The Who sucked. Perhaps they should have rehearsed.

What a great day for the NFL. A ho-hum game, bland commercials, no controversy, a vanilla half time show. Absolutely nothing offensive or interesting took place yesterday.

Still too painful. I need to avoid all these threads and all of ESPN for a few weeks.

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godiluvbeer: In terms of pure numbers of people watching, it was the most watched program ever. However, MASH was still the most watched show percentage wise. In 1983, there were far less people in this country, yet yesterday's game only beat it by half a million people. Still a great showing for the NFL, but numbers like this can be skewed to say what you want.

There were also far less channels. I mean, what was MASH up against?

majestic: That was about the lamest SB I can remember.

I guess you missed the 2 decades worth of blowouts ahile back?

DamnYankees: Still too painful. I need to avoid all these threads and all of ESPN for a few weeks.

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Great game.

robsul82: DamnYankees: Still too painful. I need to avoid all these threads and all of ESPN for a few weeks.

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Great game.

This is the first time I've showed up, so I'll say congrats now.

But it hurts. Goddammit it hurts.

majestic: That was about the lamest SB I can remember.

You're 3 years old?

Killer Cars: It was a good game, but the announcing was uninspired and as someone said above, the sound mix had the crowd noise dialed down to the point at times it sounded like the game was being played in a library.

Just imagine if Gus Johnson was calling the Tracy Porter INT....

I was watching at a bar that was so loud there was barely a chance of hearing any audio. I watched the Porter interception on YouTube and the crowd noise is insane. Was that not the case with the rest of the game?

Also, remember its a neutral site, lots of non-football fans with tickets, and the game- while very good- didn't have a lot of moments where people would be going nuts.

robsul82: DamnYankees: Still too painful. I need to avoid all these threads and all of ESPN for a few weeks.

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Great game.

Congrats buddy...Now let's hope your luck of teams carries over to the NHL!

DamnYankees: robsul82: DamnYankees: Still too painful. I need to avoid all these threads and all of ESPN for a few weeks.

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Great game.

This is the first time I've showed up, so I'll say congrats now.

But it hurts. Goddammit it hurts.

I don't want to imagine how I would've felt if the Saints had gone down, I know that. Thanks, dude.

Killer Cars: It was a good game, but the announcing was uninspired

News Flash: American sports announcers are rarely inspiring and often overpaid buffoons. Their ability to state the obvious while offering zero insight it almost admirable.

"Well Bob that play didn't work because he didn't catch the ball. If they want to move the football down the field they are going to have to start getting first downs."

OH MY FARKING GOD REALLY? FIRST DOWNS? THAT'S HOW YOU ADVANCE THE BALL IN FOOTBALL? I'm bringing that tactic back when I coach the peewee team next fall. Thanks for the insight, retard,

Yanks_RSJ: I don't know why TV broadcasts insist on reducing the crowd noise so much.

It was because of the farking tambourine!

robsul82: I don't want to imagine how I would've felt if the Saints had gone down, I know that. Thanks, dude.

At least I still have the Lakers and you get the Bulls. So yeah...enjoy that.

Killer Cars: The coaching however left something to be desired. I thought it was especially suspect that, when Brees starting tearing it up in the second half, the Colts made seemingly NO adjustments and kept playing a weak-ass zone for him to pick apart.

I can't talk about this. It'll drive me insane. Never have I been so disappointed in the coaching of a game.

I said yesterday that even if the Colts lost, the way Manning *owned* that game on offense was just showing he is the greatest ever. I don't take that back at all.

andrew131: Football on TV sucks now. I you want drama listen to it on the radio.

I'm gonna say it's the NFL's idea in order to make it enticing to go to games.

NFL games are better to watch on TV because you see more, but the games are more exciting.

NFL games are more exciting on radio to listen to, but you can't see anything.

This way there's SOME reason to go see a game. (Is there a time delay on TV still for all games, which would make radio broadcast not match up with the TV? I don't listen to the radio.)

Yanks_RSJ: I don't know why TV broadcasts insist on reducing the crowd noise so much. I listened to the radio calls of Porter's INT today when I got to work, the place was ROARING.

It didn't come across the same way on TV at all.

I've always been an advocate of having an SAP setting, or another channel altogether, of JUST crowd noise/stadium sounds, no TV announcers. So it gives you the sounds of being there, and plus protects your from wanting to grab the TV announcer by the neck and punching him/her over and over again.

/I know it will never happen, but it's nice to dream.

TonnageVT: robsul82: DamnYankees: Still too painful. I need to avoid all these threads and all of ESPN for a few weeks.

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Great game.

Congrats buddy...Now let's hope your luck of teams carries over to the NHL!

Thanks, I am on a hot streak, aren't I, haha. Yankees, Saints, the Devils sign the top goal scorer since 2001...the Bulls are a serious drag on my quest to go 4-for-4 in the same season, but we'll see.

As the Saints have shown, pigs can fly, Hell is currently an ice hockey arena, and miracles happen. So fark, maybe there's magic in those Bulls yet.

AmazinTim: News Flash: American sports announcers are rarely inspiring and often overpaid buffoons. Their ability to state the obvious while offering zero insight it almost admirable.

"Well Bob that play didn't work because he didn't catch the ball. If they want to move the football down the field they are going to have to start getting first downs."

I personally loved the following exchange, paraphrased:

"He told us he was going to start the game with an onside kick if he had the opportunity"

"Well, he didn't quite have the guts to do it to open the game, but he did it there!"

...yes, he was going to onside kick for the Colts to start the game, retard.

srhp29: It's kind of like how they judge movies on box office receipts. Well, since tickets have gone up 400% in 20 years, of course movies now are going to make more gross.

Well, it's unfair to really compare the other way, too, since there were all of 3 channels at the time, compared to the hundreds we have now.