what annoyed me about SuperBowl 46 (1 Viewer)

[Black]

The game was fine, but I found it to be more annoying than anything. Here's what bothered me (not in any particular order):

[*]Irsay and Peyton's back and forth the week prior

[*]EVERYONE and their dog was picking the Giants, but the Patriots were still favored

[*]Collingsworth.

[*]In a game with few standout plays, Manningham is now on par with Lynn Swann for making a catch most WR3 should make.

[*]We could have been referring to Welker's non-catch as the play of the game instead of Manningham's.

[*]Giselle is now a football critic.

[*]I didn't know who the hell M.I.A. was until her finger showed up this morning in the media.

[*]I think there were a couple of funny dog commercials.

[*]I didn't really need to see that much of David Beckham.

[*]H.Nicks was the best player on the field, but the MVP goes to Eli because he's the QB.

[*]Tuck makes 2 sacks in the game, both at pretty critical times, but then steals Arian Foster's move?

[*]...and now for the next umpteen years I get to hear about "Ice in his veins" "4th Quarter Conquerer" Eli being greater/more clutch than Peyton, Brady, Bart Starr, Otto Graham, etc. I am going to have to turn off talk radio until March 8.

 

[Dought Man]

The analysts saying Hakeem Nicks should have stayed in bounds..while he was trying to fight for a first down in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl against 2 defenders. Its so easy from the press box....

 

[CentralPA]

The Giants won

 

[Leroy Hoard]

[*]H.Nicks was the best player on the field, but the MVP goes to Eli because he's the QB.

This is why you bet the QB winning the MVP instead of his team, you get better odds and its almost a gimmee these days.

 

[jurb26]

Was it just me or did this game seem to lack a certain energy and atmosphere that other SB's traditionally have had? It just felt like a gray and dreary telecast but I can't seem to figure out why. It was a great game, no doubt. Something just seemed off about it.

 

[crowe1130]

Was it just me or did this game seem to lack a certain energy and atmosphere that other SB's traditionally have had? It just felt like a gray and dreary telecast but I can't seem to figure out why. It was a great game, no doubt. Something just seemed off about it.

I think part of it was just the nature of indoor games. Super Bowls deserve a better backdrop.

 

[jhib]

The analysts saying Hakeem Nicks should have stayed in bounds..while he was trying to fight for a first down in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl against 2 defenders. Its so easy from the press box....

Had the sound off by them, mostly because of Collinsworth. I really couldn't stand him. The out of bounds catch by Manningham where he criticized him for drifting towards the sideline instead of running straight... I guess receivers shouldn't adjust to where the ball is thrown? Seemed pretty clear Collinsworth was just dying to use that fancy graphic he must have had set up, whether or not it was really fitting.

 

[rizzler]

The analysts saying Hakeem Nicks should have stayed in bounds..while he was trying to fight for a first down in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl against 2 defenders. Its so easy from the press box....

Had the sound off by them, mostly because of Collinsworth. I really couldn't stand him. The out of bounds catch by Manningham where he criticized him for drifting towards the sideline instead of running straight... I guess receivers shouldn't adjust to where the ball is thrown? Seemed pretty clear Collinsworth was just dying to use that fancy graphic he must have had set up, whether or not it was really fitting.

I lost my ####### mind when Collinsworth said that. A somewhat poor pass, the guy makes every effort to go get it, and he's the idiot who can't run a proper route?Then proceeds to be the 4th quarter MVP, helping the giants win, by running supreme routes and making some great catches.FU Collinsworth. Shut it.

 

[Don Quixote]

The analysts saying Hakeem Nicks should have stayed in bounds..while he was trying to fight for a first down in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl against 2 defenders. Its so easy from the press box....

Yep. And NE probably would have loved it if Nicks stayed in bounds, as they could have tried stripping the ball from him.

 

[Slapdash]

Collinsworth plus the constant talking about Bob Kraft's wife.

 

[DocHolliday]

Was it just me or did this game seem to lack a certain energy and atmosphere that other SB's traditionally have had? It just felt like a gray and dreary telecast but I can't seem to figure out why. It was a great game, no doubt. Something just seemed off about it.

