More Super Bowl musings

Now that I’ve had a few days to digest the Super Bowl, here are a few more thoughts:

* “Who Dat?” is already getting old. The rally cry for the Saints was funny at first, but now it’s nearly as annoying as the tomahawk chop and chant fans of the Atlanta Braves employed throughout the 1990s. Or anything to do with the Rally Monkey. Or the fabricated Red Sox Nation.

* The National Organization of Women (NOW), which was fully against the Tim Tebow ad for its anti-abortion message, now claims that it promotes violence against women after Tebow “tackled” his mother during the spot.

“I am blown away at the celebration of the violence against women in it,” said Terry O’Neill, president of NOW. “That’s what comes across to me even more strongly than the anti-abortion message. I myself am a survivor of domestic violence, and I don’t find it charming. I think CBS should be ashamed of itself.”

I’m starting to realize that some people aren’t happy unless they’re pissed off. NOW would be a good time to shut up.

* New Orleans had a pretty good thing going with Mardi Gras. To be honest, the Super Bowl victory kind of ruined it. With the parade coinciding with Fat Tuesday, local police warned fans that the annual “breast-flashing-for-beads” trade won’t be tolerated. ESPN showed the parade live, and the city wanted to put its best foot forward.

While keeping all boobs tucked away.

* It’ll take a miracle, or some fancy work by the front office, for the Saints to repeat. They have 28 free agents to deal with, including standouts Pierre Thomas, Lance Moore, Darren Sharper, David Thomas and Roman Harper. But the two biggest pieces of that team, quarterback Drew Brees and linebacker Jonathan Vilma, remain.

* I know it was an important play, but didn't it seem like the tussle over the ball on the onsides kick went too long. Players just kept jumping into the pile, and the refs watched it happen. I was waiting, and waiting, and waiting for a flag that never came. I'm sorry, but the refs need to better control what's happening on the field.

* If you Colts fans are looking for someone to blame for the loss, start with Daily News sportswriter Josh Krueger. Josh and his wife, longtime and diehard fans of the Packers, wore matching Colts shirts for the game. They bought them out of spite, right before Indianapolis was to host the New England Patriots in the AFC title game in 2007. The football Gods don’t like such things, and they made an example of the Colts.

I can only hope they do the same with the Packers for the foreseeable future.