Take Nothing Away from the Seahawks, But... What a Disappointing Super Bowl

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | February 3, 2014 | Rush Limbaugh

[fortheDeclaration]

The Broncos won their 'Superbowl' by beating the Patriots.

They were not ready to play this game.

[Arm_Bears]

I turned off both after a couple of minutes—The game after the snap went over Manning’s head and Rush after he hemmed and hawwed and said he couldn’t divulge his innermost feelings.

[MinuteGal]

Rush voiced his disappointment with this year's Super Bowl, citing a number of reasons and refusing to expound on others.

But he made it clear that the whole spectacle, both leading up to and including the game itself gave him a feeling of "something off", a malaise, something not right.

I had the same feeling...and I'll leave the weird game itself alone as Rush did for the most part.

Here we have a major SPORTS event. The teams and their various players and the game itself should have the starring roles.

What do we have now, both leading up to, during and after the game itself?

The weather was a star.

The NJ/NY subway crush was the star.

A failed president was the star.

Bill O'Baxter was a star.

A political interview with a liar was a star.

Each commercial was a star.

Commercials that didn't make the cut were stars.

A beer company's Dog-and-Pony Show was a star.

An American patriotic song sung in foreign languages was a star.

The dreadlocked guy with mis-placed road-rage and a big mouth was a star.

Deafening, posturing, tune-deaf, half-time "entertainment" for teeny-boppers was a star.

A vigorous post-game riot was a star.

I'm sure I missed out on many other stars and would-be stars....but let's face it, more than in any previous years our senses were endlessly and relentlessly star-STRUCK....and the eventual game itself paled in comparison.

I'm sure next year will be even more "star-studded" than this year.

As Jimmy Durante famously said, "everyone wants to get into the act"...and I guess everyone CAN get into the Super Bowl act now....and anybody or anything outrageous, loud, sick, political, greedy, propagandizing or opportunistic apparently can attach itself to the game's coat-tails in efforts to become "stars".

Now, even past, present or future football teams can non-perform or under-perform in the Game of Games.....and still remain stars......hmmm.....

Leni

[Focault's Pendulum]

Imagine how rotten you’d feel if you had spent $1K or more for a ticket!

It wasn't like you could go anywhere. Cars, limos, chartered buses, mass transit customers were not allowed to leave per security regulations until the game ended.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Well it WAS nice to see an NFL team play real team defense. The Steelers used to play that kind of defense, back when they were a winning team.

[upcountryhorseman]

It’s a pity, the 49ers could have beat them. Note how close the score was, when the 49’ers played them. It appeared that
Denver could’nt handle “smash-mouth” football!

[a fool in paradise]

>>But is the super duper halftime show available for viewing on Youtube?

YES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4mTTigqTSA

[a fool in paradise]

I thought the ads, maybe three ads, three or four ads were any good. The rest of them were mediocre. I had spent all this time telling all of you to pay attention to the ads, because advertising people have their finger on the pulse of our culture and if you really want to learn where we are as a country and so forth, make sure you watch the Super Bowl ads, and they were a bomb.

[a fool in paradise]

That was one of the age-old NFL rules, Super Bowl game by rule, they had to blow that rule out, cannot occur in a place where the average temperature dips below 50 on the day of the game. That's a law, NFL law. And of course they broomed that 'cause they had to pay off this stadium. I mean, that's the deal. That's how you assign Super Bowls anymore. You get a new stadium, the league will come in and play the game there, help you retire the debt or whatever. That's fine. It's their business. We'll just look at the overnight ratings and we'll see what happened, look at the second half. I'll betcha we're gonna be able to watch the bleed-off of the viewing audience.

Does ANY city ever pay off its stadium debt completely?

[thirst4truth]

Seahawks is my team, from Seattle live in Oregon. But had a family member playing for the Broncos so it was hard to not root for his team. He plays center and offense special teams for the Broncos, and its the first time I have seen him on the field.

[Fledermaus]

Rush’s program is getting to where reading the transcript is a waste of time. Can’t he condense it? Do we have to (interruption), no Snerdly, I didn’t say no to transcript..what? no.

Seriously. Transcripting the banter in his ear from the staff?

[Fledermaus]

He’s got a few screws loose.

[4Liberty]

Thanks for posting, missed Rush today (had stupid meeting at work)....

I was disappointed in the game. I heard several sports “experts” say it would be a close score, competitive outcome. That’s why it was so shocking to watch (for me). What happened???? Where was the other Team? It almost seems like it (the outcome) was rigged. Guess that’s possible too.....

Go, Kaslin! Thanks again.

4L

[FredZarguna]

You must have missed who the MVP was. It was not a cornerback, nor a safety.

[MinuteGal]

Rush was right, something was “off”.

[caww]

Best wrap of what was happening throughout the game.....bravo!

[RayChuang88]

Not the Colts. Luck did just fine.

Here's the difference: Andrew Luck--unlike Peyton Manning--has the ability to use his running skills to set up the pass. As such, Luck is not fazed by the Seahawks' defense.

[Biggirl]

Look for the upcoming draft to have a LOT of retooling not only of AFC teams that want to go all the way to the SB, but to the NFC side as well so as to be able to respond back bigtime when they meetup with Seattle.

[crusher]

It was such a stinker I started working on my laptop early in the first quarter, and when my wife asked to watch Downton Abbey at 9P EST I did not mind.

[boop]

I've said on another thread that the NFC West is clearly the best conference in the NFL.

ANY of them could have and would have beaten the Broncos.

Even the Rams.

Frankly I was stunned at the collapse of the Broncos

Prior to the game, I had hoped that the Seahawks could hold Peyton to 4 touchdowns, and that our offense would be "lucky" to keep up.

I'm glad at the outcome, but I hope this isn't the beginning of another Super Bowl blowout era.

The past 10 years have been fun to watch because it wasn't over until it was over.

Pretty good games.

This one wasn't very "fun" to watch.