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Posted on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 09:31:22 AM EST
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My picks: Christina Aguilera's national anthem length (1:54) (OVER) - Lock of the day.

Time Aguiliera will hold "brave" (6 seconds) - (OVER) - 2nd lock of the day.

Number of times Fox will show Jerry Jones (3) (OVER) (Bonus, will also show Jerry Jones' daughter once.)

Mentions of Brett Favre (2 1/2) - (OVER.)

Time left when Gatorade bath given to winning coach (0:45 second)- (OVER).

Packers player will attempt a Lambeau Leap - (YES)

The keys word for the Super Bowl is OVER, as in OVERdone.

Let me add to the overdone by adding these picks -- TAILS in the coin toss, the Steelers (+3) and the Over 45 points scored.

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    OK, if we are betting we have to (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 10:40:30 AM EST
    define the meaning of 'hold "brave"'. Do you mean really hold the note, or slide all around it for 6 seconds?

    If the note isn't held steady.... (none / 0) (#6)
    by EL seattle on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 11:19:58 AM EST
    ... will she be flagged for an offsides penalty?

    That would seem unlikely, I guess.  But if the massive crowd starts to applaud/cheer/drown-out the anthem before "brave" has finished, I wouldn't mind seeing them get slapped with something like a 5-yard encroachment penalty, which would make things a bit cramped in the upper seats for a play or two.

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    As soon as I heard that Aguilera (none / 0) (#9)
    by Anne on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 11:43:49 AM EST
    would be singing the Star-Spangled Banner, I groaned...another rendition of the anthem that will not be delivered simply and honestly, so the attention can be on the song itself, but will, instead be "interpreted" to show off the vocal talents of the singer.

    Really plucks on my nerves.

    I'm pretty sure I will be hitting the mute button before she ever opens her mouth.

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    I truly wish people singing (5.00 / 1) (#12)
    by oculus on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 12:19:26 PM EST
    the national anthem on the field at sporting events did have "vocal talent."  

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    Me, never did care for (none / 0) (#17)
    by brodie on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 01:06:31 PM EST
    the difficult and musically uninspiring notes of our Star Spangled Banner.  

    So I'd just as soon see someone botch it, accidentally or on purpose.  Looking for a Bob Goulet, Carl Lewis or Roseanne moment.

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    You won't get it here (none / 0) (#18)
    by CoralGables on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 01:50:11 PM EST
    these are the only two prop bets that are already decided (if you have insider info). The singing of the anthem for the super bowl is so programmed it's been in the can for a week.

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    Oh, forgot, (none / 0) (#59)
    by brodie on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:08:48 PM EST
    Silly me, and I think you're right.  It's one of the TBTF moments that for Patriotic and National Security reasons must not get screwed up on this one day.

    Well, let's hope the game itself isn't "pre-programmed", like that sports fixes reporter feller on the radio talked about last night.

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    From what I heard (none / 0) (#72)
    by CoralGables on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 06:40:20 PM EST
    sounded like she went live. Maybe they only tape it when they have flyovers for the timing.

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    Aguilera is one of the finest pop singers (none / 0) (#53)
    by DFLer on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:54:48 PM EST
    out there. Her chops are world-class. She could sing the phone book, and I would listen to it.

    She can sing any idiom, including jazz, with finesse, passion and grace.

    Okay, she may have started the melisma craze, but don't blame the innovator for all the imitators.

    Check it out. It might be great! Mute Joe Buck, not Christina.

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    I agree (none / 0) (#58)
    by CoralGables on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:07:07 PM EST
    Even going back ten years, at about 5'2" she always had a big girl voice in a little package.

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    Yes thanks (none / 0) (#62)
    by DFLer on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:25:52 PM EST
    and she's been bringing it since she was a young child. Check out this clip of her at 11 years of age. Technique up the yingyang and plenty of soul.

    youtube

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    She does have the chops (none / 0) (#64)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:52:22 PM EST
    Therefore she can sing the anthem without the flourishes. Hope that is what she chose!

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    Already Joe Buck is driving me crazy! (none / 0) (#68)
    by DFLer on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 05:19:10 PM EST
    Get the mute!

