# Super Bowl XLVII: Seahawks vs. Broncos **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 20, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248 "2014-01-20T03:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 2, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/101 "2014-02-02T23:36:08Z")
Safety at 12 seconds ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/102 "2014-02-02T23:36:21Z")
Hmmm, looks like those low-flying Apache helicopters freaked Manning right out. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/103 "2014-02-02T23:37:14Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Heh. Namath muffed the coin toss. That’s gotta be embarrassing. But that coat was such-weet. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/104 "2014-02-02T23:37:32Z")
What were the odds on a safety for first score? I imagine some guy in Vegas is going apeshit right now. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/105 "2014-02-02T23:37:49Z")
I wonder if there was a prop bet for that start. If so, someone just got rich ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/106 "2014-02-02T23:38:32Z")
How do professional football announcers not know what end rounds and reverses are? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/107 "2014-02-02T23:39:29Z")
I believe “type of 1st score” is a prop bet. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/108 "2014-02-02T23:39:46Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > But that coat was such-weet. BucK: “Namath’s probably the only guy out there who wishes it was colder.” Hee. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/109 "2014-02-02T23:43:21Z")
Thank god Carroll threw the challenge flag there, because it’s pretty clear that was the only way that Fox was going to show us the replay on the spot. And as for the prop bets, there are a ton that got set off, but the big money maker is “First Score: Seattle Seahawks Safety” at +4000. Not actually as high as I’d have thought, given the likely true odds. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/110 "2014-02-02T23:43:36Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I so want the final score to be 2-0. It would lead to calls to make the goal wider. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/111 "2014-02-02T23:44:14Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > But that coat was such-weet. Obviously that was supposed to say “suh-weet.” Thanks, autocorrect! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/112 "2014-02-02T23:48:09Z")
Safety first is a great way to watch people’s squares expectations blown up. ---
**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 2, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/113 "2014-02-02T23:49:12Z")
Washington should’ve gone for it. > [@Xema](#): > > It would lead to calls to make the goal wider. Or something. You win the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/114 "2014-02-02T23:52:00Z")
Don’t know if I’m being whooshed, but I just saw a tweet (purportedly) from Mark Cuban saying he had bet on a safety on the first play and won $20 million. On a $20 bet. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/115 "2014-02-02T23:53:09Z")
An interested observer from Australia here. (Watching the game from my desk at work - with no sound) So would that fumble be considered Mannings fault? or the Centre’s? (sorry don’t know his name) ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/116 "2014-02-02T23:54:36Z")
> [@Kiros](#): > > Thank god Carroll threw the challenge flag there, because it’s pretty clear that was the only way that Fox was going to show us the replay on the spot. > > And as for the prop bets, there are a ton that got set off, but the big money maker is “First Score: Seattle Seahawks Safety” at +4000. Not actually as high as I’d have thought, given the likely true odds. That’s the third time the first score has been a safety, so it’s not as crazy a happening as you might think. ---
**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 2, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/117 "2014-02-02T23:57:19Z")
What does +4000 mean? If I bet 100 bucks I make how much? ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/118 "2014-02-02T23:58:37Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > An interested observer from Australia here. (Watching the game from my desk at work - with no sound) > > So would that fumble be considered Mannings fault? or the Centre’s? (sorry don’t know his name) The center (Manny Ramirez). Can’t fumble a ball you don’t have possession of. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/119 "2014-02-03T00:00:04Z")
That’s totally grounding. Throw that flag! ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/120 "2014-02-03T00:00:29Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > The center (Manny Ramirez). Can’t fumble a ball you don’t have possession of. Wasn’t he playing baseball in Taiwan, last I heard? No wonder the snap was bad … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248.md?page=7)