Topic: Super Bowl XLVIII (Read 13789 times)

Method of Madness · « **on:** 02 Feb 2014, 15:41 »

Here's a thread. Not off to a good start

cesium133 · « **Reply #1 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 15:43 »

If I were at home I'd probably be watching Puppy Bowl instead, but I'm at the lab and Puppy Bowl isn't broadcast online.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #2 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 15:48 »

The Puppy Bowl is over and I missed it.

Metope · « **Reply #3 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 15:53 »

Am I the only one on this forum wanting Seahawks to win? I guess being in Seattle a lot last year and having a Seahawks fan as a boyfriend coloured me. Not watching it though because I'm going to bed soon, there are several limits to how much I care about sports and staying up past my bedtime is one. That said, go hawks!

Method of Madness · « **Reply #4 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 16:18 »

I just know I'm not enjoying this game.

LookingIn · « **Reply #5 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 17:01 »

Quote from: Metope on 02 Feb 2014, 15:53

Am I the only one on this forum wanting Seahawks to win? I guess being in Seattle a lot last year and having a Seahawks fan as a boyfriend coloured me. Not watching it though because I'm going to bed soon, there are several limits to how much I care about sports and staying up past my bedtime is one. That said, go hawks!

No, your aren't the only one who is in favor of them. I don't mind the Broncos but I hate their divas.

LookingIn · « **Reply #6 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 17:02 »

Jeph is making some hilarious tweets about the game, the facts are worthy of The Onion

Method of Madness · « **Reply #7 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 17:07 »

Quote from: LookingIn on 02 Feb 2014, 17:01

Quote from: Metope on 02 Feb 2014, 15:53
Am I the only one on this forum wanting Seahawks to win? I guess being in Seattle a lot last year and having a Seahawks fan as a boyfriend coloured me. Not watching it though because I'm going to bed soon, there are several limits to how much I care about sports and staying up past my bedtime is one. That said, go hawks!

No, your aren't the only one who is in favor of them. I don't mind the Broncos but I hate their divas.

Their divas?

LookingIn · « **Reply #8 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 17:13 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 02 Feb 2014, 17:07

Quote from: LookingIn on 02 Feb 2014, 17:01
Quote from: Metope on 02 Feb 2014, 15:53
Am I the only one on this forum wanting Seahawks to win? I guess being in Seattle a lot last year and having a Seahawks fan as a boyfriend coloured me. Not watching it though because I'm going to bed soon, there are several limits to how much I care about sports and staying up past my bedtime is one. That said, go hawks!

No, your aren't the only one who is in favor of them. I don't mind the Broncos but I hate their divas.
Their divas?

Manning and Welker. Manning is a temper tantrum drama queen and Welker seeks out the spotlight every chance he gets.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #9 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 17:27 »

It's not a very ... Exciting game, up to this point.

And Bruno didn't help.

Sad manningface is sad.

LookingIn · « **Reply #10 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 18:15 »

10 years going and Joe Buck has his record intact- cheering over a minor play as if it was the greatest thing to happen while giving a major play the brush off, pretty easy to tell which team he is really going for not even trying to show any semblance of unbiased announcing

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #11 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 18:59 »

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Denvers endzone is like Snookis vagina, surrounded by orange and easy to get into. Comedy!

Lines · « **Reply #12 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 19:02 »

This game is pathetic. I am definitely looking forward to gifs of sad Manning face.

At least half time was good for once.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #13 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 19:08 »

Halftime wasn't that great imho. And the game was kinda boring. But it was great watching it with some guys here in the Fachschaft and that was great. The other two who actually know American Football and I are considering to meet and watch more often.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #14 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 19:10 »

I wish I was just bored. That was painful.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #15 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 19:20 »

Not interesting from the beginning of half time. That ... Was bad.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #16 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 19:22 »

Really regretting starting this thread.

~~mustang6172~~ · « **Reply #17 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 19:33 »

The 80's called. They want their one-sided Super Bowl back.

I had romantic obligations to root for the Seahawks this year.

Bruno Mars didn't suck as much as I thought he would, but I had pretty low expectations to start with. I was dissapointed the Red Hot Chili Peppers only had one song.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #18 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 19:36 »

Woo! Glad I didn't bother watching!

Comment of the night: "We've secretly replaced the Broncos with a JV intramural flag football team. Let's see if the fans notice."

Carl-E · « **Reply #19 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 19:50 »

My daughter works tech support for DirecTV.

She called with a migraine. Superbowls are mandatory all-hands-on-deck days, and she can't get early release for sickness.

Grognard · « **Reply #20 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 20:54 »

I think the Puppy and Kitten Bowls had better action.

cesium133 · « **Reply #21 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 20:56 »

I think Denver would have had a chance in the Puppy Bowl. Those puppies don't look very tough.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #22 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 20:57 »

I hate the puppy and kitten bowls. They just make me feel alone.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #23 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 21:10 »

You know, I was actually for the Hawks, but still, this game felt like this to me:

Alex C · « **Reply #24 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 21:37 »

That game left me and my bank account feeling very, very smug

Method of Madness · « **Reply #25 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 22:00 »

You bet on the Hawks?