The first 3/4 of the game did have a dull feel to it even though the score was always close. The last quarter was exciting. Of course, the last few seconds of the game were exciting since it was a hail mary. Maybe the game lacked electricity since both teams were good but not great. Do not get me wrong, they both deserved to be playing yesterday. However, neither team was a powerhouse like recent teams like NO, GB, or Pburgh.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I lost my ####### mind when Collinsworth said that. A somewhat poor pass, the guy makes every effort to go get it, and he's the idiot who can't run a proper route?

To be fair, while he certainly was forced towards the sideline by the throw he did not even come close to making "every effort" to get it in bounds. He still had room to drag his feet in bounds (the same way he did on the catch at the end) but he just kind of plodded out of bounds as if he were running down the middle of the field instead.

 

[Kitrick Taylor]

The analysts saying Hakeem Nicks should have stayed in bounds..while he was trying to fight for a first down in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl against 2 defenders. Its so easy from the press box....

Had the sound off by them, mostly because of Collinsworth. I really couldn't stand him. The out of bounds catch by Manningham where he criticized him for drifting towards the sideline instead of running straight... I guess receivers shouldn't adjust to where the ball is thrown? Seemed pretty clear Collinsworth was just dying to use that fancy graphic he must have had set up, whether or not it was really fitting.

We said this exact same thing too. Manningham may have issues with that, but that certainly wasn't the case on that play. I thought the game was pretty ho-hum overall. It was almost completely devoid of big plays.

 

[identikit]

I lost my ####### mind when Collinsworth said that. A somewhat poor pass, the guy makes every effort to go get it, and he's the idiot who can't run a proper route?

To be fair, while he certainly was forced towards the sideline by the throw he did not even come close to making "every effort" to get it in bounds. He still had room to drag his feet in bounds (the same way he did on the catch at the end) but he just kind of plodded out of bounds as if he were running down the middle of the field instead.

Mario forgets where he is on the field. A lot.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Was it just me or did this game seem to lack a certain energy and atmosphere that other SB's traditionally have had? It just felt like a gray and dreary telecast but I can't seem to figure out why. It was a great game, no doubt. Something just seemed off about it.

Hard to get pumped about being in Indianapolis in February.

 

[roadkill1292]

Was it just me or did this game seem to lack a certain energy and atmosphere that other SB's traditionally have had? It just felt like a gray and dreary telecast but I can't seem to figure out why. It was a great game, no doubt. Something just seemed off about it.

Hard to get pumped about being in Indianapolis in February.

I urge everyone not to listen to the announcers in the future. Listen to what your buddies may have to say or just realize this simple fact -- unless you're a moron, anything you are thinking is way more interesting than anything the talking heads have to say.

 

[Wombat1]

The game while close was pretty blah before the last drive. Both teams played ultra conservatively on defense which leads to dink and dunk all day long. The Pats do that anyway, but the Giants have relied on big plays prior to this game. I seriously think the total number of blitzes combined in the game was like 5, which leads to a ton of dink and dunking.

 

[jhib]

Was it just me or did this game seem to lack a certain energy and atmosphere that other SB's traditionally have had? It just felt like a gray and dreary telecast but I can't seem to figure out why. It was a great game, no doubt. Something just seemed off about it.

Hard to get pumped about being in Indianapolis in February.

I urge everyone not to listen to the announcers in the future. Listen to what your buddies may have to say or just realize this simple fact -- unless you're a moron, anything you are thinking is way more interesting than anything the talking heads have to say.

To be honest, I guess I made it sound like Collinsworth was the reason I had my sound off, when in reality, I've kept the sound way down low when watching the last 8 or 9 Giants games. I enjoy the games so much more when I don't pay attention to the announcers. But I do turn the sound up once in a while when there's a big play or one that they keep showing replays of, which is why I subjected myself to a few of Collinsworth's gems last night.

 

[Copeman]

Announcers really bother you guys that much?

 

[roadkill1292]

Announcers really bother you guys that much?

I hope I didn't give you that impression. I've been watching football now for almost 50 years. Somewhere in the seventies, maybe, I was starting to hear the same things over and over again. Sometime in the eighties, maybe, announcers just receded into background noise to me. I'd seen enough football and read enough football that anything I was thinking was way more entertaining than anything the blazers were saying. So they're not really annoying, it's more like they haven't existed for a couple of decades. I don't think I'm really all that unusual in this regard.

