Superbowl Rant

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  1. Cosmic Kid

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    This is why neither sport can hold a candle to soccer. 90 min of play lasts 90 minutes, as it should.

    and still nothing happens....

    ;-)

    As for being a sport, if it isn't timed or have a finish line or an objective scoring system, it ain't a sport.

    Football -sport
    Soccer - sport
    Cycling -sport
    golf - sport
    Auto racing - sport

    Gymnastics - not a sport.
    Diving - not a sport
    Competitive dancing - DEFINITELY not a sport.

    ;-)

    Just say "NO!!" to WCP!

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    Posted 3 months ago

  2. Spud

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    Had a hard time even watching the first half. I think I'm done with the NFL. I'll stick to College Basketball and MLB.

    "Riding is about rhythm and flow. It's the wind in your face and the challange of hammering up a long hill. It's the reward at the top and the thrill of a high-speed descent. Biking lets you come alive both in body and spirit."
    Posted 3 months ago

  3. 79pmooney

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    O.C. re: ice hockey. Those two long intermissions are needed. For the players. Ice does not stand up to a hard hockey game, even at high school level. After 20 minutes, it does not remotely resemble the wonderful surface at the start. And you can only do the required Zamboni laps so fast. (Now, as a spectator, especially as a kid, those Zambonis are fun to watch. 4 wheel power drifts every turn. And a skilled operator gets it very close to perfect every lap.)

    And in hockey, they play a real 60 minutes. Look at those players when they come in from their turn. They're toast.

    Now, all the extra time-outs for commercials? That's BS in my book. I solve that the same way I solve commercials in all sports. I listen on the radio while doing something else. (Those commercials are a primary reason I don't own a TV. Seems to me if companies are going to take up my viewing time pushing their products, they should be paying for the devices I have to watch it on.)

    Ben

    Posted 3 months ago

  4. Cosmic Kid

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    Seems to me if companies are going to take up my viewing time pushing their products, they should be paying for the devices I have to watch it on

    They may not be paying for the devices, but theya re certainly paying for everything else. That is the way it is set-up...the government grants the companies broadcast licenses, but basically requires them to provide the service to the user free of charge (at least for over-the-air signals). It is the role of commercials to allow broadcasters to make money. With out commercials, you would be looking at a black screen....

    Posted 3 months ago

  5. Orange Crush

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    CK - lest we forget:

    Chess - sport.

    And much harder physically than one would think. Also more interesting to watch (provided the analysists know what they're talking about) than a football game.

    Yes Ben, it's those during-play breaks that are mind-numbing. 20 min play takes like 40 min?!?

    The wise man said follow me...and he walked behind.
    Posted 3 months ago

  6. The Diesel

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    Football? Surely, you mean handegg.

    Posted 3 months ago

  7. 79pmooney

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    O.C. and C.K., chess. Scoring, yes! Timed? Yes in serious competition. Finish line? Yes, the back row where pawns get queened. Athletic? Show me a pole vaulter who can clear a castle.

    Ben

    Posted 3 months ago

  8. Entheo

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    i have a far more arbitrary dividing line -- perspiration (due to physical exertion, not nerves) = sport, lack thereof = game.

    e.g.:
    football = sport
    baseball = game
    cycling = sport
    golf = game
    basketball = sport
    chess = game

    Posted 3 months ago

  9. durielk

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    Thank you lord for the DVR. Goodbye all commercials. Finished up the eveining with D Abby.

    Posted 3 months ago

  10. Cosmic Kid

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    Chess is a game, not a sport.

    ;-)

    Posted 3 months ago

  11. velojo

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    Riddle me this. How much more $ did the bar operators in America make with a 30 min power delay?. Just enough time for one more drink per person times how many people were in bars for the game? My guess, a lot.

    Posted 3 months ago

  12. Entheo

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    velojo: Riddle me this. How much more $ did the bar operators in America make with a 30 min power delay?

    awaiting aluminum frog to posit conspiracy theory between bar owners association and electric company ;-)

    Posted 3 months ago

  13. TheShortWhiteGuy

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    "awaiting aluminum frog to posit conspiracy theory between bar owners association and electric company"

    Or something along the lines that Beyonce flashed the universal Illuminati sign for cut the power.

