Three SB Thoughts

1)  I feel bad for Hank Baskett.  If there are two guys from this game who will feel for the rest of their lives like they personally let a Super Bowl win slip away, he's one of them.  I just hope the NFL doesn't make another commercial out of him.

2)  I don't feel bad for Peyton Manning, but...  Reggie Wayne stopped his route, right?  In-breaking route, Manning was tracking his path, then he just sort of stopped.  Looked to me like the blame for that one lies with Wayne.

In fact, the story from this Super Bowl will be the way Peyton -- who had been developing a lizard's cold-bloodedness in big games -- couldn't come up clutch at the end, but that's not the way it looked to me.  Looked like the rest of those guys were the ones getting tight at the end, not Manning.  Although what was up with him chewing out his offense after they'd scored the first drive of the second half?

3)  Finally, the NFL should require Cris Collinsworth to be in the booth for all Super Bowls.  Phil Simms missed several obvious plays out there, like the coverage where he credited the receiver for going "right around" the cornerback, when it was obvious the Saints were playing zone and the LB had blown the coverage. 

It's one thing to notice that stuff in real time.  That's what makes Collinsworth so unbelievably good at what he does.  But when they're showing the replay and you still can't break it down correctly ...

Bonus non-SB thought:  Would they allow four-point stances?  Would blocking and tackling still be legal, or would they go with screens and flags?