Super Bowl XLVIII

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Change from baseline doesn't reflect the fact that the incidence of wankers is way lower in either city than, say, Tulsa

[Copecwby20]

It wasn't the national anthem either but the kind of people that are complaining seem to not know that.

If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for America!

[mitlen]

If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for America!

 

[PowerBoater69]

Change from baseline doesn't reflect the fact that the incidence of wankers is way lower in either city than, say, Tulsa

Seattle does have that little halftime bump.

[imref]

Oh c'mon now Slate - the Seahawks defense was good all evening.

Did anyone else get the impression the refs didn't do a good job calling penalties (holding, illegal contact, etc) against the Seahawk defenders ?

not really.  I got the impression that the only way to beat Seattle is to have a mobile QB (e.g. Kapernick).

[nats2playoffs]

not really.  I got the impression that the only way to beat Seattle is to have a mobile QB (e.g. Kapernick).

Before the dynasty predictions commence, a good comparison might be the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears.  The following season the Bears went 14-3 and, by far, had the best defense in the NFL.  But they lost in the playoffs to the Washington Redskins, who lost to the NY Giants, who then beat the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl 39-20. 

[skippy1999]

Before the dynasty predictions commence, a good comparison might be the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears.  The following season the Bears went 14-3 and, by far, had the best defense in the NFL.  But they lost in the playoffs to the Washington Redskins, who lost to the NY Giants, who then beat the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl 39-20. 

Listening to the radio today those predictions have already commenced lol
They sure look like a great team right now but I can't help but think Pete Carroll's easy-breezy, let 'em do what they want style will eventually lead to a crazy out of control team, we shall see I guess. 

[mmzznnxx]

It sucks PSH died. He was a great actor and I loved what he did, very few actors make me feel crappy the way the loss of PSH did.

I think everyone should watch "Synecdoche, New York" as I think that was his magnus opus. And just a great film. Beautiful work by both PSH everyone involved in that film.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Right sentiment but wrong thread.

[tomterp]

Gonna see my 2nd SB parade tomorrow, in Seattle on business and parade goes right past the office. 

[Slateman]

Oh c'mon now Slate - the Seahawks defense was good all evening.

Did anyone else get the impression the refs didn't do a good job calling penalties (holding, illegal contact, etc) against the Seahawk defenders ?

I don't think the Seahawks defense was that good. I think Manning was just awful. Seahawks made plays but really, that game was all about Manning choking.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

I'm sure everyone will stay diligently at their desks...

Gonna see my 2nd SB parade tomorrow, in Seattle on business and parade goes right past the office. 

[KnorrForYourMoney]

I don't think the Seahawks defense was that good. I think Manning was just awful. Seahawks made plays but really, that game was all about Manning choking.

I have to agree.  He never missed an opportunity to throw into double coverage.

[imref]

I don't think the Seahawks defense was that good. I think Manning was just awful. Seahawks made plays but really, that game was all about Manning choking.

The Seahawks defensive line manhandled the Broncos O-line, I don't recall Manning have much of any time to throw.

[imref]

Before the dynasty predictions commence, a good comparison might be the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears.  The following season the Bears went 14-3 and, by far, had the best defense in the NFL.  But they lost in the playoffs to the Washington Redskins, who lost to the NY Giants, who then beat the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl 39-20. 

John Clayton writes:

The Seattle Seahawks reached rarefied air Sunday night.

They became the fifth-youngest team to play in a Super Bowl. Don't underestimate the significance of that. The youngest team was the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers, and they won three more Super Bowls over the next five years. The 1981 San Francisco 49ers, the second-youngest team, won three more Super Bowls over the next eight years.

The 1971 Miami Dolphins lost Super Bowl VI as the third-youngest team and then came back to win back-to-back Super Bowls and had a five-year run in which they won 57 games. The 1985 Chicago Bears were the fourth-youngest team, and they and won 52 games in a four-year stretch.

Does that mean we'll see a Seahawks dynasty? It's debatable. The biggest thing standing in their way is the salary cap. All four of those aforementioned runs were in the pre-salary-cap era.

The only franchises to repeat as Super Bowl champs in the cap era are the Dallas Cowboys (1992-93), Denver Broncos (1997-98) and New England Patriots (2003-04).

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/10395738/early-super-bowl-favorites-2014

[mitlen]

Clayton lives in Seattle and is from Pittsburgh.   I would expect no less from him.   

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

The yinzer diaspora is everywhere

Clayton lives in Seattle and is from Pittsburgh.   I would expect no less from him.   

[mitlen]

The yinzer diaspora is everywhere

Yunzer 

[imref]

Clayton lives in Seattle and is from Pittsburgh.   I would expect no less from him.   

and he likes Slayer.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Slayer needs louder

and he likes Slayer.

[tomterp]

I'm sure everyone will stay diligently at their desks...

We look directly down on the street from the 10th floor.  People have been setting up lawn chairs all afternoon.  One guy put down 3 chaise lounges, like he's going to be able to sit there with a bunch of screaming 12th man wannabees.   

[blue911]

We look directly down on the street from the 10th floor.  People have been setting up lawn chairs all afternoon.  One guy put down 3 chaise lounges, like he's going to be able to sit there with a bunch of screaming 12th man wannabees.   

Good burning material

[imref]

Some interesting notes today:

- Flea responds to the reports of their instruments not being plugged in by saying they didn't want to fake it, they were using a backing track but the singing was live, they recorded the track before the show.

- the halftime show was the most watched television event in U.S. history - 115.3 million people, 4 million more than the average audience for the game itself

- overall rating was up a bit from last year, but it is still only the 7th highest rated game ever (SB 16 in 1982 between the 49rs and the Bengals is still the highest rated game ever).

[mmzznnxx]

Right sentiment but wrong thread.

If this was directed at me, as I think it was, you're right. I thought I was posting that in the "Movies/TV shows to watch" thread and got mixed up because I had multiple threads up at once and was too dumb/drunk to post it in the right thread. You should probably ban me and put it in the right thread in the future. But I appreciate your discretion. Also please de-bump this thread because this is not a worthy bump. I'll probably post more so you should really nerf me and my comments are crap. Thanks.

Edit: And to add to the discussion, I was on the fence with Peyton, but after this Super Bowl, I totally think he choked. Losing is fine, I would love to be in his place, but to be the most productive offense in league history and only score 8 points in garbage time, that's embarrassing and a huge choke.