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Re: Super Bowl 50 >> Live Thread
« Reply #100 on: February 07, 2016, 09:36:09 pm »
"Unsportsman Like Conduct" Translated- the 'sticks and stones' rule to appease those who grew up with participation trophies.

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Re: Super Bowl 50 >> Live Thread
« Reply #101 on: February 07, 2016, 09:36:30 pm »
A good performance by Carolina's defense wasted by the Bronco's D owning Cam.

The Denver D line has single-handily won the game.
« Last Edit: February 07, 2016, 09:37:39 pm by Scottftlc »
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« Reply #102 on: February 07, 2016, 09:37:02 pm »
Did I just say "turnover?"
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« Reply #103 on: February 07, 2016, 09:38:20 pm »
Starting to unfold for Peyton now....  Defense is his only hope to go out  winner.

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« Reply #104 on: February 07, 2016, 09:38:36 pm »
Question....without looking...
What truck was being advertised?

:)

It started with an "R".......  ^-^

Unfortunate turnover for Peyton............   
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Re: Super Bowl 50 >> Live Thread
« Reply #105 on: February 07, 2016, 09:38:44 pm »
Carolina's committing stupid penalties now.

Without a major turnaround or some turnovers, Denver's got this one.

you jinxed it
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Re: Super Bowl 50 >> Live Thread
« Reply #106 on: February 07, 2016, 09:38:55 pm »
Did I just say "turnover?"

Yeah, but let's see what Carolina can do, you'd think Denver's D would lose a step...but?
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Re: Super Bowl 50 >> Live Thread
« Reply #107 on: February 07, 2016, 09:41:58 pm »
Probably the best commercial you didn't see. Playing in the Houston to Texarkana market only.

So you want to make a Texas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDCwAJ87CKU&feature=player_embedded

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Re: Super Bowl 50 >> Live Thread
« Reply #108 on: February 07, 2016, 09:43:12 pm »
Carolina is moving the ball in the 2nd
This could be serise.

one TD and an FG and they win

OT is not possible based on the score
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« Reply #109 on: February 07, 2016, 09:45:52 pm »
It started with an "R".......  ^-^

Unfortunate turnover for Peyton............

Many years ago Nissan ran a series of cute "Dogs Love Trucks" ads.  Sunk a ton of money on the campaign.  After a monumental failure the president of Nissan usa said it would have worked but Dogs don't buy trucks!

The sheep are cute, the Queen song was a winner.... but it won't sell Ridgeline Trucks for Toyota. 


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« Reply #110 on: February 07, 2016, 09:50:43 pm »
If Denver ends up winning this thing, DeMarcus Ware or Colquit should be the MVP.
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« Reply #111 on: February 07, 2016, 09:52:47 pm »
Queen can sell anything. Even the biggest aresholes (ie Freepers who can't get over Freddy was gay) get a nostalgic spark when a Queen song comes on.

Now back to your constipation commercial with Queen & David Bowie's "Under Pressure".

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« Reply #112 on: February 07, 2016, 09:53:31 pm »
at this point it is still anybody's game

two field goal for the tie, one TD for the win
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« Reply #113 on: February 07, 2016, 09:55:36 pm »
Queen can sell anything. Even the biggest aresholes (ie Freepers who can't get over Freddy was gay) get a nostalgic spark when a Queen song comes on.

Now back to your constipation commercial with Queen & David Bowie's "Under Pressure".

Wait a minute. Hold on just a second. Are you accusing Freddy Mercury lead singer for Queen of being gay!? Why would you say that?
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Re: Super Bowl 50 >> Live Thread
« Reply #114 on: February 07, 2016, 09:57:17 pm »
Wait a minute. Hold on just a second. Are you accusing Freddy Mercury lead singer for Queen of being gay!? Why would you say that?
Didn't he have a long-term girlfriend?
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« Reply #115 on: February 07, 2016, 09:58:50 pm »
Don't know why they ran the ball 3 times......
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« Reply #116 on: February 07, 2016, 09:58:52 pm »
Didn't he have a long-term girlfriend?

and a mustache, he couldn't have been gay
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« Reply #117 on: February 07, 2016, 09:59:37 pm »
This game has been dreadful. Manning not passing. Knows Denver defense will stop Cam.

Worst showing of the year for Cam and Panthers. They haven't seen a defense like this all year.
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Re: Super Bowl 50 >> Live Thread
« Reply #118 on: February 07, 2016, 10:00:37 pm »
Don't know why they ran the ball 3 times......
Running out the clock. It's a brazen gamble on their defense. I can't say I blame them.
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« Reply #119 on: February 07, 2016, 10:02:45 pm »
Correction:  Von Miller will be the MVP.
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« Reply #120 on: February 07, 2016, 10:03:08 pm »
If Denver ends up winning this thing, DeMarcus Ware or Colquit should be the MVP.

