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Since last night's SuperBowl won't be a story you'll see on SN, I figured if anyone wanted to discuss it I'd start this journal entry.
I don't particularly care for football anymore, beyond watching local high school (my youngest is a senior). In fact I have not seen a single NFL play for the past 2 years except for the SuperBowl. My buddy has a party every year so I go and bring wings.
Last night's game was a great game, even if the finish was kind of an immediate letdown. However, I told my buddies the last minute of that game will be scrutinized very closely for a long time and we may never know if it was dumb luck or pure genius.
Did Belichick not call a time out at w/ 50 seconds to go w/ the intention of luring the Seahawks into making a mistake?
(Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday February 02 2015, @07:52PM
Honestly, I think the sport is rigged.
NFL players make so damn much because of a ruling decades ago which explicitly stated that they were entertainers as well as athletes, so they could command exorbitant Hollywood-tier salaries.
It just seems suspicious that an awful lot of recent NFL games have been upsets and/or other last-minute comebacks.
However, that doesn't mean that watching American Football isn't a good excuse to engorge on beer and wings and engage in loud and rowdy grabassin' with friends.
testing the sarc tag <sarcasm>This is sarcastic.</sarcasm> testing the sarcasm tag <sarcasm>This is sarcastic.</sarcasm>I think we've been cheated with the sarc and sarcastic tags.
(Score: 2) by fliptop on Monday February 02 2015, @08:01PM
How could that be pulled off w/o anyone outside the group doing the rigging finding out?
Someone always talks.
So they're trying to make the NFL more like the NHL?
To be oneself, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity