What did the Big D stand for again?

        From the moment it was announced that Super Bowl 45 would be held in Jerry Jones' wet dream, the hype has been ridiculous. Then two of the most storied franchises in the sport made it to the big game and the hype got bigger. The hype got so big most of the media started to just speak in short sentences, blurbs if you will, when discussing the game. Super Bowl 45. Steelers. Packers. Rogers. Roethilesberger. Polamalu. Clay. Big D. All of the choppy sentences seemed to make sense; no further explanation needed. Maybe there was some extra explanation needed? Big D stood for Dallas, right? Because after the confetti had fallen it appeared that the D stood for Disappointment, Disastrous, Dull.
        From the very beginning Super Sunday was Super Suspect. Christina Aguilera botched the National Anthem, forgetting some words. I won't pass a great deal of judgment on that; I certainly couldn't remember all of the words to the National Anthem alone in my shower let alone in front of the largest Super Bowl crowd ever. However, the folks in Vegas that make up the prop bets can't be happy; the artist formerly known as X-tina cost them big. Vegas had to pay out on both the over and the under for how long her National Anthem would last. Ouch. Then the game got under way... sort of.
      With the game under way, the ladies favorite part of the Super Bowl began, Super Bowl commercials. Another fail. Super Bowl commercials have seemed to be in a steady decline the past few years and may have bottomed out this year. Nothing really worth the cost of a Super Bowl spot. Doritos had a few highlights but a majority of the relevance went to upcoming summer movie trailers. With Thor, Captain America and Transformers headlining the trailers, surely the woman demographic was not pleased with their portion of Super Bowl 45; commercials do not get a passing grade (Although, Comic-Con nerds around the world are just now coming out of the seizures that this years summer trailers threw them into).
          As for the first half of the actual game, nothing really stood out. Packers jumped out to an early lead. The field didn’t appear to be in good condition, players were slipping on a regular basis. Packer wideouts were dropping perfectly thrown balls. Big Ben looked more like Big Ben in the Super Bowl vs. the Seahawks rather than Big Ben in the Super Bowl vs. the Cardinals. This could be because he was actually facing a defense in this Super Bowl? Then came the half time show. Surely with the enormous HD screen in Dallas and finally a culturally relevant performing act, the half time show would redeem Christina, the commercials and the forgetful first half and provide a spring board for a great second half of football. Not quite so. The mics were horrible, which might have actually been a good thing since The Black Eyed Peas were off key, Fergie in particular. Slash's random appearance so Fergie could butcher "Sweet Child of Mine" was odd to say the least. The stage spelling "LOVE" would have been cool had the "V" been fully lit up and “LOVE” was actually decipherable. Then the surprise sneak appearance by unannounced Usher! Can he save the day? Maybe if his mic was turned on. Overall, the half time show kept the trend of the night going, disappointing.
      David Tyree's helmet catch, Big Ben finding a tip toeing Santonio for the win, THE onside kick. Why do I mention all of these plays? These were the defining plays of the last three very good if not great Super Bowls. What was the defining moment for SB45? Feel free to provide an answer here. There really wasn't a memorable defining moment in this year’s Super Bowl. Maybe you could point to Mendenhal's fumble as a turning point, but climactic it was not. Alas the Packers had to settle for a field goal, leaving an opening for the Steelers to make the game memorable. The stage was set. Down six, two minutes left, need a touchdown to win, Big Ben with the ball in his hands. Cardinals fans every where started to ball up in corners and act like Vietnam Vets having war flash backs. But this was Big D's Super Bowl, so guess what, the final drive was uneventful and ended on forth down at mid field after a minute of driving. After two Packer kneel downs, the confetti fell.
        Even the post game was uneventful. Unless you count Roger Staubach's walk with the Lombardi trophy. He got to the podium and had one of the most awkward hand offs to Commissioner Goodell. He acted like he didn't even want to be there. There was no memorable speech, Rogers was named MVP almost by default and then it was over, time for Glee.
         Yet because Super Bowl Sunday has practically become an American holiday and nearly every room in America has a T.V, SB45 was the most watched T.V show in history with an estimated 111 million viewers. Good news is it will only hold that title until next year’s Super Bowl since that seems to be the new trend. Super Bowl 45 ended like most football related items in Dallas this year, high expectations, slow start, a shake up in the middle, a little better towards the end but ultimately disappointing.