# NFL 2022: The Super Bowl **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [February 7, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407 "2023-02-07T00:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/121 "2023-02-13T03:12:26Z")
99.9 percent now ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/122 "2023-02-13T03:12:27Z")
Or not ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/123 "2023-02-13T03:12:53Z")
As Philadelphia has no remaining timeouts, ESPN’s guess seems reasonable. Still, you never know. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/124 "2023-02-13T03:13:07Z")
Masterful. ---
**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 13, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/125 "2023-02-13T03:13:51Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > A rather iffy holding call might have decided the game. The game was much more decided by Mahomes’ scramble than any holding cal ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/126 "2023-02-13T03:14:02Z")
This is now the third highest scoring Super Bowl ever, at 73 points. Niners 49 Chargers 26 is the highest; Eagles 41 Patriots 33 is second. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/127 "2023-02-13T03:14:47Z")
It’ll be funny if this game ends 38-35 after a bunch of people bet on 37-34 thinking that the fix was in for that number. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/128 "2023-02-13T03:15:31Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Then you can bitch about sideline reporters, women who should smile more, and for the kids to get offa your lawn. I hear there are some clouds in the sky you can shake your fists at in impotent rage. I am duly admonished. Obviously the officiating has been above reproach 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/129 "2023-02-13T03:15:40Z")
Well was hoping for the eagles , but a fun game ( usual know nuthin disclaimers) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/130 "2023-02-13T03:27:05Z")
Honest question here…can fireworks interrupt an over-the-air TV signal? Cuz (here in KC suburbs) I had solid signal all night, but now it’s gone to hell. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/131 "2023-02-13T03:32:46Z")
Ughh. Terry Bradshaw just told Andy Reid to “waddle on over here” and then to “go have a cheeseburger.” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/132 "2023-02-13T03:33:13Z")
Could be the confetti. It plays hell with video compression. We had about a five minute stretch in the fourth quarter where we were getting a lot of lag and distortion, but it finally cleared up. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/133 "2023-02-13T03:33:47Z")
Also “You’re getting up in years……”. Lovely chap ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/134 "2023-02-13T03:34:03Z")
I didn’t love the half time show even though I do like a lot of her music. When she grabbed her crotch, my 8 year old grandson yelled out “Gross, that’s so inappropriate.” Lol, cracked me up. I gather she’s pregnant. The game was great. Very entertaining. I didn’t like any of the commercials I saw, but I didn’t catch them all. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/135 "2023-02-13T03:34:28Z")
Can I also add, as a side note, people who shoot off massive fireworks in a suburb because their team won are fucking assholes. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/136 "2023-02-13T03:42:00Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Honest question here…can fireworks interrupt an over-the-air TV signal? Cuz (here in KC suburbs) I had solid signal all night, but now it’s gone to hell. I assumed that was a plethora of players within earshot of the mic shouting stuff along the lines of “Fuck yeah!” with some poor producer getting carpal tunnel hitting the dump button. EDIT: On reread: …unless you’re talking about the picture going out as well. My picture was fine, but the audio feed kept dumping out. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/137 "2023-02-13T04:02:52Z")
Am I the only person who is suspicious about how so many Super Bowls seem to always go down to the wire these days, with blowouts being the rare exception? It seems to be done in a way to engineer maximum drama and TV ratings. A few decades ago, blowouts were often the norm. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/138 "2023-02-13T04:12:34Z")
Yeah, the whole signal. Static/pixellated/stalled picture and audio both. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/139 "2023-02-13T04:17:04Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > It seems to be done in a way to engineer maximum drama and TV ratings. You’re not alone, but you don’t have any reason to be suspicious. The level of coordination in getting hundreds of people to coordinate a highly volatile outcome is nearly impossible - covering it up even moreso. Can you imagine the paycheck for the 4th stringer on the losing team who gets cut in the off-season who wants to hire a ghostwriter for a tell-all?!?! Believing the whole “the NFL is scripted!” nonsense is flat Earth/moon landing denial levels of irrationality. You think there have been multiple cover ups over several years and not a SINGLE person had come out with “the truth”? Sure. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/140 "2023-02-13T04:19:32Z")
The other thing that catches my attention is that it’s supposed to be illegal for any offensive player to push a ballcarrier forward to assist them, but the Eagles linemen seemed to be shoving Hurts forward on every QB sneak. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407.md?page=8)