How bout Von Miller??
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« Reply #121 on: February 07, 2016, 10:04:16 pm »
Running out the clock. It's a brazen gamble on their defense. I can't say I blame them.

Looks like it's working.
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« Reply #122 on: February 07, 2016, 10:05:08 pm »
BOOM!
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« Reply #123 on: February 07, 2016, 10:05:26 pm »
So much for the dab dance.

And Carolina kills itself with a holding call.  Denver scores the winning touchdown.
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« Reply #124 on: February 07, 2016, 10:06:06 pm »


Now back to your constipation commercial with Queen & David Bowie's "Under Pressure".

Now you're talkin.

Fade in:  A guy driving an Audi.   Queen  "under pressure" playing in the background.  Quick Cut to an Apollo Moon launch rocket shot.   Voice over:  Rocket under the stars and not in your shorts with Dulcolax

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« Reply #125 on: February 07, 2016, 10:07:12 pm »
3 min left
not much time for 12
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« Reply #126 on: February 07, 2016, 10:07:31 pm »
So much for the dab dance.

And Carolina kills itself with a holding call.  Denver scores the winning touchdown.

Yep!  WTG, Peyton!
Character still matters.  It always matters.

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« Reply #127 on: February 07, 2016, 10:08:23 pm »
24-10

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« Reply #128 on: February 07, 2016, 10:10:13 pm »
Are the constipation ads a bow to an aging population?

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« Reply #129 on: February 07, 2016, 10:10:25 pm »
Now you're talkin.

Fade in:  A guy driving an Audi.   Queen  "under pressure" playing in the background.  Quick Cut to an Apollo Moon launch rocket shot.   Voice over:  Rocket under the stars and not in your shorts with Dulcolax

For the kids who don't know. One of my top 20 songs..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtrEN-YKLBM

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« Reply #130 on: February 07, 2016, 10:11:13 pm »
this is getting silly now
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« Reply #131 on: February 07, 2016, 10:11:26 pm »
Denver's defense is putting the icing on the cake.
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Re: Super Bowl 50 >> Live Thread
« Reply #132 on: February 07, 2016, 10:14:45 pm »
My MVP CJ Anderson. Denver beats the spread. Temp 76 F at game time.

Newton sacked, 4th and 24 from the 5 yd. line. The Fat Lady is singing, at 2 minutes.

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« Reply #133 on: February 07, 2016, 10:15:33 pm »
Carolina just got outplayed.... WTG Denver

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« Reply #134 on: February 07, 2016, 10:15:41 pm »
Cam lost it .....  Mm ba ba de Um bum ba de
Um bu bu bum da de....  under pressure

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« Reply #135 on: February 07, 2016, 10:18:26 pm »
'Don't waste water'. I knew there had to be an ecoloon commercial in there somewhere.
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« Reply #136 on: February 07, 2016, 10:19:25 pm »
Peyton Manning is going out a CHAMPION.  Congratulations to you, sir!
Character still matters.  It always matters.

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« Reply #137 on: February 07, 2016, 10:19:47 pm »

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« Reply #138 on: February 07, 2016, 10:20:34 pm »
'Don't waste water'. I knew there had to be an ecoloon commercial in there somewhere.

Shower with a friend?

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« Reply #139 on: February 07, 2016, 10:21:05 pm »
'Don't waste water'. I knew there had to be an ecoloon commercial in there somewhere.

Donate to a clean water fund and drink to your heart's delight.   :smokin:
Character still matters.  It always matters.

I wear a mask as an exercise in liberty and love for others.  To see it as an infringement of liberty is to entirely miss the point.  Be kind.

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« Reply #140 on: February 07, 2016, 10:23:36 pm »
Question....without looking...
What truck was being advertised?

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Honda, and I'd take a look at one after that ad. I didn't realize they still made trucks. ^-^
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« Reply #141 on: February 07, 2016, 10:24:50 pm »
Manning can go out on top, DeMarcus Ware gets a Super Bowl ring, and Wade Phillips gets one too. Very happy for all of them.

Cam can come back. He's got lots of years ahead of him.
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« Reply #142 on: February 07, 2016, 10:25:04 pm »
The guys in the Bronco got away with it. #EnoughWithTheOJJokes.

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« Reply #143 on: February 07, 2016, 10:26:16 pm »
Manning can go out on top, DeMarcus Ware gets a Super Bowl ring, and Wade Phillips gets one too. Very happy for all of them.

Cam can come back. He's got lots of years ahead of him.

Amen.

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« Reply #144 on: February 07, 2016, 10:26:22 pm »
Shower with a friend?

that always bugged me. where do they think the water goes when it runs down the drain? Recycling.

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« Reply #145 on: February 07, 2016, 10:35:12 pm »
Congratulations to the Houston Texans with a quarterback!

