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Me, I’m not watching.

Patterico (131602) — 2/2/2014 @ 1:53 pm

Shocked that O’Reilly actually grilled Obungle. The Emperor has no clothes and no clue.

Bugg (f0dbc7) — 2/2/2014 @ 2:00 pm

Because it promotes teh dependency of animals…

JAILED WITHOUT BOND: 81-year-old woman left birdseed outside for animals on her property…

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/24601276/2014/01/31/no-bond-for-sebring-woman-who-repeatedly-fed-bears

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 2:04 pm

Rooting for Peyton. But: 23-21 Seahawks.

–JRM

JRM (cd0a37) — 2/2/2014 @ 2:09 pm

I don’t even know who’s playing.

Steve57 (5b9a77) — 2/2/2014 @ 2:16 pm

I almost nailed it last year. I said Kaepernick would get off to a slow start but the Niners would win it late.

As for this year:

Seattle trails much of the game but goes ahead maybe late 3rd quarter or 4th quarter as their physical play on both sides of the ball wears Denver down (including their clutch and grab methods against the vaunted Denver receivers). The Seahawks probably get a critical turnover some time in the 4th quarter. There may be some controversy about a non-call pass interference against the Seattle pass defense. Lynch is the MVP.

Gerald A (bfbd30) — 2/2/2014 @ 2:23 pm

Denver drug fiends vs. Richard Sherman’s team.

I was really hoping for the Chargers.

lee (b2dfc0) — 2/2/2014 @ 2:38 pm

Heard on the radio people can’t get to the game because of delays. Only half the stadium is full as of an hour before kickoff.

mg (31009b) — 2/2/2014 @ 2:40 pm

My wife and I are cheering for numbers.
d1-s6
d4-s9
d1-s7
d3-s7
d8-s4

mg (31009b) — 2/2/2014 @ 2:47 pm

i’m counting on the the roads & the grocery store to be nearly empty when we head out on errands…

😉

redc1c4 (abd49e) — 2/2/2014 @ 2:49 pm

“Dr” Jill Biden appears with MO. She uses that Dr like shes a medical doctor. That is my pet peeve at this point

phaedruscj (753b80) — 2/2/2014 @ 3:04 pm

I had read somewhere that there was an elaborate system to get to the stadium, that there was essentially no parking at the stadium and that people were to go to various mass transit hubs to get there. It wasn’t clear whether this was a security precaution to keep car bombs away, or just a way to make people pay more money to the region to get to see the game.

A close game, with Russell Wilson and Montee Ball both having great games. MVP goes to the one whose team wins. I don’t know how much I will watch, if any.
What does Joe Namath say?

MD in Philly (f9371b) — 2/2/2014 @ 3:11 pm

Not watching even though I live near Seattle. Have never cared all that much for football.

Do hope the Hawks win however. Seattle could use a winning team.

Bill M (c8f413) — 2/2/2014 @ 3:23 pm

Great rain forest you have in the Olympics, Bill M.

mg (31009b) — 2/2/2014 @ 3:29 pm

Wait, it’s SuperBowl weekend? Who knew!

I know I should be more interested in this, but I’m not.

Big winner — companies selling TVs larger than 60″, companies selling chips.

htom (412a17) — 2/2/2014 @ 3:29 pm

Pay attention to the TV technology, by far the best live coverage the industry is capable of, cutting edge all the way.

ropelight (e68175) — 2/2/2014 @ 3:30 pm

Oops

ropelight (e68175) — 2/2/2014 @ 3:36 pm

The first score was a safety by the Seahawks.

Michael Ejercito (906585) — 2/2/2014 @ 3:37 pm

What’s a Super Bowl?
Is that a container for political popcorn?

askeptic (2bb434) — 2/2/2014 @ 4:42 pm

Comment by Bill M (c8f413) — 2/2/2014 @ 3:23 pm

Yes, but then those poor guys would have to spend hours and hours being congratulated by the Mayor, county commissioners, and the Governor;
all most likely people they would never have voted for.

askeptic (2bb434) — 2/2/2014 @ 4:44 pm

Amotivational Syndrome sets in for Denver. Seattle’s on teh cocaine…

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 4:46 pm

There is no joy in Denver, Seahawks 22 to nothin’ over the Broncos at the half.

ropelight (e68175) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:00 pm

19-askeptic- A super bowl could be filled with a leafy green substance that’s really heady for citizens of Washington and Colorado.

mg (31009b) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:05 pm

#23: is Failifornia next in line?

