That game was painfully long in my opinion. 4+ hours for a football game is too damn long in my opinion. :cuss:
The overtime added at least a half hour, but yeah it's too long when halftime is a half hour and commercials are extended.
It doesn't bother me. I just look forward to the day when Superbowl Monday is a national holiday and I don't have to go in to work.
But... in three years it won't matter to me because I'll be fully retired! <:-P
Quote from: T200 on February 12, 2024, 09:09:48 AMIt doesn't bother me. I just look forward to the day when Superbowl Monday is a national holiday and I don't have to go in to work.
But... in three years it won't matter to me because I'll be fully retired! <:-P
Retirement is nice. Im retired 12 now and should have done it 20 years before that.
Quote from: T200 on February 12, 2024, 09:09:48 AMIt doesn't bother me. I just look forward to the day when Superbowl Monday is a national holiday and I don't have to go in to work.
But... in three years it won't matter to me because I'll be fully retired! <:-P
Game should be played on Saturday since they get 2 weeks between the conference championship and super bowl now. Problem solved. Of course...they will never do it because it makes entirely too much sense.
It wasn't 4 hours; it was only about 20 minutes if you are talking about actual football play. Otherwise, its real purpose is to expose both the casual fan and non-fan to an outrageously expensive sales pitch by one recognizable, current or former athlete or another. And yet, except for the "halftime show", it's not much different from the NFL's 3 hours/20 minute preseason, regular season, post-season pocket-picking efforts. Is it?
Cheers!
Quote from: Gmo11 on February 12, 2024, 09:50:56 AMGame should be played on Saturday since they get 2 weeks between the conference championship and super bowl now. Problem solved. Of course...they will never do it because it makes entirely too much sense.
I don't mind it being on Sunday. I'd be in favor of starting it a couple hours earlier, though.
Yes, it was too long. And way too many camera cutaways to celebrities in the audience. Celebrities should be left for intros and halftime. The rest of the broadcast should focus on the game.
Quote from: T200 on February 12, 2024, 10:01:05 AMI don't mind it being on Sunday. I'd be in favor of starting it a couple hours earlier, though.
Thank goodness I moved out west so I don't have to deal with that as much. But, as you stated, you have a short-timer's calendar; mine is yours + a few years more so I'm very jealous!
Peace!
I have no problem with it...of course I'm retired, so there's that. It's the culmination of the greatest sporting competition in the U.S., so the final event of the season is going to be over the top. What I don't care for, is the hours of hype leading up to the game. And I always look forward to the half-time show/spectacle to see if the latest entertainer can outdo the last one. I thoroughly enjoyed it and even got to see Alicia Keys playing an outrageous piano. I've always liked her and think she's one of the sweetest people on the planet. And I had no idea Usher was so athletically talented, especially singing while spinning and dancing in roller skates - that blew my mind
All in all, it was a good night for me...and I always appreciate a close game. There's been years when it's such a blowout that the game totally sucks. Not this year
Didn't bother me. If there isn't a missed PAT there is no OT and the game would have ended a little after 10.
The Super Bowl is what it is and the extended halftime and longer commercials are part of it. The game is watched by over 100 million people and the networks and NFL make a lot of money from that, so its not changing. Always feel like the pure football aspect of the playoffs ends championship weekend.
Quote from: kartanoman on February 12, 2024, 10:41:07 AMThank goodness I moved out west so I don't have to deal with that as much. But, as you stated, you have a short-timer's calendar; mine is yours + a few years more so I'm very jealous!
Peace!
Just keep waking up... you'll get there! :ok:
Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on February 12, 2024, 10:43:08 AMI have no problem with it...of course I'm retired, so there's that. It's the culmination of the greatest sporting competition in the U.S., so the final event of the season is going to be over the top. What I don't care for, is the hours of hype leading up to the game. And I always look forward to the half-time show/spectacle to see if the latest entertainer can outdo the last one. I thoroughly enjoyed it and even got to see Alicia Keys playing an outrageous piano. I've always liked her and think she's one of the sweetest people on the planet. And I had no idea Usher was so athletically talented, especially singing while spinning and dancing in roller skates - that blew my mind
All in all, it was a good night for me...and I always appreciate a close game. There's been years when it's such a blowout that the game totally sucks. Not this year
I only watch the pre-game hype when the Giants are in it. Needless to say, I haven't watched it in over 10 years! :doh:
Usher is indeed very athletic. He's an avid skater and posts many videos on his socials. The roller skating community is big in the urban south.
