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  6. 6.

    sistermoon

    That’s just wrong, John.

    By the way, if the Patriots play in the Super Bowl like they did today, they can look forward to a good old fashioned ass kicking.

  7. 7.

    TBogg

    For the record, my daughter never missed a FG that short. First thing she said was “His hips were open and that’s why he shanked it”.

  9. 9.

    Cacti

    I’m hoping for a Giants/Pats rematch.

    That way, when the Pats lose again, their fans will be completely without excuses.

  14. 14.

    The Dangerman

    @Cacti:

    They said Cundiff was 1/6 for the year on 50+ yarders.

    OK, fair enough, but 1 for 6 isn’t 0 for 6; I think you have to give him a chance.

  15. 15.

    res ipsa loquitur

    Well, CBS and NBC are happy. Much better to have the Superbowl be Boston vs. NY or Boston vs. SF than Baltimore v. NY or Baltimore v. SF.

  19. 19.

    robertdsc-PowerBook

    I am just glad we won. It’s funny that our defense, which got the bad rap all year, came up big.

  20. 20.

    joeyess

    @TBogg: To be fair, that wasn’t a shank. It was a double cross pull. Being a right legged kicker, if he’d shanked it, it would have squirted about line-high waaaaaaaay to the right.

  21. 21.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    I do my taxes on Superbowl Sunday, making it out to be a party where everyone is celebrating me getting my taxes done early. Gawd I’m gonna hate the game this year.

  24. 24.

    JenJen

    From Bengals Nation to Steelers Nation, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA RAVENS!!

    I’m a happy little disgruntled football fan right now. :-)

  26. 26.

    TBogg

    @joeyess: You’re right. Nonetheless, one thing I learned from watching her play soccer & football is that, whichever way you hips are pointed, that’s the way the ball is going to go. Cundiff was way open to his left

  28. 28.

    Vodkamuppet

    THE LACES WERE IN!!!

    *Sorry for the all caps but the first thing I thought of was Ray Finkle in Ace Ventura. That guys head is going to be a mess after missing that kick.

  29. 29.

    Joel

    Flacco played one of the best games I’ve ever seen from him, nailing quick outs with dudes hanging off him and/or in his face. A video game performance from him.

    That said, “Laces out!”

  34. 34.

    Cacti

    @Joel:

    Flacco played one of the best games I’ve ever seen from him, nailing quick outs with dudes hanging off him and/or in his face. A video game performance from him.

    He put one right on the money that would have been the go ahead TD. Good play by the Pats DB stripping it out/bad job by the WR protecting the ball.

  35. 35.

    Schlemizel

    Didn’t one of the Anderson boys miss his only field goal of the year on the last play of an NFC championship game? And, didn’t he do it twice? Once for the Vikings and once for the Browns?

  38. 38.

    Schlemizel

    @TBogg:
    I have not seen any news about L&T Casey. She must be done with school now – how is she doing? Maybe she should get in touch with the Ravens.

  39. 39.

    Dean

    Don’t know what’s worse? Losing on a missed chip shot or losing to Tebow on the first play of overtime?

    But then again, I’m a Pats fan so I wouldn’t know.

  40. 40.

    Cat Lady

    What just happened?

    Defense just got some confidence, and now they’re feeling pretty good about what they can do, but still, WTF?

  44. 44.

    cbear

    What I don’t understand is why the Baltimore kicker came running out on the field late. There were only 11 seconds on the play clock when he reached the holder’s position, only 5 seconds left when he got in position, and the ball was snapped at the 1 second mark. It looked to me as if he never got set.
    Am I the only one who noticed this?

    BTW, fuck the Ravens if they can’t take a joke.

  46. 46.

    BD of MN

    @Schlemizel: It wasn’t quite that bad, Gary Anderson missed his only FG of the season to stretch a lead, which the Vikings subsequently gave up and then went on to lose the game in OT….

  47. 47.

    p.a.

    as a Pats fan all I can say is how the hell did they win this?
    they can’t be the fave against either NFC team. Don’t know much about A.Smith, but Eli and those Giant receivers will be drooling to play against this D.

  48. 48.