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Initiative-to-Legalize-Marijuana-in-California-Gains-Support-243040591.html

redc1c4 (abd49e) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:29 pm

Current vote for MVP is the Seattle defense, all of them.

MD in Philly (f9371b) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:31 pm

Turn out the lights, the party’s over.

ropelight (e68175) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:32 pm

Dude, where’s my car?

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:33 pm

Give teh ball to Santa Cleeze, teh vato with the boney knees.

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:35 pm

Dave’s not here, man.

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:35 pm

Rocky Mountain High… Colorado…

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:38 pm

Spent the first half, Rocky Mountain way… couldn’t play much higher.

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:39 pm

It’s a Space Needle in the eye of every Coloradan

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:42 pm

Well, I couldn’t decide on a winner ahead of kickoff.

At the end of half time I guess I’d go with the Seahawks.

gary gulrud (e2cef3) — 2/2/2014 @ 5:47 pm

End of World Alert: free-wheelin’ Bob Dylan?

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 6:06 pm

Broken Broncos, broken rules
Broken Manning, broken fools
Denver ain’t got it, Fat Lady’s spoken
WTF… Everything’s broken

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 6:09 pm

Broncos finally scored a touchdown.

Michael Ejercito (906585) — 2/2/2014 @ 6:13 pm

TD! At least Denver didnt get smoked.

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 6:13 pm

Even eff up the on-side kick!

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 6:17 pm

Vegas should have had over-under bets on Seattle pass interference that doesn’t get called. Given the one-sided score that won’t be talked about but still.

Gerald A (bfbd30) — 2/2/2014 @ 6:35 pm

Manning isn’t putting anything on the ball. If this is the best he’s got, I think it’s time to retire.

Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 (f7d5ba) — 2/2/2014 @ 6:36 pm

Glad I took my brother up on the invitation to lunch… nice drive in the mountains. Got home to see the last half of Q3 and all Q4; I was looking forward to a game. Not to be.

@4, @6: don’t quit your day jobs. 🙂

gramps, the original (64b8ca) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:04 pm

Take the reds, man.

mg (31009b) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:09 pm

teh glue factory or dog food for the Denver Broncos…

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:15 pm

Is it over?

I was still not able to avoid seeing Joe Namath in his gay coat. It’s all over the intertubes. It really looks better on the coyote, Joe. It really, really does.

nk (dbc370) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:20 pm

I think it’s bob-cat,nk.

mg (31009b) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:21 pm

It would still look better on a coyote, mg. ~_-

nk (dbc370) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:25 pm

He has that smirky, weasel face like the kid that you always wanted to punch out in high school.

nk (dbc370) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:27 pm

I’m going to make a mocha with Hershey’s Syrup. Or maybe Nutella? RediWhip or no RediWhip? Decisions.

nk (dbc370) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:30 pm

What happened after 9 pm, in a nutshell? The wife and daughter came home and promptly turned on Downton Abbey…

Favorite commercial- definitely the ongoing Bud Light with the guy from the bar. it’s on youtube for those who didn’t see it.

Tim Tebow “No contracts” were pretty good too.

MD in Philly (f9371b) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:36 pm

Wait… I thought the take on Joe was that he was always buried in beaver?

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:37 pm

Obama will repeatedly lie and divert on his interview with Bill O Bore Me.

Rodney King's Spirit (ca9e04) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:39 pm

Maserati Ghibli!

Colonel Haiku (c840dd) — 2/2/2014 @ 7:42 pm

Some of those non-calls by the aggressive Seattle defenders might elicit at least a second-degree assault charge if they had taken place outside the stadium in the parking lot.

