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Super Bowl Open Thread

by John Cole|  February 7, 20106:09 pm| 215 Comments

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  1. 1.

    meh

    February 7, 2010 at 6:10 pm

    I am a bit perplexed as to why CBS wouldn’t stream the game online – geaux saints.

  2. 2.

    Steeplejack

    February 7, 2010 at 6:11 pm

    Right on, Cole! I see you are aligned with the angels for once (so to speak).

    Should be “Geaux Saints!,” though.

  3. 3.

    Eric U.

    February 7, 2010 at 6:12 pm

    I hope the league told the Saints that roughing the passer is still ok, otherwise it’s not going to be fun to watch

    Geaux Saints is a trademark of the NFL, and they want royalties

  4. 4.

    Violet

    February 7, 2010 at 6:13 pm

    Geaux Saints! And eff the NFL for trying to copyright every damn thing.

  5. 5.

    madmommy

    February 7, 2010 at 6:13 pm

    Who Dat! And the NFL can bite me. Also.

  6. 6.

    Mustang Bobby

    February 7, 2010 at 6:15 pm

    Okay, I’m here in Miami. So what’s going on tonight? Anything good on TV?

  7. 7.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 6:15 pm

    I still can’t believe the Saints are in the Super Bowl. Somebody pinch me.

  8. 8.

    spudvol

    February 7, 2010 at 6:19 pm

    If you can’t decide who to root for in the SB, here’s a helpful fact…Peyton Manning donates money to Bob Corker.

  9. 9.

    Napoleon

    February 7, 2010 at 6:21 pm

    As a matter of principle I always root against any southern team, but today I am going to make an exception. Go Saints.

  10. 10.

    demo woman

    February 7, 2010 at 6:22 pm

    @South of I-10: If it helps, I have on a Patriots shirt. The last time I wore it during the Super Bowl, the NFL team won.
    Well duh.. of course the nfl won.. but it was the year the Eli beat Tom

  11. 11.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    @demo woman: Sweet! You keep rocking that shirt!

  12. 12.

    spudvol

    February 7, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    All this Puppy Bowl needs is a pound of bacon strapped to a feral cat.

  13. 13.

    Steeplejack

    February 7, 2010 at 6:25 pm

    Man, I hate that hopping gator on the HostGator ad. Really annoying. Let’s get more comments on here so I can scroll down far enough not to see it.

  14. 14.

    Max

    February 7, 2010 at 6:25 pm

    Even when sung badly, as it was just now, the National Anthem gets me choked up.

    For my money, Whitney’s version was the best of the SB versions.

  15. 15.

    Anonsters

    February 7, 2010 at 6:26 pm

    @Napoleon:

    If it helps any, those of us from the Real Deep South don’t consider New Orleans a part. :P

  16. 16.

    demo woman

    February 7, 2010 at 6:26 pm

    @Steeplejack: Kinda makes me miss Pam.

  17. 17.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 6:27 pm

    As a matter of habit, I root for the underdogs in games I have no other preference in, so geaux Saints.

  18. 18.

    madmommy

    February 7, 2010 at 6:28 pm

    @South of I-10:

    I know, pretty cool, huh! And Ricky Jackson walking out there as one of the newest members of the HOF. The stars are aligning for the Saints!

  19. 19.

    AkaDad

    February 7, 2010 at 6:28 pm

    I hope Peyton Manning and the Saints score a bunch of home runs. Go team!

  20. 20.

    Glenn Fayard

    February 7, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    Note: Who dat chants originated in NO professional wrestling scene.

    “Who dat, who dat, who dat say dey goin’ beat dat Dog!”

    i.e. The Junkyard Dog.

    blah blah knowing is half the battle.

    Thanks to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

  21. 21.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    February 7, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    Just want to say, I don’t give a crap about the commercials.

  22. 22.

    Napoleon

    February 7, 2010 at 6:31 pm

    @Anonsters:

    Thanks, I can sleep better tonight then.

  23. 23.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 6:32 pm

    @madmommy: Did you hear Bobby Hebert interview Ricky Jackson on the radio earlier? He was crying talking about being inducted.

  24. 24.

    freelancer (itouch)

    February 7, 2010 at 6:35 pm

    @South of I-10:

    Please, it’s “A-bear”

  25. 25.

    Max

    February 7, 2010 at 6:36 pm

    As a Bills fan, I fondly remember our first trip to the Super Bowl. Hope you Saints fans have better luck.

    That kind of sadness never leaves you… :(

  26. 26.

    Violet

    February 7, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    Peyton Manning is looking pretty good so far.

  27. 27.

    Morbo

    February 7, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    Go, Bell’s Two Headed Ale. And Saints.

  28. 28.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    @freelancer (itouch): I know how to say and spell it! :)

  29. 29.

    MikeJ

    February 7, 2010 at 6:40 pm

    Since avocados have omega-3s, guac is good for you, right?

  30. 30.

    Violet

    February 7, 2010 at 6:40 pm

    @MikeJ:
    Health food!

