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Was this Super Bowl a snoozefest? We react to the Seahawks shutting down the Patriots for their second title, debate which newly hired head coach is set up for real success, and break down the NBA's likely expansion to Vegas and Seattle. Plus, a quick rundown of my Top 5 favorite bands—Sade, Maroon 5, Imagine Dragons, Oasis, and Coldplay.
Watching Sunday’s NFL title game has become one of my least favorite major sports events of the year. You must credit the NFL for making fans wait for two full weeks for the season finale to be played. This brilliant marketing move allows word-of-mouth to spread to the once-per-year viewers who just show-up to watch the commercials and enjoy a party. Those of us season-long football fans are ready to get this final game of the year over with. The pro football season continues to be stretched out longer and longer. Rest assured that football season will eventually shrink if demand falls. The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots had exceptional regular seasons with identical 14-3 records. Unfortunately for Patriots fans, their favorite team’s offense was as cold as the weather back east in Boston last weekend. Seattle toyed with New England throughout the first half like a kitten batting around a ball of yarn. A 3-0 first quarter Seattle lead became an equally boring 9-0 halftime advantage for the Seahawks. Sunday’s third quarter likely put many to sleep. Seattle’s kicker Jason Myers added his fourth field goal of the game. Wowee! It was 12-0 heading into the final 15 minutes of the NFL season. At least New England punter Bryce Barringer had the chance to say “Hi, Mom!” as he punted an incredible eight times in the first three quarters. This game was played in perfect weather conditions in Santa Clara, California. Yawn. Some of us tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists put forth that the NFL has exposed a rather interesting “fourth quarter” trend. Nearly every playoff game played this season had an explosion of points coming in the fourth quarter of play. Why has that been happening? Sunday’s season finale was no exception. This game’s final quarter produced (gasp!) 30 points between these two sleepy combatants. Seattle was never in jeopardy of losing the lead during the final quarter. The Seahawks completed a touchdown pass to open-up a 19-0 lead on the hapless Patriots. New England’s passing game finally awakened long enough to produce two late touchdowns after this game was effectively over. Final score: Seattle 29, New England 13 Seattle’s “Dark Side Defense” deserved the MVP The Seahawks’ defense appeared to know New England’s offensive playbook as well as the Patriots did. Blitz after blitz sacked New England’s 23-year old second year quarterback Drake Maye. He was taken down six times, hurried on nearly every throw, had two interceptions, and lost a critical fumble. Seattle’s defense literally threw the kitchen sink at Drake Maye on Sunday. They suffocated New England’s running game, too. The team’s quarterback ran for his life for 37 yards to lead all New England rushers Sunday evening. Seahawks’ running back Kenneth Walker III had a tremendous game with 135 yards on the ground. His backfield dance moves should earn him an invitation to the next season of “Dancing with the Stars”. Walker’s running ability provided some of the only excitement during the first three quarters of this rather boring football game. Walker received the game’s MVP award. It’s a shame that the Seattle defense couldn’t receive this award as a group. New England Patriots – Were they simply lucky to have made it this far? Many are pointing out that New England’s 2025 regular season schedule was loaded with weaker teams. The Patriots played 12 of their 17 regular season games against teams which would post a losing record in 2025. New England finished with a stellar 14-3 record after going 4-13 just a year ago. The Patriots’ excellent defense carried this team into the NFL title game. New England allowed just three points (at home vs. the Chargers), 16 points (home vs. the Texans) and only seven at Denver in three playoff games leading up to Sunday’s NFL title game. This year’s group of AFC playoff teams were, being generous, offensively-challenged. Top-seeded Denver’s defense carried the Broncos all season long. The Houston Texans had a terrific year – on defense. Jacksonville’s surprising season was also led by a better-than-expected defense. It didn’t matter which team emerged from the AFC to face Seattle on Sunday. The Seahawks had a defense capable of clobbering any AFC contender this year and just enough offense to win. That was Seattle’s simple recipe for victory all season long. Is