Super Bowel XVIXVIIIXVI

LaserGun · Post by **LaserGun** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:00 am

So yeah did anyone watch this? This was the first time I decided to watch it for the lols ^_~ I like how the match was fixed in the Steelers favor.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:06 am

Interesting that you should mention this. The Super Bowl was first played on January 15, 1967 as part of an agreement between the NFL and its younger rival, the American Football League (AFL) in which each league's championship team would play each other in an "AFL-NFL World Championship Game". After the leagues merged in 1970, the Super Bowl became the NFL's championship game, played between the champions of the league's two conferences: the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). Since the NFL season extends into the New Year, the Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather than the year it was held. For example, Super Bowl XLIII, played in February 2009, was actually part of the 2008 season.

Cef
~_o

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:21 am

Thank you for that glorious blast from the past, Ceph. ~,~

I remember playing "NFL Sports Talk Football 93 starring Joe Montana and all 28 NFL teams" on my Sega Genesis. Because of the discrepancy you mentioned, this video game was actually released in 1992! ~,~

This was one of the first games to have the phrase "Super Bowl" which is actually a licensed term. In previous games, teams played in the "Sega Bowl" ~,~

Can you believe that as such, this Sports Talk 2.0 technology allowed the Sega Genesis cartridge to hold over 500 unique phrases? ~,~

I watched James Harrison's by-now famous 100 yard interception in last night's game. As I would come to find out, 100 yards is the entire length of such an American football field! ~,~

szycag
~,~

Dragoforce · Post by **Dragoforce** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:06 pm

I always try to watch Superbowl to find out what it is that yanks find so fashinating.. Can't understand it for the life of me. A bunch of people padded up to almost twice their original size standing a formation, rushing into each other with fifteen minutes of commercial between each sequence.

Probably just a cultural thing, but I prefer good old European football anyday.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:21 pm

mdl · Post by **mdl** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:53 pm

Ah, my fellow shmupper szycag, last night's game was an epic as such, no doubt about it! x_Q

I wish you the best of luck for the next season, Steelers! x_Q

mdl
x_Q

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:29 pm

My girlfriend and I chose to watch DVDs of the Soprano's instead of the game. During an episode I turned the game on to see the score and it was 20-7 at the end of the third quarter... so we went back to watching Sopranos. A while later I go to flick the game back on and I say to my girlfriend "Watch, we just missed the most epic, ludicrous comeback in Super Bowl history" only to hear AL Michael's say pretty much the same thing a moment later. It's always the ones I don't watch that are good.

The n00b · Post by **The n00b** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:10 pm

Dragoforce wrote:I always try to watch Superbowl to find out what it is that yanks find so fashinating.. Can't understand it for the life of me. A bunch of people padded up to almost twice their original size standing a formation, rushing into each other with fifteen minutes of commercial between each sequence.

Probably just a cultural thing, but I prefer good old European football anyday.

The game has gotten so big that announcers don't attempt to explain strategy or what they view as "minor" rules that they think everyone should "get." Therefore there is a huge learning curve for people who just want to see what the hell the game is about. There's an interesting history behind commercials and football too. The game, to some extent, is very accommodating for commercials. Advertisers realized this early in the history of American football and did their best to play up the game. Of course you really have to delve into the game to understand all of this...

Of course to many Americans, European football looks like a bunch of guys casually kicking around a ball and scoring once every two hours. The ultra slow pace of the game gets even slower when officials call a penalty, which happens kind of often, and the whole frakkin thing comes to a complete stop! However, this American is still making an effort to try and get it while trying to figure out why this sport is so popular.

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:22 pm

I missed the game, but I heard this one guy ran whilst holding a ball (football).

Pretty exciting stuff.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:49 pm

I always try to watch Superbowl to find out what it is that yanks find so fashinating.. Can't understand it for the life of me. A bunch of people padded up to almost twice their original size standing a formation, rushing into each other with fifteen minutes of commercial between each sequence.

Probably just a cultural thing, but I prefer good old European football anyday.

