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Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:03 am**

I'll be rooting for the Bengals if and when they make it to this stage.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:10 am**

Sloonei you don't know how lucky you have it. The last time my Miami Dolphins were even in the Super Bowl, I wasn't yet a whole year old. I started supporting the Montreal Canadiens in 1995, two years after they won their last Stanley Cup. Sports luck is fickle. I hate your team but do enjoy the rapture of it all while it lasts. Someday they will be mediocre again but you'll at least be able to lean on the nostalgia of your past. Some of us aren't so lucky and have to settle for cheering for second or third favorite teams year in and year out.

Tonight, I hate your Patriots fan guts. Don't worry though. My man crush on you will resume in about a week or so.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:15 am**

I've never seen a Cincinnati team advance in the playoffs.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 1:09 am**

Well, that was kind of an annoying Super Bowl. I was rooting for the Falcons, but only mildly since I don't follow football and am from Atlanta. But I was in a room ull of Patriots fans. So the first half of the game I had to listen to "Oh my god, it;s over! We blew it! This is the worst thing thta's ever happened! Life isn't worth living! wailing and gnashing of teeth!"

And then in the last quarter I had to put up with "Oh my god, I we're the greatest of all time! I can't believe it! Nobody is better than us! Woooooo!" from the exact same people. Lady Gaga was entertaining though.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 2:29 am**

Just finished that game. What an epic thing. Just a bit gutted Martellus Bennett didn't get the winning TD, since he is the closest thing that exists to me being at all sporty.

Hamish was very excited. All his sports teams keep winning things all his life (for comparison, my home team won the rugby equivalent of the Super Bowl this year as well, so that was fun).

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 2:33 am**

Sloonei wrote:White or Brady for MVP, it's a toss up.

Should have been White. 3TDs, a record number of receptions, and he never let the Patriots down all game (where Brady slumped terribly in the middle).

Since I was watching late, I avoided this thread. Sloonei's posts were most entertaining.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 4:44 am**

thellama73 wrote:Well, that was kind of an annoying Super Bowl. I was rooting for the Falcons, but only mildly since I don't follow football and am from Atlanta. But I was in a room ull of Patriots fans. So the first half of the game I had to listen to "Oh my god, it;s over! We blew it! This is the worst thing thta's ever happened! Life isn't worth living! wailing and gnashing of teeth!"

And then in the last quarter I had to put up with "Oh my god, I we're the greatest of all time! I can't believe it! Nobody is better than us! Woooooo!" from the exact same people. Lady Gaga was entertaining though.

You spent your evening with 4channers?

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:55 am**

So I didn't end up watching it (shocker, right?), but the hubbub is all over the internet. How would you all rank this Super Bowl in terms of enjoyment and/or excitement compared to past outings?

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:58 am**

MovingPictures07 wrote:So I didn't end up watching it (shocker, right?), but the hubbub is all over the internet. How would you all rank this Super Bowl in terms of enjoyment and/or excitement compared to past outings?

Probably the most exicting game I've ever seen. And I thought the halftime show was great.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:20 am**

It was a very good game. I don't think it'd be in my top five though. With a big comeback like this comes a big collapse, and it's often painful to watch a team just piss away a big lead. The Falcons made some very strange decisions to facilitate it and that kind of thing takes away from the excitement for me. It's just bizarre.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:29 am**

We streamed the game on Fox. The Internet went out at one point in the second half when it was 9-20. When the Internet was restored, there was five minutes to go and it was 20-28.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:40 am**

MovingPictures07 wrote:So I didn't end up watching it (shocker, right?), but the hubbub is all over the internet. How would you all rank this Super Bowl in terms of enjoyment and/or excitement compared to past outings?

Good defensive first quarter. The 2nd and 3rd quarters were pretty meh from a competitive standpoint. Fourth quarter comeback was wild but overtime was disappointing because Atlanta barely put up a fight. They didn't just roll over and die but it was close enough to that. If not for the comeback, the game would have been a dud.

