Super Bowl Diary

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 3:22 PM PST

Not much of a Seattle rooting party here in Philadelphia and we might as well have a place to post if you're near a computer or stopping by once in awhile.

What a weird feeling this is. A championship game. The Sonics-Bulls didn't feel remotely like this. The closest to me might be Game 5 of the '95 ALDS.

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Down with the Seachickens!

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 3:26 PM PST reply actions

GO SEA HAWWWWKKKKSSS!

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 3:29 PM PST reply actions

This game

is literally too close to call on paper. Should be awesome.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 3:32 PM PST reply actions

Superbowl commercials

That Fedex one was kinda funny.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 3:48 PM PST reply actions

So far

They've been pretty good.

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 3:50 PM PST up reply actions

Off to run errands

Either the fun starts after halftime, or the game's been decided by then.

I notice the Seahawks are doing a much better job early on of moving the football than the Steelers.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 4:00 PM PST reply actions

2 Big Penalties

go against the Seahawks... But at least we're up 3-0. GO SEA HAWKS!

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 4:01 PM PST reply actions

Need more points

the Seattle D aint going to hold the Pitt O to 0 yards all game.

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 4:09 PM PST reply actions

D-Jack

is making a case for a MVP based on just the 1Q.

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 4:10 PM PST reply actions

This is feeling exactly like the Carolina game

so far. Seattle completely dominant but making minor mistakes preventing them from a 14-0 lead.

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 4:13 PM PST reply actions

Yah...

the Seahawks are so dominant... but they don't got the score to show for it.

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 4:14 PM PST reply actions

FUCKIN' A

catch Michael!!!

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 4:20 PM PST reply actions

WOOO!!

Picked off!!!

Let's score some points for the Defense!!!

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 4:22 PM PST reply actions

damn you mack

how did you not just take a step or fall forward or something?

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 4:25 PM PST reply actions

im really worried

by seattle's inability to take the needed two possession lead.

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 4:27 PM PST reply actions

Yah... I'm worried too...

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 4:28 PM PST up reply actions

Big PLAY by Big Ben!

Awsome!

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 4:35 PM PST reply actions

and BIG BEN SCORES!!!

And the ball wasn't even in the Endzone!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 4:43 PM PST up reply actions

What BS!!!!!!

WTF! It didn't even go over the goal line! What bias!!!!

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 4:45 PM PST up reply actions

Doesn't have to be over the goal line

Just has to touch it apparently.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 4:46 PM PST up reply actions

Which

I don't think it even did... Or whatever. The Seahawks should've score more points.

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 4:47 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah the ball landed on the line

but I thought it had to be over.But I guess it doesn't.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 4:51 PM PST up reply actions

AAAAHHHH!

NOOO!

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 4:36 PM PST reply actions

Seachickens=Dumbasses

Running the ball and running the clock and then just standing there.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 4:52 PM PST reply actions

Shut the fuck up.

Could you be any more classless than to talk shit here?

Jesus Christ.

by ryanhealy on Feb 5, 2006 7:59 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs

Well you gotta admit, that was bad clock

management, even the announcers thought so.

Could I be more classless you ask?

I imagine I could be, I could post this stuff on a Seachicken board.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 8:33 PM PST up reply actions

If you were a Steelers fan I'd cut you some slack. But you're not - you're just here to talk shit. It's a slap in the face. At what point during your day did you think that would be a good idea? Was it before or after breakfast?

Jesus man. What a classless bunch of posts you made today. Totally classless.

by ryanhealy on Feb 5, 2006 9:15 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

After breakfast actually

I'd say it was around 1400-1430 or so when I decided to post in a Superbowl thread if there was to be one.

Figured I'd run the risk of it being thrown back in my face if the Seachickens won.

Sorry you can't take a little smack talk.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 9:23 PM PST up reply actions

Don't be sorry.

Just don't be an ass. Seriously. If you were in a room full of Seahawks fans instead of on the Internet your tune would be much different.

So, my advice is: Behave on the Internet like you would behave in real life and you won't make a total and complete ass of yourself.

