»SUPERBOWL XL!«
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 Superbowl 40 is here and its staring my very own home team the Seattle Seahawks! against the crappy steelers! im not saying the seahawks will win...i want them to bad..but i will say its gonna be the greatest game in the history of the superbowl! what do you guys think? posted by Agent Zero |
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 I think we're going to a helluva party today. Feel free to come if you can get here by 5pm our time. 
I'm kinda tempted to root for the Seahawks, just because they're the underdogs. posted by Tiefling |
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 I don't know if it will be the greatest game in history for those of us not from Seatle, but the Super Bowl in general is one of the greatest excuses in history to hang out with your friends and eat yourself silly. I sure can't wait!  posted by Laraimaem |
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 Glad you're all partying and having fun tonight... I'm not. I don't really see the greatness of football, no offense... *cowers under GP's glare* posted by nocturnal_anonymous |
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 hahahahaha i hate football to watch but i still know the seahawks lost. posted by Kupov |
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 i watch for the cheerleaders  posted by allone |
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This is what one of my friends wrote about the super bowl...he coulnt of put it any better The Seahawks lost the Super Bowl today because they did not come prepared. They had expected to play the team in black and gold, but when they got to Detroit, they ended up going against not only that team, but the guys in black and white as well. That's right, anyone watching the game today could tell whose side the officials were on and it sure wasn't the Seahawks'. Allow me to recount a few key plays. Early on, the Seahawks were playing as well as they had at any other time this season, driving down the field with successful passing by Matt Hasselbeck and strong running from Shaun Alexander. But when it appeared that they scored the first touchdown of the night on a pass play to the back of the end zone, that was more than anyone expected, and thus more than the officiating team could allow. As receiver Darrell Jackson turned to catch the ball, he let his hands graze the forearms of Steeler Chris Hope - not usually a problem, but in this case a huge mistake. Just as celebration erupted from the Hawks bench, the Steeler defender turned and asked for a pass interference call from the back judge, who quickly obliged by tossing his Terrible Towel to the turf. (Okay, so it was a flag, but it might as well have been one of the souvenirs that Pittsburgh fans wave.) The commentators, as well as everyone else not wearing some shade of black, white, or gold, agreed that the pass should have been ruled a touchdown. At halftime, even Steve "Stormin Mormon" Young expressed his opinion that the call was a miscarriage of justice. Following this, Seattle was unable to score until they kicked a field goal on the next drive. A short time later, as Seahawks' punt returner Peter Warrick was making an amazing, 33-yard run back, the officials called another bogus penalty. It was for a hold that Etric Pruitt, number 35, never committed. John Madden thought the call may have been for Pruitt's actions at the line of scrimmage, but the flag was thrown much later, at the end of the play, when Pruitt legally blocked a member of the Steelers' special teams. This cost the Hawks a huge chunk of yards. The next disputable call happened late in the second quarter, when Ben Roethlisberger attempted to dive for a touchdown on third and goal. At first, the line judge who made the call stuttered, looking like he was ready to spot the ball on the 1-inch line, then suddenly throwing up his hands to signal a touchdown. He should have gone with his first instincts, because when the replay was shown, the evidence pointed more toward the ball never crossing the goal line. But since the evidence was not conclusive enough to overturn the call, according to referee Bill Leavy, the Steelers got seven points with more than a little help from the guys in the striped shirts. Now here Ill admit that the Seahawks made a couple mistakes of their own. Mike Holmgren's decision to run the ball with less than a minute on the clock before halftime was a poor one. It set up a 54-yard Josh Brown field goal attempt, which he promptly missed wide right. And his later shank to the left of a 50-yarder was another costly blow. In addition (and I knew this would come back to haunt the Hawks), Holmgren refused to show some balls, and decided to punt on 4th and inches, just because he was on his own 26, and despite the fact that he had a Pro-Bowl fullback and MVP running back in his