Yeh, nothing like scewing up the National Anthem with about a Billion people watching. Christina Aguilera is a great singer, she could have just came out, sang the Anthem as written, nailed it, and we would have all loved it. But, she succumbed to the old "do it my way" thing that produced disastrous results. Too busy with that "yodling" crap to remember the lyrics.
I like the way Whitney Houston did it a few years back, (she must have got sober for the occasion), changing the arrangement from 3/4 time to 4/4. Try it, it works.
One other minor little flaw. They paid the Airforce about $400,000 to do a fly-over, and the roof was closed.
As for the Half Time Show, I would not know one Blackeyed Pea song from another, but watching Fergie prance around in that dress for 15 minutes was ok with me.
And I am glad "The Pack" won. ..........JACKIE