Very OT: What Do We Think?

Very OT: What Do We Think?

We almost never talk football around here*—what, twice a year maybe?—but the occasion seems to demand an exception:

—What do we think of a team that can't go one yard with the whole enchilada on the line?**

I still don't have television here at TOP Secret Underground World Headquarters, and I very inconveniently got sick on the only occasion I was invited to see a game in person, so the Super Bowl saved me from a surprisingly football-less season—2014(-15) would have been the first season since the '80s that I hadn't seen a single football game. Saved by the Bowl. (How was that for a pun, Herman? Given that I'm an amateur.)

People who like entertaining games in the Super Bowl got one, I'll say that.

Okay, now back to more typical off-topic posts. (No, that's not true, the next post has pictures.)

Mike

*Ctein stopped reading at the asterisk

**S. went to bed at halftime. No demerits for bailing, though, as she had a cold. But it left me with no one to talk football with. Er, at.

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Featured Comments from:

JohnMFlores: "Hindsight is ISO 50. On a wooden tripod. With a remote release. At ƒ/8."

Wayne: "The real tragedy of the final Seattle play is the fact that the play call, as bad as it was, it detracting from the most spectacular aspect of events. The play should be known as the immaculate interception. 1) the play call was so unexpected 2) the player who intercepted is a rookie 3) the interception was brilliant, i.e. the ball did not just fall into an unsuspecting player's hands, that player had to have perfect instincts, and the ability to act on them. Pete Carrol's poor judgement should not overshadow the true brilliance of the play made by Russell Wilson. I saw, not so much inadequacy on the part of the Seahawks, but rather, absolute brilliance on the part of the Patriots. No. I am not a Patriots fan."

HT: "t was astonishingly bad call. Consider: 1) The Seahawks have, arguably, the best short yardage back in recent NFL history; 2) The Patriots' defense is statistically dead last in short yardage situations. The mind boggles.

"If you're keeping track of the NFL playoffs this year, also consider this bit of trivia: Lions lose in gut-wrenching fashion to Cowboys. Cowboys lose in gut-wrenching fashion to Packers. Packers lose in gut-wrenching fashion to Seahawks. Seahawks lose in gut-wrenching fashion to Pats. Plus the Seahawks have a secretary named Kennedy and the Patriots have a secretary named Lincoln. Spooky, eh?"

Mike replies: Made me laugh.

Speed: "Which is a stronger statement against football-related posts, not commenting or writing a comment of complaint? :-) "

Mike replies: Not commenting at all. All comments encourage me. Too late!

Chuck Albertson: "Only 17 days until pitchers and catchers report."

Todd: "I was born the same year as the Seahawks and grew up a 12. [For non-Americans, the 'twelfth man' in American football is the crowd, there being 11 players on the field. Seattle has a famously loud and supportive home crowd. —Ed.] It has been almost 40 hours, and I still feel like it happened 10 seconds ago. Why? With Lynch running over the Pats to the point they knew they couldn't stop him, why? Why did we pass? All explanations from Carroll aside, it was never worth the risk to throw. Sigh...."

PaddyC: "Chuck Albertson's featured comment is music to my ears. But I did enjoy the Super Bowl and all the analysis and chatter around play call. Weird things happen in sports. Trying to find an explanation or answer is fun but futile."