Anybody still watching? Or am I the only one? I'm even sure why I'm watching because seeing this is making me remember why I stopped watching the NFL years ago.
And they showed Elon Musk sitting next to Rupert Murdoch in the stadium :yuk:
Yes. I watch football. Pretty happy about seeing the Eagles rushing like in the CFL on short yardages plays.
Incredibly entertaining game!
The game itself is pretty good. Football is fun. I just hate the NFL :D
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 12, 2023, 09:57:20 PMThe game itself is pretty good. Football is fun. I just hate the NFL :D
Still better than the other 4 big leagues.
I watched the game. Go Chiefs!
I watched the game. I had an awesome time, what a wonderful game.
And as a Washington fan I was not sad to see Philly lose.
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 12, 2023, 09:57:20 PMThe game itself is pretty good. Football is fun. I just hate the NFL :D
So... CFL then?
I love football.
But other than some CFL games... this was the first NFL game I watched all year.
But it was an entertaining game. Thoroughly enjoyed. :)
Woke up at 3am to find the Eagles leading comfortably. Should have gone back to sleep <_<
American Football would be a lot more fun to watch if a 1 hour game wasn't stretched into 3 hours with tons of downtime/ad breaks.
XXXDDD, ultimate emoji there.
Quote from: Syt on February 13, 2023, 03:15:58 AMAmerican Football would be a lot more fun to watch if a 1 hour game wasn't stretched into 3 hours with tons of downtime/ad breaks.
:yes:
Sums up the time I tried to watch it.
Quote from: Syt on February 13, 2023, 03:15:58 AMAmerican Football would be a lot more fun to watch if a 1 hour game wasn't stretched into 3 hours with tons of downtime/ad breaks.
The commercials are horrible but the replays + analysis are awesome.
Quote from: Syt on February 13, 2023, 03:15:58 AMAmerican Football would be a lot more fun to watch if a 1 hour game wasn't stretched into 3 hours with tons of downtime/ad breaks.
How would you handle the change in personal?
Quote from: Syt on February 13, 2023, 03:15:58 AMAmerican Football would be a lot more fun to watch if a 1 hour game wasn't stretched into 3 hours with tons of downtime/ad breaks.
The Big 10 Network (and I'm sure others) will show replay of games with just the time with the play clock running. It's unwatchable like that; football is a game of position the set ups and the penalties are needed in order to understand what's going on (and, as Yi says, the analysis and replays also do I good job of providing context.) The commercials are too much, especially in big games like this (and even more so, for the Superbowl, if you don't get the US commercials,) but that could be said for all major American sports.
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 12, 2023, 09:57:20 PMThe game itself is pretty good. Football is fun. I just hate the NFL :D
The trick is to DVR, time it so you can click through all the crap you don't want to see and end up live near the end of the game.
Much more enjoyable
I don't watch American football, but I'd think another trick would be to mute the commercials and have conversations (or surf the net or whatever) during the various breaks.
Quote from: Syt on February 13, 2023, 03:15:58 AMAmerican Football would be a lot more fun to watch if a 1 hour game wasn't stretched into 3 hours with tons of downtime/ad breaks.
Disagree man. It would make absolutely no sense if the clock just kept running :lol:
The ad breaks do suck but all sports here have them. When you are at the game everybody just sort of stands around (well the cheerleaders dance and the and band plays and all that) waiting for the TV guy to give the thumbsup.
Quote from: Savonarola on February 13, 2023, 10:40:37 AMQuote from: Syt on February 13, 2023, 03:15:58 AMAmerican Football would be a lot more fun to watch if a 1 hour game wasn't stretched into 3 hours with tons of downtime/ad breaks.
The Big 10 Network (and I'm sure others) will show replay of games with just the time with the play clock running. It's unwatchable like that; football is a game of position the set ups and the penalties are needed in order to understand what's going on (and, as Yi says, the analysis and replays also do I good job of providing context.) The commercials are too much, especially in big games like this (and even more so, for the Superbowl, if you don't get the US commercials,) but that could be said for all major American sports.
Let me rephrase: "... if a large chunk of the run time wasn't commercial breaks." :P
Quote from: Syt on February 13, 2023, 12:46:47 PMLet me rephrase: "... if a large chunk of the run time wasn't commercial breaks." :P
Heh, well I can't disagree with that. I don't watch a lot of sports, but when I do I usually use the CC method, start late and use the DVR to forward through commercials.
The streaming service I use :ph34r: doesn't/can't show commercials, so the screen goes blank and silent when the commercial break starts. I use that time to get in three or so turns of War in the Pacific and shift back to the stream tab when the sound comes back.
I didn't notice many commercials. Except that they were putting clams in M&Ms. I think I'll skip that.
Wait, do the folks in Europe not see all the commercials during the Super Bowl? What do you do with all that free time ? :D
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 14, 2023, 07:54:00 AMWait, do the folks in Europe not see all the commercials during the Super Bowl? What do you do with all that free time ? :D
Sleeping? :P
I mean, the Super Bowl takes place at ungodly hours for an European audience, I'm not really sure how many people do watch it at this side of the pond.
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 14, 2023, 07:54:00 AMWait, do the folks in Europe not see all the commercials during the Super Bowl? What do you do with all that free time ? :D
The commercials are for the US audience. Even Canada doesn't get them.
I watched most of the Super Bowl in French. Historically, they have less ad time to sell than the US broadcast they are dubbing over so there is a little more statistical analysis.
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 14, 2023, 07:54:00 AMWait, do the folks in Europe not see all the commercials during the Super Bowl? What do you do with all that free time ? :D
When there was still ESPN Europe broadcasting NFL, they'd have a loop of station promos and ads for their programs running. It got pretty grating. No idea what's happening now.
MLB.tv just goes to the MLB logo during ad breaks when watching their streams.
I can't process the Super Bowl without the ads. The ads are basically the point of the whole production :D
Quote from: The Larch on February 14, 2023, 08:00:57 AMQuote from: FunkMonk on February 14, 2023, 07:54:00 AMWait, do the folks in Europe not see all the commercials during the Super Bowl? What do you do with all that free time ? :D
Sleeping? :P
I mean, the Super Bowl takes place at ungodly hours for an European audience, I'm not really sure how many people do watch it at this side of the pond.
I would take a rough unscientific arbitrary stab that in a given year 1 in 20 men aged 18-40 try to watch it and 1 in 8 of those succeed.
There always seems to be one guy everywhere I've worked.
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 14, 2023, 10:32:56 AMI can't process the Super Bowl without the ads. The ads are basically the point of the whole production :D
I've seen it without (when I was in Colombia); it's definitely not the same experience. (It also brings home how long the commercial breaks are for the Superbowl.)
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 14, 2023, 10:32:56 AMI can't process the Super Bowl without the ads. The ads are basically the point of the whole production :D
I mean I guess technically the ads are the point of everything that appears on TV. That and cable and/or streaming fees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzEM7fkWqS8&list=PLYqoGrkfZNDx6ibPI2_Yip5B1AsRMXS4J
Top 10 funniest ads as decided by random dude. All meh to meh+. The Sara McGlaughlin cameo was cute.