NFL Coverage In Japan

[kamome]

The Super Bowl will be very competitive. I would have loved to see the Colts in there because Tony Dungy deserves a trophy, but this will still be a very good game. Even though Pittsburgh is coming in as a 6th seed, their record with Roethlisberger is something like 24-6 over the last two years!

[GuyJean]

Watching a replay of the Seahawk's game now.. Pretty damn exciting! The Hawks are my 'home-region' team! It's been so long since they had a chance in the playoffs.. And now they're in the Superbowl!

Gotta like Tatupu and Alexander.. Although I'm a Steelers admirer, I have to pull for the Pacific Northwest team.

GJ

[American Oyaji]

Congrats AO. It doesn't happen often (one's hometeam going all the way) but Pittsburgh has a had a lot more of winning in history than most. When you were a kid did you ever get to go see any of the games when they had Franco Harris and Lynn Swan and all those guys?

I never got to see a game except on TV when I was a kid.

Let me tell you. You've never seen fandom unless of you've lived in Pittsburgh during the 70's

In first grade, I remember we had a Black & Gold sale that sold Steelers stuff. I bought a Steelers fat inkpen.

GJ, this will be the Seahawks first trip to the big game.

[Greji]

GJ, this will be the Seahawks first trip to the big game.

Ahh, Seattle who? The Roth was shit, but besides a couple of big plays by assorted people, it was the Bus that kept them in it when they needed the big play. The defense won it!

Steelers 21 , Seattle 10!

Any questions?

[IkemenTommy]

Amazing game.
Great to see Pittsburgh whom had no chance of getting to the Super Bowl, been heartbroken so many times these couple of years, and winning it all the way. So worth it to take the AM off to watch it.

Go Steelers!

[kamome]

The score should have been closer. Seahawks were pretty dominating in the first half, but got some ticky-tack foul calls that went against them. And I still think Roethlisberger got that rushing touchdown handed to him on a silver platter by the refs. The ball never crossed the plane.

Still, a pretty exciting game overall. The Steelers are definitely an impressive team. If they keep the pieces together, there's no reason why they can't get to the SB again.

[NOTE: I drafted Willie Parker in the second week of my fantasy football league and rode him all the way to victory in my championship game. It was nice to see Parker set a Super Bowl record for the longest TD run in a Super Bowl (75 yards).]

[canman]

The calls against Seattle were pretty bad, and the Pittsburgh first touchdown was not a touchdown, but for some reason Seattle just didn't put things together. I really felt they were going to run away with things in the first half. Pitt could get nothing going, they started on their own twenty three times and went three and out. But Seattle couldn't put things together. And what was with that clock managment at the end of the first half. They really bungled things there.
On a side note it was really strante coverage on BS. They were using the Fox commentators, but when the ABC sideline reporters interviewed someone they would switch to them and you would get a few minutes of seconds of Al Michaels and John Madden. I prefer them to Dick Stockton and the moose.

[American Oyaji]

Watched it on a large screen at church.

YEEEEEHHAAAAAAAAWWW!!!!

[Kuang_Grade]

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On a side note it was really strante coverage on BS. They were using the Fox commentators, but when the ABC sideline reporters interviewed someone they would switch to them and you would get a few minutes of seconds of Al Michaels and John Madden. I prefer them to Dick Stockton and the moose.

The NFL set it up that way for their international feed

http://www.nfl.com/international/story/9204046

The FOX-TV broadcast team of Dick Stockton and Daryl Johnston will serve as announcers for the world feed of Super Bowl XL on Sunday, Feb. 5, the NFL announced.

Stockton will be providing commentary and analysis to international audiences for the fifth consecutive year, while Johnston will be making his fourth appearance on the world feed.

[IkemenTommy]

That reverse TD pass from Randle El just nailed it right in. Fuckin awesome.


Yeah.. someone's getting pussy tonight.. and it aint Seattle

[American Oyaji]

Yeah.. someone's getting pussy tonight.. and it aint Seattle

Well, Seattle players WILL be getting pussy.


But their women REALLY won't be enjoying it.

The Steelers will be making love tonite.

The Seahawks will take their frustrations out on their women.

