OK, Bucs win, Raiders lose, and I can't say I really care one way or another. This is probably the most disinterested I've been in a Super Bowl since, well, two years ago, when the Ravens and Giants failed to pique my interest (the whole Ray Lewis saga afterwards being much more interesting than the actual game). You'd have to go back to when I still was comprehending the magnitude of the Super Bowl to find another one that generated such disinterest.

The game didn't help, either. At the start of the game I mused on the hilarity of the game ending 3-0, only to have a 12-9 or similar finish seem quite possible as the first half moved on. About the only real interest in the game was the Raiders attempted comeback. I'll agree with the Bruce (though with less passion) that there was something brewing there, and that the crappy pass interference call was a back-breaker.

At one point Madden lauded the officials for being inobtrusive, but I tend to think they called kind of a poor game. Think about the non-fumble on the Raiders kickoff return early in the game. I know these guys move fast, but that was pretty clearly not a fumble, and they missed it. I don't think it was a horrible job, just not something the league would want to hang its hat on.

I would also wonder about the Raiders (or, more correctly, the coaching staff) comeback in terms of extra points and time-outs. I'm not sure why they kept going for two points, except that once you miss the first one you feel somewhat compelled to keep going for them to make up the points. As for the time outs, I suppose you want to stop the clock for the offense, but it may be better to do that when you know they're getting the ball back.

The challenge on the two point conversion where Porter looked to be pushed out of bounds was kind of odd, too, assuming that they knew (or were told) that the pushing was non-reviewable. Personally, I don't quite get all the rules about what you can and can't review. I suppose you need some guidelines, but in this case it seemed like something that you could review.

On top of it all, the ads were pretty lame. The Budweiser zebra ad and the Reebok "office linebacker" ones stand out, but that's about it.

I also should note that I am continuing to dislike the NFL-"live" music performance thing. Sting and No Doubt together makes a certain sense, given that No Doubt and The Police have similar reggae/ska roots. But Shania Twain? Especially when she didn't seem to be actually singing, based on the volume of her mike as opposed to Gwen and Sting's, and the lack of ad-libs on top of it. Just lots of waving and twirling in that Anne Robinson meets Harry Winston get-up.

And, to top it all of, I was ready to blow off Jimmy Kimmel's new show except that Coldplay is performing. Time to set the VCR.