The game had its share of drama, but on the whole it was not well played. James Jones dropped what was likely a game-sealing touchdown catch, and Jordy Nelson dropped a couple easy ones and a couple difficult ones. Ben Roethlisberger missed a wide open Mike Wallace for an easy score, Shaun Suisham perpetrated perhaps the worst shank in league history (after looking shaky on a PAT) and Rashard Mendenhall essentially fumbled away the game. Moreover, the Steelers best defensive player, Troy Polamalu, wasn't close to 100 percent, and Charles Woodson and Donald Driver missed more than half the game after getting hurt.

The NFL is usually like that - a game of failure and disaster, and only rarely do both teams play to their full capacities. The Packers deserved to win because Aaron Rodgers was once again the best player on the field, and could have had 400 yards had his receivers other than Greg Jennings stayed healthy and not let him down. But overall, unless you were a Packers fan (or had them at 30 to 1), it was a disappointing contest - albeit not on the level of the Steelers-Seahawks game a few years ago, but worse than the last three for sure.

Mike Tomlin coached a good game, getting his team to bounce back at halftime, and making Green Bay re-kick in the third quarter and gaining field possession as a result. Mike McCarthy didn't make any glaring errors, but I felt pretty sure he'd lose the challenge on the dropped pass (given the season-long interpretation of the rule), and I thought he should have considered the last 3rd and goal from the 5 as four-down territory because a touchdown would have sealed it, and getting stuffed would mean Pittsburgh got the ball at its own 5 with two minutes and one timeout down three, relying on Suisham's shaky leg for the tie. After the FG, GB had to kick off to Antonio Brown and risked losing outright in the event of a TD. Luckily for the Packers, the Steelers held on the return and started on their own 10 anyway.

I actually didn't notice that Christina Aguilera flubbed the Star Spangled Banner because (as always) I used it as an opportunity to flip the steaks on the grill. I did come back in time to notice she went way over six seconds for holding "brave," easy money for anyone willing to risk it on something that stupid. (Unfortunately, I risked it on the Steelers and Mendenhall winning MVP, both of which seemed plausible before he fumbled on the first play of the fourth quarter).

Also, apparently 400 ticket holders were turned away at the gate because the stadium didn't have seats ready for them. I said this on the SXM show today - if I were one of them, and I flew down to Dallas to see my team, I would be in jail right now. When our producer James asked what it would take to make me whole were I one of them, I said 25 K cash, and that's probably going easy on them. The idea that you could turn someone away who bought his ticket and flew down to watch his team in the Super Bowl is so egregious words fail to capture it. Jerry Jones should be removed as an owner, and the Cowboys should go into receivership as a result.