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Please don't play these commercials during the Super Bowl...

We're t-minus 2 hours away from the Super Bowl kickoff. While I'm probably pulling for the Rams over the Patriots simply for the fact they haven't won the big game for a longer duration than Belichick, Brady, and company, what I'm rooting for more than anything else is a good game and funny commercials. Segueing from that, here are the commercials I pray (and I'm an agnostic) won't be aired during the course of the game, as I find them to be the worst/most annoying commercials on television today. 1) Progressive Substitutes Jimmy For Flo : I used to find Progressive commercials to at least be mildly amusing, largely due to the presence of Flo. That all changed when Flo suddenly transformed into Jimmy. Jimmy comes across as that stereotypical nerd from high school who gets invited to a party with the jocks due to helping the quarterback cheat on and pass a history exam. At this party, Jimmy tries too hard to fit in, it shows, and he becomes progressively more a...