Poll: Why Will You Watch the Super Bowl?

Great Super Bowl moments include: Joe Namath's Super Bowl III prediction, New York Giant David Tyree's helmet catch and the wardrobe malfunction?

You have to admit, some years the Super Bowl gets hijcked by the commercials or the halftime show.

Most ads makers try to make us laugh. Who can forget the Budweiser Bull Frogs in the video in the box to the right, the Xerox "Monks" commercial or the Monster.com "When I Grow Up Ad?" Or a personal favorite, the E-Trade talking babaies commercials. At AOL News, they even put together a list of the 7 best Super Bowl commercials of all time that included the famous Ridley Scott-directed Apple Macintosh ad dubbed, "1984." The Wall Street Journal reported that a 30-second Super Bowl commercial will cost advertisers $3.5 million this year. There's a lot at stake there.

Halftime shows also get lots of buzz. This year, Madonna is expected to vogue her way on to the 50-yard line. Legends like Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Aerosmith and The Who have taken center stage. No one can ever forget the "wardrobe malfunction" that plagued Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's performance.

Oh yeah, they play a football game that day too.

So Patch wants to know, why will you watch the Super Bowl this year? Is it for the New York Giants-New England Patriots match-up, the commercials or the halftime show? Or some mix of all three?

Take our poll and tell us about your favorite Super Bowl moment in the comments, whether it was on the field, in the ads or from one of the performers.

This article first appeared on Port Jefferson Patch.