7:30pm -- Pizza in the oven, time to relax (before doing my homework for the evening). It was wonderful having a Super Bowl that wasn't a blow out, showcased two equally matched quality teams, and which lived up to the "Super" name. I can admit now I was rooting for the Cardinals and thought they'd pull it out, but the Steelers had just a bit too much for them.

7:20pm -- Glad to see Santonio Holmes get the MVP award, always felt the QB got the nod a bit too often.

7:09pm -- Game over, Steelers win 27-23 after a Kurt Warner fumble ends Arizona's chances without even making a pass into the end zone. Outstanding game that obviously went down to the last play, and I'd say the outcome accurately reflects the Steelers as the better team tonight. Would guess Roethlisberger gets the MVP award given he's the quarterback and with his performance on the last, game-winning drive (though I think Santonio Holmes was just as vital to the victory).

7:00pm -- Santonio Holmes takes Larry Fitzgerald's name off the MVP trophy by making a circus touchdown catch of his own, a play after missing a similar catch by inches. Booth review confirms the touchdown and the Steelers are back on top 27-23 with 30 seconds left.

6:56pm -- Math lesson from Al Michaels, who goes out of his way to point out that Pittsburgh had two timeouts left, just took one, and so now has one left.

6:54pm -- Do *NOT* under any circumstances ask my wife what she thinks of the GoDaddy.com Super Bowl ads. (And don't tell her I own a domain name registered via GoDaddy.com. Guess I will have to move it after all.)

6:48pm -- Larry Fitzgerald puts his name on the Super Bowl MVP trophy (if the Cardinals can hold on) by taking a short pass and running for 55 more yards to the end zone, suddenly the Cardinals are up 23-20.

6:45pm -- Arizona's defense does *not* make the big stop and you might indeed think "game over", but the Steelers stop themselves by committing an offensive holding penalty in their own end zone which is an automatic safety. Arizona gets the ball back on the free kick, taking possession at their own 36 yard line with 2:50 left, trailing 20-16.

6:42pm -- Arizona makes a huge gamble that their defense can come up with one more big stop by punting from the Steeler 36 yard line with 3:36 left in the game and down by six points. TMQ might be writing "game over" in his book given his no-punt rule. I'm not so sure.

6:30pm -- Cardinals defense brings the heat and forces Pittsburgh into a three-and-out. Might be headed for a 21-20 score, at least that's what you're hoping for if you are a Cardinals fan.

6:26pm -- Finally the Cardinals have the chance to do the high, jump-up-and-catch-it pass to Larry Fitzgerald and he makes the spectacular catch as he has done all season. (I'm quite happy to have had him on my championship fantasy league team this year.) The Cardinals are back in it if their defense can do what it did to Atlanta, Carolina, and Philadelphia in the playoffs - stop Pittsburgh. Steelers still lead, 20-14.

6:13pm -- Stat of the Game (so far): Arizona has committed 10 penalties for 96 yards and given up four first downs by penalty. Pittsburgh has committed 2 penalties for 15 yards and given up no first downs by penalty.

5:55pm -- Pittsburgh gets first and goal for the second time on a long drive kept entirely alive by three personal foul penalties by Arizona, the last of which was for running over the kicker on a field goal. Amazingly, the Cardinal defense stops Pittsburgh again, forcing another Pittsburgh field goal. Steelers up 20-7.

5:30pm -- Missed the end of halftime and the second half kick-off but hey, I had to grab a few minutes sometime to hit the restroom, snag a beverage, and reload on chips and guacamole. Hopefully it means I also missed seeing Matt Millen again (who I noticed was *still* there at the opening of the halftime show.)

5:19pm -- Very nice job by Bruce Springsteen just now as the Super Bowl halftime. I knew there was no chance he'd do my favorite song of his, "Jungleland", but can't complain about what he did play. And no wardrobe malfunction, naturally.

4:58pm -- 3-D Time! Got my glasses on just in time to enjoy the "Monsters vs. Aliens" trailer. The 3-D effect was well done, looks like it'll be a fun movie (and would be even without 3-D). Wasn't expecting the SoBe Life Water ad that followed, also in 3-D, and enjoyed it too. (Nice job with the "SOBE" bling set in the the lizard's teeth.) And a 3-D plug for "Chuck" tomorrow night, reinforcing my intent to watch. "Monsters vs. Aliens" is the first animated film being released using InTru3d technology jointly developed by DreamWorks and Intel. I wonder if we can get InTru3d to work with Tru2way? ("InTru3D2way"?)

4:52pm -- Total nightmare for the Cardinals. After a nifty interception of a Roethlisberger pass off a deflection, Arizona drives and has first and goal at the Pittsburgh one yard line with under 30 seconds left in the half. Looks like the worst they can do is get a chip shot field goal and go in tied 10-10. With luck they get a TD, perhaps off a high pass to Larry Fitzgerald, and lead 14-10 at the break. Steelers come with an all-out blitz, Warner throws a bad pass off his back foot while retreating, and James Harrison intercepts. I'm thinking "Dang, bad break for Arizona as they'll get neither field goal or TD." Next thing I know Harrison is weaving upfield through heavy traffic for 100 yards and a TD with 0:00 left on the clock. Suddenly Arizona is down 17-7 and has to be in their locker room shaking their head.

4:37pm -- Happily I *do* have my 3D glasses, having snagged a set of four from a display at the grocery store a month ago. With luck I can catch "Chuck" in 3D tomorrow night too.

4:21pm -- The Cardinals offense shows up, puts together a nice drive including a couple of good blitz pick-ups, and gets back in the game (though behind) 10-7. Maybe I won't have to ignore the game and just watch the commercials after all.

4:12pm -- Congress should pass a law that Budweiser can only make commercials with horses. Two good ones in a row (liked the "go fetch" one better) after nothing but insipid Budweiser commercials with humans.

4:08pm -- Pittsburgh powers it in after their second long, smooth drive and leads 10-0. Not looking good for the Cardinals.

4:03pm -- Liked the Castrol grease monkeys commercial until the kissing scene at the end. Ewwwww

4:01pm -- End of the first quarter and it was all Pittsburgh who gained 140 yards on 17 plays while the Cardinals gained 13 yards on 5 plays

3:54pm -- On the Steelers first play after the punt the Cardinals blitz and Pittsburgh picks it up nicely. Roethlisberger hits Santonio Holmes on an outlet pass that Holmes takes for 25 yards.

3:50pm -- Steelers blitz on 3rd and 17, an obvious passing down, and Arizona can't make the short, quick pass work. Punt. That's my fear for the Cardinals, an inability to pick up the blitz and dump the ball off for adequate yardage before Warner gets hammered.

3:42pm -- Aha! Cardinals challenge is upheld (risky move, Ken Wisenhunt), as the refrees determine Big Ben's knee was down before he crossed the goal line. Touchdown nullified and Pittsburgh forced to kick a field goal. Steelers up 3-0.

3:40pm -- First stupid Budweiser commercial, in which the key concept is that in these hard economic times companies would consider a lot of tough changes *except* not having Bud Light to drink at every meeting. Yeah, that ought to appeal to everyone who has been laid off or fears being laid off.

3:38pm -- Touchdown Pittsburgh after an easy first drive down the field. Big play to score on third down as Roethlisberger ran over some Cardinal linemen to slip over the goal line. But did he really score?? Cardinals challenge.

3:32pm -- Kickoff!

3:22pm -- "Sell Avon" commercial. Interesting. The fact they'd drop large cash for the ad says something about who they believe is watching.

3:20pm -- First year watching the Super Bowl on a high-def, widescreen (46") TV. Definitely an improvement (except maybe for the tight close-up of Al Michaels).

2:45pm -- In talking about Ben Roethlisberger, Millen says "very unique" at least four times in the span of two sentences. Not only does he not know anything about football, he's not particularly skilled with the English language. There simply are no comparative degrees of uniqueness. Unique means there is only one of something. How can you be "very unique"??

2:30pm -- WTF?! Matt Millen is one of the five "experts" on the official Super Bowl pregame show? How in the heck did he get the job given he's so amply demonstrated he has no understanding of football whatsoever? See http://www.firemillen.com