HYPE Super Bowl XLVII thread!!!!!! OMG

[AnneFan]

 

[Matt]

I gotta admit, I am enjoying hearing San Fran fans whine over the noncall. Niners fans seem to have adopted the personality of their coach....that of an entitled cry baby. I am amazed that the fans are entirely ignoring the fact that Crabtree pushed off of the defender's helmet. There may have been defensive pass interference (arguable as the ball was hideously thrown and uncatchable), but if so, there was also offensive pass interference....so it would've been off-set.

 

[Hotwire]

Well I never wanted to start comparing him to Brady and Peyton, but not every QB can lead a team to a Super Bowl win and get MVP so that counts for something. I guess it depends on how you look at the word Elite. Elite or not he is a Super Bowl MVP and that is going to keep his critics quiet for a long time. Do I think Flacco should be with Brady and Peyton? No, Eli and Ben? Yes.

Just curious, what does Flacco have to do in your eyes, to be called elite? Why isn't making the post season your first 5 seasons, the AFC Championship game his 1st, 4th and 5th year, and now winning the Super Bowl, enough? As well as standing above Montana and Young as the only quarterback in postseason history to throw that many touchdowns and no interceptions.

Then again, Joe gets this from his own fans.

 

[Hotwire]

I gotta admit, I am enjoying hearing San Fran fans whine over the noncall. Niners fans seem to have adopted the personality of their coach....that of an entitled cry baby. I am amazed that the fans are entirely ignoring the fact that Crabtree pushed off of the defender's helmet. There may have been defensive pass interference (arguable as the ball was hideously thrown and uncatchable), but if so, there was also offensive pass interference....so it would've been off-set.

The key point being the ball was uncatchable.

 

[bunk]

Looked a delay of game on that last play anyway. So any talk of non calls could easily start there.

 

[Erzengel]

I gotta admit, I am enjoying hearing San Fran fans whine over the noncall. Niners fans seem to have adopted the personality of their coach....that of an entitled cry baby. I am amazed that the fans are entirely ignoring the fact that Crabtree pushed off of the defender's helmet. There may have been defensive pass interference (arguable as the ball was hideously thrown and uncatchable), but if so, there was also offensive pass interference....so it would've been off-set.

Chris Carter just commented on this play. Crabtree ran a horrible route and runs straight into the chest of the defensive back. A referee is usually not going to call that holding.

Let's not also forget that they threw it 4 times. Why not do what worked earlier in the game and run it?

 

[redfirebird2008]

Chris Carter just commented on this play. Crabtree ran a horrible route and runs straight into the chest of the defensive back. A referee is usually not going to call that holding.

Let's not also forget that they threw it 4 times. Why not do what worked earlier in the game and run it?

Yeah, Kaepernick's legs are their best weapon. And running Frank Gore is never a bad choice either. Should have at least run one play to either of them.

 

[Erzengel]

Just curious, what does Flacco have to do in your eyes, to be called elite? Why isn't making the post season your first 5 seasons, the AFC Championship game his 1st, 4th and 5th year, and now winning the Super Bowl, enough? As well as standing above Montana and Young as the only quarterback in postseason history to throw that many touchdowns and no interceptions.

Then again, Joe gets this from his own fans.

P. Manning, Brady and Brees are walking into the HOF on the first ballot.

I feel E. Manning, Roethlisberger and Rogers have to do a little more to quiet the critics. 40-45k passing yards, more post season success will determine that and whether it's going to be a 1st or 2nd ballot.

I feel Flacco is in that second category. He needs to do more. And I thought this was the year with the Ravens window closing that Flacco needed to step up. And I'm not Flacco hater, but he wasn't exactly stellar his first few post season years. And in his 3rd and 4th, he had 2 good games and 1 mediocre and 1 horrid game.

 

[Themanofbat]

Crap... it's a ****** feeling when your team loses... especially when they had the opportunity to win...

.... and if they didn't fall asleep in the first galf...

<sigh>

 

[Themanofbat]

I gotta admit, I am enjoying hearing San Fran fans whine over the noncall. Niners fans seem to have adopted the personality of their coach....that of an entitled cry baby. I am amazed that the fans are entirely ignoring the fact that Crabtree pushed off of the defender's helmet. There may have been defensive pass interference (arguable as the ball was hideously thrown and uncatchable), but if so, there was also offensive pass interference....so it would've been off-set.

C'mon Matt... we just watched our team lose a game they could and should have won...

I'm not going to cry about a ref call because it is what it is... there were plenty of other plays that could have been better executed by the players so you don't get to that call...

Having said that, I've heard you and your kin whine about the Steelers losing in the regular season, so befroe we start calling you "Pot", maybe you leave some of us "Kettles" alone...

I'm glad they made a game of it... but I'm still upset about the final outcome.

 

[Erzengel]

Interesting show of representation between the NFC and AFC.

Since the Ravens first Super Bowl win to yesterday's, there has been only 5 different AFC teams representing.

The NFC has had 11 different teams.

 

[SpideyVille]

The more I think about it, the more I feel like Jim just got out-coached by his brother.

