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NFC Championship Open Thread

by Betty Cracker|  January 19, 20146:53 pm| 319 Comments

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Not an auspicious start for the Seahawks, but poultry nationwide remain confident in their eventual victory!

PS: Please see important pet calendar news below!

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  1. 1.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 6:55 pm

    Betty.

  2. 2.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    January 19, 2014 at 6:55 pm

    Good picture of Seahawks, Betty.

  3. 3.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 6:57 pm

    Chicken Train / Ozark Mountain Daredevils

    chicken train
    runnin’ all day
    chicken train
    runnin’ all day
    I can’t get on
    I can’t get off
    chicken train take your chickens away
    braaa… braaaaaccck… braaaaaaaa….

  4. 4.

    jharp

    January 19, 2014 at 6:58 pm

    I see the Seahawks being ever so slight favorites over the Broncos.

    Peyton Manning is amazing.

    80’s Brown’s fan living in Cleveland. 00’s Colt’s fan living in Indianapolis.

    Still dig the Colts. And rooting for Peyton and the Broncos.

  5. 5.

    MikeJ

    January 19, 2014 at 6:58 pm

    And that’s what the loud crowd does.

  6. 6.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 7:00 pm

    @MikeJ: D’accord. Not good ball placement though.

    SF is getting a bit jumpy though. Could be interesting if it bites them.

  7. 7.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    January 19, 2014 at 7:00 pm

    @raven: Psycho Chicken / The Fools

    Psycho chicken
    Qu’est-ce que c’est?
    Better run run run run run run run away
    Oooh oh oh oh
    A psycho chicken

  8. 8.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:02 pm

    @jharp: Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched!

  9. 9.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2014 at 7:02 pm

    As a new-to-football, totally-ignorant watcher, I think San Francisco is going to win this, but I hope Seattle wins.

    #likeievenknowwhatimtalkingabout

  10. 10.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:03 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: That’s as good as any other prediction up in here.

  11. 11.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 7:04 pm

    @jharp:

    80′s Brown’s fan living in Cleveland.

    And you’re rooting for a team put together by Elway?

  12. 12.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 7:04 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Your hope is well-placed. Now I hope it actually turns into positive results.

    Yay! Offence waking up!

  13. 13.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:07 pm

    Horse shit

  14. 14.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 7:07 pm

    Bad call

  15. 15.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 7:08 pm

    OMG, what a catch! Then a big fat penalty! Sky Rooster favors the Sea-hens!

  16. 16.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 7:09 pm

    @Yatsuno: As I mentioned weeks ago, I think it’s going to be a Seattle/Denver
    super bowl. The winner of that depend on the weather. Manning is just not a good player in cold weather.
    Although I love Seattle’s uniforms, Brit Hume might not think they are manly enough. Maybe Christie can model them for him.

  17. 17.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:09 pm

    @Betty Cracker: He didn’t catch it.

  18. 18.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    January 19, 2014 at 7:10 pm

    My team is out of it, so I’m hoping for a good game.

    @ Yatsuno: Agreed on Buck and Aikman; they give me a headache eclipsed only by Musburger.

    Glad to hear you’re doing well.

  19. 19.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:10 pm

    Why he holds that rock like a loaf of bread!!!

  20. 20.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 7:11 pm

    @Betty Cracker: And then a sack. WHEE SEAHACKITUDE!!!!

    Oh holding call was BS.

  21. 21.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:13 pm

    @Yatsuno: It was a makeup for that totally bullshit personal foul.

  22. 22.

    jharp

    January 19, 2014 at 7:14 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    Yes I am. It’s the Peyton thing. He signed some autographs for my son and we really enjoyed watching him. And I lived pretty close to what used to be the Hoosier Dome.

    Also was a student at Ohio State when Elway came in and beat the Buckeyes in ’82.

    http://stanford.scout.com/2/794319.html

  23. 23.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:14 pm

    No headshot there.

  24. 24.

    lamh36

    January 19, 2014 at 7:16 pm

    One open thread about pet calendars, the next about football…wake me when there is an open thread about just shooting the breeze…lol.

    To make it football related, even if Saints didn’t make it, great to see a NOLA boy doing good. Go Peyton!

  25. 25.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 7:16 pm

    @raven: Hit was clean. If he hadn’t dropped the ball he most likely would have lost it on the hit. Would have been nice if the Seachickens had recovered but such is life.

  26. 26.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 7:17 pm

    @raven: True, but the dude was LEVELED. Hope he’s okay.

  27. 27.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:18 pm

    @Yatsuno: He ripped his fucking helmet off.

  28. 28.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:19 pm

    Looked like the Chcken cover guy got clothes lined by a bench dude.

  29. 29.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:20 pm

    The LOUDEST BOO”S IN THE WORLD!

  30. 30.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 7:20 pm

    @lamh36: This thread is open for all topics. Shoot that breeze!

  31. 31.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    January 19, 2014 at 7:21 pm

    Man, these guys are throwing each other all over the place.

  32. 32.

    MikeJ

    January 19, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    Almost pulled his pants off.

  33. 33.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    @Yatsuno:

    Hit was clean.

    But the facemask on the ground wasn’t.

    Fantastic run by Kaepernick.

  34. 34.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    @raven:

    At least no vuvuzelas.

  35. 35.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Maybe that dude that posts 20 links and copy and pastes will show up!

  36. 36.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    January 19, 2014 at 7:24 pm

    @Baud: That would be soooo awesome.

  37. 37.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    @efgoldman: Not at this rate. Ugh.

  38. 38.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    @Baud: Yet!

  39. 39.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    January 19, 2014 at 7:27 pm

    I’ve been to 2 NFL games in my life. I just realized that one of these teams was in each game. I saw the Seahawks in Seattle and the 9’ers play the Rams in LA.

  40. 40.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 7:27 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Peyton has not seen the like of either defense this year.

    Of course, they haven’t faced an offense like the Broncos.

  41. 41.

    LanceThruster

    January 19, 2014 at 7:29 pm

    Physics Q: if a photon takes 1000 to 2000 years to reach surface of sun before the 8 mins to get here, how much longer for sun the size of Betelguese?

  42. 42.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 7:30 pm

    @LanceThruster: I think you are on the wrong blog….

  43. 43.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 7:31 pm

    @JPL: I liked Beetlejuice!

  44. 44.

    cathyx

    January 19, 2014 at 7:32 pm

    @LanceThruster: 7 years?

  45. 45.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 7:33 pm

    @raven: haha.. Me too! I really like 3rd Rock from the Sun, also.

  46. 46.

    MikeJ

    January 19, 2014 at 7:34 pm

    @JPL: We have several people here who could answer that. I’m not one of them. Isn’t dmsilev a physics person?

  47. 47.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 7:36 pm

    @MikeJ: He is, but I don’t know if I’ve seen him around today. At least not recently.

    HOLY SHIT I THOUGHT THAT PLAY WAS DEAD!!!

  48. 48.

    LanceThruster

    January 19, 2014 at 7:37 pm

    @JPL:

    It was mentioned as a legit off-topic as some of the regs had particular knowledge in.

  49. 49.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 7:38 pm

    Whoa

  50. 50.

    lamh36

    January 19, 2014 at 7:39 pm

    @Betty Cracker: thank you ma’am.

    Oooh, this gon be good chere

    @NowWithAlex 8m

    RT @msnbc: BREAKING: US attorney meets with Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer as inquiry into Christie widens http://onmsnbc.co/JwqeqZ

  51. 51.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    January 19, 2014 at 7:39 pm

    Hell of a pass.

  52. 52.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 7:40 pm

    @LanceThruster: I know… I was being sarcastic. sorry

  53. 53.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 7:40 pm

    @lamh36: Drip…Drip…Drip…

    (And FYWP)

    @Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant): Chicken salad out of chicken shit. And forgive my language Emissary.

  54. 54.

    lamh36

    January 19, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    I read that post 2nd term President Obama will begin writing his memoirs (himself I reckon, has GWB had some ghostwrite his memoirs yet…I kid I kid) and also that First Lady Michelle is also gonna be writing a memoir!!!!

    Is it bad that I kinda want to read FLOTUS book more than POTUS? Also too, is it too early to add both books to my kindle list for 2017…lol?

  55. 55.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    @LanceThruster:
    I’m not sure that it’s slower in Betelgeuse. The reason energy is slow to get out of the sun is because it’s so dense that the mean free path of a photon is ridiculously short. IIRC, it’s so short that most of the energy transport is by convection rather than radiation. Betelgeuse is a lot less dense than the sun, so I’d expect both transport mechanisms to be faster. But that’s just a guess.

  56. 56.

    Litlebritdiftrnt

    January 19, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    Are those pineapples growing in your garden Betty? If so I hate you. (Not that I use a whole lot of pineapple in my cooking I just think the idea of growing them is cool. )

  57. 57.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    January 19, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    @Yatsuno: Morning Ho should be interesting in the morning.

  58. 58.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 7:44 pm

    @lamh36:

    I hope he titles it 8 Years a President.

  59. 59.

    Keith G

    January 19, 2014 at 7:44 pm

    With a quick check, I note that the equator of Betelguese is larger than the orbit of Jupiter. That is an area equivalent to the size of our junior Senator’s ego – a unit of measurement known as a Cruz unit.

  60. 60.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    January 19, 2014 at 7:44 pm

    @LanceThruster: Laden or unladen?

  61. 61.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 7:45 pm

    This is actually a pretty good game. I would have preferred Seattle getting seven but oh well.

  62. 62.

    MikeJ

    January 19, 2014 at 7:46 pm

    @LanceThruster: The radius is 10-12 times that of Sol (820M km v 700k km). A photon in our sun typically goes about 1cm before it is reabsorbed. Then a new photon is released in a random direction. Lather rinse repeat until it gets out.

    Q: Is the 1cm distance constant or is it less in the denser core of a much larger star?

  63. 63.

    Keith G

    January 19, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    @Baud: The way things are going, he could title it the ‘Wedding Crasher’.

    I kid, I kid…sort of.

  64. 64.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    @raven: Thanks, that’s very reassuring.

  65. 65.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 7:49 pm

    @MikeJ:

    Q: Is the 1cm distance constant or is it less in the denser core of a much larger star?

    It’s density dependent.

  66. 66.

    YellowJournalism

    January 19, 2014 at 7:51 pm

    If the Seahawks don’t pull this off, there will be some very sad, mopey men in my family back in Washington. Go Hawks!

  67. 67.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2014 at 7:51 pm

    @MikeJ:

    Almost pulled his pants off.

    Could explain why I have become a latter-day football fan :-)

  68. 68.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    January 19, 2014 at 7:51 pm

    @Yatsuno: All good.

  69. 69.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 7:51 pm

    I’m not a fan of this iPad ad.

  70. 70.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 7:51 pm

    @Roger Moore: Physics, chickens, the woes of the Outlaw Joisey Whale, and handegg…

    I FRICKIN’ LOVE THIS BLOG!!!

  71. 71.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2014 at 7:52 pm

    @LanceThruster:

    This is one of those trick questions, right?

  72. 72.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 7:52 pm

    @Roger Moore: Now I’m curious, what’s the answer?

  73. 73.

    lamh36

    January 19, 2014 at 7:53 pm

    Wingnut heads will explode. I’m hoping for pics but no video…just enough to piss off the “hood in the White House” crew at Faux News…bastards.

    Beyoncé Performs at Michelle Obama’s 50th Birthday Party, Barack Does “The Dougie”—All the Details!

    ..In addition to Beyoncé, John Legend also performed at the White House party. Famous attendees includied Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Magic Johnson, Gayle King, Gladys Knight, Michael Kors, Rachael Ray, Smokey Robinson, Al Roker, Sheryl Sandberg and Stevie Wonder.

    …The leaked invitation promised “Snacks & Sips & Dancing & Dessert” and asked guests to refrain from taking photos inside the
    event. Attendees were also encouraged to wear comfortable shoes, as the entire state floor—including the gilded east room, the formal parlors and the state dining room—was transformed into a dance floor. At one point, POTUS, 52, taught guests how to do “The Dougie!”

    For some, however, the president’s remarks about his wife of 21 years were the highlight of the night. “It was really beautiful and really touching,” musician Herbie Hancock said. “He said something—his
    voice almost cracked like he was crying. It was just beautiful, a
    husband speaking about his wife.”

    BTW..there is pic of Beyonce with new pup Sunny…for you BJ pet enthusiasts

  74. 74.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 7:55 pm

    @Baud:

    I’m not a fan of this iPad ad.

    It’s an OK ad the first time or two, but it really wears thin in heavy rotation.

  75. 75.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2014 at 7:56 pm

    @Bill E Pilgrim:

    Laden or unladen?

    Or….

  76. 76.

    MikeJ

    January 19, 2014 at 7:57 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    It’s density dependent.

    But as you pointed out, it’s actually less dense. 7.7 times the mass of ours at 10 times the radius.

    I feel like I should be writing some R code to simulate it. It would be a race to see if I could get something to compile before my game day alcohol consumption catches up.

  77. 77.

    LanceThruster

    January 19, 2014 at 7:57 pm

    @Bill E Pilgrim:

    Now *that’s* a trick question.

  78. 78.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 7:58 pm

    Uh-oh. I hope Christie will enjoy his stay in Club Fed.

  79. 79.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    January 19, 2014 at 7:59 pm

    @Baud: I’m gonna need to go ahead and schedule your internets delivery…

  80. 80.

    LanceThruster

    January 19, 2014 at 8:00 pm

    @JPL:

    And I countered by being pathetic.

    Game, set, match.

    xD

  81. 81.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    49er D line story of the game so far.

  82. 82.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    January 19, 2014 at 8:03 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: African or European?