Man, I'm american and I don't get the appeal either. I never watch the super bowl.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:58 pm

In case you missed watching some of the hilarious 2009 Superbowl 43 commercials, here's a link to check some of them out:

The link below shows an Audi commercial with Jason Statham in those wild and crazy high speed car chases -- a tribute to those big-budget Hollywood high-speed car chase scenes. ^_~

http://superbowlads.fanhouse.com/quarte ... er/2409683

Keep in mind that some advertising sponsors paid anywhere from $2.3 million to $3 million USA for just a mere 30 seconds of Superbowl commercial air-time. A lotta of money for so little valuable air-time. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

trivial · Post by **trivial** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:09 pm

The n00b wrote:this American is still making an effort to try and get it while trying to figure out why this sport is so popular.

"American," stop trying.

During my brief time at grad school, a BYU alumnus in my program got some students together to watch a football game on television. More loud foolishness. It was funny to be addressed as though I'd never seen a game though.

Phil12 · Post by **Phil12** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:45 pm

I would not say that it was rigged. There will be many calls no one will ever agree with when it comes to the officiating.

However, I will say this...

The Steelers played like a bunch of cheap assholes. The most definite bad call happened when Kurt Warnwer fumbled that ball. I believe his arm was in motion. It should have been an incomplete pass.

As for the appeal of American Football, I guess its just like any other sport your country offers. You pick a team, you root for them, you feel defeated when they're defeated....it no different than other sports.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:12 pm

Smart of him to try to throw the ball when somebody was pulling on his arm...There were a number of strange occurrences for sure.

Whoever the guy is who got that interception and took it 100 yards also caused the lowest moment in the game when he was obviously beating on some guy kneeled in front of him. Lame. And then the commissioner called this a game to beat last year's. Lolz.

I had sorta wanted the Cardinals to win, but the Retrogaming Roundtable had a little contest for predicting the score.

If it wasn't for that safety I would have gotten the final score exactly right. 27-21 Steelers was my estimate.

I never enjoyed football as a kid, and I only ever went to a few baseball games (including a good number in my hometown). It's only been in the last few years that I've started to watch a few games and appreciate them. Despite the potential for broken bones and brutality (which I don't approve), football has a really interesting dynamic and action. It's not so much about huge muscular dudes in pads as it is about wafting that perfect pass through a hole in the defense line and the receiver weaving through the final few defenders. And yeah, the tackles.

p.s. gg don cherry

p.p.s. "Large numbers of foreigners tune into Super Bowl mistakenly"

Early estimates show that approximately 24 million foreign viewers watched at least half a minute of last night's Super Bowl, having mistaken the listing in their local television guide for Association Football (also known as soccer). Thirty seconds, say television experts, is about as much time as needed to pull up the TV Guide button and gaze at the screen in befuddlement before realization and disappointment sets in. This phenomenon is anticipated to give reruns of Dad's Army on BBC2 a one-day three million viewer boost. Of the approximately five million other viewers, early polls indicate they were temporarily cured of insomnia. - Fox News

trivial · Post by **trivial** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:23 pm

Ed Oscuro wrote:it is about wafting that perfect pass through a hole in the defense line and the receiver weaving through the final few defenders. And yeah, the tackles.

So basically, NASCAR.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:21 pm

trivial wrote:
Ed Oscuro wrote:it is about wafting that perfect pass through a hole in the defense line and the receiver weaving through the final few defenders. And yeah, the tackles.
So basically, NASCAR.

yup

except with less chance of being killed by flying tires.

Phil12 · Post by **Phil12** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:46 pm

Well I don't see what other option he had if a guy was tugging on him arm. He then goes down without throwing it in the chance that the Cardinals got back on the line so the ball could be spiked....but there was only 7 seconds left, so that wasn't an option.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:59 pm

i watched a rerun of UFC93.. BJ Penn sucks

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:52 pm

I watched it while eating wings and spaghetti. It was a pretty exciting game if you ask me. I was in Pittsburgh for XL and when the steelers won back then all the PITT kids were out partying and rioting which involved flipping cars and destroying property. I can only imagine what it was like this year. Probably the same.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:41 pm

Super Bowel?

