NFL (2025 Season)

[thenetwork]

I heard they played "Sweet Caroline" in the stadium for the New England fans. 

Even Neil Diamond couldn't save the Pats.

[Rothman]

I can't remember a Super Bowl that bored me this much.

[elsmere241]

I can't remember a Super Bowl that bored me this much.

Maybe it's a good thing my antenna wouldn't behave itself until almost the end of the third quarter.  (See "Minor things that bother you".)

[thspfc]

I can't remember a Super Bowl that bored me this much.

Unless you've only watched the last few, that's concerning on behalf of your memory.

[74/171FAN]

That 13-3 Patriots win with Brady over the Rams with Goff was more boring than this one IMO.

[Rothman]

I can't remember a Super Bowl that bored me this much.

Unless you've only watched the last few, that's concerning on behalf of your memory.

Oh, I agree there have been some doozies, and I've missed a few since seeing my first one I cared about (Super Bowl XVIII), but since I know how bored I've been during them, this one ranks as one of the most boring.

[gonealookin]

I can't remember a Super Bowl that bored me this much.

Unless you've only watched the last few, that's concerning on behalf of your memory.

Oh, I agree there have been some doozies, and I've missed a few since seeing my first one I cared about (Super Bowl XVIII), but since I know how bored I've been during them, this was ranks as one of the most boring.

Recent Super Bowls have usually been pretty good.  In the early years there were some real snoozers, and of the X Super Bowls from XVIII through XXVII (that's 1984-1993), V of them had victory margins of at least XXIX points.

The NFL had a LOT of tremendous games during this past regular season and playoffs, so the no-show by New England's offense made for a particularly big letdown tonight.

[PNWRoadgeek]

I can't remember a Super Bowl that bored me this much.

Unless you've only watched the last few, that's concerning on behalf of your memory.

Oh, I agree there have been some doozies, and I've missed a few since seeing my first one I cared about (Super Bowl XVIII), but since I know how bored I've been during them, this was ranks as one of the most boring.

Recent Super Bowls have usually been pretty good.  In the early years there were some real snoozers, and of the X Super Bowls from XVIII through XXVII (that's 1984-1993), V of them had victory margins of at least XXIX points.

The NFL had a LOT of tremendous games during this past regular season and playoffs, so the no-show by New England's offense made for a particularly big letdown tonight.

I was begging the Patriots in my head while watching to go on the offense. But they just put up this defensive wall against Seattle the entire game which bored me.

[1995hoo]

Anybody who created or approved the Super Bowl TV commercials needs to be busted down to scrubbing toilets in the office building.

I found the State Farm ad with Bon Jovi mildly amusing, and the Pepsi ad with the polar bears and the Queen song made me smile. Otherwise, I feel like the whole "Super Bowl ads" thing reached its zenith some time ago.

[JayhawkCO]

I would have thought the Seahawks would have opened as a larger favorite than -4.5 points.

I think I'm going to tease the line back and try to take them -9.5.

Pay me. Got it at +210.

[epzik8]

Glad Sam Darnold redeemed himself and that I voted for the correct MVP (Walker).

[NWI_Irish96]

I would have thought the Seahawks would have opened as a larger favorite than -4.5 points.

I think I'm going to tease the line back and try to take them -9.5.

Pay me. Got it at +210.

I had the Seahawks vs the spread parlayed with the under. I was celebrating my win early but somehow I had to sweat out that last Patriots drive.

[thspfc]

At the time I didn't think the line was crazy and might've even taken the Pats, but how anyone took the over dumbfounds me. I'm not a betting man.

[Henry]

I'm being surrounded by a lot of happy Seahawks fans today, because they got their revenge for Super Bowl XLIX. It's also the second time in a row that payback has happened for a team that lost to another in a prior matchup (last year, it was the Eagles over the Chiefs which was played two years after the opposite had happened), as well as the Patriots having the most losses in the Big Game (six), and now having an 0-3 record without Tom Brady or Bill Belichick. We have to feel for Mike Vrabel, who helped the other two men get their first three Lombardi Trophies.

[1995hoo]

... as well as the Patriots having the most losses in the Big Game (six) ....

I suppose the counterpoint to this sort of argument is that having six losses in the Super Bowl is better than having none. You could say the same thing about the infamous early 1990s Buffalo Bills teams that lost four straight Super Bowls—making it to the Super Bowl four times in a row by definition means you've got a very good team. Americans seem to have a peculiar outlook that the team that loses the Super Bowl somehow turns into Al Bundy. I imagine most fans of the Detroit Lions or Cleveland Browns would be quite thrilled to see their teams make the Super Bowl at all even once.

(I've always thought it's mildly peculiar that it's only the Super Bowl that seems to have this phenomenon that the losing team is considered to be terrible. You don't see, for example, teams that lose the World Series being regarded as the worst thing ever, other than perhaps the 1986 Red Sox, although I think that was more directed at Buckner than the team as a whole. When the Bulls beat the Jazz in consecutive NBA Finals, the Jazz weren't derided for it—instead people recognized how good those Bulls teams were.)

[Roadgeekteen]

Well that game sucked

[kphoger]

Snooze fest of a first half.

The game started out exciting.  People kept catching passes, making progress.  Then it got boring.  We stopped watching at halftime.  Carrie kept tabs on the score on her phone, so it sounds like it got more interesting later on.  But whatever.

[jgb191]

(I've always thought it's mildly peculiar that it's only the Super Bowl that seems to have this phenomenon that the losing team is considered to be terrible. You don't see, for example, teams that lose the World Series being regarded as the worst thing ever, other than perhaps the 1986 Red Sox, although I think that was more directed at Buckner than the team as a whole. When the Bulls beat the Jazz in consecutive NBA Finals, the Jazz weren't derided for it—instead people recognized how good those Bulls teams were.)

