Posted on 01/11/2005 6:18:33 PM PST by malakhi
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BTW did the film show that one of the Packers linemen moved just before the snap? Even if the official saw it he wasn't about to call a penalty. He wanted to get the hell off the field.
SuperBowl III is another example of a classic game because of it's import but, as a football game, rather dull.
Now the two SuperBowl wins by the Pat's is a different story. EXCITING!!!
One of the Boston Globe reporters today described the Patriots field as "mushy tundra". At least that is technically more accurate than "frozen tundra". :-)
Not that either of us are biased, or anything. ;o)
We have the "TM" on "frozen tundra", but ya'll can have "slushy tundra, if you want. ;o)
Did they give the commission for the work to Christo and Jean-Claude? ;o)
Do you wanna bet the field is a little sloppy?
Lol. The Randy Moss thread? I wasn't dissing the Packers. I just suggested he do the Jim Carey thing and talk to you Packer fans while he was bent over. :-)
It seems the NFL rules say you have to cover it for two nights before the game. So there's nothing illicit going on.
Do you wanna bet the field is a little sloppy?
As long as they don't have a guy with a hose out there, I'm in favor of using whatever advantage you've got. If teams want to live by the pass and play indoors, they better make sure to get home field advantage.
SD
I'm just used to being in this mode because my cousin is an obnoxious packer fan. :-)
How many SuperBowls were won on a field goal with 4 seconds to play?
Where my real bias shows is in my willingness to call any game exciting when the old AFL teams beat an NFL team and, since the merger, when an AFC team beats a NFC team.
I was thinking more along the lines of this little comment:
These idiotic Packer fans put cheese on their heads and they're gonna fine Moss for bending over with his clothes on?
;o)
We've had a good stretch of tight Super Bowl games. Even that year Tennesse lost to the Rams, they were just a few yards from scoring when time ran out.
Of course, this year we'll be talking about the comercials and the boring half-time show. Game ain't gonna be close.
SD
BTW, he didn't say "slushy", he said "mushy".
Really? Where does he/she live?
You just never know. That's what they said about the Rams vs. the underdog Patriots three years ago.
"Tundra" is frozen solid in the winter. In the summer, the surface thaws, but permafrost remains inches or feet underground. "Frozen tundra", then, refers to the conditions of tundra in the wintertime. See, wasn't that simple? ;o)
BTW, he didn't say "slushy", he said "mushy".
I know, but "slushy tundra" sounds better. :o)
The AFC team should be a heavy favorite but......
Simple? Yes. Accurate? No. Satisfactory for a Packer fan? Yes.
" a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil,..."
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