[BJWilliams]

(For the record I do not normally post a lot of all caps yelling posts, but I had to make an exception tonight)

WHO THE H*** CALLS A PASS ON THE ONE F****** YARD LINE?!?!? YOU HAVE MARSHAWN LYNCH! LINE UP SIX OF THE BIGGEST SIDES OF BEEF YOU'VE GOT ON THE O-LINE, PUT ANOTHER ONE IN THE BACKFIELD AT FULLBACK AND BLAST THE PATRIOTS OFF THE LINE!

Ok I'm done...but what a horrifically bad call.

[ATrain]

I liked the Katy Perry halftime show, even if the weird beach act did seem a little out of place with the rest of it. Budweiser won the commercials. The NHL showed up at the end wearing football uniforms to remind everyone to not forget about them.

[Cider Jim]

SCAR had a great comment on the ending of the game:

If I had Beast-mode in my backfield I would run him until the defense knocked the @Skittles out of him like a human Piñata.

[Purple Haize]

I liked the Katy Perry halftime show, even if the weird beach act did seem a little out of place with the rest of it. Budweiser won the commercials. The NHL showed up at the end wearing football uniforms to remind everyone to not forget about them.

The Top 5 Commercials

5 Budweiser Lost Dog
4 Brady Bunch Snickers
3 First Draft Avacados (The sloth has off the field issues)
2 Doritos Seat in the Air Plane
And THE UNANIMOUS WINNER
1. Fiat Blue Pill!!

[ballcoach15]

I got upset at NE defense for allowing the TD just before halftime. Did not watch anymore of the game.

[ALUmnus]

The game was great.

The commercials weren't very memorable, and most of them weren't new. The Budweiser lost dog has been running on Youtube for weeks. I thought the Liam Neeson Clash of Clans one was pretty good, though.

[alabama24]

Disappointing Game. Best part? I watched the game with a friend, his twin 9 year old boys and my 9 year old son. When the miraculous catch-that-went-for-squat (IT DIDN'T TOUCH THE GROUND!) happened we were all jumping around like crazy. At least the 9 year olds and I were. My friend just stared.

[flamesfilmguy]

The clash of clans commercial was hilarious. overall I was disappointed that the commercials were terrible (for the most part, Really nationwide?) and the game didn't end with both teams losing. but I guess All in all it was a win for ATL fans because that Defensive scheme is headed to Atlanta in the form of D Quinn. Lets hope he continues success as a head coach.

[lynchburgwildcats]

The Big Lead has a good freeze frame on that final Seahawks play. This is a mere split second before Wilson releases the ball, as you can tell by where his arm is. Lockette is just about wide open here, but Wilson should have put the ball on the back shoulder as that side of Lockette was essentially picked off by the Seahawk blocking that Patriot player at the bottom. If he throws it to the left shoulder then it just about completely prevents Butler from being able to intercept it because he was only in position to be able to come over and defend the pass if thrown to the right shoulder. If thrown to the left shoulder, best case scenario for the Patriots, barring something highly improbable, is an incompletion, but it likely would have been a touchdown.

Even with the less than ideal location of the pass, it still should have been a TD, but Butler made an incredible play to close that space and get the pick. He must have known exactly what they play was because in the video of the play (at the link below) you can see he acts like he knows where the ball is going.

I also don't think Wilson even saw Butler as Butler was behind the Seahawk and Patriot player in the block at the bottom of the screen. Even if he couldn't see Butler, he should have known that if Lockette had a defender assigned to him, and that the defender would have to go over the pick, thus the left shoulder would have been the place to throw it to regardless if it was well defended or poorly defended.

It was a well drawn up play and well executed by the Seahawks, up until the point where Wilson actually made the pass. Most of the time that is going to result in a TD when executed that well. Passing it wasn't a bad decision, Wilson had Lockette there for the TD, Wilson just needed to place the throw better.

Still, run the football. People saying they would have had three chances from less than a yard aren't entirely true, Lynch could have ended up losing yardage on one of his runs, but give one of the best RBs in the game a chance.



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[LUminary]

I thought the commercial with Pete Rose was clever, and that he was funny. I have heard no one even mention it all morning in all the assessments and favorite lists, so I guess it's just me. It usually is.

Also liked the avocado draft commercial, and the Skittles ad with the townspeople with giant arms.

As for the game, can't top the ending unless you're a Seahawks fan or hate the Patriots.

