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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    Putting this up now, but if there are other posts, I may move it up closer to game time

    edit: In the picture above, the Chiefs and the Ravens present themselves differently.  Do the depictions fit the teams, or is this a case of the person choosing the photos rooting for one team over the other?

  3. 3.

    p.a.

    No rooting interest, so I’ll say Go Chiefs, for one of the best uniforms, compared to the Ravens really ugly designs.  Also too, Art Modell, liar.

  4. 4.

    Jackie

    The Chiefs are the current SB championships, so it probably depicts they’re the team to beat?

  6. 6.

    Omnes Omnibus

    I want both the Lions and the ‘Niners to lose today. Don’t tell me it is impossible. I want what I want. I will be rooting for the AFC team in the Super Bowl because fuck the Lions and the ‘Niners. I guess I slightly favor the Chiefs over the Ravens (because of Modell).

  8. 8.

    brendancalling

    Tough call for me. Love the Kelce brothers, despise Andy Reid, but mid-Atlantic loyalty makes me like the Ravens too. I guess Chiefs, since the MAGA orcs are all upset about them.

  9. 9.

    ALurkSupreme

    The 49ers will have Samuel back, which IMO makes them too much to handle for the Lions.

    At some point this season I achieved Maximum Chiefs Fatigue*, so Go Ravens.

    *Has nothing to do with Taylor Swift.

  13. 13.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @p.a.: Go Crows, sauté Chefs!

    And just FTR, Modell would never have left Cleveland if The Powers That Were In The Mistake By The Lake hadn’t swindled him by handing him a dilapidated stadium that could only work financially with revenue from the MLB team and concerts as tenants – and then building the baseballers a brand new stadium and concert venue to undercut him. The whole sordid operation was aimed at forcing Modell (a dedicated owner without an independent source of income) to sell the football team to someone with deep pockets who could buy Cleveland fans a Super Bowl – never suspecting that he had a Plan B for Bawlmer. Well, The Mistake By The Lake has had its team name, colors, logos and history back for the last 25 years, and you are welcome to them – unlike Baltimore fans who saw our beloved Colts leave in the middle of the night and expropriated by an upstart city while we waited 12 years for another franchise and had to take the Browns because the NFL wouldn’t allow us an expansion franchise, no matter how attractive our bids were.

    BTW how have the new Brownies been working out for yinz? I see it took a former Ravens QB to get you into the dance this year…  :^p

  14. 14.

    eclare

    I’ll be the odd one, go Ravens!  Gotta love a team named after a poet.  I also have a personal reason for wanting the Chiefs to lose that has nothing to do with Taylor or. MAGA.

  19. 19.

    ALurkSupreme

    Rooting for franchises based on the question of whether their owner is an asshole is a useless proposition.  They’re all assholes, essentially.

    There’s one notable exception here, as a few of you know.

  20. 20.

    Scout211

    I was a Chiefs fan as a kid growing up in Iowa. When I moved to California, I became a 49ers fan. It would be so cool for them to both win today. At least to me it would. YMMV. 😉

  21. 21.

    Kent

    From a politics filter:

    If the Chief’s win then MAGA heads will explode because it will be the Taylor Swift Superbowl.  But Baltimore (and MD) is a far more blue city than Kansas City (and MO).

    In the NFC, both Detroit and San Francisco are blue cities in blue states.  But I feel like Detroit needs it more than San Francisco.  On the other hand, San Francisco is the nearest NFL team to me other than the Seahawks so I’ve always been a quasi-niners fan.

    Thankfully there is no Dallas (or any other southern team) left standing.  Which was also true of the Washington vs. Michigan college football championship for the first time in a long time.

  22. 22.

    Kent

    @ALurkSupreme:

    Rooting for franchises based on the question of whether their owner is an asshole is a useless proposition.  They’re all assholes, essentially.

    There’s one notable exception here, as a few of you know.

    Green Bay?  Or are the citizens of Green Bay MAGA assholes?

