Who would you watch the Super Bowl with?

The Times Union's Kristi Gustafson is asking the following question on her blog:

If you could watch the Super Bowl with anyone — living or dead — who would it be and why?

This one was a no-brainer for me. There is no one I'd rather watch with than my dad.

To be honest, I can't remember what the last Super Bowl was that he and I watched together. But I'd give my right arm to sit down and cheer on "Uncle Art's" team with him this Sunday.

How about you? Who would you watch the big game with?

What Super Bowl?

Is there a big football game this week? I almost forgot!

Well, ok, maybe that's a slight exageration. But this is usually the point when I start getting really sick of the two-week Super Bowl hype.

However, my attention was captivated so much last week by the inauguration and the Senate speculation here in New York that I paid very little attention to anything going on in the world of sports.

But now things are starting to settle in and I can shift my thoughts to the things that really matter! ;-) Go Steelers!

Charity champs

I always wondered what became of the hats and T-shirts that must be on standby for the team that loses a championship game like the Super Bowl, the World Series, etc.

Sure enough, there was a full supply of hats and shirts proclaiming the Patriots as Super Bowl XLII champions -- camplete with "19-0" printed under their logo -- ready to be handed out last Sunday night.

It turns out those clothes will be distributed to needy families in other parts the world. The ones pictured here are headed to Nicaragua.

Super Bowl summary

I was happy to see the Giants knock down the Patriots last night.

In the weeks leading up the Super Bowl, I was getting real sick of all the talk about how great the Patriots were and how they will be regarded in history -- as if they had already won the game!

As a Yankee fan, I admit that I'm something of a hypocrite when it comes to the Patriots -- I was just sick of seeing them win all the time.

Speaking of the Yankees, on Mike & Mike this morning there was an interesting discussion: how does the Patriots going 18-0 and then losing the Super Bowl compare to the Yanks dropping their 3-0 lead to the Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS?

Really it's apples and oranges. They were just trying to find a way to play up the New York-Boston rivalry. And I don't think there is any question the Yankees transgression was worse. But it makes for fun conversation.