    Life is too short to be small. - Disraeli

    So, why not be petty? - The Short White Guy™
    Posted 3 months ago

  14. Keith RIchards

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    I enjoy American football, but it doesn't hold my attention the way it used to.

    I honestly think it is all the padding and helmets and stuff. Guys no longer resemble anything familiar to me as human beings.

    It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong.
    Posted 3 months ago

  15. The Diesel

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    //so i calculated, based on ave number of plays in a game and ave time per play between the whistles, how much actual action there is in a game. it came out to @ 10 minutes.//

    An handegg game is about 120 plays at an average of 6 seconds each. That's 12 minutes of actual play, divided between 3 separate teams on each side (offense, defense, special plays). In other words, any given *starter* plays about 5 minutes.

    So I'd certainly eliminate "perspiration due to physical exertion" from the "sport" of handegg. If they perspire, that's because they are morbidly obese and walking up a flight of stairs will have them similarly heavily perspiring and out of breath.

    The play-by-play of a handegg game goes something like this: huddle for 30 seconds, line up, pile up, and repeat!

    PS: Beyonce is hot!

    Posted 3 months ago

  16. george

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    JAH@ We had loads of fun, but I am Sure that Bob isn't so happy about it today

    Hey Jah,it was a heck of a game (in the second half). Ravens played better they deserved to win. Niners made it exciting, my only gripe was near the end when they called three passes instead of using the pistol to try and score.
    Otherwise at my age all sports are just a game,I don't carry it over into my life. My son will be bummed all week wondering why the 9ers coulda did this or woulda done that. :^)

    Posted 3 months ago

  17. longslowdistance

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    Sorry SF, it's not "foot ball" but "brush flop", as in a defender brushes against an attacking player in the box and watch them flop, with bonus points for style and if they're latin, writhing in agony. Of course in a matter of moments they recover miraculously.

    Posted 3 months ago

  18. Inferno7

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    Some of you guys sound like the ignorant sports anchors who say stupid things about cycling.

    LeMond VO2 max 95, Armstrong 82....doh
    Posted 3 months ago

  19. AluminumFrog

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    Curses on you vtguy!!

    Mrs Frog and I Just finished last disk of 1st season of Downton Abbey last night...

    What are some of the good series you are still watching, maybe I can return the favor...

    Posted 3 months ago

  20. Squeazel

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    Swimming -> Sport, not a game even though swimmers don't perspire.

    Posted 3 months ago

  21. AluminumFrog

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    As for football,

    That was the sad thing about Chip Kelly leaving U of O as football coach. No huddle offense made Oregon games exciting to watch...

    Posted 3 months ago

  22. AluminumFrog

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    Entheobama, play nice. You know damn well building 7 got swept up and buried faster than the amount of time the FAA would spend examining the cause of a piper cub crashing. Unless it had been transporting Senator Paul Wellstone.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-bmmpoDndw

    Posted 3 months ago

  23. AluminumFrog

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    And last but not least, not sure how fans of cycling have any business criticizing other sports for what they perceive as an activity where spectators are forced to endure long stretches of boring activity, with just a smattering of excitement now and then all supported by entourages of non-players performing logistics support duties.

    Of course, you have the confidence of knowing that when a winner is declared he/she deserves to be considered the winner and that no foul play has occurred not incompetence among the officials involved.

    * - disclaimer - I didn't watch the Superbowl game so perhaps not entitled to have an opinion.

    Posted 3 months ago

  24. AluminumFrog

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    This morning I changed my preferences to forbid cookies. Just now couldn't even get logged in to the forum. Had to change to allow cookies. That sucks. Off it goes after this.

    Posted 3 months ago

  25. rnddude

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    What people consider a "sport" or "not a sport" is not something I care a whit about. If you like it and want to watch it, so be it. If you don't, PRESS THE BUTTONS ON YOUR REMOTE! Rabid fans I can understand....people who dis other sports fans, no matter the sport/game, need to find someting else to complain about.

    "To be free and to live a free life - that is the most beautiful thing there is."
    Miguel Indurain
    Posted 3 months ago

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