  31. 31.

    mr. whipple

    February 7, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    Opened beer: check
    Pizzas in oven: check.

    Good to go.

  32. 32.

    Woodbuster

    February 7, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    Either way, may the best team win! At least there’s no “wild card” imposter this year.

  33. 33.

    D-Chance.

    February 7, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    An Abe Vigoda sighting!

    This is already the greatest Super Bowl ever…

  34. 34.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    Tebows make me want to hurl.

  35. 35.

    Violet

    February 7, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    Ugh, stupid Timmy ad. That was dumb. It was like a commercial for him.

  36. 36.

    demo woman

    February 7, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    Is Tebow’s mom trying to move him up in the draft?

  37. 37.

    madmommy

    February 7, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    That Snickers commercial was funny. Betty White FTW

  38. 38.

    Steeplejack

    February 7, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    @demo woman:

    I still say that wasn’t an arm.

  39. 39.

    WereBear

    February 7, 2010 at 6:46 pm

    It would be difficult to find an adult American less interested in football than I am. I blame the high school that had the coaches teaching us how to drive. They did things like stick the bullhorn into the car to yell at you.

    However, my fella is rooting for the Saints, so I will too.

  40. 40.

    Napoleon

    February 7, 2010 at 6:47 pm

    @D-Chance.:

    I thought he was dead. Abe was the greatest on Barney Miller.

  41. 41.

    Violet

    February 7, 2010 at 6:47 pm

    The Betty White/Abe Vigoda commercial was awesome. The Doritos commercial with the dog no-bark collar was kind of stupid. Maybe I need more alcohol to appreciate it.

  42. 42.

    demo woman

    February 7, 2010 at 6:48 pm

    Boostmobile was pretty funny. I had a super bowl party with Clam Chowder and all when the Pats got routed by the Bears. Most boring game ever!

  43. 43.

    Anonsters

    February 7, 2010 at 6:48 pm

    @WereBear:

    Eh, the Giants aren’t in it, I’m not that interested in it. But I am nuts about the Giants.

  44. 44.

    Morbo

    February 7, 2010 at 6:48 pm

    That anti-bark Doritos commercial was the first one to make me chuckle. Snickers would’ve been funnier if they’d just left Betty White in there.

  45. 45.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    February 7, 2010 at 6:49 pm

    @MikeJ:

    If it has real avocados in it, rather than just corn starch and green coloring.

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2010 at 6:50 pm

    @Violet: I have read that if you could only eat 7 foods for the rest of your life avocado should be one of them. It’s that good for you. Enjoy!

  47. 47.

    demo woman

    February 7, 2010 at 6:50 pm

    The Saints have to settle down and just focus on the game.

  48. 48.

    Redshirt

    February 7, 2010 at 6:51 pm

    Saints look nervous. If they don’t settle down, this game could get out of hand.

  49. 49.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2010 at 6:52 pm

    @WereBear: Until last fall, I had been able to say that the last football game I went to was in 1972. Then I had to go to watch my 5-year old niece “cheerlead” at the high school football game. Not sure whether that counts or not, as I did not actually watch the game while there.

  50. 50.

    Nethead Jay

    February 7, 2010 at 6:54 pm

    @Napoleon: Saints aren’t a southern team, they’re a New Orleans team.

  51. 51.

    de stijl

    February 7, 2010 at 6:55 pm

    Whatever team wins, I’m sure it will be Good News For Conservatives.

  52. 52.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 6:56 pm

    @Notorious P.A.T.: As a socal resident, I am insulted at the idea of guac without avocados. I mean, that’s like cheese without milk or Fritos without corn.

    And the Snickers ad was pretty good. Nice that we got Tebow out of the way, and at a time I needed to go get more tea. (Sick, can’t even beer up due to the meds, but I’ll force down some chicken and rosemary sausage in an hour or two)

  53. 53.

    WereBear

    February 7, 2010 at 6:58 pm

    @WaterGirl: My mother and I went on the road trip to see the Army/Navy game at West Point, which would have been a first football game for me. But the sky clouded over and it started sprinkling when we arrived, and she declared she had put in her time holding a trash bag over her head while water poured down her neck.

    So the guys went to the game and we went to the local mall, drank appletinis, and gambled on that Pick Thing. So everyone had a good time.

  54. 54.

    D-Chance.

    February 7, 2010 at 6:59 pm

    @Napoleon: Abe will never die… he’ll just look that way.

  55. 55.

    Violet

    February 7, 2010 at 7:00 pm

    Saints aren’t looking too good. Colts look on form. Come on, Saints! Get your act together!

  56. 56.

    LauraW

    February 7, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    @South of I-10: I have conducted my uber-thorough, statistically (in)significant uniform color analysis.
    In summary, blue and white? Are you fucking kidding me? Blue has always been my very least favorite color in the whole universe (next to brown). Blue is for boys. And white? Yawn. Talk about no effort and the color of least resistance.

    I look great in black, and despite what Tim Gunn and Nina Garcia would like you to believe, there is no such other color that is ever, truly, “The new black”. Black is forever, enduring, without peer.

