Super Bowl predictions

Mickey O'neil · Post by **Mickey O'neil** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:31 am

T>1200 wrote: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.

One of the reasons I hardly watch it anymore. Constant commercials and plays only last, what, seven seconds? Usually if I watch a sport on tv it is soccer. Not much scoring but constant movement.

vern · Post by **vern** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 8:38 am

Mickey O'neil wrote:
T>1200 wrote: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.
One of the reasons I hardly watch it anymore. Constant commercials and plays only last, what, seven seconds? Usually if I watch a sport on tv it is soccer. Not much scoring but constant movement.

Plus the fact that they don't allow many real fans attend the superbowl.

"We can't let a lot of fans into this game...those tickets are reserved for the Fortune 500 CEO's and their families who couldn't care less about football."

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:52 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl4ViIwy7KA[/youtube]

Bob Wildes · Post by **Bob Wildes** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:25 pm

BucketHead wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl4ViIwy7KA[/youtube]

Sew the wind, reap the whirlwind.

The Ginger Beard Man · Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:07 pm

vern wrote:
Mickey O'neil wrote:
T>1200 wrote: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.
One of the reasons I hardly watch it anymore. Constant commercials and plays only last, what, seven seconds? Usually if I watch a sport on tv it is soccer. Not much scoring but constant movement.
Plus the fact that they don't allow many real fans attend the superbowl.

"We can't let a lot of fans into this game...those tickets are reserved for the Fortune 500 CEO's and their families who couldn't care less about football."

Largely true of most pro sports these days. It's almost impossible to get tickets at Madison Square Garden for the Knicks and Rangers, and while baseball tickets are easier to come by, who can afford all the add ons?
Every year I care a little less about football, and that's the last of the big four that I care about at all.

As for the game, I predict it will be cold enough to keep them from coming back here for a long time.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:06 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6x-O3kb1sI[/youtube]

Sherman-- solid citizen who's not a dumbass (as evidenced by his nonexistent criminal record). Talks shit, backs it up.

Anyone who doesn't respect the hell out of him is either a) not a real football fan b) still wears pajamas/long johns with feet in them.

Sherman is everything a corner should be.

And Harbaugh was his coach in college-- he deserves what he got for testing him with Crabtree.

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:14 pm

Turdacious wrote:Talks shit...

That makes him a dick.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:25 pm

nafod wrote:
Turdacious wrote:Talks shit...
That makes him a dick. Football players should be more like Carlton Banks.

Mickey O'neil · Post by **Mickey O'neil** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:01 pm

Turdacious wrote:
nafod wrote:
Turdacious wrote:Talks shit...
That makes him a dick. Football players should be more like Carlton Banks.

hahaha!

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:15 pm

Turdacious wrote:
nafod wrote:
Turdacious wrote:Talks shit...
That makes him a dick. Football players should be more like Carlton Banks.

I had to google that, and still don't get it.

Sherman is an example of what makes the NFL look like the WWF. Not my thing.

The Ginger Beard Man · Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:23 pm

nafod wrote:
Turdacious wrote:
nafod wrote:
Turdacious wrote:Talks shit...
That makes him a dick. Football players should be more like Carlton Banks.
I had to google that, and still don't get it.

Sherman is an example of what makes the NFL look like the WWF. Not my thing.

They can't all be like Barry Sanders. Sportsmanship is to much to ask, these days.

Blaidd Drwg · Post by **Blaidd Drwg** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:26 pm

nafod wrote:Sherman is an example of what makes the NFL look like the WWF. Not my thing.

You might think that. You'd be wrong.

Sherman is a genuine guy cut form a totally different cloth. The guy is a shit talker in the Ali sense of the word but he is also a good hearted guy who actually listens to what people say about him before he peels their fragile psyche like an onion.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi_ly7HTSzk[/youtube]

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:43 pm

The Ginger Beard Man wrote:
nafod wrote:
Turdacious wrote:
nafod wrote:
Turdacious wrote:Talks shit...
That makes him a dick. Football players should be more like Carlton Banks.
I had to google that, and still don't get it.

Sherman is an example of what makes the NFL look like the WWF. Not my thing.
They can't all be like Barry Sanders. Sportsmanship is to much to ask, these days.

Barry didn't play defense.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:52 pm

Blaidd Drwg wrote:
nafod wrote:Sherman is an example of what makes the NFL look like the WWF. Not my thing.
You might think that. You'd be wrong.

