American Football (NFL, College, etc.)

OK. It's just a few minutes before kickoff. I guess I'll take the Eagles only because some psychic on the radio predicted it.

Last year, he predicted the tsunami and the death of ODB even though he didn't know who ODB was.

anyone see that kid toss the coin? ahahaha, what a toss, it didn't even flip! :hehe:

Game over! Patriots Win!!! Officially a dynasty! :woot: :woot: :woot: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

eltinator wrote:Game over! Patriots Win!!! Officially a dynasty! :woot: :woot: :woot: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

Ya....they won :shamefulcry: but it was a close game and that made it worth watching. Owens did prett good, 2 bad he didn't get a touchdown. I really wanna see a different team win the superbowl....so next year, I still hope the Niners win, but if not them than the Colts or another team who hasn't won one in 4ever.

K.T.Tran wrote:

Ya....they won :shamefulcry: but it was a close game and that made it worth watching. Owens did prett good, 2 bad he didn't get a touchdown. I really wanna see a different team win the superbowl....so next year, I still hope the Niners win, but if not them than the Colts or another team who hasn't won one in 4ever.

hahaha I think you should take your chances with the colts over the 49ers next year :hehe: :hehe:

eltinator wrote:I tell you aho, you're the hardest working man alive :D :hehe:

No, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, is the hardest working man alive. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
No, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, is the hardest working man alive. :hehe:

Maybe so, but if you want to see the hardest man alive, see after you show me a naked picture of Yonekura Ryoko. ( ok. crude joke. sorry).

But seriously, that picture of Yonekura Ryoko you have is kinda hawt.

Oh yeah. football.

I don't want to call the Pats a dysnasty until I see how they fair with different coordinators. As far as I'm concerned, that first SB win 4 years ago was a fluke, so I don't want to give them credit for it.

TheBombastic1 wrote:Maybe so, but if you want to see the hardest man alive, see after you show me a naked picture of Yonekura Ryoko. ( ok. crude joke. sorry).

:lol: :lol:

Looks like we're gonna be friends really quick. :hehe: :hehe:

But seriously, that picture of Yonekura Ryoko you have is kinda hawt.

Kinda?? :crazy:

:hehe:

Thanks for the explanation on how 2 make $$$ when gambling on football Bombastic :woot: and elt, what are the chances of the colts making it to the Superbowl next year or the year after, they seem to lose in the playoff for some reason i don't know :shamefulcry:

Okay Pats win.

I won my pool picking the Pats by 3.

Thank Santa this freakin' season is finally over!!!!!

2 and 14.

Great Googly Moogly! 2 and 14!

Well, my Niners have fired everyone connected with the organization who ownes a suit and a tie.

Now it's time to walk through the locker room with a chain saw.

2 and 14!

i'm sure the star-bulletin must've had some kind of article about the verbal war going on between uh and kahuku coaches. both sides seem to have valid points. maybe you can find the article on honoluluadvertiser.com

as for mouse davis - i'm not kidding. he IS the special teams coach. whether he also has a hand in the offense is something i would not know about, but he definitely can't coach ST. your statements mirrors the thoughts of about a couple of thousand uh fans....

Among the slim pickings (or was it just me?) of Super Bowl commercials this year, which is ya'll's fav?

The Man's:

# 2: The Batman Begins trailer. Ooooooooh, to see how that new Batmobile handles's worth the price of admission alone. You gonna' tell me they ain't gonna' be selling those models anytime soon? Yes, it DOES come in black, and in red, and in yellow, and . . .

# 1: The Anheiser-Busch seemingly understated ad featuring soldiers returning home, walking through the airport, with passengers and airline workers clapping. Damn perfect ad'.
Man, they did that other cool one a few years ago where the Clydesdales were shown in their garden-variety gallop; where'd they end up? At the edge of New York City, and then they all bowed. Man. I'm supposed to cry at J-dramas? THIS kinda' thing makes me shed a tear. :puppydog: .
Only complaint I have is, man, Anheiser-Busch, make a product for a non-drinker for Pete's sake! THEY make me wanna' buy their product.

The game was kinda' decent, too.

jholic wrote:ok, The Man, here goes:
USC GOING DOWN AT ALOHA STADIUM!!!

won't even know what hit 'em.

Yes! Thanks, jholic.

jholic wrote:

in related news: jj and one of the oia coaches (kahuku) really got into this week . . . for those of you who don't know, kahuku is one of the top hs in the west coast region, and many of their players are playing at big div i schools now.)

HHahah. Uh, let's qualify that, jholic. Kahuku might be one of the best high school for football . . . but, I don't think it's one THE top high schools in all the west coast, right?

And, uh, without going into specifics? Regarding this June Jones v. Kahuku coach(es) situation? I am PRO-June Jones, gentlemen. No apologies, no ifs, ands, or buts.

Mr. Man, i don't see whats so great about the batmobile.....it looks nice but it looks like it takes 4ever to get up to speed and how it seems like it doesn't even go very fast :shakehead: in the movie....Batmand and Robin i believe.

But to answer the question of the superbowl commericals.....i don't think i saw every single one, but that one with the girl with the huge rack in the court was nice.....too bad the other strap on her shirt didn't fall...than a little more would have been shown :hehe:

K.T.Tran wrote:Thanks for the explanation on how 2 make $$$ when gambling on football Bombastic :woot: and elt, what are the chances of the colts making it to the Superbowl next year or the year after, they seem to lose in the playoff for some reason i don't know :shamefulcry:

Well if the Colts have home field throughout then I think they stand a much better chance. No way in hec will they beat the Pats in NE, but in the RCA dome, with the crowd as the 12th man on the field, I'd give them 50-50.

