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Dark Piranha Has Seen SUPER BOWL XXXIX!!!!

Published at:  Feb 04, 2005 2:28:04 AM CST

SPOILER ALERT !!


I am – Hercules!!

This has to be one of the cooler scoops Coaxial News has ever gotten. Sorry I waited so long to post it, but I had to call my bookie first. But check it: “Dark Pirahna” has seen the entire Super Bowl a full three days before it airs!!!

BEWARE GIGANTIC SPOILAGE!!!

Hey Herc, Dark Piranha here. Long time first time. (Actually that’s not true.. back in 1998 I posted a spoiler about The Phantom Menace and no one believed me and I got flamed really bad but I was vindicated because my sources were real and accurate, but that’s another story.) (but you don’t have to put that link in there if you post this story.)


Hey Herc, Dark Piranha here. Long time, first time, etc.

I haven’t seen it posted on your site or anywhere else yet, so I thought I’d chime in with the first review of the rough cut of the Superbowl that will be airing this Sunday.


The short take, it’s awesome! They’ve learned from previous Superbowls and have made this one filled with tension almost from beginning to end. However, they still have a lot of work to do before it airs this weekend. In the tradition of your usual reviews, I’ll go into a longer take as follows.

Super Bowl 39.1 FAQ

What’s it called?

Superbowl XXXIX “Patriots vs Eagles”


Who’s responsible?


Fox Sports



What does TV Guide say?


“It’s a football game.”



Is there another “wardrobe malfunction?”


Unfortunately not this year. However, if you look closely in the background during the post-game interviews from the Eagles locker room, you can see what looks mysteriously like a shiny white butt.



Is the game any good?


Yes! It’s one of the most exciting games in recent memory, Superbowl or otherwise. A grand total of EIGHTY-TWO points is scored, with the winner being decided by three points!



Three points?!?


Yes! It’s a field goal… in overtime!



What’s good?


Terrell Owens catching three touchdowns, including the game-tying touchdown as regulation time came to an end. Also good is Corey Dillon breaking the record for rushing yards in a Superbowl with 245 yards. Also, there were only two punts the entire game, and one turnover (Tom Brady threw an interception late in the fourth quarter that allowed the Eagles one last chance to tie the game).



What’s not so good?


Wide Receiver Freddie Mitchell knocked out and knocked out of the game on the Eagles’ first series. However, this was good in the end because it forced T.O. to play a bit more than he was initially intending. Also not good was Paul McCartney’s microphone feedback during the halftime show.



What’s left to be done before it airs?


There were still a lot of unfinished effects, especially the yellow first down lines. They only had those completed through the first quarter. There are also a few continuity errors that need to be fixed, such as Deion Branch catching the ball from one angle, and when the camera switches, it’s David Givens running for the first down. Also, a few errors where the down markers or yard line indicators don’t match up from scene to scene. But most importantly, there needs to be a lot of tightening in the editing over the last quarter. There’s a LOT of action in the fourth quarter, and at times it gets very confusing who’s doing what. But it’s all stuff that can easily be fixed before airtime.



How was the halftime show?


If you need to ask, you have no business calling yourself a geek. More precisely, if you WATCHED the halftime show, you have no business calling yourself a geek. (okay.. so we watched to see if Gretchen Wilson would have a wardrobe malfunction… but no luck)



How does it end, spoiler-boy?


Eagles 42, Patriots 39 in overtime.





“Dark Pirahna’s rating for “Super Bowl” XXXIX?

*****

The Hercules T. Strong Rating System:

***** better than we deserve

**** better than most motion pictures

*** actually worth your valuable time

** as horrible as most stuff on TV

* makes you quietly pray for bulletins




5:30 p.m. Sunday. Fox.










