**SB 51** - the matchup so good it ought to be banned

that similarity is CRAZY

i think the pats shut down the falcons just enough to win, i'm guessing a 38-30 win.

that is really crazy how good ryan has been lately
id still pick the pats to win this, but will root atl

i'm rooting + picking alt

atl

Falcons cuz they tore through the NFC's best teams like they were nothing

Pats also cruised but they got the Texans (lol) and the Steelers minus Bell (also lol)

Pats are probably the better team overall but who the hell wants to bet against the Falcons right now? I haven't seen an offense that looked this unstoppable since the 07 Pats.

yeah, 07 Pats had a helluva Super Bowl win that year

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3B4EcmWIAINIu5.jpg

which Atlanta player is going to get arrested for soliciting this time?

NFL needs to go retro. I'd love to see some coaches rocking the old school trucker hats and polyester.

http://img.spokeo.com/public/900-600/leeman_bennett_1982_09_19.jpg

This game really comes down to...

http://profootballspot.com/uploads/monthly_2015_09/073d096781872c0b959e7254d6882682.jpg.237f40b0c4fff419f65fc93dfb60d225.jpg

VS.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7249/7762234036_db16bf9dfb_o.jpg

http://www.trbimg.com/img-52685fd3/turbine/sfl-dolphins-patriots-top-10-games-20131023-003

http://thesportsfanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tumblr_mgdmm9Uixn1rlny4zo1_1280.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3M6PPFWYAAVQLd.jpg

lol what's that from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqq1KayBguA

supposedly that is mark dondero of WPRI in providence

that's amazing, i can't even hate. i bet the guy stayed up through the night crafting it.

http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/photo/2017/01/30/0ap3000000781194.jpg

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/magazine/the-uncomfortable-love-affair-between-donald-trump-and-the-new-england-patriots.html

only guys trump seems unwilling to criticize besides putin are belichick and brady

trump really really really wants everyone at his rallies and every reporter to know they are really great friends meanwhile brady was mostly just trying to play golf

i get that in a normal election brady could just no comment and play football but i keep asking myself, can't he find a way to use his influence over trump for good or at least speak out against what is happening?

hmm no i personally dont think tom brady shd have to think about things

he's the guy who put a MAGA hat in his locker; super lame to be all 'what's going on in the world? i haven't paid much attention. i'm just a positive person' now

that said, he has nothing to gain by saying anything substantive and no one will care three days from now

Uh, Tom Brady is an idiot jock? Why do people think he knows about anything that isn't quarterbacking?

Why speak and put an earldom or some other noble title at risk. Shut up and take the tax break, maybe kids can marry into trump royal fam!!

I'm not even gonna be able to enjoy dis ting on Sunday w/ out Trump ruining it, am I

tom is so great <3

Is that emoji supposed to be his fine cleft chin? Idgi that's weird

it's called the tom brady's fine cleft chin emoji, not sure what else you imagine it would signify there

chelsea supporter, right

tom? that would makes sense right? altho i recall there were stories about him sending good luck messages etc to leicester city last year. probably he has family ties to the east midlands.

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When did this ridiculous rule with advertisers being forced to call the Super Bowl "The Big Game" start? When Goodell took over?

been that way for years

lol that's wayyyyyy before Goodell man

I mean don't get me wrong, Goodell has been mostly a disaster as a commissioner, but he often also gets blamed for shit that started in the Tagliabue, Rozelle era, or even earlier

http://www.texasmonthly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/campbell-680x500.jpg

earl campbell is in attendance

Snrub, you know it's only 'unofficial' advertisers who have to call this fascist brain-destroying whorefest "The Big Game", right?

fascist brain-destroying whorefest

so you have been to a Ryan Adams concert

It sure wasn't around when The Simpsons were calling it by name in several different episodes in the early 90s.

satire is protected and the simpsons were not trying to sell you goods and services relating to the super bowl

it's *advertising* using the term Super Bowl they have issues with, mostly. in a way that provides financial gain

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lol

Patritos are the worst

i never know if these polls are supposed to be predictions or who we're rooting for

supposed to be prediction but it hardly matters. anyway, this is really weird, but i have $1000 on this being the exact score in the game.

ive got 10g on brady and gaga launching nukes at halftime

I've got ten dollars on Gaga. Just laying on top of her

hooo-ly fuck!!!!! this is what I wake up to after bailing on the game after the 3rd quarter hahahahaha

