New Orleans Saints Win Super Bowl XLIV

New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita celebrates winning the Super Bowl

The New Orleans Saints, which boasts gay-supportive linebacker Scott Fujita (and a very fetching Fleur-de-lis logo to boot!), scored an impressive 31 to 17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. This was the Saints' first appearance at a Super Bowl, and at the outset they seemed to be heavily outmatched. The end of the first quarter had the Colts with a 10-0 lead.

After making up some ground in the second quarter but still trailing, momentum seemed to turn decisively in the Saints' favor at the beginning of the second half, when they made a ballsy onside kick to steal possession away from the receiving Colts. 

As far as Super Bowls go, this was certainly one of the more exciting. In fact, the game itself proved far more interesting than the commercials, The Who performance during the halftime show, or Carrie Underwood's a capella rendition of the national anthem. (Adequate, but that last note seemed to be way off.)

There was some advance controversy surrounding a Focus on the Family ad which featured Tim Tebow and his mother. But the ad itself turned out to be rather innocuous on actual viewing.

The brief spot appeared devoid of any explicit pro-life message. Instead, its function seemed to be to direct fans of the very photogenic Tebow to the Focus on the Family website. Unfortunate, given how much of the site – and the organization – is given over to anti-gay propaganda.

We'll have more on the Super Bowl commercials tomorrow, including videos of some of the highlights. For now, we'd love to hear what you considered the best and worst of this year's Super Bowl.