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2010 NFL Thread
Topic Started: Aug 18 2010, 10:57 AM (3,050 Views)
Erick Von Erich
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Yeah, I meant "Richard Todd". The former Alabama QB who led the Jets to the '82 AFC title game, where they lost to David Woodley and the Dolphins (see, I got ONE quarterback's name right!!)

When we say "first-ever", it's first-ever between these two teams. Green Bay and Pittsburgh are kinda' cornerstones and marquee franchises of the NFL (and especially NFL Films). So to see THE two biggest dogs finally go at it in the big game-- that's kinda' neat. I'm surprised the whole game won't be played in slo-mo with orchestral music and a deep-voiced NFL Films Guy calling the action.

My personal stake in the Super Bowl ended on Jan 31, 1999. Hell froze over that day as the Broncos blew someone out in the Super Bowl and Bubby Brister actually took the final snap.


Sayyyy....aren't we kinda' skipping over the Pro Bowl?!
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People care about the Pro Bowl? :P
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It's cliche', but the Pro Bowl is the most worthless "All-Star" game in American sports. I even prefer the Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game over that annoying red white n' blue abomination the NFL puts on.

I'd start giving a damn about Pro Bowl votes and berths as soon as players stop pulling out of the game due to a phantom injury or sheer laziness. Good example: Dan Marino was definitely one of the best AFC QB's during his career. He was usually voted in as one of the their three QB's, yet he rarely appeared at the game. As a result, guys like Jeff Blake and Gus Frerotte have "Pro Bowl QB" on their resume'.

Now this gimmick of having it played before the Super Bowl is ridiculous."The Best Players in the NFL...with the notable exception of those playing for the championship and those who didn't pull out".
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I honestly can say I've watched maybe one Pro Bowl in my life, compared to all other big fours where I try to watch ever year.


MLB - Best of the games, because of the lack of intense physical contact allows normal performance and the design of the game in genera helps, tool. I'm sure a Cy Young award winning pitcher will NEVER throw tomatoes so that there'll be 87 home runs in a game. The Home Run Derby is fun sometimes, not other times. Really dig the Futures Game, and even the Celebrity Softball game brings out old timers, so it's fun.

NBA - Saturday Night is fun, but seems to have lost it's pazzazz. The Dunk Contest was pretty good recently thanks to Dwight Howard and Nate Robinson, but I prefered the All Rookies game compared to Rookies vs. Sophmores, and the 3-Point Contest is hit and miss. ASG = crap. No defense = 100 dunks and scores of 140-130. The only memorable "game" was Magic Johnson's "one night return" after retiring because of testing positive for HIV.


NHL - I appreciate the skills competitions, but three hours of it is too much, and again, like the NBA, the game is crap. No one is willing to play defense, and when someone does (cough:neverhitgretzky:cough), it's usually the wrong way to go about it. Scores of 15-13 is not fun to watch.
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But even with all my gripes... I absolutely would've loved to have attended a Pro Bowl in its old home of Hawaii. Wouldn't give a shit about the game and I would've left at halftime. Just would be cool to go to frickin' Hawaii, see all the special events and parties with all the old timers and other players that just felt like going. All the Hall of Fame-eligible guys were usually over there. I think one year Barry Sanders popped for his whole line to go to Hawaii with him. That broke the dam and, soon, a good portion of each team's roster would go, just for the hell of it.

After last year's MLB Spring Training debacle, I'm not too keen on player autographs anymore, but it would be kinda' fun to bum around the beaches/bars and get a few signatures of random guys.
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I can't remember the last time I watched any part of any all star game of any of the 4 major team sports. I did watch the NBA slam dunk challenge last year, wasn't planning too, but turned on the TV and there it was
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Jeff Fisher was fired as Titans head coach

16 years he was with the Titans

Not saying I disagree with him being fired, but the timing is weird

Why not fire him right after the regular season, like teams usually do ?

Now the Titans have less people to choose from as other teams have already hired new head coaches

And it will be impossible for Fisher to get another head coaching job after all the other vacancies have been filled
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torturedsoulv1,Jan 27 2011
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And it will be impossible for Fisher to get another head coaching job after all the other vacancies have been filled

I can hear Stupid Donkey Fans already whining: "we could of waited and gotten Jef Fishur" (yes, they will spell that sentence exactly like that).

If he wants to work, next season, he could probably get a job as a defensive coordinator. I could see a college or even pro team shuffling staff to get him on-board, somehow. Re-assign your d-coordinator to "linebackers", then send the LB coach packing, or something like that.

If Fisher takes 2011 off and waits until next season, he'll probably get a head coaching job (a la Mike Shanahan).
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Fisher wanted his son on staff, and Bud Adams didn't want that. That's why he was canned late
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I'm putting together some cheesy "Super Bowl XLV Bingo Cards" for our get-together, tomorrow. Among the common stuff like "Steeler Field Goal" or "Packer Touchdown", I have junk like:

-Bud Light commercial involving animals
-Aaron Rodgers' situational stats displayed
-Steeler or Packer "Legend" shown in crowd or sideline
-Previous Steeler or Packer Super Bowl highlights
-E-Trade Baby commercial
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How about "Washed Up Celebrity Promotes Soft Drink"?
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You mean the "Dr. Pepper" spot?
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What a horrible halftime show. It seems like the CFL and NFL are incapable of putting on even decent halftime shows, my ears fucking hurt :(
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Yeah, plus Christina Aquilera fucking up the lyrics to the National Anthem, pre-game. "what so prowwwwwwwd-ly we watched". I hope the lesson learned, there, is that it's usually a bad idea to add extra syllables to the Anthem. Just sing the fucking anthem, don't try to use it as a showcase for your "vocal range". It's the "home of the brave". Not "Braaaaaaay...-AYYYYYYYYYY--- VVVVVV!!!"

Halftime had decent visual production, but the sound was awful. It seemed like all the music was piped in, and the only thing "live" was the vocals and the final result wasn't mixed properly. The random Slash appearance also had me scratching my head. It was more like those awful halftime mash-ups that used to run about 10 years ago (like Aeromsith, Mary J. Blige and Britney Spears).

For the game itself: I kinda' forgot that the Steelers have played somewhat shitty in their last two Super Bowl wins. Rather lame that the game was won by two Neil O'Donnell-- 'scuse me--- Ben Roethlisberger interceptions. Also interesting how Polamalu was victimized a few times.


Super Bowl Bingo was a huge hit at our little gathering. Last year, people just mingled and didn't watch the game until Peyton Manning was picked off in the 4th quarter. This year, everybody was glued to the set trying to score the commercials along with normal stuff like: "Steeler Sack","Steeler Fair Catch" (which I don't think happened) or "Packer Interception". I was surprised that no Packer or Steeler "Legends" were shown. The only one we scored was when they showed Green Bay linebacker coach Kevin Greene. I had no idea Greene was even coaching, much less for the Packers.

After everyone left, the Main Chickie wanted to watch "Glee", just to see what all the buzz was about. I was curious, too. We both agreed that it's a steaming pile. FOX's "dramatic" version of American Idol, with a mild comedy script, run through a completely unrealistic setting. I mean, a she-male football coach? It also makes the assumption that EVERYBODY secretly wants to sing and dance to shitty music and pop songs.
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Oh, for ads: I liked the Darth Vader Volkswagen kid. His physical expression of "whoa" at the end was perfect. Better way for VW to make in-roads into Americana than the talking car with the German accent of the past two years.
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