 

[Copeman]

Announcers really bother you guys that much?

I hope I didn't give you that impression. I've been watching football now for almost 50 years. Somewhere in the seventies, maybe, I was starting to hear the same things over and over again. Sometime in the eighties, maybe, announcers just receded into background noise to me. I'd seen enough football and read enough football that anything I was thinking was way more entertaining than anything the blazers were saying. So they're not really annoying, it's more like they haven't existed for a couple of decades. I don't think I'm really all that unusual in this regard.

Ok, that's a much better explanation, especially the bolded. This is where I am at. I just can't believe people can't mute them out on their own, as opposed to actually turning the volume down or muting the television. I like hearing the sounds of the game, but I rarely "hear" the announcers.

 

[jhib]

Announcers really bother you guys that much?

I hope I didn't give you that impression. I've been watching football now for almost 50 years. Somewhere in the seventies, maybe, I was starting to hear the same things over and over again. Sometime in the eighties, maybe, announcers just receded into background noise to me. I'd seen enough football and read enough football that anything I was thinking was way more entertaining than anything the blazers were saying. So they're not really annoying, it's more like they haven't existed for a couple of decades. I don't think I'm really all that unusual in this regard.

Ok, that's a much better explanation, especially the bolded. This is where I am at. I just can't believe people can't mute them out on their own, as opposed to actually turning the volume down or muting the television. I like hearing the sounds of the game, but I rarely "hear" the announcers.

My inability to tune them out without muting them seems to be directly related to the importance of the game for the Giants. In early season games or any non-Giants games, I have much less of a problem with announcers.

 

[zed2283]

I used to mute the TV for the primetime games and turn on the radio. The announcers were always much better (especially in comparison to the clods on ESPN like M.Patrick and P.McGuire). But once I got on satellite TV I couldn't do it anymore because of the slight broadcast delay.

 

[gianmarco]

The game while close was pretty blah before the last drive. Both teams played ultra conservatively on defense which leads to dink and dunk all day long. The Pats do that anyway, but the Giants have relied on big plays prior to this game. I seriously think the total number of blitzes combined in the game was like 5, which leads to a ton of dink and dunking.

 

[Chaka]

Was it just me or did this game seem to lack a certain energy and atmosphere that other SB's traditionally have had? It just felt like a gray and dreary telecast but I can't seem to figure out why. It was a great game, no doubt. Something just seemed off about it.

The first 3/4 of the game did have a dull feel to it even though the score was always close. The last quarter was exciting. Of course, the last few seconds of the game were exciting since it was a hail mary. Maybe the game lacked electricity since both teams were good but not great. Do not get me wrong, they both deserved to be playing yesterday. However, neither team was a powerhouse like recent teams like NO, GB, or Pburgh.

I think it's because most real fans can't afford to go to the game so you loose a lot of crowd energy.

 

[kentric]

- The LUV Madonna crap being "sung" 20 times;

- No love to Eli on the Manningham catch. Yes, the catch was great (or to me, more the fact that he held onto the ball after the hit and drop to the ground), but the pass was perfect;

- The Italian Model in the car commercial (vroom vroom);

- The weak SB coverage leading up to the game. There was a major lack of substance.

 

[kentric]

I lost my ####### mind when Collinsworth said that. A somewhat poor pass, the guy makes every effort to go get it, and he's the idiot who can't run a proper route?

To be fair, while he certainly was forced towards the sideline by the throw he did not even come close to making "every effort" to get it in bounds. He still had room to drag his feet in bounds (the same way he did on the catch at the end) but he just kind of plodded out of bounds as if he were running down the middle of the field instead.

Amani would have made that catch with room to spare. Not sure he'd have been as open though.

 

[cstu]

Bob Costas.

/thread

 

[cstu]

- The LUV Madonna crap being "sung" 20 times;

- No love to Eli on the Manningham catch. Yes, the catch was great (or to me, more the fact that he held onto the ball after the hit and drop to the ground), but the pass was perfect;

- The Italian Model in the car commercial (vroom vroom);

- The weak SB coverage leading up to the game. There was a major lack of substance.

WHA??

 

[TimTebow]

Was it just me or did this game seem to lack a certain energy and atmosphere that other SB's traditionally have had? It just felt like a gray and dreary telecast but I can't seem to figure out why. It was a great game, no doubt. Something just seemed off about it.

