Super Bowl predictions

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:08 am

Denver by 10

vern · Post by **vern** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:25 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW4J-RiCZ2Q[/youtube]

lasalle · Post by **lasalle** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:56 am

BucketHead wrote:Denver by 10
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Please dear lord Jesus. Broncos by 10 and a concussion for Richard Sherman.

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:16 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFYuwWCqmeU[/youtube]

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:36 pm

BucketHead wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFYuwWCqmeU[/youtube]

Wonder what his major was.

Bob Wildes · Post by **Bob Wildes** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:56 pm

nafod wrote:
BucketHead wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFYuwWCqmeU[/youtube]
Wonder what his major was.

Communication no doubt.

Andy83 · Post by **Andy83** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:56 pm

Patriots by 1.

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:30 pm

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:01 pm

The public doesn’t put much stock in Peyton Manning’s postseason failures.

Though the Seahawks opened as one-point favorites over the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2, heavy action quickly came in on Manning and Denver, turning the Broncos into one-point favorites at most sportsbooks, though it reached as high as three points at some sites.

The Broncos money line (straight-up win) is -145, while the Seahawks are +125. The over/under is 47 ½ .

If this spread remains under 2 ½ points, it would mark the lowest Super Bowl spread since the 49ers and Bengals played in the first of two Super Bowl meetings, 32 years ago.

Underdogs have covered five of the past six Super Bowls, with four winning straight up.

http://nypost.com/2014/01/20/broncos-fa ... uper-bowl/

Should be a great game.

Mickey O'neil · Post by **Mickey O'neil** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:19 pm

Bob Wildes wrote:
nafod wrote:
BucketHead wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFYuwWCqmeU[/youtube]
Wonder what his major was.
Communication no doubt.

Actually, yes. After earning a degree in Communications he returned to Stanford for his final year of eligibility to begin a Masters degree according to Wikipedia. Another source, granted it's some dude on a forum, says he finished with a 4.2 GPA.

I wasn't too fond of him at first but after seeing some interviews with him and reading several articles I have started to like him quite a bit even though the trash talk does get old sometimes. Regardless, he is a very interesting guy.

I'm pulling for the Seahawks, btw.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-foo ... n-football

What originally started as a midseason look at the NFL's most interesting player has expanded beyond that because, well, Richard Sherman's story isn't just about the last two months. It goes back to his his youth in Compton, Calif., his days at Stanford, when he was a wide receiver before he was a cornerback. It goes back to him falling to the fifth round of the 2011 draft and how that motivated him to prove everyone wrong. And it continues to this day as Sherman has made himself into one of the league's best cornerbacks.
Below: A brief timeline of events that led Sherman to this point.

* Sherman's parents preached the importance of hard work and education at an early age. His father rose at 4 a.m. every morning to drive a garbage truck. His mother worked with mentally disabled children.

"It got to the point where I'd bring home a B in middle school, even in a tough class, and get stern looks, like, That is not acceptable," Sherman wrote this summer for TheMMQB.com. "But our parents always kept us involved in sports, kept us busy. In such a bad neighborhood, they always wanted us doing something constructive."

* As a senior at Dominguez High School, Sherman had 28 receptions for 859 yards and 14 touchdowns, as well as 1019 all-purpose yards. He also had a 3.9 GPA.

Mickey O'neil · Post by **Mickey O'neil** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:29 pm

A little more on Sherman:

"Even when he's wrong, he's right," Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin, who played with Sherman at Stanford, told the Mercury News in September. "When he gets beat, it's just an opportunity to come back and win more battles."

It's a perfect description. But Sherman is also a football realist. He knows the inherent risks of playing a sport in which some of the planet's best-conditioned athletes spend three hours a week running full speed into each other.

"A NASCAR driver understands that anything can happen during a race; his car could flip at 200 miles per hour," Sherman wrote recently. "A boxer knows when he goes in the ring what's happening to his body. Just like them, we understand this is a dangerous game with consequences not just in the short term, but for the rest of our lives. ...

