Super Bowl Live Blog

It's Super Bowl Sunday!

Time for my annual live blog, which actually has only been annual once. I will provide my reaction to the game, the commentary, and the commercials between sips of beer. This is all contingent on Owen not getting into the laptop, so we'll see how well this goes. Be prepared to be astounded by my defensive coverage and pop culture analysis.

6:10
I wish that Suzy Kolber was getting a reaction from Joe Namath on his MVP introduction.

6:12
Brady getting roundly booed. I LOVE it. James really wants to get into the popcorn.

6:13
Eli gets introduced. Every time they show Eli making a little boy face in the press box I'm going to do 20 bicycle pedals.

6:14
Joe Flacco...he's in elite company...is he elite? James still really wants popcorn.

6:15
James has a plate of food an Owen is immediately getting into it. James offers him a balloon to eat instead.

6:17 The last time I live-blogged the Super Bowl Peyton Manning had a bad, bad day. Here's hoping tonight goes better.

6:19
Panthers are taking the field. Having just read the Blind Side, J is rooting for Michael Oher tonight.

6:27
Armed Forces choir sounds amazing. Wouldn't want to be the next act.

6:31
J: "She looks like she belongs on Star Trek but she sings great."

6:32
J is censoring the commercials for the boys, so I can't give my scintillating commentary.

6:39
"The weather is 76, but there are breezes." J: "That's right...there are Drew Brees-es."

6:40
Kickoff. Finally.

6:43
You offer Owen a high five and he thinks you're offering to pick him up.

6:44
It should be noted that J is watching the Super Bowl wearing a Bills hoodie.

6:45
Only 3 points for the Broncos, but that's a +5 differential from their last Super Bowl opening drive.
True Story: The inspiration for Owen's name is now-Broncos tight end Owen Daniels. During a Texans game several years ago we saw him score a touchdown, looked each other and said "What do you think of the name 'Owen?'"

6:49
Owen's new life goal is to get the RV remote. Now he's screaming so loud that I can't hear anything because we're getting in the way of his life goals.

6:50
After Super Bowls, winning cities see a rise in births, which are called Super Bowl babies.
Buffalo's population was in decline in the 90s.

6:54
Panthers are three and out. Owen is successfully imitating a sheep, dog, cow, and cat.
Paypal isn't new money. It's old money plus a service fee.

6:59
The Dangerous Ted Ginn. Dangerous to the opposing team and to his own.
Having not seen Eli, J is proposing that we revisit the trigger for push-ups/pedals.

7:05
What is a catch, philosophically speaking? What is its essence? How is the quality of catchness different than non-catchness? Are the necessary conditions different than the sufficient conditions for a catch? We have time to talk all of these questions over while we wait for the replay to finish.

7:06
DENVER TOUCHDOWN!!!!
(push-ups)

7:10
Fozzy Whitaker is a nifty little player, but the game would be more interesting if they put in Fozzy Bear.

7:12
Denver is doing to Carolina what Seattle did to Denver the last time I was blogging. Another sack.
And the taunting penalty ruins it. Ridiculous.

7:15
James is enjoying the longest iPad turn of his life.
Taunting penalty turns out to come out to nothing in terms of getting the ball back, but what about field position?

7:17
I feel the same way about that Shock Top commercial as I do about their beer.
Also, no more Odell Beckham, Jr. He'll only be remembered as a footnote to Sammy Watkins.

7:20
Manning sacked. He's SO OOOLLLDDD.
Just saw the draft photos of Manning and Newton next to each other. I believe that Manning's is actually a daguerreotype.

7:22
END Q1
Jason Bourne is back?
Nasty, nasty razor commercial. But I guess it worked...I'm totally going to change my razor. And maybe my whole bathroom.
This Quicken Loans commercial is extraordinarily depressing.

7:28
The game is getting scrappy...Owen has fallen out of his chair twice in a row. Beautiful play to Greg Olsen.

7:29
Another personal foul on Talib. Under the new rule proposal he'd be ejected.

7:33
Time out to read Owen George Zoo a couple times.
J is showing me Force Awakens Calvin and Hobbes toons...they are wonderful.

7:36
10-7.
Carolina is out of challenges 4 minutes into the 2nd quarter...
4th and 17 from inside the 10. This isn't going great for Peyton.

7:44
Owen is the type of kid who doesn't complain when I lift my leg to keep him away from the computer. He just keeps on smiling and begins untying my shoe. And then eating my shoe.

7:45
Ted Ginn, Jr. is no Antwaan Randle El. Although that may be exactly who he is.

7:47
97 on the Panthers is the biggest guy in the history of breakaway punt returns to be the last guy who catches the returner. That's some hustle. Addison?
Also, that's the first time you've ever heard someone saying "Good job by Norwood" on a Super Bowl special teams play.