[canman]

I know its a bit cheesy but ESPN has a site with all the commercials from the Superbowl. Some of them are pretty good. There were two in particular I liked the Magic fridge by Budweiser and the touch football commercial.
What did you think of the halftime show. I skipped it this year, I feel it gets more overblown each year more so than the game itself.

[AssKissinger]

The NFL set it up that way for their international feed

http://www.nfl.com/international/story/9204046

I thought about that during the game. I hate they way they dumb down the commentary. It's like "He ran for seven yards. That means they have two more tries to get three more yards. A yard is a unit of measurement similar to a meter." Yawn

[GuyJean]

[GuyJean]

Lyric Malfunction
Rolling Stones' sexually explicit lyrics bleeped out
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/specials/playoffs/2005/02/05/entertainment.ap/index.html

They may not have flashed any body parts -- except for Mick Jagger's well-toned stomach -- but the Rolling Stones made ABC glad it imposed a five-second tape delay on the Super Bowl halftime show.

Two sexually explicit lyrics were excised from the rock legends' performance Sunday. The only song to avoid the editor was (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, a 41-year-old song about sexual frustration.

In Start Me Up, ABC's editors silenced one word, a reference to a woman's sexual sway over a dead man. The lyrics for Rough Justice included a synonym for rooster that the network also deemed worth cutting out.

It was the first time a network had imposed a five-second tape delay on the Super Bowl, a sensitivity that no doubt reflects a lingering reaction to Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction two years ago...

Even half-time was embarrasssing..

GJ

[IkemenTommy]

I just realized that the big day is TOMORROW. Or here at least the Super Bowl will be broadcasted live tomorrow morning. Chicago Bears vs Indianapolis Colts. Who is watching and if so where?

I'm planning on going to one of the sports bars in Roppongi near where used to be Velfarre.

[IkemenTommy]

I just remembered the name of the place was Tokyo Sports Cafe if anyone is interested. The entrance fee is 4000 yen and all you can eat/drink for the entire game. The kick off is at 8.

[GuyJean]

Shit. That sounds like a nice deal.. Wish it wasn't.. in a fucking hour!

Let us know how the 'American Breakfast Buffet' is.. Also, the TSC just moved to a new location. Not sure if I'd like it; the stripper smegma on the seats at the old place kind of grew on me.

GJ

[Taro Toporific]

Imagine my dancing between the goalposts wearing my pre-made
"[SIZE="7"]da Bears Super Bowl XLI Champs![/SIZE]

"It's my birthday, it's my birthday..."



Colts 29 Bears 17, meh. Well there's always da Cubs to take the World Series 2007!

[IkemenTommy]

[quote="GuyJean"]Shit. That sounds like a nice deal.. Wish it wasn't.. in a fucking hour!

Let us know how the 'American Breakfast Buffet' is.. Also, the TSC just moved to a new location. Not sure if I'd like it]
Well let me tell you.. after waiting in line for half hour and finally able to get in, the place WAS a packed American Breakfast Sausage Fest. I almost said Fuck It and headed home to watch it on my own TV. At 5000 yen a head for entrance fee, that place made a fuckin killing!

I just loved it when those retarded Japanese NHK commentators came in to fill the silence when the FOX commentators were absent during what would be traditionally the Super Bowl commercials. The NHK homos kept interrupting on how bad the rain was at every chance possible.
Commentator1: "Wow.. the rain has been pouring down on this field all day"
Commentator2: "Yeah.. Sou desune..."

Shut the fuck up. Shit we got how miserable the rain is! For crying out loud.. I'm not watching the Weather Channel.

[kamome]

I did the Tokyo Sports Cafe evening presentation of the Super Bowl a few years ago when the Bucs faced the Raiders. That was an exciting game, even though it was a rerun, because I managed to keep the internet blinders on all day so I wouldn't see the score. No one was there in the evening and I got direct line-of-sight to any TV I wanted.

Colts/Bears was fun because of all the fumbles and turnovers. There's something to be said for playing the SB in sloppy, muddy conditions every year! Of course, it's probably better to see the game played in a dome so that you take weather out of it as a factor and leave it completely up to the talent on the field. You don't want to give anyone an excuse about how the weather was the reason for losing a close game.