    And who does not love gold, really? Oh sure, you can say you prefer platinum or silver, but you’re just lying and pretending to be more haughty and high brow than you really are. (Although I will give you copper. Copper rules over gold.)

    Ergo: SAINTS!

  57. 57.

    Woodbuster

    February 7, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    The Jesus Boy ad? Lame.

  58. 58.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    I’m about to call this game already. Unless someone knocks the next week out of Peyton, I don’t see this getting any better for the Saints.

  59. 59.

    dr. bloor

    February 7, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    Bambi, Godzilla, etc.

  60. 60.

    dr. morpheus

    February 7, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    Super-wha?

    I only turn sports on if I want to fall asleep.

    Let’s see, Ice Age 2 is on. Much better…

  61. 61.

    Phyllis

    February 7, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    To help keep up: http://www.abevigoda.com/

  62. 62.

    Moonbatting Average

    February 7, 2010 at 7:04 pm

    This game is really getting my geauxt

  63. 63.

    Morbo

    February 7, 2010 at 7:06 pm

    Alright then, bud Light has the early lead for most annoying commercial with that auto-tune one.

  64. 64.

    AhabTRuler

    February 7, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    God, I an beginning to despise the prevalence of auto-tune as much as I despised the return of the vocoder in the late ’90s and the early ‘aughts.

  65. 65.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    @Morbo: I don’t know – the whole GoDaddy thing is about 5 years overplayed now.

  66. 66.

    MikeJ

    February 7, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Oooh. 8½ comes on at 5pm. Yea!

  67. 67.

    General Winfield Stuck

    February 7, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Big mismatch. Peyton Manning is too good a short passer. The best since Elway and Montana at those kind of passes that are near impossible to defend against. And with receivers who can hang on to them. Yawner brewing.

  68. 68.

    madmommy

    February 7, 2010 at 7:08 pm

    Cajun fiddling beavers. Interesting.

    Peyton is starting to get on my last nerve. The Saints need a score on this drive.

    Hear that, Drew? Get on it!

  69. 69.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 7:09 pm

    @LauraW: Statistics at their finest. Plus black is slimming and if you spill your red wine on your black shirt, it doesn’t really show.

  70. 70.

    Violet

    February 7, 2010 at 7:09 pm

    That Bridgestone commercial was kind of funny.

  71. 71.

    daryljfontaine

    February 7, 2010 at 7:12 pm

    I liked the Cars.com ad. “You know, it’s tough when they’re breech like this… particularly the Bengals.”

    D

  72. 72.

    Max

    February 7, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    Saw this on Twitter for those in need.

    Super Bowl livestream

    http://www.justin.tv/stealthshotdotnet#r=pzUVjeM

  73. 73.

    TruthOfAngels

    February 7, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    Hmph. Call this football?

    ‘Cause all I see is 1 player on each side actually kicking the ball, and 20 other big blokes having a fight.

    Yours in vino

    A. Limey

  74. 74.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 7:16 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck: Well, I’d agree, but the Saints are getting it done here. Messy, but steady.

  75. 75.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    Yes! The Saints won’t be the first team to not score in a Super Bowl!

  76. 76.

    Morbo

    February 7, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    Good god, my friend informs me that Mike Carey’s 60. That does not seem possible.

  77. 77.

    madmommy

    February 7, 2010 at 7:20 pm

    @South of I-10:

    LOL! We had to score on that drive and we did. Drew obviously heard me :)

  78. 78.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 7:22 pm

    Hmm, two ads in a row focused on not wearing pants.

  79. 79.

    PurpleGirl

    February 7, 2010 at 7:27 pm

    @Steeplejack: If you are using Firefox for your browser, right click on the ad, a menu will appear and click on “do not show images from …” and, voila, the graphics for Project Wonderful ads will disappear.

  80. 80.

    Morbo

    February 7, 2010 at 7:33 pm

    And that was a terrible reverse.

  81. 81.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 7:33 pm

    And that was a great play after the terrible reverse.

  82. 82.

    Crazy Kale Lady

    February 7, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    Forget it. That Dodge commercial left me confused and conflicted.

  83. 83.

    Napoleon

    February 7, 2010 at 7:42 pm

    Rats!

  84. 84.

    Comrade Kevin

    February 7, 2010 at 7:42 pm

    Way to go, Saints, leaving points on the field in the FIRST HALF.

  85. 85.

    demo woman

    February 7, 2010 at 7:42 pm

    fuck

  86. 86.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 7:42 pm

    @PurpleGirl: Mac users can download Omniweb (free) and it has a global and per-site adblocker setting. I have mine set to just disable that ad, but allow the others so John gets the revenue. You can also set it for animations to only animate 0, 1, 2 times, etc.

  87. 87.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    February 7, 2010 at 7:42 pm

    Wow, that was some play. Good job Aints.

  88. 88.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 7:43 pm

    Yeah, I don’t see how the Saints don’t regret that by the end of the game.

  89. 89.

