The power company supplying electricity to the Superdome was Entergy New Orleans. Before the lights had even come back on, the company tweeted that it wasn't their fault. They said, quote, "Power issue at the Super Dome appears to be in the customer's side. Entergy is providing power to the Dome." (Full Story)
JOE FLACCO hugged offensive lineman Marshal Yanda after the game, and said, quote, "This is [effing] awesome." And CBS accidentally aired it. (Full Story)
A guy in Vancouver had won Super Bowl tickets after beating four million other contestants in a fantasy football contest . . . but in 1981 he was arrested in the U.S. for possession of two grams of marijuana, so Customs wouldn't let him enter the country, and he missed the game. (Full Story)
After the game, Jell-O aired a commercial announcing that San Francisco may have lost the Super Bowl, but their fans are getting a consolation prize: Free pudding. (Full Story) (Video)
San Francisco 49ers coach JIM HARBAUGH criticized the officiating after the game. That's not surprising. There were some tough calls . . . and Jim definitely seems like the argumentative type. (Full Story)
According to Twitter, the Super Bowl . . . including BEYONCÉ'S halftime show . . . generated 24.1 million tweets. The halftime show accounted for 5.5 million of those, with a peak of 268,000 tweets-per-minute at the end of her performance.
--If you exclude the halftime show, the number of Tweets peaked during the power outage, with 231,500 tweets-per-minute. (Full Story)
Deadspin.com has a gallery of neat-looking photographs that were taken during the power outage. (Full Story, with Photos)
Buzzfeed.com has a collection of "The Funniest Tweets of the Great Super Bowl Blackout" . . . and there are some funny ones. I like this: Quote, "This is the same strategy San Francisco used to win the 1989 World Series." And this: Quote, "Blow on the cartridge!" Oh, and: Quote, "This time, it's the rich people trapped in the Superdome." And this: "Luckily, the bar for 'Worst Power Outage at the Superdome' is set really high." And finally: "This tribute to the victims of Katrina is remarkably thought-provoking, even if I will admit to not getting it at first. Wow. Mind blown." (List of Tweets)
Here's another list of funny Tweets. (Full Story)
Just minutes before the power outage, JACOBY JONES seemed to bury the 49ers with a 108-yard kickoff return. It was the longest in Super Bowl history. After scoring, Jacoby did the Ray Lewis squirrel dance in the end-zone. (Full Story, with Video)
Maybe power outages DO change momentum. (--And it isn't just B.S. that sportscasters talk about when they run out of things to say while broadcasting during one.). Check out this report from a Cowboys - Giants game in 2010: Quote, "After a 12-minute delay, play resumed. When the electricity turned back on, so did the Giants' offense. Held to six points before the outage, New York quickly scored two touchdowns to get back in the game." Sound familiar? (Old Report)
After a brief break just after the lights went out, CBS stuck with live coverage and resumed commercials only after play restarted . . . so the ads ran during the action as planned. (Full Story)