Repeated Facepalms Are In Order This Super Bowl Sunday

Just a couple thoughts before I check out (in more ways than one) this afternoon:

• If you're a columnist for an uninvolved team, please look like you're giving a damn. (Deadspin)
• If you get this doctor, you might want to ask a second opinion.  He actually said that the Patriots defeated the Broncos two weeks ago on Fox News...  (Deadspin)
• I've seen a lot of people stating this game might not be close.  Let's understand that only one Super Bowl this century has been any degree of a blowout (2003's Bucs-Raiders, and even that had a 4th quarter comeback of some sort.)  I can give you 4,000,000 reasons every 30 seconds as to why this phenomenon happens.  (I posted about this last year about the last six.)
• $6 for a bottled water???  If I'd had one in my room at the Mirage in the mini-bar, it'd have only cost me $4!!  (Deadspin)
• Don't expect the fans to make it by kickoff.  (JT The Brick had this for his followers about 3 PM Eastern about NJ Transit in Seacaucus.)
• Declan Hill has had his site hacked, according to his Twitter.  (Collective facepalm.)
• Key stat, according to Brian Tuohy:  Penalties.  Since it is long believed the Seahags' #1 pass defense is as dirty as their drug tests ("We'll interfere with you on every play.  They won't flag every one."), he may be right.  Perfect way for the league to be able to control the outcome, one way or the other.

And one from outside football to file away for a month or so.

Arizona was beaten in California last night to finally wrest them from being undefeated.

Probably shouldn't have happened, at least to an extent.

Court was stormed with .9 seconds left and Cal up 2.

Arizona had no timeouts, but the game should've been stopped and Arizona awarded two free throws and the ball at mid-court.

Just file that when you fill out your brackets.

(Another Deadspin article.)