# So... The Pro Bowl **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 30, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572 "2011-01-30T23:30:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/1 "2011-01-30T23:30:51Z")
Figured I would make a topic for the four or five people here planning on watching it. (It’s not like there’s anything else on tonight). I’ll admit I’m pretty much only watching it to see if Hester gets a TD return. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/2 "2011-01-30T23:44:42Z")
It’s football, sort of. What’s the over/under tonight, 80 points? It is a good game for one reason, though. Tom Brady is starting in it. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/3 "2011-01-31T00:12:10Z")
So, why on earth did they think I wanted to see Tony Seragusa hanging out on the beach? The game hasn’t even started yet and they’ve lost me. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/4 "2011-01-31T01:01:54Z")
LOL, I have seen harder hitting in High School Powder Puff games. Might as well break out the flags. ---
**Author:** ![Hennessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hennessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hennessy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/5 "2011-01-31T01:05:57Z")
This may make it a little more interesting. 40 years of pro bowling and the AFC has 20 wins and the NFC has 20 wins, who will break the tie? _This crap has to be scripted._ Actually I guess it would be more interesting next year to see if the loser of this year can tie things up again. The NFC pretty much held the series throughout the 40 years and had controlled the series for 26 years before the AFC took the lead in 2003. I would guess the best Pro Bowl game was in 2004 when there was a combined 107 points which I didn’t get to see but I read through the details and it sounded amazing. One team thrashed the other in the first half and the other team made an amazing comeback to win in the second half thanks to… Mark Bulger. I always thought he was to blame for the Rams suckyness but I’m guessing now it was his protection. I wonder what channel the Pro Bowl is on. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/6 "2011-01-31T01:06:42Z")
Huh! Totally forgot about it. But I’ll be watching the SAG awards tonight. Let me know if anyone hot turns up without a shirt on… ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/7 "2011-01-31T01:19:27Z")
Wow, this is turning into a NFC slaughter. So much for the QB advantage with no blitzing. ---
**Author:** ![Hennessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hennessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hennessy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/8 "2011-01-31T01:33:47Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > Huh! Totally forgot about it. . Don’t we always? It’s like the remote just skips over that channel. I have never accidentally ran across the Pro Bowl. I have never seen a glimpse of the Pro Bowl. I like football and the idea of all the best players on one team sounds just so all star **ish** that I want to see one. I just don’t have the will power this year. Maybe next year ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/9 "2011-01-31T01:38:47Z")
A fortyburger! With four and a half minutes left to go in the first half! How appallingly awesome! ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/10 "2011-01-31T01:39:00Z")
I’ve seen about 8 plays tonight. They’re playing 2-hand touch (at least the AFC defense) for the most part, and the pass rush and blocking paddycake at best. Horrible. The NFL should shut the Pro Bowl down if it’s not going to be football. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/11 "2011-01-31T02:08:42Z")
> [@mkecane](#): > > I’ve seen about 8 plays tonight. They’re playing 2-hand touch (at least the AFC defense) for the most part, and the pass rush and blocking paddycake at best. Horrible. The NFL should shut the Pro Bowl down if it’s not going to be football. It’s never been football. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/12 "2011-01-31T03:27:07Z")
Just like the NHL ASG isn’t hockey (and wasn’t, once again, earlier today: 11-10 Nicky’s All-Stars). ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/13 "2011-02-01T18:56:46Z")
Since ratings were so high (comparable to World Series–WTF???), they won’t “shut it down.” ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/14 "2011-02-01T22:08:36Z")
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at the final play. Just say no to crack. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/15 "2011-02-01T23:44:36Z")
I turned it on, watched about four plays, threw up in my mouth and then changed the channel. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/16 "2011-02-03T03:28:26Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I turned it on, watched about four plays, threw up in my mouth and then changed the channel. This should be the advertising tag line for next year’s game. Maybe, just maybe, the scrapping of the pro bowl can be an outcome of the new CBA. That’s a win/win… for players and fans, anyway. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-pro-bowl/569572/17 "2011-02-03T04:44:26Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > … > Maybe, just maybe, the scrapping of the pro bowl can be an outcome of the new CBA. That’s a win/win… for players and fans, anyway. We could replace it with a regular-season game in Honolulu, maybe even the Thursday Night season opener, with teams rotating as the home team.