#DFG: Canceling the Noise
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Frisbetarian said:
If anybody here has good connections to God: can we please arrange for Shaughnessy's hair to burst into flames when Gronk spikes the winning touchdown?
I don't want just a win. I want something more lopsided than 45-7. I want to see Kraft, Belichick and Tom Brady rip the Lombardi Trophy out of Goodell's hands, I want him pushed off stage and publicly humiliated. I want nothing less than his resignation within a week following the game.djhb20 said:
Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with booze, fast women, SOSH forums, and Football Central . Tomorrow will not be among them. But at this SB, I beg only to live this next game well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee, God, for a New England Patriots Super bowl victory over the Seahawks, and not just a squeeker that gives me a 3 hour heart attack, I will totally take that, but I would strongly prefer a highly cathartic win with touchdown after demoralizing touchdown scored by the Patriots, and another 4 interceptions by Wilson, who thinks you are choosing him over all others, please make him pay for this, and please if possible restore some balance and punish those that would spread lies and hate by way of "trusted insider leaks", and please make Roger Goodell face his crimes, and know the end is near as he hands the Lombardi trophy to the NEP... I ask you this with utmost humility, and also promise to be good for the rest of the year, and hopefully we can also talk in October : )
PS God, could we also have Dan Shaughnessy's hair burst into flames whenever Rob Gronkowski score a TD? Maybe not a literal fire, but you know, intense pain cause he has been a total douche about a lot of things. Thanks God!!
PS God, could we also have Dan Shaughnessy's hair burst into flames whenever Rob Gronkowski score a TD? Maybe not a literal fire, but you know, intense pain cause he has been a total douche about a lot of things. Thanks God!!
Warning- Semi-Irrational rant to follow.
I have lurked on the various iterations of SOSH forums for over 10 years now and this is the first topic that pissed me off enough to actively participate in the conversation. A couple key facts about me first.,,I have spent most of my professional career leading an analytics group in the vaccine industry. Also, I grew up in New England, but have lived in NY, NJ, and PA for the past 20 years surrounded by Giants, Jets, and Eagles fans.
Based on these experiences I am probably a little oversensitive to a few things:
At this point winning the Super Bowl isn't enough. I want Belichick to exploit some minor loophole in article 4 section 3.2.97 of the rule book to find an uncoverable kickoff formation and Matthew Slater to score 7 touchdowns on onside kicks. I want them to win this game 125-0, make a public shaming of Goodell and whatever bitch owners are pulling the strings, and burn the whole fucking NFL front office to the ground. I want Jim Harbaugh to whine about it so much in the off-season he gets his own show on the Oprah Winfrey network. Fuck the 31 other owners and their bitch Goodell, fuck ESPN, fuck media who doesn't understand basic knowledge taught in high school chemistry class, and to the Seahawks...actually you guys are pretty cool, but wrong place wrong time..so fuck you too.
I have lurked on the various iterations of SOSH forums for over 10 years now and this is the first topic that pissed me off enough to actively participate in the conversation. A couple key facts about me first.,,I have spent most of my professional career leading an analytics group in the vaccine industry. Also, I grew up in New England, but have lived in NY, NJ, and PA for the past 20 years surrounded by Giants, Jets, and Eagles fans.
Based on these experiences I am probably a little oversensitive to a few things:
- One or two moron scientists being either dishonest or stupid enough to confuse the public on proven facts
- People trusting comments returned on Google search results over facts and logic
- People trying to cherry pick data for their analyses to give them the conclusion they want
- People hating on Bill Fucking Belichick because he wins, and is two steps ahead of the 31 other NFL franchises on pretty much everything
At this point winning the Super Bowl isn't enough. I want Belichick to exploit some minor loophole in article 4 section 3.2.97 of the rule book to find an uncoverable kickoff formation and Matthew Slater to score 7 touchdowns on onside kicks. I want them to win this game 125-0, make a public shaming of Goodell and whatever bitch owners are pulling the strings, and burn the whole fucking NFL front office to the ground. I want Jim Harbaugh to whine about it so much in the off-season he gets his own show on the Oprah Winfrey network. Fuck the 31 other owners and their bitch Goodell, fuck ESPN, fuck media who doesn't understand basic knowledge taught in high school chemistry class, and to the Seahawks...actually you guys are pretty cool, but wrong place wrong time..so fuck you too.
It's game day. Someone should lock this fucker so we can all concentrate on the task at hand. This fucking bullshit may resurface at some point but for today we should all refrain from any more discussion of this fabricated travishamockery of a scandal.
I was hearing from some fans of teams not playing today (e.g., Packers fans, Viking fans, Denver fans) about how unengaged they are by this Super Bowl, despite acknowledging that it's a very close matchup of two top teams. I wonder if the media focus on the deflation "scandal" will wind up hurting ratings (albeit slightly, it's still the Super Bowl). It was a top story on the news for so long, but now that it's largely cooled off, the story lines that would have had more enduring traction (Brady's legacy, Wilson's continued rise, Pete Carroll against his old team, Legion of Boom against Gronk and this offense, etc.) never got the play they deserved and people have had the story thrust in their face for so long that they're tired of it. Probably any change in viewership would be an undetectable blip, but just something I noticed.
I'm not sure if the secondary ticket market correlates to ratings, but I believe this is now the most expensive Super Bowl ticket of all time. If the game is close in the 4th quarter I imagine it'll be the most watched SB of all time as well.HowBoutDemSox said:
That was what was on the crawl on one of the news networks yesterday.8slim said:
For reference: reports were that midway thru the third quarter in the game vs the Colts, the prices of aftermarket tickets either dropped 20% or were 20% below the historical cost on Championship Sunday (I saw both cited)
ifmanis5 said:
Thanks for posting the video. Perfectly logical explanation from Steelers fan no less.