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  • Feb 04, 2005 2:34:37 AM CST

    My God...

    by the funk drummer

    Can you imagine what would happen if this actually turned out to be true? Hopefully Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd will set things right.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 2:42:56 AM CST

    plant!

    by hercules

    I got this off of bittorrent back in October and it wasn't so great. Herc, you should change the name of this site to Ain't It Old News, because it JUMPED THE SHARK!!! LOL! Don't got there! Talk to the hand! Too much information!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 2:49:19 AM CST

    What really happens

    by virtual satyr

    The Patriots are down by seven points in the last quarter, and then, Hulk Hogan comes out and scores a touchdown!!!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 2:52:26 AM CST

    If the Patriots are playing, you can bet the game can be predict

    by jules windex

    I hate Tom Brady. Shtooping Bridget Moynahan, more super bowls rings than Marino, Tarkenton, Favre, McNair and Manning combined. Not fair!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 3:07:25 AM CST

    Terrell Owens has a beer...

    by l.h.puttgrass

    ...and cheats on Nicollette Sheridan.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 3:15:02 AM CST

    Continuity errors?! GODDAMN YOU, B&B!

    by tall_boy

    assholes.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 3:56:49 AM CST

    Who plays the head official?

    by zillabeast

    Anthony Hopkins? Edward-James Olmos? Bruce Campbell? WHO??? DAMMIT!!!!!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • This review is full of lies!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 4:30:07 AM CST

    Seriously, the 20 seconds of my life it took me to skim that stu

    by grabthars_hammer

  • Feb 04, 2005 4:47:12 AM CST

    Is it inappropriate

    by proper

    to make a comment about a warbrobe malfunction involving hopping Mrs McCartney.Ok I won't do it then(you know bad karma and all that).

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 7:57:43 AM CST

    Isn't this already available for download on Bittorrent?

    by prof. pop-cult

    What's the big deal?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 8:16:41 AM CST

    PLANT!

    by voice o. reason

    This article was totally sent in by the studio. Fox is so shameless. I'd they'd have given "Firefly" this much attention, it'd never been cancelled, the bastards. JOSH WHELDON ROOLZ!!!!!!111

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 8:27:02 AM CST

    Errr, sorry, Herc...

    by voice o. reason

    ...kinda stole your joke and ran with it there.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 8:35:00 AM CST

    I have to hit the ATM

    by ecupirate71

    I am leaving work right now to take out my life savings and head to Vegas. This is a sucker's bet, and I will make tons of money if the ending stays true to form, I hope the director stays true to form and does not tinker with the ending.

    Also, I heard that Jack Bauer is the referee to stop the terrorist like attack that will happen if the Eagles actually win. The city of brotherly love will burn in an Iraqi type celebration. Like in the Last Boyscout, he will start shooting during play. Aint life a bitch?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 8:52:14 AM CST

    But does Super Bowl XXXIX have werewolves and vampires?

    by spyguy

    And most importantly, is Hulk Hogan starring in it?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 9:26:47 AM CST

    Somebody needs to check their math. 42+39 doesn't equal 82.

    by chastain-86

    Entertaining nonetheless. And I'm probably one of only a handful of nerdos that come here that's actually going to watch the game. The rest of you will be downloading hentai and watching for Budweiser commercials out of the corner of one eye.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 10:13:27 AM CST

    Enough with the remakes!

    by renonevada2000

    What questions are still unanswered after 39 Superbowls? The original was great but damn has this franchise been run into the ground. I mean really, how many times do we need to see them run up and down the field? It gets repetitive people. The only thing keeping this thing on the air is the merchandising money brings in. Tail wagging the dog if you ask me. Give it a rest for five years and then come back with somthing new and fresh, not the same old same old.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 10:28:26 AM CST

    this is awesome

    by jackdonkey

    great comedy like this is always appreciated

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 10:35:17 AM CST

    Adam Vinatieri is a sexy beanpole tomboy

    by tar heel

    Sorry, had to add to the AICN cliches.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 10:35:20 AM CST

    Wardrobe malfunction with Mrs. McArtney?

    by numberface

    Don't you mean wooden leg malfunction?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 10:56:03 AM CST

    This is actually brilliant satire

    by dannychico

    What with the tape delaying and all.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 11:10:22 AM CST

    oh, please...

    by tv casualty

    Those of us in New England already knew this, because NESN showed the game last night. It was broadcast directly from Bill Belichick's brain.

