GDT: Super Bowl 49

[Novacane]

Pray for Brock Anton

 

[the halleJOKEL]

you can try all you want

you can never outrun nc state ****™

 

[tomdundo]

you can try all you want

you can never outrun nc state ****â„¢

Moral of the story right here, folks.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

tom o brien can exile u to wisconsin to delay the effects

but it will get u

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

The Clash of Clans commercial with Liam Neeson was f***ing hilarious

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

That NationWide commercial that started off with the kid recounting his childhood fantasies before escalating into "I can never do that...because I'm dead" was completely "WTF???!?!".

 

[JClaus33]

That NationWide commercial that started off with the kid recounting his childhood fantasies before escalating into "I can never do that...because I'm dead" was completely "WTF???!?!".

Agreed! My friends and I were just like, are you serious? 0-100 real quick

 

[HisIceness]

I seriously cannot recall an interesting or memorable commercial tonight.

 

[Brock Anton]

That was without a doubt, the worst playcall in NFL history. Darrell Bevell should be fired.

 

[rocky7]

Unbelievable play call. Lynch must be some pissed off.......

 

[Jumpinjackflash]

Seahawks 31 Patriots 28.

That was almost a Damn good prediction except Seattle THREW THE ****ING BALL ON THE ONE YARD LINE WTF??!!

 

[Brock Anton]

Pray for Brock Anton

Now add another potential foot of snow coming tomorrow and this may be the worst week ever.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

For all the flak Jerry Jones gets, he's 1,000x better than Robert Kraft. Who is actually insufferable to listen to. At least with Jerry, I feel like I could go out for beer and wings with him and watch a game.

 

[tarheelhockey]

That was without a doubt, the worst playcall in NFL history. Darrell Bevell should be fired.

Apparently the call came direct from Pete Carroll.

For all the flak Jerry Jones gets, he's 1,000x better than Robert Kraft. Who is actually insufferable to listen to. At least with Jerry, I feel like I could go out for beer and wings with him and watch a game.

When he said "we are all patriots" I threw up a little.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

I'm glad Putin stole his Super Bowl ring. Show him up a little

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I didn't watch a single minute of the Superbowl, but after hearing about the ending, I looked up the highlights.

I agree with the general consensus. Why in the world would you make a play like that? Even the coach's reasoning (They - the Patriots - were setup in a formation we didn't like, so we threw the ball to get them to change it up next play) was baffling.

 

[What the Faulk]

Can't really fault Wilson on the throw itself. It was just a great play by Butler on a horrible call. Keep in mind that it was only second down, and they had a timeout. They could have run Lynch twice if they wanted to and maybe still run that play on 4th down.

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

I liked the Dodge commercial because the thought of a 100-year-old little old lady winding out the gears in a Challenger is equal parts hilarious and horrifying.

 

[Unsustainable]

Nationwide needs to fire it's team of advertisers.

 

[raynman]

To be fair, a lot of the ads were sappy and serious in tone.

 

[DaleCooper]

Everything was set up so perfectly for this game to be remembered by one of the most insane catches ever to set up the winning score. What a travesty. Remarkably dumb play call, but it's also unfortunate that Seattle doesn't have any good receivers (except for apparently some random special teamer who comes out of nowhere to go ham in the Super Bowl), because you've got to make a play on that ball if you are the receiver.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

that guy broke him arm real goodlike

 

[nobuddy]

Katy Perry was fantastic and if you don't think so you're racist.

 

[Ole Gil]

Anyone catch Carroll's explanation on the play call?

He was going to call 1 pass play, then run on 3rd, call timeout (at .01), then run on 4th.

That gives the Seahawks 3 shots at the endzone, and eats up the maximum amount of clock since they can call timeout with 1 second after 3rd down.

Contrasted with running the ball on 2nd down. If he doesn't get it, they have to call timeout. And then you have to pass the ball on 3rd, and can't control the clock and a sack probably ends the game. Then you run the ball on 4th, and leave time on the clock for Pats who only need a fg.

In the end, they were calling 2 runs and 1 pass. This was just the smart way to do it. (I certainly didn't think so at the time. But then he explained it, and I was "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

 

[What the Faulk]

Worrying about what happens if you fail is a good way to never have to encounter about that situation. If he wanted to call a pass, there were better, far less dangerous ones to call.