# Super Bowl XLVII Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 3, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249 "2013-02-03T20:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/241 "2013-02-04T03:57:50Z")
> [@Who\_me\_1](#): > > Yeah, he’s so much worse than Raping Rothlesberger… He was actually charged with murder, then rolled over on his friends after a plea bargain to obstruction. He remains the only person convicted for the crime, which never would have happened were he not so sure that his friends would take the fall for him based on his information. On the other hand, Ben was never charged. So yes, he is so much worse than Roethlisbegrer. Demonstrably so. Fuck Murderin’ Ray. The only good news is that he had to pay a king’s ransom to the families of his victims to get them to go away. ---
**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 4, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/242 "2013-02-04T03:58:46Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Calling a 4th down play with your running quarterback that doesn’t involve him getting out of the pocket with a run/pass option is, quite frankly, bizarre. Especially since the Ravens stupidly sent pressure right up the middle - they’d have been totally vulnerable to the obvious rollout. Were both brothers trying to outsmart each other? Yup. Kaep and Jim blew the 2pt conversion and the 4th down plays both. ETA: Will be interesting to see how the Flacco narrative changes now. Eh, **Hamlet**? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/243 "2013-02-04T04:01:34Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Yeah, there were a couple officiating calls that might have been questionable, but the bottom line is that the 49ers made more mistakes and played worse defense than the Ravens, and the final score reflected that. …and it took work to do _that_. Kaep has nothing to be ashamed of this season, he acquitted himself well. But the Big Game came too soon for him, maybe, or he’s just not enough to carry the whole team by himself (most likely). Now to switch off before someone puts a mic on Lewis. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/244 "2013-02-04T04:01:38Z")
> [@For You](#): > > On the upside, the past few years the SB champ team goes right into le toilet the following season, so the Ravens will not even be making the playoffs next year, maybe worse. Except for that packers 15-1 season. ---
**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 4, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/245 "2013-02-04T04:01:54Z")
God made sure Ray Lewis won that game. High priority stuff. ---
**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 4, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/246 "2013-02-04T04:03:19Z")
> [@For You](#): > > On the upside, the past few years the SB champ team goes right into le toilet the following season, so the Ravens will not even be making the playoffs next year, maybe worse. > [@Laggard](#): > > Except for that packers 15-1 season. Isn’t the meme about the SB runner up? ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/247 "2013-02-04T04:04:31Z")
Yes, God is a Ray Lewis fan. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/248 "2013-02-04T04:05:02Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Now to switch off before someone puts a mic on Lewis. I did. The only thing he should have in his hand is a mugshot board. Seeing him with the trophy in his hand is nauseating. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/249 "2013-02-04T04:05:56Z")
> [@piepiepie](#): > > I’m beyond happy. Good game Niners fans. Great season. Kaepernick is scary good. This. Kaepernick played a great game for any QB, let alone somebody making his 10th career start. He’s going to be very good for a long time. Until then, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/250 "2013-02-04T04:09:18Z")
San Francisco deserved to lose. As impressive as the comeback was, they screwed up. A lot. Even the non-call probably didn’t matter; it was an awful play, badly executed. If the hold doesn’t happen, you still can’t catch that ball and stay in bounds. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/251 "2013-02-04T04:09:30Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > ETA: Will be interesting to see how the Flacco narrative changes now. Eh, **Hamlet**? Yep. Now Flacco will be a Super Bowl winning QB who needed costly turnovers, stupid penalties, and some poor no calls by the officials to win. He’s certainly better than I thought he would be, but I can’t wait for the Ravens to overpay for him, and then the Bears to overpay for Cutler based on Flacco’s performance. Should be fun. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/252 "2013-02-04T04:13:23Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Isn’t the meme about the SB runner up? You know, I think you are right. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/253 "2013-02-04T04:13:49Z")
Funny how all you guys bitching for a PI on that 4th down play are ignoring the obvious pushoff that Crabtree was doing at the same time. Mutual constant contact is a no-call most of the time. I had no favorite in this game, but that was a good no-call. Alternative is to call offsetting penalities, which is actually a reward to the offense in this case. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/254 "2013-02-04T04:17:22Z")
You all were right to tune out Stabbing Ray. His ode to Jesus was sickening, especially since he’s such a phony. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/255 "2013-02-04T04:20:58Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > He was actually charged with murder, then rolled over on his friends after a plea bargain to obstruction. He remains the only person convicted for the crime, which never would have happened were he not so sure that his friends would take the fall for him based on his information. > > On the other hand, Ben was never charged. So yes, he is so much worse than Roethlisbegrer. Demonstrably so. > > Fuck Murderin’ Ray. The only good news is that he had to pay a king’s ransom to the families of his victims to get them to go away. Whatever… ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/256 "2013-02-04T04:22:16Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > You all were right to tune out Stabbing Ray. His ode to Jesus was sickening, especially since he’s such a phony. Matthew 25:36 : Naked, and ye clothed me. Now we know where Ray’s white suit went. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/257 "2013-02-04T04:23:24Z")
> [@Who\_me\_1](#): > > Whatever… You realize you’re living up to the reputation of Ravens’ fans. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/258 "2013-02-04T04:24:17Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > On the other hand, Ben was never charged. So yes, he is so much worse than Roethlisbegrer. Demonstrably so. Only because Rapelisberger’s trained posse cut Rapelisberger and his victim off from her friends, just to make sure there weren’t any witnesses around, so it would be her word against his. Screw the courts and the rules of evidence. Your QB is a rapist with a M.O. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/259 "2013-02-04T04:30:21Z")
The PI late in the 4th is almost nothing compared to the sodomy on the 2nd Half kick-off return (you know, that record breaking thing). If you watch as he brings the ball out, at the 25, two purple guys are humping a red guy to the runner’s left. This cuddly stuff continues for 15 yards as he drags the two downfield. None of the zebras noticed it, so I guess they must be allowing gay sex on the field. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249/260 "2013-02-04T04:34:51Z")
The 49ers play calls on their final series were atrocious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-thread/649249.md?page=14)