End of 1 quarter, Pack up by 14. Not how I was hoping things would go, but I’m keeping the faith.
GO STILLERS!
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End of 1 quarter, Pack up by 14. Not how I was hoping things would go, but I’m keeping the faith.
GO STILLERS!
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Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Horrible spot! Challenge!
burnspbesq
Rut-roh!
Q
It’s good to be drunk.
Barb (formerly Gex)
Wait til the Packers get roofies in their drinks. Things get easier for Ben after that.
wobblybits
uh oh. another injury to the Steeler side.
mr. whipple
@Barb (formerly Gex): LOL.
Stillers get 3. Go Pack!
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Barb (formerly Gex):
That is SO MEAN!
(Thank you)
asiangrrlMN
We getting a new thread every quarter? Sweet.
All the commercials have been so fucking mean-spirited thus far. Well, most of them. And bad movies. I may actually have to start muting them.
James E Powell
It appears that the Steelers, as they did against the Ravens, have timed their drugs for the second half.
mr. whipple
Man, these commercials suck.
edit: A good one at last!
The Dangerman
I had to mute Aguilera. A flyover over a roofed stadium? Ticket holders being asked to stand outside? Hold it; I’ve found the problem.
+0
Need to fix that right away.
MikeJ
Please no more goddamned orange and cyan movie commercials.
Martha
Ok, the Teleflora ad with Faith Hill was the best so far… Surprisingly funny.
wobblybits
@MikeJ: agreed. hate that this has been the default color scheme for movies for the past few years (I really blame Avatar for that shit)
BD of MN
thinking about busting into a bottle of Rodenbach Grand Cru. Just cause it’s there…
Binzinerator
My 3 year old: “Go Green Packers!”
My 6 year old: “Papa why do you yell when they make a touchdown?”
gwangung
@mr. whipple: Well, if you’re not an Apple fan, ya might look at the Xoom one…
MikeJ
@wobblybits: I knew there was someting I hated, some sort of drab sameness in all action movies lately, but when it was pointed out I finally understood.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Binzinerator:
Oh, they’re so cute at that age.
Now tell ’em to STFU or you’ll sell them to gypsies.
asiangrrlMN
@MikeJ:
@wobblybits:
Friend of mine showed me this. It opened my eye to the whole orange and teal movies phenomenon.
Violet
I thought the Audi/Kenny G commercial was funny. The Faith Hill one was good too.
asiangrrlMN
@MikeJ:
@wobblybits:
Friend of mine showed me this. It opened my eye to the whole orange and teal movies phenomenon.
ETA: And I know I’m the only person on earth, but I don’t think the Volkswagen commercial is funny. Lawn. Kids. Off it.
wobblybits
What is with these bad commercials?
ETA: Squeeee the VW commercial. I like the longer version better
Garbo
Thor = Blue
gwangung
@Violet: Yeah, me, too. “Hit ’em with Kenny G.”
MikeJ
@asiangrrlMN: Cleek linked it. And that Thor commercial violated the the moratorium I called for.
passerby
There was a real funny E Trade commercial during pre-game. A bunch of babies imitating the Fox Football panel. Cute, funny, very watchable.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Shit…That’s it for Driver.
MonkeyBoy
Ahhh – donkey scrotum in saran wrap.
The 4 avocados I bought 2 days ago felt like they were ripe now so I cut them open. They were mostly brown inside and the little bit of green flesh I was able to extract tasted watery.
No guac makes people unhappy and maybe violent.
Blue Carolinian
Fuck the e trade baby. Not only is he annoying its also sometimes disturbing.
asiangrrlMN
@MikeJ: Since I don’t watch movies, I never really noticed until my friend pointed it out to me.
ETA: I did not see the Kenny G. commercial. I’m hungry. I need fud.