Hard to get pumped about being in Indianapolis in February.

I urge everyone not to listen to the announcers in the future. Listen to what your buddies may have to say or just realize this simple fact -- unless you're a moron, anything you are thinking is way more interesting than anything the talking heads have to say.

I was thinking same thing, I don't pay attention to them. Especially at killer Super Bowl party I go to every year.

 

[TimTebow]

Announcers really bother you guys that much?

I hope I didn't give you that impression. I've been watching football now for almost 50 years. Somewhere in the seventies, maybe, I was starting to hear the same things over and over again. Sometime in the eighties, maybe, announcers just receded into background noise to me. I'd seen enough football and read enough football that anything I was thinking was way more entertaining than anything the blazers were saying. So they're not really annoying, it's more like they haven't existed for a couple of decades. I don't think I'm really all that unusual in this regard.

Ok, that's a much better explanation, especially the bolded. This is where I am at. I just can't believe people can't mute them out on their own, as opposed to actually turning the volume down or muting the television. I like hearing the sounds of the game, but I rarely "hear" the announcers.

Yeah.

 

[B Maverick]

did collinsworth really say "Welker catches that 100 times out of 100" right after Welker didnt catch it?

 

[bonesman]

The analysts saying Hakeem Nicks should have stayed in bounds..while he was trying to fight for a first down in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl against 2 defenders. Its so easy from the press box....

Everyone I was watching with that was rooting for the Giants was screaming for Nicks to get down and were all :facepalmed: when he didn't. Yea, it's so easy from the press box/couch... but I'm sure he was coached to go down... kind of like how Bradshaw was coached to take a knee at the one but didn't.

 

[duaneok66]

seriously, next year turn the sound down and your entertainment experience will increase -

btw I thought it was a great game - It was refreshing not to have a 38-35 game that seemed prevalent this entire football season - the game was close throughout, and was thrillng at the end. Over my 35 years of watching Superbowl, I have seen MUCH worse - how quickly do people forget the Superbowls in the early to mid 80s??

 

[Black]

did collinsworth really say "Welker catches that 100 times out of 100" right after Welker didnt catch it?

Yeah, then Michaels says 'that must've been the 101st one' or something like that. D-bags.Oh I forgot to mention Costas in my OP. I would rather they put up the colored bars they used to put up before Saturday morning cartoons that put that 'dead air' on.

 

[gianmarco]

kind of like how Bradshaw was coached to take a knee at the one but didn't.

No he wasn't.

 

[Chaka]

The hate for the announcers is getting ridiculous.

 

[cobalt_27]

Really can't believe the dull game talk here. It seems cut from the same cloth as complaining about a baseball game because a home run derby didn't break out.

That was an amazing, riveting game that, in and of itself, authored a ton of subplots leading up to the final half, quarter, and play. Great stuff. And I hate the Giants, but still thought it was fantastic. You guys whining about the game have the attention span of a gnat.

The commercials, Collinsworth, halftime show...now that all sucked.

 

[cstu]

did collinsworth really say "Welker catches that 100 times out of 100" right after Welker didnt catch it?

Yeah, then Michaels says 'that must've been the 101st one' or something like that. D-bags.Oh I forgot to mention Costas in my OP. I would rather they put up the colored bars they used to put up before Saturday morning cartoons that put that 'dead air' on.

Glad I'm not the only one.

 

[Avery]

Really can't believe the dull game talk here. It seems cut from the same cloth as complaining about a baseball game because a home run derby didn't break out.That was an amazing, riveting game that, in and of itself, authored a ton of subplots leading up to the final half, quarter, and play. Great stuff. And I hate the Giants, but still thought it was fantastic. You guys whining about the game have the attention span of a gnat.The commercials, Collinsworth, halftime show...now that all sucked.

Maybe most people in here aren't old enough to remember the snoozefest blowouts that defined the Superbowl for years.

 

[netnalp]

The hate for the announcers is getting ridiculous.

We're jaded. The Audible has made us so that we'll only be happy if Cecil and Bloom are announcing games.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Really can't believe the dull game talk here. It seems cut from the same cloth as complaining about a baseball game because a home run derby didn't break out.That was an amazing, riveting game that, in and of itself, authored a ton of subplots leading up to the final half, quarter, and play. Great stuff. And I hate the Giants, but still thought it was fantastic. You guys whining about the game have the attention span of a gnat.The commercials, Collinsworth, halftime show...now that all sucked.

