Anyone watching the Super Bowl ?

VTech

I'm no fan but I have it on good authority that some important news is coming during the event.
Anyone interested in boxing may well look for the updates to follow

southdownswolf

Will be watching the NFL, couldn't give a monkeys about a boxing announcement though... however, two seconds of googling turns up it will be about a Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight. Presume they are decent boxers.

pblakeney

southdownswolf wrote:

Will be watching the NFL, couldn't give a monkeys about a boxing announcement though... however, two seconds of googling turns up it will be about a Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight. Presume they are decent boxers.

They agreed terms at least a week ago so it is not news.
It is however, show business.

VTech

PBlakeney wrote:

southdownswolf wrote:

Will be watching the NFL, couldn't give a monkeys about a boxing announcement though... however, two seconds of googling turns up it will be about a Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight. Presume they are decent boxers.

They agreed terms at least a week ago so it is not news.
It is however, show business.

They agreed terms a few years ago. The contract wasn't processed until today with the fight sanctioned.
The only thing you knew last week was that a fight was happening on May 2nd and most expected it to end up being Khan which is why Amir was in Dubai.

Anyway, I'll be at ringside

pblakeney

VTech wrote:

PBlakeney wrote:

southdownswolf wrote:

Will be watching the NFL, couldn't give a monkeys about a boxing announcement though... however, two seconds of googling turns up it will be about a Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight. Presume they are decent boxers.

They agreed terms at least a week ago so it is not news.
It is however, show business.

They agreed terms a few years ago. The contract wasn't processed until today with the fight sanctioned.
The only thing you knew last week was that a fight was happening on May 2nd and most expected it to end up being Khan which is why Amir was in Dubai.

Anyway, I'll be at ringside

Not quite. I knew last week who would be fighting. Khan must have been gutted.

VTech

PBlakeney wrote:

VTech wrote:

PBlakeney wrote:

southdownswolf wrote:

Will be watching the NFL, couldn't give a monkeys about a boxing announcement though... however, two seconds of googling turns up it will be about a Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight. Presume they are decent boxers.

They agreed terms at least a week ago so it is not news.
It is however, show business.

They agreed terms a few years ago. The contract wasn't processed until today with the fight sanctioned.
The only thing you knew last week was that a fight was happening on May 2nd and most expected it to end up being Khan which is why Amir was in Dubai.

Anyway, I'll be at ringside

Not quite. I knew last week who would be fighting. Khan must have been gutted.

You would have only known if you were in the Mayweather camp. I was with Amir last week and at that time he was setting May 2nd aside for a fight. If you knew it was Manny you should have put a few quid on it because up until yesterday the odds sat at around 3/4 which could have meted you a small fortune if you had used that info wisely.

pblakeney

VTech wrote:

You would have only known if you were in the Mayweather camp. I was with Amir last week and at that time he was setting May 2nd aside for a fight. If you knew it was Manny you should have put a few quid on it because up until yesterday the odds sat at around 3/4 which could have meted you a small fortune if you had used that info wisely.

3/4 means it is odds on favourite and not a get rich scheme.

VTech

PBlakeney wrote:

VTech wrote:

You would have only known if you were in the Mayweather camp. I was with Amir last week and at that time he was setting May 2nd aside for a fight. If you knew it was Manny you should have put a few quid on it because up until yesterday the odds sat at around 3/4 which could have meted you a small fortune if you had used that info wisely.

3/4 means it is odds on favourite and not a get rich scheme.

I know how odds work and the fact that you were the only one outside of the Mayweather camp who knew which fight he was going to sign would make the bet a no brainier. You could have taken out a new mortgage or got your friends and family to chip in and make them all a fortune. Hell, next time you have a definite let me know and I'd have out a couple of hundred thou on it and give you a decent bung.

pblakeney

VTech wrote:

PBlakeney wrote:

VTech wrote:

You would have only known if you were in the Mayweather camp. I was with Amir last week and at that time he was setting May 2nd aside for a fight. If you knew it was Manny you should have put a few quid on it because up until yesterday the odds sat at around 3/4 which could have meted you a small fortune if you had used that info wisely.

3/4 means it is odds on favourite and not a get rich scheme.

