Super Bowl XLV: Top 20 Nausea-Inducing Moments
Super Bowl XLV had it's share of memorable moments over the course of the game. From the moment the game kicked off, this year's game was loaded with big plays and moments to remember.
However, Super Bowl XLV was also laden with plenty of moments that made us feel a little queasy. You know what I'm talking about: those points in the game, or the spectacle surrounding it when you hit yourself in the forehead and said " What are they doing?" Or "That's just disgusting!"
These are the 20 most vomit-causing, gag-reflex-triggering, nausea-inducing moments of Super Bowl XLV.
20. The National Anthem
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Okay. We all know that Christina Aguilera is a talented singer.
So why didn't she show it during the national anthem?
I mean, honestly, who forgets the words to a song they've heard and sung hundreds of times over the years?
And her botching of "O'er the land of the free", when she hit the high note, then gave us five or six different low notes as a part of it was just plain bad.
Nice to see things got off to such a great start.
19. Bridgestone Replies To All
2 of 20Not because it's a bad commercial; in fact, it's quite hilarious.
This was nausea-inducing because of the feeling you get when something like this happens. Just this powerful feeling like you're going to be sick.
18. Green Bay's Dropped Passes
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There were at least six dropped passes by Green Bay receivers in this one, and most of them were potential big gains or even touchdowns.
If that didn't give Packers fans a bit of nausea, I don't know what would.
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17. Jerry Jones' Face
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This was supposed to be Jerry Jones' big day. He was going to set an attendance record, was going to have the world watching his beautiful, modern stadium, and everything was going to be a success.
But, thanks to falling ice, closed seats, and all sorts of technical issues, Jones spent most of the day with a look similar to the one you get when you've eaten bad sushi.
You weren't nauseated by his face, but he spent most of the day feeling sick.
16. Chevy's Commercials
5 of 20Chevy had five ads on Super Bowl Sunday. Four of them missed the mark completely.
From Bumblebee turning into a bad guy, to Timmy and Lassie in truck form, to promoting distracted driving through OnStar and a pair of guys directing a commercial (and sounding like the least creative ad agency ever), Chevy bombed on Super Bowl Sunday in a big way.
15. Big Ben's First Pick
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When Nick Collins took Ben Roethlisberger's first quarter interception (which was nowhere near it's intended target) back for a touchdown, it wasn't the perogis that were giving the Steelers fans that queasy feeling in the pits of their stomachs.
This was the start of what would prove to be an extremely gag-heavy day for the black and yellow, and it certainly got their stomachs off to a wonderful start.
14. Livingsocial's Terrible Crossdresser
7 of 20I'm pretty sure Patrick Swayze made a better drag queen than this guy is. It's not the fact that Livingsocial's promoting crossdressing; instead it's that they found someone who was terrible at it that gave audiences that queasy feeling.
Although, that mustache is pretty epic when he's in the cupcake shop.
13. The E-Trade Baby
8 of 20The E*Trade baby has been a Super Bowl standby for years now, delivering quality commercials for quite some time now.
However, his run of stellar ads came to an abrupt end, with this commercial that just makes you say "Why?"
Between the borderline offensive accent, the weak premise and the fact that they had to shave the baby between takes, this one just left you feeling weird.
12. Big Ben's Second Interception
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Steelers fans started reaching for the Pepto-Bismol in the second quarter, when Roethlisberger had a second pass picked off, as Jarrett Bush ripped the ball out of Mike Wallace's hands.
Unlike the first pick, this one wasn't Big Ben's fault, but it didn't make him, or Steelers fans for that matter, feel any better about it.
11. Green Bay Goes Up 21-3
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When Greg Jennings hauled in that 21-yard strike to put the Packers up 18 midway through the second quarter, Pittsburgh's fans were desperately trying to stifle their gag reflexes.
After all, the Pack had dropped 14 points on a pair of Pittsburgh turnovers, the offense hadn't shown much life, and the defense was looking shaky at best.
Sounds like a reasonable excuse to feel ill to me.