I think it really depends on which team.  The SD Chargers (XXIX), Cardinals (XLIII), Bengals (LVI) are teams that were highly successful just making it to the Super Bowl.  And yesterday's Patriots are also a prime example; they were already beyond successful just reaching ten wins this season, anything beyond ten wins and making the playoffs and Super Bowl were unexpected bonuses that no one saw coming.  Let's see if they can pull off double-digit wins next year with a first-place schedule and all the teams taking them seriously.

Now the Tom Brady-led Patriots that lost the Eli's Giants exemplify what you were saying.

[CoreySamson]

Anybody who created or approved the Super Bowl TV commercials needs to be busted down to scrubbing toilets in the office building.

I found the State Farm ad with Bon Jovi mildly amusing, and the Pepsi ad with the polar bears and the Queen song made me smile. Otherwise, I feel like the whole "Super Bowl ads" thing reached its zenith some time ago.

The only other ads that truly moved the needle for me were the Instacart ad with the guy falling off the stage and the Dunkin ad, as well as the He Gets Us ad. My friends and I held a competition to see which type of business put out the most ads, and I think the winner was AI companies, just over food delivery services, beer, and sports betting. I'm surprised there wasn't a prominent car or fast food ad this year.

As for the game, it went about how I expected it to go.

[oscar]

I found the State Farm ad with Bon Jovi mildly amusing, and the Pepsi ad with the polar bears and the Queen song made me smile. Otherwise, I feel like the whole "Super Bowl ads" thing reached its zenith some time ago.

The only other ads that truly moved the needle for me were the Instacart ad with the guy falling off the stage and the Dunkin ad, as well as the He Gets Us ad. My friends and I held a competition to see which type of business put out the most ads, and I think the winner was AI companies, just over food delivery services, beer, and sports betting. I'm surprised there wasn't a prominent car or fast food ad this year.

I liked the Novartis "tight ends" ad for its prostate cancer screening blood test. Especially since I had recently taken that test, and passed without anyone sticking a finger up my butt.

[Ted$8roadFan]

Congrats to the Seahawks. They were clearly the better team. In retrospect, the Patriots more or less backed into the Super Bowl this season, and their inexperience showed. Better luck next year.

[gonealookin]

The Nevada sports books are saying the wagering has been heavily on the Seahawks at -4-1/2 and the Over at 45-1/2.

Each year the Nevada Gaming Control Board puts out a report a couple days later showing the total amount wagered on the Super Bowl and how much the sports books won (or possibly lost) on the betting.  Last year the books' win was $22.1M or 14.6% of the total $151.6M wagered.  The books definitely have rooting interests, and this year it's for a low-scoring game with the Patriots winning outright or the Seahawks winning by 4 or fewer points.

Bettors wagered $133.8 million on the Super Bowl at the Nevada sports books.  That's the lowest number in the last ten years.

It probably reflects that (1) the Patriots and Seahawks didn't get people as interested as they've been when Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady have been playing and (2) the sports books are losing business to the sites like Draft Kings.

The spike in 2024 ($190 million wagered) was due to both the KC-SF matchup and that game being played at Allegiant Stadium.

The books' win percentage of 7.4% was about average.

[PColumbus73]

I found the State Farm ad with Bon Jovi mildly amusing, and the Pepsi ad with the polar bears and the Queen song made me smile. Otherwise, I feel like the whole "Super Bowl ads" thing reached its zenith some time ago.

The only other ads that truly moved the needle for me were the Instacart ad with the guy falling off the stage and the Dunkin ad, as well as the He Gets Us ad. My friends and I held a competition to see which type of business put out the most ads, and I think the winner was AI companies, just over food delivery services, beer, and sports betting. I'm surprised there wasn't a prominent car or fast food ad this year.

I liked the Novartis "tight ends" ad for its prostate cancer screening blood test. Especially since I had recently taken that test, and passed without anyone sticking a finger up my butt.

I don't remember if this was a thing previous years, but I believe I saw 'teasers' for the Super Bowl ads in the run-up to the game. Instead of generating buzz, I think it spoiled the punchlines, like seeing Guy Fieri de-Flavortowned.

[JayhawkCO]

The Nevada sports books are saying the wagering has been heavily on the Seahawks at -4-1/2 and the Over at 45-1/2.

Each year the Nevada Gaming Control Board puts out a report a couple days later showing the total amount wagered on the Super Bowl and how much the sports books won (or possibly lost) on the betting.  Last year the books' win was $22.1M or 14.6% of the total $151.6M wagered.  The books definitely have rooting interests, and this year it's for a low-scoring game with the Patriots winning outright or the Seahawks winning by 4 or fewer points.

Bettors wagered $133.8 million on the Super Bowl at the Nevada sports books.  That's the lowest number in the last ten years.

It probably reflects that (1) the Patriots and Seahawks didn't get people as interested as they've been when Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady have been playing and (2) the sports books are losing business to the sites like Draft Kings.

The spike in 2024 ($190 million wagered) was due to both the KC-SF matchup and that game being played at Allegiant Stadium.

The books' win percentage of 7.4% was about average.

I've said this elsewhere but sports betting in Nevada is the worst of any state with legal betting. When the process is easier/more robust in 20 other states (estimated off the top of my brain), there is no reason to go to Vegas to make a bed instead. Their handle will continue to decline.

[Henry]

I wonder how long will it be until Coca-Cola slaps its rival with a C&D? Those polar bears were a Christmas staple for many years.