# This Superbowl was the worst game ever and the REFS can lick my balls. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 27, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165 "2003-01-27T04:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jesseboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90ced4/32.png) [@jesseboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesseboy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/21 "2003-01-27T09:28:26Z")
Forget the players, forget the refs. The people who amuse me the most are the silly assclowns who call themselves fans and pay thousands of dollars for a fucking ticket!! did any of u go on ebay last week. un-fucking-beliveable! personally i hate the super bowl, but the idea that one team must lose royally while their retarded, face-painted fans scream on entertains me. ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/22 "2003-01-27T11:37:19Z")
No more football for months… and one of the teams didn’t show up for this game. :smack: I’m so depressed. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/23 "2003-01-27T11:57:40Z")
I want Shania Twain to lick my balls. ---
**Author:** ![Deep\_Throat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Deep\_Throat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deep_Throat)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/24 "2003-01-27T12:41:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \* > \*\*What exactly did Rich Gannon supposedly put his teammates through this season, besides completing all those passes? Are you good buddies with several Raiders to have learned this information, **Karp**? \*\* According to SI, ESPN, and a host of other syndicated sports coverage, Rich Gannon when he came to the team was a complete dick, not something they were used to. He definately stepped up to a leadership role this season, but it was to the point of being a bitch ass mother fucker, really pissing his teamates off. According to other players, “you know, whatever happens it’s never his fault”. So it sounds like to me, after that shitty performance during the game, he really looks like a hypocrite now; demanding all this perfection from his offense, and he himself throws 5 INT’s with 3 returned for touch downs. Lets see, thats 21 points right there. Granted, the last one was luck, but still… Oh, on a side note, what was the deal with Robbins? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/25 "2003-01-27T12:45:39Z")
Even if that last pass had not been tipped, the DB was still in position to pick it off. ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/26 "2003-01-27T13:44:26Z")
My cat’s breath smells like… No. I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/27 "2003-01-27T15:38:24Z")
Worst. Superbowl. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/28 "2003-01-27T15:52:22Z")
Nah, the worst one ever was New England/Chicago, around 1985 or so. I think the final score was 44-9. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/29 "2003-01-27T16:37:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Karp2381 \* > \*\*Oh, on a side note, what was the deal with Robbins? \*\* It’s still unclear. He’s in the hospital right now – that’s all I know. Although distractions are never positive, it is a good thing the Raiders had a backup who played 14 games the previous season. ---
**Author:** ![Deep\_Throat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Deep\_Throat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deep_Throat)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/30 "2003-01-27T17:32:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sauron \* > \*\*Nah, the worst one ever was New England/Chicago, around 1985 or so. I think the final score was 44-9. \*\* Yeah, but there is a difference between getting your ass whipped becuase of skill and getting you ass whipped becuase you are making stupid ass calls and play like a bag of ass. ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/31 "2003-01-27T17:48:45Z")
So, uh, no school today in “aman”? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/32 "2003-01-27T17:52:04Z")
You know, the more I think about it, the more I blame their coach. He is the worst coach ever. I hope he loses his job. No, he didn’t get them to the Superbowl. They got that far on raw talent, because as much as I hate to admit it, the Raiders are a good team. Once they got there though, their coach made bad call after bad call after bad call. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/33 "2003-01-27T19:02:21Z")
> [@](#): > > What is with all the licking? Did someone break out the Tootsie roll pops? “One! Two! Three! **\** Three!” ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/34 "2003-01-28T07:05:43Z")
Nitpick: The score of Super Bowl XX was 46-10, Bears. Other recent snoozers include 24 (49ers 55, Broncos 10), 27 (Cowboys 52, Bills 17), and 29 (49ers 49, Chargers 20 (I think)). ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165/35 "2003-01-28T13:42:34Z")
No Super Bowl could ever be worse than the 55-10 game. It’s not possible to play a worse game than that. It appeared as if the 49ers were playing the Broncos’ WIVES. No, maybe their children. The wives would have put up a better fight. As for Rich Gannon, I’m not sure this debacle was his fault, really. He was being hunted down like the last deer in Pennsylvania within milliseconds of the snap on every play, his receivers were never open in the first half, and the Buccaneers very obviously knew what plays were coming. At least three of the pickoffs were by defensive backs who appeared to know exactly what play was being run and were waiting to jump into the passing lane. Jesus Christ arisen as a QB couldn’t have won under those circumstances. It’s not his fault if his coaching staff never thought “Hmm, maybe we should change our playbook, what with Tampa’s coach being pretty familiar with it.” And maybe Gannon was an asshole, but look at it this way; it’s not like he didn’t get the Raiders further this year than they’d been since 1983. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowl-was-the-worst-game-ever-and-the-refs-can-lick-my-balls/151165.md?page=1)