Congrats to New England Patriots punter (and Louisiana Tech alumnus) Ryan Allen on getting his first Super Bowl Champion ring!

Can't wait for the Sherman/Lynch post game interview.

USM alum Jamie Collins led the Pats in tackles with eight.

Congrats to Ryan Allen of LA Tech & Jamie Collins of USM. Super Bowl Champions!!

Seattle is a trashy organization

I think Seattle's OC deserves a ring more than anyone.

What a horrible display of sportsmanship on Seattle's part on the second to last play. Congrats to Ryan Allen!!

Ryan Allen has the longest punt in Super Bowl history.

Longest Punt — 64 yards, Ryan Allen, New England.

http://wtop.com/sports/2015/02/2015-super-bowl-records/

Looks like Tom Brady wants to kiss Russell Wilson.

(02-02-2015 01:09 AM)Sirloin Burger Wrote:  Looks like Tom Brady wants to kiss Russell Wilson.

He probably should. Russell Wilson literally GAVE Tom Brady this Super Bowl victory.

Great Super Bowl!!! These NFL Playoffs were one of the best and most controversial ever!!!

Worst play call ever to pass it? Good lord.

(02-02-2015 07:29 AM)CincyDave Wrote:  Worst play call ever to pass it? Good lord.

Lynch was only their so he didn't get fined

(02-02-2015 01:15 AM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(02-02-2015 01:09 AM)Sirloin Burger Wrote:  Looks like Tom Brady wants to kiss Russell Wilson.

He probably should. Russell Wilson literally GAVE Tom Brady this Super Bowl victory.

Wilson may have thrown the interception but the call to pass it in the first place is what gave Tom Brady this super bowl victory.

Go back and look at the replay. There should have been off setting pass inteference penalties on both the Patriots and the Seahawks.

The play is designed to be a hybrid pick/screen play. The problem was WR Kearse was blocking DB Browner and the ball was not thrown behind the line of scrimmage. Technically a pick even if you don't make contact could techincally draw a flag from an overly zealous official, but Kearse was flat out blocking and pushing Browner back into the end zone. Should have been offensive PI on Kearse right there.

On the INT, Butler made contact with Lockette knocking him off the route before making the interception. By rule that is pass interference so long as the ball wasn't previously tipped.

Butler should have been flagged for defensive PI resulting in offsetting penalites. Replay second down.

Human nature in these cases however is not to interfere via officiating and let the players decide it on the field.

Run.
The.
Damn.
Ball.

(02-02-2015 09:38 AM)Smaug Wrote:  Run.
The.
Damn.
Ball.

Pete Carrol thinks he's cute.

Even if Butler doesn't make the play there are so many things that can go wrong in that situation. Bad snap, a ball batted up in the air at the line, offense PI (which should have been called), etc.

It's difficult to fathom why he didn't give it to Lynch knowing they had timeouts.

I think a lot of MT fans had painful flashbacks of the UTEP game. Same situation. We run it in we win and go to a bowl game. Instead we get it intercepted and stay home.

(02-02-2015 09:21 AM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  Go back and look at the replay. There should have been off setting pass inteference penalties on both the Patriots and the Seahawks.

The play is designed to be a hybrid pick/screen play. The problem was WR Kearse was blocking DB Browner and the ball was not thrown behind the line of scrimmage. Technically a pick even if you don't make contact could techincally draw a flag from an overly zealous official, but Kearse was flat out blocking and pushing Browner back into the end zone. Should have been offensive PI on Kearse right there.

On the INT, Butler made contact with Lockette knocking him off the route before making the interception. By rule that is pass interference so long as the ball wasn't previously tipped.

Butler should have been flagged for defensive PI resulting in offsetting penalites. Replay second down.

Human nature in these cases however is not to interfere via officiating and let the players decide it on the field.

no way either gets called in any game, at any time....

(02-02-2015 09:48 AM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  

(02-02-2015 09:38 AM)Smaug Wrote:  Run.
The.
Damn.
Ball.

Pete Carrol thinks he's cute.

Even if Butler doesn't make the play there are so many things that can go wrong in that situation. Bad snap, a ball batted up in the air at the line, offense PI (which should have been called), etc.

It's difficult to fathom why he didn't give it to Lynch knowing they had timeouts.

I think a lot of MT fans had painful flashbacks of the UTEP game. Same situation. We run it in we win and go to a bowl game. Instead we get it intercepted and stay home.

With the clock running and two timeouts, 2nd and goal at the one, with Lynch in my backfield, run it on second, third AND fourth down. Even if he doesn't make it on 2nd, or even 3rd down, you bleed the clock down to nothing, run it again, and win/lose the game with no time left.

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Simply mind-boggling.