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Originally posted by Raven:

The Bills losing felt inevitable as soon as the Chiefs went ahead. I didn't watch most of the 4th quarter.

First off, I thought the refs were lousy all game. They should have called more penalties.

Second the play calling by the Packer's coaches was terrible. Just before the half they let Brady throw and complete a bomb to the end zone, when everyone knew he would throw into the end zone instead of looking for a field goal like they seemed to think. Then late in the game, the Pack settles for a field goal when everybody knew that they had to go 4th down and try for a touchdown. Giving Brady the ball and expecting to get it back in the last two minutes, come on. Rodgers kept going to Adams down after down, when they weren't connecting half the time. He should have gone to different receivers more, but that interception was on a clear penalty that the refs missed or just refused to call.

Brady always burns me on picks, but I don't think the Bucs won the game so much as the Packers just didn't earn the win when they could have had it.

I'm not crazy about watching the Super Bowl. Chiefs will be favorite and that's gotten boring, but I don't like Brady enough to hope for an upset. No horse in this race.

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Originally posted by Raven:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by catskilleagle:
Yeah, it was 4th and goal at the 8-yard line. Kicking the field goal cut the lead from 8 to 5 but that assumed the Packers were going to get another possession in the last 2 minutes and the Packers were having a hard time keeping them from getting first downs. I know the analytics would say going for it is a low percentage chance, but when you have Aaron Rodgers and those receivers, I think an old-time coach goes for it when he has those weapons.

Jess

I think any good couch let's them go for it and also Rodgers sounded disgusted about it after the game.

I still go back to the touchdown a bad defensive call allowed just before the half. Brady should never have been allowed to hit anyone in the end zone with like 7 seconds to go. Remove that score and the Packers win. No less than Tony Dungy said it was a terrible defensive alignment.

Packers blew the game and I blame LaFleur more than the players. The way he was acting in the post game interviews there is a fairly good chance that we see Rodgers in another uniform next year.

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Originally posted by Raven:
So the Super Bowl wasn't what some expected, but I kind of enjoyed game. There was no quarterback shootout and it started to look very one sided by the half, but there was still a hope that Mahomes and company would mount some kind of attack. They never did and the Chiefs defensive unit looked like they had no idea how to stop the Bucs. I think they could have scored more if the Chiefs had gotten closer.

Felt sorry for Mahomes this time. He got beat up, but if you pressure any QB and keep good coverage, they will not be the same. They couldn't run the ball either. It was complete domination and like Brady or not, the Bucs looked like the best team in the football last night. Brady will walk away a God.

For the rest of it, I personally have no idea what that halftime show was supposed to be, although I have read that it was supposed to be disorienting. If so it worked, it disoriented me right out of the room. I walked away when the strobe lights started blinding me and I turned off the sound by the end because I couldn't understand two thirds of what The Weekend was singing. Perhaps it was a masterpiece of staging with dancers who just had a nose job. I thought it was as awful a Super Bowl halftime show as I have ever seen.

The commercials were pretty light, what with many big name advertisers sitting it out for fear of striking the wrong tone. I didn't see them all, but saw a whole lot of movie and TV show previews. I thought the Samuel L. Jackson one was alright, as was the Scissorhands, although I don't know why it looked so dark. Not a big fan of the preachy ones, which brings me to Springsteen.

Now I used to be be a big fan of Bruce's for about the first 15 years. When his music and image started to change, I guess I didn't evolve with him. I'm sure he doesn't care. So I watched that ad, but if I wasn't paying that much attention or not, it was only afterwards that I even knew it was him. For one thing, the guy's from New Jersey, so I missed the part where he became Will Rodgers or the old cowpoke. For another thing, it turned out to be a Jeep ad in between "The Middle" message. Only my opinion, but I really missed the beer commercials.

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Originally posted by cardaddict:
Aaron Rodgers is the guest host on Jeopardy starting this week, and I had to look him up because I never heard of him.

I don't follow feetball, and I no longer follow baseball.

I used to watch the occasional baseball game when they broadcast one on a local channel (I don't have cable), but I simply can't stand that electronic strike box and the close-ups of the players and managers chewing and spitting.

Rodgers did a credible job as host, and at least the contestants didn't jerk the call buttons around too much like they were trying to strangle them, another thing that irritates me.

I think I need a Valium.