    The Seahawks are owned by the Paul Allen Trust which is run by Jody Allen who is pretty low-key and donates a lot of money to liberal causes and stuff like education and cancer research.  I’m not sure I’d put her in the asshole owner category.

  23. 23.

    Brachiator

    Is Taylor Swift there?

    Can we get her to sing the National Anthem, oversee the coin toss, and maybe kick a few field goals?

    Other than that, I am just looking forward to a good game. I like both teams.

  29. 29.

    Suzanne

    I don’t really care who wins, but I look forward to the conservative man-baby contingent crying into their cornflakes if Taylor’s boyfriend wins.

    Howev…. I love birds, and especially ravens, so…. Go Ravens?

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    @brendancalling: Which team does the Taylor Swift Kelce brother play for?  And what is his first name?

    edit:  reading the comments, I can answer my own question about the team.  Taylor Swift’s boyfriend must play for the Chiefs.

  31. 31.

    Kent

    @p.a.:No rooting interest, so I’ll say Go Chiefs, for one of the best uniforms, compared to the Ravens really ugly designs.  Also too, Art Modell, liar.

    The Chiefs color scheme is the same as my high school so I spent my HS days playing football in what were essentially Chief’s replica uniforms (as the Chiefs dressed in the 1980s).  So I always have a soft spot for red and white with yellow accents.  It is a pretty unusual color scheme.  Only Iowa State does it at the college level in the Big 5 conferences.  USC is close, but they are more burgundy than red.  And yellow is their secondary color not white, so they do the yellow pants thing.

  32. 32.

    FastEdD

    24 Hours of Daytona is over, and all my favorite drivers’ cars blew up. Booo.

    Oh, football. Dallas isn’t playing so I can’t root for them to lose. Good luck to everyone else though, and sell lots of beer.

  33. 33.

    Scout211

    @WaterGirl: Jason Kelce, Eagles.

    He made news last week celebrating his brother’s touchdown.

    Oh, you mean Taylor’s guy? Travis Kelce, Chiefs.

    I wasn’t sure which one you were asking about.

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    @Scout211: Then I’m confused.  What does Taylor Swift have to do with the Chiefs, if he boyfriend plays for the Eagles?  The Eagles aren’t even in either of the games today.

    Sorry to be so clueless.

    edit: okay, I just googled.  Taylor is dating Travis.  So the two Ts (Taylor and Travis) are together.  And he plays for the Chiefs, who are playing today.

  36. 36.

    Brachiator

    While we are waiting for the game…

    Last night a friend I had not seen in a while was in the area and invited me out to dinner. We went to have an evening of dim sum. I thought about taking pictures and making a few notes, but the food and company were so delightful that I couldn’t be worried about it.

    But two dishes stood out. Baked BBQ Pork bun. And Pan-Fried Baby Bok Choy W/Garlic Sauce. Goddam double yum.

    I am still in a satisfied eating fog.

  38. 38.

    Kent

    @Jackie: There is an excellent Amazon Prime movie about Jason Kelce that my wife enjoyed.

    Lots of cute moments like how he found his wife on tinder and she didn’t believe he was the real Jason Kelce until their first date.

    Very much the back story about the trials and tribulations of being a family man in the NFL.

  39. 39.

    Scout211

    @WaterGirl: See my ETA:  it sounded like you were asking about Taylor’s guy’s brother.

    Travis Kelce is Taylor’s guy and he plays tight end for the Chiefs.

  41. 41.

    a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio)

    @jimmiraybob: You’d need an indoor-use-approved drone to get your order safely to the table. If you could get a table.

  43. 43.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @WaterGirl: There are two Kelce brothers who were very good NFL players.  Travis, Swift’s boyfriend, who plays for the Chiefs and Jason, newly retired and fresh from showing up at his younger brother’s last playoff game shirtless and swilling cheap beer, who played for the Eagles.

  49. 49.

    WaterGirl

    @eclare:

    his brother Jason plays for Philadelphia

    Okay, now you guys are just messing me with, throwing in the cities, too.

