Super Bowl XLV Open Thread
It’s a party! It’s a [k]ultural phenomenon! It’s an orgy of capitalism! It’s (sometimes) a pretty good football game! Talk here about all things Superbowl while we watch the clash between the Steelers and the Packers. Predictions? Get them down here so you can have bragging rights afterward! Trash talk? Bring it on! The kickoff happens now!
Posted on February 6, 2011, in Pop Culture, Sports, Television and tagged Superbowl. Bookmark the permalink. 70 Comments.
My prediction is a close game, with the Packers closing out the Steelers in the end 28-24.
Team introductions had a Big Lebowski flavor with Sam Elliott.
What’s with singing America the Beautiful before the anthem? Isn’t that kinda like having two national anthems?
Little vignette narrated by Michael Douglas was kinda cool.
Man, it sure takes a long time to get to the kickoff now.
Charles Woodson is a badass.
Good runback by Steelers on the opening kick. Packers better cover better than that if they want to win this game.
Steelers going nowhere. 3d and 10.
Packers run into each other on the punt and drop it. But then recover.
With his helmut on, Aaron Rogers looks exactly like Jake Gyllenhall.
Packers get the 1st down.
Why does Rogers keep removing his chin strap?
Airing it out, perfect pass but Nelson drops it.
Totally dig the Audi/Kenny G. commercial. Best so far.
Steelers get the 1st down on a good run by Mendenhall,
Both QBs seem like they’re overthrowing a bit.
Doritos ad made me sick.
Pepsi Max ad was funny.
Rogers escapes a sack and dumps the ball off for a 1st down. Awesome.
Starks having a good game so far.
Touchdown Packers!
Great pass to Jordy on a 3d and 1.
Ben trying to do too much, picked off and packers score again!
Just like that, it’s 14-0 Packers. Look. Out.
Half ends with Packers up 21-10. Hines Ward singlehandedly brought the Steelers back after two picks by the Packers.
Packers have two injuries to DBs, including Woodson. It’s going to be tough to hang on to the lead if those guys don’t come back.
Meanwhile, Black Eyed Peas are in the haftime show with Slash and Usher. Kinda trippy hearing Sweet Child o’ Mine sung by Fergie.
The stage is supposed to spell “LOVE” but part of the “V” is out, so it looks like “Loie”
Woodson is out for the rest of the game. That’s huge. He’s the heart and soul of the Packer defense.
Jones drops a pass that had TD written all over it. Packers punt.
I care, MCQ, I care.
Thanks Crawdaddy. (snif)
Steelers score, and yes, Woodson’s absence is being felt.
The only TDs scored by the Steelers have been while Woodson has been off the field.
Meanwhile, the Packer receivers have suddenly become gunshy. Tw big drops in the last two series. The Packers may be about to lose their lead.
Ben should just keep throwing to Hines Ward. It just always works.
Packers sack Ben on 3d and 13. Steelers miss the loooong FG. Packers keep the lead.
The Chrysler/Eminem ad is pretty cool. Surprisingly cool.
Jordy catches a thunderbolt pass from Rogers.
Wallace blows a catchable pass on 3d down, Steelers punt.
Packer offense looks terrible suddenly. Going nowhere.
Weird play on 3d down. Looked like a catch, but ruled incomplete.
Fumbled on the way down.
Challenge by Green Bay.
I think he caught the ball and was down. Play over, first down green bay.
Call on the field confirmed. Green Bay punts.
Steelers funmble, Packers recover. Third turnover for Steelers.
Nelson drops a great pass. Then come back and grabs one and almost scores.
Touchdown Packers. Steelers may be done for.
Again, I wonder why Ben doesn’t throw to Hines Ward every other play.
Touchdown Steelers. Nope, not done for.
Two point conversion scores, now it’s a 3 point game.
Packers offense takes the field with 7+ minutes left.
The House ad was pretty funny. Parody of the old Mean Joe Greene Coke ad. Of course, with House it’s more like child abuse.
Thanks MCQ. All three of us in the world not watching this appreciate your effort.
Wow. Rogers to Jennings on 3d and 10. Awesome.