    Reply to Talkback

  • I mean, since the score will be 42.5 to 39.5 ... .

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 12:06:04 PM CST

    I bet the Vegas bookies are scrambling now!

    by lonesomerhodes

    Good one Herc.

    Reply to Talkback

  • You'll know it when you see it. And when you do, you can blame your friendly neighborhood Walrus. As the halftime show's former songwriting partner used to say, Goo-Goo g'Joob, muthafuckas.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 12:25:54 PM CST

    This will suck...

    by zer0cool2k2

    What's Andy Reid directed that's any good? I heard they had to get Carrie Fisher to punch up the play calling. The suits look just like the ones the Patriots wore in their last Superbowl. I heard Jennifer Garner is setting the point spread! She's not Jimmy the Greek... Why can't they just make it exactly like the regular season, yet offer something new and not conform too slavishly to the regular season's rules? Plus I think Belichik is gay, so he'll use mostly gay players (who will also be too

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 12:28:34 PM CST

    damn that enter key!

    by zer0cool2k2

    what I was saying... (.....too young for the SUPERbowl). I'm the world's biggest fan of the Superbowl, but I know for a fact that this will suck. Why can't the NFL come up with something original instead? I'll still watch it though, and buy all the action figures.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 12:31:33 PM CST

    Dream on...

    by achilles

    Terrell limps off the field after one quarter... Patriots absolutely demolish the Eagles.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 12:49:53 PM CST

    Who designed those team uniforms?

    by kikstad

    That was actually pretty funny.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 12:51:18 PM CST

    This can't possibly be true

    by canyda

    Because if it was ... Fox would cancel the Super Bowl midway through the third quarter because of low ratings and fans would be forced to wait three years for the Super Bowl Movie to have all the loose ends tied up.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 12:57:57 PM CST

    Very clever, but this is obviously the work of a plant. :- )

    by darthcorleone

    It's impossible for two teams to total 82 points and have a difference of three.

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  • Feb 04, 2005 1:09:29 PM CST

    Maybe so, but the casting is pure crap!

    by 4815162342

    I would've chosen the Kansas City Chiefs for the leading role and the Green Bay Packers as the hapless victims.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 1:17:27 PM CST

    Superbowl has a bomb in its ribcage...

    by studioplant69

    Has a beer, cheats on a dead raped deer who is a PLANT that is the sexiest tomboy beanpole on the planet named Hulk Hogan brother!

    GFY

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  • Feb 04, 2005 1:22:18 PM CST

    Big Deal, I saw Super Bowl XXXX two weeks ago!

    by nicky butane

    The 2006 Oscars suck. The 2007 World series will blow your fucking minds!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 1:27:18 PM CST

    The STEELERS should be there

    by cletus van damme

    We all know this.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 1:39:27 PM CST

    The STEELERS should be there - HAHAHAHAHA

    by blanket-man

    Yeah, right! Except, those choking bums got thoroughly THRASHED at home AGAIN in the AFC Title game, by the soon-to-be-World-Champion Patriots! 15-1 = MEANINGLESS if ya can't close the deal!! Cowher = biggest choker since Marv Levy! Hahahahaha!!! Oh, and the "review" sucked. Why is Tom Brady throwing the ball late in the game with a 7-point lead?!? Not likely...

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  • Feb 04, 2005 2:04:10 PM CST

    true, Cletus Van Damme, the Steelers SHOULD be there...

    by tv casualty

    ...except for the whole "getting-their-asses-handed-to-them" thing in the AFC title game. Please. Not saying they're a bad team, but the better team is CLEARLY present here. Gonna be a helluva game. A helluva game. Mmmm... dynasty...

