I don't think it was a very good year for commercials. Not very many really memorable ones, and a good deal of the ones I do remember are remembered only because I didn't like them.

The best one I think was the Fed Ex Kinko's one with the bear and Burt Reynolds. Careerbuilder.com's Yeknom commercials were good. The 24 promos were also a nice change of pace from the normal ads plugging the network's own shows.

I didn't care for the Cadillac commercial with the car shooting out of the tunnel. I also didn’t so much care for McDonalds’ Lincoln Fry ads.

The Mustang convertible commercial was good the first time, not so good the second time, and we just plain didn't need to see it the third time. If you're going to run multiple commercials during the Super Bowl you should at least make different versions of the commercial, like Careerbuilder.com.

In the game I was rooting for the Eagles. The Boston area fans have gotten a bit uppity lately and I'll root against any team Corey Dillon's on. Don’t really know what to think of the Eagles’ effort. On the one hand, they came awfully close; there were several points where a different outcome could have led to them winning. On the other hand they got lucky several times and made some pretty dumb mistakes.

As for the halftime show... I wouldn't call it great, but it was better than pretty much any one I can remember. It's refreshing that they decided to put just one performer up there and have him entertain us rather than try to trot out 30 disparate acts in an attempt to placate everyone while entertaining none.