw. But I like seeing the Muppets in a commercial.

8:01
The words "Downton Abbey" were just uttered. But I suspect she's just making a feint in an attempt to get to Sherlock and Mr. Cumberbatch.

If I knew anything about Seinfeld, this would probably be hilarious. It's kind of hilarious anyway.

Still no one happy on The Following.

It's a shame James can't be up to watch the drum solo. ("I want that!")

Props to the guy dancing and playing the trumpet at the same time. If he is actually playing the trumpet (doubtful) he must be doing a marvelous job managing his embouchure while jostling around and being out of breath. Or perhaps there are some people who don't get out of breath from light exercise.

I like the suits. Next orchestra meeting, I am suggesting that we go to gold jackets with skinny black ties for Masteworks shows.

J: And it just go so much less classy

They're singing really grungy music, but I'm looking at them and thinking of the Muffin Top song.

J: Seriously, that guy is fat and out of shape.

There was some really cool coordinated dancing in the first part. This looks like a mass epileptic seizure.

8:22
Time for wings! And beer number two!

8:31
Time for MVP balloting! I've never seen a Peyton team beat this badly.

Troy Aikman: We've got a Bronco down
Joe Buck: Actually, it's a Seahawk

8:41
Red Bryant, neutral zone infraction. Denver has its first grain of luck.

J has just made an official request to watch Mr. Cumberbatch at 9:00.

J wonders if she has become a Cumberbitch. Hi, Mom. Hi, Grandma Weitzel.

I don't think she realizes how accustomed I am to watching gut-wrenching, worldview-destroying football massacres. This is exactly like watching the Bills.

J is peeking on James, who we haven't heard a peep from yet.

Update: J opens the door and James says "hi!" But he is still in bed. (Too excited to sleep)

8:55
Troy Aikman: Down 29-0, they need four touchdowns and three two-point conversions, if you do the math.

Denver turnover #67.

I think we're headed over to PBS. This live blogging experience will continue as we watch SHERLOCK, starring the talented Martin Freeman and the exceptionally-plain looking Benedict Cumberbatch.

WXXI fundraiser just pronounced viewers "voo-ers." She's thinking, "no one's watching, it's the Super Bowl."

J is retaliating against my record of her potty mouth by publishing on facebook that we aren't watching the Super Bowl anymore. She is currently topless. And playing the trumpet.

This is not Sherlock, this is Downton Abbey. We are not doing this.

Sherlock is on at 10. We will watch Sherlock then, and will watch Peyton's consternation face until then.

9:01
Seattle is driving some more. Someday when the Bills are back in the Super Bowl, I want to win like this. I don't want a close "good" game, I want an absolute blow-out. And even then, I won't be able to relax until it's over.

9:02
Touchdown, Seattle. If this goes much worse, the Bills record of "most embarrassing Super Bowl loss" could be in jeopardy.

Update on what we are actually wearing/doing. J is in her Steelers hoodie and sweatpants. I am in what used to be a nice dress shirt that now has several holes in the collar, but I sometimes still wear on Sundays under my choir robes, and sweatpants. We are perched on the couch, J with her iPad on her lap and me with the laptop. We never picked up after James went to bed, so there are trains and matchbox cars all over the place.

9:08
Pity flag. Not sure that was actual pass interference, but the refs feel bad for the Broncos.

Saved from the shutout. Good throw, good catch.

So Disney owns the Muppets and Star Wars. Let me be the first to suggest a crossover movie...

J: He doesn't look as handsome as real life as he does on Sherlock. It's the hair, and the coat.

J, ten hours earlier, while I was wearing my Sherlock coat: You smell like an airport.

Meanwhile, more backwards-running in the game.

9:23
43-8. On the SB Nation Broncos site, looking at comments and feeling better about being a Bills fan.

Oikos commercial wins the night

9:31
Catch number 13 for Thomas, adding to his Super Bowl record. It's the little things.

I am keenly aware of how much pizza/wings/beer I consumed.

A Super Bowl record 33 completions in this game for Manning. It's the little things.

T-MOBIL IS PLAYING THE ROBIN HOOD SONG!!!

(We are switching now.)

9:38
Took way longer than I expected, but we just got the Troy Aikman "I'm a great quarterback" moment. Talking about being in a game like this. Blowing a team out.

Well, Seahawks fans must be very happy. And they have waited a long time to be happy...well earned.

Joe Buck: Of course, there were some controversial calls in the last Seattle Super Bowl...
J: Oh, yada yada yada...

9:48
More Peyton sadness. Currently looking at Groupon getaways for next year's vacation.

Doritos commercial gets extra credit for using two pieces of the symphonic repertoire, but faces deductions for chopping them into little bits.

9:55
And with that, the Seattle Seahawks win the Super Bowl. Congratulations to them and to their fans. They were absolutely the best team on the field.