Since Bill Simmons has not done a running diary in a while, so I am going to pounce on that fumble and give my own football and T.V. commercial running diary.

 6:00  We are coming to you live from the Katow Speetee in H2Otown MA to bring you a running diary of Super Bowl XLIV with The Saints against the Colts. I am rooting for the Saints (and against the Colts even more so) and predicted a Saints 35-31 Victory because they would win the turnover battle. My sister has brought in salsa and chips and I got various potatoes baking and various other stuff sautéing so food supplies should not be an issue.  Neither should be the T.V. as this is the inaugural Super Bowl of the new T.V.

 6:02:  A Jay Z Super Bowl promo Commercial just aired; He has been smart linking himself to major events (World Series with Empire State of Mind, Haiti Relief effort, The Super Bowl) at this point in his career; he has broadened his appeal to a more main stream audience so people who never have listened to Reasonable Doubt or even the first Blueprint for that matter are buying his stuff. While Nas may have won the spiritual battle with Ether, right now Nas is probably going to go broke trying to pay Kelis alimony and Jay Z is still making money in a variety of ways with songs like Run This Town and Empire State of Mind which he could write in his sleep.

 6:05: Undercover Boss is the show after the Super Bowl? Further evidence that scripted drama is dead on network T.V.

6:10 The Saints and Colts both come out. Do all teams not come out as a team since the 2001 Patriots did it?

6:13 Solomon Wilcots is dressed in a pink shirt. When you are a former football player, you can wear pink without fear of getting shit for it. Side note trivia: The classic Michael Jackson Simpsons Episode starts off with Homer getting sent to the nut house for wearing pink.

 6:15 The Hyundai commercial just mentioned their cars are being built in a plant in Alabama. I foresee many foreign auto companies pointing out that many of their cars are made in the United States (especially the South) especially with the unemployment rate so high. Maybe not Toyota though after all the recalls.

6:17: Queen Latifah is sounds good despite having what looks like technically difficulties while singing America The Beautiful. That being said, it would have been much cooler if she broke into U.N.I.T.Y. Who You Calling A Bitch?

6:21 Carrie Underwood is singing the National Anthem. I have always found her voice annoying and her face kind of messed up looking. This performance is not making me change my mind on either front

6:23 The Last Airbender looks like a combination of a bunch of other movies. After his first 3 movies M Night Shyamalan should have changed his name to I Might Suckalot.

6:23 Larry Bird (who I have to call the Basketball Jesus since I am imitating Bill Simmons here) makes a cameo in Lebron and Howard’s commercial

6:28 The Saints win the toss and want the ball; I always kick when I win the toss in Madden so you can end the half with a score and then get the ball back. (a reference to Madden in terms of NFL strategy means another Bill Simmons cliché checked off)

6:30 Hey, the game actually started

6:33 Brees misses deep on third and short. Not a good opening series for Lil Wayne’s hometown

6:35 There are more Saints fans here by far, but Clark makes a catch to quiet them.

6:37. Manning hits Clark for a big 3^rd and 4 conversion. If the Saints don’t contain Clark they are fucked

6:38 Manning makes a very good off balance throw on 3^rd and 7 to Collie for a first down.

6:39 Camera pans to Jim Caldwell who is dominating in a staring contents vs the entire world. ( another obligatory Bill Simmons Jim Caldwelll never blinks joke.

6:40 Stover hits a FG 3-0 Colts

6:41 Tim Tebow’s controversial ad that was actually kind of confusing more than anything airs. Either way thousands of Alabama Football fans just became Pro-Choice

6:45 A reprieve commercial of the 80s Bears Super Bowl Shuffle that I am not really aware of what it was an advertisement for.

6:48 Reggie Bush makes a good run after the catch for a first down. I wonder if he will be extra motivated today after what Ray J said about his wife on the Game song that leaked earlier in the week. “I know she with Reggie Bush, but that used to be Ray-J’s Bush / She used to blow it like birthday kush.’

6:50 Colston just made a horrible drop to ruin the Saints drive. That would have been a big pass.