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 2:27:09 PM CST

    if you call yourself a geek..

    by punto

    the you shouln't be watching any sports at all

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 2:33:38 PM CST

    Come to the Browns, Romeo, come to the Browns!!!!!

    by nice marmot

    Woof!!!!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 3:20:30 PM CST

    punto... can I not be a movie geek and a sports geek?

    by tv casualty

    Should we not embrace ALL geeks, of all colors and creeds, of all entertainment genres? Come one, come all, embrace your geekhood and that of others!! WHO'S WITH ME??!! ok, I need a drink.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 3:51:09 PM CST

    I think you mean movie geek and sports freak

    by atari

  • Feb 04, 2005 4:33:53 PM CST

    This was on CHUD weeks ago

    by jackiejokeman

  • Feb 04, 2005 5:24:06 PM CST

    Screw the game.

    by mrfan

    How are the commercials? And can anyone spare a brother a fifty. Mrfan has to place a bet.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 5:33:09 PM CST

    Suits him

    by haildahypnotoad

    Duce Staley is sitting at home rather than playing with the NFC CHAMPS!!!

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!!!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 5:45:17 PM CST

    42-39? You wish!!

    by phildogger

    Third Ring, Coming right UP!!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 7:26:33 PM CST

    regarding the "Longest Yard" Superbowl spot

    by theseeker7

    My god, Adamn Sandler could pretty much have Rob Schneider suck HIS DOG'S dick at this point... I mean, would Schneider have even a little bit of the pathetic career he does have right now without Sandler??

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 7:46:46 PM CST

    Naw man, terrorists hijack the blimp

    by darth tj mackey

    I saw this movie.

    Reply to Talkback

  • to...to, to, to, ... to,to.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 8:51:56 PM CST

    Is it true there's still footage of NSYNC's cameo still in the f

    by llghtst0rmer

    And what about the part where Corey Dillon gets eaten by a bear? Can't wait to see that part!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 04, 2005 9:27:10 PM CST

    Such a fake

    by totorosan

    Everybody knows that AICN nerds don't watch anything remotely resembling sports. Much less actually play them. Come game time, I predict that 80% will be masturbating, 15% will be watching Starge SG1 reruns, and 5% will be doing both.

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  • Feb 04, 2005 9:34:23 PM CST

    Blanket-Man, TV Casualty and Hypnotoad

    by cletus van damme

    If you want to call losing by 2 touchdowns "choking, getting your ass handed to you, etc." then I guess that's what the Steelers did to the Pats back on Halloween, ending their winning streak.
    Let's see how many records did we set this year? Hmm..."Most Wins In Franchise History," "Most wins by a rookie quarterback," QB voted Rookie of the week for 9 weeks, "Rookie of the Year," and bring the only QB in NFL history to get back-to-back wins over two undefeated teams (New England and the NFC

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  • Feb 04, 2005 9:56:35 PM CST

    That was cute

    by ribbons

    I was trying to think of a way to say that without it coming off as smarmy and couldn't. Maybe part of the reason is because I am smarmy, but in any case, I mean it as a compliment. I enjoyed reading this "scoop," so thanks Dark Pirahna.

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  • Feb 04, 2005 10:03:56 PM CST

    Cabbage

    by sefsterj

    Yes. I have converted from leafy lettuce.

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  • Feb 05, 2005 12:23:11 AM CST

    Yeah, because no other QBs in the Superbowl are overrated...

    by ribbons

    coughMcNabbcough

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  • Feb 05, 2005 12:25:14 AM CST

    numberface

    by proper

    I had to water it down,my first thought was that team P.M. will do anything to get his stash through customs but I thought that would be even worse.Sorry everyone.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 05, 2005 2:45:18 AM CST

    Dan Dierdorf raped my childhood.

    by gboybama

    When will the torture end? Why oh why did they have to keep making more football?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 05, 2005 3:53:11 AM CST

    There's actually an alternate ending they've kept under wraps...

    by iamnicksaicnsn

    In the last five minutes the 49ers come in and make up all their lost games by destorying both teams in a battle royale. With guns and swords. See you in '06 bitches!

