Super Bowl XLV

What a great excuse to drink a beer or four.
 
I was so happy at the start of half-time when Fergie's microphone wasn't working properly, but then they fixed it.
 
National Anthem was bad.
Halftime was sub par.
Commercials so far have been really bad. Have only laughed at MAYBE one.
But the game was good and the food has been good.
Another line.
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I think some of the commercial have been pretty good. The go-daddy and Pepsi commercials have been shit, as usual, but not a whole lot of total bombs this year.

Also, Packers won by 6 points.
 
Milwaukeefag here

I shed some tears.

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Well, someone is still yelling in the streets. lol
 
Good God, the anthem and the half time show must've been the worst I've seen in years.

Christina Aguilera and The Black Eyed Peas in Tron costumes? REALLY?

o and Packers suck etc
 
The Monkey said:
I saw the first two quarters with some friends, and as a first-time American football viewer, I gotta say, Jesus ****ing Christ what a boring sport! The game stops every 10 seconds, with a two minute pause to follow. 15 minutes of game time takes one hour to get through. The first half of the game offered in total one interesting moment (the second touchdown); other than that it was just a big waste of time.

On another note, the Superbowl exemplified all the bad things about the American culture. It looked like some sort of bad parody that some propagandists in the USSR during the Cold War could've made up. The excessive nationalism, the machismo, and above all, the rampant commercialism (a Bud Light cam, really?). And I can never understand how countless millions of Americans can put up with having commercials starting every two minutes. During the course of the evening you see far more ****ing car commercials than you ever see any football.
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And we ****ing like it that way. To be fair, I watch soccer and get bored watching nothing happen for hours. At least with American football, there's visual progress to keep me going.

Anyone else bored by the game? Sure, the Steelers had a decent comeback, but they never took the lead so it was the Packers the entire time. I was rooting for the Packers, too. I dunno. Boring game. The Halftime Show was complete shit too.
 
Qonfused said:
And we ****ing like it that way. To be fair, I watch soccer and get bored watching nothing happen for hours. At least with American football, there's visual progress to keep me going.

Anyone else bored by the game? Sure, the Steelers had a decent comeback, but they never took the lead so it was the Packers the entire time. I was rooting for the Packers, too. I dunno. Boring game. The Halftime Show was complete shit too.
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Get back in your god damn mud hut and roll up some more blunts and tacos you filthy Belgian scum.
 
Qonfused said:
And we ****ing like it that way. To be fair, I watch soccer and get bored watching nothing happen for hours. At least with American football, there's visual progress to keep me going.
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Soccer games only last for 90 minutes, and there's far more drama. In NFL half the team look bored when they score because they know it's almost meaningless, or they'll score more. In soccer, one goal can win it.
 
Lol, drama in soccer. Isn't scoring 2 points considered well above average?

The game was good. Half time show as always total crap, but it makes for a good smoke break. Didn't really watch the commercials since I couldn't hear them since everyone was loud as shit. But I heard they were actually pretty good this year.
 
No Limit said:
Lol, drama in soccer. Isn't scoring 2 points considered well above average?

The game was good. Half time show as always total crap, but it makes for a good smoke break. Didn't really watch the commercials since I couldn't hear them since everyone was loud as shit. But I heard they were actually pretty good this year.
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There's drama in soccer... like when the players fake injuries to try and get penalties called on the other team. That's very dramatic...
 
No Limit said:
Lol, drama in soccer. Isn't scoring 2 points considered well above average?

The game was good. Half time show as always total crap, but it makes for a good smoke break. Didn't really watch the commercials since I couldn't hear them since everyone was loud as shit. But I heard they were actually pretty good this year.
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2 points? 2 goals you mean. Here was the results from Saturdays games:

Aston Villa 2 - 2 Fulham
Everton 5 - 3 Blackpool
Man City 3 - 0 West Brom
Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal (Watch highlights here, comeback from 4-0 down. Here's the equalising goal)
Stoke 3 - 2 Sunderland
Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton
Wigan 4 - 3 Blackburn
Wolves 2 - 1 Man Utd
 
Americans are not allowed call other sports boring. When the ball touches the ground in American football you have to stop for a three minute ad break. Excitement!

That said I actually watched the Superbowl and it was almost kinda entertaining. Shouldn't have stayed up till 4 to watch it though. Ended up missing my first lecture.
 
StardogChampion said:
2 points? 2 goals you mean. Here was the results from Saturdays games:

Aston Villa 2 - 2 Fulham
Everton 5 - 3 Blackpool
Man City 3 - 0 West Brom
Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal (Watch highlights here, comeback from 4-0 down. Here's the equalising goal)
Stoke 3 - 2 Sunderland
Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton
Wigan 4 - 3 Blackburn
Wolves 2 - 1 Man Utd
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Yeah? Heres the first week of playoffs for the NFL.