    Years ago I was helping a friend shop for a jersey for her son.  She laughed and mocked me mercilessly when I pulled a jersey out of the rack and asked “Do we like the purple people?”

  52. 52.

    Suzanne

    @WaterGirl: Travis’s beard used to look really bad. Since dating Taylor, he’s improved that situation significantly and cleaned the beard up. He had been looking like he was at the Capitol on January 6.

  56. 56.

    RevRick

    It’s amazing seeing MAGA types’ heads exploding over all the fawning coverage of Taylor Swift at NFL games. Never mind the fact that the typical football game only has about 16 minutes of action, the rest of the time expended in their committee meetings. So, television (and the NFL) has to fill the time with something besides commercials. The alternative is the mindless blather of their commentators.

  58. 58.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    Some time, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, ask them to go in there with all they’ve got and just win one for Taylor.

  60. 60.

    skerry

    Jason Kelce, 36 years old, said on this week’s podcast that he had not made the decision to retire or not.

  67. 67.

    wjca

    @FastEdD: Dallas isn’t playing so I can’t root for them to lose.

    Don’t worry about it.  Just take the win.  (And, since they didn’t even get this far, it’s a serious win.)

  71. 71.

    frosty

    @Uncle Cosmo: Good rant – I couldn’t have said it better. People dislike Baltimore because they stole Cleveland’s team but no one remembers Irsay sending  the Mayflower vans to Indy.

  81. 81.

    Scout211

    @WaterGirl:I thought Taylor was on tour and would likely not be able to make it back in time?

    That was for the Super Bowl.  But apparently, she will fly to the game if the Chiefs are in the Super Bowl after a concert the night before.

    Link

    The Kansas City Chiefs still have to go through the Baltimore Ravens if they want to make the Super Bowl.

    But if they get there, Taylor Swift reportedly plans to be in Las Vegas for the big game.

    NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported on Sunday that Swift, despite having a concert in Japan the night before Super Bowl LVIII, plans to fly directly to Las Vegas to watch Travis Kelce and the Chiefs if they are in the game.

  87. 87.

    stacib

    As a long-suffering Cubs / Bears fan, I’m really rooting for Detroit.  I KNOW the misery of having a team that never (rarely) makes it to the big game.  The Niners have had their chances.  :-) On the other side, Ravens all day.  I absolutely adore Roquan Smith and would love to see him play in a SB.  Same for David Montgomery of the Lions.

    Adding a totally unpopular opinion:  I detest all of the Taylor Swift stuff – drives me nuts, and I’m nowhere near either male or MAGA.  She should get the same treatment as Simone Biles when she’s at her husband’s game.

  93. 93.

    Kent

    @RevRick: It’s not just Taylor.  Travis Kelce is a big science supporter and is a pro-vax spokesman for Pfizer.  In obvious contrast to MAGA anti-vax dipshits like Aaron Rogers.  So the fact that the two of them are international superstars sucking up all the media oxygen just makes their heads explode.

  94. 94.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    @eclare: Tokyo’s time zone is 17 hours ahead of Las Vegas’s time zone.

    That will be a big help in making the game.

  101. 101.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    They might as well have Kelce’s Hall of Fame induction during half time

  104. 104.

    HumboldtBlue

    @brendancalling: ​

    despise Andy Reid

    How the hell can you despise Andy Reid? He had a fantastic run in Philly and is arguably the best head coach of the new century. Sure, Belichick won six with Brady, but Reid has been to 10 championships games (currently six straight with KFC, and he led the Eagles to four straight as well) with two different teams and two vastly different quarterbacks he’s taken his teams to five SBs and won two, and he’s never finished second in the AFC West since he landed in KC. He did nothing to earn hate from Eagles fans.

    On the other hand, I’m still trying to digest the news that Jürgen Klopp is leaving Liverpool at the end of the season. He’s gonna be impossible to replace.

  105. 105.

    Brachiator

    @stacib:

    Adding a totally unpopular opinion:  I detest all of the Taylor Swift stuff – drives me nuts, and I’m nowhere near either male or MAGA.