ETA II: Apparently, I am the only female who did not like the Teleflora commercial. Sigh. I think I’m muting them from now on.
suzanne
Teleflora is the best commercial so far, methinks. I still can’t get over fucking up the words of the national anthem at the Super Bowl. What an epic fail.
Comrade Luke
Super Bowl commercials have gone the way of the blockbuster movie. They cost so much money that you have to make it “big” to justify the cost. As a result, we’re getting the equivalent of Transformers commercials. Fitting, given Transformers is one of the ads :)
Violet
@gwangung:
Yeah and when they “unleashed the hounds” it was a bunch of groomed Afghans (I think). It had a lot of really funny touches. I think it would benefit from another viewing.
wobblybits
@suzanne: IT’s not like they sprung it on her last minute, right? I mean, she knew she was going to sing the anthem, right? Why would she not learn the words? Was that asking too much?
Comrade Luke
Just joined the game thread so apologies if this has been said, but: why don’t the Stillers just run until GB proves they can stop them?
Violet
@wobblybits:
What words did she mess up? Didn’t she get some of them right?
gwangung
@asiangrrlMN: More of a BMW commercials, but humor bits tossed in every 7 seconds (about the optimum for a 60 second commercial).
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Okay- Snickers ad was funny.
Mr Stagger Lee
This just in Gary Moore of the rock group Thin Lizzy, found dead in his hotel room. We now return you back the game in progress
Napoleon
I love chimps!
wobblybits
@Violet: I didn’t hear the whole thing but I heard the Mr and his friends groaning (none are american) about it. But if you know you are going to sing it, why would you mess up?
Mary G
The little boy who plays Darth Vader in the VW commercial is 6 years old, born with a heart defect and has had a pacemaker since he was 4 months old. He has never seen Star Wars because his parent feel he is a little too young, so he’s glad he did OK.
wobblybits
another interception
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Another pick! YES!
mr. whipple
YES!!!!! Rapistburger throws another pick.
asiangrrlMN
@gwangung: I’m sure I will see it at some point.
Oh, another interception. Woot.
Moonbatting Average
Big Ben is just getting raped here
(sorry)
Morbo
Fuck yeah, Packers D.
Binzinerator
@Now tell ‘em to STFU or you’ll sell them to gypsies.: I was tempted to teach them certain phrases rergarding the Steelers but my wife would kill me.
Btw, nice interception Packers!
wobblybits
@Mary G: LA Children’s hospital has been treating him (read about it in LA times)
suzanne
@Violet:
She screwed up the “o’oer the ramparts we watched” portion. She got the rest of the song right. Her singing was shit, but screwing up the friggin’ words is completely embarrassing, IMO.
frosty
@Violet: Yeah, I think the hounds was one of the best touches. Best commercial so far.
MikeJ
@Mr Stagger Lee: Guess who just got back today? Not Gary Moore.
I’ll get me coat.
wobblybits
You breathing okay John?
Morbo
Hell yes, Greg Jennings, Western Michigan represent!
Maxwel
Wow!
gwangung
Woot!
asiangrrlMN
Damn. That was some throw and catch.
I like this Rodgers kid.
And, anyone live close enough to Cole to check in on him? I worry.
Moonbatting Average
BWAHAHAHAHAHA I love it
Mark S.
And they left enough time for Big Ben to throw another interception.
Garbo
Rosie, now would be a good time to be quiet and not stare at John.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Obligatory Greg Jennings TD link!
gwangung
@asiangrrlMN: Man, that WAS pretty….
passerby
Plenty of time. Mendle will pick up slack and Polomolu will turn on.
Breathe John. Steelers will psyche up.
Right? Rothlesburger is no give-upper.
I love football. This is a good game.
Jay C
SRSLY, Pittsburgh pass defense looks awful – along with everything else: not a great game for Steelers fans…
Joe Beese
Stick a fork in the Steelers. They’re done.
plaindave
Steelers fans, take heart. McCarthy is a nice guy and will change his game to avoid embarrassing the Steelers. This will allow the lead to dwindle and make the game exciting. I predict overtime.
asiangrrlMN
@gwangung: Yup. So was that, unfortunately.