So, who won? I've just watched two long news reports on the Superbowl, one on BBC, one on Sky, and neither showed so much as a second of the match or told you the result. LOL Britishes.

https://twitter.com/bostonpolice/status/828450698417278976

So we got our revenge by making them another shitload of cash

silver lining to all this is that James White, an ex-Badger, wound up pretty much being the non-Brady MVP, which as a Wisconsin sports fan gives me at least some reason to not hate all this

Shanahan takes 49ers job with Falcons' run over

just saw this headline on ESPN and initially missed the key apostrophe

i just watched the full game and what struck me was definitely how patient new england was.. there wasn't some epic meltdown by atlanta.. just chipped away at it and so many things had to go right for NE, and somehow they did. man. how do you have a 1st down at the 22 and go backwards out of FG range

by not running lol

lol Atlanta completely melted down tho

where the players play

Literally could have just taken a knee twice and won the game

i don't think anyone has any complaints about the fairness of this result, but current playoff overtime rules don't seem ideal

i feel like they are in a good place right now. you think both teams should be guaranteed a possession?

yeah, i think so. obviously there's the argument 'play some defense' but i'd like to see both sides forced to do so.

i was honestly kinda shocked by the sudden death rules, i thought both were going to get at least one possession

One possession each would be fair. It was clear that the coin toss basically meant game over. As much as I like the result, it's hard to argue that it's the fairest system.

good job

https://mic.com/articles/167843/one-by-one-black-new-england-patriots-players-are-refusing-to-visit-donald-trumps-white-house

yeah the if a field goal get a second chance but not a td ot rule is kinda odd, they cld just even play a whole quarter wld that be so bad

no idea why they just don't do the college way. its absolutely perfect.

why not just do college rules it is 100x more exciting

lol didnt even read spottie's post, spottie otm

it really is perfect idgi

hate the college rules, eliminates special teams.

and hate playing a full quarter, teams are already too tired at the end of 4.

but they still have field goals with college rules?

guaranteed possession and full quarter options make ties more likely, which the league (and americans in general ime) are deathly afraid of

otherwise they are fairest in a vacuum for sure

i'm guessing the nfl doesn't like the way records would be broken with college-style OT, dudes throwing an extra three touchdowns because they started on the 20, etc. but they could also just declare 'these stats don't count' and give the winning team one extra point

College OT makes stats wacky and for fantasy football, that would be kind of a thing.

The Pro OT as it is now seems reasonable, losing sudden death on a 50 yard FG seemed kinda cheap and this evens it out.

Atlanta could have gotten the ball, but it would not have mattered, that team was half dead tired and the other half had the deer in the head light look. I haven't found the replay yet of that sack Ryan took, but when he got up I swear his eyes looked as googly as that old Reche Caldwell shot for the Pats years back. Ryan KNEW he had seriously f-ed up on that sack. They could have just stopped then...the Falcons were done.

college ot is too gimmicky imo, its like u decided to play some other sport at the end of the game, like penalty shots in soccer

tbf college overtime football is kind of a cooler sport than regular football

So is pro league of legends

So is pro league of legends

lol

love when both tru morbs and el morbsbot show up in the football threads

i'm rewatching the second half and one guy who no one will remember having an unbelievable game is atl punter chris bosher

6 punts, 47 yd avg, 4 inside 20!

i'm sorry his name is actually matt

lol!

i rewatched the second half last night and it confirmed my memory that there were two alltime great catches and the best football game ever

not as good as the SEA super bowl for me but the 4th qtr is legit insane

where are you watching it? tried to find it to rewatch Q4 and couldn't

i torrented it

is this the most gutwrenching playoff loss of all time? serious shades of the NFCCG between Seattle and GB two years ago but...even worse

oh yeah gotta be

i recorded a replay from nfl network last night but when i checked i thought they had several scheduled replays.

ok thx. i'm bad at tvs

https://twitter.com/StephenEspinoza/status/829142250831626240

lol

julian is someone i worry about a little bit

yeah i've been thinking that for a while. can't precisely put my finger on why. but thought so again watching last week inside the nfl where julian was in some of the mic'd up segments.

decided to reread this thread to distract me from the dismal TNF spectacle. on the day baeshaun the saviour died for our sins and then this terrible bills jets game salted the wound, this post is more true than ever:

thk u 2017 4 this game

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