    Totally understand. But right wing and sexist jerks are making such a fuss that I want to see them choke on Swiftie mania.

  106. 106.

    The Thin Black Duke

    If the Chiefs get past the Ravens, they’re gonna win the SB. I don’t trust Brock Purdy yet.

  120. 120.

    HumboldtBlue

    @WaterGirl: ​ 

    I hope Tay-Tay isn’t a nickname for Taylor Swift

    Well, your hopes have been dashed upon the rocks of the pop scene shore. It’s used with love.

  124. 124.

    RevRick

    @Kent: But the ire is particularly directed at Taylor and her Swifties. She’s the epitome of white female wholesomeness and had gotten her start in country music. The MAGA crowd believes that she belongs to them, and she has betrayed them by associating with teh gays, the blahs, and the libruls. And that drives them nuts.

    Travis pisses them off by bringing that woman into what they believe is exclusively the province of male chest beating.

  131. 131.

    Jackie

    Personal foul unnecessary roughness against Baltimore. Punch to Kelse 😳

    Back to back personal fouls. The Ravens need a timeout to regroup.

  139. 139.

    Princess

    Rooting for the Chiefs solely because of Taylor and I couldn’t even tell you one of her songs (except that cute one about the bleachers which is kind of appropriate, now I think about it). If MAGA is sad, I am happy.

  141. 141.

    Suzanne

    @RevRick: Travis and Taylor represent a relationship of equals, in which the woman earns her own money, power, and respect. MAGAts don’t like that. They want women they can control.

  142. 142.

    citizen dave

    Short report from an upstart city: The Colts have played 438 games as the Baltimore Colts, and 675 games as the Indianapolis Colts.  Or, 39.4% and 60.6%.  An obscure NFL provision gives us first dibs to draft Peyton Manning’s son in 2034.

    Go KC Swifties!  Because MAGA, etc.  (I bear no ill will against the Ravens–I like that Harbaugh, like their uniforms and connection to Edgar Allen Poe.)

  144. 144.

    wjca

    @eclare: Taylor plays Tokyo on Feb 10, the Super Bowl is Feb 11.

    Thanks to the Date Line, you can leave Tokyo Sunday morning and arrive in Vegas Sunday morning.  (I have memories of leaving Sidney on a Sunday at 6PM, and arriving in Dan Francisco on Sunday at 6 ,PM.  And that’s a long haul.)

  145. 145.

    RevRick

    @Suzanne: That, no doubt, irks them to no end. But what I think really infuriates them is the sense of betrayal. They supported her as a country music star and she went over to the opposition! She was especially vocal in her criticism of MAGA Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackwood.
    There are, after all, other successful women in country music. But for all we know, they’re Republicans. Swift is a special target of their ire.

  149. 149.

    eclare

    @RevRick:

    They thought she was a Nazi.  Tall, blonde, blue eyed, pretty, and until a few years ago did not speak up about much political.  I can’t recommend the documentary Miss Americana enough.  It’s on Netflix.

  151. 151.

    Scout211

    @Jackie: Thankfully she can sleep all the way home; pretty sure she’s good at sleeping on planes

    Especially  on the tricked out planes that she owns.  Link

    The newly minted billionaire, thanks to her ongoing Eras Tour, actually owns two private jets alongside a fleet of supercars.

    Taylor Swift’s 900LX private jet was purchased back in 2011.

    Her second plane is a Dassault Falcon 7X – a far sleeker addition to her fleet.

    It has a spacious cabin, with amenities including a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom with a shower, and a bedroom.

  153. 153.

    Suzanne

    @Jackie: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are also Democrats. There’s also a whole lot of Americana artists who are Dems.

    Swift actually said it best in one of her songs:

    “The idea you had of me, who was she?
    A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel
    Whose shine reflects on you”.

    Patriarchal men want arm candy. Men of quality are not threatened by their partner’s capabilities.

  161. 161.

