Pro Bowl Live Blog 1st Half

It's Pro Bowl time and of course, we're getting the beautiful Hawaiian weather shoved down our throats to begin with. And wow, Al Michaels looks odd without a suit and tie.

"This is the 30th anniversary of the Pro Bowl in Honolulu. It's the 30th anniversary of John Madden not getting on an airplane." - Al Michaels

"We go from double express-o last week to decafinated this week." - Cris Collinsworth comparing the Super Bowl to the Pro Bowl.

Wow, the jerseys are uglier than ever this year. Get ready for fun!

Note to David Archuleta: It is customary to start singing the National Anthem after the audience is finished applauding your name. And wow, I'm impressed. He did what everyone should do and just sing the song and not try to show off your lungs with how well you can hit a high note.

"Cris, I don't know if Ray Lewis knows what an exhibition game is." - Al Michaels

"There are more made up rules here than with you on a golf course." - Cris Collinsworth.

Hilarious! Gostkowski will kick it off to Clifton Smith of the NFC and we are underway. He'll take a knee and on will come Kurt Warner. And oh my God, these uniforms are downright laughable!

Warner hands it off to Adrian Peterson who takes it to the 25. Another surprise, Andy Reid calls a handoff on the first play! Warner connects with Fitzgerald for 8 yards and a first down. Portis takes it to the 39 on the carry. Portis loses a yard. Warner on 3rd down misses Anquan Boldin and we start things off with a punt. Nothing out of the ordinary here for Andy Reid.

Feagles gets a great roll on the punt and it's downed at the 3 by Clifton Smith.

Andy is freaking me with that shirt. (SSReporters)

You and everyone else watching. Manning passes short to Brandon Marshall and he gets 20. Manning throws it to Andre Johnson and he gets 18. Thomas Jones gets a couple on the carry. Manning launches one deep and Marshall can't come up with it! Manning looks for Tony Gonzalez and he makes a great catch for a first down! The AFC is already inside field goal territory.

Manning overthrows Marshall. Manning finds Reggie Wayne for a gain of 4. Peyton is under pressure and he throws to Jones for 6 and he stretches for the first down! Wildcat! Ronnie Brown gains 3 as Leon Washington who was behind him ran the wrong way. Manning goes for the endzone, AND IT'S CAUGHT BY TONY GONZALEZ! TOUCHDOWN AFC! The extra point by Gostkowski is good and it's 7-0 AFC.

Typcial start to an Andy Reid coached Pro Bowl.

In the time it took to complete that play, Manning shot 7 commercials. (SSReporters)

Eli is currently shooting 10 commercials on the sideline. Smith has quite the exhilerating return to the 25. I thought for a moment he might be able to break it.

Kurt Warner is getting the Donovan McNabb treatment. Damn, Andy Reid is vengeful. Drew Brees is already in the game. Brees finds Sellers for 7. Brees passes to Fitzgerald for a gain of 6 and a first down. Brees looks for Anquan Boldin and it's incomplete. Brees finds Steve Smith for a gain of 16 and a first down. Nice throw by Brees. Brees screens it to Portis and he takes it to the 41. It's nice to see that Drew Brees is not playing like Kevin Kolb did.

Portis to the outside and he takes it inside the AFC 40. 3rd down coming up. Brees goes deep for Anquan Boldin but it's overthrown and incomplete. I guess we're going to be seeing Eli Manning in the next series.

Oh wait! Andy Reid's going for it! Brees is SACKED FROM BEHIND BY MATHIS! BREES FUMBLES AND MATHIS FALLS ON THE BALL!

Didn't I tell you that Andy Reid in the Pro Bowl is great comedy?

NOW Andy will go for it on 4th down? (Fire the Fat Ass)

Manning goes deep and it's caught by Wayne! Gain of 22 on that great catch. Ronnie Brown gets a gain of 3 on the carry. Manning under pressure on 2nd down and he is SACKED BY PEPPERS! Loss of 6 on the play and I would not mind seeing him in an Eagles uniform at all. It's now 3rd and 13 and the AFC calls a timeout.

Manning under pressure again and he is SACKED AGAIN! This time it was Justin Tuck.

"Sometimes in the Pro Bowl, a coverage sack is worth a double replay." - Cris Collinsworth

Lechler's punt is fair caught by Smith at the 12. Brees airs it out for Fitzgerald and misses him badly.

"Brees in the breeze." - Al Michales

Groan. Peterson takes it to the 18. Brees throws it to Witten and that's a first down for the NFC.

That's the end of the first quarter. 7-0 AFC in an unusually low-scoring Pro Bowl.

