Here's what I can tell you about last night's Super Bowl: The Bruno Mars kid is pretty talented.
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That's probably also the highlight for the Denver Broncos and its legion of fans.
This one got ugly fast.
Denver pretty much got a peek at how their night was going to go on the very first play of the day, when quarterback Peyton Manning was still barking out his signals when the snap from center sailed past him and into the end zone.
Safety, 2-0 Seattle.
That's about as close as this one got. And of course in the process immediately threw a monkeywrench into all those block pools with the unusual safety bringing in a lot of numbers not usually in play.
Things pretty much went downhill from there for Manning and the Broncos.
They were never in it, down 22-0 at the half and wound up getting smoked 43-8.
And it wasn't that close.
For a guy who was questioned all week about his legacy and his less-than-stellar record in playoff competition, this was about as bad as it gets for Manning.
The much talked about weather, with the first Super Bowl to be played in a cold weather, open air stadium, was never really a factor.
Game time temperature was in the 40s. It had been hovering around 50 most of the day.
Maybe Punxsutawney meant the Broncos were going to need six more weeks of practice before they would be ready to tangle with the Seahawks.
Super Bowl? This one was a Super Dud.
But I did discover one thing, actually two.
First, if I had spent $4 million for most of the 30-second spots I saw, I'd be looking for someone's head on a platter this morning.
Second, while I had heard of him, I really knew next to nothing about Bruno Mars. He was dynamite. He never once exposed a breast, did not twerk or stick out his tongue, and put on a spectacular show, joined at one point by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (OK, so some of them did perform without shirts.).
I'd make Bruno Mars the MVP, especially if I was a Broncos fan.
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