Niners-Ravens Super Bowl Thread...

[Chinook]

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...k-ped-question



Great Simmons article. It's amazing that a 37 year old came back from a 6 month injury in only 2, and nobody in the media had the balls to question it.

this phony cheating murderer. Niners 38 Ravens 17

I really don't see anything weird about him coming back. I has a huge brace on his arm for one thing. So it's clear he's not really healed so much as he's just regained some basic mobility. He also knew he was retiring, which meant he was going to get back on the field no matter what state his arm was in. I doubt the doctors would have cleared him if he was supposed to be back next year.

I see playing with a recovering triceps as I would playing with a broken leg or a torn acl. You can do it, but the pain is terrible. It also increases the risk of long-term damage, but I doubt Lewis cares about that.

Does this mean he didn't take some illegal substance to help him get to this point? Not at all. He may well have, and if he did and they found proof, I'd be the first person to want him banned from the game. I don't want that crap hanging over the Ravens' heads. But this isn't even cir stantial evidence. It's just "It seems too convenient..." kinda stuff which shouldn't be used as the basis for decisions. I mean seriously, Justin Smith is probably in worse shape right now (his partial tear hasn't been repaired and he hasn't had two months of no football to heal), and he's not wearing a brace anywhere near as bulky as the one Lewis uses.

[BRHornet45]

superbowl should be played in the biggest stadium year in year out tbh. It is the biggest single day sporting event in the world and only around 70k will actually be at the game

stupid troll post. you do realize why every major sporting event college and pro wants to play in NOLA right? unlike any other place in the entire country NOLA is the best and most convenient place for fan experience. the Dome is only a few short blocks away from everything major downtown and all of the hotels. also NOLA (along with Las Vegas) are the only two cities in the country where it is completely legal 365 days a year to walk around with open containers. there is no other city that has the setup that NOLA has for sporting events. Las Vegas is the only other place that could compete if they built a 70,000+ seat stadium.

your attendance talk is ridiculous as well. 70,000 is the NFL average and anything larger than 80,000 makes for a ty fan experience. Cowboys stadium is the largest and in that stadium at least 30,000 fans are watching the game on the big screen and can't even see the players. in recent years -

XXXV - Tampa - 71,921
XXXVI - New Orleans - 72,922
XXXVII - San Diego - 67,603
XXXVIII - Houston, 71,525
XXXIX - Jacksonville - 78,125
XL - Detroit - 68,206
XLI - Miami - 74,512
XLII - Glendale (AZ) - 71,101
XLIII - Tampa - 70,774
XLIV - Miami - 74,059
XLV - Arlington, Texas - 103,219

[Chinook]

I've been as wrong about the playoffs as possible so far this year, but I see San Fran winning by 10-14 points if the refs don't takeover the game (which they might since the Ravens are getting treatment for Lewis' retirement similar to the treatment Pittsburgh got in 2005 for Bettis' retirement). The wop sensation has had three great games so far against 3 horrible secondaries and will need to duplicate that performance this week. San Fran's secondary is overrated but it isn't gonna provide the Marquice Cole vs. Anquan Boldin or anyone-in-Denver's-secondary vs. Torrey Smith match-up Flacco can milk all day. Before Talib's injury Flacco looked awful against New England and the lack of injuries San Fran gets in its secondary is uncanny.

Also, Ray Lewis deciding not to do his intro dance seems completely insignificant but seeing players do stuff out of character during the playoffs never means anything good. When Wes Welker held a press conference to make fun of Rex Ryan in 2010, it might have been funny but it was out of character and it meant the Jets' talk was getting to New England. Lewis deciding not to do his dance so he can "come out with his team" tells me the media's sudden criticism of his god bull /the PED speculation has gotten to him.

That's an interesting take for sure. You could be right about this talk getting into Lewis' head. I think it's also possible that he really does want to run out with his team one last time. My guess is he doesn't want to go out and be a distraction and motivation for San Francisco by dancing around like he's at home. I could totally see him being silent and tactical for most of the game, actually. I can see that being the case with most of the Ravens. It would be interesting if the team does this, because that's more Flacco's persona.

That seems like a ramble up there. I guess I'm trying to say that Lewis may know that the game's not really going to be won or lost based on what he's doing, and so he doesn't want to act like a star and just wants to do his job (to go along for the ride, as he said). He has plenty of time to be a media hype man after today, but he only has one shot to go out a champion.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Kaepernick talking about his white parents. Really inspirational stuff.

[jeebus]

I can't ing stand Ray Lewis. I'm going for the 49ers and will just deal with the forum's black panther members.

[thunderup]

Go ravens.

I hope squidward gets popped by the god fearing beast!

[DeadlyDynasty]

I want Ed Reed to get a ring

[Trainwreck2100]

sick ing intro

[Trainwreck2100]

I can't ing stand Ray Lewis. I'm going for the 49ers and will just deal with the forum's black panther members.

wat about avant ?

[thunderup]

sick ing intro

[jeebus]

wat about avant ?

that's the thing, this is a tough super bowl to root for. If I go for Baltimore, I'll be supporting a murderer, PEDs user, and will have to deal with his legion of fans. If I go for the 49ers, it's just the Al Sharpton clan and Avante, and I don't read any of their posts anyways.

All I can hope for are massive injuries

[DeadlyDynasty]

The only outcome I haven't heard predicted (by ANYBODY) is a Baltimore blowout...that's pretty telling, and part of the reason I can't pull the trigger on Baltimore (+3.5). Have $200 on the under (47.5) though

[Trainwreck2100]

Time to "honor" america with a horrible rendition of the anthem we get almost every year

[jeebus]

[Trainwreck2100]

Time for the "we survived a shooting" and "my ghetto family got killed club " to join forces

[jeebus]

c'mon ray, you gotta give me something that'll upend 2 weeks ago.

[resistanze]

27-17 49ers

[Trainwreck2100]

c'mon ray, you gotta give me something that'll upend 2 weeks ago.

That s on alicia keyes for killing the national anthem

[jeebus]

That s on alicia keyes for killing the national anthem

yeah, that was pretty bad

[Trainwreck2100]

yeah, that was pretty bad

Rey would have been golden if they had them kids sing it

[DeadlyDynasty]

Smh alicia keys....my ears are bleeding

[DeadlyDynasty]

ghetto ref is calling this game

[Trainwreck2100]

ghetto ref is calling this game

well it is in n'awlis, i was sad when i saw hocutroll at the probowl cause i knew he wasn't doing this game

[Chinook]

I'm watching the game on my computer. I tabbed over an saw Keys about to sing and muted the speakers. It's safe now, right?

[KoolAid Mans Brother]

ghetto ref is calling this game

You never know, it could be Kaepernick's biological father.