Insane Random Ramblings

Ha! I am so happy. I hate the Patriots. It’s funny because nobody gave the Giants a chance and they won in the final minutes of the game. It was weird rooting for the Giants. It was like rooting for the lesser of 2 evils, but I just knew I didn’t want the Patriots to have a perfect season.

Eli won the MVP. I know that will be a trivia question down the road. What brothers won the SuperBowl in back to back years and were the game MVP’s. As an added bonus for me, John won his football pool. Awesomeness! It’s been a great day!

It’s because I always forget something. Case in point: I wrote the post about the new Pepsi game called Pepsi Stuff. I was excited to start adding points to my account and seeing what the prizes where. I  can’t access the site from work because all of the good websites are blocked out. So guess what I did? I left all of my caps at work. I still can’t start playing the game until tomorrow when I get home.

I always do that too. Yesterday I went to the store with the purpose of getting some bathroom cleaner and toothpaste. I did get the toothpaste but not the cleaner. I didn’t even remember the cleaner until I got home. I mean if things like my home owner insurance and electric bill weren’t taken out of my account electronically, I would forget to pay them.

I always joke that I have old-timers. I’m really too young to forget as much as I do.

I always wondered how the referees got picked to officiate the Super Bowl so I went looking for it. I found this article:

Mike Carey selected as Super Bowl referee

GLENDALE, Ariz., Jan. 30 (UPI) — Mike Carey, an 18-year veteran NFL game official, was selected to be the referee for Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday.

The game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots will be Carey’s first Super Bowl as referee. He was an alternate for Super Bowl XXXVI and has worked 14 playoff games, including two conference championships, in his career.

Carey was the referee when the Patriots beat the Giants, 38-35, in the regular-season finale.

Also on the officiating crew will be umpire Tony Michalek, head linesman Gary Slaughter, line judge Carl Johnson, field judge Boris Cheek, side judge Larry Rose and back judge Scott Helverson. The crew has 71 combined years of NFL officiating experience and 43 combined post-season game assignments.

Ken Baker is the replay assistant.

The National Football League selects its Super Bowl officials through an evaluation system. The highest-rated officials at each position, if they have five years NFL experience and previous playoff assignments, earn the chance to work the Super Bowl.

I thought that was interesting so I figured I would share.