6:52 Robin Hood Gladiator Edition

6:57 The Saints have already given up 2 decent size running plays on this drive. This is not a good sign

6:59 Addai with an even bigger run.

7:01 Manning great throw to Garcon for the touch down. The Saints need to get their shit together and fast.

7:03 Coke with a well done Simpsons Commercial

7:05 Saints hold on the kick off; that is not what I mean when I said they need to get their shit together.

7:07 Jay Z night have tried to kill autotune, but T-Pain resurrected it for a Bud Light commercial 

7:08 A Bridge Stone commercial that owes a debt to the movie The Hangover.

7:12   A late hit penalty on the Colts to help the Saints get to mid-field. The Saints need to capitalize on this.

7:14 Thomas breaking tackles for more yards after the catch and after the initial point of contact on the run

7:16 The Colts did not get the sack thanks to Brees doing a nice move to avoid the tackle with 2 hands on the ball for a 5 yard pass completion

7:17 One Ankle Freeney makes a great one handed sack to force the Saints into a long Field Goal attempt.

7:18 They nail the kick 10-3 Colts

7:20 Letterman, Oprah and Leno combine forces to try and stay relevant. I would not be surprised if there is a Conan Obrien sighting before the game is done as well

7:22 Brett Favre gets a light chuckle mocking himself in a Hyundai ad

7:25 Vilma with huge hit on Addai to set up a key third down

7:26 Garcon drops the ball in what might be a huge play in the and the Colts have to go 3 and out. Garcon could have ran for another 40 yards if he caught that. Classic case of worrying about the run before making the catch.

7:28 The Arcade Fire’s Wake Up is used during a NFL Draft Commercial and all of the royalty money that they are getting is going to Haiti where one of their members if from.  That song has got 20 times more play this year than the year it came out thanks to Where The Wild Things Are.

7:29 Brees bad pass almost picked.

7:31 21 yard pass to a wide open more and now NO is deep into Indy territory

7:32 Brees lose 7 yards of what they gained with a kind of dumb reverse call against a fast colts defense

7:34 Colston runs a seem and finds a whole in the Colts Zone for a 27 yard pass to the Colts 4 yard line.

7:35 huge false start on Colts that backs them up to the 9. That was a costly flinch

7:36 Third and goal at the 1. The Saints smartly let the clock run to the 2 minute warning. I think they should run it here.

7:37 A Dodge Charger commercial that goes with one of the advertising “man comedy” theme of the night.

7:39 Mike Bell falls and loses a yard. Tough decision for Payon here.

7:40 Why does the Depp Alice and Wonderland Movie have to be by fucking Disney?

7:42 The Colts stop the Saints on 4^th and 2. That was a dumb play call. A basic run up the middle? Drew Brees is your best player, you let him try to find an open man. I liked going for it (hell I always like going for it) but hated the run call.

7:45 Saints stop them. They still got one time out left to try get back close enough for Field Goal range

7:46 Another commercial playing to men’s damaged egos about not being real men anymore

7:47 Nice 20 yard pass by Brees and even better job quickly getting to the line of scrimmage to spike the ball

7:50 Saints hit the Field Goal to make it 10-6. The Saints did a great job with ball control that quarter.

7:52  Viktor Yanukovych declares victory in Ukraine’s election but leader of the Orange forces

Yulia Tymoshenko says it is too close to call.

8:00 Who is that performing? Pin Ball Wizard. This is awful. Now Baba O’Riley. Make it stop. The lyrics are literally “Let’s Get together-before we get much older-Teenage Wasteland” and they are singing this while pushing 100. How is this ok? Meet the new half time crap-same as the old half time crap. Won’t get fooled again. Thanks Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson for assuring that all Super Bowl half times shows will only feature men passed their prime.

8:15 The Arcade Fire are being played in the background as Jim Nantz and Boomer are talking right now; I don’t care if the majority of the country has not heard have them, wouldn’t the Arcade Fire have been a 10 times better half time show?

8:17 Not Jay Z is being played in anther commercial How about him for halftime? He is only a couple years past his prime not 40 years ago.

