The Game To Make His Name

Peyton Manning looks to burnish his place in the football pantheon. Cam Newton hopes to cap an MVP season with a Super Bowl ring, thereby completing the NCAA champ, NFL champ, Heisman winner, MVP winner career sweep only attained by.... you don't want me to say, but it is not Tony Dorsett, who is still the only guy to be NCAA champ one year and NFL champ the next, with a Heisman thrown in as well as an Offensive Rookie of the Year but no MVP during his Hall of Fame career.

I am rooting hard for Peyton but resigned to a Carolina victory. Actually, I'm just hoping for a show and a reason to be quaffing a brew in the fourth quarter.

Comments

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I myself am truly looking forward to missing another halftime "show".

[Jane]

Nice of them to boo Tom Brady. What assholes.

[Threadkiller]

My thoughts when Trump was booed.

[henry]

Has spring training started yet?

[NK]

Brady booed? An unsolicited testimonial from USA's football fans.

[NK]

Peyton? after tonight his next Nationwide jingle will be:

"Super Bowl record's 1 and 3."

[NK]

henry-- which MLB team do you support?

[Stephanie]

Pitchers and catchers start reporting in 9 days, Henry.

[henry]

NK, the good one. (aka StL)

Thanks Stephanie. I won't pay much attention to baseball until August, unless the good team sucks then I wait a year.

[JMHanes]

Hoping to catch the gist of tonight's sportsfest commentary, I landed on the Official NFL Superbowl Page, looking for a primer on Newton vs Manning.

Holy shades of Calculus 101! You need a decoder ring just to read the cheat sheets. In sum, I gather it's going to be kind of like a face off between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly?

[Jane]

Well lady Gaga can sing!

[danoso]

Yeah, but can she stop?

[danoso]

Is this game ever going to start?

[JMHanes]

Lady Gag in glitter, belting out the national anthem, flags, troops, football, and a fly-over -- only in America!

[JMHanes]

Yes, that was a typo!

[NK]

gaga's anthem wasn't bad, not my taste, but not bad.

BTW-- will Beyonce hijack the halftime show with BLM nonsense?

[NK]

henry-- I assumed you are a Cards fan.

Can't take credit for the jingle. The NY Post NFL picks guy published that Friday.

[Joan]

I wish they'd either just play the National Anthem or sing it -- not make it a razzle dazzle show. Would be so much more respectful.

Man, I am so old. :)

[Joan]

Though I love the airplanes!

[NK]

I am with Joan on both of those points.

[Joan]

The eagles are nice, too.

[Miss Marple]

Earlier, I posted the Twitchy link with Obama throwing a football in a stadium. As usual, HE has to be the center of attention.

But wait, there's more!

The White House has now posted ANOTHER, different picture of Obama throwing a football, with the caption "Ready for the kick-off."

[maryrose]

Beyoncé is quite the performer with a very good voice
She won't have a wardrobe malfunction ala Janet Jackson
I liked the Ron Howard spoof at the kick off show
If you want to know what my older brother looks like he is the doppelgänger for Ron Howard

[Miss Marple]

I am not watching. Am afraid Peyton will get injured and I refuse to watch Beyonce.

I will probably spend my time packing boxes for tomorrow's shipping.

Everyone else, enjoy the game!

[Stephanie]

Going to the 4th sudden death playoff hole between Rickie and Hideki Matsuyama. Major clutch putting.

[maryrose]

MM
Feel better
I don't usually watch either
Good old fashioned baked chicken
Garlic mashed taters and salsa dip and chips
Enjoy the game everyone!
JI B
Still praying for a good recovery

[Stephanie]

And Rickie puts it in the water. :(

[Threadkiller]

 I've said repeatedly that Marco Rubio is potentially the best Republican communicator since Ronald Reagan. But Saturday night’s GOP debate in New Hampshire left me wondering whether the only candidate I’ve contributed to in this cycle is instead just so well-rehearsed with talking points, brief sound-bites, and longer speeches that I may be hearing great memorization rather than what I thought were true insights into the man’s character, philosophy, and policy priorities...

...In less than five minutes, Rubio had replayed a scripted high-minded irrelevancy three times, even after he was called out by Christie when he first tried to use it to evade a question about himself. Indeed, diversion was the purpose each time he attempted to turn the conversation to President Obama — and each time it failed...

http://spectator.org/articles/65409/rubio%E2%80%99s-debate-disaster

[Threadkiller]

MM, I hope you and JIB recover soon.

[Captain Hate]

You guys don't think I'm watching this abomination, do you?

[Jeff Dobbs]

Mmmmm, the taquitos came out ab fab. I baked them - so not as crispy if they had been fried . . . but the pork was amazing.

hit and run jr might have eaten a dozen of them.

While I was cooking downstairs, everyone else started the snacking in the bonus room upstairs.

They ate all the pigs in a blanket before I made it upstairs.

#ThisInsubordinationWillNotStand
#ThereWillBeConsequences

[Jeff Dobbs]

CH:
You guys don't think I'm watching this abomination, do you?

To be honest, I wasn't even thinking about you. :)

[glasater]

The Panthers made the correct choice with 'tails' on the coin toss :-)

[Jeff Dobbs]

Broncos!!!!!!

[henry]

Strip 6. Which dance now Cam?

[narciso]

it's a garish spectacle, the colloseum proprietors, would be ashamed of,

[Jeff Dobbs]

Cam is supposed to be too big and strong for a linebacker to be able to strip him of the ball in the pocket.

[Jack is Back!]

Denver doing a Carolina hyper-start on the Panthers.

[Jeff Dobbs]

TM, I'm begging you - no new threads until after the game.

[danoso]

I think we've reached peak Super Bowl

[Gus]

If I hear one more comment on how racist we all are for not licking Newtons figs, I'm going to go Elvis on my TV.

[Stephanie]

Bogey for Rickie and Matsuyama will most likely win.

[Stephanie]

Matsuyama won. :(

Not my weekend for winning so which team should I pull for?

[Jeff Dobbs]

Gus, we are all racist for not licking Newton's figs.

RIP, TV

[Jeff Dobbs]

Steph:
Not my weekend for winning so which team should I pull for?

Pull for the team which is geographically closer to you.

[Rick Ballard]

I thought they were both in California?

[narciso]

carolina right,

[Jeff Dobbs]

The Panthers on on the east sideline.

[Gus]

Jeff both teams are in California.

[Jeff Dobbs]

You're too slow, Gus.

[Michael (fpa Patriot4Freedom)]

JiB - Belated Happy B'day wishes. Hope you're feeling better.

I was going to predict Carolina wins, 34-23. Despite Denver's quick start, I still think Carolina wins it, probably about 34-26.

[Stephanie]

Falcons?

Pfft.

Ima pull for the lights to go out. What out for buggery. It is San Fran.

[Gus]

Jeff both teams are in California.

[Sue]

Cam Newton had to google Doug Williams because he thought he was the only black quarterback that was a winner. Idiot.

Beyonce is singing her new song Formation. Google the words and/or watch the video. She is indeed going all BLM on us and vulgar to boot. And she had a full police escort to the game. Bitch.

[Gus]

I'm going to have to shoot another TV.

[narciso]

that's not covered in the warranty gus,

[NK]

No halftime show for me.

[Gus]

Yeah it's hard to remember back 2 years to Russell Wilson.

Cam Newton is a tool.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Sue:
Beyonce is singing her new song Formation. Google the words and/or watch the video. She is indeed going all BLM on us and vulgar to boot.

I'm not going to lie. I will do neither. I will trust you. I know I can trust you.

[Gus]

Phil Simms would make a really good butter knife.

Oh shit, another Cam Newton is Gawd moment by Philly Butter Knife.

[daddy]

Man, I sure didn't see a late hit at all. Bogus.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Broncos D.

[Gus]

What was the personal foul a moment ago. Did someone intentionally hurt Cammy's ego??

[narciso]

the stupid, burns down to the scalp,

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2016/02/06/2961178/

[daddy]

Back in Anchorage and just woke up a few minutes ago.