I feel like with all the momentum the 49ers had in the second half, they lost by their own doing. So many decisions that he could've made to help his team out but didn't, like failing to call a timeout at the end of the half and opting to settle for a FG instead. Or the decision to waste a timeout inb the final minutes, and even the decision to wait until the two-minute warning before trying to make a play for the lead.

You can talk all you want about a bad call, but like Erz said, you can't always point to one play and say it cost you the win when there was so much more you could have done to avoid being put in that position in the first place.

 

[Poeman]

Personally the Ravens wont be one of those teams to dominate the league for years to come I think...Alot of key players are getting old or leaving.

I do think the Bengals are rising fast...Steelers will be the Steelers and Ravens will continue to be good...But one of the latter will start to miss the playoffs for the next 3-4 years while the Bengals drastically improve.


I think.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

I can point to one play that did us in: the kick return touchdown. Only TD we allowed in the second half. But I'd also point to Kaepernick's bigness weakness leading into the game biting us in the ass again; his poor clock management. That one timeout used in the third would've given us a least a chance for a Hail Mary to end the game. And the 1st and goal play calling was pretty awful.

But we were 5 yards away from a win with 4 chances and didn't get it done. That's all on us, not the refs. I'm proud of my Niners for battling back but they absolutely left a win on the field. And it was even more frustrating that it all ended with a rushed play that never had a chance. At least get a real play off.

But oh well. Either way my hearts broken.

And it was absolutely a hold.

 

[Poeman]

The reason why I blame Jim Harbaugh...

Frank Gore ran for 30+ yards to the 7 yard line...Haloti Ngata is out of the game, Gore and James are averaging 6+ yards per carry.

RAVENS ARE GASSED OUT. Run that rock straight in the middle ONE TIME!!! 4 passes? They score with a run...Everyone sat back waiting for Kaeps to throw or run. Just run straight!

That is Jim Harbaugh the QB right there...Not the head coach.

Therefore you are right, John > Jim.

 

[Erzengel]

Kaepernicks's biggest weakness overall is his inexperience.

 

[Erzengel]

And it was absolutely a hold.

And it was an absolutely bad play call.

And it was an absolutely bad route run.

 

[Erzengel]

Personally the Ravens wont be one of those teams to dominate the league for years to come I think...Alot of key players are getting old or leaving.

I do think the Bengals are rising fast...Steelers will be the Steelers and Ravens will continue to be good...But one of the latter will start to miss the playoffs for the next 3-4 years while the Bengals drastically improve.


I think.

I think if the Super Bowl was 2 minutes longer, the Ravens would have lost. You've seen in multiple games of their defense just running out of steam

I think the Steelers are running into the same issue but their's is also old and injury prone players.

Ravens edge them with their receivers.

Bengals, I can see, Dalton put up some decent numbers in his sophmore year, let's see how he does next year. AJ Green's first 2 years have been solid.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

And it was an absolutely bad play call.

And it was an absolutely bad route run.

Except neither of those things are an automatic first down penalty. It was holding but it is what it is. I already said I'm not blaming the refs when we had 5 yards and 4 tries and didn't get it done.

 

[Themanofbat]

I can point to one play that did us in: the kick return touchdown. Only TD we allowed in the second half. But I'd also point to Kaepernick's bigness weakness leading into the game biting us in the ass again; his poor clock management. That one timeout used in the third would've given us a least a chance for a Hail Mary to end the game. And the 1st and goal play calling was pretty awful.

But we were 5 yards away from a win with 4 chances and didn't get it done. That's all on us, not the refs. I'm proud of my Niners for battling back but they absolutely left a win on the field. And it was even more frustrating that it all ended with a rushed play that never had a chance. At least get a real play off.

But oh well. Either way my hearts broken.

that's it right there in a nutshell...

 

[SpideyVille]

I wonder what the Replacement Refs would have called it.

 

[Erzengel]

Because everyone needs to rank things.

Super Bowl XVII.

Top 10, Top half?

I'd rank this down more if it wasn't for the 49ers comeback. I'd put it in the top 15-20. It was pretty memorable.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Of the people you call elite quarterbacks, none of them were in the Super Bowl this year. Flacco and Kaepernick were. I don't think that either of them are too worried that some don't consider them "elite" when they were both where every quarterback wants to be on the last weekend of the season.

You're right, but that doesn't mean that Flacco and Kaepernick are better than those QB's. It means that the Ravens and the 49ers were better than the Patriots, Packers, Saints, and Broncos.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Because everyone needs to rank things.

Super Bowl XVII.

Top 10, Top half?

I'd rank this down more if it wasn't for the 49ers comeback. I'd put it in the top 15-20. It was pretty memorable.

I don't know where I rank it, but it went from one of the worst Super Bowls I had ever seen to one of the best. I'm bias obviously, but if the 49ers pull off that comeback, I'm calling it the best Super Bowl I've ever seen.

But then again, I think a 22 point comeback would have a pretty legitimate claim to that as well.

 

[Dr. Evil]

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