  83. 83.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    January 19, 2014 at 8:04 pm

    @LanceThruster: Well let’s see, in order to maintain air-speed velocity, a photon needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?

    @MikeJ: Oh sure, a Betlegeusian photon.

  84. 84.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 8:05 pm

    @MikeJ:
    It depends on the density profile. Betelgeuse is less dense overall, but a lot of that is that it has a big, low density photosphere. I don’t know enough about stellar physics to know what is going on in the core.

  85. 85.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    January 19, 2014 at 8:05 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: I was doing this part.

  86. 86.

    Litlebritdiftrnt

    January 19, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    It is freezing outside, I have a roaring fire going in the fireplace, thanks to my former Lumberjack husband being outside all day cutting wood. I have to be honest it is getting a little overly warm in here right now. The animals aren’t complaining however. I absolutely love having a fireplace, because it means there is no such thing as trash, it is all fuel.

  87. 87.

    lamh36

    January 19, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    Sherlock Holmes Returns…Season 3

    I literally just finished watching the last episode of the last season from 2 years ago! I already knew what was gonna happen and I was still engrossed. To me that’s the mark of a truly well written series. You can go back and watch old episodes and even though you’ve seen it or you’ve already read/heard spoilers, it’s STILL holds up. The early season of Law & Order: SVU are also like this. I can sit and watch an all day marathon on USA and still love to watch the old episodes. Anyway…the new season of Sherlock Holmes makes its American premiere tonight on PBS. Check your local listings and set your DVRs…

  88. 88.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 8:14 pm

    @lamh36: I look forward to reading their his-and-her memoirs. I read both of POTUS’s previous books, and he’s a darn good writer. It’ll be fascinating to read his take on the circus we witness daily!

    @Litlebritdiftrnt: I think those are some other kind of plant (the mister is the gardener), but we have grown pineapples. They look nice, but they aren’t as sweet as expected.

  89. 89.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 8:14 pm

    @efgoldman: He is rather entertaining to watch on the sidelines. It will get even better should Seattle take the lead. He loses it like nobody’s business.

    And yes that was a wish for the second half. Seahacks need to pull it together dammit.

  90. 90.

    lamh36

    January 19, 2014 at 8:15 pm

    hmm comment in mod dont know why

  91. 91.

    Keith P

    January 19, 2014 at 8:15 pm

    @efgoldman: I’m hoping for an aneurysm. He gets too worked up over penalties that happen with next to no time left or even when the game’s sewn up. And for some reason, I don’t even like to look at Kaepernick. Maybe it’s that his head is too small (similarly, Tom Brady kind of weirds me out due to his strangely large forehead) or that his arms are too long for his body. I’m sure he’s an OK person, but I have this irrational dislike of him that I can’t quite put my finger on.

  92. 92.

    lamh36

    January 19, 2014 at 8:16 pm

    @bartongellman

    New @SteveKornacki scoop. If Hoboken mayor Zimmer is lying, she just did it under oath. Christie’s turn. http://on.msnbc.com/1jk6Yst

  93. 93.

    scav

    January 19, 2014 at 8:17 pm

    @Betty Cracker: are they Bromeliads? Never been in a place where they grow in the ground but they look right.

  94. 94.

    I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet

    January 19, 2014 at 8:19 pm

    @lamh36: David Remnick’s long piece in the New Yorker is quite good.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  95. 95.

    billgerat

    January 19, 2014 at 8:19 pm

    The offensive line for Seattle has sucked so far – they can’t pick up the blitz and not opening any holes for Lynch. Still, it’s a close game.

  96. 96.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 8:20 pm

    @lamh36:

    Wait, she signed an affidavit? The earlier report was only that she met with the U.S Attorney.

  97. 97.

    The Dangerman

    January 19, 2014 at 8:21 pm

    @Yatsuno:

    And yes that was a wish for the second half. Seahacks need to pull it together dammit.

    Their O-Line is getting abused on long yardage.

  98. 98.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2014 at 8:21 pm

    @lamh36: If I could pre-order both books today, I would! Part of me wants the Obama presidency to go on forever, the other part can’t wait for the administration to be over so we can read their memoirs! I will read both with equal enthusiasm, although I suspect Michelle may let it rip a little bit more than Barack :-)

  99. 99.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    January 19, 2014 at 8:21 pm

    @lamh36: I said it at the start of all this will again: this guy is not going to be able to avoid meeting Sarah Palin in half-term governor purgatory of shame, let alone set foot in the Oval Office. He won’t last the month before resigning.

  100. 100.

    Heliopause

    January 19, 2014 at 8:21 pm

    Wilson is doing what he’s been doing for about six weeks now; looking like a confused rookie. Can’t find his first option, can’t find his way out of the pocket after quitting on his first option, so the play just breaks down. Needs to figure it out quick.

  101. 101.

    James E. Powell

    January 19, 2014 at 8:27 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    What’s more uncomfortably premature, speculation about the 2016 Democratic nominee or speculation about the post-White House careers of Barack and Michelle Obama. Can’t see either retiring to a quiet, private life. What then? A foundation like Bill Clinton? There is no “up” from president of the United States.

  102. 102.

    lamh36

    January 19, 2014 at 8:28 pm

    I literally just finished watching the last episode of the last season from 2 years ago! I already knew what was gonna happen and I was still engrossed. To me that’s the mark of a truly well written series. You can go back and watch old episodes and even though you’ve seen it or already read/heard spoilers, it’s STILL holds up. The early season of Law & Order: SVU are also like this. I can sit and watch an all day marathon on USA and still love to watch the old episodes. Anyway…the new season of Sherlock Holmes makes its American premiere tonight on PBS. Check your local listings and set your DVRs…

  103. 103.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 8:30 pm

    “Warning, do not try to eat chicken while doing a backflip on your motorcycle, you might choke”!

  104. 104.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 8:31 pm

    @Baud: Neither the lt.gov or Costello denied the story but had spokesman deliver a non denial. Maybe that’s common but it seems to me, a statement is better than no comment.

  105. 105.

    lamh36

    January 19, 2014 at 8:31 pm

    @James E. Powell: well not really premature speculation. The Remnick article said Obama plans to begin memoir after term ends and also says that Michelle Obama is already started working on her (Barack does always say that Michelle is even smarter and more laser-focused than he is)

    On the Road with Obama

    “When Obama leaves the White House, on January 20, 2017, he will write a memoir. ‘Now, that’s a slam dunk,’ the former Obama adviser David Axelrod told me. Andrew Wylie, a leading literary agent, said he thought that publishers would pay between seventeen and twenty million dollars for the book–the most ever for a work of nonfiction–and around twelve million for Michelle Obama’s memoirs. (The First Lady has already started work on hers.)…”

  106. 106.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:32 pm

    Beast Mode!

  107. 107.

    MikeJ

    January 19, 2014 at 8:32 pm

    Time for some Skittles!