    Maxwel

    February 7, 2010 at 7:43 pm

    You can’t be serious!

  90. 90.

    mr. whipple

    February 7, 2010 at 7:43 pm

    Poop.

  91. 91.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 7, 2010 at 7:45 pm

    Wait, what?

    How do you do that? I’m not even arguing the decision to go for it – but if you are, that’s an awful play. Single back formation? Really? No blocking back or tight end on an obvious running down? Are you serious?

  92. 92.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 7:45 pm

    I don’t understand that at all.

  93. 93.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    @FormerSwingVoter: Yeah, Betty White and Abe Vigoda could have turned that play.

  94. 94.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    @Maxwel: I am serious. And stop calling me Shirley.

  95. 95.

    Max

    February 7, 2010 at 7:49 pm

    Apparently, misogyny is the theme of this year’s commercials.

    Sorry boys, didn’t realize you were all so oppressed. If I didn’t make $.81 for every $1.00 you make, I might feel bad for you.

  96. 96.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 7, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    Yeah, I noticed that. The recurring theme of commercials this year:

    “Men, do you sometimes do what your wife or girlfriend asks you to? You have no penis. Buy our product!”

  97. 97.

    gwangung

    February 7, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    @Max: Gah, yeah. The Dodge and the FloTV ones were really stale.

  98. 98.

    gwangung

    February 7, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    @Max: Gah, yeah. The Dodge and the FloTV ones were really stale.

  99. 99.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    @Max: This year’s? What year isn’t that the theme?

  100. 100.

    Morbo

    February 7, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    @Max: I am noticing that, too. I’m not even close to the sensitivity of certain sites on such things, but I’m saying to myself watching some of these, “Oh, for fuck’s sake.”

  101. 101.

    Cat Lady

    February 7, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    @Max:

    misogyny is the theme of this year’s commercials.

    No shit. If I was a young woman and watching these ads, I’d head for the nearest nunnery. Creepy ugly fucktards, the lot of them.

  102. 102.

    Persia

    February 7, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    @Max: The GoDaddy commercials manage to piss me off more every year. Which is a feat.

  103. 103.

    Max

    February 7, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    @Martin: This year seems demonstrably worse than most.

    But, I’m an O-bot, so what do I know.

  104. 104.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 7:55 pm

    @Max: Poor boys – so oppressed.

  105. 105.

    Violet

    February 7, 2010 at 7:55 pm

    @Persia:
    Yeah, the Go Daddy commercial is getting well past its sell-by date. The need a new idea.

  106. 106.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 7, 2010 at 7:56 pm

    By the way, is the NFL aware that there’s been music released over the past twenty-five years? You wouldn’t know it from the halftime shows…

  107. 107.

    Steeplejack

    February 7, 2010 at 7:56 pm

    @MikeJ:

    TCM is running a boatload of Oscar movies all month. I have gotten DVR overload just in the last weekend. Watched Bad Day at Black Rock and Bullitt yesterday, with The French Connection and Bonnie and Clyde still on tap.

    And they’re running Fellini’s Juliet of the Spirits tonight right after 8½.

  108. 108.

    Max

    February 7, 2010 at 7:57 pm

    Best tweet I’ve seen on the subject…

    (via@KagroX)

    Lotta ad guys angry about vagina out there.

  109. 109.

    Comrade Jake

    February 7, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    @FormerSwingVoter:

    The WHO pull double-duty here though as an advertisement for the CSI franchise.

  110. 110.

    Nethead Jay

    February 7, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    @Max: Yeah, the misogyny is flowing thick and free. I’m embarassed for my gender.

  111. 111.

    Persia

    February 7, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    @Violet: They have a NASCAR driver! They could do all sorts of things beyond ‘ooh, boobies!’ It’s depressing.

  112. 112.

    madmommy

    February 7, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    And now it’s time for the geezer fest halftime show.

    The madhubby actually complained that my yelling was giving him a headache. I todl him to take his pansy-ass off to the bedroom. Damn.

  113. 113.

    Comrade Kevin

    February 7, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    The Who? The kittens are on Puppy Bowl’s half time show!

  114. 114.

    Comrade Jake

    February 7, 2010 at 8:00 pm

    Some enterprising network should really run its own halftime analysis show. This is like Football for dummies.

  115. 115.

    Steeplejack

    February 7, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    @PurpleGirl:

    Thanks for the tip.

    Now I am too busy being irritated by the Super Bowl logo that whooshes up and then whooshes down every time CBS switches between live action and replay, which is on almost every play. Really irritating.

  116. 116.

    Comrade Jake

    February 7, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    So who has Townshend in the hip dislocation pool?

  117. 117.

    Laura W

    February 7, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    @Max: Thank you.
    Holy fuck. I withdrew my comment on the Dodge commercial, but wish I’d let it stand after the next one by… Oops. I’ve already forgotten who sponsored it.
    +3 (thankfully, or I’d be even more hysterical.)

  118. 118.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 7, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    Really? Pinball Wizard?

    Most overrated Who song EVAR.

  119. 119.

    Comrade Kevin

    February 7, 2010 at 8:03 pm

    @FormerSwingVoter:

    Most overrated Who song EVAR.

    Is there any other kind?

  120. 120.

    Maxwel

    February 7, 2010 at 8:03 pm

    OMG, they must be desperate for money. What were the Bowl people thinking?

  121. 121.

    demo woman

    February 7, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    Why is there a bunch of old folks on my TV. Next year AARP and associations for Retirement Homes should advertise.

  122. 122.

    Violet

    February 7, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    Do The Who sound as awful on everyone else’s TV as they do on mine? Or is it my TV? Because they sound horrible.

  123. 123.

    debit

    February 7, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    This is cringeworthy. My embarrassment squick is going into overdrive.

    Guys, retire. Seriously. Never do this again. Gah.

  124. 124.

    Maxwel

    February 7, 2010 at 8:05 pm

    Yes, they’re awful. Formerly 1) Stones, 2) Who.

  125. 125.

    J.

    February 7, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    Super Bowl Half-Time Show: Dat Who!

  126. 126.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 7, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    Dear NFL:

    You do not have a time machine. You are getting the 2010’s version of these bands, not the 1960’s version.

  127. 127.

    debit

    February 7, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    They gotta be drunk or stoned, or both.

    And they just keep going. Why? WHY?!

  128. 128.

    Woodbuster

    February 7, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    I saw these guys live in 1972. Or, shoiuld I say I saw some guys who could actually SING in 1972. Fuck that’s bad!

  129. 129.

    Comrade Jake

    February 7, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    @Violet:

    It’s not because of your tv. It’s because these guys need Oxygen.

  130. 130.

    Nethead Jay

    February 7, 2010 at 8:09 pm

    Damn, this is awful. Rolling Stones can pull this off. The Who… not so much.

  131. 131.

    Violet

    February 7, 2010 at 8:09 pm

    @Comrade Jake:
    Glad it’s not my TV. They really sound awful. What’s worse than awful? Dire?

    I think I’d rather watch a Who cover band.

  132. 132.

    debit

    February 7, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    @Woodbuster: I saw them in the early 80’s when they were retiring. Supposedly. One of the great concerts of my life now overwritten by this.

  133. 133.

    Josh Huaco

    February 7, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    Can we get some halftime performers who were born after FDR died?

  134. 134.

    Xantar

    February 7, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    Ever since Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson, the NFL made sure to only have male acts.

    Then after Springsteen crotch-smacked a camera, I guess the NFL made sure to only have geezer male acts.

    Surely the sight of a lead singer literally singing himself out of breath in three songs will be less traumatic than a glimpse of a nipple!

  135. 135.

    Morbo

    February 7, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    @Martin: No, it does seem like it’s especially egregious this year. At least two people I wouldn’t expect to notice in my AIM chat are noticing it this year.

  136. 136.

    gwangung

    February 7, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    Yeah, but this IS the right band for the folks who’re at the stadium (nobody under 50 can afford those tix….)

  137. 137.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 7, 2010 at 8:11 pm

    I really like “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, but this is terrible. How can you butcher your own damn song? It’s like watching a terrible cover band.

    I felt the same way watching the Stones a couple years ago. Ugh.

  138. 138.

    jeffreyw

    February 7, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    Old rockers never die, they just fade away…before your eyes.

  139. 139.

    Woodbuster

    February 7, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    Oh yeah. Morley Safer, Bob Schieffer, Charles Osgood, Andy Rooney, Mike Wallace and The Who. This must be CBS, the Geriatric Channel!

  140. 140.

    Common Sense

    February 7, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    The Who kicks ass. Miles better than freaking Springsteen. The only arena band that might beat em is Pink Floyd.

  141. 141.

    mr. whipple

    February 7, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    Sounds good with a good sound system. Crowd is singing along.

    But yeah, a bit long in the tooth.

  142. 142.

    freelancer (itouch)

    February 7, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    Who’s on stage:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqF3DafvjCY&feature=youtube_gdata

  143. 143.

    General Winfield Stuck

    February 7, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    I saw The Who in 1975 with a hippie chick that had some kickass Hash Oil we dipped our joints in. They were so loud the concert didn’t end in my head for a week, at least. But I just loved the shit out of Pete Townsend smashing his guitar into a zillion pieces at the end.

  144. 144.

    Max

    February 7, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    I blame the Baby Boomers!

  145. 145.

    Laura W

    February 7, 2010 at 8:14 pm

    @Josh Huaco: Is this the previous Josh Hueco?
    Texan, Veterans Affairs worker? All around smart and funny dude?
    Cuz if so, I was JUST thinking about you on my walk today and wondering where you had been.
    If not, um…carry on?

  146. 146.

    mr. whipple

    February 7, 2010 at 8:14 pm

    Can we get some halftime entertainment who wasn’t born while FDR was still president?

    We tried that once, but she showed a nipple.

    /the NFL.

