Super Bowl 53 (Patriots@LA Rams)

[Pleb]

Super Bowl LIII (New England Patriots (AFC) v LA Rams (NFC))
Sky Sports USA/Main Event/Mix HD - 22:00
BBC1HD - 22:45
Kickoff/National Anthem memes: 11:30

Lads, lasses and Mahow your annual Super Bowl TTH thread is here which is sponsored by Tom Brady, fucking Tony Romo of all people and the NFL. To build up what would ultimately be a massive Ref Bowl watch this amazing preview and follow the guy afterwards. (https://youtu.be/mcolwgLvFeI)

Apparently Gladys Knight is on National Anthem duty and the NFL cannot seem to be bothered to get Beyoncé back on the Super Bowl Half Time show so instead we're settling for Maroon 5 again who will be joined by Big Boi (Who?) and Travis Scott (again who?) of all people.

[Baz]

Big Boi (Who?)Calm down, wullie

[phonics]

I'm considering handing out my first ever warning.

[Giggles]

Maroon fucking 5 :nono:

[bruhnaldo]

Travis Scott I could forgive but Big Boi? Nah this will not stand.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

WWE are bringing back half time heat with a 6 man tag.

That's your half-time entertainment sorted.

[Alex]

Travis Scott I could forgive but Big Boi? Nah this will not stand.

It absolutely will stand. It's being held in Atlanta, and he was in Outkast, which as good as makes him royalty! Obviously, ideally, you would have Andre there too though.

[Spikey M]

Big Narstie > Big Boi. Have that.

[Giggles]

I just played it on the Xbox and won 15-14 with the Rams. Get the funds on it.

[Pleb]

WWE are bringing back half time heat with a 6 man tag.

That's your half-time entertainment sorted.
You serious right? :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You serious right? :D

Yes.

Ricochet, Aleister Black & Velveteen Dream vs Tommaso Ciampa, Adam Cole and Johnny Gargano.

It's going to be brilliant.

[bruhnaldo]

It absolutely will stand. It's being held in Atlanta, and he was in Outkast, which as good as makes him royalty! Obviously, ideally, you would have Andre there too though.

Oh nah pal I meant that OP didn't know who Big Boi was.

[Alex]

Oh nah pal I meant that OP didn't know who Big Boi was.

:cool:

Apologies.

[Baz]

Anyone got any bets on?

[Pleb]

I'm thinking about it.

What have you got going?

[Baz]

Nowt yet.

I’ll probably hop on Mahow’s train.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I will be making some on Sunday.

It will be very Patriots-centric.

[Pleb]

Rams-Win, Todd Gurley 2+TD and Goff 300 yards + passing yards at 8/1 is tempting :sherlock:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Tempting but about as useful as using the cash as toilet paper.

[Baz]

I’d rather bet on Squidward to score a touchdown.

[Spoonsky]

I have absolutely no feelings towards the Rams but fuck the Pats. I want to see Brady cry.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've gone for the following (£10 on each):

Brady to be MVP @ 2.25
James White to score a TD & Patriots win @ 4
Brady & Goff to have 300+ passing yards @ 3.5
Sony Michel first TD scorer @ 8
Sony Michel 150+ scrimmage yards & 2 TDs @ 7.5.

[bruhnaldo]

Rams-Win, Todd Gurley 2+TD and Goff 300 yards + passing yards at 8/1 is tempting :sherlock:

Feel like if Goff gets 300 yards Gurley's not getting the TD's as they'd use CJ Anderson in short yardage but I maybe overthinking it

[neo_hippy]

As a rams fan I'm still not even sure Gurley is fit

[Giggles]

Fingers crossed that not only New England win, and not only Brady wins it for them, but that there's a horrible refereeing decision that also decides it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm not sure why the BBC lot are surprised that the Rams have a bad following here.

The LA crowd don't give a shit about the NFL, they're not going to go pretty much across the whole country to watch them.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why do they now suddenly have two teams, having had none forever?

[Pleb]

Anthem time :drool:

[Giggles]

Why do they now suddenly have two teams, having had none forever?

The promise of money from a big market, then the realisation that fans in LA don't give a shit, and rinse and repeat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why do they now suddenly have two teams, having had none forever?

Because stupid owners keep thinking that they can break the LA market.

