Gawdless Furriner's Superbowl Prediction Thread

[Ian Iam]

I requested and obtained permission to do this from three longtime DUers in Meta-Discussion. Very well, then.

The start of the game is now less than twenty-four hours hence (6.18 Eastern Standard Time), and I am forecasting a solid victory for the Baltimore Ravens, with a projected score of 37-20.

Now, let's have some American input, shall we?

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. I thought that game was over already.

No pick.

If it ain't the Packers, it's just not worth it.

[PeaceNikki]

38. I concur.

[NewEngland4Obama]

2. San Francisco 49er's 27 Baltimore Ravens 21

[dballance]

3. Who Cares?

Yet another orgy of machismo and testosterone that has no real impact on people's lives. If a football team winning or a player scoring a touchdown is the highlight of your day that's too bad.

Why not go for a hike, boating, or skiing and make seeing the beautiful world around us the highlight of your day. Or, maybe take those hours you would spend watching the Superbowl and go volunteer at a food bank, homeless shelter or some other charitable cause. It would be time better spent.

Quite frankly, given Penn State's Sandusky scandal and Steubenville, Ohio's scandal I'm a bit sick of our football culture in this country. And those are just the ones that gained national attention. What of the ones that did not?

And for all of those of you who are about to flame me please do not title your posts something like "So you're calling all football players sex abusers" or "So you're calling the NFL a bunch of rapists." That is not what I said so don't put those words in my mouth.

[Earth_First]

4. What.the.FUCK?!

You live, a pretty miserable life don't you?

[dballance]

7. Actually I Think It's The Extreme Football Fans Who Live a Miserable Life

They must have a pretty crappy life if they have to get their pleasure out of watching grown men violently plow each other down play after play while trying to move a ball up and down a field for a couple of hours. And then there are the fights the fans of opposing teams get into from time to time. Being injured or arrested would seem a pretty miserable outcome of those. Do I really need to spend hours in the cold screaming for a football team or possibly get into a fight over a team to have an non-miserable life? It all just reeks of a whole lot of miserable people trying to find a place to "fit in" so they can be like everyone else and be part of something and feel a little less miserable.

But that's just my opinion.

I like enjoying the beauty of nature, and helping out those less fortunate than me is pretty satisfying and not miserable at all. I feel pretty good after volunteering, like I actually made a difference in people's lives.

[tavernier]

10. Yeah, we're pretty much alone.

At least now some parents are starting to realize that putting grade schoolers in a football program is much like putting a frog in a blender. Baby steps.

[dballance]

13. Yep, I've Heard Parents are Becoming Reluctant to Have Their Kids in Football - Head Injury Issues

Given the number of reports of head injuries that end up causing some of the NFL players chronic problems parents are taking a harder look at football with respect to their kids' long-term health.

[Ian Iam]

15. A most interesting attitude

Given the fact that you have taken the most time/used the most words posting in this thread.

[dballance]

16. Well, Ian I am Going to Defend My Position

When people begin a post with WTF and presume I have a miserable life I'm going to refute them.

[Ian Iam]

17. In all honesty,

I think that you just want to be a wet blanket, for whatever reaspn.

[11 Bravo]

50. Welcome, Ian Iam. I see you have already met our "hipper than thou" cornflakes pissers.

[Ian Iam]

53. Indeed

And thank you for the welcome!

[RudynJack]

31. Then I hope

you have a happy day judging everyone who's not as good as you.

I watch, at the most, two football games per year. But I enjoy the Superbowl. I will struggle to find a way to live with your disapproval while I eat some pretzels, drink some beer, and root for my local team.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

44. ^^^THIS^^^

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. More room at the stadium for the rest of us.

[JEB]

8. Yeah, I heard nose bleed seats

cost approx. $3000. I wouldn't spend $30 to watch a bunch of rich men playing a boys game. Sorry, but I just don't get what all the hype is about.

[ScreamingMeemie]

39. Oh, I would never pay tons of money for a Super Bowl ticket, and I'm not watching this one

because I can't stand Ray Lewis and the football coaches...but put on some Packer ball and I'm there.

Also, I'm sure you have some hobby that I would find hilariously stupid.

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Pffffffft

[Ian Iam]

9. You must be an absolute RIOT at parties

Good Lord!

[TeamPooka]

27. different strokes for cranky folks

[dlwickham]

49. I think I'm going to steal that one

very apt description

[Le Taz Hot]

33. Dayum!

Were you born with NO sense of humor? Dude, lighten up. Have a beer/glass of wine/joint on me.

[dballance]

48. A Sense of Humor About What?

About Sandusky at Penn State raping little boys for years and being protected by the university all the way up to the president of the university in order to protect the football program and the reputation of the University?

About how the high school players in Steubenville rather than seeking help for an intoxicated, incapacitated young girl whose life could have been in danger decided to rape her, urinate on her and drag her from party to party like a rag doll and then post the pictures on Facebook? And then to have the victim demonized and her family receive death threats because cause she reported the sexual assault. To have many, many citizens (not all of them) of Steubenville circle the wagons around the football team in their defense because that high school football team is such a sense of pride and identity for those people they choose not to believe the assault actually happened.

About the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy that many current and former football players are suffering from? Including NFL players. CTE is a degenerative brain malady caused by repeated head injuries. Degenerative - as in the brain progressively deteriorates over time and there is no known treatment to stop CTE.

About how the NFL doesn't seem to give a crap about the players. And how what they really like about the fans is their ability to make $6 billion a year from the fans through television contracts, licensed merchandise, selling advertisements, and ticket sales.

These are the things the "football culture" as I refer to it in my OP has wrought for our country. All in the name of the good clean fun of watching people violently clash with one another play after play. A sport that isn't played outside the US.

Here is some other reading for your consideration.

http://www.salon.com/2013/02/03/footballs_death_spiral/?source=newsletter

The ritual of the games and the worship of the players as such heroes has exceeded all common sense. And, frankly, it's no laughing matter.

[Le Taz Hot]

57. Yeah, dude, whatever.

You seem to want to slash at windmills so, carry on.

[Apophis]

37. I agree with this.

Sandusky and Steubenville has made me ill towards football. Not only that, football players get preferential treatment at high schools and colleges. So what if a guy can throw a ball down field or if he can block. Whoop dee doo.

[octoberlib]

11. San Francisco 35- Baltimore 21

[DavidDvorkin]

12. Former foreigner's prediction

Still godless, though.

My prediction: One team will win, one team will lose, and great numbers of people will think this really matters.

[Ian Iam]

20. But isn't that the point?

When you go to the cinema, does the film 'really matter' in most cases? Of course not: There are times when one merely wishes to be entertained!

[DavidDvorkin]

25. Of course

And for me, movies are entertaining. Football isn't.

[daleo]

14. The team that has the most prayers will win

That's a well-known religious football fact. You can look it up.

[On the Road]

52. Well I Guess That Means a Ravens Victory, Then

Those godless heathens in San francisco certainly aren't praying.

[daleo]

58. Maybe so

But for the record, San Francisco is a great town and they have great heathens.

[bluedigger]

18. You lost me at "hence".

Are sports so polarizing on your side of the pond? I never see sports fans piling on literature and arts threads the way the anti-sportists love to dump on sports here.

[Ian Iam]

21. Well,

right now, I'm on this side of the pond, though not a citizen. But, in answer to your question, yes! England has become shamefully famous as the home of football (soccer) hooligans.

[bluedigger]

23. Hooligans, you say?

[countryjake]

19. I predict Harbaugh gets the win!

[randome]

22. The only certainty is this.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

45. I think the post above makes you a suspect

in the final resting place of...

http://now.msn.com/chicken-wings-stolen-from-storage-facility-ahead-of-super-bowl

sP

[cthulu2016]

24. I agree about solid Ravens win, but more like 27-17

[Ian Iam]

26. I wish to thank NewEngland4Obama, octoberlib, and cthulu2016

You three actually made predictions and were on-topic, as opposed to delving into a self-serious pile of rubbish vis-a-vis the socioeconomic/political/historical/psychological/religious/metaphysical/geothermal/oceanograhic/exobiological meaning of the game.

My hat is off to you, and to anyone else who wishes to make an on-topic, actual prediction in this thread!

[octoberlib]

30. I'd seriously like to hear

the oceanographic meaning of the game. There's nothing wrong with watching a little football. Cheers!

[ScreamingMeemie]

40. Hey now, I was...

on-topic... I can't find any reason either of these two teams deserves my brilliant prediction prowess. Come on man.

[countryjake]

59. I'm feeling a bit insulted too.

(and I'm the only one in this thread who was totally correct in my prediction)

[Ichingcarpenter]

28. Neither Team will use the Shotgun position

as a protest against Obama's Skeet shooting.


14-23 ..... Poe's Raven nevermore.

[RagAss]

29. I predict I'll be pissin' drunk by 9:30 !

[JI7]

32. i predict DU will be full of "too good for the superbowl" type threads

and i say that as someone who wont watch and isn't a fan.

[Ian Iam]

35. Sadly, that's half of THIS thread!

[Le Taz Hot]

34. Well, as a Californian, normally

I'd cheer on the 49ers (except that I HATE the 49ers) but with all the homophobic players outting themselves recently, I say, GO RAVENS!

[Apophis]

36. We have a choice between the team with the murderer

or the team with the homophobes.

No thanks.

I'm rooting for the Siberian husky pup in the Puppy Bowl.

[HappyMe]

41. I'll go with the Ravens.

No idea about the score.


Sorry your thread got pooped in.

[Tikki]

42. Prob not..Like the 49ers have it, dewd.

They have a better arsenal and are totally united...

The score 50-19


Tikki

[Go Vols]

43. I took Balt. +3.5

Go Ravens

[cherokeeprogressive]

46. 'Niners 31-17

Kaepernick = Hero... Murderin' Ray Lewis The Cheater = Zero

Kaepernick = MVP and will set a Super Bowl rushing record for QBs. He'll run around Murderin' Ray The Cheater a couple of times, and might even once slow down to give him a shoulder in the facemask.

That'd be my fantasy Super Bowl anyway and is in no way influenced by the fact that my Pool Numbers include NFC 1/AFC 7.

I'll be leaving for my BFF's house in a short while and I'll be taking a case of my homemade Lemony Ale with me. 9.5%. My Wife came home from the grocery store a while ago with a huge veggie tray to take with me... she's so funny. She knows I'm not "that guy". Someone else is, and yes, sure, we'll eat them.

[MineralMan]

47. I don't really follow baseball.

[pipi_k]

51. I'm not good

at picking scores, but I did want to say this...

I can't speak for the rest of Patriots Nation, but when Mr Pipi and I were out for our usual Sunday breakfast at a very small restaurant in town, just about every fan/follower of football expressed a fervent hope for a 49ers victory.

And not just a victory...a total beatdown of Ray Lewis into the bargain.

One guy even wished they could bring Joe Montana back for this game.


I don't see this being a very high score game, but GO 49ers!

[quaker bill]

54. I would guess a low score close game

but would give the 49 ers a minimal but fairly solid 3 point edge. The serious running QB gives them an edge. If the ravens don't keep at least one of their quicker backs watching him near the line, he will break some big plays. If they keep the backs in close enough to stop that, he will have good matchups for some passes well downfield. A quick running QB is a really big problem that few defenses cope with well.

Joe Flacco will have his plays as well, which should keep it interesting.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

55. My predictions: A lot of screaming from the announcers and a lot of beer consumption by fans.

[Ian Iam]

56. KICK! (pun intended)

Two hours to game time! Last Chance to make a pick, you plonkers!