With Pouncey out for Pittsburgh, I think this will be the difference in the game throughout. It may be easier to pressure Rothlisberger or even cause a turnover.
That said, I’m rooting for the Packers and picking Packers 27, Steelers 24.
God, I love it when Dio is rendered speechless.
Pack 17, Steelers 10.
Nobody’s throwing for 300+ today.
Minutes away now. I’m surprised the Packers are so heavily favored. I hope it’s a good, hard-fought game. Go Steelers.
Can someone shortly explain to an ignorant German what those towels are that most players have hanging over their crotch?
Don’t overthink it. They’re towels. Clean, dry hands help your grip on the ball.
Whitney Houston remains the only singer to pull off the personal interpretation of the national anthem without disaster.
Just seems a bit dangerous, dangling like that - but what do I know?
Also, has PSXer found a party or is he going to hang out here?
It’d be murder if she did that to a human being.
Green Bay won the toss and will ‘defer to the second half’. What does that mean?
McCarthy defers the kickoff after winning the toss. His first stupid decision of the game. It’s the Superbowl, moron, you take the fucking ball.
It means he chooses to receive after halftime rather than to start the game.
No, it means he gives the choice to the other team. The Steelers could’ve chosen to kick instead.
I’ve noticed it a lot this season. I’m not sure what the strategy is instead just say they will kick.
Oh good. I hope Dio will be with us all game.
Hopefully GB gets up by 21 and he finally has the complete breakdown.
The reason you don’t say you’ll kick–and this has never really been implemented properly in Madden–is that your opponent gets to choose at the start of the second half. So, if you choose to kick to start the game, your opponent will then choose to receive at the start of the second half. So you’ve now kicked to start off both halves. The way Madden and the other football games have always implemented it is that if you choose to kick to start you automatically receive to start the second half. Basically, the deferral option made the real game closer to the way the videogames work.
You forgot to complain about the blatant favoritism shown by the coin.
Refs arent being very Ricky tacky yet. I like it.
Of course I’m sure there have been 92 uncalled fouls on the Packers by now due to ref conspiracy.
Will it be because the referees are obviously in favour of the Packers?
Functionally it means he chose to receive the ball after halftime. This is pointless, pedantic nitpicking.
asterion, they changed the rule either this year or the last. Now, a team really can choose to receive the 2nd half kickoff.
Well, deferring your choice to the second half allows that. You’ll never see a team win the toss, defer their choice to the second half, and then the other team choose to kick, because then they’ll never get the ball to start. Functionally, it’s the same as choosing to kick first and then receive the second half kickoff, but it’s not the same as winning and choosing to kick.