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| OpticalIllusion | Feb 4 2008, 07:17 AM Post #16 |
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I wasnt really cheering either team more then the other, but it would have been nice to watch a little bit of history had the Patriots won the super bowl and been 19-0. I was rather amazed at how well the Giants played. I did feel that the Patriots were doing a bad job at blocking people from getting to their QB. But thats all my non football knowledge opinion. Half time sucked.... I was VERY disappointed. |
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| MayaTy02 | Feb 4 2008, 07:32 AM Post #17 |
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yeah but really there isn't a reason to rehash something that's been handled and had absolutely zero effect on this season. I believe that's what she was referring to. PS everybody does it anyway. When this whole thing came out, lots of NFL insiders admitted this was common practice. I believe the quote from a coach was "if you don't expect your signals to be stolen, you're crazy" |
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| MayaTy02 | Feb 4 2008, 07:33 AM Post #18 |
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on a lighter note, OMG the halftime show was a SNOOZER!!! Worst I have ever seen. |
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| vxf111 | Feb 4 2008, 07:44 AM Post #19 |
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I know one former NFL coach pretty well. So I can say with some certainty that not all teams cheat. I also, back in the olden days, use to grip for ESPN. That was college football, mind you, but I was down on the field. I did not see fake cameramen trying to catch the other team's plays. If that had been occuring, the coaches would have been outraged. Since when is "everyone else is doing it" a justification for cheating anyway? Stealing signals visually is one thing, sending a fake cameraman to stand behind the coach and video the signals is a whole nother ball of wax! I'm not sure it was "handled" or that it didn't "affect this season." It affected the record, right? That's part of how the Pats got in to the superbowl, on their record! Senator Arlen spector is threatening to open an investigation of other allegations of cheating. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/sports/f...ook.html?ref=us I'll have to remember all of this next time we talk about cheating in our sport. After all, if EVERYONE IS DOING IT, it must be okay. And if you don't win, cheating's not so bad-- right? Wasn't there a post JUST THIS WEEKEND about how infuriating it is to compete against people who bend the USEF rules?! And how that's just not right?! Where's Silverbells when I need him?!
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| Fenway | Feb 4 2008, 07:45 AM Post #20 |
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Boy, this thread turned ugly in a hurry...
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| vxf111 | Feb 4 2008, 07:47 AM Post #21 |
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Okay, you're right... We should all forget about cheating by the "good guys." Because we wuv them! They're the good guys. But the bad guys?! Oh well, they're BAADD. Barry Bonds. Bad. Cheater. Doesn't like to give interviews. Juices. Bad. Bad guy. BADDDD! Tom Brady. So wholesome. Apple pie. Good. Not bad guy. Everyone is doing it. He's so CUTE. Good. Right?! Cheating is only bad if you're unlikeable
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| Fenway | Feb 4 2008, 07:50 AM Post #22 |
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They cheated. They were caught. They were fined--record high fines. Everyone else moved on. |
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| vxf111 | Feb 4 2008, 08:00 AM Post #23 |
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I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I think cheating is wrong even if you happen to be a megarich team that can pay a huge fine and not even blink. Especially when there's evidence that the cheating is systemic and ongoing. We just see things differently. I think cheating is wrong even if "everyone is doing it," and it's wrong enough to be a serious issue and worth discussing even after fines are imposed. Being sanctioned doesn't make the problem go away. I feel that way about our sport as well. |
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| MayaTy02 | Feb 4 2008, 08:02 AM Post #24 |
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Exactly Fenway, back to analysis of the superbowl commericals
I just liked the dog/Gatorade commercial because he was sooooo cute I have no idea what the point was!Oh yeah the talking spot, that was hysterical! PS regarding the "cheating"episode. They were caught in the first quarter of the first game....I don't see how that affects this year one iota. But hey, whatever makes ya smile Oh and I definitely don't condone it, it was a bonehead idea and I don't support cheating at all BUT they did not cheat their way to 18-0 this year.
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| Fenway | Feb 4 2008, 08:15 AM Post #25 |
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My sentiments exactly. Nobody is saying that it is not wrong. It was dealt with, there is/was no evidence of them cheating after the first incident (so it DID go away in their case), and they won all but one of their games without "spygate" tactics. Moving on... The Giants played a GREAT game---the Pats did not. The Giants deserved to win by their play on the field alone. |
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| Sannois | Feb 4 2008, 08:17 AM Post #26 |
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Tom Brady is such a perefectionist his concentration was ruined by those sacks! I heard a former NFler talking and they said it was inevitable. <_< |
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| Fenway | Feb 4 2008, 08:19 AM Post #27 |
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They've said all year that the key to beating the Patriots was disrupting Tommy's rhythm and nobody had been able to do that. The Giants nailed it. Poor guy had people breathing down his neck all game! |
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| ponyfinals | Feb 4 2008, 08:32 AM Post #28 |
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I Visited Candy Mountain and All I Got Was This Lousy Incision
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My favorite part of the game was the Budweiser commercial. Anyone else see it? I thought it was so cute! |
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| Circuspony | Feb 4 2008, 08:42 AM Post #29 |
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Thomas H. Cruise!
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That one play where Eli nearly got sacked, managed to stay up, threw it off and the guy caught it with his head - that was almost cool enough to make me care about football!
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| Indy | Feb 4 2008, 09:07 AM Post #30 |
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I did enjoy the fact that the arrow that "broke" into the heart-shaped stage Tom Petty was singing on looked rediculously phallic. Arrows are supposed to be pointy at the top...the one in the half-time show one was circumsized. We rewound the TV and watched that a few times, because we're a sick twisted bunch who found that really funny. |
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