Superbowl

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:18 am

Anyone watching tonight? I fancy a Falcons win as I like an underdog (Burnley fan after all!).

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:26 am

Gonna give it a go again this year. Started watching the last 3/4 years but always turned it off before the finish.

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:42 am

To be honest I am more likely to see the end of this when I wake up for work in the morning

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:44 am

Yep.
I'll be watching. Followed the Patriots fortunes for a good few years now.

minnieclaret · Post by **minnieclaret** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:53 am

Yep! Can't expect anything but a Belichick/ Brady victory but it should be a good one.

claretpipe · Post by **claretpipe** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:05 am

Yes will be watching and hopefully due to retirement through to the end of the game. Have watched since 1986 when the Patriots were the underdogs. In a sport that positively punishes the successful teams and assists the weaker teams to get stronger it is amazing that the Patriots have managed to maintain their success.
Just like Burnley no one likes them! Will be a very close game with the top rated defence against the top offence, the Patriots have a good offence as well which should swing it for them, fingers crossed...UTC ....Go Patriots!

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 12:34 pm

claretpipe wrote:Yes will be watching and hopefully due to retirement through to the end of the game. Have watched since 1986 when the Patriots were the underdogs. In a sport that positively punishes the successful teams and assists the weaker teams to get stronger it is amazing that the Patriots have managed to maintain their success.
Just like Burnley no one likes them! Will be a very close game with the top rated defence against the top offence, the Patriots have a good offence as well which should swing it for them, fingers crossed...UTC ....Go Patriots!

Me too, Claretpipe.
When Ch4 had started showing it.
Chicago thumped Patriots?

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 12:34 pm

claretpipe wrote:Yes will be watching and hopefully due to retirement through to the end of the game. Have watched since 1986 when the Patriots were the underdogs. In a sport that positively punishes the successful teams and assists the weaker teams to get stronger it is amazing that the Patriots have managed to maintain their success.
Just like Burnley no one likes them! Will be a very close game with the top rated defence against the top offence, the Patriots have a good offence as well which should swing it for them, fingers crossed...UTC ....Go Patriots!

Me too, Claretpipe.
When Ch4 had started showing it.
Chicago thumped Patriots?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:27 pm

I'll watch the adverts at half time, then the last 5 mins if I remember

Braindead · Post by **Braindead** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:34 pm

Hoping for a Falcons victory but can't see beyond Brady and the Pats. It will be a high scoring game with two of the best offences in the NFL.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:36 pm

Is it still a £5 per person unlimited bowling on Sundays?

Not been for ages.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:48 pm

Yes, but it could be £5 well spent if the lady in the next lane looks like Janet Jackson and has a "wardrobe malfunction"!!!!

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:56 pm

Cool, good to see! Two very strong attacking teams - should be a great game.

1968claret · Post by **1968claret** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:06 pm

Yes I'll be watching. Been a Patriots fan for 30 years having visited relatives in New England.

Belial · Post by **Belial** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:08 pm

claretpipe wrote:Yes will be watching and hopefully due to retirement through to the end of the game. Have watched since 1986 when the Patriots were the underdogs. In a sport that positively punishes the successful teams and assists the weaker teams to get stronger it is amazing that the Patriots have managed to maintain their success.
Just like Burnley no one likes them! Will be a very close game with the top rated defence against the top offence, the Patriots have a good offence as well which should swing it for them, fingers crossed...UTC ....Go Patriots!

Main difference between the Patriots and the Clarets is they're a right bunch of cheating two hats... hence no-one liking them! Come on Phalcons

Cowick Claret · Post by **Cowick Claret** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:11 pm

Hot dogs and bud at the ready. Half day booked off from work tomorrow morning.
Can't wait for the Ryan and Jones show.
Rise up Atlanta

COME ON YOU DIRTY BIRDS!!!!

Right_winger · Post by **Right_winger** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:16 pm

Iv tried several times to watch American football but I just cannot get into it at all. Just doesn't flow.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:21 pm

God no. There are many, many better ways of passing four or five hours.

Ironing.
Stripping wallpaper.
Walking the dog and picking it's **** up.

Not in he spirit of he thread I know, but I really just don't get it. I cannot think of one element of the whole Super Bowl weekend that would make it an attractive proposition.

Anyway, good luck to ya if ya have a bet on.

