# NFL - PLAYOFFS - SUPER BOWL full of Jelly **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 30, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221 "2020-01-30T15:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 3, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/61 "2020-02-03T01:17:56Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > It didn’t stop his forward momentum; the defender and the receiver are going to make contact each other. I have clue what football you watch, but that’s normal contact. This isn’t flag football. If you want to sell it as a “close call that went against the Niners”, have at it.: It was a judgment call. But to compare it to travesty that was the Saints no call is just silly. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/62 "2020-02-03T01:18:44Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I think the Chiefs defense played a lot better during the playoffs and the last several games of the season, particularly on run defense, so it’ll be interesting to see how well the 49ers can move the ball on the ground. If the 49ers can run at will the way they did the first half of the year and the way they did in the playoffs, I don’t see how they lose. But if the Chiefs can stop the run, then it becomes a contest of QBs and passing games and I like KC in that department. > > I think the 49ers win, but I won’t be surprised if they don’t. Personally I’ve got no dog in this fight. **WHen I lived out near the Bay I kinda got attached to Harbaugh’s Niners but those guys are long gone**. And the sentimental sports fan in me wants to see Andy Reid get his first title. As an LSU alum, I wanna see Tyrann Mathieu get his ring as well. And KC’s waited a long time for a football champ. As opposed to me - I HATED the 49ers when Harbaugh was head coach. I’ve been “okay” with them ever since he left. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/63 "2020-02-03T01:20:01Z")
Well, the game has lived up to its pre-game billing so far as far as I’m concerned. I’m a little surprised that the 49ers haven’t imposed themselves upon the Chiefs so far but it’s a good, tight game so that pleases me. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/64 "2020-02-03T01:21:00Z")
I guess this halftime show is what passes for ‘family entertainment’ these days? ---
**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 3, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/65 "2020-02-03T01:23:56Z")
Logistical question: Seeing the fans there, I’m assuming the stadium just opens gates of some sort and allows the fans to run out on to the field during the halftime show, and then shoo them back into their seats when the show ends? ---
**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 3, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/66 "2020-02-03T01:27:04Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > I guess this halftime show is what passes for ‘family entertainment’ these days? By current standards,yes. It did include a children’s choir just before before the Double Ass Attack finale. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/67 "2020-02-03T01:32:17Z")
> [@racepug](#): > > As opposed to me - I HATED the 49ers when Harbaugh was head coach. I’ve been “okay” with them ever since he left. Don’t get me wrong: I can do without the Harbaugh intensity. I had a major debate with some Bay Area peeps back in 2014 when he left. They said “ZOMG! Harbaugh’s out, Jed York’s the devil!” I agreed Harbaugh was a great coach but not as great as he believed he was. Harbaugh gets on everyone’s nerves after year 3, which is why I think this might be his last year in Ann Arbor. He might pull a Lane Kiffin and coach at some rinky dink school like Delaware and turn in a 9-2 or 19-1 season and play the Pinstripe Bowl, but he can’t handle big time. Mindless rant over. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/68 "2020-02-03T01:34:01Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > If you want to sell it as a “close call that went against the Niners”, have at it.: It was a judgment call. > > But to compare it to travesty that was the Saints no call is just silly. No, it’s a travesty. You let the offense run routes unless they’re pushing off and knocking the defender backwards - that did not happen. Awful call. ---
**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 3, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/69 "2020-02-03T01:52:41Z")
I hate the guy, but Nick Bosa is pretty effin’ good. And the Niners defense comes through again. Fun game. ---
**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 3, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/70 "2020-02-03T01:59:07Z")
I like that Juszczyk guy. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/71 "2020-02-03T01:59:07Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Logistical question: Seeing the fans there, I’m assuming the stadium just opens gates of some sort and allows the fans to run out on to the field during the halftime show, and then shoo them back into their seats when the show ends? Ticket holders have to stay off the field. The halftime crowd fans are actually hired extras that rehearse coming onto and off of the field and are given directions on how and when to bounce, sway, handwave, etc. Notice how none of them, like zero of them, were just standing there recording the thing on their cell phones like 80% of the them would be doing if they were actual ticket holders. ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/72 "2020-02-03T02:13:22Z")
Good watching for 3 quarters. Mahomes is not looking great. ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/73 "2020-02-03T02:17:05Z")
Mahomes throws behind Hill, possibly costing the Chiefs the game. I love great defensive football, which the Niners are playing, but Mahomes is having a rough game. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/74 "2020-02-03T02:18:10Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Notice how none of them, like zero of them, were just standing there recording the thing on their cell phones like 80% of the them would be doing if they were actual ticket holders. As much as it might make me seem like part of a Grumpy Old Men reboot, that made me chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/75 "2020-02-03T02:19:53Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Mahomes throws behind Hill, possibly costing the Chiefs the game. I love great defensive football, which the Niners are playing, but Mahomes is having a rough game. Yeah, he picked a bad day to be bad. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/76 "2020-02-03T02:20:17Z")
It’s been a great game and for once, my team looks like they’re going to win. The 49ers are my forever team! Pole dancing is now half-time entertainment and I found it less offensive by far to the role the military now plays in our sports diversions. My favorite Superbowl ad: Jason Momoa taking off his muscles and hair. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/77 "2020-02-03T02:37:57Z")
Bad penalty to take there. I mean I don’t watch football and I know that was pass interference. ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/78 "2020-02-03T02:39:30Z")
I get that that play where the defender doesnt turn around is pass interference. But it shouldn’t be. The guy was on great position and, from what I saw, didnt hit Kelce before the ball got there. Receivers shouldn’t have the right to go anywhere they want at any time. And while I think asahi is dead wrong about the Kittle OPI being a travesty, the close calls have not gone the Niners way. It would be a shame if that decides the game. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/79 "2020-02-03T02:41:04Z")
What the hell was with a 54pt o/u, anyway? That is way over most of the regular season o/u-s. Was this supposed to be a big O showdown or something? ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-super-bowl-full-of-jelly/847221/80 "2020-02-03T02:44:56Z")
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