"Do I think about the consequences 30 years down the line? No more than I think about the food I'm enjoying today, which could be revealed in 30 years to cause cancer or a heart murmur or something else unpredictable. Those are the things you can't plan for, and the kind of optimism I have right now is the only way to live. And the next time I get hit in the head and I can't see straight, if I can, I'll get back up and pretend like nothing happened. Maybe I'll even get another pick in the process."

* But Sherman is a man whose life is about more than football. One of his biggest off-field passions: Stressing the importance of education to inner-city kids, as well as providing material and supplies to schools in need. A softball game organized by his charity, Blanket Coverage, raised $40,000 over the summer.
"I feel obligated to make (the inner city) a better place," Sherman told the Mercury News. "We shouldn't ever leave a kid behind. But it's hard for them to take the SATs when the textbooks they're using were made in 2000. How can they compete?"

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:45 pm

He's just pissed he couldn't get in to Harvard.

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:02 pm

I predict a gigantic capitalist orgasm.

And some guys playing a game.

DikTracy6000 · Post by **DikTracy6000** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:21 pm

My first reaction to Sherman's post game rant with Erin Andrews was, what a thug. After hearing him later when the adrenaline dump was gone, he came across a different person. And he brought back some distant memories of what it felt like to lay a big hit on someone. I'm glad we have someone a little colorful going into this super bowl, rather than seeing some Tebow like character visiting sick kids in some hospital. That shit gets old.

Kenny X · Post by **Kenny X** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:14 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQiiKb_lLa0[/youtube]

T200 · Post by **T200** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:37 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xknWZIAzBCc[/youtube]

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:39 pm

T200 wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xknWZIAzBCc[/youtube]

That was an *excellent* book. Movie was OK.

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:29 pm

DikTracy6000 wrote:My first reaction to Sherman's post game rant with Erin Andrews was, what a thug. After hearing him later when the adrenaline dump was gone, he came across a different person. And he brought back some distant memories of what it felt like to lay a big hit on someone. I'm glad we have someone a little colorful going into this super bowl, rather than seeing some Tebow like character visiting sick kids in some hospital. That shit gets old.

http://mmqb.si.com/2014/01/20/richard-s ... -crabtree/

What a night, and what a finish.

Near midnight I still had about 70 unread text messages from friends and family, most of which read, “Best interview ever!” Many of my Twitter mentions were less supportive. My body ached. I was thrilled and proud and upset, all at once.

Here’s what happened …

I spent most of the game on an island: I was targeted only twice during the entire NFC Championship. The first produced a BS holding call against me; the second ended the game. Michael Crabtree stutter-stepped out of his break on first down and sprinted toward the end zone. I was in good position for a pick until he pushed me in the back. My interception became a tip and an interception for Malcolm Smith in the end zone.

Game over. The Seahawks are in the Super Bowl.

I ran over to Crabtree to shake his hand but he ignored me. I patted him, stuck out my hand and said, “Good game, good game.” That’s when he shoved my face, and that’s when I went off.

I threw a choking sign at 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Why? Because he decided he was going to try the guy he was avoiding all game, because, I don’t know, he’s probably not paying attention for the game-winning play. C’mon, you’re better than that.

“It was loud, it was in the moment, and it was just a small part of the person I am.”
Erin Andrews interviewed me after the game and I yelled what was obvious: If you put a subpar player across from a great one, most of the time you’re going to get one result. As far as Crabtree being a top-20 NFL receiver, you’d have a hard time making that argument to me. There are a lot of receivers playing good ball out there, and Josh Gordon needed 14 games to produce almost double what Crabtree can do in a full season. And Gordon had Brandon Weeden, Brian Hoyer and Jason Campbell playing quarterback.

But that’s not why I don’t like the man. It goes back to something he said to me this offseason in Arizona, but you’d have to ask him about that. A lot of what I said to Andrews was adrenaline talking, and some of that was Crabtree. I just don’t like him.