This sums the place up when it comes to the NFL:

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Is that game?. That was to get them into the Super Bowl and the 'fans' just aren't there.

[Pleb]

Booing the anthem :D

[thommo]

Hopefully the Rams win it on another particuarly awful refereeing decision just to fucking rub it in everybody's face.

[Giggles]

Hopefully the Rams win it on another particuarly awful refereeing decision just to fucking rub it in everybody's face.

I'm hoping for the same but in the Patriots favour, just for the tsunami of tears tomorrow.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I hope that, wherever he is, Diljeet is having his mind blown at this coin toss.

[Pleb]

What happened to Deadpool Mahow? :sherlock:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sony Michel has been so good in the playoffs.

[Browning]

Who were they saying is retiring after this game?

[Browning]

Brady :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Who were they saying is retiring after this game?

They said that Brady wont be retiring no matter what happens.

[Pleb]

Shhiittt.....

[Pepe]

Link to a stream anyone?

[Giggles]

Link to a stream anyone?

VPN and BBC iPlayer?

[Pepe]

Good idea, let me try that.

[Pleb]

Already off to a great start.

Pepe use iPlayer.

[Pepe]

It is asking me to sign up, fuck that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just search NFL reddit streams.

[Pleb]

Woof.

[Browning]

A flag for tackling him without giving him a chance to run? :lol:

Only ok because it makes up for the face mask.

[Pleb]

Scenes.

This is a bloodbath.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a cracking jinx that was from Nantz.

[Browning]

That was up there with "Wes Welker makes that catch 100 times out of 100".

[thommo]

Romo even predicted the jinx. What a guy.

[Browning]

His "I was saying such great stuff on that last play.." line makes him the MVP whatever happens.

[Pleb]

Brady's on the ropes.

[Browning]

I know what the Rams should do. It might sound crazy.... but it's worth a shot.

Cover Edelman.

[Pleb]

Romo has been saying that as well I've noticed.

[Browning]

Goff is a fucking shambles.

[Browning]

Someone take that cunt out. It would be worth a career ending suspension.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Goff is playing like he did in his rookie season.

[Browning]

What a shit game so far.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8lRhDcsdSQ

Halftime Heat which will be a million times better than Maroon 5.

[Dan]

So, that was an interesting first half :D Surely the offences will get themselves going in the second half though?

Halftime Heat was fine. Certainly better than Maroon 5, but felt like too much of a spotfest.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hightower was clearly shocked that Goff was throwing it to him.

[Bernanke]

I know nothing about this game and even I can see that this Goff dude is absolute garbage.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Still not covering Edelman.

[Bernanke]

What's the lowest scoring SB ever?

[Browning]

Miami 14-7 Washington in SB 7.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_VII

21 points in Super Bowl VII.

[Pepe]

How did these good for nothings manage to make it to the final?

[Dan]

Hekker getting his leg going :cool:

[Browning]

Longest punt in Super Bowl history :drool:

Rams need a Pick 6 badly because Goff isn't going to complete a pass let alone throw a TD.

[Dan]

Patriots could be about to regret not getting more points on the board while the Rams couldn't do anything.

[Pleb]

Squeaky bum time :drool:

[Dan]

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Travis Scott with the best bump of any half-time show.

[Dan]

Gilmore, Edelman & the punters are the MVP candidates so far :D

All these Bud Light ads need to fuck off. I always forget that American TV just lets you shit on your rivals in your ads, but four different Bud ads about how they don't use corn syrup is five too many.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The top 4 favourites on Betfair are Edelman 2.1, Brady 3, Goff 4 (lol), Gurley 14 (lol).

[Browning]

That holding call was a disgrace.

[Dan]

I mean at this point whoever scores the TD will probably get it. I'd love it to be someone like Ryan Allen or one of the linemen for a change.

[Dan]

That line judge who dodged Goff's flying body should be the MVP.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

9 punts for Hekker, 8 rushes for Gurley.

Woooooooo.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've gone for the following (£10 on each):

Brady to be MVP @ 2.25
James White to score a TD & Patriots win @ 4
Brady & Goff to have 300+ passing yards @ 3.5
Sony Michel first TD scorer @ 8
Sony Michel 150+ scrimmage yards & 2 TDs @ 7.5.

Profit \0/.

[Dan]

WE IN THE REDZONE BOYS :drool:

Pats just running the same play every time.