I know how odds work and the fact that you were the only one outside of the Mayweather camp who knew which fight he was going to sign would make the bet a no brainier. You could have taken out a new mortgage or got your friends and family to chip in and make them all a fortune. Hell, next time you have a definite let me know and I'd have out a couple of hundred thou on it and give you a decent bung.

I will give you a tip for the future. Listen to Talksport. Most of it is nonsense but there are some nuggets.
Shhh.

mr_goo

Don't give a stuff about boxing.
Really looking forward to the Superbowl. Have watched nearly everyone since early 80s. Ah the 80s. Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Walter Payton, Jerry Rice, Marcus Allen, John Elway, Lawrence Taylor, Boomer Esiason... Great players.
Channel 4 used to do great coverage of NFL in early 80s , Nicky Horne, Mick Luckhurst and possibly Gary Imlach. They used to do the highlights to Frankie Goes to Hollywood Two Tribes, that was great. Then they changed the roster of hosts to a couple of british jokers The Vicious Boy and ruined what was an informative programme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abqt1CsfxMg

GO PATS!

ballysmate

Really tried to get into it in the 80s, the year Mike Ditka's Bears won. 85?
Gave up. Pure tedium.

finchy

Ballysmate wrote:

Really tried to get into it in the 80s, the year Mike Ditka's Bears won. 85?
Gave up. Pure tedium.

11 minutes of tedium apparently

ben@31

Looks like the New England are dominating the start. So far Seattle are not getting anywhere.

It always amazed me how a sport that has 60 minutes on the clock can last for 4 hours. I preferred watching games on the NFL website the next day as they removed the stoppages and just showed the action.

Could be worse, I find 5 day test-match cricket tedious. During the Tour de France I spend most of the time admiring the scenery while tracking where the pros are and their times, live on the TDF website.

ben@31

Amazing ending.

vimfuego

Unbelieveable ending - was wondering why on earth they didn't just hand it off to Lynch, then again the comments from Pete Carroll after the game put it in perspective & it wasn't actually such a terrible call (apart from being picked off).
So is Brady now as agood as Joe Montana?? (I don't think so).

lostboysaint

vimfuego wrote:

Unbelieveable ending - was wondering why on earth they didn't just hand it off to Lynch, then again the comments from Pete Carroll after the game put it in perspective & it wasn't actually such a terrible call (apart from being picked off).
So is Brady now as agood as Joe Montana?? (I don't think so).

As much as I hate Bellyache and the Patriots even I can say that Brady is as good as Big Sky - not just based on the ring count but that he has now done it in a number of teams that didn't have the quality of RB or WR around him that Joe did. Having Roger Craig and Jerry Rice alone did Montana massive favours as teams couldn't cope with either, let alone both. Brady's never really had that "world class" (in a one nation game ) support.

Having said that I still don't believe there's a quarterback that's as good as Dan Marino and he's got none!

seanoconn

Ballysmate wrote:

Really tried to get into it in the 80s, the year Mike Ditka's Bears won. 85?
Gave up. Pure tedium.

Me too. William Perry aka The Refrigerator

Stevo_666

Is it over for this year?

ballysmate

seanoconn wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

Really tried to get into it in the 80s, the year Mike Ditka's Bears won. 85?
Gave up. Pure tedium.

Me too. William Perry aka The Refrigerator

Yes a true athlete.

seanoconn

Ballysmate wrote:

seanoconn wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

Really tried to get into it in the 80s, the year Mike Ditka's Bears won. 85?
Gave up. Pure tedium.

Me too. William Perry aka The Refrigerator

Yes a true athlete.

CHRISNOIR

Mr Goo wrote:

Channel 4 used to do great coverage of NFL in early 80s , Nicky Horne, Mick Luckhurst and possibly Gary Imlach. They used to do the highlights to Frankie Goes to Hollywood Two Tribes, that was great.

You're right, that was great - half-eight (?) on a Sunday night. I seem to remember OJ Simpson co-presenting some of the early Channel 4 NFL covereage. Quite some time ago, though. Well before he got into a spot of bother.

Paulie W

VTech wrote:

PBlakeney wrote:

southdownswolf wrote:

Will be watching the NFL, couldn't give a monkeys about a boxing announcement though... however, two seconds of googling turns up it will be about a Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight. Presume they are decent boxers.

They agreed terms at least a week ago so it is not news.
It is however, show business.

