Superbowl XL

[Conner]

Ughhh.

[homstar]

I would've liked to see the seahawks win this one. Idk why, but I just like to see the underdogs win.

[daBurninator]

In my opinion, that was a pretty boring football game.

Half Time show was pretty basic, aslo. Just a few Stones songs.

Anyone else think that the commercials weren't very good, either? There were a few good ones. The Hummer3, the Fabio one, and the Magic Fridge, being a few examples. That FedEx caveman one was pretty good, aslo.

So, overall, I was pretty bored during those 3 hours. It might have been better if I actually watched more football games, but I don't. So...yeah.

[Conner]

Yeah, I was rooting for the underdog. It was pretty boring though, the was same bad calls, in my opinion, too. The commercials weren't too good, the only one I thought was funny was the Hummer3 one.

[potthole]

Compared to the past couple of Super Bowls, the game last night was fairly dull.  I liked the outcome, but it could have been a bit more entertaining to watch.  The commercials weren't the best either.  But, unlike you guys, I personally hated the Hummer one, it was just odd and wrong.

[Homestar Golfer]

Wow. Am I the only one who really enjoyed this Super Bowl? Maybe it didn't hurt that I'm a casual Steelers fan and an avid Seahawks hater. Not to mention I watched the game with quite possibly the biggest Steelers Fan this side of the Pennsylvania state line. He had the Terrible Towel flailing around even while he was sitting on his couch. He ran around his house when they broke that 75 yd. run, too. Good times.

[Revan/anakinjmt]

Okay, it could be I wasn't paying attention, but how were the Seahawks the underdogs here? Pittsburg was 6th seeded in their division. Seahawks were, what, 2? 3? 4? in their division? Tell me how that makes them the underdog.

[potthole]

Vegas, having the Steelers up by 7 points, made the Seahawks the underdog.

[Revan/anakinjmt]

Vegas, having the Steelers up by 7 points, made the Seahawks the underdog.

Well, yeah, the underdogs once the game got going. But, everybody before the game was talking about the Steelers were the underdogs. I don't get that. And, excuse me for being football-dumb here, but Vegas? I, well, frankly...no comprende.

[potthole]

Book-keepers in Vegas, which handle all legal sports betting, had Pittsburgh winning by a 7 point spread (at least that was the spread a week before the game).  My comment about Vegas deciding who was the underdog was sort of tongue-in-cheek, in a way it's true, but they're not the definitive answer on that subject.

[potthole]

Hey, nothing can match the Rider pride. Nothing.

Sure, nothing might not be able to match Rider pride, but nothing can beat our sense of irony when our hometown team stinks!



(This is in reference to the Detroit Lions, and their team GM, Matt Millen, and how they haven't made the playoffs since 1998, and haven't won an NFL Championship since 1957)

[bethskye]

Don't forget that recently the AFC has made the NFC into a perrenial whipping boy.  Vegas bookies set the line, and...frankly, they're not usually wrong.  I have a very good friend who is a bookie, and they research the ever-loving crap out of the games that they set the line for.  Pittsburgh had the storylines, they are the perrienial powerhouse (not the Seahawks), they had ALL of the momentum coming into the game, it was a glorified home game, they ripped Peyton Manning to shreds, and their lack of ranking coming into the playoffs had more to do with injuries than lack of talent, and a backup quarterback who screwed up the team cohesiveness.  On balance they were close to equal.  The bookies assign a 2-3 point edge to the home team, and the steelers were considered the home team (by the bookies AND the nfl).  So on a truly neutral field in Pierre, South Dakota, the Steelers would have only been up by 4 or 5.