The halftime show was very good. Gaga toned down her antics a bit but still put on a heck of a show. For me, the best halftime show will always be U2 and the 9/11 victims tribute in 2002 but this could land pretty high when I finally get around to watching more of the past halftime shows again on YouTube. Lady Gaga isn't normally my cup of tea and she certainly had some bizarre in her performance but she sang live (and well) and worked hard to put on a good show. I think it highlights how much better the halftime show can be when it's just one performer instead of a headline act and a few guest performers.

Honestly, the most unexpected and noteworthy thing that happened for me was an Amber Alert for Central Pennsylvania cutting off much of the post-halftime show banter between the analysts. Thankfully though the Amber Alert was a false alarm. I checked our local news this morning. Turns out a little girl crawled into her mother's car during the first half of the Super Bowl. The mother forgot to put the car in park, so the child's added weight caused the car to roll back out of the driveway and down into some woods across the street. The mom thought the car and the kid were stolen but they found the car and the kid around midnight. Not exactly mother of the year material but at least the kid was okay.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:49 am**

I don't like the sudden death OT rules. Never have. I think you award a huge advantage to whichever team wins the coin toss.

And I didn't care for the halftime show, but that has more to do with my taste in musical performance.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:59 am**

Epignosis wrote:I don't like the sudden death OT rules. Never have. I think you award a huge advantage to whichever team wins the coin toss.

I couldn't agree more.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:05 am**

Metalmarsh89 wrote:
Epignosis wrote:I don't like the sudden death OT rules. Never have. I think you award a huge advantage to whichever team wins the coin toss.
I couldn't agree more.

I agree as well.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:09 am**

Epignosis wrote:We streamed the game on Fox. The Internet went out at one point in the second half when it was 9-20. When the Internet was restored, there was five minutes to go and it was 20-28.

The score was never 9-20.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:11 am**

Metalmarsh89 wrote:
Epignosis wrote:We streamed the game on Fox. The Internet went out at one point in the second half when it was 9-20. When the Internet was restored, there was five minutes to go and it was 20-28.
The score was never 9-20.

Well whatever the hell it was.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 2:23 pm**

Epignosis wrote:I don't like the sudden death OT rules. Never have. I think you award a huge advantage to whichever team wins the coin toss.

And I didn't care for the halftime show, but that has more to do with my taste in musical performance.

Guy who called heads should have been MVP tbh.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:25 pm**

G-Man wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:So I didn't end up watching it (shocker, right?), but the hubbub is all over the internet. How would you all rank this Super Bowl in terms of enjoyment and/or excitement compared to past outings?
Good defensive first quarter. The 2nd and 3rd quarters were pretty meh from a competitive standpoint. Fourth quarter comeback was wild but overtime was disappointing because Atlanta barely put up a fight. They didn't just roll over and die but it was close enough to that. If not for the comeback, the game would have been a dud.

The halftime show was very good. Gaga toned down her antics a bit but still put on a heck of a show. For me, the best halftime show will always be U2 and the 9/11 victims tribute in 2002 but this could land pretty high when I finally get around to watching more of the past halftime shows again on YouTube. Lady Gaga isn't normally my cup of tea and she certainly had some bizarre in her performance but she sang live (and well) and worked hard to put on a good show. I think it highlights how much better the halftime show can be when it's just one performer instead of a headline act and a few guest performers.

Honestly, the most unexpected and noteworthy thing that happened for me was an Amber Alert for Central Pennsylvania cutting off much of the post-halftime show banter between the analysts. Thankfully though the Amber Alert was a false alarm. I checked our local news this morning. Turns out a little girl crawled into her mother's car during the first half of the Super Bowl. The mother forgot to put the car in park, so the child's added weight caused the car to roll back out of the driveway and down into some woods across the street. The mom thought the car and the kid were stolen but they found the car and the kid around midnight. Not exactly mother of the year material but at least the kid was okay.

I also think the U2 half-time show after 9/11 was the best one I've ever seen. I watched it again just to remember it recently.

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2017 7:48 pm**

I called the Andy Dalton - AJ Green goodness.

Too bad the Cincinnati play calling in OT sucked.

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:45 pm**

So...whats everyone's opinion about the flag controversy? I stand on the side that says people have a right to protest but my fb is blowing up with people saying they are going to boycott the NFL (like my aunt who I'm sure has never watched an NFL game in her life), or one meme showing a picture of Tebow saying liberals protested when he prayed on the field but they don't care that people won't stand up for their nation. People are really rabid about this. Personally, I'm more wondering how we're going to stave off a nuclear war with Korea and save Puerto Rico from starving and dying from disease. Oh, and health care.

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:40 pm**

I'm not doing any Fantasy Football (pick 'em, survival, etc.) this year, so I have been very detached from football so far this season.

Overall, I don't care if people exercise their First Amendment right in public. They have to deal with the consequences of their speech but they won't hear anything out of me about it. I have far more pressing things to devote my attention to than football players "dissing 'merica."

I'd like to know how many of the people who are threatening to boycott the NFL over players kneeling were part of the birther movement or flew a flag upside-down under Obama. I think all the media coverage is a bit ridiculous because the news networks aren't focusing on why players are kneeling. They're just talking about who is kneeling, which is a distraction to the original message.

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:00 pm**

I think it's their right, but I don't think it accomplishes anything.

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:09 am**

I agree with both of you. The coverage needs to focus on what the original message was because I think thats been lost. And thats one reason I agree with Epi that it is not accomplishing anything.

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:38 pm**

juliets wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:09 am I agree with both of you. The coverage needs to focus on what the original message was because I think thats been lost. And thats one reason I agree with Epi that it is not accomplishing anything.

I've had numerous conversations with others about this subject (including a huge Cowboys fan who used to idolize Jerry Jones until recently). Here is my full view:

"Disrespecting" the anthem or flag is going to

1) Piss off at least half of the people you (presumably) want to reach, and
2) Make the issue(s) about disrespecting the anthem or the flag.

I think a smarter protester would pick the battleground and realize this one isn't it.

The "taking a knee" movement is starting to balloon into a gesture that can be and has been assumed by anyone who holds a grievance. Colin Kaepernick sat originally to protest the US oppression "of black people and people of color," which in context was about controversial police interventions.

Now people are kneeling because of what Trump says on Twitter (and Trump wasn't President when Colin K. originally took a knee).

My point is that vague demonstrations such as this will only be blurred by being commandeered by others for their own reasons and grievances, it will become trendy, temporarily sensational, and eventually pointless.

Off topic, I work with Jadeveon Clowney's cousin.

Posted: **Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:00 am**

Yes, I may have said this already but my feeling this last weekend was they were protesting Trump, not racial injustice. Did the Green Bay fans link arms last night? I heard the team asked them to but there was a lot of resistance.

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:08 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:36 pm I do just assume they'll be here every year, tbh.

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:10 pm**

I mean, really- did anyone but Jacksonville fans and the most delusional Patriots haters actually think the Jaguars had a chance?

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:13 pm**

G-Man wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:10 pm I mean, really- did anyone but Jacksonville fans and the most delusional Patriots haters actually think the Jaguars had a chance?

After that Lewis fumble I experienced my first bout of football nervousness since last year.

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:46 pm**

G-Man wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:10 pm I mean, really- did anyone but Jacksonville fans and the most delusional Patriots haters actually think the Jaguars had a chance?

I did.

Jacksonville vs. Patriots + Refs?

No chance.

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:56 pm**

So was that Case Keenum suddenly turning back into a pumpkin, the Vikings defense imploding, or something else entirely? I tuned in when it was 31-7.

Posted: **Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:46 am**

I only watched the first half, but it seemed very much like a defensive meltdown on Minnesota's part, and the offense couldn't keep up.

