Who knew the Super Bowl could be so educational.

I learned a lot watching Super Bowl XL.

I learned that my vertical leap is right up there with Plaxico Burress when the New York Football Giants went ahead with 35 seconds remaining in the game —34 seconds if you are Bill Belichick.

I learned how to stay humble, even though I felt like driving 10 hours to Foxborough and running down the street yelling, "See! Cheaters never prosper. Tape that!"

There was so much I learned in that three-plus hour period, about the Giants, about the Patriots and even about myself.

I learned other things, too.

So, here is a list of the knowledge I gleaned from the Extra Large Super Bowl, Part II:

n The Pats were wound up tighter than Britney Spears.

You could see it in the pregame. The burden of being 18-0 finally hit them.

All they needed was a 911 call, a gurney to become strapped to and a police escort to the psych ward.

• The commercials were downright creepy.

A heart jumping out of a chest and walking across a desk. A dude jumping a car with his nipples. A talking baby. Carmen Electra.

It was scarier than the Giants' pass rush.

• I'm convinced someone crept into the Patriots' locker room, kidnapped the offensive line and replaced it with the Steelers' front.

Eric Mangini, perhaps?

• You can now preorder my book, "Perfection! The story of the undefeated 2017 Buffalo Bills," with the photograph of quarterback Terrell Pryor on the cover. A $1 non-refundable deposit is required.

• I'm going to trademark "7 and 9" in honor of my Bills.

• Eli Manning better not ride any motorcycles through New Jersey this offseason. He should get his appendix checked out, too.

• Tom Petty is still alive? I thought he should call his band, Tom Petty and the Hipbreakers because they are so old and outdated.

• Iguess we can break out the old "Bill Belichoke" barb again.

• Somewhere, Tiki Barber is crying.

• Peyton is no longer the cool and successful Manning.

• I actually hate the 1972 Dolphins more than the 2007 Patriots.

Talk about living in the past, Mercury Morris, et al, of the still only perfect team in NFL history, was in virtual ecstasy after the Pats lost.

It was 35 years ago. Get over it. Besides,

technically, the Pats surpassed your 17-0 record. They were 18-0 before they lost.• Jeremy Shockey won't be a New York Football Giant next season.As soon as I saw him up in a luxury box, sipping on some suds as if he was John Q. Rich Fan, I knew the Giants had pretty much washed their hands of him.They are a better team without him anyway — a Super Bowl winning team.• There's going to be a run on 8mm camcorder tapes in Foxborough next fall.• I should buy stock in 8mm camcorder tapes.Mike Kilroy is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle.