Six things I might have learned if I had listened to the Harbaugh Brothers' joint Super Bowl press conference...

...but, since I didn't, I'll just make them up:

1) Jim Harbaugh is more than 45% more likely to use some play that he and John concocted when playing football in their backyard at the ages of 11 and 12.

2) John Harbaugh should not mean, but be.

3) While they agree that their favorite Cartwright brother was Hoss, John thinks he would've been a good defensive end, while Jim prefers him as a guard.

4) Mother Harbaugh secretly likes Jim better.  Father Harbaugh does, too, with no apologies.

5) John and Jim each have a tattoo of the other's name on the back of his left knee.

6) Harbaugh is never having to say you're Belichick.

Back when the goalposts were in the FRONT of the endzone!

Keep your Rogers, your Roethisberger, your Brady, and your Sanchez, et alia; I'll take a real STARR!

MY Super Bowl Half-time Show!

With the Super Bowl just a few days away, I was thinking about a half-time show that I'd want to see (i.e., NOT the Black Eyed Peas, or the Rolling Stones, or Janet Jackson, or the Who...)

No, I'd want one that, since the big games in Dallas, is a Texas-/cowboy-themed half-time show!  And, sure, some of these folks are dead, but that shouldn't stop Jerry Jones!

John Wayne (True Grit clip)

Dean Martin ("Houston")

George Strait ("All My Exes Live in Texas")

Emily Dickinson ("Yellow Rose of Texas")

Tanya Tucker ("When I Die")

John Denver ("I'd Rather Be a Cowboy")

Julie Andrews/Carol Burnett ("Big D")

And, as far as a prediction of the game goes, as much as I'd like the Packers to win (ya gotta love Bart Starr and Vince Lombardi, after all!), I just don't see how anyone can bet against the Steelers. 

Pittsburgh 24, Green Bay 17

Super Bowl Follow-up

I predicted 24-19, the lower score probably resulting from a safety. (See posting from 1/30).

Actual score: 27-23 with a safety.

This game proved once again that the intentional grounding rule needs immediate attention! (See posting from 1/4).

More importantly, as my wife astutely pointed out:

Anyone else think the Boss is lookin' more and more like Tony Bennett (only with a too-tight leather vest)?

My Super Bowl Prediction

Final score: 23-19