Considering it is the last real football we will watch for 6 months, it could have lasted another hour.
Quote from: T200 on February 12, 2024, 11:01:06 AMI only watch the pre-game hype when the Giants are in it. Needless to say, I haven't watched it in over 10 years! :doh:
Usher is indeed very athletic. He's an avid skater and posts many videos on his socials. The roller skating community is big in the urban south.
I used to love roller skating, but most of the rinks around here closed years ago. I do know that down south, roller skating is a big deal...or used to be. My aunt and uncle used to roller dance and compete professionally in Tampa when they were young. My mom (she was born and raised in Florida) said he used to pay as much for special bearings and wheels for their skates as some people spent on a car. Sadly, my Uncle Joe passed away a long time ago, but he was an interesting guy. Here's a picture of him back in the 50's when he and his wife were professional skaters...not skating, but a page out of history
(https://i.postimg.cc/vmR8tbXH/Joe-Albert.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Quote from: T200 on February 12, 2024, 09:09:48 AMIt doesn't bother me. I just look forward to the day when Superbowl Monday is a national holiday and I don't have to go in to work.
But... in three years it won't matter to me because I'll be fully retired! <:-P
Almost 20 years ago, I had a co-worker who always had a Super Bowl party and always took the Monday off. I follwed suit the next year and have taken the Monday off every year. It used to be so I could sleep in a recover from overindulging, but lost the desire to get really wasted a long time ago, so it's just to clean up the next day.
Quote from: T200 on February 12, 2024, 11:01:06 AMI only watch the pre-game hype when the Giants are in it. Needless to say, I haven't watched it in over 10 years! :doh:
Usher is indeed very athletic. He's an avid skater and posts many videos on his socials. The roller skating community is big in the urban south.
I was impressed. It's a bold move to take to skates live in front of millions of people
Quote from: Gmo11 on February 12, 2024, 09:50:56 AMGame should be played on Saturday since they get 2 weeks between the conference championship and super bowl now. Problem solved. Of course...they will never do it because it makes entirely too much sense.
Goodell won't do Saturday night because he's afraid all the fans are going out to the DISCOTHEQUE!
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I spend most nights and certainly all Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in hockey rinks
I bailed on hockey at 2pm yesterday and enjoyed the Super Bowl from 45 minutes before kickoff to the end
I enjoyed it all
Quote from: MightyGiants on February 12, 2024, 09:03:09 AMThat game was painfully long in my opinion. 4+ hours for a football game is too damn long in my opinion. :cuss:
no, it is not too long.
I have thought the Super Bowl is too long for years now.
With all the hoopla surrounding it, performances before the game, performances during an extended halftime, extra long commercial breaks, it seems to me as though the game itself has become secondary. Almost an afterthought.
I'd much prefer the game without all the extra nonsense.
Quote from: babywhales on February 12, 2024, 01:24:26 PMI spend most nights and certainly all Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in hockey rinks
Playing, coaching, spectating or hustling kids back and forth?
Quote from: ozzie on February 12, 2024, 01:40:35 PMPlaying, coaching, spectating or hustling kids back and forth?
Depends on the kid, the team and the year I guess
First and foremost I'm always driving .
This year for fall/winter hockey I spectate for high school,
I coach Bantam.
I'm not coaching spring hockey this year ...
2 boys on 3-4 spring/summer teams = living in hotels on weekends April into June . Last year it was too much with Middle School Baseball
Ahhh, so a little bit of everything. Good Man!
I found it too long and too full of non-football stuff that wasn't particularly interesting or clever. Constant commercials for lowest-common-denominator CBS network TV shows, constant celebrity sightings, really dumb commercials in general (I feel like this aspect has really declined over the last 5 years), and what I thought was a not very good halftime performance (I realize this is subjective).
