Running discussion? Drop it here!
Passing discussion? Here, too!
Cheerleader discussion? Here, or maybe in the Lingerie Channel, if it's more appropriate.
To start with, here's a few bingo cards for you
sorry, may not be valid overseas...
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So far I've noticed that Lynn Swan looks old and both John Riggins and Jim Plunket look like they could still play.
I only just now switched the TV to the channel the SB is on...and of course, commercials. And commercials for the last 8 minutes or so.
I've managed to avoid even glancing at their marathon pre-game show and finding out what the keys to success are (hint: scoring more points than the other guy. There! I'm an NFL analyst. Where's my $100,000 per year?!? :P)
I'd start Jerry Rice.
Quote from: mirth on February 07, 2016, 06:22:39 PM
I'd start Jerry Rice.
Steve Young looks like he could still throw to him. Phil Sims looked stiff. You can tell most of the 50 MVP's are still dealing with the punishment a life of Football brings.
Btw, I thought Lady Gaga did alright on the Anthem. I expected much worse.
Those are the stupidest f*cking commercials I've ever seen.
You'd think if you're going to drop 5 million for 20 seconds you would have the resources to come up with something more creative than this shit.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 07, 2016, 06:53:39 PM
Those are the stupidest f*cking commercials I've ever seen.
You'd think if you're going to drop 5 million for 20 seconds you would have the resources to come up with something more creative than this shit.
So far they suck, although I kinda liked the Avocado commercial. "Does anyone want to feed Scott Baio?"
That one was kind of dumb, though. Scott Baio? I'm all about esoteric pop culture references, but there's got to be somebody more creative than that.
PUPPY MONKEY BABY. W. T. F.
40 minutes later. 8 minutes of game.
The NFL is the mother of all whores.
Anyone going to stick around for the estrogen fest they set up for halftime? ::)
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 07, 2016, 07:05:06 PM
40 minutes later. 8 minutes of game.
The NFL is the mother of all whores.
Yeah, I laughed at that. :2funny:
To this day
this is my favorite Super Bowl commercial:
Sorry about the quality but it's worth the watch.
Cam looks like crap so far. It's shaping up to be another 55-10 Super Bowl.
I watched 5 minutes of the opening stuff and had enough. The NFL can suck it.
Carolina is going to work now. Cam will put the team on his shoulders if he has to.
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The Bud Light commercial was the best so far. And TOUCHDOWN PANTHERS!!!
Quote from: mirth on February 07, 2016, 07:32:54 PM
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If they priced 'em by taste then the water would cost the most.
I HATE HATE HATE when they come back from commercial and then have to recap the f*cking commercials. >:(
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If they priced 'em by taste then the water would cost the most.
:2funny:
I was about to say, isn't all of the above water?
The defenses are meting out vicious punishment in this game.
Sigh. I miss Madden and Summerall in the announcer's booth.
Aaaaand poop medicine. i think they shot their wad.
The commercials are pretty underwhelming so far, but the vegan bear on his cheat day got a chuckle here.
Eh, I'm about done. No way in hell I'm watching this shite they have scheduled for halftime. You guys better avoid it too, unless you want your period to come early.
yup, its a shit show.
Oh, and that "incomplete" pass call in the 1st on Cotchery was bullshit. He caught that ball, and there was no way to claim otherwise.
At least it's not a blowout now.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 07, 2016, 08:02:05 PM
Oh, and that "incomplete" pass call in the 1st on Cotchery was bullshit. He caught that ball, and there was no way to claim otherwise.
The NFL is so desperate for Peyton to win, they'll make any call they need to help that along.
Its amazing how much gaming time I gained after the Pats crashed out. Happily working away on Command Ops 2 trying to wrest Malta away from the Brits.
Only reason I know the game is on is because this thread popped up. All I can hope is that it is a stinker of a game and causes the NFL bad press
Con
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 07, 2016, 07:53:46 PM
Aaaaand poop medicine. i think they shot their wad.
