…the Broncos (the post title a nod to a great horse) in the Super Bowl. Didn’t see a minute of it – instead, after spending the better part of the day winter cleaning (this past weekend was the east side of the house, next weekend it’s the west side), I hit a small bucket of balls then watched the finish of the Waste Management Open and Bubba Watson tossing a virtual sure-win away with some poor play on the final hole to give Kevin Stadler his first PGA Tour win. More on that in a later post.

The whole thing about the Super Bowl is that every year it’s less and less about a football game and more of an event than anything else. The lop-sided score will be something everyone remembers for a while, but a year from now – never mind two years – will anyone be able to remember a single commercial amongst what sounds like a mighty bland set of offerings? Or who performed at halftime? Makes you wonder about the millions upon millions of dollars spent by the NFL, taxpayers, advertisers, and all sorts of other folks to put it together.

The Super Bowl does serve one important purpose, I guess, which is to fill the void between the holidays and Valentine’s Day and give folks a reason to gather around while it’s winter for most of the nation. And it definitely helps the food industry in every possible way, which is also a good thing. Next year, the Super Bowl XLIX (love those Roman numerals!) is out here in AZ and folks here are already ramping up to give them a good show. Between the Waste Management Open (where they broken an all-time attendance record this year) and the Super Bowl, the Valley of the Sun will definitely be where it’s all rockin’ the first weekend of next February.

UPDATE: Re: my link to a post about the Super Bowl commercials. If you live in the Savannah, GA market you got to see this one. Wow! If I lived in that market and needed a personal injury lawyer, you know who I would call. Just awesome.