NortheasternPJ said:I hope you have as much fun at the postgame party as the Pats fans did in 2007 and 2011.
DaughtersofDougMirabelli said:https://twitter.com/Earl_Thomas/status/560824986370187264
NortheasternPJ said:I hope you have as much fun at the postgame party as the Pats fans did in 2007 and 2011.
GBrushTWood said:
I hope Belichick takes a screenshot of that and shows it to the players during the last team meeting before the game. (Assuming the Pats didn't print post party tickets themselves)
JohnnyK said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtd5aUfwWMU
wibi said:
Do you honestly believe BB is browsing SoSH just a few days before the biggest game of the year?
There is no Rev said:Yeah, it's not the kind of thing they can just throw together at the last second pending the result.
There is no Rev said:Yeah, it's not the kind of thing they can just throw together at the last second pending the result.
In order to "short" the market, a broker typically lists tickets in a generic section of the stadium and doesn't disclose exactly where the seats are until the Wednesday before the game, when sites such as StubHub and Vivid Seats require the brokers to choose exact seat locations or cancel the sale.
The idea for the brokers is to take money from ticket buyers when the tickets are at a higher price after the conference title games, then actually buy the tickets days later as the prices start to come down. The ease of the scheme caused more and more brokers to get in the game.
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So on Sunday, brokers who still hadn't purchased their tickets, started buying tickets at more than $5,000 apiece, losing as much as $3,000 a seat just to save the integrity of their businesses, according to those on the buying and selling side, who spoke anonymously.
The alleged collusion between brokers also squeezed the websites that make up the ticket marketplace. Sites like StubHub guarantee that tickets sold will be delivered, so the company started buying tickets to protect itself from people who sold tickets but didn't appear to have the ability to actually deliver them, sources told ESPN.
Refs are part time employees. Can't expect the NFL to splurge on stuff like refs.drleather2001 said:Well, they've only had 3 weeks to sort this all out. And they had to, like, work on one of those days.
I mean, it is kind of horseshit for refs to be filling teams in on strategy during the game. If they're asked about the rules, that's another thing.soxhop411 said:“@DougKyedNESN: NFL referee Bill Vinovich seemed surprised when Dean Blandino told him officials shouldn't tell teams not to cover an ineligible receiver.”
soxhop411 said:“@DougKyedNESN: NFL referee Bill Vinovich seemed surprised when Dean Blandino told him officials shouldn't tell teams not to cover an ineligible receiver.”
MalzoneExpress said:
I thought it was unfair to tell the opponent not to cover the ineligible receiver. The referees should only inform the defense that the specific player is ineligible. It is the players/coaches job to decide to cover or not. In fact, That disadvantaged the Pats. Also, the defense may want to cover Vereen if he is ineligible because he could get a backward slip screen pass from Brady. If the Referees tells the player not to cover him, that could cause problems.
This is the ending the NFL has been building up to all year. This batshit crazy season probably deserves to end with Goodell standing on a dais, with everyone booing the fuck out of him, handing the Lombardi Trophy over to his BDSM top, Kraft. It deserves to have Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth yammering on from a fucking prepared script about what a nice moment this is for both men AFTER SO MUCH TURMOIL. It deserves one final unwatchable blowout presided over by the NBC production team. It deserves announcers using the word “vindicated” for a billionaire. I’m gonna buy a new television before this game specifically so that I can break the one I already have when I see all this go down. It’s gonna be fucking terrible. I couldn’t be more excited to watch.
It is truly amazing that this has been a minor storyline. When the fuck has the SB line ever been a pick 'em before this matchup (I think most books have it at Pats -1 now)?m0ckduck said:Listening to Aaron Schatz from Football Outsiders on the BS Report explaining that, by weighted DVOA, this is probably the most evenly-matched SB in history
DegenerateSoxFan said:It is truly amazing that this has been a minor storyline. When the fuck has the SB line ever been a pick 'em before this matchup (I think most books have it at Pats -1 now)?
And that one ended up being a close one. Great link.E5 Yaz said:
According to this list, the most recent 1-point line was 49ers-Bengals
http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/superbowl/history/
CaptainLaddie said:Will Sherman skip the Super Bowl if his girlfriend goes into labor?
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/01/29/seattle-seahawks-richard-sherman-skip-super-bowl-son-birth
To be honest, if he really does have torn ligaments in his elbow and on Saturday he's looking worse, it wouldn't shock me if he didn't suit up.
It was just the way he said it and his confidence. But you are right about your other comments re: crap teams etc.drleather2001 said:Oh I agree. But it would be shocking if a Seattle guy said at the thought the Pats would win.
Silverdude2167 said:It was just the way he said it and his confidence. But you are right about your other comments re: crap teams etc.
rodderick said:Didn't Gates have a big game against them? Also, this is still the team that gave up 11 TDs to TEs during the regular season, right?
Mystic Merlin said:The Patriots have an edge in special teams, and they need to exploit it. That's, as always, being ignored by analysts.