10. The Halftime Show
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When you use as much auto tuning and computer distortion as the Black Eyed Peas do, you're just not going to be all that great live.
I mean, sure; Fergie can sing, and sang pretty well. The only problem was that the other three members of the Peas also sang, and, well, there's a reason why they use so much electronic help.
But when you add mic issues, forgetting to turn up Slash's amp, and singing over Usher on his hit song, you've got yourself a gag-inducing halftime show unlike anything else.
9. The Groupon Ads
12 of 20Wow, Groupon. Way to belittle an entire nation's struggle for freedom, in an effort to promote your ridiculous deals on tasty food.
It wasn't just offensive, it was also a poorly thought out premise , and one that the ad agency should have known would turn viewers off in a nanosecond.
This just left you feeling, well, sick.
8. Pittsburgh Cuts The Deficit To 21-17
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After being up 21-3 at one point in the first half, Packers fans looked almost as green as their jerseys when they saw their lead shrink to just four in the third quarter.
They felt even more sick when they saw how effortlessly Rashard Mendenhall waltzed through their defense to score the touchdown to make it 21-17.
Given how Green Bay had done closing out games this season, it was perfectly understandable that they started feeling ill, even though they were still leading.
7. Joan Rivers In Skimpy Shorts
14 of 20Clever? Yes. Terrifying? Yes.
This one made every single American male choke on his nachos.
Then it made them toss their cookies when they realized what Joan Rivers actually looked like. Thanks for the nightmares, GoDaddy.
6. Getting To The Super Bowl, and Not Having a Seat
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After Cowboys Stadium had to close several sections of temporary seats due to serious safety concerns, over 1,200 fans got to the stadium and found they didn't have seats after all.
Imagine dropping $800 on a ticket, $1,000 on parking, hiking to the stadium, standing in lines that were incredibly long, going up towards your seat and finding out that you didn't have one.
Sure, they got to watch the games behind the Steelers' bench, but that was on big screens, rather than seeing what was happening live.
Sure, they got $2,400 and tickets to next year's Super Bowl for their troubles, but most of those displaced were Steelers or Packers fans who wouldn't go next year unless their team was in the game.
Makes you want to throw up.
5. The Rashard Mendenhall Fumble
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When Green Bay linebacker Clay Matthews' helmet forced the ball to squirt out of the grasp of Steeler running back Rashard Mendenhall, Steeler nation let out a collective groan, and that feeling in the pit of their stomachs came back with a vengeance.
After all, Pittsburgh were down 21-17, and driving inside the Packers 30 when Mendenhall coughed it up and killed a potential go-ahead touchdown.
4. The Doritos Commercial
17 of 20After watching this commercial, I'm never eating Doritos again, lest this guy jump out and try to sniff my pants or lick my fingers.
Even now, in my apartment, with the door locked, I won't touch them. Somehow, he'll find me.
Way to haunt my dreams, Doritos.
3. Fourth and Five Flop
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Talk about a sickening ending for Steelers fans. From a bad pass, to stellar defense by Tramon Williams, to a questionable play call (fourth down, needing a first to keep the game-winning drive alive, and no timeouts, and you call a five-yard route?), it was the perfect storm of nausea for Pittsburgh's black and yellow army.
By this point, there had been so many nauseating moments that I'm pretty sure most Steelers fans did get sick after this one ended.
2. A-Rod and Cameron Diaz
19 of 20This just makes your stomach squirm, doesn't it? I can't think of a more nauseating moment than this one, can you?
It's both disturbing and sickening, and not the least bit cute. Seriously, both Alex Rodriguez and Cameron Diaz should know better.
1. The End Of The Game
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Once the Lombardi Trophy had been awarded, the MVP had been named, and the confetti had been swept away, that's when the most nauseating moment of the Super Bowl happened.
That's when you looked at the NFL and the spectacle they'd just put on, and realized that with the current labor climate, a lockout was likely, and games could even be missed next season, as billionaires argue with millionaires over who gets a bigger slice of the biggest financial pie in sports.
If that doesn't make you nauseous, I don't know what will.
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