The Pittsburgh Steelers will meet the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa this Sunday. The Steelers will vie for the most Super Bowl’s in NFL history with six. While they may indeed claim the title this weekend, they will fall short of the most Championships in the NFL. The Green Bay Packers have 11 dating back to 1920.
Football fan or not, commercials will also draw viewership. With good reason, they are usually very creative and outrageous that get people talking the following week. Even in the struggling economy, NBC had no issues selling the ad space at $100,000 a second or $3,000,000 for a 30 second commercial. This may worth it considering there will be 100 million people watching, but will they be paying attention?
Miller Brewing is using a frugal approach by creating a 1 second ad. Whether or not the ad is successful, they are getting plenty of free publicity leading up to the Super Bowl and you can count on everyone paying attention to see what commercial they chose to air.
On with the roundup:
First Down
A guest post at Frugal Dad by Joy from Just Plain Joy discusses 10 ways to stretch your dollars for college. A great read for parents or students gearing up for college.
Extra Point
J.D. at Get Rich Slowly comments on a recent Newsweek article about overcoming crisis. A good analysis of what is means to be lucky. What is your definition of luck?
Field Goal
David at Money Ning reveals the 10 best things you can do throughout the day for healthy living. Whether or not I follow them on a daily basis, I knew most of them, but tip 3 and 9 surprised me! Go check it out!
Touchdown
Adam at Your Money Relationship responds to a readers question regarding whether they should stop 401k contributions and focus on building an emergency fund. I think it’s important to make sure you at least contribute enough for a company match. If you do forgo contributing a 401k, opening a rIRA would allow the flexibility of contributions while building an emergency fund.
Super Bowl MVP
Pete at Bible Money Matters discusses the ins and outs of an emergency fund. With the axe coming down on so many this week, now it is more important than ever to address your emergency fund. We are still working on ours, but it’s very difficult juggling that and working on a down payment for a house (and of course the day to day bills). Number one read of the week and MVP!
Our first roundup is complete! We are looking forward to many more to come! Stay tuned to our StupidClicks column where we allow you, the reader, to give shout outs to your favorite reads of the week.
Stupidly Yours,
Matt
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I’ve been reading along for a while now. I just wanted to drop you a comment to say keep up the good work.
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Sweet, I’ve never been MVP before!
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