That one had me really scratching my head. Really?! At the Super Bow?!
my personal all-time favorite Super Bowl commercial
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That halftime show proved nothing more than the amount of damage white people do to music when we put our minds to it. Gah.
Hey, the Panthers finally completed a big pass because they got away from the same failed inside run they'd run every previous first and ten! An adjustment! What a crazy idea!
Never mind. Apparently Carolina never got the memo that Ted Ginn is horrible.
The refs have been absolute shit tonight. I don't really like either team, but they've fucked up several calls in the Broncos favor tonight.
The best team won the game tonight: The Denver Broncos defense.
Congrats to the broncos D and Peyton.
Carolina's offensive game planning was putrid. Every damn first down, let's run a fullback plunge for a yard. Every damn time. It never worked! The D was totally playing the run every time, but play action? No, let's not run anything like that! Ugh.
Denver's defense has been a beast all year long, and that continued. Cam Newton got WRECKED for 4 quarters.
I don't particularly care about Peyton, but I am really happy that DeMarcus Ware got a ring.
"I'm going to go drink a lot of Budweiser tonight" - Peyton Manning ;D
Congrats Broncos. Not my favorite team, but Peyton is a class act.
Yeah Manning has always seemed to be a class act. Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware played a phenomenal game. There were a few questionable calls, but I don't think any of them really would have changed the outcome of the game.
On a side note, the commercials were as always in my opinion a very over rated part of the game experience and the halftime show...WTF? Horrible halftime show.
Wade Phillips should be MVP. What a helluva job!
Quote from: Bison on February 07, 2016, 10:29:58 PMbut I don't think any of them really would have changed the outcome of the game.
The incomplete pass on Cotchery at the very beginning, when every replay showed he caught it, controlled it, kept a hand under it, and landed with it for a first down, led to the 3rd-and-long with the strip-sack fumble recovery for a TD. That made a HUGE difference.
The BS defensive holding call at the end on Norman was crap too. That pass was into row Q and there's not a receiver in the NFL that would've caught it with Inspector Gadget legs.
The big Broncos punt return was a great play by the punter, after lulling the Panthers into complacency with all those fair catches, but the punter also got completely wiped out by the rush, and we never even saw a replay, but with the DVR, it looked like the defense shoved the guard into the punter, which usually results in a running-into-the-kicker penalty.
So there's 3 calls that could've all made serious swings in the game, and they all went for the Broncos.
Quote from: Steelgrave on February 07, 2016, 10:35:24 PMWade Phillips should be MVP. What a helluva job!
totally agree. perfect game plan.
John Elway's post game talk was awkward. Trying to relive past glory I guess.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 07, 2016, 10:39:38 PM
Quote from: Bison on February 07, 2016, 10:29:58 PMbut I don't think any of them really would have changed the outcome of the game.
The incomplete pass on Cotchery at the very beginning, when every replay showed he caught it, controlled it, kept a hand under it, and landed with it for a first down, led to the 3rd-and-long with the strip-sack fumble recovery for a TD. That made a HUGE difference.
The BS defensive holding call at the end on Norman was crap too. That pass was into row Q and there's not a receiver in the NFL that would've caught it with Inspector Gadget legs.
The big Broncos punt return was a great play by the punter, after lulling the Panthers into complacency with all those fair catches, but the punter also got completely wiped out by the rush, and we never even saw a replay, but with the DVR, it looked like the defense shoved the guard into the punter, which usually results in a running-into-the-kicker penalty.
So there's 3 calls that could've all made serious swings in the game, and they all went for the Broncos.
Maybe...but a complete/incomplete pass does not make the offensive line breakdown and allow a sack on a later play.
The pass interference made the game more out of hand, but the Panthers would have had to have still needed to score twice in less than 3 minutes against a defense that stifled the offense all game.