It was loud, it was in the moment, and it was just a small part of the person I am. I don’t want to be a villain, because I’m not a villainous person. When I say I’m the best cornerback in football, it’s with a caveat: There isn’t a great defensive backfield in the NFL that doesn’t have a great front seven. Everything begins with pressure up front, and that’s what we get from our pass rushers every Sunday. To those who would call me a thug or worse because I show passion on a football field—don’t judge a person’s character by what they do between the lines. Judge a man by what he does off the field, what he does for his community, what he does for his family.

But people find it easy to take shots on Twitter, and to use racial slurs and bullying language far worse than what you’ll see from me. It’s sad and somewhat unbelievable to me that the world is still this way, but it is. I can handle it.

One thing I can’t accept is what I read after the game about Seahawks fans throwing food at 49ers linebacker Navorro Bowman as he was being carted off the field with his knee injury. If it’s true, it’s beyond terrible. That’s as low as it gets. I’m sure whoever did this is in a small minority of fans, because I don’t think that kind of action is an accurate representation of the character of the 12th man. Navorro Bowman is a great player who plays the game the right way. When he went down, I dropped to a knee and prayed for him. He deserves better than having food thrown at him as he’s carted off a field. All players deserve better than that.

So here we are, in the Super Bowl. New York-bound. There will be a lot of talking, but at this point, after 18 games, there’s nothing left to say. We have the right mindset, and nothing can change that. We’ve treated every week like a championship opportunity and we’ll obviously continue to think that way. We deserve to be here. We didn’t sneak into the Super Bowl; we earned our way. Now every goal we set forth at the beginning of the season is in front of us.

The Broncos stand in our way, and it’s a large obstacle. They’ve got the smartest quarterback in football and receivers who are large (mostly), explosive with the football and run great routes. Wes Welker is quick and elusive, Eric Decker is a great receiver with hands and speed, and Demaryius Thomas is as strong as they come. And Peyton knows how to get each of them in spots.

It’s the No. 1 offense vs. the No. 1 defense. It’s a match made in heaven, and we couldn’t be more excited. If you’re any kind of competitor and you have any kind of dog about you, you want to play against the best. Finally, we get the opportunity.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:04 pm

nafod wrote:He's just pissed he couldn't get in to Harvard.

If he could get into Stanford, he could probably get into Harvard.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootbal ... recruiting

vern · Post by **vern** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:13 am

Turdacious wrote:
The public doesn’t put much stock in Peyton Manning’s postseason failures.

Though the Seahawks opened as one-point favorites over the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2, heavy action quickly came in on Manning and Denver, turning the Broncos into one-point favorites at most sportsbooks, though it reached as high as three points at some sites.

The Broncos money line (straight-up win) is -145, while the Seahawks are +125. The over/under is 47 ½ .

If this spread remains under 2 ½ points, it would mark the lowest Super Bowl spread since the 49ers and Bengals played in the first of two Super Bowl meetings, 32 years ago.

Underdogs have covered five of the past six Super Bowls, with four winning straight up.
http://nypost.com/2014/01/20/broncos-fa ... uper-bowl/

Should be a great game.

"Ok, give him eight to five on Cleveland."

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:57 am

Bob Wildes wrote:
nafod wrote:
BucketHead wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFYuwWCqmeU[/youtube]
Wonder what his major was.
Communication no doubt.

Yes. He knew where the camera was the entire time and stayed away from profanity or any racial/sexual references. He now has name recognition amongst casual fans, gets to play the villain to Manning's hero all of that is going to pay off well for him in the future.

Andy83 · Post by **Andy83** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:36 pm

Speaking of Harvard, they offer a bunch of online courses FREE! You don't even have to be below the ever changing poverty line. Take a course or two so you can add to your resume that you studied at Harvard.

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:02 pm

T>1200 wrote:I predict a gigantic capitalist orgasm.

And some guys playing a game.

Blaidd Drwg · Post by **Blaidd Drwg** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:27 pm

Sherman is pretty much the Anti-Thug...

also..Broncos by 6

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:13 am

I'm serious here: the gigantic corporatism of NFL football doesn't put y'all off it even a little? $20-70 to park. $8 for a beer. Rule changes to favor TV. Venue choices to favor TV revenue, etc, etc

This isn't much of a sport anymore. It's a commercial.

IGX

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