Elephant Stone (9d30f3) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:04 pm

Well ES, in the 5/8ths of the game I saw, I thought there was one missed call against Seattle on a defensive pass interference, and one missed call against Denver on an offensive pass interference, when Sherman was in a position to make a play on the ball until the WR started pushing and grabbing.
At least I thought the receiver was under the same contact restrictions as the defense is.

MD in Philly (f9371b) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:11 pm

Carroll looks for DB’s that are very physical. I think they’re taught to play with a lot of contact on the assumption that the refs will usually let it go.

Gerald A (bfbd30) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:13 pm

Comment by MD in Philly (f9371b) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:11 pm

There was at least 3 on Seattle that the announcers even pointed out and some of them were after the game was out of reach and they didn’t even have to guard that closely. If it had been close (as I was expecting) there likely would have been one non-call that everyone would have been talking about the next day.

Gerald A (bfbd30) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:17 pm

It’s nice to see the Broncos play in the Super Bowl, just like they used to in the 80s.

Chuck Bartkowksi (7f50c5) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:22 pm

MD in Philly, you and I must have been watching different games.
Even on Denver’s touchdown, the announcers easily pointed out how the Denver receiver caught the ball despite having being mugged before the ball arrived.

Throughout the past couple weeks, there have been numerous statements by people in football about Seattle defensive pass interference that has gone uncalled throughout the season.

Elephant Stone (9d30f3) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:23 pm

BEST SUPER BOWL COMMENT, ON FACEBOOK: “At least Philip Seymour Hoffman didn’t have to watch this.”

SPQR (768505) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:24 pm

nk, you are wrong – Joe looked great in his pimp coat.

SPQR (768505) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:27 pm

Well, that was a lousy game. Commercials were lousy. Apparently Namath is sober now, so good for him. Regardless he looked good just being Namath.

Ag80 (eb6ffa) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:33 pm

I can’t help it, SPQR. I’ve had a Namath complex since the merger in 1967. It must have been a very traumatic experience for me (I was only 11) because this scribblet from a MAD magazine parody still runs through my head every time NFL, Namath, or Rozelle are mentioned.

Pete Rozelle and Broadway Joe
Resolved to have a scrimmage;
Because Pete Rozelle said Broadway Joe
Was hurting football’s image.

True. I swear to gosh.

nk (dbc370) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:37 pm

I blame Fox News for Denver’s failure.
Or something.

Elephant Stone (9d30f3) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:39 pm

I had some nice left-over ribs with a Cote Roti. The game was not a total waste.

AZ Bob (ade845) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:57 pm

nk, but pimping ain’t easy.

SPQR (768505) — 2/2/2014 @ 8:57 pm

True. I swear to gosh.

I remember it, nk. I can also remember a poem MAD did about Wilt Chamberlain:

You can laugh and ‘ave your kicks when you play the New York Knicks
For a free throw missed tonight will never ‘urt you.
But when it comes to slaughter near the Delaware’s blue water,
That smile upon your face will soon desert you.
Oh, they say the Boston Celts are the ones ‘ho’ll get your pelts
And no mothers son alive can guard Bill Russell.
It’s a coach’s nightmare dream just to think of Philly’s team
And Wilt the Stilt ‘ho’ll kill you lest you ‘ustle.
‘E’s a terror, Wilt the Stilt, for there’s scarce an ‘ardwood tilt
Where ‘e doesn’t peel your hide by dunking forty.
I’ve ‘acked Petit at his best, elbowed Nauls and Jerry West
But you don’t stop seven-footers wi’ “Hey, Shorty!”
When the referees were slack, I’ve climbed ‘alfway up his back,
And that’s a mighty booming climb, a man what ‘e’s built.
Though my fouling’s never ceased, I’ve just ‘eard I’ve been released
‘Cause ‘e’s a taller man than I am: Wilt the Stilt.

Don’t ask me why I remember this one after almost 50 years.