Happy to see Denver in the lead and recovering a fumble. Go, Old Guy!

[Sue]

I really had no preference in who won today until I saw Cam Newton's pregame interview. Go Broncos.

[Sue]

And there you have it. I pick a team and they fall apart.

[Stephanie]

Is the Donald tweeting the sissy Super Bowl?

[narciso]

this is when the mothership comes in,

http://twitchy.com/2016/02/07/white-america-gone-too-far-ad-featuring-jeff-goldblum-singing-the-theme-from-the-jeffersons-falls-flat-sb50/

[Jeff Dobbs]

BTW, that time Beyonce sicced her lawyers on the internet to try and get a pic scrubbed....

[narciso]

political promotion by the sultan,

http://twitchy.com/2016/02/07/yes-its-real-watch-the-turkish-airlines-super-bowl-ads-for-batman-v-superman-sb50/

[henry]

That's one angry dude Jeff.

[Sue]

Y'all be nice. That's the role model the president picked for his girls.

[Jeff Dobbs]

I think he's got 2 sacks so far tonight, henry.

[Gus]

Will BEYONCE wear a Newton jersey??

[Sue]

Better question, will she wear clothes?

[Gentlejim]

MM,
Late getting back. First off I hope you're feeling better.
Happy to hear your hairdresser has a head on her shoulders. Too bad she's getting shafted with the rest of us. What's it like living in a conservative area? I'm stuck in a blue hell.

I'm pulling for the Broncos. Either way I'd like to see 18 retire with relatively good health. No halftime show for me.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Sue:
That's the role model the president picked for his girls.

Well, he also let Malia go intern for the Lena Dunham show Girls....so we know he takes the role model thing seriously.

[Sue]

Jeff,

Ugh. There are so many things I hate about the Obamas.

[Gus]

Does Philly Simms kiss Newton with his mouth open or closed.

[Gus]

open.

[Jeff Dobbs]

I love good Defense. Go Broncos.

[narciso]

the triumph of the frankfurt school,

http://libertyunyielding.com/2016/02/07/hollywood-screenwriter-theres-nothing-liberals-wont-attack-smear-and-demean/

[Sue]

DWare. Thank Jerry Jones for letting him go.

[Gus]

Jeff, the Carolina defense has held Denver in the RED ZONE, 3 times.

[Gus]

actually it's twice Jeff. This game is even as can be. Denver has scored 6 points on offense, Carolina 7.

[daddy]

I hate even looking at Steven Colbert's face for a single millisecond on TV. What a pompous snot.

Get off my TV screen creep@#$. CBS sux.

[Jeff Dobbs]

daddy:
Get off my TV screen creep@#$. CBS sux.

Shoot your tv, daddy. If you have any conviction about this at all, you would.

[Jeff Dobbs]

C O L D P L A Y ! ! ! ! ! !

I literally cannot tell you how excited I am.

[narciso]

this is much worse then waterboarding, who was waiting on bated breath for a bourne sequel

[glasater]

I'm thinking of that old saying which I'll massacre but it goes like this:

Old age and craftiness (Manning) will beat youth and vigor (Newton) every time.

[Gus]

Daddy, I'm not watching one minute of anything but the game. Beyonce can Goodell can go to hell. More pandering to the least common denominator.

[Jeff Dobbs]

glasater - or the old Reagan saw....

"I will not make age an issue of this game. I am not going to exploit, for competitive purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience"

[Jeff Dobbs]

Are they broadcasting this using "film" rather than digital?

[Sue]

The sound is horrible on my tv.

[_peter]

I can almost listen to coldplay as a background muzak kind of thing, but seeing this rainbow preschool backpack color extravaganza is really too much. now there's a Michael Jacksonesque band in rubber diving suits. I really regret having done drugs forty years ago.

[Threadkiller]

Looks like Jenny Craig has another star to work their magic on.

[Sue]

Uptown Funk is our crank it up on the boat dong while we tube.

[Jeff Dobbs]

peter:
I really regret having done drugs forty years ago.

But it's part of what made you who you are today.

[Sue]

Dong, song either one.