Hmm.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:47 pm

captpain wrote:Fixed: Super Bowel movement!

Hmm.

Sure would need a big toilet/porta-potty to empty it out, right? Ha-ha. Even worse if one's plugged up from lack of moisture in them bowels. All that damn straining while sitting on the crapper. A few glasses of ol' prune juice just might do the trick. ^_~

Ah life would be more simple if we didn't have to spend all that time pissing and shitting. When nature calls, you gotta go. No ifs, and or buts about it. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:52 pm

American game for Americans only. Practically half of the net was dead yesterday because of it.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:59 pm

Elixir wrote:American game for Americans only. Practically half of the net was dead yesterday because of it.

Lol...you're absolute right about that one, Elixir. ^_~

Next up, is the Daytona 500 which is regarded as the Superbowl of Nascar racing on 2/15/2009. Whose gonna win this "mother of all races"?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:10 am

Elixir wrote:American game for Americans only. Practically half of the net was dead yesterday because of it.

Yeah, I noticed that. Did you take advantage for leeching purposes? ^_~

The n00b · Post by **The n00b** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:38 am

trivial wrote:
Ed Oscuro wrote:it is about wafting that perfect pass through a hole in the defense line and the receiver weaving through the final few defenders. And yeah, the tackles.
So basically, NASCAR.

Yeah that's a pretty stupid comment. Nascar is sanitized racing. It's what happens when people whine too much about the track having too many "unfair" twisty turns that "slow down" the action or the track being "unsafe." These people kept whining till all you were left with was a giant frakking oval.

Then they started whining about the cars. Make everything as "even" and "fair" as possible they said and they did until good engineering barely counts for shit in modern NASCAR.

Yep NFL deserves it's fair share of Eurowhining and various complaints about rules, however the NFL is not NASCAR and hopefully never will be. Anyway as a fan of real racing, I couldn't let this comment go unanswered.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:43 am

Ed Oscuro wrote:
Elixir wrote:American game for Americans only. Practically half of the net was dead yesterday because of it.
Yeah, I noticed that. Did you take advantage for leeching purposes? ^_~

My internet sucks, so no. But the internet was quite literally inactive. I was quite surprised at how many people are actually involved in this event.

Edit: ^_~

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:53 am

I'm not into football at all (haven't watched a single game all year), but yesterday's game was very exciting and a pure joy to watch.

trivial · Post by **trivial** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:33 am

The n00b wrote:
trivial wrote:So basically, NASCAR.
Yeah that's a pretty stupid comment. Nascar is sanitized racing. It's what happens when people whine too much about the track having too many "unfair" twisty turns that "slow down" the action or the track being "unsafe." These people kept whining till all you were left with was a giant frakking oval.

I chose NASCAR specifically because it's popular in the U.S.

Pretend I said "So basically, auto racing" instead.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:07 am

LOL everyone is too good to watch american football.

For me, I couldn't care less… I live in Detroit, in which the NFL team is the Lions. How can I enjoy a game where my local team celebrates loosing?

I enjoy sports, just not american football.

The big game yesterday ended in disappointment. Tip off was shortly after 2pm est.

The Pistons played well for three quarters, but alas, the game is four quarters and the Pistons forgot to show up in the final period… they turned an 8 point lead to a 7 point deficit

And this was all when Lebitch was on the bench

So afterwords, I drowned my sorrows with some Jägermeister and Red Bull while playing some Nintendo.

Later on in the evening after the children went to bed, I caught up with some friends and we talked about the game… no offense, but I hate Cleveland and Lebaby.

BryanM · Post by **BryanM** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:36 am

I watched Boxer play against a Blind Guy instead of watching New Commercial Day.

Whenever they implement women's football (weight cap of ~130 pounds mandatory), then I'll have a reason to watch this sort of thing.