  108. 108.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 8:32 pm

    Woohoo!

  109. 109.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 8:33 pm

    Bam! That’s why you keep going back to the well.

  110. 110.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:33 pm

    How did they not tackle him around the 5yd line?

  111. 111.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 8:33 pm

    Okay, that’s a little better. :)

    Oh yeah: BEAST MODE!!!

  112. 112.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    January 19, 2014 at 8:33 pm

    BEAST MODE!

  113. 113.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 8:34 pm

    @JPL:

    The tweet said the mayor was under oath. I hadn’t heard that before.

  114. 114.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    @raven: I barely paid attention to that commercial and thought the guy was choking each time he flipped upside down. Hence, that was why he was grabbing his throat.
    Who the hell are they selling KFC to with that?

  115. 115.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 8:36 pm

    @Corner Stone: Idiots. I mean, who else eats that shit anyway?

  116. 116.

    lamh36

    January 19, 2014 at 8:36 pm

    @Baud: all the reports I’m seeing said she met with US Atty and i believe turned over her journal and documents.

    I would imagine the US Atty meeting for “hours” would want to dot their I’s and cross T’s…

    Hoboken Mayor Meets with U.S. Attorney

    Hoboken, NJ Mayor Dawn Zimmer “said she met with federal prosecutors today, a day after she alleged members of Gov. Chris Christie’s administration threatened to withhold Hurricane Sandy aid from her city if she did not approve a real estate project,” the Newark Star Ledger reports.

    “Zimmer said she met for hours this afternoon with staff from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark, providing a copy of her daily journal and other documents. Zimmer, who leveled the bombshell allegation on Saturday, said the meeting was requested by prosecutors.”

  117. 117.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    @scav: That’s it! I couldn’t think of the name. We have jillions of them — all different types.

  118. 118.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    @raven:

    Idiots.

    Damn. Talk about market share.

  119. 119.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Who the hell are they selling KFC to with that?

    People who care more about convenience than taste or nutrition.

  120. 120.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    @Bill E Pilgrim:

    Like Shakespeare, Gilbert & Sullivan, and Bugs Bunny … Monty Python has the apt word for every circumstance.

  121. 121.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    The Fridge!

  122. 122.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    Love watching the chub barrel forward!

  123. 123.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    Wow.

  124. 124.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    SAY WHAT NOW?!

  125. 125.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    @Betty Cracker:
    Since pineapples are a bromeliad, the confusion is understandable.

  126. 126.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    Holy mackel!

  127. 127.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    Holy shit. Half an inch more to deflect it.

  128. 128.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    Kaepernick has played quite the game. Just wow!

  129. 129.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    @Corner Stone: Auburn

  130. 130.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    January 19, 2014 at 8:42 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: True enough.

  131. 131.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    @Roger Moore: I haven’t had KFC in years but the last time I did, I was not hanging upside down from a spine extension thingamajig. Much less doing 35MPH 40 feet off the ground.

  132. 132.

    PsiFighter37

    January 19, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    What a crazy throw to Boldin

  133. 133.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    @Baud: If the mayor keeps daily journals and just not occasional musings, can the journal be introduced into evidence?

  134. 134.

    The Dangerman

    January 19, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    I thought you couldn’t intentionally kick the ball forward like Kaepernick did after the fumble. Isn’t that the Casper rule?

    ETA: BTW, I’m an old fart; I watched the Casper play live.

  135. 135.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    Now THAT is a run back. I thought he was gone for a second!

  136. 136.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    @The Dangerman: It just bounced.

  137. 137.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    @raven: He whiffed it, just a smidge. Another half inch he may have pushed it higher than Boldin could get.

  138. 138.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 8:47 pm

    @Corner Stone: yup, and all we had to do was bat the fucking ball down

  139. 139.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    @JPL:

    I don’t think so. Everything in the journal is hearsay.

  140. 140.

    The Dangerman

    January 19, 2014 at 8:50 pm

    @raven:

    It just bounced.

    I beg to differ; from my view from the cheapest possible seats, Kap kicked it 5 yards downfield.

    No argument from Seahawks though.

  141. 141.

    cathyx

    January 19, 2014 at 8:50 pm

    Christie will not resign. It’s part of the republican DNA. He will hang on til the bitter end, or until he’s forced to. And then it won’t be his fault.

  142. 142.

    dmsilev

    January 19, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    @LanceThruster:

    Physics Q: if a photon takes 1000 to 2000 years to reach surface of sun before the 8 mins to get here, how much longer for sun the size of Betelguese?

    I’m late to the thread (had some, you know, actual work to deal with) but I see your question has been answered.

  143. 143.

    James E. Powell

    January 19, 2014 at 8:54 pm

    @JPL:

    Business records or maybe public records? Depends on what they say.

  144. 144.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    Ouch.

  145. 145.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 19, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    @Baud: I think this is gonna be more a court of public opinion thing, and those journals will be examined down to the punctuation and doodles, unless the mayor of Hoboken (Oooooh, I’m dyin’!) turns out to be a real whack job, contemporary evidence would, I suspect, make her look a lot more credible.

  146. 146.

    Suffern ACE

    January 19, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    How many steps can you take with the ball and not have control of the ball?

  147. 147.

    cathyx

    January 19, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    @dmsilev: It’s 7 years, right?

  148. 148.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    @The Dangerman: Yea well you had a better view than them and me.

  149. 149.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    SPARTANS! What is your profession!?

  150. 150.

    cathyx

    January 19, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    @Suffern ACE: 1/2 a step.

  151. 151.

    James E. Powell

    January 19, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    @cathyx:

    If both Christie and his Lt Gov resign, who is Gov?

  152. 152.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    @Suffern ACE: Evidently more than two.

    @James E. Powell: Speaker of the House. I think. Who is a Democrat. Which is why Christie ain’t quitting.

  153. 153.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 8:58 pm

    @dmsilev:

    I see your question has been answered.

    It’s been discussed, but I don’t think it’s been answered.

  154. 154.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:58 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Those journal entries better be dipped in Holy Water kind of clean.

  155. 155.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 8:59 pm

    Risky Business.

  156. 156.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    @James E. Powell: They could do a lot worse than look to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter as models.

    ETA: With potentially even more clout, having won a second term. Carters had to get through the slough of having lost their bid for re-election. That said, they are far and away the best exemplars of successful former Presidencies. Example: Guinea Worm Disease is down to a few hundred cases worldwide; it was in the millions when the Carters started their initiative to eradicate it. Not to mention Habitat for Humanity, election monitoring, etc.

  157. 157.

    rikyrah

    January 19, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    ALmost forgot..

    The Following Returns tonight on Fox.

  158. 158.

    dmsilev

    January 19, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    @cathyx: It should be comparable to the time for the Sun. Bear in mind that ‘comparable’ means ‘anywhere from 1/10 as long to 10 times as long’; a more precise answer would mean either digging through the literature or hunting down one of my astrophysics colleagues (and they’re elusive little buggers; I’ve had some luck with traps baited with cups of coffee, but it’s not reliable).