JFC:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000466783/article/more-details-on-the-investigation-of-patriots-deflated-footballs
What did the Colts do to that football? Or maybe it was the ball used primarily in the game and lost pressure from the abuse. It also looks like this is an investigation into ONE football, which is the one the Colts handled. Many of the others were a few ticks under, what an embarrassment this is.
And this too:
> Prior to the game, a game-day worker employed by the Patriots, a man described as elderly, took two bags of 12 footballs (one bag from each team) into the restroom near the referees' room in Gillette Stadium. The man was in the room for 98 seconds. When he exited the room, he took the balls to the field. There is video of the man entering and exiting the bathroom, but it's unclear if there is a clear shot inside the restroom.
I think it is new that the "ball attendant" is elderly. Of course he needed to piss before the game and an elderly man peeing in 98 seconds is damned fast.
> Prior to the game, a game-day worker employed by the Patriots, a man described as elderly, took two bags of 12 footballs (one bag from each team) into the restroom near the referees' room in Gillette Stadium. The man was in the room for 98 seconds. When he exited the room, he took the balls to the field. There is video of the man entering and exiting the bathroom, but it's unclear if there is a clear shot inside the restroom.
I think it is new that the "ball attendant" is elderly. Of course he needed to piss before the game and an elderly man peeing in 98 seconds is damned fast.
WHAT A FREAKING FARCE.
Most were a "few ticks" under. That's what this whole thing is about? Holy fucking smokes.
Most were a "few ticks" under. That's what this whole thing is about? Holy fucking smokes.
I actually would like clarification on "a few ticks under". Who said that and what does it mean? I think both are equally important to discrediting a bunch of stuff here. And I like that the ball attendant is now being described as elderly. This can only favor The Pats. 98 seconds in not unreasonable especially if you consider time to wipe up the dribble.
I'm with you Ed, but a number would be nice seeing how the "other side" hasn't been able to provide a whole lot of data so far.
Nothing will happen to Mort because reporters apparently have no responsibility as long as they tack "because sources" onto the end of their cryptic tweets. Also no responsibility to publicly shame his biased source, as you would expect to happen in fucking civilized society where you pay a price for fucking up.
Hoya81 said:
It didn't read that way to me. I think he was just saying that they didn't take those balls back to the league with them to check for signs of tampering, and if the league wanted to look at them again, it'd be impossible to figure out which ones they were. I believe he was pointing out that the intercepted football is the only one the league had any interest in confiscating.
I just saw Rappaport on the NFL Network deliver this "report". Also said that the elderly attendant is only employed on Game Day. He also said that he spoke with someone who was with Tom Brady when he found out about the 90 second bathroom trip and the person said Brady seemed "confused and a little miffed". Rappaport also said:Byrdbrain said:
- the ball that Indy picked was "about 2 pounds under"
- "several were about a pound under"
- "several more were just a tick below 12.5 psi".
Just disgraceful that Goodell allowed this investigation to continue once presented with the Ideal Gas Law.
Mort's "underinflated by 2 lbs. each" quote on 11 balls was on Jan 20--if incorrect, how could the league let it sit out there (with Mort assumed to have excellent sources) for 12 days, uncorrected? I'm stunned.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/sports/football/to-unlock-deflation-puzzle-mind-your-pv-nrts.html?ref=sports
Columbia Physics Department weighs in: SOSH has been right all along, balls at halftime temperature drop from 12.5 to 11.0.
Columbia Physics Department weighs in: SOSH has been right all along, balls at halftime temperature drop from 12.5 to 11.0.
lambeau said:
Because we're not going to speculate on an ongoing investigation. Rather, we will disseminate - or allow - leaks to select reporters and leave them out there during the lead-up to the game, allowing a flagship franchise twist in the wind and get the shit beaten out of it by mediots from far and wide.
“@DougKyedNESN: Given latest report, this is very interesting RT @mitpatsfan: @DougKyedNESN This was also reported already by PFT http://twitter.com/mitpatsfan/status/561944270039298051/photo/1”
If I'm Robert Kraft I go full nuclear at this point. Goodell let the Patriots twist in the wind and get dragged through the mud for two weeks, and the whole time he knew that only one of the 12 balls even POTENTIALLY violated the laws of physics, and that ball was handled by the Colts who lobbed the complaint? He has no fucking duty to investigate every single bullshit claim that is brought to his attention. And the fact that Roger doesn't even understand this is indication enough of how unqualified he is for the job.lambeau said:
It just amazes me that Goodell sat idly by and watched while entire lifetimes of work for a HOF owner, Coach and QB were discredited in a barrage of falsely reported facts. On top of that, he allowed one of the teams in the Superbowl to be significantly disadvantaged by having a huge distraction during the most important week of prep time in the careers of Brady and Belichik. As a Pats fan, who invests a lot of time, energy and money into the team, I feel like I've been robbed here. At best they win the game and I've got to listen to claims of cheating and a tainted legacy for the rest of my life.
Yet another shameful job on behalf of the media and the NFL, particularly Goodell. If this isn't a fireable offense for a Commissioner I don't know what is.
Well, the evidence we have is that the Colts balls were >12.5 at halftime which is scientifically curious unless they were overinflated at some point or purposely chilled prior to pre-game testing, and that the Patriots ball that made it to the Indianapolis sideline was at a lower psi than other Patriots balls. So, yes, there is circumstantial evidence of tampering by the Colts.E5 Yaz said: