Which team will win Super Bowl LX?

[Sacrosanct]

I think a little from column A, a little from column B.

Both defenses were excellent and aggressive.

Seattle's O line, Darnold, and Walker were just good enough to make yards and get four field goals in the first three quarters. Maye and his were just not quite good enough to hold off the defenders and connect for receptions. Several missed opportunities off the hands of receivers or where there was an open man but Maye was just under too much pressure to find him. On the other side, Darnold was within a hair's breadth of being sacked several more times but kept escaping.


That's not the game I saw at all. The score difference was within 9 points in the first half and 12 until the 4th quarter! Though Maye is very young, and the panicked expression on his face during the replay of one (good!) scramble was pretty telling. I think if he had a couple more seasons under his belt this could have gone the other way.

If it weren't for Christian Gonzales, that score would have been extremely ugly for Pats fans...He kept them in the game all by himself.

 

[Mannahnin]

If it weren't for Christian Gonzales, that score would have been extremely ugly for Pats fans...He kept them in the game all by himself.

True enough. He was awesome and probably stopped at least two TDs in the first half alone. We were saying if the Pats managed to pull it out he should be MVP.

 

[payn]

I think a little from column A, a little from column B.

Both defenses were excellent and aggressive.

Seattle's O line, Darnold, and Walker were just good enough to make yards and get four field goals in the first three quarters. Maye and his were just not quite good enough to hold off the defenders and connect for receptions. Several missed opportunities off the hands of receivers or where there was an open man but Maye was just under too much pressure to find him. On the other side, Darnold was within a hair's breadth of being sacked several more times but kept escaping.


That's not the game I saw at all. The score difference was within 9 points in the first half and 12 until the 4th quarter! Though Maye is very young, and the panicked expression on his face during the replay of one (good!) scramble was pretty telling. I think if he had a couple more seasons under his belt this could have gone the other way.

I think thats ultimately what the game came down to. Darnold had experience that Maye didnt.

 

[GreyLord]

He's wondering why I'm not on the couch snuggling with him.


An older pic, as I've added several books from Agatha Christie, Dragonlance, Dean Koontz, and Madeline Miller since then.

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I absolutely love books. Thanks.

Some notable things I love on about your shelf.

Tim Butcher and Terry Brooks at the top there. You have those two Lone Wolf books off to the side of the first shelf and that bunch of Endless quest books (next to David Eddings) nearer the bottom. Love it.

You have the Greyhawk Novels (D&D) from WotC's time that went through older modules, Gord the Rogue Novels (can't see if you have all of them there), and of course Robert Jordan but it looks like you only have the first three. All of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, and it appears you have the Deathgate Cycle (perhaps the best series by Weiss and Hickman they ever wrote) but it looks like you may be missing the latter and last volume of it?

Looks like you have National Geographics (I have a subscription. Years ago I paid so much money to simply just keep it going and it is still going today. Still get issues, but now I have so many I don't know what to do with all of them. The subscription (I prepaid a LOT) just keeps going and going and going. Too many shelves of them.

On the games front, it looks like you have an original Settlers of Catan (or some sort of Settlers Box I don't recognize)? And the 2nd edition of Axis and Allies!

 

[Sacrosanct]

I absolutely love books. Thanks.

Some notable things I love on about your shelf.

Tim Butcher and Terry Brooks at the top there. You have those two Lone Wolf books off to the side of the first shelf and that bunch of Endless quest books (next to David Eddings) nearer the bottom. Love it.

You have the Greyhawk Novels (D&D) from WotC's time that went through older modules, Gord the Rogue Novels (can't see if you have all of them there), and of course Robert Jordan but it looks like you only have the first three. All of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, and it appears you have the Deathgate Cycle (perhaps the best series by Weiss and Hickman they ever wrote) but it looks like you may be missing the latter and last volume of it?

I do have all of the Gord books and Deathgate cycle ones. You're right, those are some of their best writing IMO.

Looks like you have National Geographics (I have a subscription. Years ago I paid so much money to simply just keep it going and it is still going today. Still get issues, but now I have so many I don't know what to do with all of them. The subscription (I prepaid a LOT) just keeps going and going and going. Too many shelves of them.

On the games front, it looks like you have an original Settlers of Catan (or some sort of Settlers Box I don't recognize)? And the 2nd edition of Axis and Allies!

It's the Axis and Allies box I got in 1986 I think. Not sure what edition. When I was bored in the Army in Germany, I painted all of the pieces varying camo colors lol.

 

[GreyLord]

It's the Axis and Allies box I got in 1986 I think. Not sure what edition. When I was bored in the Army in Germany, I painted all of the pieces varying camo colors lol.

I used to be really big into Axis & Allies (and the rest of the Game Master Line along with Adjacents [such as War of the Ring...etc] that utilized A&A like systems).

The 1e A&A game was a typical wargame made by Larry Harris. It used the components common to Wargames of the time.

It was picked up by MB and they made the 2nd edition of A&A (the box that you have), though there were several printings of it (harder to tell which printing one has then what edition). It had plastic pieces for armies and other improved components as well as slightly simplified rules.

The Third edition was the Revised edition and made several changes to the rules.

Then, I think is when Anniversary Edition came out and then the first 1942 version (or was it 1941). That later one was sort of controversial for me as they stopped including paper money with that one.

Then came the revised 1941, the 1942 Second Edition, and more recently the rereleased Anniversary edition.

My favorites are probably Anniversary Edition, and then the Second Edition (Which you have) followed by the 3rd Edition.

That said, I'll always play a Game of A&A, but depending on who it is with, it will either be bonkers (as experienced A&A players use strategies that some would consider...unnatural in how the war normally seems) or more relaxed and enjoyable.

 

[sevenbastard]

I think thats ultimately what the game came down to. Darnold had experience that Maye didnt.

And Darnold conquered his fear of ghost.

Kidding aside Darnold admitted his game was off but he did what he had to do which was not turn it over, not take sacks. He missed some wide open passes to both JSN and Shaheed, passes he made in the NFC Championship game.

Darnold had some huge games when he needed too, this wasn't one, but he did what he needed to do.

 

[GreyLord]

So, the big thing people comment on are the Superbowl commercials, so I went to Youtube and watched what they said were the best ones. The following are the ones that I actually enjoyed the most.

 

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[Sacrosanct]

3/4 of the commercials were badly done AI. It reminded me of the Superbowl that was all dot com ads several years ago. One can only hope the AI industry pops just like the dot com bust did.