8:21 Holy Shit Onside kick. And there is a scrum after it hots the Colts player. Holy Shit. Holy Shit That took Balls

8:22 Holy Shit Saints get it! Holy Shit!

8:24 2 straight passes completed  to keep the momentum going

8:27 Well timed screen pass to Thomas who moves through the Colts defense for a Touch Down!!

8:29 Megan Fox’s movie Jennifer’s Body might have bombed despite being pretty good, but she just made some cash in a Super Bowl advertisement

8:32 Manning back with ball after not having thrown a pass since The Who where still relevant.

8:35 Manning makes a great pass on the run to Clark on a 3^rd and 4 to get to the Saints 20. Big play right there.

8:37 Clark another catch for a first down inside the ten. Clark his been the MVP so far

8:38 Addai with a nice Touch Down run. A super efficient answer drive by the Colts. Side note: god Laurence Maroney sucks

8:40 Another commercial with the guy who played Kirk on The Gilmore Girls Sean Gunn.

8:43 These talking baby commercials freak me the fuck out

8:45 Bush lets a ball bounce off of his hands; could have been much worse if the tip went closer to the colts

8:46 Brees first down Pass to Henderson toward the sideline that is a hard throw to make.

8:48 4^th and 3 at the 30 yard line. I am surprised that the Saints are not going for this.

8:49 Hartley makes the long 47 yard Field Goal to make it a one point game 17-16

8:50 Wow google bought advertising time. That is a big change in strategy for them.

8:51 Great kick coverage by the Saints pins the Colts at their own 11

8:53 They should get Sommerville MA born Paul Sorrento in these KIA Sorento Ads.

8:54 We have a former Patriot Randell Gay sighting

9:00 Garcon wide open after a criss cross play and gets nearly 20 yards in total

9:01 Saints finally stop Addai without giving up a bunch of yards

9:02 Manning under-throws a deep ball to Wayne

9:03 Saints defense holds Colts to 4^th and 2.

9:04 Colts go for it after wasting a lot of time at the line and they get it on a quick pass to Wayne. Great call by Caldwell

9:05 Jenkins snuffs out a screen to Collie to make it third and 11. This is a huge play coming up

9:06 old man Stover’s long field goal attempt hooks left and dies. No good! Hmmm Would Vinitiari have hit that?

9:08 Bush starts the drive off with a nice 12 yard run

9:12  Four straight completions the last going to former Partiot and not the Wendy’s guy Dave Thomas to  make it first and goal.

9:14 quick pass to that asshole Shockey For the touch down! Time to go for 2.

9:15 they do not get the 2 point conversion. That was a close play. If he held onto it for a half second more I think it would be challenge worthy.

9:17 back from the commercial break and the Saints are challenging it.

9:18 They overturned it! Well done with the challenge and well done by the official on revering it.

9:22 Colts open the drive with a false start

9:24 Almost a pick by Jenkins Fuck that could have been close to icing it

9:25 two quick first down passes

9:26 Manning overthrows Collie to make it 3^rd and 5 around NO’s 30.

9:27 Cheap Trick’s Dream Police being changed into Green police for an advertistment something they babbled about when they closed for Dear Leader last week. I would say Dear Leader opened for them, but I was more interested in seeing Dear Leader so in that case I say the secondary band closes for the opener.

9:28 Charles Barkley does a Dr. Suessesque commercial

9:29 Porter PICK 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cut to the Return of Manning Face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:35 Saints smartly call a time out when their defense is not set.

9:37 huge tackle to keep Clark inbounds and the clock moving

9:38 Manning hits Collie for a big pass.

9:40 Stupid late hit by the Saints Hargrove to stop the clock and give them extra yards

9:42 offensive pass interference prevents another Manning pick.

9:43 Colts idiotically run it and get stuffed now it is 4^th down.

9:45 here comes the Gatarade Bath and Sean Payton deserve it for that great coaching job

9:46 Congrats to the Saints and the City of New Orleans Brees earned his MVP. The Chargers must be kicking themselves for letting him go.