[Dan]

This is where we end up with non-stop TDs to close out the game

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Gillmore is a stud.

[Browning]

Goff needs to be MVP. For the Patriots, of course. Even Manning was better than this.

[Dan]

Gilmore, Edelman & the punters are the MVP candidates so far :D

All these Bud Light ads need to fuck off. I always forget that American TV just lets you shit on your rivals in your ads, but four different Bud ads about how they don't use corn syrup is five too many.

Gilmore then :drool:

[Dan]

If the Patriots lose this it'll be a travesty. All the best performing players have been on their side, and the most disappointing have all been Rams.

[Pepe]

What a shit game.

[Dan]

Nah, just because it wasn't a shootout it was still a good watch. Proper chess match, even if half of the Rams were well below their best.

[Dan]

This is the limpest way to end a SuperBowl though :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

'Legatron' once again showing why he's inferior to LORD JUSTIN TUCKER.

[Pepe]

Dunno. Rams never really looked dangerous.

[Dan]

Glad they went to the sideline lady to commentate on Brady hugging people in a big crowd.

[neo_hippy]

What a bottle job by the Rams

Kept it close, but never really in it

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That female interviewer is going to die.

She's getting sandwiched by two huge security guys and then almost hanged by a camera cable.

[Browning]

That's got to rank up there as one of, if not the worst QB performances in a super bowl ever. I'm sure it statistically isn't because he only threw 1 INT, but if you told me a random bloke from the crowd replaced him before the game I'd believe it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's got to rank up there as one of, if not the worst QB performances in a super bowl ever. I'm sure it statistically isn't because he only threw 1 INT, but if you told me a random bloke from the crowd replaced him before the game I'd believe it.

Craig Morton had a fun one according to Google.

4/15, 39 yards and 4 interceptions for the only 0 QB rating in the Super Bowl.

[Dan]

The Patriots are just majestic when it comes to game planning & coaching on both sides of the ball.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Wilfork :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Edelman named MVP.

[Dan]

I really wanted Kraft to just come out with an expletive laden tirade then :D

[mugbull]

How does it feel having a Trumpie as CEO

[neo_hippy]

Told you all Gurley wasn't fit.

All the one year contract guys on the Rams will be off now and the shitehawks will be division champs again.

Those winning windows really are tight.

[Spoonsky]

Was that the worst Super Bowl ever?

[John]

That was complete bobbins, but the Sky coverage did throw up one of the most surreal studio moments I can remember, with one of the pundit chairs being filled for a good five minutes by Gareth Southgate.

[Baz]

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Travis Scott with the best bump of any half-time show.That didn’t happen last night. :cab:

[Giggles]

I've seen worse games.

Patriots :drool:

[Ian]

I didn't mind that too much, at least the low scoring was often due to actual good defence rather than just idiots who couldn't move the ball (though there was some of that and that open pass Goff completely missed wasn't a good look.)

[Dan]

That didn’t happen last night. :cab:

Fair enough, I didn't watch it.

And yeah, it was low scoring because the defences were outplaying the offences. Both DC's deserve a lot of credit for the game, as they clearly managed to figure out the opposing offences & knew exactly how to confuse them.

[Gray Fox]

It wasn't a great free scoring game as we had last year(what did we have 1 punt all game?), but that was defensive mastery from both teams. Tactically was spot on. There was only really 1 big play in the entire game for either team(Brady to Gronk to set up the score).

The Rams have been a great offence all year but it's a system offence. Belichick was brilliant in stripping that all away and putting everything on the Rams weakest player, Goff.

It wasn't the best game for a neutral wanting to see offensive football on top, but we've had plenty of that.

[Dan]

Agreed, but then I was the only person who was annoyed by the Rams/Chiefs point fest so of course I’m in for the lowest scoring SuperBowl of all time.

You just have to sit back & appreciate the excellence of the entire Patriots organisation. Edelman was a 7th round QB, Brady was a 6th rounder, the entire O-Line is 3rd round or later, and most of the defence is the same. It’s absolutely unheard of to build a team like that, and yet they’ve done it over & over again for two decades.