7:50
No go on third down. Bicycle pedals. Going for it on third down...made it but there's a flag.
Called back on a penalty...this will be three.
Owen is now insisting on being read the 10 Little Monkeys book. James is still loving the longest iPad turn ever.
Owen sympathizes with this awful OIC commercial.

7:54
Owen is attempting to make drawling, Phil Simms-style commentary about the game. Then looking to us to see if we approve.

7:57
The Panthers are fumbly-wumbly wittle kitty-witty-cats.

8:01
After the Anderson run, J: "They are playing for him. They are all playing for Peyton."
And then Peyton immediately thrown an ugly pick. (Bicycle pedals)

8:05
Denver defense holds again. Owen is hyper/tired. James is still on the longest iPad turn ever.
J says Owen sometimes looks like Dopey when his face and eyes get squinchy.

8:10
Independence Day 2? We watched that on our honeymoon.
Prius commercial was funny.

8:16
What a catch by Funchess.

8:19
And the sack means halftime/bedtime.

8:42
Kids down to bed. Can't say I missed the halftime show. Time for 2nd beer.
Denver needed to have a bigger lead going into the 2nd half..

8:49
Annual Mark's halftime commercial. I think the owner's family is getting bigger.
Annual City Mattress halftime commercial. I don't think that guy is aging at all.

8:53
Amazing speed/catch by Ginn...gives up and runs out of bounds.
Great play by Newton NOT taking a sack on the throwaway.

8:56
Evan Washburn--Panthers did not change their regular routine from halftime. Were they waiting around for an extra 18 minutes, then?
Aqib Talib ALMOST had the strip on Ginn. More semi-fumblies.

8:58
Von Miller dropping into coverage like a safety!
Good job picking up a flag that had nothing to do with the play.
Time for Graham Gounod, famous for his accuracy and his opera Faust.
Off the upright. Better stick to opera.

9:01
More commercials should have Anthony Hopkins in them.
Panthers thought Talib jumped early...but can't review it.

9:03
Manning to Sanders...that duck looked pretty good.
Manning to Sanders again. Can it be more than 3? (Or a pick?)
J: "He might not have any arm left, but he's got a great hard count."

9:06
Another field goal, and lucky that one wasn't picked too. Pedals.

9:12
HOW did Brown catch that? Wow...
Maybe Ward got into Talib's line of sight?
Along with the Ginn 4 yard/50 yard run, momentum to Carolina.

9:14
If Carolina can get a ground game going Denver ought to be worried.

9:16
PICK! And Danny Trevathan saves TJ Ward from being a goat.
Fitbit commercial...does anyone we know have one of these? We've thought about them.
Wiener dog commercial, and James is MISSING it. #wearethewienerdogs
J is having a beer. (Really a hard cider, but still.)

9:18
That was a pile-pushing run...impressive.

9:19
Ealy now has two sacks and an interception. He is personally wrecking Manning's fairy-tale ending.

9:22
Singing sheep=best commercial so far.

9:26
Cam needs an elite receiver.
And also to not take delay of game penalties.

9:33
Peyton can only throw downfield to Sanders, apparently. Another flag.
J: "Don't pull a Bengals."
Nantz: "You see with Peyton a sense of finality...but also, a man at peace."
J: "He's not DYING everybody!"
Nantz: "So he has these peaceful feelings..."
Ealy with ANOTHER sack, and the strip too.

9:40
Big third down...and flags are out.
Awesome coverage AGAIN by Denver secondary.

9:43
This time Gounod comes through. (Bicycles)

9:48
One of the neighbor kids is just yelling as loud as he can outdoors.
Classic war against the clock here...can the Broncos win by 6?

9:55
Survivor is still on TV?

9:58
This is setting up for a game-winning drive. Who's it going to be?

10:00
True point by J--this broadcast has been super football-centric. No celebrities in the stands, not even shots of the coaches.

10:01
FUMBLY-WUMBLIES!!!
Now they are four yards out and they need to get into the END ZONE.

10:03
The Sheriff draws the flag...and that's why you throw it every once in a while.

10:05
TOUCHDOWN. This is gonna be a fairy-tale ending...
...pending review

10:08
Eli has a jealous younger brother look...time for pedals.

10:11
So Von Miller is the MVP, right?
Not a safety, he was outside the tackle box and the ball crossed the line.
This is where I feel bad for Cam, though. He's talented enough, I'm sure he'll have more chances...but this is Peyton's night.

10:15
Last time out called by Carolina.
"I'm still a member of the band, I'm not always the lead singer anymore, but I can sing a few solos."
#nationwidejingle
"I'm going to have the most thrilling three minutes of my year trying to make it down there in time for the Super Bowl trophy."
Wait, what? Jim Nantz has a newborn son? How old is he?

10:17
Okay, that's it for Peyton. Time to sign off and just enjoy this. Congrats to #18.