By the way, it’s obvious, isn’t it that Buck is rooting for the Steelers to come back and make it a game.
Caaptain America? Huh.
@Yutsano: You missed two or three interceptions thrown by Big Ben, including a pick six.
CA Doc
Chico must be going insane. I wish I was at the Sierra Nevada brewpub to witness it.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: @gwangung: Jeez. What I done missed here? Teh Stillers getting slaughtered? SCHWEET!
/bitter Seattleite.
frosty
Avengers Trailer. Teal and orange. Damned if I’m not going to notice this every time I watch a movie from now on.
Jay C
And yes, this years Super Bowl commercials have been mainly craptacular – what happened to the supposed “conventional wisdom” that the SB was THE venue to show off the biggest and best of advertising spectacle?
4jkb4ia
Remember what you said in the AFC game: they have to play two halves.
MikeJ
@frosty: Not just movies. Snickers in the lumber camp. Blue and orange. Chevy facebook reading car? Blue and orange.
mr. whipple
@MikeJ:
FTW!
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Not good to have Shields & Woodson both hurt.
Jay C
BTW, what was the final pre-game line on SB XLV??
James E Powell
To anyone getting cocky about the Packers. Steelers trailed the Ravens 21-7 at the half, largely because of two turnovers.
Just sayin’
Garbo
Geez, players dropping like flies!
Napoleon
GB giving 2 1/2-3
me
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): They probably want to get to halftime quickly.
Yutsano
Am I wrong for thinking that’s a bizarre time for Pittsburgh to call time out? Or did something look funky on the GB side?
@mr. whipple: Well that TD might make JC feel a bit better.
wobblybits
Touchdown Steelers. There Cole, you can breath a little easier now
mr. whipple
Jeebus, Green Bay. Giving Ben all day to throw.
Nicole
@asiangrrlMN: I didn’t like the Teleflora commercial either. Maybe I would if I had a rack worth speaking of.
(What? TMI?)
Nom de Plume
this years Super Bowl commercials have been mainly craptacular
This year’s? I’ll never understand why anyone bothers watching those awful things. They all have the same smug, “I’m a Super Bowl commercial” feel to them.
“Hey guys, there’s something clever coming…wait for it…wait for it…PUNCHLINE!”
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@James E Powell:
But they came back because the Ravens, in the second half, looked like the Steelers in the first.
BD of MN
may be a little soon to stick the fork into the stillers with the procession of packers heading to the locker room…
Villago Delenda Est
The Steelers just scored a touchdown.
Still, they’re behind by 11 as the clock ticks down for the half.
Garbo
@Nicole: I do have such a rack, and I didn’t care for it either. It’s an equal rack offensive situation.
Yutsano
@Nicole:
Not TMI. But some of the posters here may require direct photographic evidence.
Comrade Luke
With the way the Pack lets teams back into game, there’s a whole lotta football left.
asiangrrlMN
@Nicole: I actually do have an impressive rack. I just found it predictable. FUD!
Texas Dem
Now the AP is picking up on the screwed up national anthem. I know Christina is Canadian, but was it asking too much for her to learn the words?! It’s not like she didn’t have any warning.
wobblybits
@Texas Dem: That was what I said in the last thread. They didn’t just spring it on her last minute.
Villago Delenda Est
@Texas Dem:
Why shouldn’t she just wing everything like Nazi Amerika’s sweetheart, Mooselini?
Jules
The masks on that ATT commercial were made of nightmare.
Martin
Ok, that Android ad was fucking creepy.
auntie beak
@Blue Carolinian: disturbing is what appeals to me about those ads. does that make me weird? or just normal for a b-j commenter?
Damned at Random
@Garbo:
I had a friend who said they’re called big boobs because that’s what they attract
Mark S.
