SinceThe70s

Am I the only one amazed that neither coach threw a challenge flag? Patriots probably could've got a completion overturned but the Rams rushed to the line and snapped the ball. Only call that bothered me was when NRC tackled the receiver behind the line of scrimmage. Not even sure what the call was for. Looked like a great football play to me.

I wasn't saying they would move the game to Saturday, I'd be shocked if they moved it off Sunday any time soon. But if hypothetically they decided to move the game to Saturday I'd be surprised if the Hall Of Fame announcements would stand in the way. And that's because it's never been on my radar screen. Perhaps its far more popular than I'm aware of.

Outstanding. I came across this band/song from the Repo Man movie and soundtrack, both of which are phenomenal:

Thanks, I had no idea. I wonder what kind of ratings it gets, I've been oblivious to it. For that reason I'm skeptical that moving it to Friday would be an obstacle to make room for a Saturday SB....plenty of reasons that won't happen, I just never considered this one..

Really? Maybe I'm in the minority but Saturday night before the SB is a non-event to me. I look forward to finding out who makes the Hall but I don't think I've ever seen the announcements. Is it televised? Not trying to be a jerk, just asking and genuinely surprised at your comment.

I once charted all the final scores of Super Bowls. For the most part it's what you'd expect. 0, 7 and 3 were the most prevalent. What was interesting (but not surprising in hindsight) is that for the losing team 0, 3 and 7 are really common but the distribution for the winning team isn't nearly as skewed because they tend to score more points and get off the common numbers. As for me, I'm in for $100. I split a $100 box with a friend, I have 4 $10 boxes in two other pools and I have $10 on a prop bet pool that I run.

Friendly suggestion: decaf might be something to consider.

That was outstanding. Thanks.

I have no problem when an artist can put a different spin on a classic and people like it. But "once belonged to Aerosmith." is disrespectful to any original artist who had their music covered.

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That's been my MO the past few years. Wifey will be in the "front room" watching something that won't register on the Nielsen ratings. She'll keep up on who's winning the office pools and pop in on me and the boys from time to time. Funny story: the year of the Malcom Butler end zone pick me and my friend had split a box and were in line for around $4000 if the Seahawks scored and hit the PAT. I had seen the payoff as a very real possibility at half time and was a bit bummed at how it turned out. When I checked the other office pools 10 minutes later I saw that wifey had hit for $250. Had to wake her up to inform her. Food will be good on Sunday, but nothing extraordinary. Wings (sorry folks, Thai Chili, not Buffalo), maybe sliders, maybe chili, gotta have some sort of shellfish, there will be chips, there will be dip,...

The day I adopt this mentality is the day I stop caring. On Sunday nights my mood is pretty good when we win and dampened when we lose. Both moods linger into the week until the next game. But neither affects my life in a way that really matters.

Great comparison.

I can't get past his voice and his delivery to listen to what he has to say. Romo's over-exuberance grates on me. One of the first times I heard him was a Broncos game. 4th and goal "AND HERE COMES MILLER!!". Besides that he's a great listen, especially when he was calling out Brady's next plays.

To each their own, but I usually find out about the Super Bowl commercials the day after. Commercials are when I replenish food and drink and recycle same.

What I suggested was the type of circumstance that could cause the commissioner to invoke the rule that allows him to overturn the result of a game - not the likelihood of the circumstance. I agree that the likelihood of a payoff being uncovered would be exceedingly low. As would any scenario that could be used by the commissioner to overturn the result of a game. But IMO the rule is there for just that reason - for a remarkably unlikely and unfair scenario that determined the outcome of a game. Refs blowing a call doesn't fit the bill.

It's beyond me why anyone would think Josh having a conversation with Jim would be a bad thing. It's not like Jim is lobbying for a coaching position.

Unless I missed the boat (always possible) NoSaint was questioning under what circumstances the commissioner could enforce a replay of the game from the point of the blown call. I was just suggesting that if a payoff was somehow uncovered it might qualify for a replay of the game under the obscure rule.

Depends on how bad the gator smells.

I've had mosquito bites. Gator bites sound worse. Do citronella candles keep the gators away?

WRT to the blown call in question, If a paper/electronic trail of the refs being paid off cropped up the next day, I think that would qualify. But I think it's more of a catch-all rule to cover something completely unforeseen/unpredictable. Fans interfering with the game and influencing the outcome (poisoning the Gatorade at half time?). I definitely don't think it was intended for a blown call by the refs.

Reminded me of a comic bit from the 80's. If you don't have 5 minutes to kill just fast forward to 4:10 ("on a good day our Salvation Army could kick their @ss")

Just came across this. I don't know anything about this guy, but we got a lefty (Justin Wilson) for the bullpen: https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/justin-wilson-contract-mets-bullpen-1.26429678

My father had a great line: "Sometimes it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an idiot rather than opening it up and removing all doubt". Today this applies to Jeff Wilpon with regard to not signing Machado or Harper since they have Cespedes on the roster: “I don’t know how many teams have two $30-million players,” said Wilpon He doesn't need to look past the NL East to find one: The Nationals ... will pay Stephen Strasburg $38.8 million and Max Scherzer $37.4 million in 2019. Reference: https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-wilpon-van-wagenen-1.26403996