Super Bowl thoughts

[Senser81]

this year it seemed unusually awkward with the HOF guys and the coin flip.

That was one of the highlights for me..."Ladies and Gentlemen, the Hall of Fame Class of 2011...Shannon Sharpe (cheers)...Marshall Faulk (more cheers)...Deion Sanders (cheers)...and referee Walt Coleman (confused silence...camera stays on Coleman...uncomfortable staring by Coleman...)"

Why did they introduce Walt Coleman with the Hall of Fame Class of 2011? That made no sense to me. Then the "segue" from that intro to the coin flip was ridiculous.

 

[manchild24]

This super bowl did tie for the highest rated super bowl (giants/broncos)

 

[FirstTimer]

LOL! I remember that and totally agree. The main memory that I have/still joke about is Buck's call of the FUCKING BOSTON RED SOX winning their first WS in 1,000 years or whatever it was. Reminded me of when Harry Doyle passed out due to drunkenness in Major League 2 and Monty took over for him. A screamer is hit and this guy makes a spectacular diving play. Monty's analysis? "Fly ball...*pause*...caught."

EDIT - Can't believe I misremembered his name. MONTY not Marty.

Agree. Although I didn't hear that call live because I was screaming and jumping around with joy..but later when I watched the highlights I was like...Uhhh...really?

 

[shag773]

The red carpet interviews with Strahan registered a 10 on the douch chills meter.

Didn't get why they had O'Reilly interviewing Obama. Not the day for it.

Christine Aguilara was an embarassment.

Not really a Montana/Simms like SB performance by Rodgers, but still a great performance considering his receivers couldn't catch a sticky beach ball. IMO he's on his way to P Manning/ T Brady territory.

 

[leaffan]

Might as well mention it since I don't think it has.

Other highlights for me include:

Watching Madden trying to text someone.
Arod and Diaz.... :rofl:

 

[leaffan]

 

[manchild24]

The red carpet interviews with Strahan registered a 10 on the douch chills meter.

Didn't get why they had O'Reilly interviewing Obama. Not the day for it.
Christine Aguilara was an embarassment.

Not really a Montana/Simms like SB performance by Rodgers, but still a great performance considering his receivers couldn't catch a sticky beach ball. IMO he's on his way to P Manning/ T Brady territory.

I know the last two years the president did itnerviews with Katie Kouric and then the I think it was the guy from the Today show. So they said in keeping with the Spirit and tradition he did it again. They were surprised he chose FOX because of how critical they have been.

 

[Tailback U]

Also, I just think that of all the things to tout in this game, the play of Clay Matthews and the statement of him being the true defensive player of the year isn't one of them. No offense.

It needs to be said that Matthews' production was limited because he was spying Big Ben for most of the game and just occupying the A gap so Ben couldn't take off up the gut. Everyone knows Clay is most dangerous coming off the edge.

GB did a great job of keeping him in the pocket, that was obviously the gameplan for them, especially after he had those first 2 runs.

 

[packersfan4eva]

*People are saying there should have been pass interference on that last pass by the Steelers when, in reality, the receiver wasn't touched at all. It was great defense. That's all.

Just goes to show that Tramon Williams should have been in the Pro Bowl. He was arguably our top corner during the playoffs.

 

[Tengo Juego]

*The turf was in terrible shape. I don't know why, maybe it was the recent cold weather, but players were slipping and getting hurt all game. Field goal kicking was a nightmare. On one play, Jordy Nelson fell to the turf and his sock got completely shredded. Were they playing on broken glass?

Jordy wears under armour type leggings. Not socks. So they rip MUCH easier than a sock would. He did slide a good distance too. I didn't really notice the field being bad, appearance wise. It was darker in portions of the field, but I thought nothing of it. I guess it could have been totally different feeling. But it didn't look like anyone lost their footing because of it.

There was only one bad field goal attempt, and it had nothing to do with the field. It was just a terrible kick.

 

[Hasselbeck]

*People are saying there should have been pass interference on that last pass by the Steelers when, in reality, the receiver wasn't touched at all. It was great defense. That's all.

Just goes to show that Tramon Williams should have been in the Pro Bowl. He was arguably our top corner during the playoffs.

Uhhh.. Tramon was a Pro Bowler.. but since the Packers made the Super Bowl - he obviously didn't go.

 

[Tengo Juego]

Uhhh.. Tramon was a Pro Bowler.. but since the Packers made the Super Bowl - he obviously didn't go.

He was an injury replacement when Asante Samuel withdrew.

 

[NAHSTE]

He was an injury replacement when Asante Samuel withdrew.

The Pro Bowl is irrelevant anyway. Coming from someone who had 9 of his favorite team's players in the Pro Bowl, I'd have rather had 45 guys in the Super Bowl instead.

 

[Hasselbeck]

Uhhh.. Tramon was a Pro Bowler.. but since the Packers made the Super Bowl - he obviously didn't go.

All I really want to add:

- I think Aaron Rodgers should get much more credit than he did for his play last night. Yes I know he won Super Bowl MVP, but honestly.. that should surprise no one.. we all kind of knew that a Green Bay win likely resulted in an Aaron Rodgers MVP nod. But look at his final numbers: 24/39, 304, 3 TD, 0 INT. How good would those numbers have been had James Jones and Jordy Nelson caught easy passes that hit them right in the hands? I think Rodgers would have easily eclipsed 400 yards.. and maybe even 450 on the day with 4 or 5 touchdowns - all while shattering Kurt Warner's record 414 yard performance in Super Bowl XXXIV. Rodgers put forth one of the best performances I've seen in Super Bowl history.

- Troy Polamalu had a terrible game, but it was clear as day how big a role he played on this Steelers D leading up to the game. If you remove him from the equation.. I'm not so sure the Steelers secondary is any better than the Texans, Seahawks, Redskins, etc. They would be downright BRUTAL without Polamalu. And Rodgers exposed that on a global stage.

 

[Hasselbeck]

He was an injury replacement when Asante Samuel withdrew.

They still count it as a Pro Bowl bid.

 

[Diivox]

the pregame stuff is really worthless to me now. i turned it off because NFL networks 20 hours of pregame coverage was to much for me. Fox pregame crew is a joke no matter what, but the excelled in being shitty for this pregame.

Pregame stopped mattering when the Internet took off. why the fuck do I need 5 guys pretending to laugh at each other to tell me stories I already know/read/watched video on, and sell me shit I don't need?

come to think of it, why the fuck do we still have the stupid obligatory commercial discussion? they arent movies. they arent even tv shows. THEY ARE 30 SECONDS TRYING TO GET YOU TO BUY SHIT. Grab another beer and shove that in your mouth rather than using it to offer your critical thinking of 30 seconds that treats you like nothing more than a number on some asshole in a suit's pie chart.

this is like when the media goes off about how amazing it is that people are using twitter/facebook/internet in general in the middle east. while the traditional media flips out over the idea that people don't need them to stay informed anymore, we've been doing this shit for years now, "the media" just doesnt get it yet.