Brees hands it off to Roddy White and he gets 7. Wow, an Andy Reid trick play that did not lose yards. That's a rarity! Brees under pressure and he finds Peterson for a couple and Brees is just lucky he was not sacked. 3rd and short and leave it to Reid call a 5-yard throw to Steve Smith but it results in a big gain of 20! Peterson gets a carry of 7. An offsides call on the AFC gives the NFC an easy 1st down.

From the AFC 35, Clinton Portis gets the carry and picks up 10 yards.= and a first down.

Note to Al Michaels: Nobody wants to see your arm hair. Brees misses Fitzgerald on 1st down. Clinton Portis gains 4. Brees channels Donovan McNabb and overthrows his man on 3rd down.

"If the Cardinals had won the game, I just wanted to say they are not who we thought they were." - Al Michaels

Carney, making his 1st Pro Bowl appearance since 1994, NAILS A 37-YARDER! 7-3 AFC.

"I think a couple of these guys are going to need some Aleve." - Cris Collinsworth on shots of surfers wiping out.

Washington takes the kickoff all the way to the AFC 40! Jones gets the carry and a gain of 4. Andrea Kremer really does ask stupid questions. Meanwhile, Marshawn Lynch gets a carry and a big gain of 18! From the NFC 38, Manning overthrows Brandon Marshall deep. Manning throws a screen to Brown and is a yard shy of a first down! Le'Ron McClain gets the carry and he is stood up for no gain! 4th and 1, and we'll see if Harbaugh decides to go for it. He will!

Manning hands off to Lynch and he is stood up but he has a nice second effort and this will be close! 1st down AFC!

I'm pretty sure that was the most threatening play call ever. What on earth was that? Brown on the wildcat gets SACKED FOR A LOSS OF 8! That was ugly. Marshall makes the catch for a gain of 8. 3rd and 10 coming up. Andy Reid decides that now is a good time to waste his first timeout.

Manning throws to Gonzalez who makes a catch along the sideline for a gain of 15! And just a little FYI, Andy Reid has never coached well against Peyton Manning. Washington takes the carry for a gain of a couple. Manning throws to Jones who takes it to the 10. Peyton Manning finds Brandon Marshall at the 3 yard line! 1st and goal AFC! Jones rumbles to the 1. 2nd and goal from the 1. Manning throws a fade that lands in the front row at Aloha Stadium. 3rd and goal coming up. Le'Ron McClain takes the carry and he is stopped just short of the goaline!

4th and goal and the NFC takes a timeout. How do the Mannings both have really hot wives? Manning throws to the endzone and IT'S DROPPED BY MARSHALL! The NFC gets a huge defensive stand!

Brees finds Smith for a gain of 6. 2-minute warning. Aspeaking of Rangers-Flyers, I will be live blogging that game next week as well as this Tuesday's Interactive Tuesday game with Nova and Marquette.

Brees hits Smith down the sideline and he gains 23! Brees again looks deep and it's dropped by Chris Cooley. False start on Flozell Adams, which should come as a surprise to no one. Drew Brees is under pressure and HE SACKS DREW BREES! 1:34 to go in the first half and it's 3rd and 28. What fun will Andy Reid come up with here?

Brees airs it out for Fitzgerald and IT'S NEARLY PICKED OFF BY CORTLAND FINNEGAN! Jeff Feagles has an ugly looking punt that's downed at the AFC 48. Kerry Collins comes into the game and he hits Wes Welker for 8. Collins passes to Ronnie Brown for a gain of 4 and a first down. Collins' pass is dropped by Ronnie Brown. Collins swings to Ronnie Brown and he barely has the first down.

Collins goes deep and it's caught by Owen Daniels inside the 10! Timeout AFC with 33 seconds to go in the first half.

1st and goal for the AFC. Collins looks to the endzone and he finds OWEN DANIELS WHO MAKES THE CATCH FOR THE AFC TOUCHDOWN! Gostkowski's extra point is good and the AFC now leads 14-3.

"John Madden looking good in that 36 inch waste." - Cris Collinsworth
"The last time I had a 36 inch waste I think was in the 8th grade." - John Madden

Clifton Smith gets a big return to the NFC 45! Let's see how Andy Reid messes this drive up. Brees tries to screen it to Peterson and it's incomplete. Brees hands it off to Adrian Peterson who takes it to the AFC 45 and the NFC calls their last timeout.

9 seconds left in the half. Brees from the shotgun AIRS IT OUT.......AND IT'S CAUGHT BY FITZGERALD WHO MAKES AN AMAZING CATCH IN THE ENDZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! The extra point by Carney is good and it's 14-10 AFC.

And what a way that was to end the first half. That Larry Fitzgerald touchdown catch has the NFC within 4 of the AFC, 14-10. Enjoy Enrique Iglesias and Ciara and I'll see you in the 2nd half thread.