    Joel

    That was a very “2005” game from the Patriots. Tons of mistakes on the offensive end, helmed by a very mortal Brady, but tough defense and the first reminder of why Vince Wilfork gets Pro Bowl appearances in about 4 years.

  49. 49.

    The Dangerman

    @cbear:

    Am I the only one who noticed this?

    You are right, he was late to the field; maybe he needed to take a piss like the Chargers kicker.

  58. 58.

    Villago Delenda Est

    OK, now that the Raven’s kicker has served up a big helping of FAIL, when will BJ comments big helping of FAIL, as in the absence of the edit button, be remedied?

  60. 60.

    Schlemizel

    @TBogg:
    Thats cool 8-{D
    My bouncing baby girl played hockey & was very aggressive, she never backed down. Played for the team that won the State championship her last two years there but torn up her left knee her Jr. year & her right one her Sr. year so she never enjoyed the fruits of all that blood sweat & tears.

    I like strong women & am so glad to hear yours appears to have no fear. I’m damn proud of mine.

  61. 61.

    Schlemizel

    @BD of MN:
    But it was his only miss, right? And didn’t he miss one in a championship game a couple of years earlier (or was that the other Anderson?)

  62. 62.

    Joel

    If the Evans catch was a TD, then the Gronkowski fade before the half was a completion. Possession is subjective enough that you just have to trust the officials.

  67. 67.

    scav

    OT Too Too Funny. Google “South Carolina Primary” and the Source AP Results come up listing

    Newt Gingrich – 243,153 – 40.4%
    Mitt Romney – 167,279 – 27.8%
    Rick Santorum – 102,055 – 17%
    Ron Paul – 77,993 – 13%
    Rick Perry – 2,494 – 0.4%
    Other – 8,192 – 1.4%

    No breakout of Cain – 6,324 – 1.1% for some reason.

    AP. The rot goes deep.

  69. 69.

    Heliopause

    @cbear:

    No, you weren’t the only one to notice, and as I watched it I was thinking he was at high risk to miss the kick since these guys are much like golfers in needing a precise routine. Has anyone heard an explanation for what happened?

  70. 70.

    PaulW

    Go Bucs.

    At the sports bar tonight when the kicker shanked it, half the crowd was shouting LACES OUT! and Ray Finkle’s name.

  71. 71.

    Scott P.

    Well, CBS and NBC are happy. Much better to have the Superbowl be Boston vs. NY or Boston vs. SF than Baltimore v. NY or Baltimore v. SF.

    Not really. Fans of the competing teams represent only a tiny percentage of the people who watch the Super Bowl. If it’s Boston vs. NY they get 503,304,593 viewers and Baltimore vs. SF would get 501,223,583. Not a significant difference.

  74. 74.

    cbear

    @Heliopause: No, that would be asking too much of the professional “analysts” who cover these games.

    BTW, I’m still laughing at your “Norma Desmond” comment from awhile ago. Hilarious.

  77. 77.

    JPL

    According to the NYTimes..he did not shank the field goal..he hooked it. Now I have to admit wtf does that mean? What an elitist paper.

  78. 78.

    burnspbesq

    @JPL:

    The times is correct. He hit it inside-out, which caused it to spin counter-clockwise. Bend it Like Beckham, except there was no wall and no goalie leaning to the far post. And no Keira Knightley.

  80. 80.

    Tree

    The Steelers certainly played the Pats tough toni…oh, wait…they didn’t. The worst QB of the last 50 years stuck it in their mouth last week.

  82. 82.

    Ron

    That missed field goal made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Now I just want to see the Giants or 49ers beat the crap out of the Patriots.

  83. 83.

    Villago Delenda Est

    The fact is, the networks would much rather have major market teams, such as the Giants, 49ers, and Patriots involved in the Superbowl than they would say the Seahawks and Pittsburgh, both based in much smaller markets.

  85. 85.

    JPL

    @Villago Delenda Est: It’s not just that..some of us remember when Ray Lewis was down in Atlanta and it’s not a pleasant memory.
    btw..Patrick Willis has a story similar to Oher but without the book. Go number 52

  88. 88.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @scav:

    AP is useless. This week’s headline “Judge Orders Obama to Georgia to show his Birth Certificate” when in fact a Judge did no such thing, he merely denied a very poorly written Motion to Quash a Subpoena.

  89. 89.

    2liberal

    i am glad to see john set aside the hatred and pull for the Patriots! Everyone should follow his example.

  91. 91.

    JPL

    @Litlebritdifrnt: I wish the President would show up and say wtf is this about. Really I haven’t seen Romney’s long form or newt’s. Is the long form of a birth certificate only something for the blacks among us.. how sick is that…

  93. 93.

    JPL

    Tom Brady said it best about today’s win

    “I sucked pretty bad today, but our defense saved us,” Brady said.

  94. 94.

    CaseyL

    After successfully ignoring football for the last decade or so, this year I’m following the playoffs and am looking forward to watching the SB.

    I blame all of you.

  98. 98.

    existential fish

    @Ken: Second to that.

    There’s nothing like watching the Ravens lose. Nothing. I want the Browns to beat the Steelers. I want to see the Ravens lose in the most agonizing ways imaginable for all eternity. For now, this will suffice.

  100. 100.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    I only read the first few comments here, but don’t you people know that, other than the blocking, place-kicking is a three-man game? That was a shitty snap, low and outside, and it threw the timing off. This wasn’t like Scott Norwood’s miss, where the snap and hold were good, but Norwood’s plant foot was pointed too far to the right, causing him to kick too far to the right.

    For chrissakes, Cundiff went to the Pro Bowl last year. Is he the greatest kicker ever? No. But not one goddamned kicker in the NFL misses like that unless he trips/slips, or the snap/hold throw shit off.

  103. 103.

    Heliopause

    This is on the 49er coaches. #10 looked shaky even before the idiotic muff in the third quarter. Why he was out there and allowed to single-handedly lose the game I don’t know.

  107. 107.

    Larkspur, Niners fan

    @burnspbesq: Oh, I see what you did there. Good work.

    Congratulations Giants fans. I have to say I don’t get why kickers are so maligned. Like in the Pats-Ravens games, yes: the kicker missed, game over. But everyone else was involved in not scoring enough points to make that kick unnecessary. Sometimes I think that kickers are the DFHs of the NFL.

    But never mind. The pertinent point is “Congratulations Giants fans!” As a Niners fan, I watched a great season, one that I didn’t expect to be so very good.

  109. 109.

    burnspbesq

    @Larkspur, Niners fan:

    If Harbaugh isn’t Coach of the Year, there should be an investigation.

    That is one motherfucker of a defense you guys have. Eli got hit 20 times. And if Ginn’s not injured, those two turnovers probably don’t happen.

    You have a lot to look forward to in the next 2-3 years.

  110. 110.

    Joel

    If (huge if) the Patriots manage to win this thing, Tom Brady will have avenged every one of his playoff losses save for last year’s.

  111. 111.

    Observation

    It’s understandable why a Steelers fan would want to crow about the Raven’s loss…I mean, after watching one’s team lose to the likes of Tim Tebow, one has to find solace wherever he can…

  113. 113.

    Paul in KY

    My take was that he was a bit rushed & the Patriots had 3 timeouts & I think the kicker thought Darth Hoodie would burn one to ice him & he didn’t.

    Rot in Hell, Art Modell.

  114. 114.

    Kilkee

    @Ira-NY: Late to this, but yes, I had the same thought. Given that it just has to break the plane of the goal, doesn’t that mean he really only has to have possession for a millisecond? And I say this as a die-hard Pats fan.

  115. 115.

    SFAW

    That is one motherfucker of a defense you guys have. Eli got hit 20 times.

    Agree for the most part. The Niner defense was pretty strong, and Eli was lucky on a couple of poor throws. But the most annoying thing was watching McKenzie (RT) playing flag football out there. “What, you mean that Smith guy can keep going after Eli after I block him one time? Are you SURE he’s allowed to do that?”

    If the O-Con or line coach don’t have a little chat with McKenzie, they’re not doing their job(s).

    But, yeah, the Niners look like they’ll be around for awhile.

  118. 118.

    James Hulsey

    @cbear: I noticed that, too. And didn’t BAL still have a timeout?

    Even without one, kicking from 37 when ready is far better than kicking from 32 when hurrying.

    Yet you’re the first person I’ve seen make that comment.

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