In short, despite it being a good game, I didn't find the whole event THAT enjoyable. I love the other stages of the playoffs, with my favorite being divisional weekend. I've never been a huge fan of the Super Bowl. Obviously I always watch it, but I find the whole thing just overly commercial and filled with endless filler I'm not remotely interested in.
Quote from: DaveBrown74 on February 12, 2024, 04:48:50 PMI found it too long and too full of non-football stuff that wasn't particularly interesting or clever. Constant commercials for lowest-common-denominator CBS network TV shows, constant celebrity sightings, really dumb commercials in general (I feel like this aspect has really declined over the last 5 years), and what I thought was a not very good halftime performance (I realize this is subjective).
In short, despite it being a good game, I didn't find the whole event THAT enjoyable. I love the other stages of the playoffs, with my favorite being divisional weekend. I've never been a huge fan of the Super Bowl. Obviously I always watch it, but I find the whole thing just overly commercial and filled with endless filler I'm not remotely interested in.
I said it a couple of weeks ago, Championship Sunday is the day for all hardcore football fans. It is pure heaven for us. The SB is for entertainment and for anyone who wants to party to watch. We, as "hardcore' fans, will always watch, but as you said, there is too much of everything else and not enough football.
I know the entertainment value of the SB, but why we need over a 1/2 hour half time when for every game played during the year, it is 15 minutes, is just beyond me. This game has to appeal to the casual fan or no fan at all.
I used to also go to a SB party every year. The people who hosted knew nothing about football, but having an excuse for a party was the theme. I think, in all those years, I was really the only one who even cared who was playing and who won.
Why are so many people bothered by a few celebrity sightings. It's the biggest sporting event of the year so yeah celebrities will manage to get tickets. I see the cameras showing celebs at the World Series, NBA games or even a random Yankees game.
The Superbowl has started at roughly 6:30 since the first time I watched it. It's the one thing the NFL hasn't messed with. Let it be.
Quote from: TDToomer on February 12, 2024, 10:37:30 PMWhy are so many people bothered by a few celebrity sightings. It's the biggest sporting event of the year so yeah celebrities will manage to get tickets. I see the cameras showing celebs at the World Series, NBA games or even a random Yankees game.
The Superbowl has started at roughly 6:30 since the first time I watched it. It's the one thing the NFL hasn't messed with. Let it be.
It would have been nice if it had actually started at 6:30. Instead we were forced to watch some mini-documentary about the fires in Hawaii
Quote from: MightyGiants on February 13, 2024, 08:28:42 AMIt would have been nice if it had actually started at 6:30. Instead we were forced to watch some mini-documentary about the fires in Hawaii
I don't have a problem with the NFL spending a few minutes bringing awareness to devastating situations that are no longer making the rounds in the news cycle. At least it shows that the owners aren't completely heartless and greedy. The average 30-second spot during the SB was 7 million. Maybe some of that money will find its way to help those in need.
Quote from: MightyGiants on February 13, 2024, 08:28:42 AMIt would have been nice if it had actually started at 6:30. Instead we were forced to watch some mini-documentary about the fires in Hawaii
So you don't care about the thousands of Americans who lost their lives and homes? Wow just wow. :boooo:
Nothing has changed over the past 30 years about the start time of the SB! You are yelling at the clouds.
Quote from: TDToomer on February 13, 2024, 08:37:55 AMSo you don't care about the thousands of Americans who lost their lives and homes? Wow just wow. :boooo:
Why do you show such extreme disrespect by creating such a dishonest and insulting strawman? Why are you so full of hatred that you would create that false narrative just to attack me? Still, maybe it's not about me. Maybe this is what is meant by virtue signaling, where you try to feign moral superiority. Regardless of your motive, just knock it off; it's childish and annoying.
Quote from: T200 on February 13, 2024, 08:34:08 AMI don't have a problem with the NFL spending a few minutes bringing awareness to devastating situations that are no longer making the rounds in the news cycle. At least it shows that the owners aren't completely heartless and greedy. The average 30-second spot during the SB was 7 million. Maybe some of that money will find its way to help those in need.
Tim,
If it ended with an announcement about how to give, then I could agree. Without that, it's just tragedy porn. A way to feel good about ourselves without having done anything.