The Man wrote:Among the slim pickings (or was it just me?) of Super Bowl commercials this year, which is ya'll's fav?

The Man's:

# 2: The Batman Begins trailer. Ooooooooh, to see how that new Batmobile handles's worth the price of admission alone. You gonna' tell me they ain't gonna' be selling those models anytime soon? Yes, it DOES come in black, and in red, and in yellow, and . . .

# 1: The Anheiser-Busch seemingly understated ad featuring soldiers returning home, walking through the airport, with passengers and airline workers clapping. Damn perfect ad'.
Man, they did that other cool one a few years ago where the Clydesdales were shown in their garden-variety gallop; where'd they end up? At the edge of New York City, and then they all bowed. Man. I'm supposed to cry at J-dramas? THIS kinda' thing makes me shed a tear. :puppydog: .
Only complaint I have is, man, Anheiser-Busch, make a product for a non-drinker for Pete's sake! THEY make me wanna' buy their product.

The game was kinda' decent, too.

I think it was Ameriquest, but their commercials were hilarious. The "Don't be too quick to judge" campaign. The thing at the convenience store, where the guy's telling someone using hands free cell that tey're getting robbed and then gets maced and beat up was hilarious. So was the one with the cat in the kitchen spilling tomato sauce and the guy picks up the cat and it looks like he killed it.

K.T.Tran wrote:that one with the girl with the huge rack in the court was nice.....too bad the other strap on her shirt didn't fall...than a little more would have been shown :hehe:

Regarding that commercial:

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Racy Ad Pulled After Super Bowl Airing

By SETH SUTEL, AP Business Writer

NEW YORK - A racy ad for a vendor of Web site names was pulled at the last minute from a second showing during the Super Bowl telecast on Sunday after NFL executives objected that the spot made light of Janet Jackson (news)'s "wardrobe malfunction" incident in last year's halftime show.

The ad for GoDaddy.com Inc. featured a buxom woman appearing before a "broadcast censorship" hearing making her case that she wanted to appear in a commercial, when suddenly she suffers a malfunction of her own as a strap breaks on her already skimpy top.

One of the elderly committee members reaches for an oxygen mask, while a woman suggests that the woman put on a turtleneck. The logo of the fake news channel was "G-Spin," and the hearings were supposedly being held in Salem, Mass., the town made famous by witch trials.

Although the spot was initially approved by Fox executives prior to airing, a decision was made during broadcast not to air the spot a second time later in the game. Brian McCarthy, a spokesman for the NFL, said that the NFL's chief operating officer, Roger Godell, expressed his "disappointment" to Fox executives after seeing the first airing of the ad.

McCarthy said the NFL had not reviewed the ad prior to its airing, and was not aware that it had been scheduled to be repeated later in the game. "We questioned why a spot of that nature was in the game," McCarthy said, noting its "inappropriateness" and the fact that it referred to last year's incident.

Jon Nesvig, the president of advertising sales for Fox Broadcasting Co., a division of News Corp., said in a statement that when the commercial ran in the first half, "it became obvious to us that its content was very much out of step with the tenor set by the other ads and programming broadcast by Fox on Super Bowl Sunday, so Fox made the decision to drop its repeat airing."

A spokesman for Fox declined to elaborate beyond the statement. Fox had already rejected a second ad from GoDaddy.com prior to the broadcast.

McCarthy said that the NFL had several conversations with Fox in the weeks leading up to the game in order to "make sure that the overall presentation of Super Bowl Sunday would be suitable for a mass audience. ... That's why we questioned this particular content."

The NFL was determined not to have a repeat of last year's complaints over the Janet Jackson halftime incident, in which her breast was exposed after singer Justin Timberlake (news) ripped off a piece of her costume.

Warren Adelman, chief operating officer of GoDaddy.com, said the company was "very disappointed" that the ad was pulled, and received no advance warning from Fox. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company is still in discussions with Fox about what kind of restitution would be made, he said.

"The irony is that a parody of censorship was itself censored," Adelman said.
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What a buncha prudes.

They gripe about that one commercial, yet all of that other sleazy crap that airs every week doesn't raise an eyebrow.

Hypocrites.

BMW

I listened to the guy from GoDaddy.com on the radio this morning, and the things that got to him were:

The second comercial was scheduled to air during the 2 minute break at the end of the second half. It simply didn't air. Instead FOX put on a
Simpsons commercial.

Annoying since noone from FOX talked to GoDaddy.com about the spot being pulled until half an hour after the game ended.

He was also surprised since they'd been running both commercials (the second was in the same vain, but the young woman was talking to a panel dressd to look like the judges at the Salem Witch Trials) before the Superbowl. They'd run them successfully on FOX stations for a couple of weeks before the Bowl.

Scarey times.

I'm thinking the folks from GoDaddy.com are gonna be collecting a lot of money from FOX.

I understand how some families were offended by the "wardrobe malfunction", but I think the reaction just got a little ridiculous. Little too PC for my tastes. Maybe trying to make a commercial without sexual innuendos, in light of that incident, proved impossible to do without some new gimmick. The gimmick this year, as a result, was bringing back past pop culture icons. For the most part, it was horrendous. MC Hammer? Gladys Knight playing rugby? I did not get the point of those.