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  • Feb 05, 2005 5:41:04 AM CST

    Star Wars vs. LOTR

    by savage jimmy

    This site is not the place for sports. Seriously. I've seen you guys argue about the stupidest shit. None of which has ever had anything to do with sports. Geeks!!

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  • Feb 05, 2005 7:00:27 AM CST

    Happy Endings

    by acerbic norseman

    You stupid Americans with your happy endings. In my county the game would end with the quarterback dying of a heroin overdose and then capitalist blimp would crash into stands killing many bloated Americans. Roll credits.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 05, 2005 7:05:55 AM CST

    Tom Brady

    by acerbic norseman

    Will be played by Mos Def.

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  • Feb 05, 2005 7:56:27 AM CST

    I wonder how many times Quint thinks the Patriots will get in th

    by atticus finch

    We all know Quint will only be watching the Super Bowl for the movie trailers.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 05, 2005 11:08:38 AM CST

    Brian Westbrook is a clone of Obi-Wan in Episode 4

    by voice o. reason

    Someone had to say it.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 05, 2005 11:23:13 AM CST

    All I want to know

    by blackbeltjones

    is who gets voted off each quarter. And who wins the immunity challenge.

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  • Feb 05, 2005 12:02:38 PM CST

    This will be cancelled by the third quarter

    by i hate movies

    It's too bad. I heard Whedon and David Fury did a rewrite on the Eagles' playbook.

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  • Feb 05, 2005 2:19:18 PM CST

    Cletus Van Damme... let's see, how many Super Bowls have the Ste

    by tv casualty

    Or played in? Oh... wait... that's right. None. Tell you what, you can keep your fuckin' records. I'll keep my Super Bowl titles, and hopefully Big Ben's records will keep warm and comfy tomorrow.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 05, 2005 3:20:23 PM CST

    Go Pats . . . gakgakgak

    by mascan

  • Feb 05, 2005 5:01:39 PM CST

    no subject

    by setion_pirate

    Sorry, I'm not a patriots fan, but Tom Brady is the best quarterback in the NFL, and the Patriots will win. Not that I care, Patriots have won too much, and the Eagles fans make me sick.


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  • Feb 05, 2005 9:20:36 PM CST

    TVC

    by cletus van damme

    I left out a record: "Best NFL Record of Any Team This Season."
    Rest assured, when the Pats choke tomorrow, I'll be the first to rub your nose in it like you're trying to do to me. And yeah....those records do keep me warm, considering a ROOKIE has a 50% win ratio against the Pats and is only going to get better, as the only ingredient he's missing is experience. Oh, and 7 players heading to the Pro Bowl...so don't be afraid to suck on that too.

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  • Feb 05, 2005 10:38:46 PM CST

    The Vicious Cycle

    by ribbons

    Seems to me that Tom Brady had a 50% winning percentage (which is what I assume you mean when you say "ratio," which would really be 1:1) against the Rams, a.k.a. The Greatest Show on Earth (or Turf depending on your allegiances), in his rookie season too. Now the Pats, who according to you are just about ready for demolition by Roethelsomething and the Steelers, are this year's Rams. Seems to me like Pittsburgh is gonna be on the receiving end of a lot of unjustified hatred by people just like you, Cletus, if what you say is true. And they might get their shot; after all, Law's time with New England is running out and their two chief coordinators are leaving after the Superbowl, so maybe Big Ben'll get his shot as early as next year (for the record, I do think that he's got a lot of potential, but he's a little on the green side). Football's a hard game to predict though. Even if the Steelers establish themselves within the next year or so, some team you'd never even looked twice it could be knocking on their doors come 2007. It happens all the time; Brady and the Pats were the wunderkind of 2002. What makes the Steelers any more enduring? Oh, and for the record, the better AFC team IS in Jacksonville right now. When you put up 41 points against "the best team in football," you deserve to be in the Superbowl.