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:33 pm

Has lady gaga tried virtue signalling yet to everyone there?

troubleatmexico · Post by **troubleatmexico** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:54 pm

On the ground here in Atlanta. Will be watching the game along with everyone else in the city. For a city that has a transient population and not much in the way of fervent sports fans it will be great for the city if the Dirty Birds win. Then again I've got a tenner on the Pats to win and I'll never know the rules, or be engrossed for longer than 10 mins in the average game.

Biggest sick day in the US tomorrow!

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:59 pm

tried to figure it all out for a few years, still dont know a single rule of the game. it appears highly complex.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:16 pm

I like watching the Superbowl, good fun.

Belial · Post by **Belial** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:22 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:tried to figure it all out for a few years, still dont know a single rule of the game. it appears highly complex.

In basic terms, the team with the ball (offence) has to get to the far end to score - a bit like rugby. They get 4 attempts to get 10 yards, otherwise most of the time the other team get it and they become the offence. If they do get 10 yards or more, they start again with 4 more attempts until they reach the end. You're right though, it's very tactical - in fact at times it can be like a game of chess with one team trying to out-do the other and the defence trying to anticipate the next play and stop them

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:34 pm

probably understood more from your post than years of watching it on tv.

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 11:02 pm

Rather watch a soup bowl.

Too much razzmatazz for me.

StevieP · Post by **StevieP** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 11:46 pm

Yes I'm watching.
Got really into it in the 80's on Ch4, as school kids we used to play in Queens Park during lunchtimes. Then early 90's living in Accy, everyone went out Sunday nights so there was always a Super Bowl party after hours.

Going for the Falcons tonight but Brady is such an awesome QB, so calm under pressure

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 11:53 pm

I think I'll go to bed now and I'm sure I'll find out who the American Football World Champions are tomorrow morning New England or Atlanta!!!!

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 11:58 pm

Who dreamt this sh!t up ?

Seen more action in a tramp's vest.

Right_winger · Post by **Right_winger** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:11 am

Funkydrummer wrote:Who dreamt this sh!t up ?

Seen more action in a tramp's vest.

It makes test cricket look exciting.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:14 am

Two teams cancelling each other out. First touchdown coming imminently I think...

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:16 am

Touchdown Falcons!

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:17 am

IndigoLake wrote:Two teams cancelling each other out. First touchdown coming imminently I think...

It would happen a lot quicker if they stopped having so many breaks - it's so fragmented.

PS Just seen a touch down, and another break ffs.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:19 am

I'm a Patriots fan but I think Falcons will win. Brady has slowed a fraction but that's enough in this game to make the difference. Hope he proves me wrong.

StevieP · Post by **StevieP** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:24 am

Burnley Prairie Dogs - anyone remember/heard of 'em? Early 90's used to train Sunday mornings on't Prairie fields, majority of guys were rugby players and/or doormen.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:28 am

Another Falcons touchdown! They're looking very good.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:30 am

Patriots won't be able to come back without Gronkowski, could be one way traffic after seeing what the Falcons did to Green Bay.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:44 am

It's over! Falcons too good. Patriots totally off the pace.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 2:45 am

Big comeback on. 28/20

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:03 am

the world is welcome, it was 28-3 when I turned it on

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:07 am

WOW WOW WOW
Level

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:09 am

Come on Patriots!

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:09 am

what happens if it's level at full time ? first team to score wins ?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:17 am

not into American football, but fair do's that was a pretty epic comeback !

HendricksHair · Post by **HendricksHair** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:21 am

Vegas Claret wrote:what happens if it's level at full time ? first team to score wins ?

Each team gets 1 possession of the ball unless the first team with possession scores a touchdown.

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:21 am

IndigoLake wrote:It's over! Falcons too good. Patriots totally off the pace.

Will someone tap on IndigoLake's door.

He can't miss this

Chester Perry · Post by **Chester Perry** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:22 am

Vegas Claret wrote:what happens if it's level at full time ? first team to score wins ?

unless it is a field goal on the first drive - other team get a chance then but have to score on their first drive

Chester Perry · Post by **Chester Perry** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:23 am

this is unreal

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:26 am

WOW AMAZING - UNBELIEVEABLE JEFF!

GREAT GAME

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:26 am

Done it!!!!

Grand name, Brady!

yorkyclaret · Post by **yorkyclaret** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 3:30 am

Never in doubt.............