Seattle a dynasty in the making or was this just one great season? Don’t forget that the Los Angeles Rams gave the Seattle Seahawks a run for the NFC West title all year long. The banged-up San Francisco 49ers also gave the Seahawks and the Rams a run for the money. All three NFC West competitors made it into the second round of the playoffs. Seattle finished 14-3 in the regular season. They played just eight teams with losing records this year. The Seahawks’ defense was already considered top notch. The offense, though, surprised many with an improved performance in 2025. Seattle scored less than 20 points in only three of 20 total games this season. The Seahawks’ eighth-ranked offense developed into a perfect complement to the NFL’s top-rated defense. A number of Seahawks players will want more money to stick around for next season. Assuming they will lose a few to players to free agency, the nucleus of this team is still young and talented. Coach Mike Macdonald’s magic with this team is much like college football’s Indiana Hoosiers under coach Curt Cignetti. Macdonald’s Seattle Seahawks always seemed better prepared for games than their opponents. Yes, Seattle should be a force in the NFL again next season – assuming that they remain relatively injury free. Sunday’s commercials didn’t move my meter. How about you? The commercials for Sunday’s game ran $8 million per 30-second ad. I challenge you to point to one specific commercial which will move you to purchase that company’s product this week. A national newspaper just published its annual ranking of these expensive ads. The beer commercial featuring a horse saving a baby bird (which turned out to be an American eagle) flew into the top spot. Will it sell any more beer this week or simply convince 100 million people that this particular beer maker is more patriotic than its competitors? A potato chip maker’s tearjerker ad showing an aging farmer handing over the keys of his farm equipment to his daughter captured second place. It was a very nice spot, but I doubt millions will drop an extra bag of the company’s $5 potato chips into their grocery cart this week. The bronze medal winner featured an iconic polar bear (long representing the top cola maker) coming to grips that his major competitor’s new sugar-free cola actually tastes better. Will millions now check-out the taste of the polar bear’s new favorite soft drink? Doubtful. I wanted to like the Neil Diamond imitator singing a knock-off of “Sweet Caroline” as he sprayed mayo onto sandwiches inside of a cafe. The commercial’s ending was just a bit weird. My “creepy-but-effective” commercials award went to an AI developer. Their commercials all began with a person asking AI for advice. A computer generated character then provided a cringy answer and suddenly morphed into an unexpected product sales pitch. Effective, but who’s buying their product? My thoughts on the 30-minute halftime show? I haven’t watched it in decades Did you know that the NFL’s “big game” primarily featured college marching bands beginning in 1967 for ten years until mid-1970’s? A wholesome singing group known as “Up with People” was featured five times over the next ten years as the primary halftime entertainment. Even us younger viewers (at the time) cringed. The year 1991 brought “New Kids on the Block” as the first pop-oriented group performing at halftime. Michael Jackson’s 1993 appearance officially solidified the change to one primary performer for future halftime shows. Major popular artists like Diana Ross, Aerosmith, Paul McCartney, and the Rolling Stones would appear over the next ten years. The last 20 years has produced younger artists to help attract that demographic to the annual football extravaganza. This year’s halftime show featured a polarizing performer who became the first to sing a halftime show entirely in Spanish. Many liked the show. Some didn’t and changed the channel. I didn’t watch the halftime show (as usual) in order to grab a snack and check my email. Happy trails to you, football! Adios to college and pro football for another season. The Indiana Hoosiers and Seattle Seahawks were deserving champions this year. Though some of us will be tempted to watch a game or two of spring football in a few months, America’s most popular sport needs to hibernate until next fall. Less truly is best. The post Super Bore 60 appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.
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In this episode Ryan Davis and I talk about some recent movies and tv shows we've seen, Super Bowl 57, Rihanna, the future of DC programming, and whether we've reached the peak of streaming services or not. Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and enjoy!
Have you ever wanted a podcast episode dedicated to the review of the fifth episode of WandaVision and the Super Bowl 2021 Trailers that came out? Why? Why would anyone ask for that specific thing? Well lucky for whoever asked, we have just what you are looking for! We got bad puns and meltdowns on this episode, plus a surprise at the end that you don't want to miss!
Have you ever wanted a podcast episode dedicated to the review of the fifth episode of WandaVision and the Super Bowl 2021 Trailers that came out? Why? Why would anyone ask for that specific thing? Well lucky for whoever asked, we have just what you are looking for! We got bad puns and meltdowns on this episode, plus a surprise at the end that you don't want to miss!
Have you ever wanted a podcast episode dedicated to the review of the fifth episode of WandaVision and the Super Bowl 2021 Trailers that came out? Why? Why would anyone ask for that specific thing? Well lucky for whoever asked, we have just what you are looking for! We got bad puns and meltdowns on this episode, plus a surprise at the end that you don't want to miss!
Alternate plans to the Super Bowl What we have been watching and cooking Cindy Knight-Stalker finds a connection to Groucho Marx This week Duck Soup Next week Monsoon Wedding Email us at 2QueensQhat@gmail.om --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-burns1/message
Why the Super Bowl has become an almost mindless ritual despite the quality of play on the field.
Melissa and Dave desperately attempt to find interesting talking points about a sleep-inducing Super Bowl. Then they bid a fond farewell to all the Football Date Nighters out there ... until 2019!
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AFR talks about if the recent Super Bowl was a Super BORE or a great defensive battle. We also talk about the new Alliance of America football league.
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On Episode 83 we talk about the EXCITING Super Bowl! And when we say exciting we mean boring. Boring for this game is debatable and you'll get that in this episode with Joey and Wyatt, while Ryan calls in...again. We play Dude WTF and Dead or Alive all about the Super Bowl. Don't worry people we get into the X's and O's the best OCP can and we discuss how Brady is the GOAT and not the Boar….lol. Stay tuned to the end to find how we tell Steven Colonna is the winner of our NFL Playoffs competition to win a Bdubs gift card. So tune in…or don't…but do!
Cousin Sal and the Degenerate Trifecta discuss the fallout from the Patriots' latest Super Bowl win and the many missed prop opportunities Sunday night. Then, Westgate's very own Jay Kornegay gives an update on where Vegas won big and lost out on the big game.
It feels like it's been raining in LA for a month, but that wont stop this Dodgers podcast! The Lakers have fallen on hard times, and face trade decisions. The Rams were a no-show to the first ever Super Bore. Our producer Gary sees too many similarities between those Los Angeles teams and the Dodgers. Plus, Manny Machado and Bryce Harper remain unsigned days before pitchers and catchers report to spring training. Later in the show, joined by Clint Evans, we wonder if Manny could somehow make his way back to Los Angeles to handle some unfinished business. Recent news has us discussing whether or not the Dodgers were out on Harper because they could be angling to make a run at Nolan Arenado next season. Additionally, the chat with the audience bounces between: - How much Max Muncy will we see in spring training? - When/if Russell Martin or Austin Barnes hit the DL, who could step in? - Breakfast live stream plans while at spring training. - The DH in the NL - Corey Seager to 3B? And much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tom and Brad look back at the Chiefs 2018 season and the clear MVP and OPOY winner Patrick Mahomes. Not only that but the lads wade their way through the bore fest between the Rams & Patriots that Tom has since nicknamed the "Super Bore". Plus they answer questions on beer and any other crap that jumps into their heads when Dave is away.
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The Super Bore. Yawn... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thesportshourguys/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thesportshourguys/support
Allen and Dan talk about dan's trip to NoCal, gambling, the Super Bore, and Snowpocalypse 2019. Opening Music by Lars Fredricksen and the Bastards, "Skins, Punx and Drunx"
Patriots win again. I’m pretty happy. Talk about game. Talk a little patriots memories. Super bowl commercials.
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Empower's bright, creative and outspoken voices discuss the biggest night in advertising. From the ads to the game, the evening captivated few, so this episode breaks down the bright spots from the game, analyzes the flops and missed opportunities and posits what was missing from our industry's hallowed night. The podcast puts together a super cut of two separate roundtable discussions, which include Empower's SVP of Agency Strategy, SVP of Creative Media and Chief Creative Officer among others. Oh, and we also chat about Maroon 5....
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Super Bowl LIII, Super Bowl Half Time Show, Super Bowl commercials, Maroon 5, Travis Scott, Big Boi, Bob Marley, Game of Thrones, The Mountain, Fyre Festival, Batman, Ben Affleck, Nick Jonas, James Bond, Richard Madden, British Royal Family, Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, Prince George, Ariana Grande, and more!
Casey talks about the very boring Super Bowl, the slow moving market for Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, his dog’s…
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It’s close to a 2 hour edition of the podcast! 3 segments because of circumstance, but essentially 2 parts. First, I get into the Super Bowl, it was awful, but one person on Twitter made my night thanks to him getting pissy for some dumb reason. Then I get into the Oilers, talk a LITTLE about the games this past weekend, but so about what mistakes they’ve made in the past and what I would be looking for with the next GM and also how they’re likely to fuck up this hiring as it’s a horrible sign that they’re apparently so hot for Kelly McCrimmon. There is probably a lot of other things I talk about, but them’s the basics.
Recorded on February 4, 2019 Dre and Pete sit down and ignore the Super Bowl, but we do talk about the movie trailers that dropped online that premiered there! More Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame! We also talk about the ridiculous Hobbs and Shaw trailer that came out last week! Finally we talk about how GameStop is no for sale anymore and this potentially affects the game industry.
In the final, Super Bowl episode of Football Date Night, Melissa and Dave close down the NFL season by recapping the Patriots' 13-3 victory over the Rams and all the hoopla that surrounded it. Dave started by giving the unsung MVP award to Gisele because the one time CBS showed her in the broadcast clearly inspired him to (finally) throw a decent pass (1:30). The duo then broke down the actual game, including why it was such a defensive snoozefest, why Jared Goff played so poorly, why Todd Gurley barely played, and whether the aura of Sean McVay has faded (3:00). The duo then pivoted to the commercials (11:30) and the vanilla Maroon 5 performance (14:00). Melissa then discussed what the ratings for the game might come in at and praised the enthusiasm of her Uber drivers (15:00) and resilience of Tracy Wolfson (friend of the pod) for braving the post-game scrum to secure an interview with Tom Brady (19:00). Dave had a similar experience trying to get his bagel cut at the neighborhood deli (20:00). After some relationship banter, the duo returned to the game to discuss how the game impacted Brady and Belichick's legacies (27:00). Melissa then pondered what Patriots will do with themselves when the dynasty ends, though Dave didn't care in the slightest (32:00). The duo then discussed Tony Romo's performance and the insights Melissa learned during Super Bowl week about what makes him so entertaining (38:00). Finally, they ended by taking a look back on the first year of their Date Night podcast and what might bring Dave back for another season, framed by some sage words from the band, Semisonic (41:00).
We love NFL football. That's because we're unapologetic, red-blooded American men. So we, like about one-hundred million like-minded US citizens, plopped ourselves down in front of our flat screens with our chips, dip and adult beverages of choice and watched as the Seahawks decimated the Broncos in one of the most lop-sided and boring Super Bowls in recent memory. When the best part of the game was Bruno Mars' halftime show, you know we have truly been "Locked out of Heaven."
Lex didn’t enjoy the Super Bowl. But he did enjoy scaring the crap out of his wife, mostly unintentionally.
Lex didn't enjoy the Super Bowl. But he did enjoy scaring the crap out of his wife, mostly unintentionally.
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