They agreed terms a few years ago. The contract wasn't processed until today with the fight sanctioned.
The only thing you knew last week was that a fight was happening on May 2nd and most expected it to end up being Khan which is why Amir was in Dubai.

Anyway, I'll be at ringside

The problem is that no real boxing fan gives a sh!t about this fight now. I'm pretty sick of how they between them seem to have avoided making this happen when it was genuine superfight. Both are some years beyond their prime, especially Manny; and it is difficult to see this as anything but a Mayweather shutout these days (probably the same result in their respective prime but at least then there would have been the possibility of Manny doing a Castillo on Pretty Boy).

Oh and an exciting superbowl for a change; really enjoyed it.

lostboysaint

CHRISNOIR wrote:

Mr Goo wrote:

Channel 4 used to do great coverage of NFL in early 80s , Nicky Horne, Mick Luckhurst and possibly Gary Imlach. They used to do the highlights to Frankie Goes to Hollywood Two Tribes, that was great.

You're right, that was great - half-eight (?) on a Sunday night. I seem to remember OJ Simpson co-presenting some of the early Channel 4 NFL covereage. Quite some time ago, though. Well before he got into a spot of bother.

Nicky Horne and Miles Aiken originally!

vimfuego

lostboysaint wrote:

vimfuego wrote:

Having said that I still don't believe there's a quarterback that's as good as Dan Marino and he's got none!

That would be the Dan Marino that the New York Jest passed up in the draft ( ) - know what you mean though - great player. Weapons or not, for me Montana was just something else to watch. Take nothing away from Taaarm Brady he's right up there (soft balls or not) just the rose tinted view from my youth I guess.

Martincan

Yes - great finale!

Brady came good in the end. It was looking at one point as though XLIX was going to throw up a repeat of last year in terms of a QB having a shocker (sorry Peyton Manning!)

lostboysaint

vimfuego wrote:

lostboysaint wrote:

vimfuego wrote:

Having said that I still don't believe there's a quarterback that's as good as Dan Marino and he's got none!

That would be the Dan Marino that the New York Jest passed up in the draft ( ) - know what you mean though - great player. Weapons or not, for me Montana was just something else to watch. Take nothing away from Taaarm Brady he's right up there (soft balls or not) just the rose tinted view from my youth I guess.

The very same. And don't forget Tom was only no. 199 in the draft!!

I know what you mean, I look back at Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Roger Craig, Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen and think no-one compares in terms of runners and yet the numbers being racked by the guys now and seeing someone like Marshawn Lynch (who SHOULD have been handed the ball on that last Seahawks play) gets hit and yet still drives is just frightening. Same with the receivers, of which Jerry Rice was the ultimate, and Mark Bavaro - the guy that pretty much defined what a Tight End (oooeerrr Missus) should play like (and Rob Gronkowski has learned well!).

It's a bit like watching our own football (soccer). Go back and watch games from the 70s, 80s and even 90s and although you remember them fondly they're generally not a patch on what is played now. (Brazil 1970 excepted!)

vimfuego

Good call - Bavaro was always my favourite player back in the day, those yards after the catch vs Ronnie Lott and his 49er mates was brilliant.

Moontrane

mr_goo

What I find strange about the NFL is that despite the draft pick scenario, where the top college player ends up at the worst performing team of the season and so on, this to level out the teams. It does appear to me that the same teams end up in the play-offs and conference finals year in year out. But then being a Dolphins fan and not having won anything in decades may blinker my view. Mind you i suppose the Seahawks blow my argument out of the water. I'll shut up.

Joe Montana was without doubt the greatest quarterback, but Dan Marino was/is a legend.

lostboysaint

Joe Montana without doubt? I think you mean "in your opinion". Bob Griese is still the only QB to go a season unbeaten, Jim McMahon went a whole (superbowl winning) season with only one loss but does that make him a great? Bradshaw has the same number of SB wins as Big Sky, Favre holds all the records, Manning (P) is widely regarded as one of the best ever, as is (bizarrely) John Elway. That's without going back to guys like Namath. So "without doubt" is a bit of a nonsense claim really isn't it

The draft situation used to be a lot more effective in leveling out the differences but, as with all other American sports, they decided that that situation was far too socialist and that money should talk. So they opened up free agency hugely, created a far more complex set of rules for what constitutes their version of "financial fair play" and now you see the results.