Starks gets another 1st down. Packers looking solid suddenly.
Rogers to Jones. 1st and goal.
Packers settle for a field goal. The lead is 6.
Steelers will have to to the end zone if they want to win. The upside for them is that they can win it with a PAT.
2 minutes left. Ben has his work cut out for him after a stupid personal foul puts the Steelers in a hole.
ist down Steelers. So far so good.
Fourth down now. Steelers looking iffy.
Packers get the stop. Game over!!!
My prediction was solid, folks. If you want to know what to bet on next time, let me know.
Anyone else have a Dish with Fox broadcast in HD? I swear their sound was weird. Really inconsistent. Some commercials were fine while others were missing half their sound. The game was fine but the halftime show had the music almost muted which sounded really weird. I’ve not heard of anyone else complaining so I’m assuming this is either the local Fox affiliate screwing things up or Dish doing it. (I know on CBS sometimes the commercials come through with weird sound on Dish)
As for my thoughts. The SuperBowl has really been changing the past few years. Good football and lousy ads. Seriously, I thought last year was bad. But the agreement at our party was that they really sucked. The only ones anyone thought were good were the Free Tibet by getting discounts on Tibetian food, the test baby against the glass ad (others were mixed on that one, but I loved it) and that was nearly it.
But great game. I thought the Packers had let it slip out of their fingers in the 3rd quarter but that was a great 4th quarter. I remember when the games were lame so it’s nice to have a few years with great games for a change. Now if only the ads would improve.
America the Beautiful should be our national anthem. Not that I dislike TSSB, but I think ATB is better. ATB has really outstanding reminders about our mission, responsibilities, and highest ideals. TSSB hints at them with “crown thy good with brotherhood,” but that’s it.
Wait, isn’t “crown thy good with brotherhood” from America, The Beautiful?
Superbowl thoughts:
* Aaron Rodgers may be cocky, but at least he’s not a sex offender. Go Packers.
* Christina Aguilera should have used a lyric sheet.
* The Black-Eyed Peas were just terrible. Whoever directed their stage show deserves props, but they are by far the least talented musical group to take the SB halftime stage in a long, long time.
* Chrysler managed to make Detroit look like a third-world country (then asked us to buy cars imported from that country). Good work, USA.
But Cynthia, The Twilight’s last “reaming” is essentially the most American thing in the world.
“The only ones anyone thought were good were the Free Tibet by getting discounts on Tibetian food.”
I thought that was terrible. Seemed really crass. Using Tibet’s struggles to shill for Groupon didn’t hit the right note for me at all.
By far the creepiest ad was the one where Android gets black-market thumbs surgically attached in a Southeast Asian back alley. Ick.
I liked the test baby. The Darth Vader VW ad was pretty good, too. There were a few others. The Bud western/Tiny Dancer one was pretty good.
“Not that I dislike TSSB…”
I dislike it. However, I probably should not have said so on Facebook. Wow, some people are sensitive.
#61: lol! Sorry, brain fart. Ha. Let’s just pretend it was an intentional allusion to Christina’s mixup, or something.
Srsly though, ATB is better than TSSB.
Never really thought about it, but yeah, as pretty as our flag is, maybe our national anthem should be about our nation more than just an ode to our fabric.
Music quality-wise, TSSB seems to give showoffs more room to slaughter it by oversinging it. I’d hate to lose the fifty-note aria on “brave”.
The people who sing it best keep it pretty simple. Whitney Huston at the Super Bowl where she sang it is still the gold standard for me. Xtina blew the lyrics and way overdid the scale runs. Terrible.
Give me Marvin Gaye’s rendition anyday…
She has a great voice but tries too hard and shows off her voice way too much
You know, everyone mocks Christina Aguilera for leaving out a line of the lyrics. But if you want to know what really happened – She just had money down on the over/under bet, and wanted to be sure that her under bet paid out. She came in way under 1:53 by leaving that line out!
http://www.gambling911.com/football-news/christina-aguilera-national-anthem-super-bowl-bet-latest-odds-020611.html
I’ve heard of people “throwing fights”. This is the first time in history that someone threw a song!