Steven Tyler does American Idol now? He actually looks pretty good. The last time I saw a picture of him he looked like he had six months to live.
He’s still one ugly mother fucker.
4jkb4ia
@asiangrrlMN:
Brad Paisley from “This Is Country Music”: “If you want to say I’m sorry, or I love you, but you don’t know how”. Excellent advice. And smarmy commercial.
gwangung
@Martin: Yeah, but I give ’em points for the 1984 (the commericial) reference.
Steelers R Bradys Bitches aka 2liberal
nice first half other than the last minute or so
Garbo
@Damned at Random: Ha! That’s been my experience.
4jkb4ia
(I.e. the song will say it instead of the flowers, and last longer)
Moonbatting Average
For all those who thought that The Who were bad last year, I give you The Black Eyed Peas
suzanne
Black Eyed Peas are disappointing so far. What the hell is Fergie wearing? Looks like it was designed with triple-layer protection against any wardrobe malfunctions.
Xantar
Surprised the Black Eyed Peas still sang Boom Boom Pow considering the lyrics include, “I’m so 2008/You’re so Two Thousand Late.”
I’m so three years ago? Yeah…
Texas Dem
@Villago Delenda Est: Because it’s the national anthem at the biggest American sporting event of the year. This isn’t some Friday night high school football or basketball game. And as others have noted, she’s had plenty of time to learn the words.
asiangrrlMN
Gus N Roses? Ah. I see. No, just….NO. Oh my god! Fergie is NOT Axel Rose!
I actually like the Peas, but this is just embarrassing. Usher? Is that Usher?
@4jkb4ia: What? Huh? Brad Paisley? The Teleflora? I’m so confused.
@Damned at Random: The girls do get me free drinks.
Nerull
I’m pretty sure this woman has a lower vocal range than Axl
wobblybits
We are discussing the half time show in the next thread if you all want to join.
pablo
I guess I made it to curmudgeon time. Black Eyed Peas? (Earth Wind and Fire…without the talent, but they must have raided their closet!)
WTF has become of music? Even the Who made some sense. Slash? I’ve gotta get another beer!
Go Steelers! (I hate the Packers)
Mo MacArbie
Eh, Christina Aguilera was just proving that it wasn’t lipsynched.
Nicole
From the Tron Dancers to the Hospital Orderlies. What’s up with the costuming?
Batocchio
ABL and Cole both started half-time threads… I’m assuming a 2nd half or 3rd quarter thread will follow… Hard to keep up!
Moonbatting Average
WTF?!?! Time of My Life?
Binzinerator
These guys look like Marvel comics costumed heros.
They sound lame though. Horrible sound mixing. Emphasis is totally on the visuals. It’s production values for a live audience of 75,000 viewing this at a couple hundred yards, not the intimacy of TV closeups.
Villago Delenda Est
@Texas Dem:
That’s not my point.
Amateurism is now accepted as normal in politics. Why shouldn’t the singing of the National Anthem be any different? I mean, really. Rehearsals? Preperation? Study? Those are for LOSERS.
Villago Delenda Est
@Texas Dem:
That’s not my point.
Amateurism is now accepted as normal in politics. Why shouldn’t the singing of the National Anthem be any different? I mean, really. Rehearsals? Preparation? Study? Those are for LOSERS.
Jules
Best tweet on halftime:
Texas Dem
@Nicole: The extras on the field during the half time show were the folks who didn’t have seats. They were allowed to see the game if they agreed to put on a neon jump suit and participate in the show.
Jay C
@suzanne:
Those costumes look like leftovers from an outtake episode of “Lexx” – only not as amusing
Wow – great enter for Usher – hope his insurance agent can breathe now…
Texas Dem
Let’s avoid the rush and just start calling it “Tron, the musical.”
Barb (formerly Gex)
@Villago Delenda Est: Having a plan B (study) is an admission that you expect to fail. She is method anthem singing.