BBQ vs. Sourdough: Super Bowl LVIII thread

Right.

At the Super Bowl party we hosted last night, I tried to explain this to the annoying know-it-all boyfriend of one of my wife's friends, who kept insisting the Chiefs had to score at the end of the overtime period or the game would be over and KC would lose. This led to a rather heated "discussion" during which I kept telling him he was wrong and explaining the rule and that if that were the case the Chiefs would be in hurry-up mode in the final seconds, but he didn't give in until until I literally stood up, pointed at him and said, forcefully, "YOU'RE WRONG!"

My wife said that's the most "turnt up" she has ever seen me get about anything.

BTW, when going back later to rewatch the end of the game I discovered that Romo actually explained on the air that I WAS RIGHT, but we were too busy arguing about it to hear him.

 

OK but have you heard about this New Coke? It's gonna be the shit. Can't-miss.

 

This board apparently knows less about advertising than science. Or math.

For a campaign like He Gets US, which is not a household name, the idea is that advertising draws in more people, sponsors, donors, etc., and that the overall increase in resources allows it to do more work with more money.

For a brand like Coca-Cola, advertising dollars are spent to stay on top. There are millions of people who will grow up to become consumers, and the top brands are constantly appealing to the latest wave.

 

Great question. The referee says something like, "Both teams have the opportunity to possess the ball unless the team with the first possession scores a touchdown," or something like that. Or is that the script that broadcasters relate? If that's really what the referee says, then your question points out either an inaccuracy or an omission in the script.

 

One thing I don't think I've seen mentioned:

It seemed Reid wanted to get the winning score before the end of the first overtime quarter for perhaps two reasons.

1. The Chiefs had momentum and giving San Francisco's defense a chance to catch their breath with a commerical stoppage/switching ends was unwise.
2. The Chiefs wanted to run that specific play without giving the Niners a chance to substitute personnel.

While everyone else -- including the guys in the booth (and a lot of folks here) -- seemed confused about the overtime rule, both teams knew the Chiefs didn't have to snap the ball before the clock ran out. But Mahones had the defense back on their heels, particularly with the throw to Kelce up the middle the play before. I was watching the game clock and it seemed like Kansas City was intent on getting a play off instead of letting it run out.

 

I think that they wanted to get a play off because they were confident in what they were doing by the goal line. Not a surprise in an Andy Reid offense with Mahomes at QB. I’m sure that if they didn’t like the look, they would have been fine switching ends.

 

I was screaming at the TV for Mahomes to call timeout before setting up that play, because I also thought the clock running out on the OT period meant the game was over. (I couldn’t really hear the TV audio in the pub.) Thankfully I was in a pub full of Australians who didn’t know the rule either.

 

Don't the clocks run backwards in that hemisphere?

 

God and Temu — same budget.

 

More and more, it seems to me, Super Bowl ads are being placed by brands that WANT to be Coca-Cola, or Anheuser-Busch, or you name it, than the actual gilt-edged brands themselves. I mean, Dunkin' is that kind of brand in New England east of New Haven, but not really elsewhere. That online merchant Temu is another example. At least three ads. It's a very big company, but I'd never heard of it until last night. Linft, the chocolate company is another case. They advertise heavily on the food and women-oriented cable networks, but I'll bet more people have bought their chocolates than can name the firm. My guess is, their marketing department said, "here's an occasion, a holiday really, where Americans eat like pigs. I'll bet they'll be in the mood to top it with a little chocolate."

 

I'm really surprised it hasn't happened yet under the new rules. I've seen a few teams take the kickoff and keep it until after the two minute warning but I haven't seen one hold it long enough to be in a position to kick a field goal at 0:00.

 

Ten minute drives are pretty rare. Can't remember one this season, although one might've happened. Would seem to require a combination of all passes completed short of the sticks mixed in with a lot of 3-4 yard runs, sacks, and penalties on the offense pushing it back.