Akima · « **Reply #26 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 01:01 »

I didn't even know who was playing... But I guess the Year of the Horse was not auspicious for the Broncos...

Patrick · « **Reply #27 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 01:46 »

what Broncos, they never showed up

jwhouk · « **Reply #28 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 02:44 »

That first play from scrimmage was the defining moment for Denver for the night.

Patrick · « **Reply #29 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 02:55 »

relevant

jwhouk · « **Reply #30 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 03:21 »

This just in: Peyton Manning tried to throw his uniform jersey to a kid who gave him a Coke after the game.

It was intercepted by the Seahawks.

Metope · « **Reply #31 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 04:52 »

Okay I'm sure it's good Seahawks won and all but now my boyfriend won't stop talking about football. Although I guess that would have been the case if Broncos won too, except then he would have been sad and now he's happy, so this is preferable. Good on Seattle for winning something sports related for the first time in decades, though!

Method of Madness · « **Reply #32 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 05:06 »

Man as bummed as I still am about the Broncos losing some of these images are funny.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #33 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 07:00 »

ahahaha that is awesome.

I know jack shit about football and I knew that the Broncos were going to lose before halftime even started.

Also, there was a serious lack of pepper in the halftime recipe. I know I should be grateful for whatever I can get but that small taste was just not enough. However, considering all the Top 40 crap out there, I am thankful that the Halftime Powers That Be chose Bruno Mars. I can actually sit through most of his songs!

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #34 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 07:03 »

It should have been slayer with a cameo by Miley Cyrus.

It was in my dreams.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #35 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 07:56 »

Based off this year's show, it'd probably be Miley Cyrus with a cameo by Slayer.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #36 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 08:14 »

So everyone can agree the Broncos fucked up, lets talk about the commercials. My favorite was probably the Muppets one.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #37 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 08:40 »

Yes! The Muppets were fantastic. The Doberhuahua was pretty great too.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #38 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 08:49 »

Agreed. I was also a fan of Colbert's two-part pistachio commercial.

KingOfIreland · « **Reply #39 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 08:52 »

I am utterly baffled by what happened last night.

jwhouk · « **Reply #40 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 09:44 »

That means you fit right in with the Denver Broncos offense.

A small note to our friends not in the US and Canada: what happened on that first play by the Broncos is not supposed to happen.

Odd note of the day: this was the first time in Super Bowl history where one of the teams didn't attempt a field goal or point-after kick at any time during the game.

Lines · « **Reply #41 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 11:52 »

The Full House yogurt commercial was also hilarious.

Akima · « **Reply #42 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 13:22 »

On Superbowl XLVIII from The Economist of all places.

Incidentally, why are Superbowls numbered in Roman numerals? Nostalgia for gladiatorial combat? To give the bulk grunt a veneer of civilisation? The BBC displays the copyright dates of its programs in Roman numerals, but I always assumed this was to show off their obsolete classical education. Or to conceal the fact that the show is an ancient repeat....

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #43 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 13:29 »

Nah, it's done to give it authenticity. Authentic things ... are counted in roman numerals.

Can't think of any right now ...

Redball · « **Reply #44 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 13:42 »

I haven't paid attention in a few years, but I think the release year of all American movies were shown in Roman numerals.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #45 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 13:43 »

They are.

Zebediah · « **Reply #46 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 14:05 »

It says something about the lopsided nature of the contest that more people are talking about the multilingual Coke commercial today than about the actual game.

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #47 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 15:14 »

Well the game was shit but I found a pub lock in where you just had to put £20 behind the bar and then it was all the alcohol and chicken your body could handle, so all in all hell yeah American football.

jwhouk · « **Reply #48 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 15:21 »

The story of the Roman Numerals was to give the game some faux importance. The name is actually derived from a children's toy ball, one that was owned by the daughter of Lamar Hunt - who happened to be both the owner of the Kansas City Chiefs and part of the group that facilitated the AFL-NFL merger in 1966. When he saw his daughter bouncing a solid rubber ball around the house, he asked her what it was. "It's a super ball, daddy," was the reply. And, as a "bowl game" had come to mean an important post-season game in the college ranks, Hunt suggested the name to Rozelle and the NFL. They didn't go for it at first, but the informal name stuck and the third one was officially called "Super Bowl III". It was favored by sportswriters who didn't like saying "Third NFL-AFL Championship Game" constantly.

The trophy wasn't given a name until Super Bowl V, when it was called the Vince Lombardi Memorial Trophy, after the deceased former head coach of the Packers and Redskins. Unlike many other trophies, the Lombardi Trophy isn't a traveling trophy; the NFL makes copies of it for each Super Bowl.

LookingIn · « **Reply #49 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 16:53 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 03 Feb 2014, 15:21

The trophy wasn't given a name until Super Bowl V, when it was called the Vince Lombardi Memorial Trophy, after the deceased former head coach of the Packers and Redskins. Unlike many other trophies, the Lombardi Trophy isn't a traveling trophy; the NFL makes copies of it for each Super Bowl.

Not true, each year a new O'Brien Trophy is awarded for the NBA Finals champion and a new Commissioner's Trophy is awarded to the World Series champion. Only the Stanley Cup doesn't get remade yearly.

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