Most of them were bears fans. Didnt you see?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito
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Most of them were bears fans. Didnt you see?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito
we had one of those - quote funny because out of roughly 20 of us none of us actually knew what was happening (they pass the ball forward)Quote:
Originally Posted by Duke Malcolm
good game, but i was supporting the bears :no:
+ Martin Johnson on itv coverage :wall:
Next year: Chicago Bears, versus the Miami Dolphins Baby!! Oh yeah!!! They putting together a good team. Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas on defense plus Harrington Culpepper on offense means a trip to the super bowl
Division winners of 2007-2008 season:
NFC
East-Eagles. Philly, McNabb, and finally a good running back.
West-Seattle. Injuries hurt them this year, but even with those setbacks, no one else in their division is worth anything.
North- Chicago. Again no one can compete with them in their division, although Green Bay could provide some problems with Farve returning.
South-huh. I am gonna have to say Panthers. They had the best overall rookie class in the division, and Steve Smith and Julius Peppers will light up the field. Jake just needs to give it to Keshawn more.
Overall, Bears. Too good on defense, in NFC terms anyway.
AFC
North-Baltimore will come out on top. McNair and the two Lewis's are too good for the rest of the division.
South-Colts. While the Jaguars might make a good run, the Colts will be able to come out on top with a rising defense and the best offense, they'll win.
East-MIAMI DOLPHINS!!!!!! Ain't no way the Patriots are making it to the AFC championship next year. As stated in my opening paragraph, they are becoming contenders once again.
West-San Diego. No description needed. They just got unlucky in the playoffs.
Super Bowl: Bears v. Dolphins.
Final score: Dolphins 27, Bears 10
One of my pet peeves with the Super Bowl is the completely unnecessary entertainment before the game and during halftime. The pre-game show this year was one of the lamest things I've seen in quite a while. Then the brilliance of constructing a massive stage and inviting a couple thousand people down onto a soggy field just amazed me. They are lucky the field didn't get chewed up. With footballs biggest game half over, we get 3 minutes of "in depth" analysis of the first half before Prince struts his stuff. It is these cheesy, over-the-top entertainment "extravaganzas" that make me embarassed to be an American.* The Major college bowl games are just as bad. I remember when Disney used to do the halftime shows for the Orange Bowl which they conveniently used to plug their latest movie. Shameful.
* The most absurd thing I ever saw was the openning ceremony for the 1984 Olympic Games in LA when they had 100 grand pianos playing Gershwin. I nearly crawled under the sofa in embarassment - the whole world was watching this "spectacle". :wall:
I must say, I think this is one of the main things which prevents American sports from obtaining a decent international audience. It's just vulgar.Quote:
One of my pet peeves with the Super Bowl is the completely unnecessary entertainment before the game and during halftime.
I vote Colts. I have a pretty strong feeling...
I don't find it vulgar so much as insipid and lame. As much as I love football (and I do!), I've always found the pre-game and halftime shows to be stupid and a colassal waste of time. We'd be more entertained by the Super Bowl TV commercials everyone loves to watch.... ~:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
If they had pee-wee football teams playing (aka Bobble heads), then half time would be sooo much better...... wouldn't mind if they played the lingerie bowl during half-time either :beam:
Nice ideas Decker. I can't remember where I've seen the pee-wee entertainment before - whether it was football or hockey - but it was a hoot to watch.
The Lingerie Bowl in the rain in Miami would have provided a very revealing look at women's football.
It wasn't always that way, BKS. This commercial crassness was a gradual progression that began in the 80's. TV producers demanded and received compliance from the league executives to start changing things about the game to conform to tv scheduling and commercial needs at the expense of the flow of the game and it's viewability/enjoyability for the average fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
Increased commercial advertisement $$$, begat increased tv owner profits $$$, begat increased team owner $$$, begat huge salaries $$$ for players. The fan got to foot the bill and the pleasure of watching 3-4 hours of commercials with a little football thrown in to break the monotony. It's all about greed, greed gone wild. Stinkin' beancounters:whip:
Fortunately there's a channel selector and on/off switch on the tv.
Ugh. Being at a televised game is really annoying. I always dreaded it when I saw that sideline official step onto the field indicating a commercial timeout. I used to sit there waiting for him to put his arm out to the side to signal 30 seconds remaining in the timeout. One of the things that makes it more tolerable today is that stadiums are getting better at entertaining the fans during the commercial breaks thanks primarily to those Jumbotron TVs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito
As for the entertainment, it is the NFL's attempt to get women interested in watching the Super Bowl - at least that was the original logic behind the "show" that it has become. Fortunately, the regular season games and playoffs have none of this non-sense. It is just sad that we have to tolerate it for the most important game of the year. :no:
Amen. And so it was. Don't forget about the "Build us a new stadium or we'll leave town!" gambit, and the seat-guarantee schemes, all driving ticket prices out of reach of the average fan, prompting more TV-spectacle watching and less attendance.Quote:
...Increased commercial advertisement $$$, begat increased tv owner profits $$$, begat increased team owner $$$, begat huge salaries $$$ for players. The fan got to foot the bill...
For next season, I expect CBS (home of "American Idol" and "Survivor") to introduce a 'vote him off the island' plan, where TV watchers phone in (at $2 a call) their picks for quarterback up to 10 minutes before kick-off.:laugh4: