Super Bowl XLIX thread.

[old_gregg]

lazy routes lose games

[Donuthole]

So...before I give you the middle finger and tell you to GFY, I would have you weigh in:

I cheered for the 49ers as a kid because of Steve Young. Went on my mission to Tacoma, Wa in 93 and sometime during the mission started rooting for Seattle. I married someone from there and lived there for 7 years. Still a Seahawks fan.

So do I have reason to not like you at the moment? Or am I covered by your waiver...

It sounds like you did not lock your sports heart while serving. If you had become a fan after you served your mission, you could apply the Returned Missionary Waiver. Unfortunately, there is no waiver for missionaries who were not adequately dedicated to missionary work during their years of service. Sorry, I don't make the rules. I just report them.

[Katy Lied]

Re: Warren Sapp. You have to be kidding me. With the Phoenix Open and the Superbowl all going on at once, I'd have thought that the vice squad would have taken the week off. At least Allenby was smart enough to concoct up a plausible story.

[TripletDaddy]

You are soooooo easy!

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[TripletDaddy]

It sounds like you did not lock your sports heart while serving. If you had become a fan after you served your mission, you could apply the Returned Missionary Waiver. Unfortunately, there is no waiver for missionaries who were not adequately dedicated to missionary work during their years of service. Sorry, I don't make the rules. I just report them.

I am opposed to a "Returned Missionary Waiver," unless part of the application process requires you to fill out the lesser-known supplemental form, "I Sucked and didnt like sports enough as a kid or as a teen to have my own teams until I was in my twenties so basically I'm a sports idiot." If so, then we are cool.

[Donuthole]

I am opposed to a "Returned Missionary Waiver," unless part of the application process requires you to fill out the lesser-known supplemental form, "I Sucked and didnt like sports enough as a kid or as a teen to have my own teams until I was in my twenties so basically I'm a sports idiot." If so, then we are cool.

Of course. Even if Tick had locked his sports heart, he would have been required to complete that supplement, including the explanation section for those who mark "Yes" under the question "Have you ever previously aligned yourself with a professional sports team in the same league as the team for which you are presently seeking a fanship waiver? If your answer is "Yes," explain below why your present waiver should override that prior fanship."

[Northwestcoug]

lazy routes lose games

Yeah, watching that again it looks mostly like Lockett's fault. I had thought Butler made a miraculous play. But he read the route correctly and was just stronger than the receiver.

[TripletDaddy]

Of course. Even if Tick had locked his sports heart, he would have been required to complete that supplement, including the explanation section for those who mark "Yes" under the question "Have you ever previously aligned yourself with a professional sports team in the same league as the team for which you are presently seeking a fanship waiver? If your answer is "Yes," explain below why your present waiver should override that prior fanship."

The_Tick has a lot of paperwork to complete!

[scottie]

Paul Allen summed it up best... WTF:

According to Wikipedia he's only 62, but here he looks 92.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

wait you are a Red sox fan, too? lol.

we need to update that red sox discussion.

who was the guy that started liking the red sox because he claimed to see a fireworks show on TV?

We know that wasn't junkie, he liked the Dolphins because of their colors.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I love the Lost Puppy commercial....

This is profoundly disappointing. I admit that the shot of the puppy seeking shelter in the rain-sodden box elicited an ahh from me, but the rest of the commercial was a very powerful emetic. Absolutely wretched. I thought it was even worse than the one a few years back with the Clydesdales bowing reverently in front of Ground Zero in NYC. Embarrassingly mawkish.

[Jeff Lebowski]

This is profoundly disappointing. I admit that the shot of the puppy seeking shelter in the rain-sodden box elicited an ahh from me, but the rest of the commercial was a very powerful emetic. Absolutely wretched. I thought it was even worse than the one a few years back with the Clydesdales bowing reverently in front of Ground Zero in NYC. Embarrassingly mawkish.

[snowcat]

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[Green Monstah]

You are not a bandwagon Sox fan and that 1988 Red Sox team was awesome. My favorite player - Dwight Evans was still productive and playing RF, Greenwell was MVP runner-up, a young Ellis Burks was predicted to become the next Fred Lynn in CF, and Marty Barrett, who was friendly to the missionaries, had a very good season. And then there was our own Mormon guy in Bruce Hurst having a good year. Boggs was winning another batting crown and Rocket was once again excellent. I became a Red Sox fan while playing little league more than a decade before you and I didn't live in New England until I served a mission.

I'm pretty sure Marty Barrett married a Mormon (at least, if the CES employee who lived in my ward in Arizona is to be believed, Marty married a nice Mormon lady and lives in Vegas). In a terrible move for my burgeoning baseball career, I tried to emulate Dwight Evan's batting stance that first year. I was also impressed with the amount of "bubble gum" Boggs could load into his lip, although it looked like the black licorice flavor my mom used to buy.

[BigFatMeanie]

There was clearly a formula to this year's ads: tell a heartwrenching/funny story and then at the very end try to sell a car/insurance/country-specific avocado that has absolutely nothing to do with the story.

That formula worked well for beer commercials for decades. Somehow it doesn't work for insurance.

It worked for Mexican avocados though. I thought that commercial was hilarious.