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Yes.Darth Wong wrote:BTW, just how much arrogance did it take for the Pats to go for it on a long 4th down, when they're playing in an indoor stadium with no wind and therefore perfect conditions for a FG attempt? Are they really that confident in their own abilities?
Qwerty sums it up pretty well, but keep in mind that going up 14-3 ( a lead of two scores) could have been a knockout punch. It's been New England's M.O. all year long to go balls out to jump to a lead early. The other team either panics and abandons the run or had no chance to begin with. Either way the game usually ends in a rout. The thing that screwed up the Pats this time was the play of the Giants' defensive line. In every other game, save the AFC championship, there was little or no pressure on the QB. Two weeks ago the Chargers forced three picks by getting pressure on Brady and probably would have won the game were it not for the fact that their three best offensive players were either too injured to play well or in Tomlinson's case, too injured to play at all. The Giants' only missing offensive player was TE Jeremy Shockey and IMO the G-Men are better off without him anyway because he's more trouble than he's worth.Or have I already forgotten something important about that play? I must admit that I don't understand how some people memorize all the details of major plays in football games, so they can recite them afterwards. My memory of the game is largely a blur, punctuated by a few memorable plays.
Yeah, I saw that when I flipped to it to see the score. I had no idea you could challenge on that and only a total douchebag actually would.NeoGoomba wrote:Wow that truly was a great game to watch. I never really thought it would be such a low-scoring affair. That guy Tuck was a wrecking crew on defense too. I applaud the Giants for being the enemy of my enemy and making them pay
And maybe its just me and my anti-Belicheck mindset, but did anyone else think it was a bitch move to pull that 12 men on the field challenge? I didn't even know you could DO that shit.
Rebecca asked WTF happened when that challenge was made. I explained it to her, and she just looked at me and said "you can actually do that? That's the cheapest thing I ever saw!"Flagg wrote:Yeah, I saw that when I flipped to it to see the score. I had no idea you could challenge on that and only a total douchebag actually would.NeoGoomba wrote:Wow that truly was a great game to watch. I never really thought it would be such a low-scoring affair. That guy Tuck was a wrecking crew on defense too. I applaud the Giants for being the enemy of my enemy and making them pay
And maybe its just me and my anti-Belicheck mindset, but did anyone else think it was a bitch move to pull that 12 men on the field challenge? I didn't even know you could DO that shit.
I wonder if Jessica Heslam is going to issue a secondary piece entitled, "Well fuck I didn't see that one coming, I guess I was too busy acting superior to realize it." That kind of snobbery does not belong in Football.New England Patriots [team stats] fans are smarter, classier and healthier and own pricier homes than the riff-raff who root for the New York Giants - and now we’ve got the research to back it up.
Some 62 percent of Pats fans living in the Boston area earned a bachelor’s or postgraduate degree or have some higher-education experience, compared to 59 percent of Giants fans, according to the latest marketing data provided by the Nielsen Co., the TV ratings firm.
Likewise, 72 percent of Pats fans live in homes worth north of $200,000, compared to 63 percent of Giants yahoos, the Nielsen data show.
That’s just for starters.
Pats fans consistently show better taste than their Gotham counterparts, according to Nielsen.
We drink Amstel Light, not Bud Light. Giants fans slug back lots of whiskey.
We are likely to read connoisseur magazines like Wine Spectator. Gotham fans like to pig out on junk food like pretzels, chips and nuts. They’re also less likely to favor organic food than other New Yorkers.
Giants tailgaters are conspicuous consumers who party off the backs of Land Rovers and showy BMW SUVs. Pats fans are more likely to tailgate off the back of an understated Lexus or a sturdy Volvo SUV.
When Pats revelers aren’t watching football, they’re hitting the slopes skiing or going for a sail. They’re also more likely to belong to country clubs.
When Giants fans aren’t booing Giants coach Tom Coughlin or punk quarterback Eli Manning in that New Jersey stadium they call home, they’re out practicing their tennis backhands in the backyard.
None of these marketing revelations came as a surprise to Mike Schuster, 45, who lives in the shadow of Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.
“Boston fans are much classier,” said Schuster, a real estate agent and software consultant who is heading out to Arizona for the Super Bowl. “Have you ever been to Yankee stadium? I mean, they boo their own players.”
“Bostonians, in general, are better educated,” Schuster added. “New Yorkers have to send their kids to Boston to educate them.”
It’s also worth noting that the Patriots are an equal opportunity franchise, drawing more female fans than the competition. Nearly half of all Pats backers - about 43 percent - are women. In Giants country, just 31 percent of the fans are female.
Pats fans are also more Web savvy, some 63 percent have broadband Internet connection.
Of course, though we may hate to admit it, fans on both sides of the turf do have some similarities. The Nielsen data indicate that Pats and Giants fans are both likely to live in “affluent” suburbs or rural neighborhoods. They both buy “above average” amounts of beer, too, and they like to garden.
I know I said this before but the 4th quarter made up for all of it.Schuyler Colfax wrote:You mean nipple right?Phantasee wrote:Man, that half-time show was LAME. Needs more titty, if you ask me.
Actually...they should have had Alicia Keys do the half-time show. That would have been worth watching.
Also, this game is boring me so far.
Nice line, Surlethe.
Anyway boring half-time show, boring game (with only two "oh shit" moments)
What else is on tonight?
) I have to give it to them: their defense beat the ever-loving shit out of the Pats. And they really went balls out it seemed, as quite a few of their players seemed to have trouble making it through (I don't know if the same happened to Pats players, the camera never showed it). So good on them.
The Termie ads I can see. It is their network, after all.Ghost Rider wrote:Budweiser and Bridgestone were the only commericals I laughed or remembered. The internet sales commericals bored me to fucking tears, as did Fox's "WATCH OUR TERMIE SHOW!!!!!!".
I liked the fight between the NFL bot and the Termie though.
Too bad he swerved at the last second. 
The fight between the bots I enjoyed. The commericals were both boring, and sadly hilarious when I told my buds what the first episode and premise were. The looks on their faces made up for most of the constant barrage.RogueIce wrote:The Termie ads I can see. It is their network, after all.Ghost Rider wrote:Budweiser and Bridgestone were the only commericals I laughed or remembered. The internet sales commericals bored me to fucking tears, as did Fox's "WATCH OUR TERMIE SHOW!!!!!!".
That's what they were. And yeah wouldn't surprise me either and seriously they were shitty commericals. Made me wonder who blew what inheritance to produce that crap.RogueIce wrote:As to the Internet ones, you mean that sales genie or whatever it was? Yeah, those were epic fail. My sister wondered if it wasn't just some money laundering scheme, the first to be advertised during the Super Bowl. Wouldn't surprise me.
Some one at my party said she must really like Tom Petty, I then said, "No. Someone probably just left food on the stage." You certainly wouldn't try to talk "shop" with him. "Man Eli should have thrown that to-" "Look idiot. There were two rushers coming in from his blind side and they were in a cover 3 over the top with a safety trailing his primary. The mike had his secondary covered and his third read ran the wrong route. So shut the fuck up." 
