Sunday, February 2, 2014

Place Your Bets

Alright, you gambling degenerates, it's time to place your bets on the outcome of the Super Bowl.  Since Lem doesn't want to go to prison hasn't enabled the gambling option on his blog,  we'll just do this by poll.  Bets have to be placed before kickoff.  Make you reasoning known in the comments.

Winning Team  The point spread is 2.5 points.

Who Will Win The 2014 Super Bowl?





  
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 Over/Under  The Over/Under is 47.5 Points

I Bet The Over/Under



  
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88 comments:

Michael Haz said...

I'll take Denver and the points. And the under.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Seattle straight up.

Revenant said...

There should be a "that's today?" option for the sports-unaware. :)

Icepick said...

Reasoning from a previous thread, lightly edited:

I bet Seattle for the win. But I imagine it will probably be a fairly tight game and I'm looking forward to it. But I just usually favor defense and running over a passing attack, at pretty much all levels of football.

I also expect it will be key for Denver to get some sort of running attack early, just to keep the front four on that Seattle defense honest. They can get really nasty when they can key on a passer. That could make a real difference in the red zone because Manning hasn't seen a secondary as long and tall as that (I don't believe), and he isn't the most strong-armed passer in the world.

Icepick said...

I took the under, but that's because I just clicked under before realizing Paul Lynde was an option.

Icepick said...

Yeah, baby! 2-0, just like I wanted!

The Dude said...

Yeah, who the hell mentioned 2-0? What the hey?

Michael Haz said...

Not only is it 2-0, it's also 0-2, so double win on that bet.

AllenS said...

Some bumbling goin' on.

The Dude said...

And it's 22-0, too. Denver's play is offensive.

AllenS said...

Fastest score in Super Bowl history. 2 points.

Michael Haz said...

Denver's defense was not prepared for this game. They looked confused from the start. Denver's offense was overwhelmed. They can't protect Manning long enough for the wide receivers to get downfield. Bad all around for Denver.

Shouting Thomas said...

Bruno Mars does Jackie Wilson!

Icepick said...

Denver's offensive line is getting their asses kicked. They've had at least four penalties and the bad snap, plus letting Manning get mauled. That INT that got run back was about half Manning's fault, half the O-line's fault.

Glad the refs eventually got the non-fumble on the kick-off correct. I hate bad calls in football games, even if they go the way of the team I'm rooting for.

Icepick said...

And Sixty, I mentioned wanting a 2-0 (or rather, 0-2, per Haz) score in the previous comment thread.

Mars isn't bad as James Brown, but he needs a guy shouting "Bruno Mars! Bruno Mars!" following him around to get the whole effect. And now I'm behind on the broadcast.

Grrr.

Shouting Thomas said...

Yikes!

The rout in on!

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Denver is napping out there.

Icepick said...

The commercials generally haven't been bad, but not great either. The Bud Light series has been terrible.

So far my favorites were the Cheerios commercial (the Mom's look at the end sold it) and ... I forgot the other one! Dang it, I actually liked it, too.

PERCY! PERCY PERCY!

Back live and

PERCY! PERCY PERCY!

Shouting Thomas said...

Come on, Peyton.

Make a game out of it.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

A surgery recovering concussed return for a TD.

WTF?

Icepick said...

Elway, you bitch! You didn't just fuck with Tim Tebow, you fucked with Gator Nation!

PERCY! PERCY! PERCY!

Icepick said...

Seattle's biggest problem is that their kicker's leg is going to get tired.

Icepick said...

Where's your Messiah now?

AllenS said...

I think Peyton Manning is on LSD.

Icepick said...

Oh, of course, I liked the TEBOW ad earlier.

Michael Haz said...

Somewhere Jim Irsay is watching this and feeling happy Andrew Luck is his quarterback.

Icepick said...

He's on OLD. Here's really looking like an old QB. We might get a Y. A. Tittle moment at the end of the game.

Icepick said...

Also, both Dee Snyder (Twisted Sister) and Quiet Riot have made appearances tonight. Very strange.

Icepick said...

Somewhere Jim Irsay is watching this and feeling happy Andrew Luck is his quarterback.

I'd vote that up if we had buttons. Back to the game.

Shouting Thomas said...

Coupla turnovers is Denver's only hope.

Icepick said...

I will say this, however:

It's a shame that Champ Bailey won't get a Super Bowl championship to cap his career.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

I liked the Matrix Morpheus car commercial.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Did he punch out the ball out of his chest.

Shouting Thomas said...

Bring back Tebow!

Bring back Tebow!

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Tebow couldn't do any worst.

Icepick said...

And for the record, I haven't and don't think Tebow is an NFL caliber QB. I don't have a problem that Elway wanted to get a better QB - if I had been running the team I would have felt the same way.

I _DO_ have a problem with the fact that he was rooting for his own player to fail, and for his team to lose, just to make his own life easier. That's scumbag behavior.

Icepick said...

Coupla turnovers is Denver's only hope.

Well, they had one.

Oh, you mean SEATTLE needs to turn it over.

Icepick said...

Great pass from Wilson there. I like him as a player.

Icepick said...

Elway must be thinking this is just like his first three Super Bowls.

TEEEEEEE-bow!
TEEEEEEE-bow!
TEEEEEEE-bow!
TEEEEEEE-bow!

Michael Haz said...

The last good Bronco run was OJ Simpson in 1994 on the LA freeway.

Icepick said...

Go for two, Seattle!

Icepick said...

The last good Bronco run was OJ Simpson in 1994 on the LA freeway.