Quote from: MightyGiants on February 13, 2024, 08:46:20 AMTim,
If it ended with an announcement about how to give, then I could agree. Without that, it's just tragedy porn. A way to feel good about ourselves without having done anything.
That's why I said maybe they (the owners) will be contributing money to the victims without asking for the public's help.
Billionaires charging 7 million for a 30-second spot but showing a link for the public to donate is a little lopsided, if you ask me.
It's like Alyssa Milano crowd-sourcing $10K for her son's baseball team yet she spent thousands to go to the super bowl.
Quote from: T200 on February 13, 2024, 08:50:23 AMThat's why I said maybe they (the owners) will be contributing money to the victims without asking for the public's help.
Billionaires charging 7 million for a 30-second spot but showing a link for the public to donate is a little lopsided, if you ask me.
It's like Alyssa Milano crowd-sourcing $10K for her son's baseball team yet she spent thousands to go to the super bowl.
I hadn't heard about the Alyssa Milano fundraiser issue. Although I wonder how many of the people shaming Alyssa haven't burdened their own family and coworkers with fund raisers for their own children (while no doubt enjoying luxuries themselves)
Quote from: MightyGiants on February 13, 2024, 09:09:13 AMI hadn't heard about the Alyssa Milano fundraiser issue. Although I wonder how many of the people shaming Alyssa haven't burdened their own family and coworkers with fund raisers for their own children (while no doubt enjoying luxuries themselves)
I saw the story on her and found some of the remarks to be interesting. It seems the consensus was that she didn't need the money, but because of her wealth, her child's sports teams, travel expenses, food bills, etc., had always been picked up by her because the rest of the parents just let her foot the bill. She was sick of them not pitching in to pay for the expenses involved in raising their own children. Don't know if that's true...nor do I even care...but it makes sense that people will take advantage of someone with money if they can get away with it
Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on February 13, 2024, 09:15:42 AMI saw the story on her and found some of the remarks to be interesting. It seems the consensus was that she didn't need the money, but because of her wealth, her child's sports teams, travel expenses, food bills, etc., had always been picked up by her because the rest of the parents just let her foot the bill. She was sick of them not pitching in to pay for the expenses involved in raising their own children. Don't know if that's true...nor do I even care...but it makes sense that people will take advantage of someone with money if they can get away with it
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Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on February 12, 2024, 10:43:08 AMI have no problem with it...of course I'm retired, so there's that. It's the culmination of the greatest sporting competition in the U.S., so the final event of the season is going to be over the top. What I don't care for, is the hours of hype leading up to the game. And I always look forward to the half-time show/spectacle to see if the latest entertainer can outdo the last one. I thoroughly enjoyed it and even got to see Alicia Keys playing an outrageous piano. I've always liked her and think she's one of the sweetest people on the planet. And I had no idea Usher was so athletically talented, especially singing while spinning and dancing in roller skates - that blew my mind
All in all, it was a good night for me...and I always appreciate a close game. There's been years when it's such a blowout that the game totally sucks. Not this year
JBG, I read that Usher trains for his concert tours by singing while running on the treadmill.
Quote from: MightyGiants on February 13, 2024, 08:43:55 AMWhy do you show such extreme disrespect by creating such a dishonest and insulting strawman? Why are you so full of hatred that you would create that false narrative just to attack me? Still, maybe it's not about me. Maybe this is what is meant by virtue signaling, where you try to feign moral superiority. Regardless of your motive, just knock it off; it's childish and annoying.
Just like you are showing disrespect for the people of Hawaii. It goes both ways man.
Quote from: TDToomer on February 13, 2024, 04:22:11 PMJust like you are showing disrespect for the people of Hawaii. It goes both ways man.
Wow... Just wow
absolutely. the halftime show slows things down enough. game should be at 4 oclock.
I guess if and when it's ever an 18 game season, the Super Bowl can be played on Presidents Day weekend, meaning students and most working people on the East coast won't have to worry as much about what time they finally get to bed that night. Obviously that won't shorten the amount of time the event lasts, but it will at least be less of an issue the next day for a reasonable chunk of the country.
Kind of, yeah. I always remember the story about Tom Brady falling asleep in the locker room before Super Bowl XXXVI because it took so long for the game to start.