You've made a total and complete ass of yourself. And instead of saying, "My bad" you go and try to tell the people (yes, more than one) that you've pissed off by your banal "smack-talking" that it's their fault for not being able to take it?

Yeah, fuck that buddy.

by ryanhealy on Feb 5, 2006 9:45 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Actually I was in a room full of Seachicken fans

for most of the day.Most of these posts were made on a friends computer at a Superbowl party, where everybody but me were Seachicken fans.And I recieved just as much greif from them when the Seachickens scored first, when that interception happened near the end zone, and when the Seachickens scored their touchdown.In fact I recieved two text messages on my phone from friends when they scored, asking me how I liked them apples.It's all part of the game.

In fact when I got to work, I went straight into the casino and laughed at a few coworkers and collected my money from bets.They would of done the EXACT same thing to me had I lost and I would of deserved every bit of it.

It's part of the game.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 9:57 PM PST up reply actions

Do I know you?

I'm not your friend.

Be more aware next time.

by ryanhealy on Feb 5, 2006 10:03 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Superbowl commercial part II

That sprint commercial was pretty funny.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 4:57 PM PST reply actions

My 4-year-old

Is learning some new words today. Most of 'em, of course, are 4 letters.

What crap. CRAP calls by the fucking refs!

Refs 14 Seahawks 3

BULL SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTT!!!!

Go M's! Mariners Morsels (aka Free George Sherrill).

by PositivePaul on Feb 5, 2006 5:01 PM PST reply actions

What

is with crappy officiating with every sport this past 12 months? I know there have been bad calls over the years, but I have never seen the volume of bad, game turning calls that I've seen in 2005 and 2006.

Are leagues trying to fix games these days? It's not out of the question: officials in English and European soccer are admitting to fixing matches.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 5:38 PM PST up reply actions

Seahawks are going to have to beat the Refs

Superbowl XL: Seahawks VS the Refs

by manyoso on Feb 5, 2006 5:05 PM PST reply actions

The rolling stones really need to retire

Jesus those guys are OLD!

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 5:07 PM PST reply actions

and on that note

what annoys me about half time shows and things similar to it is that these bands always play their most well known songs.

How about some originality huh? Try playing something different for once because we've all heard these songs a thousand times.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 5:09 PM PST up reply actions

But

that's not banal and pointless enough for a Super Bowl halftime show! How are they gonna bore us to death with an interesting halftime show?

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 6:02 PM PST up reply actions

TOUCHDOWN!!

WHAT A RUN!!

HAHAHAHAHA!!

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 5:32 PM PST reply actions

Wow

I turned on the TV, and Willie Parker took it to the house.

That sucks.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 5:36 PM PST reply actions

Should of punted

Why give the Steelers that good a fielding position?

Seachickens are playing stupid football.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 5:42 PM PST reply actions

They trusted Josh Brown

which is like trusting a manic depressive with blades and a flask of alcohol.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 5:45 PM PST up reply actions

Ahhh man...

Momentum is completely to the Steelers.

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 5:46 PM PST reply actions

Uh oh

Looks like they've got this in the bag.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 5:49 PM PST reply actions

Superbowl Commercials Part III

That Hummer commercial was strange....

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 5:51 PM PST reply actions

OH, THAT WAS HUGE

That was a block in the back on Roethlisberger, though.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 5:52 PM PST reply actions

SHIIIITTTT!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 5:52 PM PST reply actions

YYYYAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!

WOOOOOO!O!!!!

IT AINT OVER YETTT!

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 5:55 PM PST reply actions

If the Seahawks win this game

NFL Films will show the replay of that Herndon pick over and over for a long, long time.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 5:56 PM PST reply actions

If the Seahawks win this game

I think Herndon gets the MVP.

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 6:02 PM PST up reply actions

I would have put it on mute

had it not been for the interception...thank gawd

Ketchikan

by Ketchikan on Feb 5, 2006 6:08 PM PST reply actions

You don't realize

how big of a man Roethlisberger is until a linebacker hits him on the run, and he doesn't budge.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 6:08 PM PST reply actions

And you don't realize

how young he is until he makes bad, bad throws like that.