  147. 147.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 7, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    Meet the new boss… same as the old boss…

    Is Roger Daltrey a firebagger?

  148. 148.

    Common Sense

    February 7, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    Christ this ad reminds me that we could have gotten Blink 182 or some mindless crap from this year instead. I’ll take The Who every time thankyouverymuch.

  149. 149.

    gbear

    February 7, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    @Woodbuster:

    I saw them in ’71 in a hockey arena south of Minneapolis. They were having an awful night (it was the Who’s Next tour and they were having to use tapes to fill out some of the songs. They were having trouble staying in sync).

    It was pretty obvious they didn’t give a fuck about playing in a hockey arena south of Minneapolis.

    So sorry to hear they’re sucking tonight but, man, you’d think they’d be smart enough to stay away from something like this.

  150. 150.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    @Martin: So John gets revenue just for the ads showing up – unrelated to whether anyone clicks on them? The gator ads were making me crazy, and I wasn’t aware of the ad blocker you just mentioned, so I installed one that blocks everything (except the amazon & paypal links and a couple others still show up). I didn’t realize that would affect John’s revenue since I never click on ads. Would you mind explaining how ads work, revenue-wise?

  151. 151.

    Woodbuster

    February 7, 2010 at 8:16 pm

    @debit: that was, hands down, the best concert EVER. But this is just sad.

  152. 152.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 8:16 pm

    So no embarassing nip slips this year?

  153. 153.

    freelancer (itouch)

    February 7, 2010 at 8:17 pm

    @Max:

    My friend and I are texting back and forth in utter disgust about this. Apparently, advertising thinks that the worst thing that can happen to the modern, football watching man, is a woman.

    Total bullshit.

  154. 154.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 8:17 pm

    I love The Who, but the Need Money for Rehab Halftime Show didn’t work for me at all. They’ve had their time, I’ve got my LPs and bootlegs to enjoy that time, but I think we can at least get a 90s band up there, no? Aren’t Bryan Adams or Boyz II Men available?

  155. 155.

    madmommy

    February 7, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    Well, glad that’s over.

    And now, after a thorough talking-to in the locker room, the Saints are gonna come out and bust a big play for a score.

    I too blame Janet Jackson’s nano-second boob-flash for the suckitude that has been the halftime shows the last few years.

  156. 156.

    mr. whipple

    February 7, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    @South of I-10:

    Nah, this was more like a FloMax commercial.

  157. 157.

    Josh Huaco

    February 7, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    @Laura W:

    You got me. :) Still working for the VA and trying to finish up my Baylor-related stuff. I haven’t gone away, just been lurking here for the past several months. How are you?

  158. 158.

    gwangung

    February 7, 2010 at 8:20 pm

    I think I like the Miller Hi-Life commercial better than the halftime show…More heart in the performance.

  159. 159.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 7, 2010 at 8:20 pm

    @Martin: Can we get Pearl Jam up there? Or not until 2030?

  160. 160.

    madmommy

    February 7, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    Holy shit, how much gouging do you think is going on in that scrum?

    And the Saints recover!!

  161. 161.

    realbtl

    February 7, 2010 at 8:23 pm

    As a Who fan from 1965 who saw them live about 10 times between 1967 and 1975 (and has the tinnitus to prove it) let me offer my sincerest apologies. They Were killers in their time.

  162. 162.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 8:23 pm

    @WaterGirl: It depends on the ad contract. Some are per-pageview, others per-click. The per-click ads pay better (obviously) but most of Google’s are page view based.

    OmniWeb is a Mac-only Safari based browser. It renders pages like Safari, but has other differences. The side tab view giving a preview of each page is a favorite feature of mine. But the browser has per-site settings and a built-in ad blocker. The ad blocker let’s you block anything on a page or add a regular expression for the URL and it’ll block anything that matches. What I like about the ad blocker is I can right-click on an ad and select ‘filter’ and it gets added to the blocker, so I can filter out just that ad, or the Pam ad, etc. and let the rest come through. Just turning off the animation is a BIG help.

  163. 163.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 8:23 pm

    What the?!!

  164. 164.

    Comrade Kevin

    February 7, 2010 at 8:23 pm

    Now THAT was a bold play.

  165. 165.

    mr. whipple

    February 7, 2010 at 8:23 pm

    Wow.

  166. 166.

    Xantar

    February 7, 2010 at 8:24 pm

    Next year, the halftime show had better be Rihanna, Jay-Z and a full freaking string orchestra.

  167. 167.

    Morbo

    February 7, 2010 at 8:24 pm

    Thy fallen thou shall rise. Go Saints.

  168. 168.

    Common Sense

    February 7, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    Dear God no on the Brian Adams.

    I am just not all that jazzed about 99% of the modern bands that I would think likely candidates — and I say this as a guy in my 30’s. The Foo Fighters would probly kick ass.

  169. 169.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    @FormerSwingVoter: Yeah, Pearl Jam would work – Ten hit almost 20 years ago now.

  170. 170.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    @madmommy: Oh, it’s on!

  171. 171.

