# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/161 "2011-02-07T00:23:40Z")
The refs must have been confused as to the team they were helping. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/162 "2011-02-07T00:27:21Z")
Jesus, can people stop it with the asinine conspiracy theories? Anyone who seriously thinks a Super Bowl can be fixed is an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/163 "2011-02-07T00:29:33Z")
**furt** is obviously an operative. ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/164 "2011-02-07T00:30:04Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Jesus, can people stop it with the asinine conspiracy theories? Anyone who seriously thinks a Super Bowl can be fixed is an idiot. Pssst, most of us are making fun of Dio. Of course, the NFL might of made me say that. ---
**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, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/165 "2011-02-07T00:30:56Z")
Personally, I blame Bush. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/166 "2011-02-07T00:33:40Z")
> [@Library\_Boy](#): > > Pssst, most of us are making fun of Dio. > > Of course, the NFL might of made me say that. :smack: Consider me wooshed. Actually, for that matter, my statement stands. ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/167 "2011-02-07T00:34:04Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Personally, I blame Bush. No, that’s Big Ben’s excuse. ---
**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, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/168 "2011-02-07T00:34:22Z")
No one will be able to ignore the fact that the game is fixed once the Cowboys are announced as the winner… ---
**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, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/169 "2011-02-07T00:36:04Z")
What is wrong with the world that we’ve gone from John Madden and Pat Summerall to Troy Aikman and Joe Buck? ---
**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, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/170 "2011-02-07T00:39:33Z")
How long until somebody makes a Ben Roehtlisberger/Jay Cutler ‘how to play if you’re injured’ comparison? ---
**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 7, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/171 "2011-02-07T00:40:18Z")
Was that Roseanne getting smacked by a log? ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/172 "2011-02-07T00:41:32Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Was that Roseanne getting smacked by a log? Yep. She could have done a bit better of an acting job on the ground but eh… ---
**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, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/173 "2011-02-07T00:41:44Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Was that Roseanne getting smacked by a log? Yes, it was 🙂 ---
**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, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/174 "2011-02-07T00:42:47Z")
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**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, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/175 "2011-02-07T00:42:49Z")
Well, that was a killer. ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/176 "2011-02-07T00:42:58Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Was that Roseanne getting smacked by a log? Depending on how you interpret that, it could be either a great or a horrifying image. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/177 "2011-02-07T00:45:37Z")
Green Bay is winning the head on battles. They are hitting harder. ---
**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, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/178 "2011-02-07T00:45:44Z")
And the Steelers aren’t just falling apart, they’re flying apart like shrapnel. ---
**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, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/179 "2011-02-07T00:47:28Z")
At this point, I’m just hoping that the Packers play the second half the same way they played against the Bears, and that The Steelers play the same way the Jets did… ---
**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, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789/180 "2011-02-07T00:48:02Z")
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