And of course the announcers blame the thumb. How about blaming him for not running through that gaping hole in the D in front of him for the easy 1st down?

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 6:10 PM PST up reply actions

Groan!

Ketchikan

by Ketchikan on Feb 5, 2006 6:23 PM PST reply actions

Hasselbeck throws a INT and then

creates a 15 yeard penalty.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 6:24 PM PST reply actions

How can a tackle be called a low block?

by manyoso on Feb 5, 2006 6:25 PM PST up reply actions

I don't know

but it happened.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 6:26 PM PST up reply actions

The silly explanation

Hasselbeck is allowed to make a tackle low. But as he did so, he clipped a blocker. The contact was incidental. The refs called it a penalty anyway.

The Seahawks got raped on that series.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 6:27 PM PST up reply actions

man...

what are all these BS calls against the Seahawks????

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 6:26 PM PST reply actions

Both quarterbacks doing alot of running today.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 6:27 PM PST reply actions

TOUCHDOWN!!!

This game is over!

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 6:28 PM PST reply actions

ahh.

that was beautiful.

...

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 6:28 PM PST reply actions

Superbowl Commercials part IV

How can you not love a McGuyver commercial?

Awsome!

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 6:31 PM PST reply actions

That commercial rules

MacGyver fans represent.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 6:32 PM PST up reply actions

FUMBLE BY HASSELBACK!!

BEST SUPERBOWL EVER!!

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 6:33 PM PST reply actions

Again with the class.

Does it pay well? Being a cocksucker, that is.

by ryanhealy on Feb 5, 2006 8:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

I prefer the term asshole.

And I wish it paid well.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 8:34 PM PST up reply actions

The REAL SuperBowl XL winners...

http://acuitydesign.com/uploads/RealXLWinner.jpg

Go M's! Mariners Morsels (aka Free George Sherrill).

by PositivePaul on Feb 5, 2006 6:39 PM PST reply actions

Heh

That seems so true in this game.

Embarrasing officiating in a Super Bowl.

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 6:42 PM PST up reply actions

Game over

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 6:39 PM PST reply actions

It's always a fallback to blame the refs

and I hate to use it, but there's two definite things leading to this result.

A) Seattle has not capitialized on MANY opportunities.

B) The calls have decidedly gone the Steelers way.

This is the worst possible outcome, I would rather had a Pittsburgh blowout than a slow choke against the 12th man in black and white.

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 6:46 PM PST reply actions

Look at it this way

If Herndon doesn't make that pick in the 3rd quarter, it's probably 28-3 right now, and an embarrassing blowout loss.

Good points.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 6:49 PM PST up reply actions

And if the refs were partial

it would be at least 21-14 Seattle right now. If Stevens wasn't the worst pass catcher in history, if if if. They're going to lose and that's all anyone outside Seattle will remember, but it should not have been this way. Horrible ending to what has been a horribly officiated season.

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 6:58 PM PST up reply actions

Well now

I know about the one touchdown, but who knows with the other plays. Maybe, maybe not. Whether or not they got a ton of help, the Steelers are a pretty good football team, and they could have won this game even with things called down the middle.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 7:07 PM PST up reply actions

the non-existant holding call

that cost Seattle the eventual 17-14 lead as well. What should have been 21-14 Seattle turned into 21-10 Steelers because of two terribly tacky flags in a game where Pittsburgh never had a tacky falg thrown on them.

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 7:11 PM PST up reply actions

1 Touch down pass taken away

and 1 1st and goal pass taken away.

And there were 2 or 3 other bad calls that affected the momentum of the game.

Aaaah! I'm depressed...

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 7:16 PM PST up reply actions

slow choke....gulp, that's it. not good.

Ketchikan

by Ketchikan on Feb 5, 2006 6:50 PM PST up reply actions

Fuck

terrible game, but thank you for the season Seahawks. It was well done and the team was always fun to root for. Here's hoping we're back a year from now.