Chuck Bartkowksi (7f50c5) — 2/2/2014 @ 9:03 pm

The original print MAD magazine of the ’60s and ’70s, that we grew up with, was amazing.

nk (dbc370) — 2/2/2014 @ 9:33 pm

Rooting for Peyton. But: 23-21 Seahawks.

–JRM

REVEALED: Peyton Manning vastly overrated, Happy Feet exposed.

Peyton Manning is like that boxer with the devastating left hook… and a glass jaw made of the thinnest crystal.

You get to Peyton a couple times, you get him flustered and thinking he’s going to get hit from behind at any moment, and, if your D is worth a crap, the game is over.

The Seahawks got to Peyton a couple times, and, in addition, that whole mess-up on the initial safety, and he never recovered from any of it.

Moreover, as a Seattle friend noted — The Broncos had designed an offense that dumped off the ball quickly, then tacked on quite a few yards after the catch… Except this time they were playing the best defense in the nation, and they got jack after those short-quick dump-offs.

Outplayed, outmanned, outmatched.

And more than few tokes over the line…

Smock Puppet, Gadfly, Racist-Sexist Thug, and Bon Vivant All In One Package (225d0d) — 2/3/2014 @ 12:08 am

I blame Fox News for Denver’s failure.
Or something.

Clearly, it’s all Bush’s fault.

.

Much more importantly I hear that Denver is going to be given the win after all, by executive order…

Because, given all the other revealed problems, Obama can’t let it be known that ObamaCare doesn’t handle choking.

😀

Smock Puppet, Gadfly, Racist-Sexist Thug, and Bon Vivant All In One Package (225d0d) — 2/3/2014 @ 12:13 am

Because Pete Rozelle said Broadway Joe
Was hurting football’s image.

Yeah, but that was directly because of the pantyhose… 😉

Smock Puppet, Gadfly, Racist-Sexist Thug, and Bon Vivant All In One Package (225d0d) — 2/3/2014 @ 12:17 am

Maserati Ghibli!

It reminded me of the original Infiniti commercials, with the water and stones and such.

Kevin M (536c5d) — 2/3/2014 @ 1:42 am

Denver looked like a team that was given an all new double-seekrit playbook the night before the game and couldn’t remember what they were supposed to do.

Kevin M (536c5d) — 2/3/2014 @ 1:44 am

The Broncos were whipped by the end of the first quarter, and they knew it.

The Oakland Raiders fan Dana (3e4784) — 2/3/2014 @ 3:35 am

Yeah, you’re supposed to be better than me, bro, but I’m still the one with two rings in this family!

Eli Manning (3e4784) — 2/3/2014 @ 3:40 am

Seattle slew the donkeys. Out coached.

mg (31009b) — 2/3/2014 @ 3:44 am

ES- we were not watching different games, but as I said, I only watched 5/8ths before wife and daughter to0k control to watch Downton Abbey. It was 29-0 when I stopped watching. From your comments, it sounds like most of the missed calls were after I had stopped watching.

MD in Philly (f9371b) — 2/3/2014 @ 4:16 am

When people blame the officials for this game, the Manning press has done it’s job.

mg (31009b) — 2/3/2014 @ 4:27 am

OT: Does anyone have memory of a University Study showing Democrat Politicians go to jail 2:1 over Republicans?

Can anyone source?

Rodney King's Spirit (ca9e04) — 2/3/2014 @ 7:19 am

Peyton Manning is a great quarterback who had a bad day.

A very bad day.

Seahawks played great and earned a historic win.

SPQR (768505) — 2/3/2014 @ 7:27 am

It’s a team game. Manning made an unforced error or two, but much of the time he was getting hit as he released.

Denver made a priority of defending against the run, and succeeded for most of the game at that (at least the first half), but Wilson and Harvin were good enough.

MD in Philly (f9371b) — 2/3/2014 @ 9:16 am

After the game, it was said that there have been 5 times the top scoring defense (fewest points allowed) met the top scoring offense, as this game was, and all 5 times the top defense won. Hence the cliché, “defense wins championships”.
Of course, the top defense doesn’t always get into the Super Bowl, as they do still have to have enough offense to win.

