A couple little things in the wake of the Super Bowl ...-- It was subtle, but when CBS Sports host James Brown complimented analyst/former coach Bill Cowher on his jailhouse interview with former Steelers and Giants WR Plaxico Burress, Brown mentioned that the piece might be one of the coach's last efforts before he returns to the sidelines in 2010. It was the about the only time this fall that Cowher's much-speculated status seemed to be referred to in a solid manner.
-- Both host Mike Greenberg of "Mike and Mike in the Morning" and call-in guest James Carville thought the record-setting TV numbers for the Super Bowl were small when they talked about it Tuesday. By some logic, they're correct. After all, if 105.9 million people could tune into "M.A.S.H." in 1983, how could only 106 million watch the Super Bowl 27 years later? Carville, the famous Democratic political strategist and someone certainly familiar with polls and numbers (and also an unabashed Saints fans), wondered aloud what all the people who were not watching the game were doing.
-- Two days later, the Doritos commercials (especially the dog, and the young boy protecting his chips and his mom from a boyfriend) remain funny. The Snickers commercial with Betty White got appropriate kudos, but Doritos provided chuckles with all of its commercials -- and many of the Super Bowl commercials are airing on ESPN and other major-network shows this week. Of course, they have a life online as well.
-- Conversely, the silly GoDaddy! commercials have run their course.
-- After a day of unnecessary Peyton Manning bashing Monday on talk radio nationally, the rhetoric came down a few notches by Tuesday. Yep, he made a bad throw, but that Super Bowl did not hurt his Hall of Fame chances. At the same time, Saints QB Drew Brees certainly needs several more seasons of productivity to ensure his Canton credentials.