East Coast Bias Bowl -- Running Super Bowl XLVI Thread

Ask the paparazzi who got shot at by Brady's hired guns if he's a good guy.

 

You being part of any athletic endeavour that involves contact is quite funny.

 

I don't get it.

 

If Belichick wasn't two feet from Manningham and didn't have a better view on that call than the official, I wouldn't have a problem with the challenge. And as I acknowledged, Manning did a good job to hurry everyone up to the line to try and run a play before the Patriots could make a decision on throwing the challenge flag. But he was right there and IMMEDIATELY threw the flag. You only do that if you're absolutely convinced that you saw a foot out of bounds or him juggling it.

Although I will concede that the Giants burned two TOs in even dumber ways in the second half - it just turns out that they didn't need them. History favors the winners.

 

Again, if you're behind, you simply don't pass up a chance to take the lead, because you might not get another one. You take the sure thing and leave the other guy to calculate the odds, not to mention drive 80 yards in 50-something seconds with one timeout, needing to score a touchdown.

 

He's right there on a bang-bang play. Was he watching the receiver's feet or the ball?

 

Standing that close to a play like that is the worst place to be. You have no field of vision.

 

See, we always get caught up in this "the data suggests it is the right thing to do" . . . it's sports. It's the ultimate reality show. So when, if, in the chance . . . that Bradshaw takes a knee at the 1, the Pats use their last timeout and the snap is bad. . . Dick, you the coach can justify it by saying the odds were behind you. But it won't matter, because you lost the superbowl when the other team was giving you a four point lead on a platter. So, go ahead and coach against me. And play the scenario over and over again. You have 52 seconds and a timeout. You HAVE to drive the field and HAVE to score a TD, not a field goal. I'll spot you the empirical data. The fact of the matter is the Patriots did what they needed to do. It was their best chance in that situation. Doesn't mean scoring a TD was the wrong thing to do.

 

Super Bowl X.

 

Again, I would love to see a statistical breakdown of:

1) The chance that Tynes will miss the field goal.

2) The chance that the Patriots will drive 80 yards in less than a minute with one timeout against a defense that had held them in check the whole game.

I have to think the chance of #1 is higher, which means you take the touchdown. And that's just based on the stats. The specter of Billy Cundiff can't be dismissed from the discussion either.

 

Aaaand you've just lost all credibility.

 

May not be the kicker - could be snapper. The Giants lost that Playoff game in 2003 to the 49ers on bad snap 39-38.