FWIW, Manning set a record for most completions in a SB game, 33.

MD in Philly (f9371b) — 2/3/2014 @ 9:20 am

I don’t have the stats — it’s just my impression after watching 3/4 of the game — but I think the Seahawks did a good job of stopping Denver from picking up yards after a pass completion, something the Broncos have done very well this year. I think that and the opening safety threw the Broncos off stride and they never recovered.

But take my comment with a grain of salt because my Denver knowledge is limited. For instance, I didn’t realize the Broncos have a real white bronco mascot or that they would bring it to the Super Bowl.

DRJ (a83b8b) — 2/3/2014 @ 9:32 am

I saw when I first looked at the game the score was 8-0 in favor of Seattle.

8 is a unusual score. There must have been a safety.

They are not that rare:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_score)

It occurs about once every 14 or 15 games. A 2-point conversion is rarer. But it was 6+2. Did Seattle miss the extra point?

It turns out that the safety was scored 12 seconds into the game.

Later the score was 29-0.

I was wondering if seattle would score a shutout.

later it was 35-0 and 36-0.

Even I think 43-0.

But eventually it was 43-8.

What was the 8 here? A touchdown with a missed extra point and a safety? A touchdown with a 2-point conversion?

Sammy Finkelman (4eddd7) — 2/3/2014 @ 10:29 am

It’s snowing by the way – the temperature went down to 40 degreees by 2 am – at 6 am it was jixed rain and snow and 7 am snowing with the snow line movinmg further south.

Sammy Finkelman (4eddd7) — 2/3/2014 @ 10:34 am

mixed rain.

Rush Limbaugh mused after 12:06 EST Monday that he was thinking of Rupert Murdoch being carried out of the game on a strecher – that is, the ratins must have been down and therefore Fox would owe its advertisers money.

But I think people who watch football actually would watch it – not to see who would win but to see if the Broncos would score something or if Seattle would get a shutout.

Sammy Finkelman (4eddd7) — 2/3/2014 @ 10:36 am

Do I have to research myself how two teams both achieved a score of exactly 8 in this game?

Sammy Finkelman (4eddd7) — 2/3/2014 @ 12:06 pm

Don’t expect much sympathy from Seattle fans about blown calls by referees in a Superbowl.

After the 2005 game, which Seattle lost to Pittsburgh, the Seattle coach commented publicly that “We knew we would have to play the Steelers, but we didn’t think we were going to have to play the guys in the striped shirts.”

That cost him a fine, but subsequently the (retired) head ref has admitted (again publicly) that “there were several bad calls that affected the outcome of the game” or words to that effect.

Ray Van Dune (11a38f) — 2/3/2014 @ 12:48 pm

#86:

Denver made a 2-point conversion on a touchdown. Okay, THE touchdown, from their point of view.

Seattle scored a 2-point safety on the first play of the game, followed by two field goals… followed by an avalanche.

Ray Van Dune (11a38f) — 2/3/2014 @ 12:53 pm

Mr Finkeman: The eight points for Seattle included the safety, followed by two field goals. Denver’s eight points came via a touchdown and two-point conversion.

Or it could have been a touchdown, one point conversion, and a rouge. 🙂

The Oakland Raiders' fan Dana (3e4784) — 2/3/2014 @ 12:56 pm

mg,

Making a remark that Seattle got away with some mugging of Denver’s receivers (as I expressed) is a totalllly different than blaming the refs for the outcome of the game.

Reading comprehension. Try it sometime.
Or something !

Elephant Stone (9d30f3) — 2/3/2014 @ 1:09 pm

Elephant Stone – I thought you knew i is a tattered tea-bagger without comprehension.
By the way Denver did the same, just not as good.

mg (31009b) — 2/3/2014 @ 1:20 pm

I knew it was coyote, mg. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/02/03/joe-namaths-super-bowl-fur-coat-gets-warm-reception/ Not only does my neighbor hunt them on his farm in Kankakee, we have them right in the middle of town (we don’t shoot those).

nk (dbc370) — 2/4/2014 @ 7:13 am

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