Reminds me of a few Man City geniuses who got tattoos a bit too early.
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@iSparky can I have the link too? Cheers.
For those wanting to you can find a list of the half time performers for every Super Bowl here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_halftime_shows
Super Bowl XXVII, with Michael Jackson being the first really huge super hyped show.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_halftime_shows
Super Bowl XXVII, with Michael Jackson being the first really huge super hyped show.
Oh yeah, baby.
Yep, will send it when I get back to the computer in a few minutes.
Johnny Football just needs to be in the news:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...eveland-browns-entering-rehab-improve-himself
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...eveland-browns-entering-rehab-improve-himself
He just had no fecks to give.Oh yeah, baby.
Wow! I still can't belive it that Patriots won!! I was so sure that we would lose this in the end! Now I just need to buy me a jersey right now! 
Jesus, can't a young kid party anymore?
ManzielTbh, I'd be permanently on the sauce too if I had to play for the Browns.
Imagine how bad it must be if you can't even make the team.
Imagine how bad it must be if you can't even make the team.
Blount and Bolden celebrating after they took a medical car to drive around in
What an amazing game and superb end to a great season. Had a right laugh on here in between plays too. Thanks all.
Robert Kraft busting out the dance moves on stage, check the link in the tweet
What a legend.
What a legend.
He's fecking brilliant!
I dont mind Patriots. Maybe because they are in the other conference and we (packers) hardly play them. NE games were shown quite a lot during early 00's when NFL was hitting it big over here in UK.
I like Gronk. Theres something simple yet awesome about him.
I like Gronk. Theres something simple yet awesome about him.
Same thing happened in the 80's, with the Bears, which is why most UK & Ire NFL fans over 30 giver or take, are Bears fans, and IIRC, the Bears are still the 2nd most popular team behind the Pats.
I'm a Pats fan since that Superbowl against the Bears. Still hurts!!
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/201...-changed-goal-line-interception-play-run-pass
And this is why I laugh at the vast majority of conspiracy theories. According to the latest theory, Carroll changed the call, not because he thought the pass had more chances of success but to keep Lynch from getting the game MVP, figuring a last second pass by Wilson would give him the MVP award. Or so the conspiracy theory would have us believe.
Not to go all NAZI, but can't we send all these stupid someplace, oh wait that already happened and it is called The United States of America.
And this is why I laugh at the vast majority of conspiracy theories. According to the latest theory, Carroll changed the call, not because he thought the pass had more chances of success but to keep Lynch from getting the game MVP, figuring a last second pass by Wilson would give him the MVP award. Or so the conspiracy theory would have us believe.
Not to go all NAZI, but can't we send all these stupid someplace, oh wait that already happened and it is called The United States of America.
Good jesus... that's all kinds of dumb.
Of course if true, then why in gods name did they run it on first down, as Lynch might have scored there. Ooops, I know logic has no place in conspiracy theory.
This. I love America but there sure is a lot of early man neanderthals over there.
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Bill Belichick made a sneaky-smart decision that might have contributed to fateful play call by Pete Carroll
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By Adam Kilgore February 2 at 12:19 PM
last-minute play call Sunday night will be dissected, debated and mocked for as long they play Super Bowls. It might have been prodded by a sneaky-brilliant decision by Bill Belichick.
With 1 minute, 6 seconds seconds left and the Seahawks down by four points, Marshawn Lynch rumbled to the 1-yard line on first down. The Patriots possessed two timeouts, and the Seahawks had one left. The clock ticked down, and at first it appeared odd for Belichick not to exhaust one of his timeouts. With the Seahawks on the doorstep, New England needed to conserve seconds for a desperation drive in response.
[More on the call: Carroll takes the blame | One play changes NFL history]
Belichick’s choice to not use a timeout, though, made life more difficult for the Seahawks by complicating their play-calling options. It may have even convinced them to throw their ill-fated pass on second down.