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    I don't like him (none / 0) (#73)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 06:47:26 PM EST
    I think he is more knowledgeable about baseball than he is about football (about which he seems to know jack sh!t), but I don't like his announcing even for baseball.  I did like his dad, Jack Buck, when he used to announce for the St. Louis Cardinals.  (Boy, am I old- I remember when Harry Caray used to announce for St. Louis, before he was inexplicably canned, went to the Oakland A's briefly, and then went to Chicago, first the White Sox, then the Cubs).

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    It might be! It could be!!! (none / 0) (#82)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 09:25:45 PM EST
    I grew up listening to Harry. His accuracy wasn't all that great but to a country kid listening on an AM Philco radio he made it all great!

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    It is....... (none / 0) (#83)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 09:36:08 PM EST
    ... a home run!  Yes, I grew up listening to him, too.  ;-)

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    Perfect description (none / 0) (#78)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 07:47:54 PM EST
    Great pipes, epic fail.

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    With Egypt more than anything (5.00 / 2) (#7)
    by brodie on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 11:31:43 AM EST
    on my mind, one of my favorite Egypt-related stories, a true one.

    Nonfiction author Graham Hancock, in preparation for his landmark best-selling book Fingerprints of the Gods, some 20 yrs ago arranges to bribe the guards at the Giza Plateau in order for him and his wife to climb the Great Pyramid.  After several dicey hours of climbing, just after sunrise they make it to the top where besides the incredible view from 480' up, they find plenty of graffitti scrawled over many years on the last level of stones.

    Hancock then happens to gaze down to the next level below and sees a stone with graffitti which startles him:  "P. Hancock, April 5, 1916."  Knowing his grandfather with that initial had done some world traveling of his own but not knowing all the details, Hancock later calls his father in Britain and asks him to go check his own father's diary entry for that date.

    His father locates the diary, and sure enough, there's an entry for that date.  It reads:  "April 5, 1916:  Climbed to the top of the Great Pyramid."  

    Chills! (none / 0) (#29)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 02:57:55 PM EST
    I just finished Twain's 'The Innocents Abroad'. He tells of being hauled up the pyramid by guides that he could not avoid, and of the view from the side, which he did not enjoy as much since the guides seemed to be in a race to the top.

    Anyone else ever read that book? Astonishingly insulting to Arabs. Jaw dropping,in fact.

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    Nevertheless, I love that book. (none / 0) (#34)
    by oculus on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:12:13 PM EST


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    I liked it too (none / 0) (#44)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:31:12 PM EST
    To be fair, he is only marginally more complimentary about most other people.

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    The only thing super... (5.00 / 1) (#15)
    by Dadler on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 12:50:31 PM EST
    ...is the bowl of fresh guacamole next to the sack of tortilla chips. Couldn't care less who wins, I just want a classic to watch. Do me a solid, boys.

    Check as to all that, (none / 0) (#16)
    by brodie on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 01:03:25 PM EST
    except none but the finest baked tortilla chips are allowed chez moi.

    Kinda sentimentally favor the Packuhz for their funny frozen trundra and the interesting Lombardi legacy and that coach's close ties to my favorite prez of the 20th C.  Community owned team also a huge plus in their favor, especially in an era with more and more billionaire individual owners who make out like bandits with the outrageous sums forked over to them by the teevee networks.

    Steelmen of course also have an owner whose family has long Demo ties, and Rooney was the owner who insisted on what would become the Rooney Rule re requiring owners to interview minority candidates for coaching openings.  And it would be a nice thing if the Steelers' current coach could become the first black coach to win more than one SB.  Except for the presence of their crude, groping trainwreck of a QB, I'd like this team a whole lot more.

    Just give me a good game, well into the 4th qtr.

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    I confess a fondness for the Pack (5.00 / 0) (#26)
    by Dadler on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 02:38:08 PM EST
    Mostly that this little town has such a storied team.  That and the Steelers have enough already, and I like Rogers over Rothlesberger.  Plus the Steelers broke my heart thirty-one years ago when they beat my beloved LOS ANGELES Rams in the Rose Bowl in Super Bowl XIV.  Friggin' home game for us.  Ferragamo shoulda been the first Jeff Hostetler.  Uh...