backfield. Lastly, Hasselbeck's interception toss in the second half as Seattle was driving didn't help them any either. But when he was called for a 15 yard penalty at the end of that play for an illegal block (blocking below the waist, I believe the vile Mr. Leavy called it) as he tried to tackle the defender who picked him off, it was obvious who the officiating crew thought should win this game. Starting with immaculate field position, and riding the momentum given them by their yellow-flag waving comrades in the stands as well as on the turf, the Steelers drove down and scored seven more ill-gotten, or at least controversial, points. Another official assistance was given in the second half, when the men in black and white refused to call penalties both ways. Hasselbeck completed a pass to Jerramy Stevens at the 2 yard line, but it was called back because of a Shawn Locklear hold. Fine. Madden says it wasn't holding, but I can tolerate it. Or at least I could until, on the very next play, a member of the Steeler defense came across the line before the snap and sacked Hasselbeck, and it was not called, once again showing the one-sidedness of the penalty calling. The final missed call, at least that I saw, happened when the play clock was running down and Big Ben tried to call time. After the clock had hit zero, he formed his hands into a T and was given the timeout. As we saw the replay, it was clear even to the senile John Madden that a delay of game should have been called. But was it? Of course not. Everyone was expecting the Steelers to win, and the officials did their best to make this game live up to what people expected, no matter how ugly it turned out. In spite of whatever predisposition the media, celebrities, bookies, or regular people may have about a Super Bowl, the men officiating the game should never be biased one way or the other. Unfortunately this year the guys in zebra stripes forgot that. Side note: As I write this, a poll is taking place on msn.foxsports.com. It asks what people will remember the most about Super Bowl XL. At the time of posting, there are about 15,000 votes in, and the most memorable part (45 percent of voters) is "questionable calls", with "Bettis finally winning" coming in second at 21 percent. Of course I realize that east-coasters are in bed already, so Im eager to see what this poll looks like in the morning. Update: As of 9:45pm PST, Feb. 6, and after almost 260,000 votes, the poll looks like this: 59 percent questionable calls, followed next by 18 percent Steelers' trick play TD! P.S. Copy and paste this link to a great article by Kevin Hench of FoxSports.com entitled, "Refs were far from super in this one".  I read it after I first posted this and it reminded me that I had left out the Pruitt call. Yeah, I know it's better than mine, but hey, I don't exactly have all the resources of someone at FoxSports, so gimme a break! Also another friend wrote this as well... I'm never watching the superbowl again. Every fuckin year this happens. I hate the NFL too. All they talk about are the damn Patriots and the teams I hate. They admire the arrogant assholes like T.O. and Heinz Ward who recently compared himself to Lynn Swann and Roger Staubach...two of the greatest receivers in the game. Did anyone see him drop 3 passes in the game? I sure did. What an arrogant prick. But the media loves these guys. Why can't they respect and talk about the nicer guys in the game. For example, Jake Plummer, Carson Palmer, Byron Leftwich, Edgerin James, etc. These are great football players but they rarely talk about them. But when it comes to Tom 'funk me in the ass' Brady, they are all for talking about him. And by the way, a little sidenote on Brady, he didn't compare himself to Montana, Young, or Marino. He took it a step further. He simply said, "I don't know why people keep saying I'm 'one' of the best quarterbacks in history, I AM the best quarterback in the history of the game." funk that guy. And if I hear one more thing about Ben Roethlisberger I'm gunna vomit. He's not that good. ok? He didn't play that well in the superbowl. And he SURE AS HELL didn't get the ball past the goal-line. Last but certainly not least, I agree that the officials were on the Steelers side. That was obvious. But I would like to know if the NFL investigates teams' finances. For example: whether the Steelers made money or had to pay money to win the superbowl, would the NFL know about it? Because if it were completely under the table, they might not know. Or is the NFL involved in a money-making scheme? Commercial after commercial all you saw was Steelers holding the fuckin trophy. The game was decided long before February 5th. The Steelers were going to win so the NFL could make money. funk THE NFL. I agree with these guys 100% this was the biggest outrage ive ever seen...we should have a redue posted by Azero |
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