Ooooo, so you aren't voting for Terrell Davis for the Hall of Fame?

Icepick said...

36-8. And epically ugly score.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

The birth of "the slow speed chase" phrase.

Shouting Thomas said...

Will Peyton retire?

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Make that the "low-speed chase".

Michael Haz said...

Altspouse will blog about the Dylan commercial. You know, the commercial where a septuagenarian stoner forfeits that Chrysler is 100% owned by Fiat.

Michael Haz said...

Forgets, not forfeits

Michael Haz said...

Denver is brilliantly re-enacting the ObamaCare rollout.

Shouting Thomas said...

@Michael,

I try my best not to hold Altspouse against Dylan.

It's not Dylan's fault.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

lol.

You should tweet that MH. I will if you don't.

Shouting Thomas said...

Obama filibustered O'Reilly out of play in the pre-game interview.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

James Taranto ‏@jamestaranto 6m
Now I understand the expression "beating a dead horse."

Michael Haz said...

This game is like a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Steven Hawking.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Omaha was taken out on the very first play of the game.

Icepick said...

Has manning said Omaha tonight?

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

@QuickTortuga: "What did you do after the Superbowl was over?"

"Watched the 2nd half"

Shouting Thomas said...

Microsoft wins the Super Bowl!

Triumph of the anti-Christ!

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

"Has manning said Omaha tonight?"

I was in and out TV earshot, but, during the time I was paying attention I didn't hear it once.

The Dude said...

Denver plus 36? Would that work?

The Dude said...

John Fox still sucks as a coach. He should be unemployed before the sun rises again.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Manning was mugged multiple times tonight.

Shouting Thomas said...

Roll me a big one, Seattle!

Treat yourself to the Afghan Kush on me!

Trooper York said...

I was flipping between the game and Downton Abbey because I am not in any pools this year so I don't care.

But I finally realized what would be the perfect nickname for Peyton Manning.

Anna Bates.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Pat Sajak ‏@patsajak 4m
Game not as close as final score would indicate.

Paddy O said...

Well, this is an awkward post to first read at this point.

Best comment I heard: Denver is playing like they've been enjoying their new law a bit too much recently!

Shouting Thomas said...

Jesus Christ,

Althouse is going to be giving Dylan the biggest virtual blow job she can muster tomorrow.

ndspinelli said...

That commercial is the first time Dylan was intelligible in 3 decades.

rcocean said...

Wow, well that was boring.

Trooper York said...

Well you know that Peyton will be full of excuses about why he is not as good as his brother.

I think he should go with the fact that he was traumatized because he was touched inappropriately by Woody Allen.

rcocean said...

An old fashioned Super Bowl Blow-out. I'm reminded of Fran Tarkington for some reason

rcocean said...

They need to give team's a "No Mas" option.

chickelit said...

I saw the Dylan commercial.

First thought: what will Althouse say?

Will she compare it to Clint Eastwood's pitch?

BTW, there was an earlier commercial which used the track "I Want You"

Did you catch that?

john said...

I actually didn't recognize Dylan without his hat. It was a good ad even though he didn't really need to tarnish his image just for the SB. Has Dylan ever acted in a TV ad before?

He seems to have gotten over his laryngitis.

john said...

"Let Germany brew your beer, and Switzerland make your watch."

Dylan's not going to be doing any Bud commercials very soon.

Icepick said...

"Let Germany brew your beer, and Switzerland make your watch."

"Let Italy reap the profits from your dumb automobile purchase."

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...

But Washington state had just enacted the same law too, Paddy.

Chip Ahoy said...

I was buying a sandwich when the initial hike went over Manning's head but I did not see that part, I only saw the Bronco pounce upon the ball, and I said, "That looks pretty good to me."

Another customer (male, intensely interested) said, "That's a safety." Reading my blank expression correctly another bloke, his friend said, "The ball was hiked over his head." And I go, "Ha ha ha. I take it back. That is not good at all." And now all four, the worker, I and two customers are all Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.

But that was the very beginning before they had their asses handed back to them following those asses so ignominiously fucked in public like that.

Park bad you. No parade for you!

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...

To be fair, Dylan suggested that we "build your car", not that we own the company.

Icepick said...

A last comment about an ad:

The Budweiser homecoming parade commercial. Somehow, they managed to make Winter Park look vaguely rustic, which is quite a trick. Winter Park is right smack in the middle of Central Florida's urban sprawl. And the street where they held the parade is rather toney, a bit posh, even. (I've been watching too many British TV shows lately.) So that was some fine editing to achieve that particular effect.

A good ad, though.

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Unknown said...

Congrats to the Seahawks.
I would have cheered for them if the Broncos were not the other team.

I have friends and family in the Seattle area. I also think it's exciting that this is their first Super Bowl win.

You want to see sad gloomy faces? Come to Denver right now. yeesh. Collective depression and chilly cold have settled upon us.

The Dude said...

Not to worry, it will be 4:20 there soon, and all will be forgotten.

deborah said...

Dylan looked creepily like crap. Grossed me out, really.

My problem at Lem's is I love Dylan's early stuff, but everyone seems to hate him lol.

rcocean said...

Seattle doesn't deserve a Superbowl. I too have relatives there, and while King County has many fine people, the city itself is full of latte-drinking SWPL snobs who like soccer more( they persist in calling it "real football") and performance art.

rcocean said...

As for Dylan, I thought he was dead. Isn't he like 100 years old?

rcocean said...

Chrysler's target market.

chickelit said...

My problem at Lem's is I love Dylan's early stuff, but everyone seems to hate him lol.

Don't listen them and it's not a probLem.