BBQ vs. Cheesesteaks: Super Bowl LVII running thread

[Songbird]

May I suggest we liven things up by inviting Don Lemon to moderate this thread going forward?

Lemon and Whitlock.

 

[Azrael]

Lemon and Whitlock.

I think Spike Lee already made that movie.

 

[Songbird]

 

[MileHigh]

Some good stuff here on the field.

https://golf.com/lifestyle/slick-turf-super-bowl-superintendent-explains/

 

[Batman]

Terrible playing surface. Just inexcusable.

But of course there had been many pre-game photons and toner cartridges devoted to its superduper origin story during Media Week.

As to page 82 of the Phantom Holding Call?

May I suggest we liven things up by inviting Don Lemon to moderate this thread going forward?

Well, the thread is past its prime ...

 

[Azrael]

Mr. Lemon is suspended until Wednesday.

So we're unsupervised until then.

 

[da man]

Analytics? Andy Reid don't need no analytics.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...XjHmXkqxiBdcqKLXhGzXxuOf6mYvds5qbG2meDaAVvP6w

Take that, nerds!

 

[HanSenSE]

"The Sodfather" calls it quits after Glendale disaster.
Ex-NFL groundskeeper George Toma - Super Bowl LVII field was overwatered (espn.com)

 

[wicked]

"The Sodfather" calls it quits after Glendale disaster.
Ex-NFL groundskeeper George Toma - Super Bowl LVII field was overwatered (espn.com)

Way to throw everyone under the bus. I know he's 94 and in IDGAF mode, but c'mon.

FYI, he previously said he was retiring. He can't say he's leaving because the NFL is so horrible.

 

[DanOregon]

That the NFL deviated from standard field prep for the Super Bowl due to logistical issues should be a big issue. "but the halftime show needed to practice, but we needed to put temporary seats in" shouldn't be a valid excuse - nor should the "field met NFL guidelines" be a suffient response. I'm thinking Toma's understudy was eager to appease NFL higher-ups in hopes of a promotion and didn't explain why deviating from what needed to be done (time to dry out, extra sand) would lead to what we saw in the Super Bowl.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Jerry Green's streak of covering Super Bowls is ending.

The man who covered every Super Bowl: Jerry Green and the end of an epic run

RIP