The Giants win?  GIANTS WIN?!?!?!  Wow.  I'd had an on-again, off-again relationship with the Patriots this season, but threw my full allegiance behind them a couple of days ago due to my strong Tom Brady ties.  I'd been behind him ever since Lloyd Carr chose Drew Henson over him, and I new I had to support him now.  This is the motha-effin' thanks I get?  Damn, Tom.  His performance was lackluster at best.  Here's a rundown of his scoring throughout the night:


Tom Brady:

First points:  his animated appearance in a "kids lose weight" commercial.  +2.

Second half, he misses Randy Moss on a deep ball.  -1.

He then throws a PERFECT out pattern to Moss, +1.

Another late incompletion.  -1.

All-in-all, +1 on the night, largely due to his off-the-field performance.  Disappointing.  Let us all pray, though, that people do not start a "Blame Gisele" campaign, after she was spotted in a box at the game.

As Joe Stapleton would say, this uber-media event was REPLETE with life points, what with its intersection of sports, entertainment, commercials and all-around pop-culture.  First I'll rundown the rest of the on-the-field scoring:


On-the-field:

Pierre Woods, FROM Michigan, set things off with a "get your mouth to' off" hit, for a +1.  He came oh so close to more points later in the game, but then inexplicably lost a sure fumble recovery.

Amani Toomer, FROM Michigan (sense a theme here?), had a beautiful deep reception during the first drive, improbably keeping both feet inbounds.  +2.

Randy Moss, FROM... Marshall, scored his lone point as he trotted out to be the deep safety on the final play of the first half.  That is always fun.

Bill Belichick provided a comedic moment as he hopped/skipped in an effort to plead for a 12-man on the field call. +1.

Since I wanted the Pats to take this down, Ellis Hobbs gets -4 for getting BURNT UP by Plaxico Burress on the go-ahead touchdown.  Nasty.

The unlikely points leader for most of the contest?  None other than Mike "Black Robot Ref" Carey.  I didn't know this until right now, but tonight he became the first black referee for a Super Bowl.  Congrats, and +3 for that ground-breaking accomplishment, and +5 for my initial reaction to seeing him at the coin toss.  I've always loved his perfect, machine-like calls, and he had them on full display tonight.  His technically-sound calls included the common hold (+1), the ol' 12-men on the field (+1), and the rare, but visually pleasing "illegal bat" call (+1).  Classic.

Before I found out the historical context of Carey's work, Eli Manning, Super Bowl MVP, had the points crown, and none of those points came until the final 2 minutes of the game!  In fact, Life Draft participant Everis dropped Eli, thinking his night to be over.  Ha.  Eli first registered (+3) on the ridiculous play in which he evaded a sack, and heaved a long bomb to David Tyree (+3).  The he received +3 for winning the MVP, and +3 more for back-to-back Manning Bros. Super Bowls.  Peyton gets +3 for that action, as well as +1 for "coaching from the box", as motioned for Eli to hurry up and get a play off, at one point, and +1 for post-TD celebration.


Commercials:

Check out irateads.com for full Super Bowl ad ratings.  The Mouth and I will get those up as soon as possible.  Life points:

-5 for that awful face and dancing by LL Cool J in the Pepsi Max spot.  +1 to Busta Rhymes for his not-so-awful face and dancing in the same spot.

+5 each to Dwyane Wade and Charles Barkley for the latest T-Mobile spot in which D-Wade finally makes Chuck's fav five!!!  Classic.

-4 to Justin Timberlake for his terrible Pepsi ad.  Seriously, JT?

+1 to Shaq for his appearance as a jockey in a Vita Water ad, although it was really kind of a dumb commercial.


Basketball:

Marvin Williams +1 for bringing hammer time in Saturday's Hawks/Nets game.

+1 to Al Thornton for entertaining, although unsuccessful clutch play vs. Cleveland.

Carolina tried to blow another conference road game and lost Tywon Lawson in the process.  Please, please, please let him be healthy for Wednesday's Duke game!  He was fast as hell while he was playing, though.  +1.  +1 to Tyler for going 20/20 beast on 'em, and +3 to QT while filling in for Lawson.


Jon Stewart:

I caught a few "A Daily Show" episodes tonight, and Jon shined as usual:  +1 for the Time magazine lady episode, +1 for making a joke about which founding father would win the "non-white-male betting pool", ha, and +1 for joking that Mitt Romney said "if you wear a raincoat, get wet motha-fucka, get wet!"