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Super Bowl LIV

49ers

3 votes

Chiefs

4 votes

Don't Care But Will Watch

8 votes

Don't Care And Won't Watch

2 votes

Other

2 votes

kcmets Feb 01 2020 12:45 PM

Please chose one...

Double Switch Feb 01 2020 12:53 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

DO care but won't watch. I'm all in Forty-niners but can't tolerate the process, which exists only to tout commercials and an overblown half-time extravaganza. I hate commercials, especially when featured as "entertainment." As for the half-time performers, I don't know any of them, have not heard their work, and I'm too old to give a rat's. When football is in third place, I bail. Go 49ers!

Frayed Knot Feb 01 2020 02:16 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 01 2020 06:14 PM

DO care but won't watch. Gotta admit, having Your team in the big game yet skipping it due to sensory overload is a take I haven't heard before. And this from someone who often watches regular season football with the sound down just to cut down on the sensory overload. Televised football always sounds like someone is screaming at me like a high pressure salesman (YOU'RE WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME!!!!!!) while telling me that every player is great and every play is great because of course those plays are being called by great coaches ... so I just cut down on that part of the telecast with either very low volume or muted entirely. And while the commercials are certainly more hyped in the SB, I'm not sure there are actually any more of them than usual. Halftime? ... I just skip it and do something else until they're ready to go again. I have no rooting interest but will watch. If the game is good I'll pay attention. If it's not then I'll pay scant attention. oe: And there is ZERO chance that you're going to find me watching the pre-games show(s). Acc to my TV's grid/guide, the official 'Pre-Game Show' runs from 2:00-6:30, but since everyone knows that 4-1/2 hours isn't nearly enough to analyze a 3 (3-1/2?) hour game, the pre-game show is preceded by the hour-long 'Kickoff Show' which in turn is preceded by an hour-long sumthin-er-other called 'Road to the Super Bowl' which itself follows the 'Skip & Shannon' Super Bowl special. All of which adds up to FOX running SB stuff from 11 AM to around 10 or 11 PM ... I'll be the one turning it on at or around 6:30. Prior to that there's exercise to do, laundry to do, golf to watch, music to listen to, and crossword puzzles to work on so I think I can safely skip the whole part about being told that the team who minimizes turnovers, avoids costly penalties, and converts the most 3rd downs has the best chance to win.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 01 2020 02:49 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

Frayed Knot wrote: DO care but won't watch. Gotta admit, having Your team in the big game yet skipping it due to sensory overload is a take I haven't heard before. Makes no sense to me, neither. Also, I think the poll choices are confusing. What is the pollster trying to determine? Whether the respondent has a rooting interest in one of the two teams or whether he will watch the game? Or both? If he's looking for both, the poll should go like this: Root for Chiefs -- will watch Root for Chiefs -- won't watch Root for 49ers -- will watch Root for 49ers -- won't watch No rooting interest in a specific team -- will watch No rooting interest in a specific team -- won't watch

41Forever Feb 01 2020 02:57 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

Mahomes and his Metly connections have me pulling Chiefs. One of our alums is heading food operations for the stadium. The first woman to call the plays food wise for the NFL and the Super Bowl.

kcmets Feb 01 2020 03:23 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=30933 time=1580593757 user_id=68]...the poll should go like this: Root for Chiefs -- will watch Root for Chiefs -- won't watch Root for 49ers -- will watch Root for 49ers -- won't watch No rooting interest in a specific team -- will watch No rooting interest in a specific team -- won't watch

Lol, next years re-match we'll do yours!

Double Switch Feb 01 2020 06:09 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

Frayed Knot wrote: DO care but won't watch. Gotta admit, having Your team in the big game yet skipping it due to sensory overload is a take I haven't heard before. Ahh, but you see, the Niners are my "fall back" team. My team just missed the cut. Having zero reason to care if the Chiefs succeed, it's easy to say GO NINERS. I'm really not married to the post season of any sport, save one - MARCH MADNESS, BABY! It's college hoops season and that's got my whole attention.

