The Super Bowl Thread

[DK Sweets]

Warning...it's bad.

deadspin.com/jeremy-lanes-int-came-at-a-cost-this-very-gross-injury-1683141021

sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/jeremy-lane-victimizes-tom-brady-with-early-int-but-hurt-on-play-235751596.html

[Mothman]

does. But I guess everybody is different. I mean, you score a TD in the biggest game in the world, and THAT'S how you want to be remembered?

Not me.

Nor me. I didn't see what he did but I heard about it later and it strikes me as a silly, classless choice to make, especially under the circumstances.

[HardcoreVikesFan]

I just saw it in a wrap on the way to the cart. I figured that couldn't be a good sign.

Not that it really matters, but what Jeremy Lane had on is called a vacuum splint. As soon as I saw that one, I knew he had fractured his forearm.


Anyway, what a terrible call by the classic Darrel Bevel I was actually wanting Seattle to win, but whatever. I hate New England.

That Super Bowl is going to be remembered for a long time - that is for true.

[Just Me]

MAYBE on 3rd down. But when you have Marshawn Lynch, to me, you just don't do that, IMO.

Especially when you still had a time out to use! I agree. Punch it down their throat one more time (call T/O if you don't make it) and then see. (I might have ran it a third time if it came to that)

[dead_poet]

Nor me. I didn't see what he did but I heard about it later and it strikes me as a silly, classless choice to make, especially under the circumstances.

I wonder what Joe Buck would think.

[PurpleMustReign]

I wonder what Joe Buck would think.

LMAO.

[Texas Vike]

I wonder what Joe Buck would think.

I bet Randy was cool with it.

[Mothman]

This is an interesting take on the end of the game that I've read in a couple of places now:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/290571511.html

[quote]Bill Belichick may have forced Pete Carroll's hand at the end of the Super Bowl.

Belichick truly may have used uncommon cunning to win his latest big game.

Seattle took over at the Patriots' five with 1:06 remaining. After Jermaine Kearse's amazing catch, Seattle had wasted a timeout after getting the play in late. So Seattle had first-and-goal with one timeout remaining.
Marshawn Lynch bulled to the one. Most everyone in the stadium expected Beilchick to use one of his two timeouts, to preserve time for a possible last-second drive.

Belichick just stood there, watching the clock run.

What was he thinking?

Maybe this:[/quote

The rest is at the link.

[dead_poet]

This is an interesting take on the end of the game that I've read in a couple of places now:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/290571511.html

Interesting. That's a lot of thinking in the span of a few seconds. If true, good on BB for being that savvy.

[Mothman]

Interesting. That's a lot of thinking in the span of a few seconds. If true, good on BB for being that savvy.

That's basically my take as well. I don't know if BB really thought all of that in just a few seconds or not but I have repeatedly heard on the radio that Patriots players said they practiced against that specific play during their preparation for the game and that, during practice, Butler allowed a TD on that play. His DB teammates kept reminding him of it and so he was primed and ready to go when he saw the Seahawks about to run it.

The fact that NE had as many DBs in the game as they did for the play certainly seems to suggest they had scouted it out and were ready not only for the play, but perhaps a tendency to run it in that second and goal situation.

I wonder if Belichick has commented on any of this...

[frosted]

It does... the grilled brats sound good too.

By the way, I'm drinking an Ichabod (it's a pumpkin ale).

Interesting game so far...

They were tasty - I'll have to try a pumpkin ale sometime!

Kudos to you for grilling in MLPS this time of year! I remember doing that. It always felt like a nice defiance of the elements!

Great game going now.

So true - I can't spend all of Winter away from my grill. Itching for Spring right about now though - I have baseball fever.

[PurpleMustReign]

They were tasty - I'll have to try a pumpkin ale sometime!
So true - I can't spend all of Winter away from my grill. Itching for Spring right about now though - I have baseball fever.

I grilled my Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys. I actually did a "beer can" grill, where you put a can of beer in a stand and put the turkey on top of it. and then throw it in the grill!! It was the most juicy turkey I have ever had!!

[DK Sweets]

My dad loves the beer can method. Apparently, Mountain Dew works even better.

[PurpleKoolaid]

My dad loves the beer can method. Apparently, Mountain Dew works even better.

I have used the beer can method for many years. I have one of those barrel grills/smokers and it works perfectly. I haven't heard of using Mountain Dew. I hate soda of any kind, but I doubt you taste it. Does it keep the chicken more moist, with maybe a slight sugary glaze.

Side note: anyone see the kiss Belicheck gave his daughter after the game and think its kinda freaky?

[Texas Vike]

I have used the beer can method for many years. I have one of those barrel grills/smokers and it works perfectly. I haven't heard of using Mountain Dew. I hate soda of any kind, but I doubt you taste it. Does it keep the chicken more moist, with maybe a slight sugary glaze.

Side note: anyone see the kiss Belicheck gave his daughter after the game and think its kinda freaky?

I hadn't seen it but just googled it and saw the photo. I don't know. Honestly, I suspect he was out of his mind happy and relieved and had a moment of sharing that joy with a loved family member. I think a problem today is that our every act is potentially a point of mass critique and scrutiny by a huge number of people. An overly exuberant expression of love and excitement with a family member is a heck of a lot better than a lot of other inter-family issues that happened in the NFL this year.

It is interesting to connect it to something else I noticed during the SB: the large number of commercials that made emotional appeals to dads. Dove, Toyota, Nissan, etc. As the father of a little guy and someone who lost his dad somewhat recently, I found them moving, but felt a bit betrayed at the end of each 30 or 60 second slot when suddenly the product was tied in-- like a light bulb going on, "bastards! you touched my emotions and then want to sell your product in connection with things that I hold dear!" Maybe it's just me. I'm sure that ad execs finally figured out that most of the 110 million viewers were males, fathers and sons, who had watched the sport and bonded with their dads / sons and so it is a logical approach.