    HumboldtBlue

    Baltimore better get something going. Mahomes has another score in him and Lamar Jackson needs to win this game badly, he’s gotta show he’s the guy to take the Ravens at least to the Super Bowl.

  162. 162.

    eclare

    @Suzanne:

    I add Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood to that.  He said his new bar in Nashville will serve Bud Light and everyone is welcome, diversity and inclusivity are important.  They performed at Rosalynn Carter’s funeral.

    Nashville has changed a lot in the last ten years.  It is a lot more “Hollywood” now.

  168. 168.

    Suzanne

    There was a good piece in the New Yorker last year about the cultural and political gulf in country music. I’d go back and dig up a link, but I’m cozy under a blankie.

  180. 180.

    Jackie

    @WaterGirl: Nothing. Games are on different channels. Most fans will stick with this game until the end, unless they’re personally vested in the Lions or Niners.

  181. 181.

    stacib

    The sports fairies hate me.  Damnit!!!  I gotta stop rooting for Detroit right now, otherwise it’s Niners / Chiefs in the SB.  Damnit, damnit, damnit.

  182. 182.

    Scout211

    @WaterGirl: What happens to the start time of 6:30 if this game on a different network is still going?  Anything?

     

    I don’t know the answer to that but on regular season games they just start at the game time.  I think on the Conference Championships, the second game will start after the first one ends. It rarely happens, though.

  183. 183.

    The Thin Black Duke

    Heard about the asshole cyber-bullies who did a deep fake porn construct of Taylor online? Of course it was on Elmo’s cesspool of a media platform.

  186. 186.

    Jackie

    Who’s the Raven idiot who cut his hand on the bench in frustration?

    Now busted for roughing the passer. Ravens continue to self implode.

  193. 193.

    HumboldtBlue

    @KenK: ​ 

    Nonsense, he’s had an outstanding rookie season. He’s only going to get better. The fumble was a great play by the defense. Cutting his hand was rookie dumbassery. He’ll be fine.

  196. 196.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    Game is rigged.  NFL wants their Taylor Bowl.  Detectives Munch and Pembleton need to investigate.

  197. 197.

    Jackie

    @raven: Thanks!

    If I was a Ravens fan I’d be ripping my jersey about now. Plenty of game time left, but they’re their own worst enemy right now.

  211. 211.

    S Cerevisiae

    Of the four teams remaining I really don’t dislike any of them but I guess I have to pull for the Lions even though they are central division rivals this Vikings fan can empathize with long term pain plus I have friends in Michigan.

    I love that Taylor Swift has all the MAGA undies in a bunch. 😂

  225. 225.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Jackie: These days the orange shitstain is probably rooting for being able to flee the country.

    Bring on the take-your-mobbed-up-“businesses” lawsuit!

  229. 229.

    eclare

    Still anyone’s game.  My parents went to a Bears game and left with two minutes left.  They missed 21 points scored.

  234. 234.

    eclare

    @Steeplejack:

    My bad.  I got the initials mixed up.  I don’t watch much NFL, but I thought Odell was still a great receiver.

    Y’all knew who I meant.

  235. 235.

    prostratedragon

    @The Thin Black Duke:  From one account I ran across, their fans booed Nancy Pelosi, for some reason. But really, seems a major mental collapse by too many players. Just got a too many men and another personal foul on consecutive plays.

  238. 238.

    O. Felix Culpa

    Game effectively over.  I feel a little bad for the Ravens.  But glad for Taylor and her guy.

  243. 243.

    prostratedragon

    @The Thin Black Duke:  He’s the main reason I was sort of rooting for the Ravens. Only saw him for the first time recently, but he seems way too good not to win once.  Oddly enough, one of the most striking things about him is his poise. Some ofhis teammates should consider that.

  253. 253.

    Paul in KY

    Bottom line, the Ravens chokey choked and gave this game away. Feel bad for Lamar. The rest of them should be forced to watch this game repeatedly till they cry at how stupid & childish they were. Think KC will win SB.

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