MFS62 Feb 01 2020 06:15 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

As a fan of the old AFL, I would root for the Game of Thrones' White Walkers if they were wearing the AFC patch. Go Chiefs! Later

Fman99 Feb 02 2020 04:10 AM Re: Super Bowl LIV

=41Forever post_id=30934 time=1580594241 user_id=69] Mahomes and his Metly connections have me pulling Chiefs.

Same here. Will watch, don't really care who wins.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 02 2020 05:18 AM Re: Super Bowl LIV

I voted don't care won't watch but I had forgotten about Patrick Mahomes and his Mets jersey. I wasn't able to change my vote, but for the record, I want Kansas City to win, but I'm not going to watch the game.

Ceetar Feb 02 2020 09:23 AM Re: Super Bowl LIV

Mahomes and his Metly connections have me pulling Chiefs. yeah, I'll pull for the Chiefs for this, even though they should change their name. Kids bedtime conflicts with it so I'll sporadically watch with real interest in anything. Commercials are released before and after. I enjoy the concept, because at least Super Bowl commercials usually are attempts to raise their game and make something fun? AB-InBev aside, and their loads of money that 3 minutes of nasty Bud Light Seltzer commercials are just a media blitz. I'll open some pretzels and some chips and the craft beer salsa I bought, but it'll probably just be on in the background while I do other stuff, even after bedtime. The Half Time spectacle can be fun sometimes. I don't care about music, don't even know who's performing, but there are usually cool visuals.

MFS62 Feb 02 2020 09:50 AM Re: Super Bowl LIV

https://www.facebook.com/Mets/photos/a.457019115077/10163145833000078/?type=3&theater Later

G-Fafif Feb 02 2020 02:54 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

Gonna watch without predetermined rooting interest, an unusual state dating back to my first SB a full L years ago when I snuck upstairs from my VIIth birthday party to take in a few plays with my dad (and delight that the Chiefs were winning because I took an early dislike to the Vikings). I generally pick a side, even if it's of a “fuck the Eagles, but enough with the Patriots” nature. The Mahomes connection will make a Chiefs victory palatable, but I still retain animus for Kansas City sporting endeavors from 2015. In their Montana/Young days, I viewed the 49er SB runs warmly when they didn't involve the Giants, but I feel nothing for the current iteration — though in the grudge department, San Francisco seeing its football team technically leave town seems like a touch of karmic payback for absconding with Manhattan's baseball team, albeit just a touch.

Frayed Knot Feb 02 2020 03:55 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

Just as an aside, all this Mahomes talk led me to look-up the career of papa Mahomes. And for a guy who came up at age 21 and lasted until age 32 playing 11 seasons across 12 years (he sat out all of 1998 - the year prior to joining the Mets) he racked up a remarkably lousy statistical career! Now I realize that relievers stats are always going to be misleading to a certain degree, but there's very little good to be said about his. Nine of his eleven seasons saw an ERA north of 5.00 (sometimes way north) and every single season except for '99 (plus a 10 inning stint for Pitt in his final season) he posted WHIPs over 1.50 His career H/9 is 9.4 which by itself wouldn't be terrible but it's accompanied by a BB/9 rate of 5.0, barely better than his career K/9 of 5.7 For all the complaining we do about getting relievers who seemingly immediately go in the tank upon arriving at LaGuardia, PH Sr. was actually the opposite as we got the only real good season of his career. His ERA & WHIP numbers for the '99 Mets were by far the best of his career [3.68 / 1.27] as was his H/9 rate (6.2) and K/9 (7.2). All of those look quite nice next to his career stats of: 5.47 / 1.59 / 9.4 / 5.7 Unfortunately for us (and him) he reverted to his standard form for the 2000 season [5.46 / 1.73] just when the Mets, likely buoyed by his '99 success, leaned on him even more to the tune of 53 appearances (including 5 starts ) and 94 innings pitched.

41Forever Feb 02 2020 06:59 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

I'm not sure there was any actual live singing in that half-time show.

Willets Point Feb 02 2020 09:17 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

My son was watching and I ended up watching more than I expected in the second half. Nice comeback by Kansas City. Congrats to the Mahomeses!

