10 best social media moments of Super Bowl XLVIII

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll celebrates his team's remarkable 43-8 win over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII.

The helmets of the competing Super Bowl teams Seattle and Denver flank the iconic Vince Lombardi trophy.

Denver makes a disastrous start as the ball sails over Peyton Manning from a snap which leads to a safety and points on the board for Seattle.

Manning (18) cuts a dejected figure after he walks off the field after being intercepted.

The Seahawks cheerleading squad had more to celebrate as its team took a stranglehold on the Super Bowl from the start.

Marshawn Lynch (no 24) forces his way through a pack of players to score the opening touchdown of the game for the Seahawks.

Manning is about to be intercepted in the second quarter with MVP Malcolm Smith returning for 69 yards to score the second touchdown for Seattle.

Smith has intercepted Manning's misplaced pass and is charging towards the end zone to score a touchdown.

A young Seahawks fan is dressed for the occasion as he supports his team at Super Bowl XLVII.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie takes a welcome break from recent political controversies to share a moment with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in the build up to Super Bowl XLVII.

Seattle's controversial cornerback Richard Sherman was well protected against the New Jersey elements prior to the showdown.

Star quality. Actor Kevin Costner and his wife Christine Baumgartner turn up to watch the proceedings at the Metlife Stadium.

Opera singer Renee Fleming enchanted the crowd with her rendition of the American national anthem before the kickoff.

Denver Broncos fans were dressed for the chilly weather in New Jersey for Super Bowl XLVIII against Seattle Seahawks.

Bruno Mars and Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers join forces during the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show in New Jersey.

Wide receiver Percy Harvin is on his way to completing an 87-yard return from the kick off at the start of the second half to put Seattle out of sight in Super Bowl XLVIII

Demaryuis Thomas scored a deserved touchdown in the third quarter to provide a rare moment of success for Denver.

Seahawks coach Carroll gets the traditional treatment as the clock counts down at the Metlife Stadium.

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(CNN) -- Super Bowl? More like Super Bust!

The team that set a record for most points in the NFL this season almost set another Sunday night: team to score zero points in a Super Bowl. Fortunately, the Denver Broncos managed eight measly points late in the game to avoid that ignominy.

Still, the Seattle Seahawks delivered a brutal crushing. A 43-8 crushing.

But the Super Bowl stopped being about just the game a long time ago. It's about the ads, the halftime show, the social media reaction.

More than 24.9 million tweets were sent about the game and halftime show, Twitter reported; 24.1 million were sent in 2013.

The top three moments were all sports-related, including the Percy Harvin 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at the opening of the third quarter, a touchdown pass to Jermaine Kearse and the 69-yard interception return by Malcolm Smith.

Here are our 10 favorite social media moments from Sunday night.

1. The heartbreak

No matter how much joy you took in the Seahawks' carnage, this photo of a young Broncos fan crying at his team's loss is pretty gloat-sapping.

Heartbroken kid. More live updates: http://t.co/zvNs72jfUX http://ift.tt/1bUlDoO

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 3, 2014

2. The fur coat

"Broadway Joe" stepped onto the midfield for a coin toss (that he botched), and he sent Twitter into a tizzy with his mammoth fur coat.

VOTE: Namath vs. Macklemore vs. IKEA Monkey. Who wore it best? http://t.co/E2RWGJsNlT http://ift.tt/1k2POlX

— HuffPost Canada (@HuffPostCanada) February 3, 2014

3. The big winner

The ads were great. We especially liked the Clydesdale horse and the shelter puppy. But Radio Shack's back-to-the-'80s spot was a big winner with viewers.

4. The charmer

Bruno Mars charmed just about everyone. The Red Hot Chili Peppers? Not so much.

5. The apology

Yikes. Several of JC Penney's tweets during the game had people scratching their heads. The company later posted an apology for the misspellings, saying it was "tweeting with mittens."

Drunk tweeting, hacked or brilliantly cheap Super Bowl marketing plan. @jcpenney : http://ift.tt/1k2PMuh

— Rusty Surette (@rustysurette) February 3, 2014

6. The tweet

People pay attention to Hillary. A tweet from the former secretary of state and former first lady -- a sly dig at Fox -- has been retweeted more than 50,000 times.

It's so much more fun to watch FOX when it's someone else being blitzed & sacked! #SuperBowl

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 3, 2014

7. The cellphones

You pay thousands of dollars for prime seats to the game. Then you spend the entire time staring at it through your smartphone screen. Sigh.

At the Cellphone Bowl http://ift.tt/1k1pB7b

— Nate Silver (@fivethirtyeight) February 2, 2014

8. The oops!

CBS accidentally aired its Wi-Fi access password. Props for using both numbers and uppercase letters.

Super Bowl security headquarters accidentally shows their wifi username and password on national television http://ift.tt/1eiN3ur

— Justin Taylor (@TheSmarmyBum) February 2, 2014

9. The channel changers

The one-sided game was so one-sided that even guys were like, "I'd rather watch 'Downton Abbey.' "

Turning in my man card for the evening as I sit down to watch "Downton Abbey" with my wife.

— jason stover (@romeovillpastor) January 6, 2014

10. And of course, the pillorying

The beating the Broncos took on the field was nothing like the ones they took on Twitter.

Use the promo code PEYTON when ordering a Papa Johns pizza & when it's delivered to your house, a Seattle DB will take it from you & eat it.

— Rob Fee (@robfee) February 3, 2014

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