# Super Bowl 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 3, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129 "2008-02-03T20:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/61 "2008-02-04T02:23:23Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] It’s hard when New England is outnumbered on the field like that. Another no call on a blatant pass interference. [/QUOTE] :rolleyes: yet again. Cry me a river. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/62 "2008-02-04T02:23:45Z")
Shit, what do I have in the office pool - is it Pats 0 and Giants 7, or Giants 0 and Pats 7? I forget the first year I watched the Super Bowl all the way through, but this is the dullest one I’ve seen in a while. Blowouts are exciting in the beginning, at least, but this has been a pretty even-keel game with few big plays or bursts of excitement. I think the Boss reception on the last drive may have been the longest play. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/63 "2008-02-04T02:27:38Z")
Why does the Univ of Phoenix have a stadium when they don’t have a football team? ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/64 "2008-02-04T02:29:09Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Why does the Univ of Phoenix have a stadium when they don’t have a football team? [/QUOTE] They just bought the naming rights. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/65 "2008-02-04T02:29:30Z")
They don’t have a stadium, they bought the naming rights to the stadium. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/66 "2008-02-04T02:29:44Z")
[QUOTE=Darth Sensitive] Question that came up in my lounge. What happens if, on a long field goal attempt, a defensive player makes a great leap at the goalposts and knocks the ball away from going in? [/QUOTE] That used to be a legal play, but it no longer is. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/67 "2008-02-04T02:30:46Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Why does the Univ of Phoenix have a stadium when they don’t have a football team? [/QUOTE] 'Cause it’s a shrewd business move? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/68 "2008-02-04T02:31:26Z")
U2 had to record _Rattle and Hum_ somewhere, right? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/69 "2008-02-04T02:34:56Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] That used to be a legal play, but it no longer is. [/QUOTE] So is it analogous to goaltending in b-ball? That was what I thought, but I wasn’t sure. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/70 "2008-02-04T02:35:19Z")
Did the Giants go to a prevent defense on this drive- why the sudden success with the pass? The Pats should take a knee three times here to burn clock & time outs, and then socre a TD on 4th down. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/71 "2008-02-04T02:38:32Z")
One more down to hold 'em, and then the Pats will have to make a key decision. They’d have to take the 3, though, and trust in OT, if it comes to that. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/72 "2008-02-04T02:39:53Z")
Moss. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/73 "2008-02-04T02:40:20Z")
That was a helluva drive. Gotta admit. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/74 "2008-02-04T02:41:14Z")
[expletive deleted, times 10] Oh, Keee-rist! Oh bloody hell! ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/75 "2008-02-04T02:41:51Z")
Sure was a helluva drive. Let’s see if Eli can lead the Giants down the field now. Still thinking double digits, **Dio**? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/76 "2008-02-04T02:41:56Z")
Here we go… ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/77 "2008-02-04T02:43:35Z")
Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! Huge amount of Kinetic Energy to the groin on that kick return. Don’t care if you have a cup. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/78 "2008-02-04T02:43:56Z")
That hissing sound you hear… all those magnums of champagne going flat in Miami (and the New York greater metropolitan area). Crap. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/79 "2008-02-04T02:44:43Z")
How the hell do you leave Randy Moss in one-on-one coverage on third down in the end zone? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129/80 "2008-02-04T02:46:44Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] Sure was a helluva drive. Let’s see if Eli can lead the Giants down the field now. Still thinking double digits, **Dio**? [/QUOTE] It’s possible. All it would take is a pick return for a TD. I give the Giants credit for giving the Pats the toughest defense they’ve seen all year, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-2008/436129.md?page=5)