Today, the Kansas City Chiefs complete the greatest five-year run in NFL history by winning the third Super Bowl in the Patrick Mahomes era, and the fourth in the franchise's glorious history.
I was nervous throughout the game due to superstition, something that I hadn't heard people mention was the halftime performer and how that fares for us in our recent Super Bowl appearances and outcomes.
Super Bowl 54: JLo and Shakira - Win
Super Bowl 55: Weekend - Loss
Super Bowl 57: Rihanna - Win
Super Bowl 58: Usher - Win
I was telling my sister well when we have male halftime performers we seem to lose those games and when we have female halftime performers we seem to win those games. It looked bleak for awhile and I'm worried like most people who watched it but glad we bucked the trend. As per usual, Patrick DGAF. [Reply]
Originally Posted by displacedinMN:
65 Toss power trap
2-3 Jet chip wasp
Corndog (just Corndog?)
Trips right bunch f shuttle, Tom and Jerry right yellow
That is going to be a poster
It's been my sig for at least four years. :-) [Reply]
Man, we really did it, didn't we? Just now, on Tuesday morning after watching replays all yesterday, starting to really sink in. What a great team we're blessed with. So many unsung heroes. Chenal, Butker, Justin Reid, and on and on and on.
We're so blessed to witness this, never thought I'd see anything even remotely like it. [Reply]
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Luckily, Super Bowl LVIII lacked an officiating controversy. The key word is “luckily.”
As explained on Tuesday’s PFT Live, the first play of the final drive of regulation in Super Bowl LVIII included a bad spot. A very bad spot. An egregiously bad spot.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes found tight end Travis Kelce for what seemed to be an 11-yard gain. Clearly, Kelce got the ball past the Kansas City 35, the line to gain for a first down.
CBS believed it. The graphic on the screen said it was 1st and 10, and the yellow line moved accordingly. However, the ball was spotted short of where the play ended. BY TWO YARDS.
It was second and one from the 34. With no one noticing the mistake. The fact that the Chiefs had shifted to no-huddle mode had something to do with that. Regardless, it’s a blunder that never should happen, especially not with a championship on the line.
Mahomes scrambled for a first down on the next play, so the mistake was inconsequential. But what if the Chiefs had failed on second down and then on third down and then on fourth down? It would have become one of the biggest controversies in league history. And it would have fueled speculation, distrust, and allegations that the game was fixed — which is exactly what Commissioner Roger Goodell feared in an age of legalized gambling.
That’s how we found out about it. Someone sent in an email suggesting that the Chiefs got a free first down from a short scramble on first down, without realizing that it was actually second down when it shouldn’t have been. It reconfirms that people are actively looking for evidence of foul play when watching NFL games.
Perception is reality. The NFL isn’t willing, however, to spend the money and/or to make the changes necessary to change perceptions, from hiring full-time officials to fully incorporating technology into officiating to embracing transparency and more.
Yeah, there should have been at least two automatic reviews in overtime. The catch by Ken Shamrock (I'm not spelling their fullback's name) and a play where Pacheco was spotted short when he clearly had the first. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Gary Cooper:
Yeah, there should have been at least two automatic reviews in overtime. The catch by Ken Shamrock (I'm not spelling their fullback's name) and a play where Pacheco was spotted short when he clearly had the first.
I feel like the Ellis Island people aren't doing their jobs any more. In the old days, they would say stuff like,"Your name is Kyle Wrcsglktojka? From now on, it's Kyle Wilson."
Now they're letting guys in with no spell checks at all. "Your name is Agbar Okurabbblagimajiya-Stlmanishburya? Welcome to the USA, Mr. Okurabbblagimajiya-Stlmanishburya." [Reply]
Shouldn't we be getting a plethora of some mic'd up content by now? Or does none of that come out until after Inside the NFL airs and we get the next episode of The Franchise? [Reply]
