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We’ve had weeks to digest all the hoopla surrounding Super Bowl XLV, but I thought I would add my two cents for whatever it’s worth. The pre-game hype started on Fox TV at 7 a.m. and continued throughout the day with interviews, classic commercials from games gone by, replays of past games, and of course, the customary picking of a winner by the various sports analysts. By the time the game finally started at 6:29 p.m., I was exhausted and almost out of crab dip.

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