Superbowl XL will not go down as a classic Superbowl to anyone outside of the city of Pittsburgh.  With all the "storylines" going into the game (Roethlisberger's promise, Bettis' last game in his hometown, Holmgren trying to become the first coach to win the Superbowl with two different teams), the game just did not live up to the hype.  Lots of folks will write about the game today but most of my musings will be, at best, tangential to the game:

* Ben Roethlisberger goes 9 for 21, 123 yards, 0 TD's, 2 really bad INT's and a passer rating below 23 (that's not very good).  Even with the marginal game and the fact that he did not get onto the podium after the game, Leigh Steinberg will be fighting off the endorsement deals.  Hey folks, the new face of the NFL resides in Pittsburgh and it's not Jerome Bettis.

* Jerome Bettis should be able to write his own ticket into any analyst chair next season.  Producers will be lining up to get the Bus to sign on the dotted line.

* Joey Porter had three tackles and was gobbled up by Walter Jones all game long.  Be happy that your teammates were there to cash the check that your mouth wrote Joey.  I guess Porter spent all of his energy sparring with Jeramy Stevens this past week.

* I really hope you work on those hands Jeramy Stevens.  Tight Ends that shrink under pressure and can't make a catch over the middle don't have a long shelf life in the NFL.

* I think Darrell Jackson went into witness protection after the first quarter.  5 catches in the first 15 minutes and zero catches in the next 45?  Come on.

* What exactly does Trey Wingo do during the off season?  What will we all do without Trey Wingo?

* I wonder just how much antacid is consumed on Superbowl Sunday?

* ABC is claiming that they had to correct the Rolling Stones "Lyric Malfunction."  You just can't make this stuff up folks.

* By the way, did anyone tell Mick, Keith and the boys that you are supposed to warm up before you come out to do the halftime show?  The Stones sounded like a bar band going through soundcheck.

*  Al Michaels noted during the game that referee Bill Leavey once officiated a high school game in which one of the assistant coaches was Mike Holmgren.  Boy, Holmgren must have said or done something in that game 25 years ago to piss off Bill Leavey.

* In case you missed it, the Colorado Crush beat the Georgia Force 61-59 in a high powered Arena Football match up.  This is what we have to look forward to for the next six months folks.

* I tried to watch an Arena football game a couple of years back between the Philadelphia Soul and Colorado Force.  I turned the game off before the end of the first half when I got sick of watching cut aways to Jon Bon Jovi and John Elway.

* Even the commercials sucked for the most part.

* Just 82 days until the NFL draft........just 82 days until the NFL draft........just 82 days until the NFL draft......... Oh yeah, remember folks, the NFL Draft  will be on April 29- April 30.  I best you can't wait either.

* Two days of work a year.  Ah, to have your job Mel Kiper.

* One of the biggest things that I miss during the NFL offseason is not having Peter King's column to read on Monday mornings.  If you haven't read Peter King, check this out and then wait until next year.

* I'm sure you've all heard the story about Matt Hasselbeck calling his college coach a clown.  (Hasselbeck had told reporters shortly after being benched that Hasselbeck told reporters that Henning "should wear big red clown shoes and a big red clown nose because he's a clown.")  Some time around 11:00 last night I bet Dan Henning was standing in front of his television screaming "who's the clown now bi-otch!"

* I guess that Ameriquest: Hospital commercial wasn't too bad.  Boy do I miss Terry Tate, the greatest office linebacker of all time.

* Terry Tate would have had more than three tackles in that game Joey.

* I'm so happy I will never have to hear the Superbowl referred to as "Superbowl Extra Large" again.

* You can watch all of the Superbowl ads online and vote for your favorite.  I'd be so happy if you would go and vote for the Ameriquest commercial.

* One final thought.  Since 1991, there have been 205 quarterbacks drafted into the NFL.  Only five (Brett Favre, Tom Brady, Brad Johnson, Trent Dilfer, and now, Ben Roethlisberger) have have won a superbowl in that time.  You're in pretty good company now Ben.