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2006 7:02 PM PST reply actions

I've said it before, I'll say it again, and

I'll say it 1000 times.

The Seachickens will not win the Superbowl before the Mariners win a World Series.

I would like to thank the Seachickens for making this the GREATEST SUPERBOWL I HAVE EVER SEEN!

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 7:03 PM PST reply actions

Sad how much the officiating affected the outcome

But congrats to Pittsburgh. They I guess were destined.

by MT on Feb 5, 2006 7:07 PM PST reply actions

It must be awesome

for those Steeler fans who eat, breathe and live Steeler football, and haven't seen a Super Bowl title since Terry Bradshaw. I mean, people here got behind the Seahawks, but even we have no idea what the Steelers mean to the people of Pittsburgh. I've know a couple of Pittsburgh natives, and the Steelers are amongst the centers of their respective universes.

Good for them, and congratulations to the Super Bowl XL MVPs: the officiating crew.

by Gomez on Feb 5, 2006 7:11 PM PST up reply actions

Giving credit where credit is due.

Now I don't like the Seachickens(obviously) but I gotta give them props for making it there and having a Franchise best season.They can now say they've been to the big game, something the Mariners unfortunatly can't say.

2005 Seahawks=2001 Mariners in a sense.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 5, 2006 7:25 PM PST reply actions

I'm sure Seahawks fans...

aren't buying your bullshit. And when the Mariners go to the World Series (hopefully this year) then they can equal the Seahawks accomplishments.

"the dumbest player I've ever met." --Larry Bowa, on Vincente Padilla

by AgentProvocateur @ Lookout Landing on Feb 6, 2006 3:51 PM PST up reply actions

How so?

2001 Mariners-Best Mariner in franchise history,got far into the playoffs, but not far enough.

2005 Seahawks-Best Seahawk team in franchise history, got far into the playoffs(farther than the M's, but not far enough.

When I was a kid my parents moved around alot.But I always found them. ~Rodney Dangerfield

by Goose on Feb 6, 2006 4:51 PM PST up reply actions

Well from my reckoning...

Super Bowl = World Series. The Seahawks have made it to the Super Bowl while the Mariners have never made it to the World Series. Being NFC Champion to me, is superior to being the AL's runner-up but that's just me. Of course being a Vikings fan and a Seahawks fan (I was a Vikes fan prior to 1976) it sounds good but let me tell you being 0-5 in the big game kinda sucks. I'm a loyal fan to my teams though but sometimes I wonder if being a bandwagon jumper wouldn't be the way to go. Here are some numbers:

My teams since I've been a fan
Pittsburgh Pirates 2-2 1.000
Seattle SuperSonics 1-3 .333
Dallas Stars (Minnesota North Stars)1-4 .250
Minnesota Vikings 0-4 .000
Seattle Seahawks 0-1 .000
Seattle Mariners 0-0

Well, if I put it down from a baseball perspective I guess a .300 average isn't too bad. Thanks Goose you made my day. ;)

"the dumbest player I've ever met." --Larry Bowa, on Vincente Padilla

by AgentProvocateur @ Lookout Landing on Feb 8, 2006 8:38 AM PST up reply actions

Vikings...

I hear your pain. I still consider myself a Buffalo Bills fan and this was the first Super Bowl I have brought myself to watch since those "glory" days. I wish I hadn't.

Atleast as a Pirates fan you will always have 1960 -- the greatest underdog victory EVER.

by jtopps on Feb 8, 2006 9:44 AM PST up reply actions

LOL I don't even have 1960...

It was a bit before my time DOB 1965. I do remember Roberto Clemente and the 71 team but alas my favorite player (Clemente) died soon after. As I got older I was amazed that he had been in the league so long. Watching him play, he seemed so young to me. Of course the whole "We are family" thing was great as well and went along well with a Sonics championship. Twenty years later the Stars win the Cup... Argh!

"the dumbest player I've ever met." --Larry Bowa, on Vincente Padilla

by AgentProvocateur @ Lookout Landing on Feb 8, 2006 10:29 AM PST up reply actions