# 2016 Super Bowl **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 27, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364 "2016-01-27T14:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/141 "2016-02-08T00:29:43Z")
Well, Talib is sure stinking up the place now. ---
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/142 "2016-02-08T00:29:46Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > No, Cam, you don’t get to keep running just because nobody committed a personal foul by hitting you after you slid. I think the refs were late on the whistle though… ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/143 "2016-02-08T00:30:48Z")
That drive was genuine Panthers. As much as I hated to watch it, I’m still impressed. Hope they don’t make a habit of it. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/144 "2016-02-08T00:35:25Z")
Shouldn’t have had to throw a challenge flag to get that call. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/145 "2016-02-08T00:37:40Z")
“You get two failed challenges” is the most obvious rule change to everyone in the world except the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/146 "2016-02-08T00:44:39Z")
The Panthers hit him _before_ he caught the ball, and he still got 61 yards. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/147 "2016-02-08T00:45:45Z")
I have no idea how the refs missed the catch interference, but it worked okay for him. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/148 "2016-02-08T00:47:16Z")
So did the Panthers just assume that he’d called fair catch there? That’s all that I could figure. What a brain-dead play by the whole cover team! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/149 "2016-02-08T00:53:55Z")
OK, that one was a fucking fumble. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/150 "2016-02-08T01:00:07Z")
And the noodle-arm bites em in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/151 "2016-02-08T01:00:52Z")
The defense is ruling this one. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/152 "2016-02-08T01:02:37Z")
Is intentional grounding not a foul in the NFL anymore? I swear, that’s about three grounding calls missed between the AFC Championship and the Super Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/153 "2016-02-08T01:02:41Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > And the noodle-arm bites em in the ass. Yeah. The useless announcers are saying that the defender turned around too soon, but that pass wouldn’t have gone to the receiver anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/154 "2016-02-08T01:03:51Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Is intentional grounding not a foul in the NFL anymore? I swear, that’s about three grounding calls missed between the AFC Championship and the Super Bowl. Apparently it went beyond the line of scrimmage. Which I wouldn’t count as an exception, but it is, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/155 "2016-02-08T01:06:23Z")
I thought it was still grounding if the QB threw “in the grasp” to try and avoid the sack. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/156 "2016-02-08T01:07:28Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Apparently it went beyond the line of scrimmage. Which I wouldn’t count as an exception, but it is, I guess. It’s only an exception if the QB is outside the tackle box, but Newton wasn’t, so I don’t know why that wasn’t flagged, or why the booth didn’t mention it. Ugh, Phil Simms is like my favorite player ever, but he’s a shitty announcer. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/157 "2016-02-08T01:11:55Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Ugh, Phil Simms is like my favorite player ever, but he’s a shitty announcer. That’s why I assumed it must be a part of the rule I didn’t know; the announcer said so. I guess I should assume that no longer. ---
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/158 "2016-02-08T01:13:18Z")
The air-time on the 24-yard pass was insane. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/159 "2016-02-08T01:16:06Z")
That’s a good way to send Newton to the locker room. Let him think about that for the next hour. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364/160 "2016-02-08T01:22:17Z")
Great defensive game. It’s interesting to see the game plan Wade Phillips has put together, and how well the players are executing it. I’m really hoping we’ll see a defensive player get the MVP. Manning and Can have done nothing to impress me. Which is the most positive thing I can say about them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-super-bowl/744364.md?page=9)