    Nethead Jay

    February 7, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!

    Edit: TOUCHDOWN. Saints are here to play!!!

  172. 172.

    Moonbatting Average

    February 7, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    Ballsiest. Opening. Kick. Evar.

  173. 173.

    Comrade Jake

    February 7, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    Was that the Peyton Manning face I just saw?

  174. 174.

    mr. whipple

    February 7, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  175. 175.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    Woo! That’s how you do it!

  176. 176.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 7, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    I am now officially a Saints fan.

  177. 177.

    justme

    February 7, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    Okay. This might just be the awesomeness I wanted.

  178. 178.

    Common Sense

    February 7, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    Saints baby!

    That place is a helluva lot louder when NO scores.

  179. 179.

    gwangung

    February 7, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    Bet that just sent a jolt across the country…

  180. 180.

    madmommy

    February 7, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    @South of I-10:

    On-side kick and recovery, bitchez!

    And Drew’s got ’em marching down the field to the touchdown!!!

  181. 181.

    Morbo

    February 7, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    Yeaaaah, baby. Nice, nice YAC.

    Morbo +4 (really more like +7 though)

  182. 182.

    Kathy

    February 7, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    Ok the game is back on and a Saints on-side kick and touch down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Much better guys.

  183. 183.

    Laura W

    February 7, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    @WaterGirl: I can speak to the Project Wonderful ads (only). John gets paid for the space rental whether you see them or click on them or not. It’s an interesting auction type situation, where advertisers place ads and bid our maximum amounts for each panel. We specify for how many days’ duration our ads will run, when they will start, etc.

    That’s why you’ll see the PW ads down the left panel change so frequently. If I want to run something special, I’ll bid $4.00/day, since that is pretty high for BJ. I might also just run it for one or two days. Someone would want my space badly to outbid me. If they did, and set their time frame for one day, once their ad/bid expired, I would be high bidder again and you’d see my ad. It’s a very cool system, actually. I could be wrong but I think the site gets 25% of what we, as advertisers pay?

    As a PW advertiser, I would never say: “Feel free to block those ads” because I want you to see those ads and click on and go to my web site and BUY MY SHIT.
    But as a Friend of John’s, I would also say: “Feel free to block PW ads because you are taking no money out of my pocket anyway.”

    Hope that helps?
    (Maybe tomorrow I can help you with the blogad rules since I’ve only used that once. To the best of my recollection, they are not a pay per click endeavor either. Blogads is also a space rental per month contract, and FAR more pricey than PW.) I do not know if this site has any actual pay per click ads. But what do I know?

  184. 184.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    @Common Sense: I like a lot of the current stuff, and I’m in my 40s.

    I just don’t see the wisdom in constantly deferring to entertainment that is outside of the advertising demographic for the game. I’d think that they’d want to be constantly aiming for the 18-25 demographic, not just for the advertisers but also to pull in future fans. Though the NFL has priced itself out of the young people market. $100+ tickets and however much things like NFL Season Pass cost can’t help bringing in the under-30 demographic.

  185. 185.

    JD Rhoades

    February 7, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    The Demi-Who’s vocals were, indeed, terrible. But Townshend’s is still the Guitar That Ate My Brain. And I did like hearing the entire stadium roaring “DON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN!”

    And it was one trippy-ass light show.

    Just call me Mr. Positive.

  186. 186.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 7, 2010 at 8:31 pm

    My favorite team is the team that makes Peyton Manning cry.

    Go Saints!

  187. 187.

    Max

    February 7, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    I vote for Pearl Jam or Jay-Z next year. Or, Pearl Jam AND Jay-Z.

    What’s not to love with that combo?

  188. 188.

    justme

    February 7, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    Is it time for the turnovers to begin?

    Please?

  189. 189.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    @madmommy: I just told Mr. South that if the Saints win, we are dropping Little South off at my parents and driving to NO. I don’t think I am serious, but I’m really not sure.

  190. 190.

    mr. whipple

    February 7, 2010 at 8:33 pm

    @Martin:

    Just as long as they do that EEEEday song:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNINw1wNdno

  191. 191.

    glocksman

    February 7, 2010 at 8:33 pm

    Fuck the Colts.
    This Hoosier is frankly pissed off about Cowardwell’s throwing away their perfect season.
    IOW, the Saints can win in a blowout and I’ll be happy.

    glocksman +6

  192. 192.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 8:33 pm

    @Crazy Kale Lady: Interesting. Thanks for weighing in. I’m most familiar with Google’s (well, who isn’t these days) but I still don’t promote ad blockers too heavily since that’s how these sites stay running. I don’t prefer the alternative of subscriptions. I will block the most annoying ads, though.

  193. 193.

    madmommy

    February 7, 2010 at 8:34 pm

    @South of I-10:

    Do it!! You might never get the chance again! I would totally do that if I had anyone to pawn the kidlets off on! Hell, I might leave the hubby here with the kids and head out anyway.

  194. 194.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 8:35 pm

    Man, how does that guy do that?