[Sly Fox]

I agree on the Pete commercial. But I guess I still have a soft spot in my heart for him from my Cincy days. I thought my son was going to lose it over the Liam Neeson commercial. That was probably my favorite as well.

[JakeP50]

Liam Neeson and Fiat tied for my funniest. Budwiser and and the Clydsdales saving the dog was the best not funny one.

[adam42381]

BTW, the Pete Rose commercial has been airing since last fall.

[VAGolf]

There have been 105 passes from the 1 this season, zero of them were intercepted until last night. Lynch has been given the ball 5 times at the 1 and only scored once. Pete Carroll is one of the most aggressive coaches in the game and the only reason that Seattle was playing in second consecutive Super Bowl was due to their aggressiveness. You don't ask someone that aggressive to be conservative on the biggest play of the game. In hindsight, everyone can look at that play and say it's a bad call. That's easy. Personally, I just see it as the most aggressive coach in the game letting his QB try and win the Super Bowl. That one play didn't decide the game, there was so much more that led up to it.

Seattle played an insane game yesterday and it was easily one of the best Super Bowl's we've had in a long time. Commercials were mediocre. I thought the half-time show was amazing, except for the sharks.

[BJWilliams]

I still think you line up 6 big sides of beef on the line, add a 7th at fullback (another lineman) and blast anyone with a white jersey paving the way for Lynch

[Purple Haize]

There have been 105 passes from the 1 this season, zero of them were intercepted until last night. Lynch has been given the ball 5 times at the 1 and only scored once. Pete Carroll is one of the most aggressive coaches in the game and the only reason that Seattle was playing in second consecutive Super Bowl was due to their aggressiveness. You don't ask someone that aggressive to be conservative on the biggest play of the game. In hindsight, everyone can look at that play and say it's a bad call. That's easy. Personally, I just see it as the most aggressive coach in the game letting his QB try and win the Super Bowl. That one play didn't decide the game, there was so much more that led up to it.

Seattle played an insane game yesterday and it was easily one of the best Super Bowl's we've had in a long time. Commercials were mediocre. I thought the half-time show was amazing, except for the sharks.

IF you buy in to that line of thinking, why not run a play action? Considering everyone on the Planet thought they were going to run it, New England had their goal line package in, a fake to Lynch would have everyone biting leaving an incredibly wide open receiver
Or you could just give it to the best RB in the game.

[VAGolf]

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. I probably would have ran it. But I think fans and media are blowing this way out of proportion. It's down to two to three plays at the most and he calls one play that involves his incredibly talented QB throwing into a hole covered by a rookie CB from West Alabama. If it's so crazy, than why did Bill Belichick practice defending that play all week? Again, not saying your wrong PH. But Pete is so incredibly aggressive and part of his culture is trusting his athletes to make plays. So, that play, while it may have technically been the wrong call, is part of the culture that got Seattle there in the first place.

[JK37]

I believe very much in aggressive, outside-the-ordinary thinking to gain an edge, but I disagree with it when the edge has ALREAY been gained. Momentum was theirs. Don't overthink it: run the ball.

The moment I saw shotgun, I said out loud, "What are you doing?!"

[bluejacket]

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. I probably would have ran it. But I think fans and media are blowing this way out of proportion. It's down to two to three plays at the most and he calls one play that involves his incredibly talented QB throwing into a hole covered by a rookie CB from West Alabama. If it's so crazy, than why did Bill Belichick practice defending that play all week? Again, not saying your wrong PH. But Pete is so incredibly aggressive and part of his culture is trusting his athletes to make plays. So, that play, while it may have technically been the wrong call, is part of the culture that got Seattle there in the first place.

But here is the problem: the Patriots knew exactly what was coming from the moment that the Seahawks lined up in stacked receivers. Seattle had been running this on the goal line all season. Belichick knew what was coming and decided not to call timeout.

Let's just say that the play called in this situation was sound (which it wasn't). Pete Carroll and Darrell Bevell decided to throw to Ricardo Lockette (Ft. Valley St.; career regular season stats: 18 receptions, 382 yards, 3 TDs, during the past 4 seasons) on a slant at the goal line with the Super Bowl on the line.

You have Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch in your backfield. They led Seattle's offense to the Super Bowl. Trust your best offensive players to make plays and get the ball into the end zone from the 1 yard line with 3 potential opportunities and a timeout. Then this is unlikely to happen....

