# NFL Week 15 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 15, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327 "2011-12-15T19:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/181 "2011-12-19T19:34:36Z")
I should have gone to Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/182 "2011-12-19T20:05:39Z")
I have ESPNEWS on in the background today and caught a quick report from San Fran by some new ESPN reporter named John Sutcliffe. OMG, he’s horrible. Sounded like a SNL skit featuring a junior high school kid. Good god man. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/183 "2011-12-20T00:34:13Z")
An hour to go before the playoffs start. 😃 The three times on MNF that two teams with 10 wins and a .750 winning percentage each played each other, the 49ers have played in and won all three games. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/184 "2011-12-20T01:32:02Z")
Jesus Christ, it was a power outage, why are the announcers acting so hysterical? ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/185 "2011-12-20T01:32:50Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Jesus Christ, it was a power outage, why are the announcers acting so hysterical? But there was no shaking! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/186 "2011-12-20T01:35:11Z")
No panic in the stands. Thank Goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/187 "2011-12-20T01:36:14Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Jesus Christ, it was a power outage, why are the announcers acting so hysterical? It was pretty normal to wonder about the earthquake question, but they seem to have calmed down since there’s no reason to suspect that. The transformer blowout was huge, but I’m assuming nobody was hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/188 "2011-12-20T01:37:42Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Jesus Christ, it was a power outage, why are the announcers acting so hysterical? Nothing is happening. OMG!!! The power is back on. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/189 "2011-12-20T01:40:32Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It was pretty normal to wonder about the earthquake question, but they seem to have calmed down since there’s no reason to suspect that. The transformer blowout was huge, but I’m assuming nobody was hurt. Maybe it’s just that I spent my whole life in California but there was nothing to indicate an earthquake. They’re acting like total pussies. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/190 "2011-12-20T01:44:21Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Maybe it’s just that I spent my whole life in California but there was nothing to indicate an earthquake. No, there wasn’t. But the guys in the studio in Connecticut didn’t know that. Meanwhile they’ve stopped talking about the power entirely at this point and are talking about how the delay might affect the game. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/191 "2011-12-20T01:47:59Z")
Thank God there are Steelers fans there to keep the atmosphere festive. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/192 "2011-12-20T02:06:57Z")
But, but… Carlos Rodgers can’t catch! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/193 "2011-12-20T02:53:38Z")
Damn, the 49ers need to dump that cesspit of a stadium and build a new one, and have it closer to me. (Cant even keep the power on, how embarrassing.) ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/194 "2011-12-20T03:03:25Z")
Is John Sutcliffe about to start crying? He sounded dejected that they wouldn’t tell him anything about the power issues. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/195 "2011-12-20T04:06:59Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Thank God there are Steelers fans there to keep the atmosphere festive. Perhaps a top 5 dumbest comment I’ve ever heard uttered. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/196 "2011-12-20T04:11:45Z")
This is shaping up to be a textbook Roethlisberger last drive comeback game. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/197 "2011-12-20T04:42:47Z")
OK, so half the Steelers are wearing yellow cleats. Why exactly is this okay when Earl Bennett was practically tarred and feathered for wearing orange ones? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/198 "2011-12-20T04:51:19Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > This is shaping up to be a textbook Roethlisberger last drive comeback game. Not anymore. The guy looks to me like he is playing with pain, and that the pain is getting to him. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/199 "2011-12-20T05:07:12Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Perhaps a top 5 dumbest comment I’ve ever heard uttered. One can only assume it was sarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327/200 "2011-12-20T05:16:00Z")
I’m watching this delayed, but right now it looks like my Niners are really pwning the Steelers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/606327.md?page=11)