And now, via Facebook and Twitter, the best comments on the third-quarter power outage in Super Bowl XLVII (the headline was my contribution):

New Orleans Power & Light just got back at Roger Goodell.

This is evident testimony of a lights-out performance by the Ravens tonight.

Just play, pretend you’re outside and clouds are covering the sun! Geez!

Looks like Ray Nagin ran off with the power bill money.

I wonder if they will blame Bush for the lights going out since Katrina hit New Orleans?

Don’t worry. The last time the power went out New Orleans they had back on in four weeks.

I’ll bet Al Gore had something to do with this!

I’d rather be watching the Go Daddy commercial over and over again than listening to these knuckleheads.

Guess the NFL shouldn’t have held the Super bowl in New Orleans the same year they suspended Saints’s coach Sean Payton.

Clark Griswold: Sorry just testing my 2013 Christmas lights display!

As the lights start to come back on, I can see about 20 cans of Deer Antler spray laying around the Ravens’ sideline.

Oh Oh…. Lights out, lots of drunk people, limo’s parked outside…. SOMEBODY KEEP THEIR EYE ON LEWIS !!!

@OnionSports: Superdome lights return as all 53 49ers are lying motionless on ground. Whereabouts of Ray Lewis unknown

This wouldn’t have happened on Fox

if the lights are gonna be out and we have to watch nothing plus commercials, at least break the monotony with a 100 yard mascot dash or something… holy hell NFL

Just talked to my cousin the Sports Mechanic, (fixes games) Chinny, Cup o Vino and he said he had the power outage and points.

Somewhere Don Meredith is smiling!

Thinks its like Christmas lights? One goes out and the whole strand is shot!

Get Tulane stadium ready! Or Tiger Stadium [presumably LSU’s]

We’re down to mood lighting in here. Sexiest third quarter ever.

Gee Thanks Obama for shutting the Coal plant down in New Orleans…. How is that working out for New Orleans right now?

Why couldn’t the power fail about 20 minutes ago?

Alright…which Beyonce hater cut the power at the Super Dome? You’re a few minutes too late, buddy. 😉

Too bad it didn’t happen when Beyonce was singing.

Terrorist attack that was half successful? At least the press booth was knocked out.

Did they lose power in the booth, too? YAY!! #dreamscometrue

That’s what they get for having a Super Bowl without the Packers!

Next year’s super bowl will be outdoors in New Jersey. That could be a disaster