    And baked tortilla chips??? Egad.  

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    Ah that Super Bowl -- (none / 0) (#61)
    by brodie on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:18:51 PM EST
    yep, heartbreaker for Angelenos, particularly since a year or so before the eerily prescient Warren Beatty in Heaven Can Wait was QBing the L.A. Rams to their first SB championship with a dramatic last-minute TD.

    Otoh, when you think about it, having home-field advantage in L.A.  is only marginally better than playing on a neutral field given those famously laid-back fans.

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    Chile con queso (none / 0) (#31)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:00:16 PM EST
    dip here, with tortilla chips.  Plus I'll be making Buffalo wings later, and steak fries.  (No, we certainly don't eat like this all the time, just for the Super Bowl.  Pass the antacids!)

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    Where is the Greekness in that menue? (5.00 / 1) (#35)
    by oculus on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:12:57 PM EST


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    I don't (none / 0) (#41)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:27:32 PM EST
    only cook Greek!  The Buffalo wings recipe is from my dad, an excellent Greek cook but also an excellent anything cook.  ;-)  (I also have some leftover  home-made tzatziki sauce that I'm setting out, with pita wedges.)

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    Steak fries (none / 0) (#33)
    by Dadler on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:04:15 PM EST
    Holy sh*t, my arteries are SO aroused.  I haven't had good steak fries in years, literally.  Too easy to undercook them.

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    Soak them in (none / 0) (#40)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:25:03 PM EST
    ice water at least a half hour.  Drain and pat dry.  Cook them until done but not brown at 325-350.  (In small batches!)  Drain them (a brown paper bag is good for this, if you have one).  Increase the temperature of your fat to 350-375, and cook them until golden.  (BTW, Dadler, I've been saving and freezing duck fat from roast ducks, which I make occasionally.  When I have enough, I'm making Belgian-style fries cooked in duck fat.  I know, I know- our arteries are clogging at the very thought.)

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    I care! Go Pack! (none / 0) (#74)
    by jawbone on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 06:51:37 PM EST
    Nothing more -- don't want to jinx anything....

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    Time I will spend watching (none / 0) (#1)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 10:12:51 AM EST
    game (3 minutes)OVER - but I won't miss the commercials.

    After all, I am a loyal and patriotic consumer.

    Persons present will boo Reagan (none / 0) (#3)
    by oculus on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 10:56:15 AM EST
    commemoration.  Yes, I hope.

    Yeah. Why no picks for Gipper (none / 0) (#4)
    by Joan in VA on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 11:03:10 AM EST
    tribute? Ugh.

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    That would be great (none / 0) (#5)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 11:10:55 AM EST
    Does anyone know when that tribute is going to be? before the game, halftime, or what? I was considering putting the game on just to participate in the SB, but want to miss the Reaganfest.

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    Whenever they do it, (none / 0) (#8)
    by brodie on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 11:35:28 AM EST
    I'm positive it will be overdone Reagan Mythmaking at its finest, and go on much too long for me to tolerate.

    I'm also worried the SB committee will drag out Michael Reagan to do the Coin Toss.

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    If the Super Bowl stadium is owned (none / 0) (#13)
    by oculus on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 12:32:17 PM EST
    by the city of Dallas, whatever happened to separation of church of Reagan and state?

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    Pre Fox sports: (none / 0) (#14)
    by oculus on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 12:40:57 PM EST
    Moving to Jones' gaudy stadium, nearly two-thirds of fans voted that the $325 million of taxpayer money to help build the new Cowboys Stadium was worth it, with just 16% saying it was a bad deal.



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    speaking of Reagan mythmaking (none / 0) (#25)
    by kenosharick on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 02:36:38 PM EST
    and it is certainly in high gear as of late, Politico had an article today about the revision of the Reagan library into a sort of Reagan "shrine" with little basis in reality. Hard to believe any self respecting historians would be involved.

