In February 2011, Gilbank, and her brother Andrew claimed that an ad that appeared during Super Bowl XLV looked like a pitch they had made.
Originally used by Rodgers during his time on the Green Bay Packers practice squad as a way to keep his teammates loose, it became known more as Rodgers' touchdown celebration as the Packers 2010 season progressed, eventually culminating with a victory in Super Bowl XLV.
Furthering this connection, a commercial aired during Super Bowl XLV that showed many TV characters wearing NFL jerseys, with everyone in Quahog wearing New England Patriots jerseys except Cleveland, who is wearing a Cleveland Browns jersey in reference to his name.
One significant case of dead air during a Super Bowl was during Super Bowl XLV in 2011, when WCHK-FM, a station in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area, announced it would counterprogram the game with dead air, since the hometown Packers were in the game.
Troy Polamalu, professional football player, strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl XL, Super Bowl XLIII, Super Bowl XLV
Super Bowl | Orange Bowl | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Rose Bowl Game | Rose Bowl | Super League | Pro Bowl | Weston-super-Mare | Orange Bowl (game) | Sugar Bowl | Super Sentai | Super Mario Bros. | Bowl Championship Series | Indonesia Super League | Hollywood Bowl | Süper Lig | Fiesta Bowl | Swiss Super League | Super Rugby | Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy | Super Bowl XLVIII | Super Bowl XLII | Legion of Super-Heroes | Super Junior | Gator Bowl | Super Bowl XLV | Cotton Bowl Classic | Arab Super Cup | 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games | Super Furry Animals |
For the Super Bowl XLV, Chrysler purchased a 2-minute-long advertisement featuring Eminem with the motto Imported from Detroit.
An ad for the Fox TV series House, first aired during the 2011 Super Bowl XLV, parodies the original ad with a similar scene in which Dr. House, played by Hugh Laurie, throws his cane to a young fan played by Preston Bailey.