I get what you are saying but Carolina's o-line did nothing to help them and the Panthers started at or near the 50 yard line all game and did very little. Anyway, I enjoyed the game because Carolina could have won it if they could have put together some offensive drives and Denver's defense played a beautiful game to watch.
I missed several parts of the game. Were there any commercials for upcoming movies that are worth checking out.
Quote from: OJsDad on February 07, 2016, 11:01:11 PMWere there any commercials for upcoming movies that are worth checking out.
Positive ones:
Deadpool and X-Men Apocalypse trailers were about what you'd expect.
Negative ones:
New TNMT trailer was about what you'd expect.
I thought that John Goodman flick looked alright. I missed the Deadpool commercial. :(
The Turkish Airline spots advertising flights to Gotham and Metropolis were actually pretty good.
There was a Ryan Reynolds Hyundai commercial that my wife and I kept expecting to turn into a Deadpool commercial
And so ends another Super Bowl. Congrats to the Denver Broncos
defense; they played a hell of a game.
Now begins 6+ months of bleakness, during which I must endure no sports worth watching.
<sigh> Oh well, at least my Sundays will be free for gaming now. 8)
Quote from: KyzBP on February 07, 2016, 06:43:07 PM
Btw, I thought Lady Gaga did alright on the Anthem. I expected much worse.
I actually figured she'd do a decent job of it. Still a bit too...stylized for my tastes, but I expected she'd give it a fairly respectful treatment.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 07, 2016, 07:50:56 PM
Sigh. I miss Madden and Summerall in the announcer's booth.
You can't be serious. :o Never had a problem with Summerall, but I wanted to punch Madden in the throat every time he opened his stupid mouth. I literally did a little dance the day I found out he'd retired from "commentating".
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 07, 2016, 07:55:31 PM
The commercials are pretty underwhelming so far, but the vegan bear on his cheat day got a chuckle here.
My personal favorite was the Doritos/ultrasound one.
Aside from a couple movie previews, though, I agree the commercials were generally very bland/"wtf??".
Quote from: Arctic Blast on February 07, 2016, 10:25:43 PM
Carolina's offensive game planning was putrid. Every damn first down, let's run a fullback plunge for a yard. Every damn time. It never worked! The D was totally playing the run every time, but play action? No, let's not run anything like that! Ugh.
Denver's defense has been a beast all year long, and that continued. Cam Newton got WRECKED for 4 quarters.
Yeah, I kept wondering if Mike Shula stole Brad Childress' playbook or something. Seriously, you can't be that f'ing predictable on first down EVERY DAMN TIME, especially against a defense like Denver's. (It's like I was watching the Vikings offense from a few years ago.)
The Panthers simply had a very poor offensive scheme for this game. That, combined with almost no one on their team being able to hold onto the bloody ball (there were numerous dropped/missed catches in addition to the lost fumbles), contributed a great deal towards their eventual defeat.
Quote from: Bison on February 07, 2016, 10:33:30 PM
On a side note, the commercials were as always in my opinion a very over rated part of the game experience
There was a time -- up until, oh, 5-6 years ago -- when I actually enjoyed most of the new commercials aired during the Super Bowl. Now, though, they're all so bland and/or strange (and not in a good way) that I'm simply left baffled that so much money was blown on airtime for them. ???
Quote from: Bison on February 07, 2016, 10:33:30 PM
and the halftime show...WTF? Horrible halftime show.
Surely you weren't expecting anything anything different. The Super Bowl hasn't had a decent halftime show since I was in my twenties. Why would the NFL change that trend now? ::)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 07, 2016, 10:39:38 PM
The incomplete pass on Cotchery at the very beginning, when every replay showed he caught it, controlled it, kept a hand under it, and landed with it for a first down, led to the 3rd-and-long with the strip-sack fumble recovery for a TD. That made a HUGE difference.
I think it can be argued that he didn't have control of the ball yet as he was hitting the ground; on replay, there did appear to be just a bit of bobbling on Cotchery's part. Personally, I agree with your assessment, but I'm certain that's why the call wasn't overturned.