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    i was wondering the same (none / 0) (#11)
    by nycstray on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 12:09:13 PM EST
    i'm kinda pissed they're doing this.

    i did find it cute that my mom called and wanted to know when the game was. she wants to see the BEP :)

    i'll prob be in the garden. noticed a seed delivery in my mailbox this am and it's already pushing 70 out :D

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    Nancy Reagan (none / 0) (#24)
    by jbindc on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 02:31:12 PM EST
    Laid a wreath at the Reagan Library at an event this morning which culminated a weekend long celebration.  

    So no, she wouldn't be in Dallas today.

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    Exactly the place for a commemoration (5.00 / 1) (#27)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 02:47:02 PM EST
    And I wish her well.

    I'm starting to wonder if the SB people planned the Reagan tribute in case they were pressured to give equal time if Obama came to the game? They should not have bet on the Bears.

    Reminds me- I got the loopiest wing nut chain email ever the other day. Said everyone should be rooting for the Packers in thanks for keeping Obama away from the game. security costs, taxpayers, blah blah blah. I replied to my poor misguided rightie friend that I wouldn't root for Packers under any circumstances, and that the reason Obama could even consider coming to the game was that the security was already so tight. And btw, how about the baseball games where various bushes throw out first pitches? We are still friends :-) See, in can have civil discourse with the other side!

    Anyway, my decreasing interest in sports directly correlates to the increased insertion of politics.

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    Yes (none / 0) (#57)
    by jbindc on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:06:05 PM EST
    Especially as a frail 89 year old woman, something tells me she wouldn't be in to the Super Bowl even if wasn't the 100th anniversary of Ronnie's birth.

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    I'm afraid I find (none / 0) (#10)
    by robotalk on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 11:46:18 AM EST
    the super bowl anti climatic.  Quality of playoff play was substandard. These are not particularly good teams.  

    Thinking of you, because (none / 0) (#50)
    by Towanda on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:42:28 PM EST
    we have been invited to watch the game while consuming something called Kalua pork, made with some special Hawaiian sea salt.  Mmmmmmmm.

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    Not through five-foot snowdrifts, no. (none / 0) (#77)
    by Towanda on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 07:31:53 PM EST
    Sadly, we settled for a crockpot.  Ten hours.  But still yummmy!

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    Re Egypt. This CNN article (none / 0) (#19)
    by oculus on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 01:53:48 PM EST
    includes what Egyptian state-run TV is reporting re mtg. between the "two sides" (VP Suleiman on one side, Muslim Brotherhood and others, but not all, on the other side):  CNN

    Shocking that UN says 300+ dead (none / 0) (#23)
    by Towanda on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 02:27:31 PM EST
    in the Egyptian protests, while the Egyptian government -- and so government-run tv, which is all that many Egyptians see -- admit only 11 dead.  

    The divide between what most Egyptians see and what the rest of the world sees is so sad and will mean more deaths before this is resolved, also making me pessimistic that the protesters will gain real regime change without wider support there and here, where our regime could use some change re Egypt, too.

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    Phuck phootball, let's talk college hoops (none / 0) (#28)
    by Dadler on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 02:51:04 PM EST
    I was witness to this miracle shot last night, by former Laker Mychel Thompson's son, which sent the game into overtime against the Univ. of San Diego. Pepperdine whooped us in overtime.  Bah!  (LINK)

    Wow, very cool. The perfect antidote (none / 0) (#32)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:03:25 PM EST
    I was reading that the NFL is considering adding two more games to the season, if the owners get their way in the upcoming negotiations. One of the reasons I would hate that is that it would cut into college basketball season too much. But I'm sure money will talk.

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    Not to mention Spring Training. (none / 0) (#36)
    by oculus on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:13:37 PM EST


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    Two of my favorite book titles: (5.00 / 1) (#55)
    by DFLer on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:02:32 PM EST
    Why Time Begins on Opening Day

    How Life Imitates the World Series

    both by Thomas Boswell.

    I also like to change it to:Life Begins on Opening Day

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    Yes, that would be another reason. (none / 0) (#39)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:22:04 PM EST
    Also pushing dangerously close to opening day of the regular season. I need more time to cleanse the palate.

