Plus, no one wants to go to HoustonThe ratings are going to be fine. It's hard to travel to the Super Bowl, get lodgings, and tickets. It's also extremely expensive. It's not costly at all to turn on the TV to watch the game.
Plus, no one wants to go to HoustonThe ratings are going to be fine. It's hard to travel to the Super Bowl, get lodgings, and tickets. It's also extremely expensive. It's not costly at all to turn on the TV to watch the game.
True but if you order the fish but get the steak instead you'll likely not eat the steak. I'm expecting lower than usual ratings. And if the Pats get ahead early, huge tune out.The ratings are going to be fine. It's hard to travel to the Super Bowl, get lodgings, and tickets. It's also extremely expensive. It's not costly at all to turn on the TV to watch the game.
Nope. This isn't dinner. It's the super bowl. If people were expecting football and it was baseketball, maybe the ratings would be poor and your analogy would hold up. Otherwise, the Super Bowl is an event that is consistently watched by gobs of people no matter who is playing.True but if you order the fish but get the steak instead you'll likely not eat the steak. I'm expecting lower than usual ratings. And if the Pats get ahead early, huge tune out.
Yeah, haven't the Patriots historically been great for playoff ratings? People love to rally around a common enemy, and this SB is set in the context of DFG. The flip side of wanting to avoid seeing the Patriots win again is wanting to see them lose.The ratings are going to be fine. It's hard to travel to the Super Bowl, get lodgings, and tickets. It's also extremely expensive. It's not costly at all to turn on the TV to watch the game.
Also, steak is better than fish so you'd be chuffed in that situation.Nope. This isn't dinner. It's the super bowl. If people were expecting football and it was baseketball, maybe the ratings would be poor and your analogy would hold up. Otherwise, the Super Bowl is an event that is consistently watched by gobs of people no matter who is playing.
True, and it helped that all those games were close.Yeah, haven't the Patriots historically been great for playoff ratings? People love to rally around a common enemy, and this SB is set in the context of DFG. The flip side of wanting to avoid seeing the Patriots win again is wanting to see them lose.
Not having the Cowboys hurt the gate because teh game is in Texas.True, and it helped that all those games were close.
My point is the gen pop wanted the Cowboys and/or Rodgers and I think some Pats fatigue has set in. Not having the Cowboys has hurt the gate. SB ratings are pretty bullet proof but if Dallas was there they would have been higher.
Just a thought, if the Pats win SB51, does Jamie Collins get a Super Bowl ring since he played a half season?
Notice I said IF.......not counting chickens, just curiousAll this ring giving talk is making me uncomfortable.
I think this particular matchup will likely keep people around a bit longer, too. With these offenses, any one defensive stop could be a 14 point swing, and it would have to be really late in the game with a large deficit for either team to truly feel "out of it".True but if you order the fish but get the steak instead you'll likely not eat the steak. I'm expecting lower than usual ratings. And if the Pats get ahead early, huge tune out.
I can't imagine why not. Houston traffic makes any other city, Boston included look like a walk in the park. I can only imagine what it's gonna be like with 80,000 yahoos who don't know where the fuck they are going added into the mix.Plus, no one wants to go to Houston
George went to Andover, Yale, and had a house in Maine.George and Barbara Bush will be doing the coin flip.
Born in Milton.George went to Andover, Yale, and had a house in Maine.
It's in the bag.
Edit: actually a decent prop bet would be the odds that and announcer notes that Bill and George both graduated from Andover.
Houston doesn't quite make the US Top 10 in traffic. Nearly a tie with Boston according to Tom Tom, but last year (SF/San Jose area to get to Santa Clara) was significantly worse.I can't imagine why not. Houston traffic makes any other city, Boston included look like a walk in the park. I can only imagine what it's gonna be like with 80,000 yahoos who don't know where the fuck they are going added into the mix.
I hope they have paramedics standing by...George and Barbara Bush will be doing the coin flip.
