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Worst. Super Bowl. Ever (Original Post) Initech Feb 2019 OP
The outcome was pretty awesome. CentralMass Feb 2019 #1
Yeah it was. tymorial Feb 2019 #4
No it wasn't. Initech Feb 2019 #11
Boston is a really nice city. If you have not, visit there during late summer or early fall. nt Blue_true Feb 2019 #22
Boston is a fine city. Initech Feb 2019 #23
Like Cam Newton once said.."if you don't like me dancing in the end zone, then don't let me asiliveandbreathe Feb 2019 #28
Nice gloating, lol Fuzzpope Feb 2019 #80
Maybe if you changed your business model. Blue_true Feb 2019 #133
I do that already :p Fuzzpope Feb 2019 #137
Or they change teams? George II Feb 2019 #146
Ha, Cam hasn't been doing much dancing lately. cwydro Feb 2019 #143
I think him and other young QBs that do well early on get over exposed. Blue_true Feb 2019 #150
Bostonians are some of the rudest people I've ever encountered. Worse than the Brits. stopbush Feb 2019 #89
As a Bostonian, I say go f yourself ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #105
The poster is wrong. Blue_true Feb 2019 #138
That's interesting ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #170
Because of my career and business interests, I had to develop the capacity to read people fast and Blue_true Feb 2019 #180
My experience when I have been there is exactly opposite. Blue_true Feb 2019 #135
Got to give the Patriots credit for maintaining a championship team democratisphere Feb 2019 #54
The Warriors play in Boston? bluecollar2 Feb 2019 #56
America's Team rpannier Feb 2019 #58
Warriors looked good against the Lakers last night. bluecollar2 Feb 2019 #64
Might have helped a little rpannier Feb 2019 #65
Agreed...n/t bluecollar2 Feb 2019 #67
Well the Lakers suck so I'll take the Warriors right now! Initech Feb 2019 #107
I didn't know the subject was changed from Super Bowl footbal..to basketball..How & Why Stuart G Feb 2019 #141
Somebody upthread posted how they hate Boston bcause the win all the time rpannier Feb 2019 #182
The Warriors have Draymond Green, so no thanks. LisaM Feb 2019 #76
Even more moronic reggaehead Feb 2019 #79
NE doesn't play within the city limits of Boston DeminPennswoods Feb 2019 #94
No shit. dalton99a Feb 2019 #2
I think that picture say it, Both are racists and un-American. rockfordfile Feb 2019 #17
Brady has come around; he's an airhead jock but he's learned EndGOPPropaganda Feb 2019 #41
he only skipped DonCoquixote Feb 2019 #102
There are plenty of pictures with Trump and Hillary and Bill Clinton (weddings)... louis c Feb 2019 #120
Did the Clintons and Schumer say tRump was working in the best interests of our country? Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #126
Brady ain't Kraft louis c Feb 2019 #148
Kraft is Kraft and taking a picture is not the same as backing tRump's current policies Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #162
Reading "evil empire " never stops making me laugh tymorial Feb 2019 #3
I wouldn't use that term if Bill Belicheck didn't look like a Star Wars villain. Initech Feb 2019 #36
... Miles Archer Feb 2019 #43
OK I needed that laugh! Initech Feb 2019 #50
Lmao JHan Feb 2019 #92
Haters gunna hate Alea Feb 2019 #5
I've seen my teams abused by Boston fans since the 80s. Initech Feb 2019 #37
New England fans are great. CentralMass Feb 2019 #66
Um... except to the Lakers and Dodgers. Initech Feb 2019 #77
Were they rude to you or do you just not like them ? CentralMass Feb 2019 #132
A few years ago after the Celtics won the title against the Lakers... Initech Feb 2019 #136
Then i would have to agree. That is very classless. The minority of jerks tarnish the rest of us. CentralMass Feb 2019 #139
Some. The Celtics and Bruins fans are still pretty obnoxious, win or lose. George II Feb 2019 #147
Well, they did have some Civil Right icons at coin toss. Hoyt Feb 2019 #6
tom won!!! juxtaposed Feb 2019 #7
You watched it, though. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2019 #8
Yeah and I regret it too. Initech Feb 2019 #13
Nope rockfordfile Feb 2019 #16
Awesome game. Dismal half time show. Real throwback football NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 #9
Did you watch all three and a three-quarter hours? Ptah Feb 2019 #10
I watched the game. Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #93
Fair game, lame 1/2 time, some douche was interviewed before the game RainCaster Feb 2019 #12
I didn't think the play-by-play or the color comments were so hot either. Sinistrous Feb 2019 #14
Tony Romo is AWESOME. Drahthaardogs Feb 2019 #19
He surprised me with how good he is with commentary. Ilsa Feb 2019 #25
He was a damned good quarterback Drahthaardogs Feb 2019 #32
Bet he'd make a good OC, too, or qb coach DeminPennswoods Feb 2019 #95
Was he the one who kept saying 'worse case scenario'? aikoaiko Feb 2019 #42
I agree, though my wife thinks he is the second coming of Joe Buck.. nt ExciteBike66 Feb 2019 #100
Joe Buck isn't a pimple on Romo's rear end. Drahthaardogs Feb 2019 #101
But Joe Buck told me that one of the players was "as physical as anyone"! nt ExciteBike66 Feb 2019 #140
Gladys Knight was awesome. Nt mrs_p Feb 2019 #15
In every way. Ilsa Feb 2019 #33
She has still got it customerserviceguy Feb 2019 #114
She was a highlight. She looked like a queen. n/t gldstwmn Feb 2019 #168
Adam Levine was great with the sound muted. milestogo Feb 2019 #18
Evidently many many people liked nipples dalton99a Feb 2019 #35
But Janet Jackson Career... LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #74
Societal norms BannonsLiver Feb 2019 #163
Seriously??? LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #165
In 20 years? If he is still alive? LiberalFighter Feb 2019 #99
Pre-Game Show erpowers Feb 2019 #20
We had a small group over 1/2 left early one guest said he was going to the gym he could be doing lunasun Feb 2019 #30
The game was boring, the halftime show sucked, even the commercials sucked. Initech Feb 2019 #31
Also Atlanta 1996 worst Olympics ever riverine Feb 2019 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author JudyM Feb 2019 #68
Skipped it in solidarity with my Saints. localroger Feb 2019 #24
+1 beautiful afternoon in the bywater rampartc Feb 2019 #26
Or maybe get in the endzone zipplewrath Feb 2019 #112
ironically peekaloo Feb 2019 #159
Why not Atlanta? Ilsa Feb 2019 #27
CNN tower The Truth Is Here Feb 2019 #106
The highlight reel will be all whistles and punts. Scurrilous Feb 2019 #29
Agree. egduj Feb 2019 #34
were the footballs sdfernando Feb 2019 #38
For Brady's sake they should be rpannier Feb 2019 #59
In the game in question they played with balls that were tested in the 2nd half and the Pats score CentralMass Feb 2019 #70
Tee hee. Didn't watch a second of it. DinahMoeHum Feb 2019 #39
After the Pats scored a touchdown... Xolodno Feb 2019 #40
DEFENSE! DEFENSE! Marcuse Feb 2019 #44
Hamberders for the winners! Quemado Feb 2019 #45
You just know Trump is looking forward to another Big Mac & chicken nugget feast on silver platters. Initech Feb 2019 #49
I was thinking FilletOFish sandwhiches from McD's since they are from New England will be lunasun Feb 2019 #53
I think McDonalds sells lobster rolls in New England dont they? Initech Feb 2019 #154
Those were my exact words as I was walking out the door of the bar. DontBooVote Feb 2019 #46
I liked the WaPo ad, Verizon First Responders ad, and the Harrison Ford Amazon ad More_Cowbell Feb 2019 #47
Amazon's ad tickled me the most Lucid Dreamer Feb 2019 #83
The T-Mobile ad with the really long text reply DeminPennswoods Feb 2019 #96
And the dad looking for the eggplant parm recipe More_Cowbell Feb 2019 #169
The Bubly/Buble ad was my favorite. Totally Tunsie Feb 2019 #134
Sloppy but I'll take it. edbermac Feb 2019 #48
drink up buddy! #6 Takket Feb 2019 #51
And people say soccer... 3catwoman3 Feb 2019 #52
The Patriots The Wizard Feb 2019 #55
Worst ever, nah rufus dog Feb 2019 #57
I think you're forgetting the first weekend of the playoffs ... mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #127
I did not watch the Super Bowl this year srose58089 Feb 2019 #60
It was a pretty great defensive battle between KPN Feb 2019 #61
The funny thing is that I thought the Rams defense was terrible all year. C Moon Feb 2019 #63
Exactly. The Patriots D wasn't all that great KPN Feb 2019 #72
+1 C Moon Feb 2019 #82
I love defense DeminPennswoods Feb 2019 #97
He's a beast for sure. That play where he leaped at the running back (White?) from 3 yards KPN Feb 2019 #129
IMO, the National Anthem was one of the best. C Moon Feb 2019 #62
Agreed! She was fabulous! nt Ilsa Feb 2019 #123
My super bowl sunday yaesu Feb 2019 #69
I only watched parts of it, and thought the Budweiser commercial was good Rorey Feb 2019 #71
Blowin in the Wind Rorey Feb 2019 #73
I don't know. bluedigger Feb 2019 #75
Post removed Post removed Feb 2019 #78
It sucked... mefoolonhill Feb 2019 #81
opt out Mr. Quackers Feb 2019 #84
agreed gopiscrap Feb 2019 #85
I just don't care about watching a bunch of guys risking brain injuries Liberty Belle Feb 2019 #86
60 minutes of defensive intensity is awesome Awsi Dooger Feb 2019 #87
Game sucked, venue was great! Cattledog Feb 2019 #88
That would be all of them Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #90
Yeah! Patriots!!! underpants Feb 2019 #91
Only watched maybe half the game total, DeminPennswoods Feb 2019 #98
Highest. Expectations. Ever. elias7 Feb 2019 #103
I might be old school but Maroon 5 are no Elvis Presto (look that one up) underpants Feb 2019 #104
Patriot player would rather meet Obama riverwalker Feb 2019 #108
Should have been the Chiefs vs the Saints workinclasszero Feb 2019 #109
Absolutely! Sancho Feb 2019 #173
It's hardly ever that good a game, but this Super Bowl sucked out loud. Paladin Feb 2019 #110
I boycotted this game Gothmog Feb 2019 #111
It worked out for me customerserviceguy Feb 2019 #113
Agreed. Once again, the Cheatriots win. debsy Feb 2019 #115
I was hoping the Rams saidsimplesimon Feb 2019 #178
Glad I didn't watch Blue Owl Feb 2019 #116
I think the game was low scoring because of the refs Mosby Feb 2019 #117
I think the refs were trying to make up for the Saints game and the Eagles winning last year. Initech Feb 2019 #122
Glad I skipped the whole thing, didn't watch a second of it Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #118
Third year in a row I skipped it. Not sorry at all. Johonny Feb 2019 #119
The Six Nations Rugby match on Friday on the other hand was mega exciting. GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #121
Yeah! Wales! geardaddy Feb 2019 #167
Indeed they are. GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #175
Yep, it will be. geardaddy Feb 2019 #177
LOL...and I've seen blow out games where everyone says it sucked....... Bengus81 Feb 2019 #124
Boo Hoo...whine..whine ..whine amuse bouche Feb 2019 #125
Y'all already know MY FAVORITE PART ... mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #128
Yeah, that was great! Definitely the best commercial for the day. KPN Feb 2019 #130
It was just an Exhibition Game, not a Championship Game dsharp88 Feb 2019 #131
I did some cabinetry, cleaned house and cooked The Mouth Feb 2019 #142
Super Bowl Ratings Hit 10-Year Low In Historic NFL Game & Patriots' Win Scurrilous Feb 2019 #144
I fell asleep lol JuJuYoshida Feb 2019 #145
I gave up and started playing Diablo III on my Switch instead. Initech Feb 2019 #151
Excellent choice! mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #160
I ended up playing Monster Hunter World with YuiYoshida JuJuYoshida Feb 2019 #164
It was boring book_worm Feb 2019 #149
I enjoyed every Fucking minute of it BannonsLiver Feb 2019 #152
LOL peekaloo Feb 2019 #157
Puppy Bowl 15 was awesome! Positive & uplifting bronxiteforever Feb 2019 #153
translation flyingfysh Feb 2019 #155
Fun thing I learned this morning: it was in Atlanta. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 #156
Brilliant, masterful defensive game Achilleaze Feb 2019 #158
Well, it is a wonderful thing that NO ONE forced you to watch it. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #161
Bu arent we all glad we didnt spends $1000's to attend?? samnsara Feb 2019 #166
Didn't even have a team America could root for against the Patriots JCMach1 Feb 2019 #171
The best part for me was the Tom Hanks add! Ernesto Feb 2019 #172
I missed the TD Jimbo S Feb 2019 #174
We paused our recording and got a still of Michel right at us, with... LAS14 Feb 2019 #176
Depends on your perspective OnlinePoker Feb 2019 #179
That would be the very first NFL-AFL championship aka Superbowl I lapfog_1 Feb 2019 #181
True, but. Firestorm49 Feb 2019 #183

Initech

(100,080 posts)
11. No it wasn't.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:15 PM
Feb 2019

Boston wins every god damn championship on the planet and I'm sick of it. Fuck the Patriots.

Initech

(100,080 posts)
23. Boston is a fine city.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:25 PM
Feb 2019

I've been there many times and been to some great bars and breweries there. I'm just sick of the Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics, and Bruins winning everything, and my city lost twice in a row to MA teams.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
28. Like Cam Newton once said.."if you don't like me dancing in the end zone, then don't let me
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:35 PM
Feb 2019

in"....you don't like winning teams, then beat them....yea Pats

 

Fuzzpope

(602 posts)
80. Nice gloating, lol
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:49 AM
Feb 2019

I'm no football or any other sports fan, aside from sex and Frisbee, which I play, not watch others, cause why the hell would anyone watch other people play Frisbee.

Stupid superbowl washed out my tattooing business, though, same as it does every year.

Can't do much about that, except maybe stay home in protest and have sex with my Frisbee.

Again.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
133. Maybe if you changed your business model.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:13 PM
Feb 2019

The Super Bowl will wash out your business for only one day, same with big soccer championships. But think of all the moola and other benefits you would get year round if you had a business tatooing people's favorite sports teams on their asses, you can even have a thriving touch up business as they start to get old and their skin loosens.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
150. I think him and other young QBs that do well early on get over exposed.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:23 PM
Feb 2019

But guys like Brady, Brees, Big Ben, the Chargers QB that do it year in and year out for many years get largely underrated. But such is the nature of living in a celebrity worship culture.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
138. The poster is wrong.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:24 PM
Feb 2019

My experience when I have dealt with Bostonians on business trips is that they are reserved, deeply family oriented people. But once you are their friend, you are their friend through all conditions that you may face. A person just have to be observant of that characteristic. I actually think more of Boston and northeast culture than I do of my native Florida. Florida relationships are mostly transactional and rarely go deeper than that. Boston and northeast relationships are harder to develop, but they often go deep once people connect as friends and business associates.

ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)
170. That's interesting
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:27 PM
Feb 2019

I've been in the Boston area for five years, and as a newcomer, I see what you mean a bit.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
180. Because of my career and business interests, I had to develop the capacity to read people fast and
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:44 PM
Feb 2019

accurately. The one instance where I failed at that left me functionally bankrupt for a while. So, I don't take chances. Generally people from Boston and the northeast are solid once you take the time to get to know them and establish a relationship.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
135. My experience when I have been there is exactly opposite.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:18 PM
Feb 2019

My experience is they will help you in a heartbeat if it seems like you need help. I observe people a lot, in all situations, people of Boston and the few other large New England cities that I have done business in are very family and community oriented, they don't easily welcome strangers but are warm and accommodating if a person needs help or once they get to know a person's character better. It is easy to miss those things when a person just looks at the surface.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
54. Got to give the Patriots credit for maintaining a championship team
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:32 AM
Feb 2019

for as long as they have. It is amazing!

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
64. Warriors looked good against the Lakers last night.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:50 AM
Feb 2019

Probably helped Lebron wasn't playing.

Warriors fan myself...

Stuart G

(38,434 posts)
141. I didn't know the subject was changed from Super Bowl footbal..to basketball..How & Why
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:52 PM
Feb 2019

did this happen??..I thought the subject was how bad the Super Bowl was/is ...Is this now about the LA Lakers ..a basketball team???

rpannier

(24,329 posts)
182. Somebody upthread posted how they hate Boston bcause the win all the time
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 08:16 AM
Feb 2019

They included basketball
Warriors fans chimed in

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
94. NE doesn't play within the city limits of Boston
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:09 AM
Feb 2019

Years ago they changed their name from "Boston Patriots" to "New England Patriots".

EndGOPPropaganda

(1,117 posts)
41. Brady has come around; he's an airhead jock but he's learned
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:03 AM
Feb 2019

He skipped the Pats White House visit.

On the other hand, the owner and coach, Kraft and Belichick, did go and yukked it up with Trump. THEY deserve our deep scorn.

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
102. he only skipped
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 09:42 AM
Feb 2019

because his wiofe told him to, namely because Giselle did not want him hanging with his former GF, Ivanaka.

 

louis c

(8,652 posts)
120. There are plenty of pictures with Trump and Hillary and Bill Clinton (weddings)...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 11:53 AM
Feb 2019

...old pictures with Trump are numerous. I bet there are some with Schumer, too.

Bradshaw3

(7,522 posts)
126. Did the Clintons and Schumer say tRump was working in the best interests of our country?
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:33 PM
Feb 2019

Like Kraft did. Did they endorse him for prez like Kraft did? Terrible analogy.

Bradshaw3

(7,522 posts)
162. Kraft is Kraft and taking a picture is not the same as backing tRump's current policies
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:59 PM
Feb 2019

So, again, poor anaology trying to compare Kraft with the Clintons and Schumer. Also, last I read Brady's wife didn't want him at the WH for reasons that didn't involve politics and as far as I know, he voted for tRump.

Initech

(100,080 posts)
136. A few years ago after the Celtics won the title against the Lakers...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:20 PM
Feb 2019

A bunch of Celtics fans showed up and threw things at the Lakers' bus and hurled obscenities at them as they left town. Classless winners.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
93. I watched the game.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:08 AM
Feb 2019

By that I mean all the plays. It took about 20 minutes. I make sure not to see the scores before I watched the game and then I fast forward between plays. At least watching baseball, you can fill in every pitch. Do people still do that?

RainCaster

(10,884 posts)
12. Fair game, lame 1/2 time, some douche was interviewed before the game
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:16 PM
Feb 2019

And Verizon did an ass kissing advert about first responders that reminded us all how messed they are.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
25. He surprised me with how good he is with commentary.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:31 PM
Feb 2019

He understands the game better than most talking heads, and was great at predicting next preferred plays, etc. I wondered if the teams were listening to his commentary about declining certain penalties, etc.

And I was never a Romo fan.

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
32. He was a damned good quarterback
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:42 PM
Feb 2019

His commentary shows you how well he understands the game. I bet he would be a killer OC.

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
95. Bet he'd make a good OC, too, or qb coach
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:15 AM
Feb 2019

Wonder if any team will approach him about a job now that football season's over?

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
101. Joe Buck isn't a pimple on Romo's rear end.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 09:38 AM
Feb 2019

I suppose if you don't know what Tony means when he says "they show Cover 2 so your hot read over the middle should be open", you don't appreciate him.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
33. In every way.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:43 PM
Feb 2019

Her voice was great, with an outstanding performance. She looked fantastic, too. I can hardly believe she's 74.

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
74. But Janet Jackson Career...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:20 AM
Feb 2019

Was almost RUINED over hers. Double Standard Much, NFL or just straight up F**k The NFL!!!

BannonsLiver

(16,396 posts)
163. Societal norms
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 03:06 PM
Feb 2019

In our culture women don’t walk around topless. Now, is that fair? No, not really. But it is a fact.

If there’s a movement to change that, so that women can walk around topless at the mall, at the beach or at ball games, I would support that. But I see little evidence there is a movement in that direction.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
20. Pre-Game Show
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:21 PM
Feb 2019

The best part about the game was the pre-game show. I am not upset the Patriots won, but it was a horribly boring game. Yes, the commercials rather boring this year. Nothing funny, or heartwarming. The halftime show was not exciting. Yep, a pretty bad night. This year, the puppy bowl, or cat bowl would have been more entertaining.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
30. We had a small group over 1/2 left early one guest said he was going to the gym he could be doing
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:36 PM
Feb 2019

something better.
Granted this is Chicago we had a crappy weather week that wore us out and everybody has to work tomorrow but our food was good and usually it’s a party atmosphere after no matter where we meet. Tonight? No and no one here likes NE anyway
Everyone is gone already thanked us and all but-- too bored from the super bowl
Just as well and I missed the pregame

Initech

(100,080 posts)
31. The game was boring, the halftime show sucked, even the commercials sucked.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:39 PM
Feb 2019

Last year's Super Bowl was a million times better.

Response to riverine (Reply #21)

localroger

(3,629 posts)
24. Skipped it in solidarity with my Saints.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:26 PM
Feb 2019

Couldn't see why to watch a game where I wished both teams would lose. Seems about as close to what I wanted as is possible in the NFL.

Next time don't blow the call, jerks.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
112. Or maybe get in the endzone
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:41 AM
Feb 2019

Half the family is Saints fans, but one has to admit that they failed to get into the endzone way too many times to blame it all on one bad call.

That said, I wanted both teams to lose too. It made me happy that neither offense was all that good.

peekaloo

(22,977 posts)
159. ironically
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:51 PM
Feb 2019

the same jackass who perpetrated that illegal hit got flagged in the first quarter for another hit to a defenseless player.

i actually screamed "where were you two weeks ago".

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
27. Why not Atlanta?
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:33 PM
Feb 2019

The weather has been great in Georgia this week, permitting people to be out and not freezing their asses off.

There are places to go all around downtown, like the Carter Library, MLK center, aquarium, botanical gardens, etc.

 

The Truth Is Here

(354 posts)
106. CNN tower
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:07 AM
Feb 2019

World of Coke. A visit to Mary Mac's. Looking at those car wrecks on the highway with HERO trucks. That crackhead enjoying his high in the middle of a busy downtown intersection. Thats what i observed during my stay in ATL last November.

Loved the King Center and the tombs.

Didnt visit Carter Center but went to Folk Art restaurant near there.

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)
70. In the game in question they played with balls that were tested in the 2nd half and the Pats score
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:10 AM
Feb 2019

then they did in the first half.

The issue itself has been debunked.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2016/10/04/tom-brady-deflategate-ideal-gas-law

DinahMoeHum

(21,794 posts)
39. Tee hee. Didn't watch a second of it.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:56 PM
Feb 2019

Nothing, not the opening, coin toss, game, halftime show, commercials. Zip, zilch, nada.

Seems I didn't miss anything.

Womp womp womp.



Initech

(100,080 posts)
49. You just know Trump is looking forward to another Big Mac & chicken nugget feast on silver platters.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:19 AM
Feb 2019

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
53. I was thinking FilletOFish sandwhiches from McD's since they are from New England will be
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:26 AM
Feb 2019

highlighted because Trump is that stupid to think that such finer details would impress the winning team

Initech

(100,080 posts)
154. I think McDonalds sells lobster rolls in New England dont they?
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:38 PM
Feb 2019

But Trump will probably just go for the crap.

More_Cowbell

(2,191 posts)
47. I liked the WaPo ad, Verizon First Responders ad, and the Harrison Ford Amazon ad
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:19 AM
Feb 2019

Harrison Ford's Boston terrier ordering things on Amazon? How's that not adorable? And the surprise that "his" first responders were actually there when the coach was talking to them. And WaPo's commercial, goes without saying.

Lucid Dreamer

(584 posts)
83. Amazon's ad tickled me the most
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:42 AM
Feb 2019

I had to laugh at the fake Alexa products, especially the collar the lets the dog order his own food.

Alexa is a security black pit. Before Christmas I walked into a family member's house and asked "Alexa, What are my open orders on Amazon?" Now imagine lady flying across room to mute the response...

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
96. The T-Mobile ad with the really long text reply
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:20 AM
Feb 2019

was pretty funny. Liked the Budweiser one about wind energy, too.

More_Cowbell

(2,191 posts)
169. And the dad looking for the eggplant parm recipe
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:12 PM
Feb 2019

I even liked the "she gave you the wrong phone number" and the one where the texter knew that the girlfriend was going to suggest sushi.

Thanks for reminding me that I liked all of the T-Mobile ads!

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
57. Worst ever, nah
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:45 AM
Feb 2019

worst in a long time, yes.

Strange year, other than KC there really wasn't an exiting team at the end of the year. Rams and New Orleans dropped off after Thanksgiving. Philly got hot but had to try and make if from the sixth seed.

Going into the playoffs almost every team had a chance because every team was so damn mediocre. Unfortunately, there were no upsets after the first round. Except for the NE/KC game the whole thing kind of sucked.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
127. I think you're forgetting the first weekend of the playoffs ...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:40 PM
Feb 2019

Wildcard weekend was pretty awesome, 3 of the 4 games were entertaining as hell ...

srose58089

(214 posts)
60. I did not watch the Super Bowl this year
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:48 AM
Feb 2019

Football is just a game and the players and officiating crew are humans and humans make mistakes. The teams that should have played in this years super bowl New Orleans and Kansas City were both robbed one by a call not made and one by a called made that should not have been called. Anyway that is my two cents.

KPN

(15,646 posts)
61. It was a pretty great defensive battle between
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:48 AM
Feb 2019

the two best offenses in football. Totally unexpected. But as a Pats fan since a kid in the 60s in MA, it was a pretty epic game. A matter of perspective. 😄

C Moon

(12,213 posts)
63. The funny thing is that I thought the Rams defense was terrible all year.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:50 AM
Feb 2019

I figured the score was going to be something like 38-20 (NE).

KPN

(15,646 posts)
72. Exactly. The Patriots D wasn't all that great
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:11 AM
Feb 2019

until the last couple games of the season and playoffs. Nobody expected yet :16 points total.

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
97. I love defense
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:43 AM
Feb 2019

having grown up with the Steelers. Watching Aaron Donald just shove the OG trying to block him into Brady was awesome!

KPN

(15,646 posts)
129. He's a beast for sure. That play where he leaped at the running back (White?) from 3 yards
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:53 PM
Feb 2019

behind and hauled him down for a 2 yard loss was incredible. It's like he could fly! And he had too turn on a dime and launch to do it!

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
71. I only watched parts of it, and thought the Budweiser commercial was good
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:10 AM
Feb 2019

Going to Warm Springs Ranch in Boonville, Missouri is on my bucket list.

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)
75. I don't know.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:25 AM
Feb 2019

I'm kind of looking forward to the NBA playoffs. And then there's the Stanley Cup. Things look reasonably good, I think.

Response to Initech (Original post)

mefoolonhill

(454 posts)
81. It sucked...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:58 AM
Feb 2019

Against my better judgement, I watched a couple minutes of the Superbowl. Any nation where a multi-million dollar Pringles commercial is a viable economic proposition is surely on the verge of collapse.

Liberty Belle

(9,535 posts)
86. I just don't care about watching a bunch of guys risking brain injuries
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:07 AM
Feb 2019

to please millionaire fans, especially when a cheater is being hailed as some kind of superman.

And yeah, the half time show was a bust.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
87. 60 minutes of defensive intensity is awesome
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:18 AM
Feb 2019

I despise cupcake football, which has been all too prevalent in the NFL recently. That Rams/Chiefs game on Monday night this season was insulting. A replay of that game would have been the worst Super Bowl ever, because teams would have used it as evidence to lazily cut corners everywhere and just try to win a tennis match where an occasional broken serve is sufficient.

Even though I wanted the Rams to win I no longer care if the Patriots win Super Bowls, unlike other Dolphins fans. I was scared of Brady going unbeaten at some point in his career. The 2007 season was a nightmare until the final minute of the Super Bowl.

But once Brady reached a certain age that I no longer fear an unbeaten season, I can now relax and appreciate how incredibly smart and resourceful that team is.

Jared Goff needs everything going well around him. He has distinct weaknesses, namely a long release and long stride and not much mobility. As long as his offensive personnel and scheme are superior, Goff is fine. But if he doesn't have a running game to fall back on and is forced to throw under duress, the results can be ugly, like the 5 interception game at Utah when he was at Cal.

I didn't watch any commercial except Burger King. I had to stop at that one. Burger King dominates annually.

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
98. Only watched maybe half the game total,
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 08:05 AM
Feb 2019

but good, hard-hitting defense is fun to watch especially since the NFL is trying hard to destroy it.

I believe Belichek cheated the Steelers out of at least one SB appearance by taping their signals, but I have to give NE credit for building and maintaining a team around Brady's unique skills. NE is the poster-child for having a system. Their offense is not particularly complex, but they execute it to perfection. Belichek brings players in who fit that system to a T. NE has taken maximum advantage of having Brady, can't take that away from them.

Brady's near the end, though, and opponents have figured out that pressure up the middle gets in his head because he does not like to be hit. They lost 5 games this season. When Brady's gone, NE will revert to being an average NFL team. The NFL draft and scheduling is set up to deny long dynasties and NE has drafted at the end of each round for a lot of years unlike their division opponents. Eventually both will catch up with them. Belichek was not a great coach when he was surrounded by little talent in Cleveland and his assistant coaches have generally flopped as head coaches. We shall see how he does without Brady.

elias7

(4,007 posts)
103. Highest. Expectations. Ever.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 09:50 AM
Feb 2019

It's not enough for some people to even have a close game as this was. It has to be high scoring, because, well, touchdowns. Apparently you don't appreciate the defensive aspect of the game. I wonder what would make you happy?

underpants

(182,828 posts)
104. I might be old school but Maroon 5 are no Elvis Presto (look that one up)
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:04 AM
Feb 2019

And where the hell were the dancing sharks?!?

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
109. Should have been the Chiefs vs the Saints
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:27 AM
Feb 2019

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That would have been an exciting game but the NFL is rigged and Trump lover Cheatriots "won" again...YAWN.

Most BORING SB in history and....Julian Edelman who was named MVP in the Patriots Super Bowl win is a cheater who was busted for PED use in 2018!

Suspended for the first four games of the 2018 season due to a failed PED test.

The NFL is rigged!

Paladin

(28,264 posts)
110. It's hardly ever that good a game, but this Super Bowl sucked out loud.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:28 AM
Feb 2019

Laughably awful halftime show, as usual. The only improvement: some of the ads were keepers (Washington Post, Stella Artois, etc.)

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
113. It worked out for me
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:53 AM
Feb 2019

If you know how football pools work, then the person with the box at the intersection of the column and row each marked "3" won both the third quarter and the end of the game. At my local pub, that was me!

debsy

(530 posts)
115. Agreed. Once again, the Cheatriots win.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 11:13 AM
Feb 2019

We shouldn't be surprised, though, considering the person in the White House is the Cheater-In-Chief, as is the Leader of the Senate. Cheating is how the 1% stay at the top. It was a total waste of 4 hours of my life that I will never get back. That spectacle was the epitome of why I quit watching NFL years ago. I just tuned in because I really wanted to see the Cheatriots get their asses handed to them. Oh well.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
178. I was hoping the Rams
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:22 PM
Feb 2019

would make this the year that would put a little humility on the faces of Patriots. The game was sooo boring that few in our group watched more than sporadically.

Mosby

(16,319 posts)
117. I think the game was low scoring because of the refs
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 11:33 AM
Feb 2019

Refused to call pass interference, and let the backs do whatever they wanted. There wasn't one pass interference call in the entire game. That's extremely statistically unlikely, and both teams scored way below their season averages while facing relatively weak defenses. The rams for example, scored an average 33 points during the regular season.

The refs have way too much impact in football games, whether it's bad calls or no calls. He'll the league still can't figure out what's a reception.

Initech

(100,080 posts)
122. I think the refs were trying to make up for the Saints game and the Eagles winning last year.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 11:56 AM
Feb 2019

At one point I was telling my dad "What does Robert Kraft have on Roger Goodell?".

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
118. Glad I skipped the whole thing, didn't watch a second of it
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 11:37 AM
Feb 2019

Hopefully the Patriots make it back again so I can NOT watch again next year, either

Johonny

(20,851 posts)
119. Third year in a row I skipped it. Not sorry at all.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 11:43 AM
Feb 2019

NFL sucks right now. Same thing season after season. Don't get why people feel need to see the SOS.

GoneOffShore

(17,340 posts)
121. The Six Nations Rugby match on Friday on the other hand was mega exciting.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 11:56 AM
Feb 2019

France scored early on with several spectacular tries and conversions, and then Wales came from behind and won with a score of 24-19.

GoneOffShore

(17,340 posts)
175. Indeed they are.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:02 PM
Feb 2019

But so is England.

So it's going to be an interesting finish to the Six Nations competition.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
124. LOL...and I've seen blow out games where everyone says it sucked.......
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:25 PM
Feb 2019

Were peeps in the stands BOOING Goodell at the awards part at the end of the game?? Sure sounded like it. LOL...that made up for a low scoring game.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
128. Y'all already know MY FAVORITE PART ...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:42 PM
Feb 2019

A certain Stella-Artois commercial ...

Laaaaalalalah ... laaaalalaaaaah ...

dsharp88

(487 posts)
131. It was just an Exhibition Game, not a Championship Game
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:04 PM
Feb 2019

It had the AFC Champion vs. an NFC representative.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
144. Super Bowl Ratings Hit 10-Year Low In Historic NFL Game & Patriots' Win
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:55 PM
Feb 2019

<snip>

"The New England Patriots’ 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams last night wasn’t the most exciting Super Bowl ever played by any measure, but the 2019 NFL championship game was sure one for the history books.

First of all, in the Patriots’ third consecutive visit to Super Bowl, the matchup in Atlanta on Sunday was the lowest scoring Super Bowl ever, a dubious honor at best. The record had been held by Super Bowl VII, which saw the Miami Dolphins best the Washington Redskins 14-7 on January 14, 1973."

<snip>

"However, when it comes to ratings, Super Bowl LIII is not one anyone’s going to want to brag about. Shown on CBS for the first time since 2016 and with ad spots going for around $5 million each, the Rams’ loss scored a 44.9/68 in metered market results.

To put that in the starkest light of day, that’s a dip of more than 5% from Super Bowl LII February 4, 2018 on NBC in the first round of ratings. On a larger playing field and amidst a call for a boycott of the game due to the league’s “racist” treatment of Colin Kaepernick, Sunday’s metered market result is the worst the Super Bowl has done in the early numbers since the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals on February 1, 2009."

https://deadline.com/2019/02/super-bowl-ratings-patriots-rams-marron-5-worlds-best-cbs-1202548893/


Yeah, the game sucked...

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
160. Excellent choice!
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:52 PM
Feb 2019

I'd just finished the new Resident Evil 2 remake about an hour before the game myself, and had played most of it Saturday, so I was a bit gamed-out ...

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)
156. Fun thing I learned this morning: it was in Atlanta.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:43 PM
Feb 2019

For some reason, I was thinking that it was in Los Angeles. Oh, well.

If it were Budweiser, an awful beer, that paved the way to defying the awful corn lobby, making it acceptable not to encourage ethanol, dethroning Iowa's ludicrous position as kingmaker through its early caucus, that would be SO AMERICAN.


Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
158. Brilliant, masterful defensive game
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:49 PM
Feb 2019

...for those who know what's really going on. Nothing boring about it, unless you are the kind of person who finds watching a pitcher pitch a Perfect Game is boring. The Patriots established themselves as the GOAT with a brilliant defensive game.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,107 posts)
161. Well, it is a wonderful thing that NO ONE forced you to watch it.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 02:54 PM
Feb 2019
The ONE commercial that I thought was SB worthy was the Amazon Alexa one. It was the only one that made me laugh out loud. Of course, I thought the Washington Post ad was great, but I put it in a different category.

JCMach1

(27,559 posts)
171. Didn't even have a team America could root for against the Patriots
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:48 PM
Feb 2019

So yeah, snoozefest from the git go... At least it wasn't the Super Bowl of the shiftless money-grubbers Rams vs. Chargers.

Jimbo S

(2,958 posts)
174. I missed the TD
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:30 PM
Feb 2019

I was organizing my tax returns and preparing to mail them. Otherwise, caught most of the game.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
176. We paused our recording and got a still of Michel right at us, with...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:04 PM
Feb 2019

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... a Ram facing away from him on the left and a Patriot tackling somebody on the right. It was a spectacular picture. I expected it to be on someone's front page.

OnlinePoker

(5,722 posts)
179. Depends on your perspective
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:15 PM
Feb 2019

The worst for me was 5 years ago when my Seahawks finally won the big one the same day my cat had to be rushed into the vet with pneumonia and died two days later (today's the fifth anniversary). At the time, I'd had my cat longer than I'd had my wife. She was my baby. Every Super Bowl from now on is going to bring this pain back.

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
181. That would be the very first NFL-AFL championship aka Superbowl I
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 08:51 PM
Feb 2019

As a KC fan, this one sucked because the pundits completely trashed the AFL... and this game did nothing to prove them wrong.

Superbowl IV on the other hand... the AFL gained parity to the NFL and proved that the Jets win the previous year was not a fluke.

But this Superbowl certainly lacked very many "sparkling plays" or even a sense of excitement.

Brady is certainly one of the greatest players to ever play... but I would still take Montana any day of the week if I wanted to win. And there are many better pure passers (than either Montana or Brady).

Firestorm49

(4,035 posts)
183. True, but.
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 11:48 AM
Feb 2019

I’ve never been a Patriot fan for the obvious reasons (several times caught cheating to win) but they were certainly the better team in the contest. Their dynasty will fall sooner or later.

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