[VAGolf]

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. I probably would have ran it. But I think fans and media are blowing this way out of proportion. It's down to two to three plays at the most and he calls one play that involves his incredibly talented QB throwing into a hole covered by a rookie CB from West Alabama. If it's so crazy, than why did Bill Belichick practice defending that play all week? Again, not saying your wrong PH. But Pete is so incredibly aggressive and part of his culture is trusting his athletes to make plays. So, that play, while it may have technically been the wrong call, is part of the culture that got Seattle there in the first place.

But here is the problem: the Patriots knew exactly what was coming from the moment that the Seahawks lined up in stacked receivers. Seattle had been running this on the goal line all season. Belichick knew what was coming and decided not to call timeout.

Let's just say that the play called in this situation was sound (which it wasn't). Pete Carroll and Darrell Bevell decided to throw to Ricardo Lockette (Ft. Valley St.; career regular season stats: 18 receptions, 382 yards, 3 TDs, during the past 4 seasons) on a slant at the goal line with the Super Bowl on the line.

You have Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch in your backfield. They led Seattle's offense to the Super Bowl. Trust your best offensive players to make plays and get the ball into the end zone from the 1 yard line with 3 potential opportunities and a timeout. Then this is unlikely to happen....

People spend way too much time seeking perfection. There is no perfect call in this situation. I'm not saying that running on that play was the wrong call. Or even that passing on that play was the right call. Again, prior that play, there had been 105 passing plays called at the one yard line and ZERO of them had resulted in an interception. Lynch had only scored once in five carries from the one. What happens if you run with Lynch and he gets stuffed? Now you have to use your last timeout and almost have to throw. What if he runs and you get called for holding? Now, you're ten yards back. There are plenty of reasons to pass in that scenario, especially when you have a quarterback like Russell Wilson. I probably would have ran it on that play, but I totally get Carroll calling a pass. There's no perfect call.

[BJWilliams]

You're right in saying that there is no perfect call. THAT said, ive already given my decision on running in that situation. IF I decided to be "aggressive" like Coach Carroll, I probably give Lockette a smash or option route there. Two steps in on the slant, jam that foot in the turf then turn out toward the right corner of the end zone.MAKE Butler have to change direction again and get there to make that play.

[ballcoach15]

I think the TV folks should be banned from showing Richard Sherman unless he's making a play. I believe he had an individual camera assigned to him for the game.

[From the class of 09]

I think the TV folks should be banned from showing Richard Sherman unless he's making a play. I believe he had an individual camera assigned to him for the game.

Why would you not have a camera on him? He's entertaining, divisive, and backs it up. Not many people more made to fill the NFLs villian role. I love it.

[bluejacket]

People spend way too much time seeking perfection. There is no perfect call in this situation. I'm not saying that running on that play was the wrong call. Or even that passing on that play was the right call. Again, prior that play, there had been 105 passing plays called at the one yard line and ZERO of them had resulted in an interception. Lynch had only scored once in five carries from the one. What happens if you run with Lynch and he gets stuffed? Now you have to use your last timeout and almost have to throw. What if he runs and you get called for holding? Now, you're ten yards back. There are plenty of reasons to pass in that scenario, especially when you have a quarterback like Russell Wilson. I probably would have ran it on that play, but I totally get Carroll calling a pass. There's no perfect call.

There is no perfect call on almost every single play of every single game. But you have to trust your best players and put them in position to win the Super Bowl. In the Seahawks' case, that is Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch. Any number of scenarios can happen. If you can't get in the endzone from 2nd & goal with three potential tries, a timeout, and the Super Bowl on the line with your best players, you accept it and move on. Running that play puts the game on Seattle's receivers, who are questionable at best. It was the worst play call in Super Bowl history.

[ballcoach15]

I only want to see the play being run. I could care less what a defensive player is doing on the sideline. NBC probably showed more sideline stuff than they did stuff between the hash marks.

Sports at all levels now have too many "dog and pony" shows during the game. College basketball may be the worst. The split second there's a stoppage of play, the PA Announcer comes blaring thru the speakers with something "just to make noise" or the band starts making noise. Now granted a pep band adds something to a game, but they need to pick their spots.

I have always wondered if the NCAA requires schools to make a lot of noise during TOs, so that fans cannot holler at the Refs.

I would love to go to a game and the PA system conks out immediately after starting lineups are announced, and never works again.