LWFS Feb 02 2020 09:56 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

I ain't judging, but it seems to me that if you can't be bothered to watch your team-- first, second, or third choice-- in the sport's championship, well, they aren't really your team, then, are they? That one got a bit frisky in the fourth, after Mahomes' somewhat unexpected hero's journey-in-three-hours big-game tumult. Good on the kid, who ultimately rose to the level of his talent, just as Garoppolo borked it.

Lefty Specialist Feb 03 2020 05:47 AM Re: Super Bowl LIV

I had 0-0 in the office grid so I won the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Drinks for everybody on me!

ashie62 Feb 03 2020 06:20 AM Re: Super Bowl LIV

Congratulations to the great state of Kansas, uh Missouri.

MFS62 Feb 03 2020 06:30 AM Re: Super Bowl LIV

=41Forever post_id=30958 time=1580695160 user_id=69] I'm not sure there was any actual live singing in that half-time show.

I really didn't care.



(Channeling Fmann) I would low crawl naked through a mile of broken glass to sniff the exhaust fumes of the laundry truck taking away Shakira's dirty underwear.



Or something like that.

Next year, if Trump gets reelected, the show will have a Russian theme.



As for the game, it was Patrick's football. He just let the other kids play with it for a while before he got serious.

LWFS Feb 03 2020 08:34 AM Re: Super Bowl LIV

This sentiment... I can get behind [YOUTUBE]pILCn6VO_RU[/YOUTUBE]

Lefty Specialist Feb 03 2020 11:09 AM Re: Super Bowl LIV

Congratulations to the great state of Kansas, uh Missouri. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EP0iksKXUAATMYI?format=jpg&name=900x900>

Frayed Knot Feb 03 2020 01:22 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

=41Forever post_id=30958 time=1580695160 user_id=69] I'm not sure there was any actual live singing in that half-time show.

Not sure there's been any live singing in the SB for years now. Hell, folks are still lauding the Whitney Houston anthem from 1992 as some kind of great moment in history even though that

one was known at the time to be lip-synched. But when you hire acts that can't seem to exist without 75 half-naked dancers with them, seem to require other acts just to fill a 15-minute

performance, and it's been many years straight now that they hire teens to scream madly all around the stage so it at least appears that someone is enjoying the show, the question as to

whether the acts are live or on Memorex is pretty moot at that point.

Also, it's not like people are watching Sharika to hear her sing. I mean, what's she going to do, NOT shake her ass?!? It's her go-to move ... as it should be btw.



Other than that, was a pretty good game ... probably would have been even better had I not nodded out during large chunks of the 4th quarter.

Oh well.

Centerfield Feb 03 2020 01:25 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

Love watching people get all bent out of shape over the ass shaking and Spanish. We're the snowflakes. Right.

kcmets Feb 03 2020 02:00 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

Several on my fb feed vowed last night to hit the gym after Jennifer's act. 50, wow! Next year we need some soft porn mixed in please. Preferably girl on girl stuff if I get a vote...

41Forever Feb 03 2020 03:20 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

=Centerfield post_id=30979 time=1580761505 user_id=65] Love watching people get all bent out of shape over the ass shaking and Spanish. We're the snowflakes. Right.

I thought the Spanish was wonderful, especially for a game in Miami. I like it when there is local flavor to these things even through it's a national event. We had the Stones when the game was here in Detroit and I thought it would have been nice to have some Motown in there. (But when you can get the Stones, you really can't complain about anything!) I don't get bent out of shape over butt-shaking, pole dancing and crotch rubbing, but I thought it was a little more coarse than it needed to be. I'm probably not the age group the producers were targeting. I didn't know any of those songs. I was just watching a video of the U2 performance in 2002, with the names flying up on the giant screen, then of Prince in the rain. So powerful and emotional. All of them probably reflect their times.

ashie62 Feb 03 2020 03:30 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

I'm waiting for the Kinks to reform and accept halftime in London one day

LWFS Feb 03 2020 04:07 PM Re: Super Bowl LIV

It WAS a little weird watching Shakira play air guitar and fake-drum... when she plays both, pretty well, for real.