They have the greatest QB & head coach ever, as well as the best O-Line coach of all time in Dante Scarnecchia, and they can just roll players & coaches through without ever losing a step. Welker goes, here comes Edelman. Edelman gets hurt, there’s Danny Amendola. Randy Moss in, Randy Moss out. Brandin Cooks in, Brandin Cooks out. Josh Gordon in, Josh Gordon out. It just doesn’t matter. Hell, even when Brady went down they just got Matt Cassell, Jacoby Brissett or Jimmy G out there & kept rolling.

They’re probably the greatest sports franchise of all time, and they’ve done it by being the most adaptable team in the league & the best game planners on both sides of the ball.

God I hope they all retire soon :D

[Giggles]

They're going to have to change the name of that trophy at this stage.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Bill Belichick trophy doesn't sound as good though.

[phonics]

First time I sat through an entire Superbowl after boarding the hype train on this being the 'year of the offense'. I'm never watching NFL again.

[-james-]

I got round to watching the half time show today. It really was completely fucking awful.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD1QrIe--_Y


Watched this back immediately after and my god, what a 12 minutes that is.

[Browning]

Left Shark was the MVP I seem to remember.

[-james-]

It's a world class spectacle from start to finish. The massive gold lion, Kravitz/Elliott doing their best to steal the show, and Perry closing it with Fireworks while she gets flown off on a literal firework. It's all gold and I can't believe how much standards have dropped. Maroon plop doing a bunch of songs from 15 years ago to barely-Eurovision-par production.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Left Shark was the MVP I seem to remember.

He had a baby this year.

[Giggles]

All aboard the AAF train now.

[Ian]

Rewatching that Shark has made me very happy.

[niko_cee]

All aboard LA.

They probably should do it as well, the bleeding obvious notwithstanding. They are well equipped to deal with the Pats. Well, until Belichick destroys Goff and or McVay's brains.

Well, that happened. Maybe just Goff's.

:D

Managed to catch up on this last night after somehow avoiding the result through all of Monday.

Far from being the worst game ever, I thought it was one of the best Superbowls I've seen. Majestic defence is way better than processional 80 yard drive scorefests, even made the Pats winning it seem tolerable as it wasn't really on the back of Brady and yet another improbable drive or ridiculous piece of good luck (they fully deserved it, which really hasn't been the case with some of them). They should have given MVP to McCourty for that play to break up the TD on Cooks, that was insane.

Feel for the Rams defence (well, as much as one can) but Goff was just so, so bad.

I think I've finally reconciled that Pats in my mind in a similar way to I did with Steve Nash's Phoenix Suns (although I still feel bad about hating them as they never actually managed to win a championship). It's always good to have an evil empire.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

McCourty deserves it for going from 0-16 last year with the Browns to Super Bowl champ.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001016971/article/zero-sb-mvp-votes-cast-for-patriots-defensive-players

No votes were cast for any defensive players for MVP.

How Gilmore and Jason McCourty didn't get any is baffling.

[Dan]

That Gilmore didn’t get a single vote is flat out insulting

[Ian]

Are you even remotely surprised?

[Dan]

Somehow, yes :D I'd have thought Gilmore would have at least got a couple of votes, but I guess it shows how nobody cares about defensive football unless it's a sack or a turnover (even then Gilmore had a pick & a forced fumble, while Hightower had two sacks, but lol)

[Lewis]

So how does Bill Billibill keep donning everybody year in year out? I know he has Tom Brady, who you all assured me was the best ever a while back, but what does he know that everyone else doesn't? I was reading about him today and he just seems to be constantly ahead of everybody, including in this when he appears to have single-handedly ruined the OFFENSIVE FOOTBALL trend.

[Pepe]

I bet it has something to do with MIND GAMES.

[Giggles]

And cheating, if you listen to all the bitters.

[Giggles]

Basically though, he seems to be able to specifically game plan for teams better than anyone else (and do it more than anyone else).

[Gray Fox]

There's a direct comparison to be made between Belichick and Alex Ferguson. Both were exceptional at what they did and both had a very team first mantra with zero tolerance on ego or selfishness.
The thing that he does have on his side is his division. The Bills haven't been properly good since the early 90's and the Jets and Dolphins are a joke most years. So he pretty much auto-qualifies for the play-offs every season. Once he gets there he's unrivalled in preparation and game plan. As shown in the game against Atlanta he's also very good at making the needed changes and adjusting.

The only times he has lost in a Superbowl have been against stellar defence in the case of the Giants both times and in the case of the Eagles, they had the absolute game of their lives to get through that.