Things that were better than The Boss, Number 2: Commentator Al Michaels' joke about NBC's wellmanned halftime show, which was held aboard the replica pirate ship that's tucked in one corner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' stadium. "There's a lot of pirates up there hopefully none of them from Somalia," he said. Probably the most risque Super Bowl joke since a longforgotten commentator noted that there were three blimps above the stadium and, echoing President Roosevelt's memorable "infamy" line the day after Pearl Harbour, declared it to be "a day which will live in blimphamy"..So that's a huge help for us. We have a lot of experience doing it. We remember that bad taste after losing to the Colts in the AFC championship game, so we wouldn't want that to happen again.".

Consider the implications of Bagley's comments. If the Vikings are indeed a public asset, is he saying that the public has some ownership of the Vikings? That they should ha