I honestly have no idea who will win this one. I’m rooting for Denver, but I have a sinking feeling that it will be 7-0 Seahawks after the first 9 seconds. (!!)
Seattle is going to have to pick off Peyton, hardly easy to do. I think short passes and a running game could win for either team.
Still, my pick is Denver 28, Seahawks 20. Seahawks fail on two touchdown drives and get field goals, fail on last try to tie, Peyton kneels for the win.
So far, so good for the NFL. Current weather prediction for Sunday, courtesy of Weather Underground, is 50/30, with 5-10 MPH winds, overcast, and a 20% chance of precipitation. I’m not seeing much effect on play with such benign conditions.
Most of the books I’ve seen have Denver -2.5, O/U either 47 or 48. I’m still taking the under and Seattle, but I’m less confident now than I was when it was projected to be 25 with 4-6 inches of snow.
take heart, Ape-the-Greek is with you (apparently, he has been accurate for 6 years in a row).
I love this photo from Patrick Stewart’s Twitter account.
The weather is starting to look even milder for the game. Mid-to-upper 40s at kick-off, with perhaps a bit of wet. Snow looking much less likely.
That has to be in Denver’s favor.
Still, this is a very strange, unpredictable matchup. However, the over/under right now is 48 and I feel VERY confident in betting the under on that. Denver has not piled it up against playoff defenses and Seattle is the best defense there is, so I am thinking this is going to end up like a 24-17 kind of game.
E. Rutherford NJ, a town of about nine thousand, will close Park Avenue on Sunday, to fete the people who cannot get tickets, with snacks, music, etc. Best part, though, East Rutherford has been warned not to use “Super Bowl” or any logos or official IP, because the NFL (a 501(c)6 non-profit organization) has lots of expensive lawyers.
So if you happen to be in town, and have no tickets to get into BigCorpName Stadium, perhaps you can enjoy East Rutherford’s “Gameday Tailgate Party”.
Remember that Super Bowl a long long time ago in San Diego when the Oakland Raiders were playing some team that I have forgotten the name of?
The star center goes down to Tijuana the night before the game and gets drunk really bad too … they may have even kept him down there.
But what happen was that the Oakland Raiders lost the game …
I hope the Denver Broncos don’t let anyone out after 10pm tonight to go over to New York and party …
Go Broncos (21 point favorites)
PS Why don’t they make NFL football a sticky next year?
21 points? Dude, ease up on the paraquat.
I’m excited for the game. #1 offense led by one of the best QB’s to ever play the game against the #1 defense. The #1 defense is 4-1 in Super Bowls against the #1 offense, but the weather looks to be mild, which can help out Denver. It may be a nice test of the “defense wins championships” v. “you need an elite QB to win it all” canards.
Because I’m excited to watch it, I’ll go ahead and assume it will either be a blowout or a crappily played game where the officials have too much influence over the outcome. Personally, I’m not sold on anyone not named Marshawn Lynch on the Seattle offense, and the fact that Sherman generally plays only on one side of the field giving the Broncos some work-arounds, I’m thinking it will be an easy Denver win. If the Broncos’ receivers give up like Jimmy Graham did, Seattle can keep it close, but I think Welker, Decker, Thomas, and Thomas won’t wilt from the pressure.
Hoping for a good game.
This interview with Obama is just what the nation needed to get pumped up for football!
It’s OK, but I’ll need a Carrie Underwood music video before I’m really ready to watch a football game.
They’re reading the Declaration of Independence? This is a thing now? What idiot thought up that idea? What’s the point? When did this start?
I hope y’all will forgive my ignorance, but when did reciting the Declaration of Independence become part of the Super Bowl?
It’s been a long time since I’ve watched the pre-game, I guess.
I’ve just been looking it up. Apparently Fox has been doing it since 2002. I guess it’s been at least that long since I’ve tuned in this early.
It seems so boldly self-serving and pandering
Heh. Namath muffed the coin toss. That’s gotta be embarrassing.
Oh dear god.
Well, that explains it. Of course it’s self-serving and pandering; that’s the Fox motto.
According to Fox, our founding fathers broke with Britain so we could play real American football instead of that soccer stuff.
I so want the final score to be 2-0.
Fastest score in Super Bowl history!