Should have kept it 'coin flop.'George and Barbara Bush will be doing the coin flip.
High scoring game will keep eyes on the television. This is not going to be a 10-7 snooze fest that appeals to just the diehards.Demand for hotel rooms are down. Ticket prices have dropped. I'm expecting lower than usual ratings. America wanted to see the Cowboys or Rodgers. They got neither. The Falcons aren't a public team and I think many will stay away or tune out to avoid watching the Pats win again.
Not an RB, but...Maybe defenses don't put linebackers on the widest receiver anymore, even if he's just a RB split wide. I bet if they put Dion Lewis out there and got a LB covering him, Brady would find a way to work that matchup.
And yet you managed to give me no reason to want to read it.A surprisingly sweet article by Michael Vick in The Players Tribune about his time in Atlanta, and in jail, and now rooting for Atlanta:
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/michael-vick-atlanta-falcons-super-bowl-li/
I will eat a log of Rocco Graziosa's turd if the Pats hold the Falcons under 20 points. Just ain't happening.http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18599645/barnwell-super-bowl-li-preview-new-england-patriots-atlanta-falcons
Barnwell picks the Pats, 34-17. His logic boils down to the fact that the Pats have really only lost in the playoffs when opposing defenses get to Tom regularly, and he doesn't see the Falcons being able to do that. There's more to it, and the column has much more meat than most others, but that's essentially it. I agree with his point and I remain with the view that the Falcons have to do that to win. That's a bit of an overstatement, of course, in that Pats turnovers could tilt the game, even without intense pressure on Tom. But with that caveat, I think Barnwell is right and makes a good case for his proposition.
Um, dude.I will eat a log of Rocco Graziosa's turd if the Pats hold the Falcons under 20 points. Just ain't happening.
Quoted because "No erasies".I will eat a log of Rocco Graziosa's turd if the Pats hold the Falcons under 20 points. Just ain't happening.
What, you don't think Ghost is good for 6 FG? Hell, if that guy from Pittsburgh can do it.....Interesting score. Some mixture of safeties/2 point scores/missed XP going on in that scenario, amd who doesn't love that?
Gostkowski gets hurt so you have to go for two every time and then you get a safety.What's the most likely way to hit 18? TD7+TD8+FG?
Or miss the first XP and go for two to make it up and then miss it. 12-0. Two more FGs and you're at 18.Gostkowski gets hurt so you have to go for two every time and then you get a safety.
It kind of depends on the other score, doesn't it? At 18-3, there's no reason for anyone to be going for 2 in that game. It looks like a PIT-like 6 field goals to me. But we're analyzing someone else's dream score...What's the most likely way to hit 18? TD7+TD8+FG?
I'll stop by your house later so that you can punch me in the balls.Or miss the first XP and go for two to make it up and then miss it. 12-0. Two more FGs and you're at 18.
Where is this "Buzz" from?"Insider Buzz" says McCourty may move to CB to cover Muhammad Sanu with Harmon at safety. Which makes no sense to me. But take it with salt.
For those who can't see this, Bleacher Report is reporting that McCourty may shift to CB for the Super Bowl.Bleacherreport. On mobile right now.
Oh, man. That's amazing, but this is a definite case of "he's an asshole, but he's ours."Oh Tom is there anything that you can't do?
The first thing I thought was not "asshole" but rather a large eye roll at how many millions of Patriot haters are going to chalk this up as just another way the Patriots cheat.......I found it pretty funny though.Oh, man. That's amazing, but this is a definite case of "he's an asshole, but he's ours."
Just heard the audio (played it on 98.5).Bleacherreport. On mobile right now.
Most conventional way would be a TD, 3 FG and a safety. But seems kind of unlikely you would get that particular combo in the 1st half of this game.What's the most likely way to hit 18? TD7+TD8+FG?
why not just 9 safeties?What, you don't think Ghost is good for 6 FG? Hell, if that guy from Pittsburgh can do it.....