President Obama, Super Bowl Champion Packers Coming To White House

Just over two weeks ago, President Barack Obama, perhaps trying to motivate his hometown Chicago Bears, said that he was looking forward to greeting the Monsters Of The Midway To The White House after their expected Super Bowl win.

The trouble is that was just before their NFC Championship loss to the Green Bay Packers. After the game, Cornerback Charles Woodson, in a passionate locker room speech, said that Obama expected the Bears to be at the White House, "so we're going to see Obama at The White House."

The room erupted in cheers.

Now, after a dramatic 31- 25 win in Super Bowl XVL tonight, the one fact lost in the victory is that the Packers are now due for a trip to The White House to see that greatest of Bears fans President Barack Obama.

Amazing.

Aaron Rodgers MV, and The Green Bay Packers, Super Bowl Champs

The Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 to 25 in a Super Bowl XLV game that was a nail biter to watch. Cal Bear and now Green Bay Quarterback Aaron Rodgers finally got out from under the considerable shadow of Brett Favre to earn his first ring.

Congratulations to Aaron Rodgers, who I personally watched go from an expected number one pick in the first round of the San Francisco 49ers in the 2005 NFL Draft, to become the 25th pick in the first round of the Green Bay Packers.

And that year, the Niners Offensive Coordinator was the same person who is now the coach of those Champion Packers, Mike McCarthy.

Amazing.

Aaron played with class and calm, overcoming head injuries and team injuries to march his squad through the Wild Card of The Playoffs, past the Chicago Bears in The NFC Championship, and to this Super Bowl game.

Aaron Rodgers is the Super Bowl XLV MVP.

GO BEARS!

Super Bowl MVP Voting Open At NFL.com/mvp

The NFL just opened voting for the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XLV. You can vote at this link: http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/45/mvp-ballot/votes

Who's the MVP?

Meanwhile, here's the Twitter Stream:

Superbowl Score: Green Bay Packers 21, Pittsburgh Steelers 10 Halftime

At the halftime of Super Bowl XLV the Pittsburgh Steelers are ahead of the Green Bay Packers in almost every statistical category save for two: turnovers and the score.

The Packers are ahead 21 to 10, but the Steelers have outgained the Packers 204 yards to 174. They have more plays, 34 to 23. And the Steelers have more yards rushing 61 to 37 as of this writing. (See ESPN.com)

So the Packers lead is a hollow one and the Steelers are beating themselves.

Here comes the second half.

Super Bowl Live Stream And Live Blog Twitter Hashtag "SuperBowl"

Believe it or not there's a Super Bowl Live Stream Of Super Bowl XLV that's about to get underway here from Arlington, Texas. You can see one of many live streams of the game with a click here.

Now, for the live blog of Super Bowl XVL...

Steelers going unbalanced line on first two plays. On second play, the Steelers were stopped as Packers flowed to the ball - a five yard loss.

Rothlisberger incomplete on 3rd and 10. Ben should have waited for Hines to break his route.

Punt fumbled but Packers recovered.

Packers go five wide with Aaron Rogers in the shotgun, but fail to get a second first down. They punt.

Steelers ball on the Packers 20. And now, using an unbalanced line again, get Rashard Mendenhall on traps, and a nifty weakside run from an unbalanced line. But after they reached midfield, misfired on a pass on third-and-two.

Why the pass on 3rd-and-2 I don't know. Mendenhall picked up 24 yards on two carries!

OMG. Pepsi Max commercial was hilarious!

Here come the Packers 1st and 10, 20. Rodgers misses deep out of a shotgun "brown" formation set.

Standard I set now. Pass to Nelson, but gain of nine. 3rd down and inches, but I expect Packers to throw. Nope - they gain seven with James Starks.

Packers throwing to Jordy Nelson for fourth time already.

Packers on a drive.

Fast and Furious movie commercial, but I'm hoping to see Thor and Captain America.

Alex Rodriguez gets fed popcorn from Cameron  Diaz!   Wow.

Packers his Jordy Nelson for touchdown off play fake on 3rd and 1. Rogers threw a perfect ball that time. 9 plays, 80 yards.

Here's the rest as a Twitter stream:

Bill O'Reilly, Obama, and Puppy Bowl, Before Super Bowl XLV

Waiting for Super Bowl XLV to start at 6:30 PM EST, 3:30 PM PST, and wondering what to watch? Unless you're at a party, or a great San Francisco Bar like The Republic in The Marina, you've got the Fox Super Bowl XLV Pregame, which featured Bill O'Reilly in a pretty good interview with President Barack Obama. You've also got The Puppy Bowl.

The Obama O'Reilly interview was proforma - Obama batting questions about the redistribution of wealth (not intended the President says) and his hardest aspect of the job ("Being in 'The Bubble,' as he puts it.) It's nice to see Bill as less combative than he was in the past, but then he's got to be careful because Fox News and Bill-O getting a live White House interview's no small deal.

I'm sure he wants another one.

Bill should ask for a do-over, because as I think about it, it was crappy. Bill didn't give the sitting President time to answer questions. He acted like he was nervous.

Now, I didn't watch the online Puppy Bowl, and while I'm sure it's cute, the sound of it smacks of having puppies do things they don't really want to do and all for a little media buzz to make sponsors happy.

I get that, but with dogs?

Bring on Super Bowl XVL.

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