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  • Feb 05, 2005 10:38:49 PM CST

    Funniest Talkback Ever?

    by shan

    Well, probably not but some very funny writing in the talkback contributions here, so it must be close. It's been very funny and like a collection of 'best of' jokes in the one talkback.

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  • Feb 05, 2005 11:47:08 PM CST

    Cletus... dude...

    by tv casualty

    I wasn't trying to run your nose in, simply prove that the best team is, in fact, in the Super Bowl. Anyway, the records are impressive, certainly. But the point of the NFL season is to make the Super Bowl. We did. You didn't. And let's not forget that the Pats were missing 2 VERY key players in the 1st Pitt game (Dillon, Branch), so... at full strength, they are the better team, as the AFC game proves, I think. OK, now I've gone too far. This is FAR too much sports talk for an AICN talkback.

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  • Feb 06, 2005 12:41:20 AM CST

    In the interest of putting this to bed....

    by cletus van damme

    ...let me just say, "Woulda shoulda coulda, see you next year." ;)

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  • Feb 06, 2005 1:09:50 AM CST

    I like the sound of that...

    by tv casualty

    ... hopefully more than once again.

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  • Feb 06, 2005 1:30:39 AM CST

    Uh, TV Casualty, et al..

    by hillarylovesme

    There is no "we made it to the Super Bowl." A team of professional athletes did. Just because the athletes are nominally supposed to be from your city or area does not mean you've taken any real part in their successes or failures on the field. I know people *like* having things to believe in, but a sports team is one of the more pathetic ones. It's always amazed me that people will show intense attachment to a team composed of a group of players, most of whom probably aren't from one's area anyway. Take "my" home team, the St Louis Rams: I had nothing to do with their recent Super Bowl win; I've had nothing to do with their recent successes, or lack thereof, either. I did not feel any provincial patriotic pride when they win, and I feel no provincial embarrassment when they don't. The St Louis Rams' biggest connexion to the St Louis area is not through its team members or even its team owners, but solely through its legions of lemming-like fans who laughably feel that the Rams are "their" team somehow. (I feel even more pity for people not from St Louis who are Rams fans; there's not even the excuse of provincial pride to explain their absurd elysian fantasies of being part of "their" St Louis Rams.)

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  • Feb 06, 2005 1:45:09 AM CST

    I can't believe this has turned into a legitimate football discu

    by i hate movies

    Come on, geeks. Can't we all start talking about which team's cheerleaders we'd rather date as if it were a choice we're gonna face one day?

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  • Feb 06, 2005 2:14:15 AM CST

    HillaryLovesMe

    by ribbons

    There's probably a range of reasons for why people gravitate towards sports teams, but it is truly one of life's mysteries, especially in regards to how it can get some self-respecting people to paint and bare their flabby chests in freezing temperatures. The fanaticism on display in sporting events is actually so extreme at times that I'm amazed it's so easily accepted within our culture as opposed to, say, going to AICN, which would probably ostracize me from most of my peers if I made a to-do about it. There's probably a psychology for that, too, but a foolish one. A couple of years ago someone on TalkBack asked the question why sports fans are allowed to indulge their fetish in public (and indeed, even have competitions over which cities house "better fans") while film buffs are almost treated like social lepers. An answer came back looking something like this: "Because if you put twenty Star Trek fans and twenty football fans in a room together, the last ones standing would be the football fans, so they get to decide what's socially acceptable." That always stuck with me, partly because I'm a bitter film buff, but also partly because it's a smart answer. There's something very primal about the cult of sports, and maybe that's where the clanlike mentality comes from. Then again, fans vary from city to city. Speaking of which, you think dealing with psycho Rams fans is tough? Try living in Philadelphia. Ay caramba.