Carroll, Wilson talk Super Bowl losing play(1:56)
The Patriots survived a last-ditch drive by the Seahawks. Rookie Malcolm Butler stepped in front of Ricardo Lockette and picked off Russell Wilson’s off-target pass to complete one of the wildest Super Bowl finishes. (AP)
Imagine Belichick had called a timeout in hopes of saving seconds for Tom Brady. The Seahawks would have had enough time to hand off the ball three times without fear of the clock running out, particularly because they had a timeout of their own.
[Read: Best of Super Bowl 2015]
But with Belichick allowing the clock to tick, Seattle’s calculus became more complex, especially as they used almost the entire play clock. They did not snap the ball until there were 26 seconds left in the game. If Seattle ran on second down and the Patriots stuffed them, the Seahawks would have needed to use their final timeout immediately, with about 20 seconds remaining.
The situation would have dictated their ensuing third down. The Seahawks would have no choice but to pass, or else they would have risked the clock running out on their season. The Patriots would have known this, too, which would have made the play far easier to defend. On a potential fourth down, the Seahawks would have had their entire playbook at their disposal.
Patriots beat Seahawks for fourth Super Bowl title(3:08)
After a stunning end to Super Bowl XLIX, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots beat the Seattle Seahawks to win their fourth NFL championship. The Post's Des Bieler and Neil Greenberg discuss what went wrong for the Seahawks and why the Patriots are one of the NFL's best teams of all time. (Jayne W. Orenstein and Kyle Barss/The Washington Post)
It’s possible, if not likely, that Carroll passed on second down because he didn’t want to be in a position where the Patriots knew they would pass on third down. And that reality arose because Belichick kept his timeouts holstered.
Belichick would have known that Carroll didn’t want to box himself in on a possible third down, which is how the Patriots could have anticipated that second-down pass that Malcolm Butler intercepted to ice the game. Even with the ball on the goal line, the Patriots used three cornerbacks on the field. The third? Butler.
It should be noted that the Seahawks’ suboptimal clock management contributed to their downfall. After Jermaine Kearse’s circus catch set up Seattle with a first-and-goal at the 5, the Seahawks burned their second timeout because they didn’t get a play to Wilson quickly enough. That timeout could have made Belichick not calling one moot. And as noted above, the Seahawks took too long after Lynch’s first-down run.
Anyone could still argue the Seahawks should have relied on their strengthand given the ball to Lynch or let Russell Wilson run a zone-read play at the 1. Studying all of the permutations of the clock could be overthinking it. But as you rip Carroll for not running the ball at the goal line, credit Belichick for making him have to consider it, for making a tiny decision that had an enormous impact.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ributed-to-fateful-play-call-by-pete-carroll/
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Sorry, but every way you look at this it was a boneheaded decision by Pete Carroll to call that pass play in that situation. If he had to call a pass, call a pass out wide and not where there's a scintilla of a chance it could be intercepted.
But the obvious call was a running play, either the beast up the gut or a read option for Wilson. With the timeout in hand and the beast in beast mode, you give it to The Beast.
Bill Belichick made a sneaky-smart decision that might have contributed to fateful play call by Pete Carroll
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By Adam Kilgore February 2 at 12:19 PM
last-minute play call Sunday night will be dissected, debated and mocked for as long they play Super Bowls. It might have been prodded by a sneaky-brilliant decision by Bill Belichick.
With 1 minute, 6 seconds seconds left and the Seahawks down by four points, Marshawn Lynch rumbled to the 1-yard line on first down. The Patriots possessed two timeouts, and the Seahawks had one left. The clock ticked down, and at first it appeared odd for Belichick not to exhaust one of his timeouts. With the Seahawks on the doorstep, New England needed to conserve seconds for a desperation drive in response.
[More on the call: Carroll takes the blame | One play changes NFL history]
Belichick’s choice to not use a timeout, though, made life more difficult for the Seahawks by complicating their play-calling options. It may have even convinced them to throw their ill-fated pass on second down.
Carroll, Wilson talk Super Bowl losing play(1:56)
The Patriots survived a last-ditch drive by the Seahawks. Rookie Malcolm Butler stepped in front of Ricardo Lockette and picked off Russell Wilson’s off-target pass to complete one of the wildest Super Bowl finishes. (AP)
Imagine Belichick had called a timeout in hopes of saving seconds for Tom Brady. The Seahawks would have had enough time to hand off the ball three times without fear of the clock running out, particularly because they had a timeout of their own.