The Eagles finally get their Super Bowl rematch with Tom Brady, 13 years later.

Posted: **Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:22 pm**

I'm okay with either result now. The Patriots again is extremely boring, but if they take a 6th Lombardi then they match the Steelers and diminish their insufferable boasting. The Eagles finally getting one would be a lot of fun.

Posted: **Fri Feb 02, 2018 1:11 pm**

I forgot there was a Super Bowl this weekend until my friend informed me last night.

Posted: **Sun Feb 04, 2018 8:15 pm**

Marmot wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 1:11 pm I forgot there was a Super Bowl this weekend until my friend informed me last night.

I've forgotten multiple times this week.

Posted: **Sun Feb 04, 2018 8:20 pm**

I've got the over on this one.

These missing kicks are pissing me off.

Posted: **Sun Feb 04, 2018 9:32 pm**

Oh look, the Patriots are trailing at half time of the Super Bowl.

Posted: **Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:21 pm**

That result was incorrect.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:04 am**

but for real, philadelphia was the best all around opponent I've seen match up against the Pats since Seattle in the Super Bowl a few years ago. That was an entertaining football game and the Patriots' obvious holes on defense finally caught up to them. Nick Foles played better than a backup is supposed to play on that stage, but he also never really faced any pressure.
That one timeout the Pats burned early in the 4th came back to bite them. The game could have turned out different if they'd had all three going into the final minutes. But that was a product of Philly's offense being effective and difficult to stop all game long, so no sour grapes over it. Either team could have won that game, and there's no shame in being on the losing end of it.

see y'all again next year. I wonder who the opponent will be this time. Kinda hoping it's New Orleans. A Brady/Brees Super Bowl match up with both of them in their twilight years would be awesome.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:05 am**

I'm just realizing that the Patriots' last three super bowl opponents have all been birds.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:16 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:05 am I'm just realizing that the Patriots' last three super bowl opponents have all been birds.

The kind with teeth?

Posted: **Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:08 am**

The life of a Patriots fan. Few others can take a Super Bowl loss in stride.

Posted: **Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:24 pm**

Went to the Ralph today to see the Bills v. Bengals. Whole stadium gives Andy Dalton a hero’s welcome for his last game last season and his charitable response to Bills fans’ charity. He smiles and looks grateful, then proceeds to dad dick us pretty much every chance he gets, ripping up our swiss cheese O-line and making Josh Allen’s first start completely inert. Feels great.

Posted: **Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:02 am**

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:24 pm Went to the Ralph today to see the Bills v. Bengals. Whole stadium gives Andy Dalton a hero’s welcome for his last game last season and his charitable response to Bills fans’ charity. He smiles and looks grateful, then proceeds to dad dick us pretty much every chance he gets, ripping up our swiss cheese O-line and making Josh Allen’s first start completely inert. Feels great.

The Bills made some very confusing offseason moves. They seemed to downgrade on purpose at the two most important offensive positions (QB and LT). And, oddly, both of those positions saw key swaps between our teams, considering Cordy Glenn and AJ McCarron.

Posted: **Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:16 am**

Tyrod is a great guy, but not the answer at QB. The Wild Card game last year is all the proof anybody needs. AJ was really just an insurance policy in case they didn’t land one in the draft, but he’s hurt a little, so I think Peterman is starting the season. And Cordy was another trade to keep moving up the draft. It’s definitely a rebuilding year — I’m just hoping they have something left in Josh Allen after they spend the season getting torn down.

Posted: **Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:48 pm**

oops AJ's gone to the Raiders.

In other news, tonights the night!!!

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:50 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:08 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:36 pm I do just assume they'll be here every year, tbh.

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2019 3:34 pm**

This fucking guy.

I have never seen the divisional round.

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2019 5:52 pm**

My team hasn’t won a playoff game in my lifetime.

(Jay’s hasn’t either.

)

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:12 pm**

My team has won playoff games in my lifetime but I don’t think they have since Marino tore his Achilles tendon.

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