  159. 159.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    So are the Christie inauguration festivities going to cost more than the city of Hoboken received from the state funds?

  160. 160.

    cathyx

    January 19, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    @James E. Powell: The president of the senate.

  161. 161.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    @Suffern ACE:

    How many steps can you take with the ball and not have control of the ball?

    I think the rule says you have to make a football move or retain possession through the process of going to the ground. Running straight doesn’t count as making a move, so he’d have to hold the ball through the tackle to get a catch.

  162. 162.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    @JPL:

    So are the Christie inauguration festivities going to cost more than the city of Hoboken received from the state funds?

    Pretty sure just the donut budget for the day will be more.

    Yeah. Fat joke. Guilty.

  163. 163.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 9:04 pm

    I’d support a rule change to make ostentatiously lobbying for a flag a 15 yard penalty. No matter how justified.

  164. 164.

    cathyx

    January 19, 2014 at 9:05 pm

    @Yatsuno: According to wikipedia, it’s the president of the senate.

    In the event of simultaneous vacancies in both the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor resulting from any cause, the President of the Senate shall become Governor until a new Governor or Lieutenant Governor is elected and qualifies. In the event that there is a vacancy in the office of Senate President, or the Senate President declines to become Governor, then the Speaker of the General Assembly shall become Governor until a new Governor or Lieutenant Governor is elected and qualifies. In the event that there is a vacancy in the office of Speaker of the General Assembly, or if the Speaker declines to become Governor, then the functions, powers, duties and emoluments of the office shall devolve for the time being upon such officers and in the order of succession as may be provided by law, until a new Governor or Lieutenant Governor is elected and qualifies

  165. 165.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:06 pm

    @Roger Moore: Running straight does count. But he did not finish possession through the tackle.
    If we’re all talking about the same SF incompletion. He had it but did not finish the catch as he hit the ground.

  166. 166.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Yeah. That was kinda ridiculous. But Harbaugh threw his fit and got his way.

    AND TOUCHDOWN!!!!

    @cathyx: Fair enough. I wasn’t sure if the rules went by the same rules as the US or not.

  167. 167.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    @Betty Cracker: I envisioned him in a big chicken suit, flapping his wings trying to sell nuggets for the local fast food chain.

  168. 168.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    BALLS!!!

  169. 169.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    Are you kidding me?!?!? Wow!

  170. 170.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    So Seattle is leading..

  171. 171.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    Woh woh woh TOUCHDOWN!!!

  172. 172.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    Pete Carrol just did a mock nut punch on the sideline.

  173. 173.

    rikyrah

    January 19, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    David Remnick: Going The Distance

    Obama really is skilled at this kind of thing, the kibbitzing and the expressions of sympathy, the hugging and the eulogizing and the celebrating, the sheer animal activity of human politics—but he suffers an anxiety of comparison. Bill Clinton was, and is, the master, a hyper-extrovert whose freakish memory for names and faces, and whose indomitable will to enfold and charm everyone in his path, remains unmatched. Obama can be a dynamic speaker before large audiences and charming in very small groups, but, like a normal human being and unlike the near-pathological personalities who have so often held the office, he is depleted by the act of schmoozing a group of a hundred as if it were an intimate gathering. At fund-raisers, he would rather eat privately with a couple of aides before going out to perform.

    According to the Wall Street Journal, when Jeffrey Katzenberg threw a multi-million-dollar fund-raiser in Los Angeles two years ago, he told the President’s staff that he expected Obama to stop at each of the fourteen tables and talk for a while. No one would have had to ask Clinton. Obama’s staffers were alarmed. When you talk about this with people in Obamaland, they let on that Clinton borders on the obsessive—as if the appetite for connection were related to what got him in such deep trouble. “Obama is a genuinely respectful person, but he doesn’t try to seduce everyone,” Axelrod said. “It’s never going to be who he’ll be.”

    Obama’s thoughts have been down in the city. The drama of racial inequality, in his mind, has come to presage a larger, transracial form of economic disparity, a deepening of the class divide. Indeed, if there is a theme for the remaining days of his term, it is inequality. In 2011, he went to Osawatomie, Kansas, the site of Theodore Roosevelt’s 1910 New Nationalism speech—a signal moment in the history of Progressivism—and declared inequality the “defining issue of our time.” He repeated the message at length, late last year, in Anacostia, one of the poorest neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., this time noting that the gap between the rich and the poor in America now resembled that in Argentina and Jamaica, rather than that in France, Germany, or Canada. American C.E.O.s once made, on average, thirty times as much as workers; now they make about two hundred and seventy times as much. The wealthy hire lobbyists; they try to secure their interests with campaign donations. Even as Obama travels for campaign alms and is as entangled in the funding system at least as much as any other politician, he insists that his commitment is to the middle class and the disadvantaged. Last summer, he received a letter from a single mother struggling to support herself and her daughter on a minimal income. She was drowning: “I need help. I can’t imagine being out in the streets with my daughter and if I don’t get some type of relief soon, I’m afraid that’s what may happen.” “Copy to Senior Advisers,” Obama wrote at the bottom of the letter. “This is the person we are working for.”

    http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/01/27/140127fa_fact_remnick?currentPage=all

  174. 174.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    @Betty Cracker:
    15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct. I think unsportsmanlike conduct should result in an ejection, as should two personal fouls.

  175. 175.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:11 pm

    @Betty Cracker: There would be no one left here.

  176. 176.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:13 pm

    I hope someone plants Scampernick. Can’t stand that guy.

  177. 177.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:13 pm

    @Corner Stone: Dude can ball.

  178. 178.

    cathyx

    January 19, 2014 at 9:13 pm

    @Yatsuno: Apparently, each state has it’s own succession and they all can be different from the federal.

  179. 179.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    And a little bit of delay of game…

    AND A TURNOVER AND ALMOST SIX!!! YEE-HAW!!!!!!

  180. 180.

    WaterGirl

    January 19, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    @Yatsuno: President of the Senate also appears to be a democrat, so same result.

  181. 181.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    @Corner Stone: Got your wish!

  182. 182.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    Holy Shitballs!!

  183. 183.

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

    January 19, 2014 at 9:17 pm

    There goes your play of the game.

  184. 184.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 9:17 pm

    Yeah!!!

  185. 185.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 9:18 pm

    @Corner Stone: I don’t like the wormy little bastid either. Of course, I’d learn to love him if he got traded to Tampa…

  186. 186.

    Spike

    January 19, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    @The Dangerman: I’m also an old fart and saw that play live. I think the Casper rule is last two minutes only, or at least it used to be.

  187. 187.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    @cathyx:
    Each state needs to have its own rules because they don’t have identical governments. Some states have given up on having Lieutenant Governors. If I were designing a state government, I’d have the succession go through all the statewide elected offices before going to the leaders of the legislature.