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    I don't think it would (none / 0) (#56)
    by jbindc on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:05:10 PM EST
    (I think) the other two games would replace two of the pre-season games, so they would start the season in August instead of September, to finish at the same time.  No conflict with basketball (a sport that has WAAAYYYY too long of a season in itself), nor spring training.

    (I could be wrong, so please feel free to correct)

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    Cool! In that case I have no complaint! (none / 0) (#65)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:54:10 PM EST


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    Mychal Thomson (none / 0) (#42)
    by CoralGables on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:27:48 PM EST
    father used an "a".

    I saw the father play for Jackson High School in Miami. Probably the greatest high school team ever.

    The team was referred to as the Jackson 5. And they should have been great. They were eventually stripped of their state title when it was found that several of the players were overage including (I believe) Mychal. The school recruited a handful of 19 and 20 year olds from the Bahamas and easily took the state title. One of the players was a former Bahamian policeman and all five starters signed Divison 1 basketball scholarships.

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    Interesting (none / 0) (#81)
    by Dadler on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 08:29:20 PM EST
    "I used to be an underpaid cop, now I'm a highly recruited high school basketball player.  Jackson High's not just a school, it's a miracle factory. Enroll today.  Salary commensurate with field goal percentage."

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    This would be a terrific movie. (none / 0) (#85)
    by oculus on Mon Feb 07, 2011 at 12:37:14 AM EST


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    The final score just came to me (none / 0) (#30)
    by Dadler on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 02:58:58 PM EST
    Packers 37  Steelers 34

    I'm a Bears fan. So, I think there may (5.00 / 1) (#37)
    by caseyOR on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:15:19 PM EST
    actually be a law that requires me to root against the Packers. Much like the law that requires that I, as a Cubs fan, always cheer any and all losses by the St. Louis Cardinals.

    Still, I am not about to throw my support to the Steelers. Roger Gooden and Art Rooney may have decided that Rothlesberger, who was recently described by a local sports writer as the dirtbag of the NFL, is a changed man who has finally grown up, but I don't buy it. And I have reached my lifetime limit of tolerance for jackw@d athletes who think the law and common decency do not apply to them.

    So, where does that leave me? Pitchers and catchers report in a couple of weeks.

    Go, Cubs!!

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    Booooo! (5.00 / 1) (#48)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:40:48 PM EST
    Go, Cards!!   ;-)

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    There is such a law, I know for a fact (none / 0) (#38)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:20:10 PM EST
    Would my dad lie to me?

    Yeah, the steelers are really not much of an option. I just look at the game as a warmup for the special episode of Glee.

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    I must confess to quietly, with the utmost (5.00 / 1) (#43)
    by caseyOR on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:28:33 PM EST
    discretion, violating the "No Cheers For Packers" law each and every time the Pack faced off against the Favre-led Vikings. Like I said, I am so done with jackw@d athletes.

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    That falls under the Packers v Packers loophole (none / 0) (#45)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:34:27 PM EST


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    I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers (none / 0) (#46)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:36:00 PM EST
    -- Paul Simon

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    A lot of Chicagoans I know (none / 0) (#47)
    by Towanda on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:39:19 PM EST
    are cheering the Packers, for the proverbial reason that da Bearsss look better if beat by the champs.

    Plus, there is the anti-Roethlisberger factor -- not buying the "new Ben" nonsense, either.  He has been a dirtbag for too long to be born again.

    And yes, go Cubbies!  The storm damage to Wrigley field will be fixed in time, as long as we can get them into the dugout without having to dig out of another storm like the last one.

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    Ah yes, THAT reason (none / 0) (#51)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:45:50 PM EST
    Doesn't really hold true though, does it? No one goes back and says, wow, those Bears must have been better than they looked!

    I think it is just an instance of the Stockholm Syndrome. They are starting to relate to their oppressors. Stay strong, Chicagoans!

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    Of course, that factor holds true. (5.00 / 0) (#60)
    by Towanda on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:12:12 PM EST
    This is football.  This is sports.  Truth is what we want it to be.

