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You are here: Home / Politics / America / Overtime Open Thread: Which One of You Jinxed Things?

Overtime Open Thread: Which One of You Jinxed Things?

by Adam L Silverman|  February 5, 201710:18 pm| 61 Comments

This post is in: America, Domestic Politics, Open Threads, Sports

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    February 5, 2017 at 10:19 pm

    It’s rigged.

  2. 2.

    ruemara

    February 5, 2017 at 10:19 pm

    Probably me.

  3. 3.

    scottinnj

    February 5, 2017 at 10:20 pm

    Atlanta didn’t campaign hard enough in Michigan and Wisconsin

  4. 4.

    PaulW

    February 5, 2017 at 10:20 pm

    I blame Schiano.

  5. 5.

    Brachiator

    February 5, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    Fuck. Atlanta is winning the popular vote, but …

  6. 6.

    PaulW

    February 5, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    this is terrible. Falcons defense had been so good for three quarters, and then the whole team just fell apart.

  7. 7.

    ? Martin

    February 5, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    And that sets the passing yard record for a Super Bowl – and one which may not be on the winning side.

  8. 8.

    misterpuff

    February 5, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    Falcon E-Mails

  9. 9.

    PaulW

    February 5, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    the Falcons defensive front is gassed.

  10. 10.

    ? Martin

    February 5, 2017 at 10:22 pm

    @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.

  11. 11.

    Baud

    February 5, 2017 at 10:22 pm

    In fairness, New England is blue and Georgia is red, so I’ll take the political symbolism either way.

  12. 12.

    Tilda Swintons Bald Cap

    February 5, 2017 at 10:23 pm

    @PaulW: This.

  13. 13.

    PaulW

    February 5, 2017 at 10:23 pm

    Goddammit Falcons. Biggest choke in football history here.

  14. 14.

    Baud

    February 5, 2017 at 10:23 pm

    This is a bad call.

  15. 15.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 5, 2017 at 10:23 pm

    all the shots of decrepit billionaires looking anxious

  16. 16.

    SiubhanDuinne

    February 5, 2017 at 10:24 pm

    @Brachiator:

    Fuck. Atlanta is winning the popular vote, but …

    The emails.

  17. 17.

    Baud

    February 5, 2017 at 10:24 pm

    Over.

  18. 18.

    Suzanne

    February 5, 2017 at 10:25 pm

    What the hell was that.

  19. 19.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 5, 2017 at 10:25 pm

    zounds

  20. 20.

    Smiling Mortician

    February 5, 2017 at 10:26 pm

    I don’t know nothin’ about football, but fuuuuck.

  21. 21.

    Kryptik

    February 5, 2017 at 10:26 pm

    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?

  22. 22.

    Cacti

    February 5, 2017 at 10:26 pm

    I was right. The Falcons remembered they were the Falcons.

  23. 23.

    Yarrow

    February 5, 2017 at 10:26 pm

    FUCK!!! Fuck Tom Brady and Fuck Bill Belichick! Fuck them all.

  24. 24.

    ? Martin

    February 5, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    Tom Brady needs to buy Danny Edelman a car or two for that catch.

  25. 25.

    Baud

    February 5, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    @Cacti: Heh.

  26. 26.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 5, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    Is he pretending to pray?

  27. 27.

    Cacti

    February 5, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    Hell of a comeback.

    Worst choke I’ve ever seen in my life on the other end.

  28. 28.

    Baud

    February 5, 2017 at 10:28 pm

    @Kryptik: Meh. Like I said, New England is blue.

  29. 29.

    Tilda Swintons Bald Cap

    February 5, 2017 at 10:28 pm

    @Kryptik: Might be worth it to see Goodell give out the trophies.

  30. 30.

    Cacti

    February 5, 2017 at 10:29 pm

    @Baud:

    And the Atlanta owner’s a GOPer too.

  31. 31.

    Baud

    February 5, 2017 at 10:29 pm

    @Cacti: No good guys to root for.

  32. 32.

    debbie

    February 5, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    The so-called patriots stole it.

  33. 33.

    tofubo

    February 5, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    I am not running, but fuck me running.

  34. 34.

    Baud

    February 5, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Maybe he’s reciting Two Corinthians.

  35. 35.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 5, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    @Baud: that’s the one you like, right?

  36. 36.

    Yarrow

    February 5, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    The Russians have to be involved in this somehow.

  37. 37.

    tofubo

    February 5, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    But Trump didn’t beat the +8, still, fuck him.

  38. 38.

    Kryptik

    February 5, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    @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.

  39. 39.

    amk

    February 5, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    @Baud: It’s all Adam’s fault.

  40. 40.

    ? Martin

    February 5, 2017 at 10:33 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: No, he’s indicated that he’s not spiritual. I think he was just overcome with emotion.

  41. 41.

    Cacti

    February 5, 2017 at 10:33 pm

    Matty Ice my ass.

    Matty Yips more like it.

  42. 42.

    Jeffro

    February 5, 2017 at 10:33 pm

    @Yarrow:

    FUCK!!! Fuck Tom Brady and Fuck Bill Belichick! Fuck them all.

    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!!!!!!!

  43. 43.

    SFAW

    February 5, 2017 at 10:33 pm

    @? Martin:

    buy Danny Edelman a car or two for that catch.

    Or his brother Julian.

  44. 44.

    japa21

    February 5, 2017 at 10:34 pm

    the reason Atlanta lost wasn’t really the defense. Their offense went dead in the second half with too many 3 and outs.

  45. 45.

    Ajabu

    February 5, 2017 at 10:35 pm

    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…

  46. 46.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 5, 2017 at 10:35 pm

    @scottinnj: Atlanta handled Wisconsin quite well.

  47. 47.

    Cacti

    February 5, 2017 at 10:36 pm

    @japa21:

    Their offense went dead in the second half with too many 3 and outs.

    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.

  48. 48.

    BD of MN

    February 5, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    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…

  49. 49.

    Baud

    February 5, 2017 at 10:38 pm

    @Cacti: Agreed.

  50. 50.

    Evan

    February 5, 2017 at 10:41 pm

    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.

  51. 51.

    efgoldman

    February 5, 2017 at 10:43 pm

    @Cacti:

    Worst choke I’ve ever seen in my life on the other end.

    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.

  52. 52.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    February 5, 2017 at 10:44 pm

    @efgoldman:

    the comeback when Frank Reich led the Bills back from 32 down against the Oilers in the ’93 playoffs.

    Was that 1893?

  53. 53.

    efgoldman

    February 5, 2017 at 10:46 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    Was that 1893?

    You’d remember.

  54. 54.

    Cacti

    February 5, 2017 at 10:47 pm

    @efgoldman:

    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.

    Yeah, I remember that game.

    But the magnitude of the choke goes up with the stakes of the game.

  55. 55.

    BruceFromOhio

    February 5, 2017 at 10:50 pm

    I DID IT. MORZER HELPED.

  56. 56.

    Hitless

    February 5, 2017 at 10:53 pm

    @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.

  57. 57.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    February 5, 2017 at 11:17 pm

    @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.

  58. 58.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 5, 2017 at 11:28 pm

    @Steeplejack (tablet): The NCAA rules are better.

  59. 59.

    opiejeanne

    February 5, 2017 at 11:34 pm

    @Evan: When, in game 6 of the 2002 series? Hahahaha!

  60. 60.

    SFBayAreaGal

    February 5, 2017 at 11:48 pm

    @Evan: That was you. Hells bells. Look at this way, the loss gave the Giants the World Series in 2010, 2012, and 2014.

  61. 61.

    Steve in the ATL

    February 6, 2017 at 12:23 am

    @Baud:

    In fairness, New England is blue and Georgia is red, so I’ll take the political symbolism either way.

    The one redeeming thing about this awful game

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