Now known as the Denver Broncos!
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« Reply #146 on: February 07, 2016, 10:46:41 pm »
that always bugged me. where do they think the water goes when it runs down the drain? Recycling.
And besides, who leaves the faucet running while they brush their teeth anyway? Unless they're waiting for the water to get hot to wash their face and hands.
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« Reply #147 on: February 07, 2016, 11:09:59 pm »
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Does this surprise anyone?
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Cam Newton goes from Superman to Incredible Sulk in poor postgame showing
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Cam Newton's teammate, center Ryan Kalil, had just finished telling reporters, "We didn't keep our composure" when the quarterback slouched in to the media area.

There was no poofball hat, no Louboutin loafers, no dabbing, no megawatt grin. Just a hoodie pulled high and a chin slung low. He was still in his sod-besotted game pants.

The regular-season MVP sat down, sighed, looked down, and then mumbled a few short answers to unassuming questions. A microphone was adjusted, pulled closer to his face, but Newton sat back in his chair. He peered out from under his hoodie as he spoke, his shoulders slumped and his words barely audible. Superman had morphed into the Incredible Sulk.

He was asked whether head coach Ron Rivera said anything in the locker room.

"He said a lot of things," Newton droned.

He was asked if Denver did anything special to take away his running lanes.

"Nothing different."

He was asked if he could put his disappointment into words.

"We lost."

Finally he was asked about how difficult this defeat was for his team.

He stood up and left.

It was Newton's version of "The Decision," an image self-sabotage that hurt him and the league. It was more unsightly than his performance on the field, worse than the split-second when he failed to jump onto a loose ball he had fumbled in the fourth quarter of a 24-10 loss to Denver.

Newton was supposed to be big enough for any moment. Instead, on Super Bowl Sunday, he was steamrolled by a moment he created.

He has never taken losing well, and he's not alone in that. He sulked at his locker after losses as a rookie, and he sulked at his locker in December after his team's lone regular-season defeat in Atlanta. That doesn't undo all the good – the winning, the handing footballs to kids, the excitement he has stirred around the world. But in a postseason when Blair Walsh can take every postgame question about his on-field failure with aplomb, the newest football supernova can and should do better. He gave some credit to the Broncos – "They just played better than us" was the first thing he said – but Newton has always wanted attention and that means dealing with attention during more than the happy times. Leadership is not a sometimes thing or even a most-of-the-time thing.

There's plenty of blame to go around for this loss. The offensive line didn't block, the receivers didn't catch, the running game never picked up speed. Most of all, the Panthers faced an incredible defense. But Newton sets the tone for this team and he didn't set it when it mattered most. He was overexcited from before the game – even many of his pregame practice throws were high – and he didn't settle down. Rookie wide receiver Devin Funchess said it best: "Things were going crazy, haywire. You have to have controlled energy, and it wasn't controlled out there."

Unfair or not, a lot of this is on Newton. He calmed the waters all season, all throughout the playoffs, but didn't in the Super Bowl. He certainly didn't do it after the game, even if he did make sure to congratulate Peyton Manning on the field.

The Panthers' locker room was silent after Newton returned from the media area. Many of the offensive players lined up against the wall, standing next to each other, saying little as they waited to walk to the bus. Tight end Greg Olsen stood next to offensive coordinator Mike Shula, and the two of them spoke somewhat animatedly. At one point Shula turned his palms skyward and shrugged.

There was no answer to Denver, not for Shula or Olsen or Kalil.

"We were just off on some things," Shula had said. Asked why, he said, "I'm not sure."

The Panthers knew Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware were coming. Shula said there was nothing on the field that they didn't see on tape. Of course, a championship defense that stifled the New England Patriots is going to present problems, but the best players figure it out. Newton didn't.

That doesn't mean he never will. He is 26 and already an MVP who was playing in the Super Bowl. This is the beginning, not the end. Counting Newton out now is like counting LeBron James out after his first NBA Finals loss to Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs. But wearing an S on your chest during pregame means you expect to do superhuman things, and the label didn't fit during the game or afterward.

The hatred will pour in now, and it filled up social media even before Newton changed out of his uniform. All the labels Newton warded off – "selfish," "arrogant," "petulant" – will come rushing back at him like Miller and Ware did. A lot of the gleeful backlash will say more about the accusers than it will about Newton, but more of it will come and more of it will stick.

He doesn't care what the outside world says, but it may be time for him to care a little bit more. He's more than the star quarterback of an upstart team now; he'll be on prime-time TV a lot next season. He will be pressured on and off the field to a new extent, and everyone will be looking to see if the sulk returns. That "everyone" might include some coaches and teammates.

Newton walked out into the night on Sunday with his headphones on. He stared straight ahead. All of his teammates had boarded the buses and waited on him and Josh Norman before leaving. One fan yelled for him, but he didn't hear and didn't respond. He boarded the bus and said nothing to anyone. He sat down in the front row and looked down at his phone.

He made so much noise all season, and in the end there was just silence.
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