Pittsburgh 31, Baltimore 24
Green Bay 48, Atlanta 21
Chicago 35, Seattle 24
New York Jets 28, New England 21

Its pretty much the same spread. One or two scores separate them for the most part.

@ Riom: Not every game is the Super Bowl, so not every game is infested with advertisements. Usually the commercial breaks only come during time outs or injuries.
 
Are you seriously comparing two very different games by how many points are scored in each game? There is one way to score in soccer and it gives one point. There are two ways to score in American football, one which gives six points, and after you get the one where you get six points you get a change to get more points straight away by getting a conversion. Are you retarded?

I just invented a game, it's just like soccer except when you score a gaol you get 1,734 points. You get more points per game than American football therefore it's better. LOGIC.
 
ríomhaire said:
Americans are not allowed call other sports boring. When the ball touches the ground in American football you have to stop for a three minute ad break. Excitement!

That said I actually watched the Superbowl and it was almost kinda entertaining. Shouldn't have stayed up till 4 to watch it though. Ended up missing my first lecture.
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So advertising that has nothing to do with the sport is the reason the sport is boring. Sound logic. I guess it's better than watching a non-stop 45 minute block of guys running around trading a ball is more exciting. The funny part is you can take an entire season of "goals" from soccer and put them in a three minute highlight reel.
 
ríomhaire said:
Are you seriously comparing two very different games by how many points are scored in each game? There is one way to score in soccer and it gives one point. There are two ways to score in American football, one which gives six points, and after you get the one where you get six points you get a change to get more points straight away by getting a conversion. Are you retarded?

I just invented a game, it's just like soccer except when you score a gaol you get 1,734 points. You get more points per game than American football therefore it's better. LOGIC.
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What? No, idiot. The number of points is, irrelevant. Stardog was saying that soccer games are more exciting because "In NFL half the team look bored when they score because they know it's almost meaningless, or they'll score more. In soccer, one goal can win it." I'm saying its the same as with soccer. One touchdown can win it. Hes acting like a 7 point lead is a huge, unrecoverable deficit, when in fact it is just one "goal."
 
ríomhaire said:
There are two ways to score in American football, one which gives six points, and after you get the one where you get six points you get a change to get more points straight away by getting a conversion. Are you retarded?
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There are five ways to score points in American football: a touchdown, a point after, a two point conversation, a field goal and a safety. Please don't call someone retarded when you don't know what you're talking about.

Also, lol futbol v. football.

Sigh. This isn't a conversation about which sport is better. I just prefer the slower pace of American football. I don't like soccer for the same reason I don't like hockey. There's usually very little in the way of progress, just a lot of movement and then maybe a good play and a team will achieve a point. I don't really care for basketball either. There's progress in way of points but it's just too fast for me to care. Keep in mind, I'm not a sports person. So football is as close to an active sport where I can be interested because honestly, it doesn't require that much attention.
 
Soccer and football are both good, highly entertaining sports with complex strategy and depth. Happy?

My girlfriend and I had a little Superbowl party and had a bunch of friends over to drink and watch the Superbowl. Our chili turned out DELICIOUS and I had $20 riding on the Packers winning so it was a huge success.
 
You guys call football soccer. Which is wrong, therefore I win. :p
(Football has roots in europe before the medieval times)

Superbowl F*ck yeah! :
I was supporting the steelers, first half was pretty tame but thoroughly enjoyed the 3rd and 4th quarters. Some tense parts.
Was a great excuse to shout obscenities at the TV until 3am, eat hotdogs and drink 7 buds :D
American Football, I give you a 5/5
 
ríomhaire said:
Americans are not allowed call other sports boring. When the ball touches the ground in American football you have to stop for a three minute ad break. Excitement!
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You should try actually going to a football game and experiencing it. Actually being there is MUCH better than watching. Plus, if you don't like having your sports games interrupted by advertising, you picked the wrong game to watch. With over 100 million people tuning in to watch the Super Bowl you'd expect companies going head over heel to get their message to so many people.

Plus another reason games seem to last so long is that they take so many ad breaks to make up for the revenue the networks have been losing from commercials due to DVR's, TIVO, and the likes. If you were to watch for example a big name college football game that might take several hours to complete, and compare it to a lowly division 1 game or something you'll find the games move a lot quicker because they don't pause so many times to squeeze commercials in. A few people suspect the networks have been playing a role in making games last so long by asking referees and coaches to slow the pace of the game.
 
Krynn72 said:
What? No, idiot. The number of points is, irrelevant. Stardog was saying that soccer games are more exciting because "In NFL half the team look bored when they score because they know it's almost meaningless, or they'll score more. In soccer, one goal can win it." I'm saying its the same as with soccer. One touchdown can win it. Hes acting like a 7 point lead is a huge, unrecoverable deficit, when in fact it is just one "goal."
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No, I'm acting like a 7 point lead is nothing, so they don't celebrate much, apart from the scorer and the nearest guy he bangs asses with. One touchdown can win it, but it rarely does, so 7 points is nothing, whereas 1 goal is huge, because it has more worth.

