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…”Mr. B!”

Thanks to the powers that be at RZR, I’m the “new guy” around town.  I feel I should bow to the almighty Zimmett now.

I graduated from the College of Communications at Penn State University and have written a few recruiting stories for IrishIllustrated, a Notre Dame sports site on the Rivals.com network.

Now that the boring stuff is over, there is a lot of (hopefully) great reading coming up.  We’ll start with profiles and projections of draft eligible prospects from all BCS-conference schools, starting tomorrow with the Big 10.  Our first mock draft will premier February 15, so stay tuned!

Drum-roll please….RZR proudly presents our second-annual Top 10 (Super Bowl Commercial) List.

Videos were provided in generous support of our web site by AdAge.com.

No. 1 – Cars.com – “David Abernathy” – BBDO

No. 2 – Hulu – “Alec in Huluwood” – Crispin, Porter & Bogusky

 No. 3 – Castrol – “Grease Monkeys” – Ogilvy & Mather

No. 4 – E-Trade – “401K” – Grey, New York

No. 5 – E-Trade – “Wings” – Grey, New York

No. 6 – Bridgestone – “Taters” – Richards Group, Dallas

 No. 7 – Denny’s – “Serious” – Goodby, Silverstein & Partners

 No. 9 – Pepsi Max – “I’m Good” – TBWA/Chiat/Day

No. 10 – Cheetos – “Spoiled Girl” – Goodby, Silverstein & Partners

No. 10.1(second) – Miller – “One Second Ads” – Saatchi & Saatchi, New York

Click here to view RZR’s Top 10 List for Super Bowl XLII

Source: AdAge.com – 12:24 a.m. et

Taste-tests are filling the TV and radio airwaves these days, with franchises everywhere boasting better taste in a slow economy.

There’s Burger King’s “Whopper Virgins,” Pepsi vs. Coke, Quizno’s vs. Subway, Dunkin’ Donuts vs. Starbucks, and most recently Domino’s has entered the mix, with ads–from agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky–announcing its subs beat Subway’s by a two-to-one margin in their taste test.

Well, Subway responded with a letter. And below you will find a video with Domino’s response, which aired on Wednesday’s American Idol.

Source: Adage.com, YouTube.com – 1:56 p.m. et

Here are my top 10 Super Bowl Ads for Super Bowl XLII

Update: CLICK HERE FOR RZR’s TOP 10 SUPER BOWL XLIII ADS

No. 1 — Coca-Cola “A Coke for Charlie Brown”

No. 2 — Audi “Godfather Spoof”

No. 3 — E-Trade “Talking Baby”

No. 4 — Pepsi “Bob’s House”

No. 5 — Budweiser “Next Year Horse”

 No. 6 — Bud Light “Jackie Moon for Bud Light”

No. 7 — Bridgestone “Screaming Animals”

No. 8 — Coca-Cola “Jinx, buy me a Coke”

No. 9 — Victoria’s Secret “Let the Real Games Begin”

No. 10 — FedEx “Carrier Pigeons”