OT: Football Thread

[CTTribe73]

The 31 best Super Bowl LVIII commercials, ranked

In a Big Game that delivered (mostly) big ads and (mostly) big stars, these spots were the night's big winners

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The Michael Cera CeraVe had me in stitches

I only liked two:

1) Deadpool & Wolverine
2) Dunkin' Donuts

The rest were straight trash IMO.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I only liked two:

1) Deadpool & Wolverine
2) Dunkin' Donuts

The rest were straight trash IMO.

The Michael Cera one was so f***ing funny.

All of the talk about his cream

SF had every chance to win this game by double digits and blew it. From start to finish.
Giving Mahomes last position is just plain dumb.

Wait, I am as dumb as San Fran is. LOL.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Jets New Uniforms next season let’s goooooo baby

 

[RangerBlues]

The white Jersey for every game.
Green Pants for away games.

 

[will1066]

Jets New Uniforms next season let’s goooooo baby

Best uniforms in franchise history

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Best uniforms in franchise history

best of all, the 80s logo and helmets YESSSS.


This is legit the best thing that has happened to the us since 1969

 

[JCProdigy]

Yesterday at a rare time the meatheads in the booth game the right answer. There is NO scenario where you take the ball in OT. It gives you an information advantage over the team going first. Everything else is even. You know if you have to go for it on 4th down or not. This is not a new thing either in college you see this all the time.

Not exactly as if there is still a tie after the first possession for each team then it's sudden death which is unlike college where both teams are continually guaranteed possessions. Still there is no excuse for there not to be a team meeting to go over the OT rules and decisions to be made. Just plain malfeasance.

OTOH, if SF's return team doesn't muff a punt and if their kicker doesn't miss an extra point then OT isn't probably happening anyways. They shot themselves in the foot a few times in that game.

 

[NYR94]

there was a shooting at the Chiefs parade. 1 dead, 14 injured.

 

[mxyxptlk]

there was a shooting at the Chiefs parade. 1 dead, 14 injured.

Nothing is sacred any longer.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Not exactly as if there is still a tie after the first possession for each team then it's sudden death which is unlike college where both teams are continually guaranteed possessions. Still there is no excuse for there not to be a team meeting to go over the OT rules and decisions to be made. Just plain malfeasance.

OTOH, if SF's return team doesn't muff a punt and if their kicker doesn't miss an extra point then OT isn't probably happening anyways. They shot themselves in the foot a few times in that game.

That's a good point, but you need to get to that point where it becomes sudden death.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

there was a shooting at the Chiefs parade. 1 dead, 14 injured.

someone bet big and lost

 

[will1066]

That's a good point, but you need to get to that point where it becomes sudden death.

Frankly I like the college rule, though I know it can prolong the game indefinitely.

 

[Chytilmania]

Yesterday at a rare time the meatheads in the booth game the right answer. There is NO scenario where you take the ball in OT. It gives you an information advantage over the team going first. Everything else is even. You know if you have to go for it on 4th down or not. This is not a new thing either in college you see this all the time.

I don’t fault Shannahan. The defense needed a break after letting KC drive down the field. I don’t think he was confident in them getting a stop and wanted the 3rd possession.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Why do they even use a game clock (not play clock) in the new OT rules? Is there any meaningful reason for it?

 

[sbjnyc]

Why do they even use a game clock (not play clock) in the new OT rules? Is there any meaningful reason for it?

Maybe it was just to provide an official timeout. I can't think of any advantage it gives to either side. I wanted to know if after X many "periods" if the teams get additional timeouts.

 

[Beer League Sniper]

You really have to wonder if the niners win this SB if they still had the 3 1st round (and 1 3rd round) picks they traded to get Trey Lance.

 

[sbjnyc]

You really have to wonder if the niners win this SB if they still had the 3 1st round (and 1 3rd round) picks they traded to get Trey Lance.

Micah Parsons was one of the players drafted with those picks. Imagine the 49ers defense with him.

 

[ponzu4u]

I was least impressed by Verizon's with Zach Braff and Donald Faison with Jason Momoa.

It blows my mind that Braff and Faison still get the airtime that they do. Have either of them been in anything even remotely relevant in the last 10+ years?? Their shtick is so tired at this point.

 

[LokiDog]

I didn't see all the commercials, but I was least impressed by Verizon's with Zach Braff and Donald Faison with Jason Momoa.

Jason Momoa? I never get any credit. Dude lent his face for the commercial but who do you think was REALLY the jacked fella doing back flips? I get no recognition.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

So yesterday I heard Tiki say something that showed why we shouldn't listen to experts, especially about math. He mentioned how the Niners should have gone for an onside kick if they scored a TD in overtime. I wasn't listening super closely because I was working. But I believe it was if they got a TD. He listed 4 scenarios that could happen and 3 of them were good. And this dude who went to UVA and has a kid that goes to Brown or some other ivy with a straight face said that that means they had a 75% chance of winning. Dude, that's only relevant if all 4 scenarios are equal and therefore each 25% (technically could be an average of 25% of the positive scenarios). And onside kick is SIGNIFICANTLY smaller than 25%. I had some guy make a similar argument on a Wall Street page that I follow. I sure hope that dude doesn't work in finance. These are SIMPLE probability concepts that don't require anything beyond basic knowledge of probability.

 

[sbjnyc]

Wait is tiki barber renowned as a math expert?

 

[Bob Richards]

It blows my mind that Braff and Faison still get the airtime that they do. Have either of them been in anything even remotely relevant in the last 10+ years?? Their shtick is so tired at this point.

I think their schtick is being in commercials and winking at the camera in a way that says, "remember Scrubs?!!" lmfao

 

[CTTribe73]

So yesterday I heard Tiki say something that showed why we shouldn't listen to experts, especially about math. He mentioned how the Niners should have gone for an onside kick if they scored a TD in overtime. I wasn't listening super closely because I was working. But I believe it was if they got a TD. He listed 4 scenarios that could happen and 3 of them were good. And this dude who went to UVA and has a kid that goes to Brown or some other ivy with a straight face said that that means they had a 75% chance of winning. Dude, that's only relevant if all 4 scenarios are equal and therefore each 25% (technically could be an average of 25% of the positive scenarios). And onside kick is SIGNIFICANTLY smaller than 25%. I had some guy make a similar argument on a Wall Street page that I follow. I sure hope that dude doesn't work in finance. These are SIMPLE probability concepts that don't require anything beyond basic knowledge of probability.

“And this dude who went to UVA and has a kid that goes to Brown or some other ivy”

Trust me, that means absolutely jack shit in terms of cognitive ability.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

“And this dude who went to UVA and has a kid that goes to Brown or some other ivy”

Trust me, that means absolutely jack shit in terms of cognitive ability.

It's just as ridiculous to say it means jack shit as it is to say it means everything. The truth is in the middle but considering good schools are selective it definitely means something. Maybe not UVA on an athletic scholarship. But in general while you can be smarter than a Harvard grad and go to a Community College, saying it means nothing is extreme.

 

[NickyFotiu]

It's just as ridiculous to say it means jack shit as it is to say it means everything. The truth is in the middle but considering good schools are selective it definitely means something. Maybe not UVA on an athletic scholarship. But in general while you can be smarter than a Harvard grad and go to a Community College, saying it means nothing is extreme.

I agree that it does not mean nothing but I would say it means far less today than it did when Harvard used to mostly take the elite of the elite. They have lowered their standards a lot largely due to politics.