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Bloggers Preview Best & Worst Super Bowl Ads
Some big sponsors won't have commercials during Super Bowl XLIII this Sunday, but others have stepped up big. And some advertisers have stepped back for reasons that have nothing to do with the economic downturn. For example, "if you like hot women enjoying vegetables" (excuse me?) then Top Socialite would like to show you the PETA ad than NBC won't air because it's too racy. "Had this commercial featured Victoria's Secret-esque models holding bottles of beer, I suspect NBC wouldn't have had a problem with it," observes TV Envy. But Manolith suggests PETA planned the whole controversy. Ya think? "It's obviously a calculated attempt by PETA to say "check out this commercial we made that THE MAN refused to air," blogs BestWeekEver.tv. "And also don't buy that 'studies claim vegetarians have better sex.' You be the judge, suggests GreenThinkers, which also offers a link to a (perfectly clean by today's FDA standards) site featuring models wearing lettuce.
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Conventional wisdom says Super Bowl 43 will come down to how well the hardcore Steelers D can contain the Cardinals' insane passing attack (QB Kurt Warner, WRs Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald). Voice of the Cardinals insists Warner was the real NFL MVP this regular season, not Peyton Manning. Blog 'n' Gold says Steeler great Jerome Bettis has predicted a 24-21 win for his old team, But even he says "if the game goes into the 30s, the Cardinals win." Yikes. The videogame analysis agrees: in a hard-fought Madden 09 simulation, Pittsburgh holds off a late Arizona surge to win 28-24, says Steelers Depot. But there are other factors at play. Cards blog Revenge of the Birds is stoked that the redbirds have rediscovered their running game, not so much because of any real great running but because it's helped them control the clock and wear down defenses.
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