[Read: Best of Super Bowl 2015]
But with Belichick allowing the clock to tick, Seattle’s calculus became more complex, especially as they used almost the entire play clock. They did not snap the ball until there were 26 seconds left in the game. If Seattle ran on second down and the Patriots stuffed them, the Seahawks would have needed to use their final timeout immediately, with about 20 seconds remaining.
The situation would have dictated their ensuing third down. The Seahawks would have no choice but to pass, or else they would have risked the clock running out on their season. The Patriots would have known this, too, which would have made the play far easier to defend. On a potential fourth down, the Seahawks would have had their entire playbook at their disposal.
Patriots beat Seahawks for fourth Super Bowl title(3:08)
After a stunning end to Super Bowl XLIX, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots beat the Seattle Seahawks to win their fourth NFL championship. The Post's Des Bieler and Neil Greenberg discuss what went wrong for the Seahawks and why the Patriots are one of the NFL's best teams of all time. (Jayne W. Orenstein and Kyle Barss/The Washington Post)
It’s possible, if not likely, that Carroll passed on second down because he didn’t want to be in a position where the Patriots knew they would pass on third down. And that reality arose because Belichick kept his timeouts holstered.
Belichick would have known that Carroll didn’t want to box himself in on a possible third down, which is how the Patriots could have anticipated that second-down pass that Malcolm Butler intercepted to ice the game. Even with the ball on the goal line, the Patriots used three cornerbacks on the field. The third? Butler.
It should be noted that the Seahawks’ suboptimal clock management contributed to their downfall. After Jermaine Kearse’s circus catch set up Seattle with a first-and-goal at the 5, the Seahawks burned their second timeout because they didn’t get a play to Wilson quickly enough. That timeout could have made Belichick not calling one moot. And as noted above, the Seahawks took too long after Lynch’s first-down run.
Anyone could still argue the Seahawks should have relied on their strengthand given the ball to Lynch or let Russell Wilson run a zone-read play at the 1. Studying all of the permutations of the clock could be overthinking it. But as you rip Carroll for not running the ball at the goal line, credit Belichick for making him have to consider it, for making a tiny decision that had an enormous impact.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ributed-to-fateful-play-call-by-pete-carroll/
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Sorry, but every way you look at this it was a boneheaded decision by Pete Carroll to call that pass play in that situation. If he had to call a pass, call a pass out wide and not where there's a scintilla of a chance it could be intercepted.
But the obvious call was a running play, either the beast up the gut or a read option for Wilson. With the timeout in hand and the beast in beast mode, you give it to The Beast.
thats, uh, ridiculous. belichick should have called timeout
He made the right decision, it appears.
I was stunned belichick didnt call a timeout given Brady is his QB. But im here behind my PC whilst belichick is celebrating his 4th Superbowl. So yeah.
If you think about it it makes sense though. One extra time out on the offensive side is probably worth more than the defensive side. Brady is so fast snap to pass that 20 seconds is 4-5 plays even without time outs if they run routes that go out of bound. That extra time out might have come useful in game management.
But ultimately there is no other way to portray it except the Seahawks and particularly Carroll and his off coord bottled it.
But once the okay was called and the ball was snapped, let's not forget just how immense butlers play was. There's a picture a page or two back which shows butler had 4 yards of separation between him and lockette. To make that interception was a play of unimaginable proportions given the importance. Add to that the fact he is an I drafted rookie, that might be the best play even by one.
He might have decided that showing a bit of confidence in his defense might be the way to go, rather than hoping that somehow saving a few seconds for Brady would be necessary.
Would be good if this wasn't on the front page every time I login to the Caf.
Hey this is the most attention the OTHER SPORTS section has ever received, so just back the feck off.
We could keep it alive by discussing cricket or something?
.. Or realistically the draft as I don't know anything about that.
Naw, it has to be sport related.
What game would you recommend to somebody new to the sport? Something exciting.