  195. 195.

    justme

    February 7, 2010 at 8:35 pm

    ^%$^%$*^%(&$^^#%#ing Manning.

  196. 196.

    Keith G

    February 7, 2010 at 8:35 pm

    @South of I-10: How far is that for you?

  197. 197.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2010 at 8:36 pm

    @Martin: Thanks so much for the info! I love “top sites” in Safari 4, otherwise I would switch, since it sounds pretty cool. I think that damn gator ad has a lot of us scrambling to find a way to get rid of it…

  198. 198.

    FormerSwingVoter

    February 7, 2010 at 8:37 pm

    Is “Begging For a Pass Interference Call” a receivers drill that the Colts run in practice?

    FSV +5

  199. 199.

    Keith G

    February 7, 2010 at 8:38 pm

    @justme: Yeah, he is a stud tonight, so far.

  200. 200.

    justme

    February 7, 2010 at 8:39 pm

    They need to put some pressure on Manning, damnit.

    And maim Addai.

  201. 201.

    Laura W

    February 7, 2010 at 8:39 pm

    @WaterGirl: Lost my edit window. What I meant to say was that you take no money away from BJ if you block Project Wonderful ads, but you know, many of us who advertise there are BJ regulars and we might get our tender feelings hurt.

    I see Martin has addressed Google Ads. They are probably pay-per-click.

  202. 202.

    justme

    February 7, 2010 at 8:40 pm

    Ooohhh. New thread.

  203. 203.

    South of I-10

    February 7, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    @Keith G: 140 miles? A couple of hours.

  204. 204.

    Martin

    February 7, 2010 at 8:44 pm

    @WaterGirl: OmniWeb has a lot of other nice features. For one, it saves state on all your pages when you quit, so everything just jumps back up where you left it.

    Another, it has what are called ‘Workspaces’ which are basically different snapshots of your saved states, so you can have a bunch of pages and tabs open for some task like house hunting or car shopping and then switch that workspace out to do your day-to-day stuff.

    One of the best features is that it makes all text form fields resizable, so I can take this submit box and stretch it out so it’s a reasonable width. I can also open up the text form into it’s own window that looks like a Textedit window with standard fonts and such and type there and everything gets mirrored to the actual form field. Nice stuff.

    You can enable javascript per-site (or enable it for all sites and disable it per site) and lots of features like that. Makes the whole experience a lot nicer.

  205. 205.

    Keith G

    February 7, 2010 at 8:45 pm

    @Max: Red Hot Chili Peppers or, hell, I’d settle for Match Box 20 or Prince again. But please no more acts from my childhood. They are not relevant or entertaining.

    Watching the Who now would is like Rudy Vallee performing in a 1970s half time show.

  206. 206.

    Keith G

    February 7, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    @South of I-10: I love the Quarter on non holiday holidays. Up tempo partying, but still a sense of calm because it is so under (max) populated.

    If that makes sense.

  207. 207.

    WaterGirl

    February 7, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    @Laura W: That helps a lot! I have to confess that I pretty much tune out all advertising instinctively (sorry!) so I would never have clicked on your site anyway. (sorry again!)

    That gator ad was driving me wild and I was about a minute away from taping a strip of cardboard over that part of my laptop screen when someone suggested an ad blocker, so that’s what I did. I appreciate learning more about the way things work; I surely don’t want to take revenue away from my favorite blog. Thanks again

  208. 208.

    Max

    February 7, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    @Keith G: Apparently, it’s either old men playing old songs or Nickleback.

  209. 209.

    PurpleGirl

    February 7, 2010 at 8:59 pm

    I’ve actually clicked through quite a few times to Project Wonderful sites from the ads… but the animated gator was creating a problem for me. I’m sensitive to sounds and light and sometimes to repetitive motions like that ad. The end result can be physically painful. The alternative for me until I discovered that right-click thing was to leave Balloon Juice and I didn’t want to do that. I’ll check back for when the gator and gone and re-engage images.

  210. 210.

    minachica

    February 7, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    @PurpleGirl: This! That bouncy gator is literally migraine-inducing.

  211. 211.

    Morbo

    February 7, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    Except for that drop, Colston has been a monster for the Colts to defend.

  212. 212.

    metalgirl

    February 7, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    OMG, the Aints look like they are going to roll over the Colts! I have a good friend from NOLA at the game who is sending updates on FB. Good for him — at least I can root for his team this time (since it’s not basketball and LSU, since I’m a KY fan)!

  213. 213.

    Yutsano

    February 7, 2010 at 9:44 pm

    Yeah checking in way late but GEAUX SAINTS!!

  214. 214.

    Jane2

    February 7, 2010 at 10:24 pm

    Who Dat? NOBODY!!

  215. 215.

    John O

    February 7, 2010 at 10:28 pm

    “I don’t know how you can be any kind of coon-ass legend when you ain’t got no x’s or u’s in your name.”

    “Shoat means of course that everybody from LSU seems to have a name like Bou-ax or Loubedo.”

    Dan Jenkins, Semi-Tough

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