    That you, at least you who claims to be ruffian, don't understand this makes me suspect that ruffian has been kidnapped and replaced by some furriner.  I say this because, listening to Al Jazeera as usual these days, I just got to hear the news break about what is happening in our country.  A hilarious report by a furrin correspondent in D.C., attempting to explain, amid other oddities: (a) football, (b) the locale of Wisconsin, and (c) the mad rush to grocery stores, where everyone is buying "beer and crisps" for the big game that will put "all Americans" in front of their televisions for hours.

    I couldn't help but think of The Mouse That Roared, and any potential invaders also getting their news from AJ would know that little more than an hour away, as I write this, would be the time to land on our shores and find the streets empty and ripe for takeover.

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    Hahahaha! (none / 0) (#63)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:50:53 PM EST
    Girl, you are so-o-o-o-o-o-o right!  Thanks for the laughs!

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    Lol. I can only draw on my own long (none / 0) (#66)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 04:58:06 PM EST
    experience of using that rationale!

     I see the NFL is attempting to further confound AJ by reading the Decalaration of Independence before the game.

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    I just saw that. I am (none / 0) (#67)
    by Towanda on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 05:07:30 PM EST
    bemused.  Was it really necessary to have the abrupt departure from one or two voices reading clauses to, instead, on the phrase "all men are created equal" a massive group basso bellow?  With particular bellowing emphasis on the word "men"?

    Yeh, guys, we know that we who are the majority of Americans don't have the ERA and equal rights.  But thanks for the reminder.  Just for that, I'm going to watch even less of your Testosterone Bowl.

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    I did notice the lack of female (none / 0) (#79)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 07:53:16 PM EST
    voices until they let some military personnel have a turn. Just very strange overall - heavy-handed propaganda for overseas viewers, I thought.

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    Here's what my niece posted on Facebook: (none / 0) (#86)
    by oculus on Mon Feb 07, 2011 at 12:48:49 AM EST
    Put this as your status if you know someone who suffers from being a Cubs Fan. Being a Cubs Fan is a real disorder and should be taken seriously. There is still no known cure for CF and sympathy does not help but we can raise awareness. 100% of Cardinals fans will repost this... Simply because we know how to copy and paste as well as tie our shoes.


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    O'Reilly is going to interview Obama (none / 0) (#49)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:42:22 PM EST
    during this 4 hr pre game show I just turned on. That should be entertaining!

    Do you deny that you are a man who wants to (none / 0) (#52)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:53:29 PM EST
    redistribute wealth? LOL.

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    Camera work is very bizarre (none / 0) (#54)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 03:58:24 PM EST
    Wierd split screen effect when they focus on Obama alone.

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    BTD (none / 0) (#69)
    by DFLer on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 05:28:04 PM EST
    1st lock...? about 2:30...slow start, uptempo for the rest.
    2nd lock...you lose! "Brave" held about 5 sec. or 4.5
    Hey, I'll give him all (none / 0) (#70)
    by brodie on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 05:35:26 PM EST
    those numbers, but the biggie here is that she botched the words.

    It wasn't canned after all.

    (and see my earlier #17 above)

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    Factoid re that 2nd Packer TD (none / 0) (#71)
    by Towanda on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 06:22:38 PM EST
    from a live blog I'm monitoring:

    Collins' TD was the 13th INT for TD in Super Bowl history. Teams that have returned a TD for an interception are 10-0 in the Super Bowl.

    Looks like Steelers will make history (none / 0) (#80)
    by Towanda on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 07:55:02 PM EST
    breaking that record, with the Packers defensive line down (Driver is in a boot) and out (Woodson and more).  

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    Nope, that interesting record holds (none / 0) (#84)
    by Towanda on Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 09:36:34 PM EST
    for the 45th year.

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    How do you return a TD? (none / 0) (#87)
    by cymro on Mon Feb 07, 2011 at 02:45:42 AM EST


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    Ha. I cut and pasted (none / 0) (#89)
    by Towanda on Mon Feb 07, 2011 at 08:03:18 AM EST
    that silly statement without thinking it through.  Um, reverse the order of the actions. :-)

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    Captain America- the Avenger (none / 0) (#90)
    by dancingjane on Tue Feb 08, 2011 at 09:36:27 AM EST
    Was anyone else depressed by the Captain America teaser? I felt like it was too short, I know that's why they call it a teaser but COME ON!

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