Super Bowl XLVIII: Never count out Tyrannical Touchdown Tosser

**Ksandra** · 2014-01-29 15:56

I really couldn't care less about either of these teams so gonna root for the seahawks since they haven't won a sb yet. Also swagger.

**Cail** · 2014-01-29 16:38

I was hoping so bandwagon made the thread so I could boycott

**Cail** · 2014-01-29 16:48

Every year, the Super Bowl moves farther away from "football game" and closer toward "trip through airport security." This year's model features some of the most restrictive regulations on transportation in the game's history. To wit:

• You cannot take a cab to the game.

• You cannot take a limo to the game.

• You cannot, we presume, ride a horse to the game.

• You cannot walk to the game.

• No tailgating, unless you're inside your own car.

• You can risk driving your own car for said tailgate, at a cost of $150 per pass, but if you don't leave now, you're going to get caught in traffic.

Here's what you can do:

• Pack onto New Jersey Transit shuttle buses from Secaucus, N.J., which is every bit as inviting as it sounds.

• Shell out $51 per person for the NFL-approved shuttle system.

Yep, that's right. As part of what the NFL is calling the "first mass-transit Super Bowl," you get the distinct honor of being one of the first people to pay $51 (why $51? why not $50? or $48?) to leave from one of nine designated pickup locations throughout the greater New York-New Jersey area to get to the Meadowlands. Lucky you!

Why the no-taxis, no-walking, our-way-or-sit-and-wait-on-the-highway approach? As Sports Illustrated notes, the NFL initially cited "logistical concerns," which would make a lot of sense if, in fact, MetLife Stadium didn't have experience hosting football games 20 or so weeks a year. The NFL then fell back on the unassailable "security concerns," but as Sports Illustrated's Sean Conboy sees it, there's something more mundane at work here: a straight cash grab.

"The NFL thinks of you not as a human being whose loyalty and wallet contribute to its preposterous franchise valuations," he writes, "but rather as a number on an Excel spreadsheet, and the league is determined to wring as much guaranteed profit out of Super Bowl XLVIII as possible."

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**Byrd** · 2014-01-29 17:05

Originally Posted by Cail

Transportation bullshit.

A group of us in our company talked about going, as the company got 4 Club level tickets we could have had for face value, but bullshit like that made it sound so much more like a pain in the ass than it was worth. That, and New York/New Jersey in February is not really a destination city. I have a dream that someday Seattle will make a Super Bowl that's in a desirable part of the country to go to in February.

**Cutriss** · 2014-01-29 17:17

I would ask how they can legally prevent you from walking to the stadium as a ticketholder. Seems like grounds for a well-deserved lawsuit.

**Serra** · 2014-01-29 17:31

I'm sure it's something like "by purchasing this ticket, you agree to this contract" kinda thing or they made you click a box or something. The NFL wouldn't own the stadium though, so they can't really make a claim like it's their private property so they're making the rules -- although contracts could resolve that..

Also:

**Moss** · 2014-01-29 19:13

Let's play "Lesbian or Trevathan?"

http://espngrantland.files.wordpress...pg?w=510&h=351

**wipers** · 2014-01-29 20:30

Originally Posted by Moss

Let's play "Lesbian or Trevathan?"

http://espngrantland.files.wordpress...pg?w=510&h=351

Is that Wanda Sykes ? I don't want to know who that is I'm scared.

**Celeras** · 2014-01-29 20:37

Originally Posted by Bregor

2.8% Eli Manning

lol

Why the fuck not? He's been in the superbowl twice, and he's done exactly what the question is asking for TWICE. Talk about bitter.

And Brady got the ball back in both games and failed both times, so how he is #1 is beyond me.

**Plow** · 2014-01-29 21:04

shit totally depends on if any or all parts of OJ explode

if not broncos win by 2 td

**kareface** · 2014-01-29 21:15

I'll be rooting for Seattle.

**Boyiee** · 2014-01-29 21:38

Originally Posted by Cail

Transportation Bullshit

Originally Posted by Byrd

A group of us in our company talked about going, as the company got 4 Club level tickets we could have had for face value, but bullshit like that made it sound so much more like a pain in the ass than it was worth. That, and New York/New Jersey in February is not really a destination city. I have a dream that someday Seattle will make a Super Bowl that's in a desirable part of the country to go to in February.

Originally Posted by Cutriss

I would ask how they can legally prevent you from walking to the stadium as a ticketholder. Seems like grounds for a well-deserved lawsuit.

They've been setting up disaster protocols for this for the last year. They are pretty much expecting a terrorist attack, and one or two of the parking lots are going to be dedicated to emergency personnel and a command infrastructure. Supposedly there is some pretty realistic threats going on that are passing from believable to "likely."

**Krandor** · 2014-01-29 22:02

Have they just been completely covering it up in the media? Except for watching some media day stuff yesterday I haven't been paying too much attention, but I haven't heard anything about threats.

**Boyiee** · 2014-01-29 22:34

Originally Posted by Krandor

Have they just been completely covering it up in the media? Except for watching some media day stuff yesterday I haven't been paying too much attention, but I haven't heard anything about threats.

They've been getting threats for at least a year.

**Kang** · 2014-01-29 22:52

Originally Posted by SephYuyX

SuperBowl is cancelled, it's too cold.
Maybe they'll have to work a day later in the school year to make it up.

FUCKING TWUNTS MAN THE FUCK UP I WANT TO SEE A SNOWY MESSY CLUSTER FUCK OF A GAME WHERE EVERY PASS LEADS TO A FUMBLE

The NFL could learn a thing or two from watching some Grey Cup games played in the snow.

**Vaspinne** · 2014-01-29 23:24

I know the commercials during the Super Bowl are pretty entertaining and usually one of the big reasons to actually watch during the breaks. But CBS right now has a show about the greatest Super Bowl commercials. It's literally an hour of commercials... with more current commercial during the breaks.

I mean, it kind of makes sense to do a "best of", but jesus, talk about a genius/evil marketing scheme to make people tune in for an hour of just commercials and ads, lol

**notorious bum** · 2014-01-30 00:13

If you're buying the security concerns excuse due to terrer alert orange, then you're the best customer on earth. Forcing your herd into a premium deluxe shuttle bus for the bargain price of $51 is about as reasonable as forcing the entire female football fan population to fit all their important belongings into a handy-dandy hand-sized transparent bag for all to see. These guys would have the taliban stopped in their tracks if they could just implement a full-body scanner at every stadium entrance.

**notorious bum** · 2014-01-30 01:19

Damn, I had no clue that the lil Terio kid was only 7yrs old??? I've seen him all over the internet and TV before. This is some depressing shit.

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/video...6j80Z46u128SNj

**Bregor** · 2014-01-30 05:52

Originally Posted by Celeras

And Brady got the ball back in both games and failed both times, so how he is #1 is beyond me.

You can never count him out.

**Plow** · 2014-01-30 06:00

over under on quantity of Omahas is 27

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