The Super Bowl Thread
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I'm pretty sure I could easily match up the prediction to the person; particularly the Bomani Jones one.
Sully...remember when I said I would kill you last?
Yeah, yeah you did Matrix!
I lied.
All reports out of Houston are that Pats fans are everywhere and there are no Atlanta fans to be seen. Should be as close to a home game as you can get for a Super Bowl for the Pats.
I think $3-4K/ticket is too far out of reach for much of the southeastern US. The cost of living is a lot less and so are salaries.
Twitter and listening to the 98.5 today during their broadcast. Supposedly a Falcons fan rally was cancelled because there weren't enough fans who showed up. I'll try to find the tweet.
I have no media source but I've heard this from my nephew and two other friends who are there. 10:1 ratio, roughly. I think, however, that there will be a fair amount of "neutrals" from Texas and other places who will end up rooting for Atlanta.
Yup. I have a friend in the Boston media who said the same thing. And family is there too. Sounds like Pats fans are the definite majority.
I find all of this chatter about the Pats-heavy crowd encouraging but not convincing. Atlanta is too easy a drive. leave Sat afternoon, spend the night in some hotel on I-10, show up by noon tomorrow. Easy to do.
The problem with this argument is the assumption that enough people in Georgia give that many shits about the Atlanta Falcons. If the Georgia Bulldogs were playing in the Super Bowl then you would be correct. But the Georgia Bulldogs are not playing in the Super Bowl. It's the Atlanta Falcons. As such, most Georgians are just along for the ride and are happy to be a part of it.
For you it does, maybe. I have two kids and you've seen my planned routine.
I woke up from a dead sleep and started thinking about this game. Now it's 230 and I can't sleep.
Maybe they can make it back next year and we can do this thing right.
I hope Tommy's taking care of himself...
Yeah, but--
I love waking up really early on Super Bowl Sunday. Love it. So good.
Now I need to figure out how to murder this fucking day...
I remember another game where one team let the other team run all over them because who gives a shit and it took that other team forever to figure out that was playing into the one team's hands.
So what you're saying is that you have a wife and kids, a family full of people who care about each other?
It's finally here. I'm going to enjoy this as much as I can. It's days like today that make following every move in a July training camp practice or losing sleep over the 6th DB worth it.
Clean bathrooms for party. Football...clean bar and theater room...football. fill propane...FOOTBALL. FOOTBALL NOW. NO MORE WAITING...FOOTBALL!!
Keep up the good work.Maybe they can make it back next year and we can do this thing right.
I hope Tommy's taking care of himself...
Yeah, but--
I love waking up really early on Super Bowl Sunday. Love it. So good.
Now I need to figure out how to murder this fucking day...
I remember another game where one team let the other team run all over them because who gives a shit and it took that other team forever to figure out that was playing into the one team's hands.
So what you're saying is that you have a wife and kids, a family full of people who care about each other?
Less than 12 hours. Plus, Puppy Bowl at 3pm, so I guess I'll just watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy until it's time to start making my nachos.
Got this very positive feeling about an impending Pats blowout when I awoke this AM
Not my usual thoughts - now I'm back trying to be calm via late 79 Dead.
Not my usual thoughts - now I'm back trying to be calm via late 79 Dead.
The thing with ATL pro sports teams is that most of the "natives" rooting for them don't actually live in ATL. Fans from AL, TN, GA, and FL can all get to Houston fairly easily by air or car, with some cousin to crash with on short notice.
I think the point about ticket prices is the key, though. Not enough Falcons fans can get into the stadium.
Let's be clear--it's not just play or not play; it's the "how effective" part that matters.
That short passing game to backs in the flat that everyone is worried about? Mack's ability to pull matters for that.
Gronk played in the 2012 Super Bowl. He was not effective. This is hopefully a similar case.
Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile.
Check out 9/6/80 from Lewiston if you can. Will calm and excite you at the same time!
Backup C Ben Garland only played 42 offensive snaps this whole year. They likely want Mack out there just for his experience and identifying protections but if he is seriously hobbled it's going to hurt them a lot, especially in the run game. It's hard to make that run scheme work with an immobile center.
Didn't Mack have the same injury during the NFCCG? No obvious fall off in that one. Or do I have my facts a la Marshall Faulk?
And dealing with Branch/Brown is hard enough with 2 healthy fibulas. I like this development.
I expect we will see a Hightower blitz up the middle very early to test him.
He hurt it in the NFC Championship Game. So it's new, probably played two weeks ago on adrenaline and it also probably got worse as he continued to play, leading to the fracture.
Schefter reports that, if it weren't the super bowl, the injury would likely have Mack sitting for 6-8 weeks. Believe it or not.
Yup, he hurt it sometime during the game. Hard to know much to read into his immediate performance. It could mean it was relatively minor. He could have been just so jacked up on adrenaline that it was easier to play through. I'm not a doctor but I can see a wide range of possibilities today, from Mack being nearly normal to barely able to get on the field.
Someone please post the the x-ray scene from the original Longest Yard.
I'm going to a Super Bowl party where it's mostly disinterested Seahawks fans. Much better than two years ago when I had to hold in my elation after "Malcom Go!"
I'm going to a Super Bowl party where it's mostly disinterested Seahawks fans. Much better than two years ago when I had to hold in my elation after "Malcom Go!"