Weekend Recap -- Superbowl. Prince. Party at the Animal House.

"just when it seemed time to give up on that quaint ritual known as the halftime show, along comes Prince." -- The New York Times

For those of you too cool to watch the Superbowl, you missed one of the greatest 20 minutes in the history of TV. Rain pouring down. . . . Fireworks exploding. . . . 60,000 people with lighters in the air. . . .

and Prince in the middle of a giant neon symbol the size of half the football field. The man busted seamlessly between All Along the Watchtower, Foo Fighters, and Purple Rain. . . like, in the rain.

That lightning, I think it was real. . . .

I know Kym and Geraldine were there, and I'm jealous.

Meanwhile, at my apartment complex, I attended a 36 hour party thrown by my neighbors that involved UFC, beer pong, sparring at the local dojo, a broken foosball table, and of course the Super Bowl itself. Fantastic.

Give Prince a 5 year contract to do Superbowl halftime. Oh, and let K-Fed do another insurance commercial. That was cool too.

PS: I'm not seeing this on YouTube due to copyright restrictions. If you missed this, pray that your best friend still has the halftime show on this Tivo.

PPS: (for when we look back at this 10 years from now): The Colts won. It was Peyton Manning's first championship.

Bowl Recap -- Sad for the Alma Mater, happy for Boise State


If you missed the Boise State upset of Oklahoma . . . . go home and get onto Sportscenter like right now.

I JUST saw one of the greatest 3 hour cinderalla sports movies ever. . . only it was a live NCAA football game. Like Bad News Bears, Mighty Ducks, and Hoosiers. . . all mixed together. . . .

- Little school vs. Big school
- Drama, mistakes, lead changes, and crazy overtime
- Multiple crazier-than-Blitz-style trick plays to tie the game and then win it in overtime
- "Gunslingin' quarterback" and a cast of undersized 'misfits' (with occasional misfit hairstyles even)
- Head Coach who looks like a prettyboy Billy Bob Thornton
- Oh, and even romance -- The running back who scored two TDs, including the game winner, proposed to his girlfriend -- the Boise State head cheerleader -- on national TV after the game.

For me it was a small consolation for Michigan losing to USC again. . . but still pretty sweet . . .

Wishing you the best in 2007. May your year be filled with as much razzle dazzle as the Boise State Broncos' playbook.


PS: Thanks to Stein and Meyotch for whupload of fun over NYE. More to come on that . . . probably.