[GuyJean]

Of course, it's probably better to see the game played in a dome so that you take weather out of it as a factor and leave it completely up to the talent on the field.

Blasphemy! Football is supposed to be played in bad weather. That's why it's a winter sport..

I thought Prince kicked ass in the half-time show; that little dude has some talent..

GJ

[Greji]

You don't want to give anyone an excuse about how the weather was the reason for losing a close game.

Of course, I seldom agree with GJ, but now and then he gets it right (But then again, even a blind sow will occasionally find an acorn).

Football is in fact, a bad weather sport and no one can use a weather excuse. The same rain was falling on everyone in the stadium, purple or not!

[Captain Japan]

Shut the fuck up. Shit we got how miserable the rain is! For crying out loud.. I'm not watching the Weather Channel.

No smegma report on the new furnishings?

[dimwit]

I just loved it when those retarded Japanese NHK commentators came in to fill the silence when the FOX commentators were absent during what would be traditionally the Super Bowl commercials. The NHK homos kept interrupting on how bad the rain was at every chance possible.
Commentator1: "Wow.. the rain has been pouring down on this field all day"
Commentator2: "Yeah.. Sou desune..."

Shut the fuck up. Shit we got how miserable the rain is! For crying out loud.. I'm not watching the Weather Channel.

Ah, the joy of listening to sports commentators unfamiliar with the sport they are commenting on. The BBC seems to specialize in this. If I could count the number of times I've heard one of their casters refering to ice hockey teams scoring 'points'...

[IkemenTommy]

[quote="GuyJean"]Blasphemy! Football is supposed to be played in bad weather. That's why it's a winter sport.. ]
No wardrobe malfunction this time, but I would've loved to see Prince get electrocuted with his electric guitar in that pouring rain.

[kamome]

Of course, I seldom agree with GJ, but now and then he gets it right (But then again, even a blind sow will occasionally find an acorn).

Football is in fact, a bad weather sport and no one can use a weather excuse. The same rain was falling on everyone in the stadium, purple or not!

Those are good points, but I disagree with both of you guys on this. The SB is an iconic event and also serves the purpose of deciding the NFL champs. It would be a shame to see the better team lose in such a high profile game because of a slip-and-fall, an injury or some other dumb weather-related issue.

[Mulboyne]

Those are good points, but I disagree with both of you guys on this. The SB is an iconic event and also serves the purpose of deciding the NFL champs. It would be a shame to see the better team lose in such a high profile game because of a slip-and-fall, an injury or some other dumb weather-related issue.

I don't know American Football too well but these same arguments come up for winter sports in the rest of the world. Coaches say "if the stadium has a roof then what is it for?" but the spectators say "Hey, when I played the game, we never had a roof". I think the best players should be able to play in all conditions so I would leave a match to the elements unless the game would be cancelled otherwise. I do think you ought to be able to close a roof to protect a pitch before a game, though.

[Greji]

I don't know American Football too well but these same arguments come up for winter sports in the rest of the world. Coaches say "if the stadium has a roof then what is it for?" but the spectators say "Hey, when I played the game, we never had a roof". I think the best players should be able to play in all conditions so I would leave a match to the elements unless the game would be cancelled otherwise. I do think you ought to be able to close a roof to protect a pitch before a game, though.

Nah! Just cover it up. A game between two great equally matched teams is decided by the breaks. Sometimes one team forces a mistake from the other and that is the difference. If it is a slip or slide on a wet field, it is unfortunate, but both teams are playing on the same pitch in the same weather. The team that can take advantage of the mistakes, usually wins. That's part of the sport.

Of course I'm not including large payments of cash to one side to take a dive, but that's a different type of sport of course!

[kurohinge1]

. . . I think the best players should be able to play in all conditions so I would leave a match to the elements unless the game would be cancelled otherwise. I do think you ought to be able to close a roof to protect a pitch before a game, though.

I thoroughly agree with that.

Think of all the play-off games that lead to any two teams making a final and how those paths are strewn with many teams that fell by the wayside in bad weather.

If a team fails in the same weather that their opposition also endured, then I guess they weren't the best team. Besides, it's the variables that make it less predictable.