The Beatles Bible - Topic: BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Zig on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:04:06 +0000

In my opinion, the "chess match" aspect of (American) football and baseball are what make them so much fun to watch...much more fun live.

It seems like there is a lot of "down time" in both sports and people who don't watch a lot of either sport complain about the lack of action. However, if you are calling the shots from the sidelines, the games move at the speed of light.

In football, you have to make sure your defensive personnel can match up against the offensive players; who is covering the slot receiver?, do we blitz?, play zone?, what if the ...

vonbontee on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:01:21 +0000

I realize I'd need to watch a lot more before I could begin to figure out what the coaches are thinking and how their strategies affect the various plays and etc. Not worth the mental effort on my part, thanks! I know how football coaches are worshipped and understand why that's so. I guess I just prefer to see the players decide it.

Baseball's easier for me to watch because it boils down to the drama of one pitcher/one batter, rather than two opposing huge walls of flesh. Plus there's no misleading clock involved.

mr. Sun king coming together on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:57:54 +0000

Which is what I love - the chess game. I am bad at acting like I know better then the coaches… but Bellicheck was right, I maintain. But if you aren't predisposed to like football, it'd be a bore.

Into the Sky with Diamonds on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:01:59 +0000

The fluidity is in the mind... During the pauses, you're thinking along with the coaches: this would be a good time to run right; no, maybe a long pass down the left sideline; maybe a little trick play right about now. Ooo, they're substituting this player for that player; could this mean a screen play? Ah, they're about to kick a field goal - but maybe a fake field goal: The holder will actually try to pass the ball downfield for a first down....

Same with baseball which is even less fluid.

Of course, to play this little chess game you need ...

vonbontee on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:44:04 +0000

meanmistermustard said:

I wont become an avid viewer of American Football, too start/stop for me,

That's exactly what I dislike most about the sport (and its Canadian version), that and the very notion of "eating up the clock" make it excruciating for me so much of the time. Not enough fluidity – it seems like a miracle if I see sustained action for a full eight seconds.

Into the Sky with Diamonds on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:59:48 +0000

meanmistermustard said:

I have a very hazy memory of sky sports showing a last minute superbowl kick being missed but that could easily have been in a movie instead.

"Wide right! wide right!" When the Giants (same Giants) beat the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV, the Bills were down by just one point with a few seconds left. A field goal would have won the game - but the ball sailed just to the right of the goal post.

"and so castles made of sand, slip[s] into the sea...."

meanmistermustard on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:38:41 +0000

I wont become an avid viewer of American Football, too start/stop for me, but it was fascinating watching how the Giants slowly ebbed their way down the field to eat up the clock with the intention of kicking a field goal in the dying seconds. The match commentators were very good in helping me have a very small idea of what was going on. Tho i did get caught up in the moment and berated the Patriots for letting the touchdown happen (in fact i couldnt figure out how Manning got thru until after 2 or 3 replays and the commentators ...

vonbontee on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:54:49 +0000

Good news, vonbontee: there's got to be a website where you can see it again (with or without commercials)

I guess you didn't see that thread where I bitched about my piece-o-crap computer being broken! Plus the replays can't capture the thrill of seeing the game live, not knowing the outcome, etc. But thanks anyways.

Anyways, I'm happy the Pats lost. (Why do Boston sports fans deserve a Super Bowl championship so soon after a Stanley Cup victory?)

Into the Sky with Diamonds on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:43:00 +0000

Good news, vonbontee: there's got to be a website where you can see it again (with or without commercials).

Needless to say, New York is a happy town today.

Last night, the lights on the Empire State Building and surrounding buildings were blue (with a bit of red) - the Giants' colors. Quite pretty!

Meanmistermustard, this is actually what IMO makes american football fun: you get to plan and think as if you were the team coach, and it can become rather chess-like.

At the end of the game, if you're losing you want to do two things:

- score enough ...

mr. Sun king coming together on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:38:08 +0000

A six pointer (Touchdown) is more difficult, but therefore they get more points for them. The Patriots wanted the TD, as it gave them a timeout and more time to try a game winning drive. And realise this is massively simplified, for you. If there weren't a couple of drops on the final drive, it might have gone NE. It was a fabulous finish.

vonbontee on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:20:52 +0000

Curses! The rare time (like, the 3rd or 4th time in my life) I try watching the damn game (which usually bores the hell out of me) and I fall asleep in the 3rd quarter and apparently miss a really entertaining 4th! Man, I suck!

meanmistermustard on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:18:48 +0000

Sun King, would it not be easier to get to wherever you need to be to score a field goal than score a touchdown? (remember i know nothing so more learning than discussing). The Giants were 2 behind then scored 6 for the touchdown so by Manningham (thanks for that) going over the line accidently the Patriots had to make their own 6 pointer (a fieldgoal would have left them 1 behind). I guess the Patriots' tactics would have been spot on if Manningham hadnt of fallen backwards and made one of the silliest looking touchdowns ever (if that is seen to non-Superbowl ...

mithveaen on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:44:40 +0000

Manning is MVP.

I saw the game while having some vampiros. It was fun.

AliJaggerMcCartney on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:41:54 +0000

Welcome to America, mrmustard.

Another reason I really don't like the Patriots because their defense sucks like crap.

I was holding my breath at that almost-touchdown right at the end he was soooo close to catching it and the Pats taking home another Lombardi trophy and a new fancy set of rings.

LOL, the couple from New York that live down the street from me are hosting a party and they're huge Giants fans and they're lighting fireworks and cheering xD

Well, I have school tomorrow so it's best that I get to bed. Night Y'all!

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mr. Sun king coming together on BB's official Super Bowl Sunday topic!

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:26:10 +0000

That catch on the sideline by Manningham (thrown by Manning) was bloody beautiful. And, I think if Gronkowski (I so probably misspelled that) wasn't hurt, I think he catches that at the end. But, I disagree with MMM on the last TD. It was a smart call, because you needed to give your quarterback time to score, because the kicker wouldn't have missed the field goal (3 point kick) which would have given them the lead anyways, so it was smart. If only Welker had made that catch earlier, before Manning got it back, NE would have won. Who was ...