You know what you did! And you know what to do…
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by Adam L Silverman| 61 Comments
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You know what you did! And you know what to do…
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Baud
It’s rigged.
ruemara
Probably me.
scottinnj
Atlanta didn’t campaign hard enough in Michigan and Wisconsin
PaulW
I blame Schiano.
Brachiator
Fuck. Atlanta is winning the popular vote, but …
PaulW
this is terrible. Falcons defense had been so good for three quarters, and then the whole team just fell apart.
? Martin
And that sets the passing yard record for a Super Bowl – and one which may not be on the winning side.
misterpuff
Falcon E-Mails
PaulW
the Falcons defensive front is gassed.
? Martin
@PaulW: That is pretty much the story against NE. Teams routinely just fall apart in the last quarter or two. I don’t know if NE simply adapts their game after the half or what, but you see it almost every game.
Baud
In fairness, New England is blue and Georgia is red, so I’ll take the political symbolism either way.
Tilda Swintons Bald Cap
@PaulW: This.
PaulW
Goddammit Falcons. Biggest choke in football history here.
Baud
This is a bad call.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
all the shots of decrepit billionaires looking anxious
SiubhanDuinne
@Brachiator:
The emails.
Baud
Over.
Suzanne
What the hell was that.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
zounds
Smiling Mortician
I don’t know nothin’ about football, but fuuuuck.
Kryptik
So who’s going to “enjoy” the torrent of twitter assholes using this to relive Election Day and say how this proves how sainted Trump is because Brady and Bellicheck backed him?
Cacti
I was right. The Falcons remembered they were the Falcons.
Yarrow
FUCK!!! Fuck Tom Brady and Fuck Bill Belichick! Fuck them all.
? Martin
Tom Brady needs to buy Danny Edelman a car or two for that catch.
Baud
@Cacti: Heh.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Is he pretending to pray?
Cacti
Hell of a comeback.
Worst choke I’ve ever seen in my life on the other end.
Baud
@Kryptik: Meh. Like I said, New England is blue.
Tilda Swintons Bald Cap
@Kryptik: Might be worth it to see Goodell give out the trophies.
Cacti
@Baud:
And the Atlanta owner’s a GOPer too.
Baud
@Cacti: No good guys to root for.
debbie
The so-called patriots stole it.
tofubo
I am not running, but fuck me running.
Baud
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Maybe he’s reciting Two Corinthians.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Baud: that’s the one you like, right?
Yarrow
The Russians have to be involved in this somehow.
tofubo
But Trump didn’t beat the +8, still, fuck him.
Kryptik
@Baud:
Not sure if that matters, since I doubt the loudest celebrations tomorrow on twitter even care about football otherwise. Just idiots wanting to point to something as proof that god loves Trump supporters and only Trump supporters.
I’m still bitter as hell about this even without politics inserted into this, since I’m just fucking sick of the Patriots period.
amk
@Baud: It’s all Adam’s fault.
? Martin
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: No, he’s indicated that he’s not spiritual. I think he was just overcome with emotion.
Cacti
Matty Ice my ass.
Matty Yips more like it.
Jeffro
@Yarrow:
And most especially, fuck them for making me give a shit about the fucking Atlanta Falcons and being invested even a tiny bit in this game and all of it…
…we used to just root for whomever was playing the Patriots, now I’m rooting for injuries, plane crashes, tectonic fissures opening up underneath them, Y’ragadoth the Elder God coming back to Earth, starting in Foxborough…
…AAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!
SFAW
@? Martin:
Or his brother Julian.
japa21
the reason Atlanta lost wasn’t really the defense. Their offense went dead in the second half with too many 3 and outs.
Ajabu
I’ve never watched a football game before but watched this because I wanted Patriots to lose & it looked good.
So, let me get this straight. In overtime, whoever scores first, wins? WTF is that? Essentially, whoever wins the coin toss is the winner? In the NBA, overtime is 5 minutes. You start out tied, play for 5 minutes & the team with the most points at the end of that time wins. Reasonable & Fair. American football is some truly stupid shit…
Omnes Omnibus
@scottinnj: Atlanta handled Wisconsin quite well.
Cacti
@japa21:
The moment the game turned decisively against them was when they were in easy field goal range with the chance to go back up to scores, then they got sacked and penalty-ed out of field goal range.
Inexcusable.
BD of MN
It was me, I did it… When the Falcons went up 28-3 I reposted a meme on facebook that said “I haven’t seen a massacre this bad since Bowling Green”
I’m sorry…
Baud
@Cacti: Agreed.
Evan
Sorry, folks, my bad. I’ve never cared about football in my life, but so many people I like were rooting for Atlanta, I decided to join in, and then the team immediately started losing. I did the same thing to the Giants in the world series in 2002.
efgoldman
@Cacti:
It wasn’t in the Supe, but there was the comeback when Frank Reich led the Bills back from 32 down against the Oilers in the ’93 playoffs.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@efgoldman:
Was that 1893?
efgoldman
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
You’d remember.
Cacti
@efgoldman:
Yeah, I remember that game.
But the magnitude of the choke goes up with the stakes of the game.
BruceFromOhio
I DID IT. MORZER HELPED.
Hitless
@Evan: As a White Sox fan, I can tell you that life is just like that and you need to let it go and move on. I believe Barack Obama would agree.
Steeplejack (tablet)
@Ajabu:
Yeah, the NFL overtime rule is bullshit. Each team should get a possession, then it’s sudden death. Sabremetric nerds have shown that the winner of the coin toss is more likely to win in OT.
Omnes Omnibus
@Steeplejack (tablet): The NCAA rules are better.
opiejeanne
@Evan: When, in game 6 of the 2002 series? Hahahaha!
SFBayAreaGal
@Evan: That was you. Hells bells. Look at this way, the loss gave the Giants the World Series in 2010, 2012, and 2014.
Steve in the ATL
@Baud:
The one redeeming thing about this awful game