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  • Feb 06, 2005 11:01:11 AM CST

    and this is why you should never start a conversation about spor

    by tv casualty

    HillaryLovesMe... ok, so you're not into sports. So you're not attached to the team that plays in your city. Let me ask you this: What about the Olympics? Is it ok to root for your country in the Olympics? Can you identify with those athletes? What's the difference? I grew up in Massachusetts, I enjoy watching sports, ergo I identify with the local sports teams. I like watching ball games, I like going to ball games. I also like John Carpenter movies, and playing video games. Don't tell me what I can and can't enjoy, what I can and can't identify with. Just because you're not into it, there's no need to belittle those of us who enjoy football AND movies. Get off your high horse. There's nothing pathetic about appreciating the skill and ability involved in sports, nor is there any shame in rooting for the team you grew up watching. I also grew up on horror movies and star wars. I feel a connection to those things as well, which is why I read this site and post in these talkbacks. But to judge those of us who enjoy a DIFFERENT form of entertainment is ridiculous.

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  • Feb 06, 2005 11:16:38 AM CST

    oh, and I Hate Movies...

    by tv casualty

    Much as I love the Pats, the Eagles cheerleaders are by FAR hotter. They basically wear lingerie. Egads. FFor some reason, they never respond to my letters though...

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  • Feb 06, 2005 11:58:49 AM CST

    I don't wanna be uncool,but WTF??

    by jonleeus

    What a fucking waste of time. To harry et.al: you suck, this is stupid,and I feel so fucking violated,that if it weren't for the funny ass talkbackers,I would be done with this site!!!! F-U!!!

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  • Feb 06, 2005 2:55:19 PM CST

    TVC - I agree.

    by cletus van damme

    ..hey, that rhymed. Yeah, the Eagles Cheerleaders are niiiiiiiice. You see their charity calendar?

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  • Feb 06, 2005 4:10:02 PM CST

    TV Casualty Smackdown, Part II...

    by hillarylovesme

    So, do you tend to also consider the movies you watch, and the video games you play, also "yours"? E.g.: "Yeah, I helped make that Carpenter movie, because I like it!" ********** That razor-sharp retort of mine aside, you failed to address my main point, which was not about rooting for a local sports team per se: It is truly pathetic to root for a team with little to no real, solid connexion to one's area! I would bet good money that most of the Rams players are not from St Louis, or have not lived here very long. The same is probably true, of course, of the Rams' big money owners. I see no problem in rooting for one of the local bush-league baseball teams, for instance; such a team is more likely to be composed of players from the same town as one. ****** You may now concede defeat. :)

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  • Feb 07, 2005 8:04:05 AM CST

    Amused...

    by bitterman23

    by all the people COMPLAINING about some actual intelligent sports comments. I invite you all to go read the Onions "Walking Sports Database Scorns Walking Sci-Fi Database."

    p.s. Fox had the ending changed thanks to spoilers, so as a Pats fan, thanks!!!

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  • Feb 07, 2005 10:26:48 AM CST

    TVC - Congrats

    by cletus van damme

    Congrats, man. NE played and played well!

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  • Feb 07, 2005 4:01:53 PM CST

    Cletus... thanks...

    by tv casualty

    Big Ben will have MANY more opportunities. And Hillary... I gotta agree to disagree on this one. It's a pointless debate. I was raised in New England, I grew up here, I love it here. I love football. I love the Pats. Simple as that. I like watching football, and I like it even more when my home team wins. Obviously most of the players are from somewhere else. That's not the point - they play here now. And when/if they move to another city, I'll be sad, and always think of them when they play us, or when I see them. I know you think it's stupid and pathetic, and that's your right. It's too bad that you have such little respect for other people's enjoyment that you have to belittle it, but whatever. I guess that's the kind of person you are. Anyway, I'm sure Cletus understands, and any other sports fans reading this.

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