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“I am today officially removing my curse on the Buffalo Bills,” Davis wrote. “If they are able to defeat Kansas City I will permit them to go on and win the Super Bowl. Go Bills Go. .......................Cigarette Smoking Man.”

Jaymann wrote:From what I saw yesterday I have a feeling the Eagles are going to lay an ass whuping on the Chiefs.

YellowKing wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 3:58 pm I don't really care about football at all, but have greatly enjoyed the people getting raging butthurt over the Chiefs winning. I've been watching ref conspiracy theories all morning and it's comedy gold.

I didn't mind KC winning only because it means my daughter will watch the Super Bowl with me now.

YellowKing wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 5:42 pm Any team that has success is going to get the "refs cheating" accusations. Duke basketball used to get that ALL the time. One famous stat for Duke was that they made more free throws than their opponents attempted. People would point at that as proof refs favored Duke. In reality, Duke players just didn't foul a lot (because they were a good team and trained not to foul) and conversely they knew how to draw fouls. It wasn't a ref conspiracy, it was a legitimate coaching strategy.

Apollo wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 6:46 pm I was soooo excited by the prospect of a Lions-Bills Super Bowl and now I'm so disappointed I can hardly muster the energy to watch the game ...

Eagles-Chiefs again?! ZZZZzzzzz...

RunningMn9 wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 6:04 pm I don’t much care about the penalties. I care about incorrectly officiating the game, all of us seeing that the game was officiated incorrectly during a review, and the sticking with the incorrect call.

It is not possible to have one hand on top of a football, and have the entire bottom of the football hit the ground, and your conclusion is “cool, that’s a catch”. We all saw that it wasn’t a catch. The broadcast booth saw it wasn’t a catch. The longtime ex-official in the booth saw that it wasn’t a catch. Result? Catch, first and goal.

Or the sequence when BUF had the ball with a 3rd and 3. They throw to the TE, who clearly gets a first down. Ref moves it back half a yard. No first down. Then they go for it on fourth down, and they get a first down. The ref with the view of Allen’s front (with the ball) comes in and spots it correctly as a first down. The ref on the other side, who was looking at Allen’s back, marks the ball short. They elect to go with the official that did not see the ball at any time during the play. Go to the review, and everyone can clearly see the ball passed the line to gain. They marked the screen along the line, the ball clearly passes it. Result? Call upheld, turnover on downs.

What I cannot abide is when the technology you have tells you the right answer, and we can all see the right answer, and you go with the wrong answer. That turnover on downs completely turned the game around. Certainly Buffalo could have won later. But they were put in a place where they had to do more, due to official incompetence.

When was the last time a call like that went against KC in a pivotal moment of a playoff game?

Apollo wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 6:46 pm I was soooo excited by the prospect of a Lions-Bills Super Bowl and now I'm so disappointed I can hardly muster the energy to watch the game despite only missing one Super Bowl since XI in '77.

Eagles-Chiefs again?! ZZZZzzzzz...

RunningMn9 wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 10:06 pm I want to be clear that I’m not saying the Bills lost because of the refs. They weren’t executing all game. The refs made a hard task harder. And I’m tired of watching it.

Kurth wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:24 pm

Apollo wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 6:46 pm I was soooo excited by the prospect of a Lions-Bills Super Bowl and now I'm so disappointed I can hardly muster the energy to watch the game despite only missing one Super Bowl since XI in '77.

Eagles-Chiefs again?! ZZZZzzzzz...

“ZZZZzzzzzzz . . . “ Are you kidding? Did you not watch the last Eagles/Chiefs Super Bowl in 2022? That game was one of the best, most competitive and entertaining Super Bowls ever. It was an instant classic. And that’s coming from a die-hard Eagles fan who was utterly crushed at the outcome.

But it was a hell of a game by both teams. There have been some real Super Bowls snooze-fests. 2022 Eagles/Chiefs was not one, and the rematch this year may be even better!

LawBeefaroni wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 11:27 am I'll say this. Within a span of about 48-50 hours, the Lions lost a soul crushing game, we inaugurated probably our last elected president, and tOSU won a national title. For me, that's a shit sandwich with shit bread, probably an overpriced artisan shit sourdough. The fact that we'll now be subject to more KC populism again this year is just shit icing, and who puts icing on a sandwich?

I'm just over [North American] football for now. Sorry Eagles, you probably deserve better.

Unagi wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 8:43 am While the ‘rematch’ may be a good ‘contest’ or ‘match up’ , it’s a complete and total snoozer for America.

Kurth wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 5:13 pm

Unagi wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 8:43 am While the ‘rematch’ may be a good ‘contest’ or ‘match up’ , it’s a complete and total snoozer for America.

Fair enough, I guess, if you're talking about Americans that care more about Super Bowl commercials, half-time shows and narrative drama than they do about watching a very good football game.

If you want to watch two competitive teams with HoF-destined players playing football at the absolute top of their game, this match up is not a snoozer by any metric.

Edited to add: Also, I don't understand the quotes around 'rematch' or 'contest' or 'match up.' What do those mean?

ImLawBoy wrote:To some extent I get the disappointment that there aren't new teams or the underdogs like the Guapster mentions, but you've got two good football teams, including the best QB and RB currently in the game, going at it in the championship. I really don't get how this could be considered a snoozefest.

Kurth wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 5:13 pm

Unagi wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 8:43 am While the ‘rematch’ may be a good ‘contest’ or ‘match up’ , it’s a complete and total snoozer for America.

Fair enough, I guess, if you're talking about Americans that care more about Super Bowl commercials, half-time shows and narrative drama than they do about watching a very good football game.

If you want to watch two competitive teams with HoF-destined players playing football at the absolute top of their game, this match up is not a snoozer by any metric.

Edited to add: Also, I don't understand the quotes around 'rematch' or 'contest' or 'match up.' What do those mean?

RunningMn9 wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 7:34 pm The Eagles are coached by the most hate-able human being in the NFL, this side of Deshaun Watson.

ImLawBoy wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 6:02 pm To some extent I get the disappointment that there aren't new teams or the underdogs like the Guapster mentions, but you've got two good football teams, including the best QB and RB currently in the game, going at it in the championship. I really don't get how this could be considered a snoozefest.

Jaymann wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 11:49 pm It's a win-win. If the Eagles win they stopped Mahomes. If the Chiefs win people will start saying Mahomes is better than Brady.

EvilHomer3k wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:35 am

Jaymann wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 11:49 pm It's a win-win. If the Eagles win they stopped Mahomes. If the Chiefs win people will start saying Mahomes is better than Brady.

What's most important, though, is when will we stop having to hear people say bundlerooski? I'm not a Chiefs hater (surprisingly since I was a Charger's fan) but I am so sick of the state farm commercials. Every time they come on I feel like Michael Scott when Toby walks in to the room.