If your team concedes a goal in soccer, sometimes it can feel like game over already, but if you concede a touchdown you'll still assume your team will get at least a touchdown at some point.

I guess it's better than watching a non-stop 45 minute block of guys running around trading a ball is more exciting.
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Yes, it's better than watching a quarterback try to trade the ball to one other guy, while the others just bump into each other.

The funny part is you can take an entire season of "goals" from soccer and put them in a three minute highlight reel.
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I doubt it. Unless you just showed the moment the ball crossed the line. Like showing a touchdown without the throw or run.
 
StardogChampion said:
No, I'm acting like a 7 point lead is nothing, so they don't celebrate much, apart from the scorer and the nearest guy he bangs asses with. One touchdown can win it, but it rarely does, so 7 points is nothing, whereas 1 goal is huge, because it has more worth.

If your team concedes a goal in soccer, sometimes it can feel like game over already, but if you concede a touchdown you'll still assume your team will get at least a touchdown at some point.
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And this is your argument as to why soccer is better than football? Because in soccer if someone scores early on that can end the game while in football you still have a chance to catch up? You have a funny definition of what is exciting and what isn't.

Also, you should actually try watching a game sometime. Games end with someone scoring in the last minute or so all the time. Even last night I along with many others were expecting the Steelers to score in the last 2 minutes which would have meant that they would win. Everyone was on the edge of their seats.
 
StarBob said:
The funny part is you can take an entire season of "goals" from soccer and put them in a three minute highlight reel.
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Surely you can do that in American Football also?

I think my main problem with American Football is that it is so stop/start. It doesn't seem to have any flow. When a team like Arsenal have a good day, watching them is almost mesmerising.

Don't get me wrong I do quite enjoy American Football. I think more for making an event out of it than to watch the sport. Get a few beers and invite a few friends round and you're all set.
 
neptuneuk said:
You guys call football soccer. Which is wrong, therefore I win. :p
(Football has roots in europe before the medieval times)

Superbowl F*ck yeah! :
I was supporting the steelers, first half was pretty tame but thoroughly enjoyed the 3rd and 4th quarters. Some tense parts.
Was a great excuse to shout obscenities at the TV until 3am, eat hotdogs and drink 7 buds :D
American Football, I give you a 5/5
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I think you get the point of American football :D get drunk and eat hearty, artery-clogging American food with your friends.

I don't watch regular season football btw, I find soccer a bit more interesting to watch personally.

In America it's not really an option to refer to soccer as football, because everybody will ALWAYS assume you are talking about American football. I do refer to soccer as football among a couple of friends I have that also do so and get really into it during the World Cup or Euro Cup.
 
ríomhaire said:
Are you seriously comparing two very different games by how many points are scored in each game? There is one way to score in soccer and it gives one point. There are two ways to score in American football, one which gives six points, and after you get the one where you get six points you get a change to get more points straight away by getting a conversion. Are you retarded?

I just invented a game, it's just like soccer except when you score a gaol you get 1,734 points. You get more points per game than American football therefore it's better. LOGIC.
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9+ ways to score, most being so rare they hardly count. Traditional touchdown + completed fieldgoal = 7 pts, touchdown + missed fieldgoal or conversion = 6 pts, 2pts safety, 1pt safety, Touchdown + convert = 8pts, fieldgoal = 3 pts, sudden death touchdown = 6pts, free kick (almost never happens) = 3 pts, dropkick (also very rare) = 1pt
 
This is a pointless and futile argument.
 
I'm just waiting for someone to pop Godwin's law.
 
Sheepo said:
This is a pointless and futile argument.
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All I can think of is that huge image I see on 4chan threads about USA vs. Europe about how there's not much of a difference anyway.
 
Preferring European football to American football equates to supporting international Nazism/Fascism and idolizing Adolph Hitler. Gongrats guys.
 
I love these threads. Never change, sportslife2.net.

As far as scoring, you really can't beat Quidditch. I mean, two teams of scorers, defenders and goalkeepers on "ground level," all pre-occupied with playing an actual sport with actual rules and actual scoring, but in all likelihood it'll all over once some dandy **** flies around by himself and catches what is essentially a magical bird. How about that? Can you imagine soccer or football if one player just chased around a squirrel, completely independent of what anyone else was doing on the field, and without any concern for boundaries, and they awarded him 100 points for catching it?

Thanks, what a great audience.
 
I've actually thought of that Bad Hat, it's a stupid ****ing game, as catching that ****ing golden ball renders all the rest of the game pointless nearly every time.
 
Clearly you didn't watch the last Quidditch World Cup.
 
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