  188. 188.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    Just like Washington…too high.

  189. 189.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:20 pm

    feeembllleeeee

  190. 190.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    Kearse looked like lights out on that one.

  191. 191.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    @Spike: ” As a result of the play, the NFL changed its rules to make it illegal for the teammate of a ball carrier to advance the ball if the ball carrier fumbles on fourth down or in the last two minutes of the game.[5]”

  192. 192.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    Oh fuck. That is awful.

  193. 193.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    Wow, that’s a takeaway.

  194. 194.

    Suffern ACE

    January 19, 2014 at 9:22 pm

    That’s nasty.

  195. 195.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 9:23 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Yeah. But it’s not reviewable and the ruling on the field stands. In other words SF has a gripe here and I will call it legitimate.

    And I have no idea how Kearse survives a hit like that. Wowsers.

  196. 196.

    Spike

    January 19, 2014 at 9:23 pm

    I’m having Kevin Ware flashbacks after watching that.

  197. 197.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho(fka Bella Q)

    January 19, 2014 at 9:24 pm

    @The Dangerman: I watched the Casper play live too – I must be older than I thought! A lovely thought two days before a birthday, but as my dad used to say, it beats the hell out of the alternative.

  198. 198.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    Ladies and gentlemen, the justice of sport prevails.

  199. 199.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    Ladies and gentlemen, the justice of sport prevails.

  200. 200.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    Jesus, WTF was that?

  201. 201.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 19, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    Holy karma, Batman

  202. 202.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    Karma

  203. 203.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    @Betty Cracker: See my comment.

  204. 204.

    Suffern ACE

    January 19, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    The ball doesn’t want either team to possess it, obviously. It longs to be free.

  205. 205.

    Spike

    January 19, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    Karma is indeed a female dog, it seems.

  206. 206.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    @Baud: Sigh. That’s pure Seahackitude right there.

  207. 207.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    Some call it poetic justice.

  208. 208.

    JPL

    January 19, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    Now instead of taking over on the one yard line, the 49’ers will take over on the fifteen. I hate bad calls but the bad god was watching over the 49ers.

  209. 209.

    The Dangerman

    January 19, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    Both teams are now trying to give this game away. How close is the nearest Pot dispensary to the stadium?

  210. 210.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    @efgoldman:
    Though oddly, the actual outcome wound up more favorable for the Niners than the correct call would have. That’s what makes sports worth watching.

  211. 211.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    Come on, Seachickens! Sack up!

  212. 212.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    @Roger Moore: you got it

  213. 213.

    cyntax

    January 19, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    Literally adding insult to injury with the way that call went against Bowman.

  214. 214.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    @The Dangerman: About a block away. And yes I know this.

    And one pick later…

  215. 215.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    Picked, bitchz!!

  216. 216.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    Lordy

  217. 217.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    Oh, the fates, they are fickle.

  218. 218.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    FYWP.

  219. 219.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    The heimlick concession is making a killing!

  220. 220.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    Now that’s what I’m talking about!

  221. 221.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    They’ve been trying to pick on Chancellor all night. Now he picked back for one time.

  222. 222.

    Suffern ACE

    January 19, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    Yep. The ball is fickle. Definitely wants out of both relationships.

  223. 223.

    Citizen_X

    January 19, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    Do you like baked goods? Well, have another turnover.

  224. 224.

    CaseyL

    January 19, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    This game is giving me angina. I cannot believe how bad the Seahawk offense has been. It’s like they’re allergic to getting into the end zone.

  225. 225.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:32 pm

    You can’t do that shit. Both hand shove after the ball is out of bounds?

  226. 226.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:32 pm

    What a fucking dork. Fucking Notre Dame douche bag.

  227. 227.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 9:32 pm

    @Citizen_X:
    Apparently, some of the players have been purchasing brownies near the stadium.

  228. 228.

    Citizen_X

    January 19, 2014 at 9:33 pm

    @cyntax: I couldn’t even watch the slo-mo on that.

  229. 229.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:33 pm

    @CaseyL: Lucky, lucky. I wish it was giving me…oh..you said “angina”. No thanks.

  230. 230.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:34 pm

    @Corner Stone: Bah, he couldn’t see where the rock was.

  231. 231.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 9:34 pm

    @CaseyL: That timeout is gonna suck donkey balls. We might need that back later dammit.

    23-17. You’re up Legion of Boom.

  232. 232.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 9:34 pm

    @Citizen_X: It looked really bad.

  233. 233.

    Jay C

    January 19, 2014 at 9:35 pm

    @CaseyL:
    Thought they DO seem almost tackle-proof; are those awful robotic-looking uniforms slicked up with Teflon???

  234. 234.

    cyntax

    January 19, 2014 at 9:35 pm

    @Citizen_X:
    As someone who just broke his foot over the summer I couldn’t look away. Tough bastard kept control of the football the whole time.

  235. 235.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 9:36 pm

    This is ending sloppy.

  236. 236.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:37 pm

    @Baud: Just wait. Crabtree.

  237. 237.

    cyntax

    January 19, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    Moar turnoverz plez.

  238. 238.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    @raven: Bullshit. It went past his face.

  239. 239.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    @Corner Stone: Go see the chaplain and get your card punched.

  240. 240.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 9:42 pm

    Not the best time management.

  241. 241.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 19, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Kidz these days. No sense of cultural history.

  242. 242.

    Yatsuno

    January 19, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    @Baud: It is if they could get ahead and Seattle only has one time out. And the free one just hit. But wasn’t this one of the complaints about Harbaugh?

  243. 243.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:44 pm

    What just happened? Are we in a time vortex?

  244. 244.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 9:45 pm

    @Baud:
    It is good clock management. They don’t want to leave too much time on the clock after a score.

  245. 245.

    Jay C

    January 19, 2014 at 9:47 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Oh, kidz these days have plenty sense of cultural history…

    The only thing is, it has a cut-off point around 2010 (2009 for older kidz)….

  246. 246.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 9:48 pm

    @Yatsuno: @Roger Moore:

    True. They have all their time outs.

  247. 247.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:48 pm

    Put everyone on the 15 yd line. Play heads up.

  248. 248.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:49 pm

    Jesus Mike, step the fuck out of bounds.

  249. 249.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:49 pm

    Ok, the 5 yd line.

  250. 250.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:49 pm

    DONE!!

  251. 251.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    BOOM!

  252. 252.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    Well there ya have it.

  253. 253.

    Baud

    January 19, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    There it is. Congrats, Yatsuno.

  254. 254.

    Belafon

    January 19, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    So, how many heads here just exploded?

  255. 255.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    @Betty Cracker: AKA, The Legion of

  256. 256.

    Jay C

    January 19, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    That’s it

  257. 257.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    @Baud: Yep, now you get to freak out for TWO weeks!

  258. 258.

    CaseyL

    January 19, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    Thanks to every deity out there for the Seattle defense.

  259. 259.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    Didn’t see that one coming. An appropriate ending for the game.