Maybe most people in here aren't old enough to remember the snoozefest blowouts that defined the Superbowl for years.

I do, and yesterday was certainly better than those blowouts, but despite the great storylines, the game itself was not that exciting until the end. Not a bad game by any means, but not a great one either. Now, Broncos/Packers, Rams/Titans, Steelers/Cardinals, etc....those were GREAT Super Bowl games.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

seriously, next year turn the sound down and your entertainment experience will increase -

One of the best things about watching it at a loud bar or party is that the game sound is drowned out by the drunken fans around you.

 

[Carolina Hustler]

kind of like how Bradshaw was coached to take a knee at the one but didn't.

No he wasn't.

Seemed like he knew he was supposed to take a knee to me..

 

[Pickle Rody]

Both Manning and Bradshaw have stated in interviews on ESPN that it was not discussed by the coaches prior to the play and it wasn't discussed in the huddle either. Manning just stated on Mike & Mike this morning that he really didn't think about it until he realized at the snap that the Patriot defenders were just standing up at the line of scrimmage and weren't going to make a big effort to stop Bradshaw, so as he handed the ball off he told him not to score. By that time Bradshaw's momentum was such that it was difficult for him to stop in time. Either way, the Giants goal was to score a TD, not rely on kicking a field goal to take the lead.

/end hijack

 

[gianmarco]

kind of like how Bradshaw was coached to take a knee at the one but didn't.

No he wasn't.

Seemed like he knew he was supposed to take a knee to me..

It's already been talked about. Bradshaw heard nothing from the coaching staff about taking a knee. As Bradshaw was getting the ball, Eli was yelling at him "don't score, don't score". That's where the indecision came from.

 

[Andrew Garda]

Really can't believe the dull game talk here. It seems cut from the same cloth as complaining about a baseball game because a home run derby didn't break out.That was an amazing, riveting game that, in and of itself, authored a ton of subplots leading up to the final half, quarter, and play. Great stuff. And I hate the Giants, but still thought it was fantastic. You guys whining about the game have the attention span of a gnat.The commercials, Collinsworth, halftime show...now that all sucked.

Maybe most people in here aren't old enough to remember the snoozefest blowouts that defined the Superbowl for years.

I mentioned that to my son and he couldn't fathom a blowout. He just couldn't comprehend a really bad Super Bowl.

 

[Carolina Hustler]

kind of like how Bradshaw was coached to take a knee at the one but didn't.

No he wasn't.

Seemed like he knew he was supposed to take a knee to me..

It's already been talked about. Bradshaw heard nothing from the coaching staff about taking a knee. As Bradshaw was getting the ball, Eli was yelling at him "don't score, don't score". That's where the indecision came from.

Well he was told not to score, can't that be considered asking him to take a knee? If he wasn't supposed to score, and he wasn't touched by defenders, he would have had to take a knee right?

 

[gianmarco]

kind of like how Bradshaw was coached to take a knee at the one but didn't.

No he wasn't.

Seemed like he knew he was supposed to take a knee to me..

It's already been talked about. Bradshaw heard nothing from the coaching staff about taking a knee. As Bradshaw was getting the ball, Eli was yelling at him "don't score, don't score". That's where the indecision came from.

Well he was told not to score, can't that be considered asking him to take a knee? If he wasn't supposed to score, and he wasn't touched by defenders, he would have had to take a knee right?

Are you having difficulty reading? The statement above was that he was coached to take a knee. He was not coached to take a knee because the coaching staff on the sideline never said anything to him about taking a knee. If you're counting Eli Manning as a coach, then sure, he was coached in the middle of the play as he was receiving the handoff and Eli starts yelling at him "don't score, don't score".The Giants coaching staff had made the decision to score the TD there. They said so in interviews yesterday. So, once again, the original statement that he was coached to take a knee is not true.

 

[Two Deep]

Al Michaels calling Julian Endelman- Danny Woodhead and Victor Cruz- Mario Manningham.

Also

The halftime show was horrible. Why do they always drag some old has been singer out that nobody cares about anymore.