Sherman is a genuine guy cut form a totally different cloth. The guy is a shit talker in the Ali sense of the word but he is also a good hearted guy who actually listens to what people say about him before he peels their fragile psyche like an onion.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi_ly7HTSzk[/youtube]

Facts be damned, he's already been typecast as 'Angry Black Man.'

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:53 pm

Blaidd Drwg wrote:
nafod wrote:Sherman is an example of what makes the NFL look like the WWF. Not my thing.
You might think that. You'd be wrong.

Sherman is a genuine guy cut form a totally different cloth. The guy is a shit talker in the Ali sense of the word but he is also a good hearted guy who actually listens to what people say about him before he peels their fragile psyche like an onion.

Hey, I am sure there are pro wrestlers who are great humanitarians and gentle souls outside the arena reality distortion field.

Blaidd Drwg · Post by **Blaidd Drwg** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:36 pm

nafod wrote:
Blaidd Drwg wrote:
nafod wrote:Sherman is an example of what makes the NFL look like the WWF. Not my thing.
You might think that. You'd be wrong.

Sherman is a genuine guy cut form a totally different cloth. The guy is a shit talker in the Ali sense of the word but he is also a good hearted guy who actually listens to what people say about him before he peels their fragile psyche like an onion.
Hey, I am sure there are pro wrestlers who are great humanitarians and gentle souls outside the arena reality distortion field.

It shocks me how few of you chaps are willing to understand qualitative distinctions based on context. Lots of on/off switch thinking. We just had a month long hand wringing thread over "racism" and yet here you are with the more insidious soft sell version. Weaver gets a pass? Pfffft...in the parlance of our times, Nigger, please

The Ginger Beard Man · Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:35 pm

I have nothing at all against Richard Sherman. I haven't followed much football the last couple of years, and only heard of him on Monday.
He seems like a fine human being and an excellent ball player.
I do however, get tired of the shit talking and braggadocio that permeates the culture of sport. I like a guy like Barry, who said his father told him that when he scored, he should act like he'd been there before and knew he would do it again.
Maybe sports would be boring if everyone behaved that way.
Maybe I'm a hypocrite, too. I could get loud sometimes when I played lacrosse, and didn't always keep it clean, either.
I have a preference, though.
Is some of the reaction to Sherman of the "uppity nigger" variety. Probably.
And although a New York Super Bowl is putting money directly into my pocket, I still don't think they should be playing here.
But I hope it snows, it will sure make for a memorable game.

johno · Post by **johno** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:45 pm

My first guess was Sherman was still in Game Mode shit talking when Erin Andrews stuck the mike in his face.

But now that I know a little more about him, he may be the greatest self-promoting Seahawk since Brian "The Boz" Bosworth. But with serious talent. He will go far, on & off the field.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:49 pm

Blaidd Drwg · Post by **Blaidd Drwg** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:23 pm

The Ginger Beard Man wrote: I do however, get tired of the shit talking and braggadocio that permeates the culture of sport. I like a guy like Barry, who said his father told him that when he scored, he should act like he'd been there before and knew he would do it again.

I hear that.
The way I coach my own kids places probably more emphasis on this than is necessary...BUT..

Watching noted shit talkers like Sherman and Sonnon has made me question some of my assumptions. It's almost like drugs in sports. We all know it's there, we may feel strongly one way or the other but beyond the veil that separates those who watch from those who do, there's a whole other game going on in the game.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 12:50 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW_2I9OBqKc[/youtube]

Context unlikely to change the mind those who prejudged.

Holland Oates · Post by **Holland Oates** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 1:07 am

Jeezus there are a bunch of sensitive faggots on here. He's probably going to be dead before he's fucking 50 from suicide or some other side effect of his traumatic brain injury. If he wants to talk shit after running head long into another man at 35 mph then he has that right. Sportsmanship is a great thing for kids and fucking losers who don't care about winning.

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:09 am

Ed Zachary wrote:Jeezus there are a bunch of sensitive faggots on here. He's probably going to be dead before he's fucking 50 from suicide or some other side effect of his traumatic brain injury. If he wants to talk shit after running head long into another man at 35 mph then he has that right. Sportsmanship is a great thing for kids and fucking losers who don't care about winning.

Dick

Holland Oates · Post by **Holland Oates** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:47 am

nafod wrote:
Dick

That's the spirit.

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 1:55 pm

Ed Zachary wrote:
nafod wrote:
Dick
That's the spirit.

Sometimes I crack myself up.

IGX

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