# Super Bowl XLV **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 1, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789 "2011-02-01T16:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/221 "2011-02-07T01:35:52Z")
Jesus Christ I need a brain enema after that hot mess of a halftime show. I hate the Peas as much as I hate Joe Buck. Slash should be disbarred from coolness, at least temporarily. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/222 "2011-02-07T01:36:08Z")
BS call. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/223 "2011-02-07T01:36:14Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > Everybody slamming AutoTune for this half time show has to understand that this is an effect. will.i.am is not simply unable to sing on key, this is the machine used to an extreme extend to create a computer-like voice. Autotune is fine in moderation. Used as a extra spice to a performance. Used as the core of a performance it’s an abomination. Like making a dinner with nothing but garlic. Incidentally, the Ravens collapsed in the second half against the Steelers by dropping a tone of easy passes. Now Green Bay drops a sure TD pass on the opening drive. Hmm. Blown call on that “facemask”. The Steelers are getting some serious help today. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/224 "2011-02-07T01:37:17Z")
Bad start for the Pack. Also, for more intense scrutiny of the halftime show, we’ve got a topic [over in Cafe Society.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13437305) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/225 "2011-02-07T01:37:20Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > BS call. Assuming you’re talking about the facemask, you’re absolutely right. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/226 "2011-02-07T01:39:05Z")
> [@loshan](#): > > They should have gone with recorded vocal and lip sync. That was awful. Well, considering they were basically performing _a cappella_ since the sound mixer dude left all the instrumental tracks barely audible, I’d say they didn’t do too bad. ---
**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 7, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/227 "2011-02-07T01:39:22Z")
I’m going to shock everybody here by saying this, but that was a bad call against the Packers. I can see why the zebra thought it was a facemask, but it wasn’t one. ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/228 "2011-02-07T01:41:13Z")
> [@loshan](#): > > They should have gone with recorded vocal and lip sync. That was awful. The backlash would be even worse for that I promise. Everyone’s a critic. I do like the Black Eyed Peas, but I concede it’s probably a little too niche for this mainstream a show. And I second that people should realize the autotune is a very purposeful effect, I can see how someone completely unfamiliar could miss that. If you don’t like it that’s understandable though ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/229 "2011-02-07T01:43:25Z")
The Steelers have remembered that they can run the ball… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/230 "2011-02-07T01:46:55Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > The Steelers have remembered that they can run the ball… Nice little TD. Was that just a commercial about “cramming it in the boot”? That’s almost as good as the old SNL plug for the candy bar: Hershey Highway; turning America’s tastes around. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/231 "2011-02-07T01:47:30Z")
Ok, I now have another reason to root for the Steelers, so we can stop hearing that no team has come back from a deficit of more than 10 points at every single Super Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/232 "2011-02-07T01:52:06Z")
Hey, didn’t Big Ben break every bone in his face? He looks fairly normal. Is there a before and after of his face after his bike wreck? ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/233 "2011-02-07T01:57:50Z")
How 'bout a nice INT? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/234 "2011-02-07T01:58:13Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Ok, I now have another reason to root for the Steelers, so we can stop hearing that no team has come back from a deficit of more than 10 points at every single Super Bowl. Don’t worry. There are hundreds of stats just it that be used next year. ---
**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 7, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/235 "2011-02-07T02:00:03Z")
Packers haven’t sacked Roflsburger yet. :::womp::: ---
**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:** [February 7, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/236 "2011-02-07T02:00:15Z")
Should have punted that puppy. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/237 "2011-02-07T02:01:10Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Should have punted that puppy. Considering how close his other kicks have been to near-misses, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/238 "2011-02-07T02:01:14Z")
He should have turned to the sidelines and kicked that FG attempt, it might have been close that way. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/239 "2011-02-07T02:01:54Z")
I don’t think that was a horrible call to try; 52 years right down the middle in a dome. I wonder why he shanked it so badly. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/240 "2011-02-07T02:03:39Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I’m going to shock everybody here by saying this, but that was a bad call against the Packers. I can see why the zebra thought it was a facemask, but it wasn’t one. Now I know what my dad was talking about, seeing man walk on the moon for the first time. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789.md?page=13)