Top 10 Super Bowl XLVII Commercials

Last night the Baltimore Ravens hung on to win Super Bowl XLVII, a game that featured brothers as coaches, a 34 minute power outage, and a rockin halftime performance by Beyonce.  But one of the things that makes the Super Bowl so special is what happened between the action in the Baltimore Ravens' 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.  This special (and sometimes crazy) thing that sets the Super Bowl apart from the rest is the commercials.  You know it's the Super Bowl when a 30 second add space goes for over 4 million dollars. Whether you saw all of the commercials, missed some, or didn't see any at all, I'm here to fill you in.  Here is the official Straight Up Sports Top 10 Commercials of Super Bowl XLVII:

Number 10: Volkswagen - Get In. Get Happy.
Thanks to the 2013 Volkswagen Beetle, Dave has a sunny disposition and a happy attitude on a gloomy Monday:

Number 9: Oreo - Whisper Fight

People in a library fight over which part of an Oreo is the best: the cream, or the cookie: 

Number 8: Gildan - Getaway

When a man is trying to sneak out after a one night stand he realizes he is missing something: 

Number 7: Tide - Miracle Stain
We all have our superstitions for the big game: handshakes, chairs, stains... wait, stains?

Number 6: Audi - Prom

What happens when a teenager goes to Senior Prom without a date: 

Number 5: Taco Bell - Viva Young
Bernie Goldblatt is just another unassuming man at The Glencobrooke Retirement Home... or so we thought:

Number 4: Mercedes - Soul

A young man contemplates selling his soul to the devil (Willem Dafoe) for a Mercedes and everything that comes with it: 

Number 3: Jeep - Whole Again
A great message narrated by Oprah.  When our troops are home, we are more than a family. We are a nation that is whole again:

Number 2: Budweiser - Brotherhood
You can't deny that the Clydesdale commercials that Budweiser airs are some of the best of all time, and this one is right up there with all of the rest:

Number 1: Ram Trucks - Farmer

I absolutely love the Clydesdales.  After I saw that commercial I thought that I had seen the winner, and nothing could top that.  After the next timeout I heard the voice of the late Paul Harvey come on the TV.  I turned around and for the next two minutes was amazed as Harvey's 1978 "So God Made a Farmer" speech was played over pictures that represented farm life in America.  Ram commissioned ten of the top photographers in the world to travel the American Midwest and capture these photos over the past year. Here is the commercial: 

"And on the eighth day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God made a farmer."

This was by far one of the most fun posts to make (I got to spend a lot of time re-watching commercials), and I hope to make many more like it in the coming weeks.  Sadly this post means that there are no more NFL games until September.  If you really can't live without it though, the draft is coming up in a few weeks, and college signing day is in a week or so as well. This is about as good as it gets for off-season football! 'Til next time.