  260. 260.

    Spike

    January 19, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    So it’s Denver and Seattle. Can we call it the Doobie Bowl?

  261. 261.

    Hill Dweller

    January 19, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    Sherman seems like a good guy.

  262. 262.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    @Hill Dweller: Stanford.

  263. 263.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    BLITZZZZ!!

  264. 264.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    Not pretty but a hell of a game.

  265. 265.

    Citizen_X

    January 19, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    There you have it, folks: LEGALIZE WEED, GO TO THE SUPER BOWL. Contact your state legislature now.

  266. 266.

    CaseyL

    January 19, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    We are in the Super Bowl. By the skin of our teeth, but we are in.

  267. 267.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    I bet the NFL and the TV contract people are crying. Seattle v Denver in NJ.
    No history, no rivalry, no storylines.
    No real intrinsic fanbase media markets.
    What a disaster.

  268. 268.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    PUNK ASS MOTHERFUCKER

  269. 269.

    BruceFromOhio

    January 19, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    Good football was all I was looking for. Done got it, after a fashion.

  270. 270.

    Ash Can

    January 19, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    I just hope the Super Bowl is this entertaining. (It should be; both teams are dandies this year.)

  271. 271.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    Richard Sherman is angry.

  272. 272.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 9:55 pm

    So, the team with fewer Superbowl appearances won both conference championships.

  273. 273.

    Betty Cracker

    January 19, 2014 at 9:55 pm

    Sherman just embarrassed his mama.

  274. 274.

    raven

    January 19, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    Here’s what the asshole was talking about:

    A day after Anquan Boldin spoke with the media, Michael Crabtree met with them. Someone asked Crabtree if Richard Sherman was the best cornerback in the league. Initially he said he didn’t think so, but he followed up with some context on his opinion:

    “I don’t know (anything) about the best cornerbacks in the league. I just know teams, you know. We are playing the Seattle Seahawks and hopefully we come out with a win. We are going hard.”

  275. 275.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    “All I learned was a new definition of fear.”

  276. 276.

    Roger Moore

    January 19, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    No history, no rivalry, no storylines.

    They have quite a history from when the Seahawks were in the AFC West.

  277. 277.

    Jay C

    January 19, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    I bet the NFL and the TV contract people are crying. Seattle v Denver in NJ.
    No history, no rivalry, no storylines.
    No real intrinsic fanbase media markets.
    What a disaster.

    Well, as they say in Jersey….. “Fuck ’em!”
    They’re professionals… they can deal….

  278. 278.

    Ash Can

    January 19, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    @Citizen_X:

    There you have it, folks: LEGALIZE WEED, GO TO THE SUPER BOWL. Contact your state legislature now.

    Please leave your mailing address with the admins to expedite delivery of your intertoobz.

  279. 279.

    Belafon

    January 19, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    @Citizen_X: Maybe the beer company (don’t remember which one) can make an ad talking about legalizing marijuana: “It’s only wrong if it doesn’t work.”

  280. 280.

    James E. Powell

    January 19, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    No disrespect to Seattle for making the plays on the turnovers, but that is two straight years that Harbaugh, Kaepernick, and the 49ers have choked away a big game.

    That last throw was awful & stupid, and I mean Brett Favre awful & stupid.

  281. 281.

    YellowJournalism

    January 19, 2014 at 9:59 pm

    Woohoo! Seattle is going to be NUTS tonight!

  282. 282.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    These Bud Light commercials are freaking me right the fuck out.

  283. 283.

    Geoduck

    January 19, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    I bet the NFL and the TV contract people are crying. Seattle v Denver in NJ.
    No history, no rivalry, no storylines.
    No real intrinsic fanbase media markets.
    What a disaster.

    It’s hard to tell sometimes on the Internet.. you are being sarcastic, right?

    Either way.. I had no faith, but wow, they pulled it off. And the fact that two former division rivals are meeting in the Superbowl is highly amusing.

    Oh.. and obviously God approves of marijuana legalization!

  284. 284.

    James E. Powell

    January 19, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    I bet the NFL and the TV contract people are crying. Seattle v Denver in NJ.
    No history, no rivalry, no storylines.
    No real intrinsic fanbase media markets.
    What a disaster.

    Those things don’t matter for a Super Bowl. This isn’t the NBA or MLB.

  285. 285.

    CaseyL

    January 19, 2014 at 10:01 pm

    @YellowJournalism: I hear fire crackers going off in my neighborhood already.

  286. 286.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 10:01 pm

    @Roger Moore: Great. Black and white footage from the era before the forward pass was legal.
    That’ll sell those ads!

  287. 287.

    Scamp Dog

    January 19, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    @LanceThruster: OK, I’m going to take a shot at this. The lower density means a longer mean free path, so that should speed things up, although the larger radius should make it take longer.

    Using the 7.7x mass factor and 10x radius factor, I’m guessing 1000-2000 years * (7.7/10^3)*10 = 80 to 150 years (after rounding). Warning: I’m an aerospace engineer with a physics undergrad degree, so I’m doing some semi-informed guessing. If there are any actual astronomers or physicists answering this, they’re probably the better sources.

  288. 288.

    YellowJournalism

    January 19, 2014 at 10:03 pm

    @efgoldman: Like Roger said, they don’t have to. We had one big Broncos fan in the family around the time Elway was playing. (Reasoning was silly, tho. felt we should support Elway’s team because he was from our area of Washington.) You did not talk football if you wanted family gatherings to be peaceful!

  289. 289.

    cyntax

    January 19, 2014 at 10:04 pm

    @James E. Powell:

    That last throw was awful & stupid, and I mean Brett Favre awful & stupid.

    Yes, yes it was.

    Ah well. I’ve been watching Niners games since before Walsh came to town so if I gotta suffer through a few of these, so be it.

  290. 290.

    Belafon

    January 19, 2014 at 10:04 pm

    @efgoldman: What, like those two groups – beer drinkers and marijuana users – won’t significantly overlap.

    ETA: And I was making a joke along these lines:

    I'm no scientist, but legalizing marijuana in your state seems to cause immediate football superiority.— Jeremy McCarter (@j_mccarter) January 20, 2014

  291. 291.

    Ash Can

    January 19, 2014 at 10:04 pm

    @Corner Stone: I don’t remember ever seeing preview commercials for other commercials. But I suppose someone was going to do it sooner or later for the Super Bowl commercials.

  292. 292.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    First name Russell…Last name Wilson…

  293. 293.

    CaseyL

    January 19, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    I think it would wonderful beyond words if there are stoner commercials during the Super Bowl.

    Jack in the Box has already aired some in Seattle, advertising its Midnight Munchie meal.

  294. 294.

    Heliopause

    January 19, 2014 at 10:07 pm

    @James E. Powell:

    If Kaepernick had just a little more consistency in his passing game he’d be really scary. He’s already a little bit scary,

  295. 295.

    YellowJournalism

    January 19, 2014 at 10:08 pm

    @CaseyL: I gotta check YouTube for that.

    Betty Crocker should come up with a creative SuperBowl ad for brownie mix.

  296. 296.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    January 19, 2014 at 10:08 pm

    Hey Yutsy – Congrats and keep up with the good healing rehab stuff!

  297. 297.

    MikeJ

    January 19, 2014 at 10:08 pm

    @CaseyL: The tacos are only a dollar. So how many you gonna get?

    Thirty.

  298. 298.

    The Dangerman

    January 19, 2014 at 10:09 pm

    @James E. Powell:

    That last throw was awful & stupid, and I mean Brett Favre awful & stupid.

    There was some ugly play from the start of the 4th Quarter on; from Seattle blowing a FG that turned into a TD to the TV running two sets of Two Minute Warning commercials to the ending pick, I was looking for Rod Serling…

    …and, seriously, Sherman, STFU.

  299. 299.

    Belafon

    January 19, 2014 at 10:09 pm

    @efgoldman: “How do we replace hops with cannabis?”

  300. 300.

    Jay C

    January 19, 2014 at 10:12 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Yeah, a VERY ‘green” eyeshade…….

    Serious (if trivial-sounding) question: I see the some of the Seattle Seahawks already (as in immediate post-game-show) sporting “Conference Champion” shirts – so: does each team print up said “We Won!!” shirts just in case? And if so, what do they do with them when/if they lose?

  301. 301.

    ericblair

    January 19, 2014 at 10:16 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Yes.
    They box them up and send them to some third world country as a “donation.”
    No, not joking.

    Yep, so with multiple years of this Africa looks like some alternate sports universe.

  302. 302.

    Geoduck

    January 19, 2014 at 10:16 pm

    @Jay C:

    Serious (if trivial-sounding) question: I see the some of the Seattle Seahawks already (as in immediate post-game-show) sporting “Conference Champion” shirts – so: does each team print up said “We Won!!” shirts just in case? And if so, what do they do with them when/if they lose?

    They shipped off as charity. Seriously, you’ll eventually see people in African villages wearing the loser’s shirts.

  303. 303.

    MikeJ

    January 19, 2014 at 10:20 pm

    @Geoduck: If the villagers had access to eBay they could feed the whole village for a year by selling off official loser’s shirts.

  304. 304.

    James E. Powell

    January 19, 2014 at 10:20 pm

    I think it would wonderful beyond words if there are stoner commercials during the Super Bowl.

    Bring back Ashley Roachclip – president of United Heads for Hemp

  305. 305.

    Thlayli

    January 19, 2014 at 10:21 pm

    Storyline: Eli won his second Super Bowl on Peyton’s home field, can Peyton win his second on Eli’s home field?

  306. 306.

    Scamp Dog

    January 19, 2014 at 10:24 pm

    @efgoldman: I wrote up my guess before reading through the thread to find @dmsilev‘s answer. He didn’t say if the answer was right, though, so I still hold out hope for my answer. Not that anyone else should, really.

  307. 307.

    gwangung

    January 19, 2014 at 10:25 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    I bet the NFL and the TV contract people are crying. Seattle v Denver in NJ.
    No history, no rivalry, no storylines.

    Ah, dude, you know better….sports writers could write this in their sleep…..

  308. 308.

    James E. Powell

    January 19, 2014 at 10:26 pm

    @Jay C:

    does each team print up said “We Won!!” shirts just in case? And if so, what do they do with them when/if they lose?

    Yes they do. And the losers’ stuff is dumped in the third world.

  309. 309.

    LanceThruster

    January 19, 2014 at 10:36 pm

    @dmsilev:

    I think the thing that fascinates me most is that it’s answerable (within assumptions calculated). Thx.

  310. 310.

    LanceThruster

    January 19, 2014 at 10:36 pm

    @dmsilev:

    I think the thing that fascinates me most is that it’s answerable (within assumptions calculated). Thx.

  311. 311.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 10:37 pm

    @gwangung: Sure. They have to. But it’s going to be 133% more forced tripe than an Olympics coverage.
    I’m just wondering what they are going to do? The neophyte Wilson vs the last chance old buck Manning?
    The two teams are so different. The coaches don’t have any history that I know of. My best guess right now is they will go Legion of Boom v Denver WR core.
    I can’t see what else they have.

  312. 312.

    Corner Stone

    January 19, 2014 at 10:38 pm

    @James E. Powell: And they don’t care if it says New Jersey Nets or New Orleans Saints.

  313. 313.

    LanceThruster

    January 19, 2014 at 10:52 pm

    @Scamp Dog:

    Thx. I wouldn’t have guessed the density would have factored so much more than the size considering the size dif (radius near Jupiter’s orbit! – but then I’d have no reason to know).

  314. 314.

    chrome agnomen

    January 19, 2014 at 11:22 pm

    the pro bowl may out draw this super bowl… hope the meteor wins.

  315. 315.

    LanceThruster

    January 19, 2014 at 11:47 pm

    @LanceThruster:

    And that the density at the core might be comparable to the sun.

  316. 316.

    Scamp Dog

    January 19, 2014 at 11:55 pm

    @LanceThruster: uh-oh, someone might be using my answer? My strategy was to look up a formula for mean free path (I found one on Wikipedia), and note that it had density to the first power, so I just multiplied the value for our sun by the density ratio, and then I multiplied by the radius ratio to account for the larger size.

    After posting my guess, I started thinking that the process is a random walk. The expected distance for a 1-d random walk is the step size times the square root of the number of steps; in this case, the step size is the mean free path, and the steps are taken at the speed of light. So now I think I should multiply by the radius ratio squared, changing my guess to 800 to 1500 years, which is compatible with dmsilev’s rule of thumb estimate of same as the sun, within a factor of 10.

    Of course, the motion is really 3-d, and the mean free path formula also depends on the mix of elements at that location, which varies between stars, and different depths for the same star…

    Anyway, this is how we techies fake answers when we don’t really know the topic. It gives you a general sense of plausible answers, so if someone tells you 3 milliseconds or 40,000 years you can be suspicious, but when someone with actual expertise on the topic shows up, pay attention to them.

  317. 317.

    Scamp Dog

    January 20, 2014 at 12:15 am

    @Scamp Dog: …and I just looked up Betelgeuse and discovered that it’s about 1,000 times as wide as the sun, not 10 times, and the mass ratio is 7.7 to 20, so I’ll try again:

    (10/1000^3)*1000^2 = 0.01, so my current guess is 10 to 20 years, no longer within the factor of 10 rule of thumb. Anyway, it’s bedtime now. Hope this helps!

  318. 318.

    LanceThruster

    January 20, 2014 at 1:05 am

    Q2: Magnets…how do they work?

  319. 319.

    LanceThruster

    January 20, 2014 at 1:09 am

    @Scamp Dog:

    And the 7 year guess which I thought was pure goof was pretty goddam close!

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