Here are a few delayed thoughts on Super Bowl topics of all kinds. I needed a few days to recover from the Steelers loss. (Those who know me, you understand.) Plus, my DePaul intro to public relations students energized me a bit. So here you go.Layoff Christina. Everyone makes mistakes. Don’t worry critics – she will NEVER live this down. And, yes, Francis Scott Key, was rolling in his grave.

All Super Bowl ads mentioned can be viewed on YouTube’s AdBlitz channel.

GroupOn is who we thought they were. Tibet ad didn’t play well, but it got lots of attention. Even though they have apologized and pulled a few spots, it was a calculated move to add to their story. I don’t think it will have any long-term damage.Budweiser’s western spot cracked me up. They always know how to make me smile. Bud and DDB (their ad agency) are also masters at pre-Super Bowl commercial buzz. (Hold Me Closer) Tiny Dancer was the perfect song.

The Dorito’s/Pepsi Max Crash the Super Bowl Challenge was a big hit. Big winner was the Pug/Dorito Super Bowl spot. Maybe I like it because I have a pug dog named Bruce, but it also scored really well nationally.
VW won in a big way with Darth Vader. If you didn’t hear, the kid who played Darth is a 6-year-old heart patient from Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles and is getting a lot of post-Super Bowl buzz.

Not sure why Motorola would knock off the iconic Macintosh 1984 ad. Seemed too manufactured.

Chimps are always funny. Hooray for CareerBuilder.

Detroit Pride. Chrysler won a lot of points in Detroit, the state of Michigan and other down-on-their-luck-but-far-from-dead-cities in the Midwest, like my hometown Youngstown, O.

Skechers won some credibility with the young crowd, according to a few students last night. Kim Kardashian was a big hit.

Despite several glitches, I liked the halftime show. So did my boys Maxwell (5) and Alex (2).

The mattress spot was a bit too risqué for me. But mattresses could probably tell some darn good stories. So good for Sealy.

Wow, did Mother Nature play a star role in Jerry Jones’ worst nightmare or what? The owner of the Dallas Cowboys and the vision and money behind palatial Cowboy Stadium, host of the Super Bowl, couldn’t have imagined worse weather or a more bizarre situation involving unavailable seats for actual ticket holders. This Time Magazine article illustrates everything that went wrong and the PR fallout of “seatgate” at the SuperBowl.

The NFL must be scratching its head too about how these things collided on Super Bowl Sunday, their biggest day of the year. On top of that, Christina messes up the national anthem and the halftime sound speakers weren’t working too well. Good thing the play of Aaron Rodgers, and the resiliency of the mistake-prone Steelers made it an exciting game, and the most-watched television show in U.S. history topping more than 111 million viewers.