Super Bowl Was Super

Three turnovers by the Pittsburgh Steelers lead to 21 Green Bay Packer points and Pittsburgh could not catch up but they sure did make it interesting as the Packers beat the Steelers 31-25.

Aaron Rogers continued his play as the top quarterback in the NFL as he tossed three touchdown passes while Ben Roethlisberger had his second of three so so Super Bowls. The Packer nation has now won four Super Bowls in the forty five year history of the big game while Pittsburgh loses for the second time in eight tries.

Despite the three turnovers that Pittsburgh had the biggest flub of the night was Christine Agularia horrible rendition of the National Anthem. She compounded her effort by forgetting the words. There have been years in the past where the National Anthem has been recorded ahead of time and the singer lip sinc the live version. This should have been one of those times.

Today Carolina played their first game since the departure of Larry Drew. I think in the long run Carolina will be hurt by his quitting the team. If there is one thing obvious at this point the team has played much better since his demotion to second team but why in the world would any player quit with over half the season done? It isn't like he can finish the season somewhere else.

There are rumors that his mother has been a constant pain in the butt for Roy Williams. I think I have said this before on this web site that parents are the worse judges of the talent of their children. Whether he was starting or not he was still playing more than Marshall was. This looks to be a case of selfish parents wanting to ride the coat tail of a son that they thought would make millions in the NBA. This despite his father being and NBA assistant coach. You would think he would know better.

Too bad for he will forever be known as a quitter.

I hope you had a chance to either be there live last night or watched it on Fox Sports Carolina but the hockey game between Atlanta and the Hurricanes was as good as hockey can get. Carolina since Christmas has played themselves into position to be in the playoffs and last night if they beat Atlanta in regulation they would have past the Thrashers. It turn out to go over time before the Hurricanes won and are now in a flat tie with Atlanta for the last playoff spot.

I really like what the Hurricanes have put together with their team this year. They are young and hungry and right now the have the next sex symbol of the NHL in 18 year old Jeff Skinner who has become the heart throb of the NHL for young ladies.