Sorry, Puppy Bowl. The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that New York’s Giant upset over New England was the most watched Super Bowl ever.

According to the Nielsen numbers, over 97 million viewers tuned in to see Eli Manning out-duel Tom Brady on Sunday, with 81% of the sets in Boston and 67% of the TVs in New York tuned into the game.

Fox’s pre-game festivities, including a red-carpet walk hosted by Ryan Seacrest, helped bring in the “American Idol” crowd - and also bring up some amusing quips from the boys in the booth.

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• LARRY BROWN SPORTS would buy anything Greg Oden was selling, based on his performance in this ESPN The Magazine ad:

• CRASHBURN ALLEY draws up news of John Kruk appearing on “Aqua Teen Hunger Force“.

• TIRICO SUAVE has some suggestions for anyone thinking of starting up a Dana Jacobson-inspired sports blog.

• WAGGLE ROOM swings over news that the Australian Women’s Open is in financial trouble.

Maybe they should take a cue from the other Aussie Women’s Open.

• DC SPORTS BOG takes a hair-raising look at the Patriots’ playoff beards.

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Thank goodness OUT SPORTS watches American Idol so we don’t have to. The gay sports website reports that during the show this week (what night is it on?) Ryan Seacrest showed off some of the moves he used to use on Merv Griffith that one might use on the football field.

The reason? Apparently “a very large, sweet young woman by the name of Temptress Brown was featured. One of the things that made Temptress so unique is that she plays football. Middle linebacker.“

In addition to getting down in a three-point stance, Seacrest said, “You come off the line of scrimmage. The linebacker has rush up the middle and go for the QB at times.”

His assessment of the positon? Wrong, wrong and wrong. Not a big shocker, considering his previous claim of being a star high school football player.

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