If the call had gone the other way and the Broncos had challenged, I very much doubt the call would've been overturned in their favor either. There simply wasn't incontrovertible proof in the camera shots available to overturn whatever the call would've been (complete or incomplete).
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 07, 2016, 10:39:38 PM
The BS defensive holding call at the end on Norman was crap too. That pass was into row Q and there's not a receiver in the NFL that would've caught it with Inspector Gadget legs.
See now, I got the impression that Peyton more-or-less threw the ball high on purpose because he'd already noticed the penalty flag (and therefore didn't have anything to lose by making that pass). And last I knew, defensive holding is -- for better or worse -- irrelevant to whether or not a pass is actually catch-able. Yes? No?
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 07, 2016, 10:39:38 PM
The big Broncos punt return was a great play by the punter, after lulling the Panthers into complacency with all those fair catches, but the punter also got completely wiped out by the rush, and we never even saw a replay, but with the DVR, it looked like the defense shoved the guard into the punter, which usually results in a running-into-the-kicker penalty.
Now that, I'll admit I didn't see.
So my Broncos did it. Not that I'd know without the internet as the 5 hours and 10 minutes of recording stopped me from seeing anything past CP 10 - 24 DB with about 3 minutes to go in the fourth quarter.
Well done Broncos. O0
We're glad for you JD. Can't have an unhappy Scotsman running around now can we?
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Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 07, 2016, 07:50:56 PM
Sigh. I miss Madden and Summerall in the announcer's booth.
You can't be serious. :o Never had a problem with Summerall, but I wanted to punch Madden in the throat every time he opened his stupid mouth. I literally did a little dance the day I found out he'd retired from "commentating".
Madden's "ah-bleh ah-bleh ah-blurghle" would have been a HELL of a lot more entertaining than Simms and that other guy, whoever he was. My God they were boring.
Everybody I know, including shows on the radio, are complaining how terrible the commercials were and how bad the halftime show was.
You'd think some of this would filter back to the NFL, but they're pretty well dead set on making the halftime show all about the women and have been for some time. Doesn't help that I hate Coldplay. Beyonce is alright but I don't go out of my way to listen to her. And Bruno Mars...again? Really? WHY. I went to the bathroom and swear I wasn't in there more than five minutes, just before the halftime show, and when I came out it was over. Hahahaha, good.
I also heard some complaints that it sounded pre-produced. Well, duh...it was probably all pre-recorded and they're all lip-syncing. Lip-syncing to auto-tuned BS. >:(
The commercials were all shite, though "Baby Puppy Monkey" did make me laugh. I couldn't tell you what they were advertising so I guess it wasn't that effective.
I actually like Nance and Simms compared to most of the announcing teams. CBS also did the right thing and did the broadcast free over the internet. I cannot believe I'm complimenting CBS, but in this case they deserve it.
Love that Obi Wan Newton met the Darth Vader Denver pass rush. Will he come back, "More powerful than you could ever imagine"?
Wish the Panthers had won.
Looked like the Denver defense won the game. The Denver defense was in the Panther backfield the entire game. Panther receivers could not beat Denver in man-to-man coverage which speaks volumes about the quality of their receivers.
I hardly got to see any of the game - I spent 10 hours traveling that Sunday.
Quote from: airboy on February 11, 2016, 05:37:00 PM
I hardly got to see any of the game - I spent 10 hours traveling that Sunday.
I'm almost afraid to ask what for. One rarely travels on Super Bowl Sunday unless it's for something serious...
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Quote from: airboy on February 11, 2016, 05:37:00 PM
I hardly got to see any of the game - I spent 10 hours traveling that Sunday.
I'm almost afraid to ask what for. One rarely travels on Super Bowl Sunday unless it's for something serious...
I had to testify as an expert witness. Where I had to go was hard to get to. I got paid well and did my job well - all you can hope for.