NFL - Are You Ready For Some Football?!! - Post SuperBowl

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Why boring? it's a classic underdog story.

Which one would that be? In most underdog stories, the underdog triumphs. Unless it's "Rocky", where one proves he can hang with the champ.

What kind of underdog story is "Giants lose 42-10"?

[SlowwHand]

At least you put it in writng, so I can wave it at you later. What about this, even though winning, the Pats haven't been nearly as dominant, while the Giants are on a roll?

[SlowwHand]

JUDAS PRIEST! Rodney Peete is making a guest appearance on this new tv show "Moment of Truth".
He hasn't missed many meals. Looks like a hog at the trough.

[Ming]

As you would expect, the SB is really big business

Super Bowl-Related Sales Approach $10 Billion
by Sarah Mahoney, Thursday, Jan 24, 2008 5:00 AM ET
AS THE FAN DRAMA BUILDS--WHAT'S with Tom Brady's walking cast? Is Eli Manning ready for all the pressure?--American retailers are putting on their game face, too.


The Retail Advertising and Marketing Association says it expects the Big Game to generate nearly $10 billion in sales this year. And it's not just guacamole and such (although beer, chips, avocados, ice cream, frozen pizza and chicken products are the perennial best-sellers): this year, consumers are expected to spend even more than usual on such big-ticket items as TVs and furniture.

Apparently, Patriots and Giants fans haven't heard about the looming recession. Based on its survey of nearly 8,500 consumers, conducted by BIGresearch, RAMA says about 3.9 million people plan to buy a new TV--up more than 50% from 2.5 million last year. In addition, viewers plan to purchase 1.8 million pieces of furniture--up from 1.3 million last year.

Much of the spending is concentrated on young adults 18-24, who are just feathering their nests. Nearly 10% of this age group say they plan to buy a new TV before the game, and 1 in 20 (4.9%) will buy new furniture.

The survey found that 158 million people--70% of consumers--say they intend to watch the Super Bowl this year. Of those, 67.4% plan to buy food and beverages, and 6% will buy team apparel and accessories. On average, consumers say they expect to spend $59.90 on Super Bowl-related merchandise--up from last year's $56.04. Total spending for the Feb. 3 game, RAMA says, is expected to reach $9.5 billion.

The good news for marketers is that 41.5 million consumers (36.3%) say they will watch the games just because of the commercials. But a sizeable minority hate the ads: 18% say they wish the companies would just save their money and pass it along to consumers, 11.1% think they just make the game too long, and 4.3% say they're bothersome.

Retailers, smarting from weaker holiday sales and beset by economic jitters, are looking to make the most of Super Bowl Sunday. Circuit City, for example, is again offering its Super Bowl TV delivery and installation guarantee. For consumers who place an order on a 32-inch or larger TV by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the electronics company guarantees to have it up and tuned to Fox in time for the big game.

If delivery is late, customers get a $50 gift card. (Circuit City also polled 3,300 customers, and found that 50% of men and 33% of women say the Super Bowl is their favorite televised sporting event. For men, the World Series runs a distant second at 10%, and for women, it's the Olympics, at 17%.)

And Sears' online Ultimate Football Experience program even includes a helpful feature called a "convincer," which e-mails your significant other a begging, pleading, tearful message, which men can personalize. ("I promise you can get one of those really expensive handbags" and "You can get a dog that will never get bigger than 20 pounds" are two options.)

La-Z-Boy is running an armchair quarterback special, with $100 off select models and the chance to win a $25,000 "Ultimate Armchair Quarterback Room."

And even highbrow Williams-Sonoma is playing the game, enticing online users with recipes for easy hot wings, six-hour chili and an online special on perfect beer mugs and Vintage Football Plates. Sarah Mahoney can be reached at sarah@mediapost.com

[Imran Siddiqui]

[-Jrabbit]

THAT IS TEH AWESOME!!!

Slowwy, you gotta see this!
Totally worth the 4 minutes!

[rah]

Pretty funny.

[Lord Avalon]

(except @ stupid YouTube logo blocking the subtitles.)

BTW, so lemme get this straight: Dan Snyder has hired offensive and defensive coordinators for the Skins, but is still looking for a head coach?? WTF?!?

[-Jrabbit]

That's correct. And he's not the first. IIRC Jason Garrett was hired before Wade Phillips in Dallas last year.

[SlowwHand]

OMG. My alter ego.

[Lord Avalon]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
OMG. My alter ego.

Hitler is your alter ego?!?!

[SlowwHand]

Evidently.

[reismark]

Oh, lord...

Patriots deny spying on Rams before SB XXXVI

PHOENIX (AP) -- A member of the New England Patriots' video staff taped the St. Louis Rams' last walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl, a Boston newspaper reported Saturday.

The NFL, however, said it was satisfied this was not another Spygate.

"We were aware of the rumor months ago and looked into it. There was no evidence of it on the tapes or in the notes produced by the Patriots, and the Patriots told us it was not true," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press.

Citing an unidentified source, the Boston Herald reported that a Patriots employee recorded the Rams' walkthrough at the Superdome in the New Orleans a day before the Super Bowl. New England beat the heavily favored Rams 20-17 its first NFL title.

The Herald reported that a source close to the Patriots in the 2001 season said the team held a walkthrough at the Superdome in New Orleans before the game on Feb. 3, 2002. After the Patriots took a team picture, a member of their video department stayed inside the stadium and taped the Rams' session.

It was not known whether the cameraman was told by the Patriots to film the practice or what he did with the tape, the Herald said. The Rams were two-touchdown favorites, but lost on Adam Vinatieri's last-second field goal.

"The suggestion that the New England Patriots recorded the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI is absolutely false. Any suggestion to the contrary is untrue," Patriots spokesman Stacey James told the AP.

Rams spokesman Rick Smith, reading a statement from team president John Shaw, said, "At this point, we have no comment."

The unbeaten Patriots will try to win their fourth Super Bowl in seven seasons Sunday when they play the New York Giants.

Early this season, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell fined New England coach Bill Belichick $500,000 and docked the team $250,000 and a first-round draft pick after the Spygate scandal. The Patriots were accused of videotaping New York Jets defensive coaches as they signaled to players.

New England did not have a walkthrough Saturday. The Giants held one at the Arizona Cardinals' practice facility.

A walkthrough is done without pads or helmets, giving teams a chance to practice their formations.

Goodell spent much of his state of the game address Friday talking about that episode. He said he did not think the Patriots used such tapes to win previous titles.

"There was no indication that it benefited them in any of the Super Bowl victories," he said.

Goodell also defended his decision to destroy notes and videotapes linked to the Spygate, saying "there was no purpose for them."

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who sent Goodell a letter asking for explanation, said Goodell's response "didn't make any sense at all."

If what happened against San Diego the first time this year is any indication... the Giants aren't just going to get killed, they're going to get absolutely slaughtered in the most disgustingly violent way possible.

God help the New York Giants.

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Oh, wait. I forgot for a second that I want the Giants to lose.

/me gets out a bottle of zesty lime dipping sauce.

Hey, Belichick! Tell me when the steaks are done!

[Andemagne]

Go Patriots!

[Jaguar]

You guys are so cool. It's really fortuitous and awesome that you root for the Patriots all of a sudden, now, because they're really good and stuff. People love fans like you.