You might have watched EA Sports' Madden '08 simulation for Super Bowl XLII when it surfaced a few days ago, where it was predicted that the Patriots would take home the Lombardi trophy by a narrow margin -- then again, you might have fallen asleep in the middle of that video, which was more or less a glorified gameplay montage, completely devoid of commentary and music.
Taking a cue from classic NFL films, GameTrailers recently performed their own Madden simulation of the Super Bowl, yielding similar, and much more watchable results. Our knowledge of the mechanics of football is limited, but basically, GameTrailers predicts that the Patriots will run the brown ball into the score zone more times than the Giants, winning with a score of 20 touchdowns to 10 touchdowns. They also predicted the entirety of Tom Petty's halftime show set list -- strangely enough, it is sans "Free Fallin'".
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 3:08PM kingdogfish said
20 points to 10 points, a touchdown is worth 6 points.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 3:23PM kingdogfish said
Well, yes you are right.
I should have said a touchdown is worth 6 points, and it is possible to get an extra point for kicking a mini field goal, or two extra points for running in a conversion?
But the number of touchdowns he claimed made me actually click the video for once =P
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I should have said a touchdown is worth 6 points, and it is possible to get an extra point for kicking a mini field goal, or two extra points for running in a conversion?
But the number of touchdowns he claimed made me actually click the video for once =P
Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 3:45PM (Unverified) said
Gee, Cosell, thanks for the lesson in football scorekeeping! How many touchdowns is it when the kickbringer gets the ball through the endfork?
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 3:14PM (Unverified) said
Well, "Free Fallin'" was a Tom Petty song. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are playing the Super Bowl. I suppose it might be splitting hairs, but most Tom Petty fans like to make that distinction. :D
Truth be told, there's only one song that I'd like to see them play and that's "American Girl."
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Truth be told, there's only one song that I'd like to see them play and that's "American Girl."
Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 3:19PM (Unverified) said
They kept going for 2 and missing each time.
Let's go Non-Patriots!
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Let's go Non-Patriots!
Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 7:26PM (Unverified) said
i'll acknowledge what you said if you can give me one instance where they've been arrogant. They may be lots of things, but show me one time where they said something like "we're the best ever"
Oh that's right i forgot it's popular to hate on the patriots
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Oh that's right i forgot it's popular to hate on the patriots
Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 4:02PM DonaldMick said
This is what the halftime show needs:
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Grammy-award winners, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers!"
*applause*
"Thank you, and now, here's a song by a gay guy. We're no strangers to love... you know the rules, and so do I..."
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"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Grammy-award winners, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers!"
*applause*
"Thank you, and now, here's a song by a gay guy. We're no strangers to love... you know the rules, and so do I..."
Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 4:02PM (Unverified) said
as much as i would like the giants to win, they dont have a chance in hell
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 10:57PM (Unverified) said
HAHAHHA I ate my own words , GREAT JOB TO THE GIANTS! FUCK THE PATS
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 4:10PM (Unverified) said
Wow everyone is writing the Giants off on this.
The world will be upset tomorrow once the "impossible" has happened.
Go Giants!
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The world will be upset tomorrow once the "impossible" has happened.
Go Giants!
Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 4:14PM (Unverified) said
Oh and screw you Bostoners, you can't have them all! You people with your weird accents... Be happy with your Redsox this season because that's all you'll get. Oh, it'll be sweet. Sweet, sweet revenge.
Go New York!
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Go New York!
Posted: Feb 4th 2008 7:21AM Korova Pamplona said
ha-ha, look who got a set of crystal balls. It was a nice game - G.I. Ants pulled off a statistical cataclysm. Hey, meybe there are white crows after all.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2008 9:21AM (Unverified) said
Hmmm what happened there?? Giants ripped the Pats a new one, that's what!
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 5:20PM (Unverified) said
Did anybody else notice that Shockey was playing and Randy Moss was number 11?
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 7:50PM (Unverified) said
No offense to any American but what you call "football" is pretty boring. Real football, now there's a sport.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 8:10PM (Unverified) said
Well that is in your opinion but i do think that football is more interesting than soccer, it requires more strategie and more thinking that just kicking a ball around the field like in soccer but then again that is my opinion :P
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Posted: Feb 4th 2008 4:50PM mastjaso said
American football isn't that great of a sport when you think about it. Sure it's fun to play with friends but theres only like 6 miniutes of playing per game. Personally I watched the superbowl and it does require strategy but so does chess and yet strangely that is not a huge sport in the states. Stop trying to trick your self. You like it because you like watching people hit each other and concuss themselves game after game after game.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2008 7:25AM Korova Pamplona said
Yeah, American girls think that soccer players milking every on-field contact for a car or a penalty is woos-like. They are so obviously acting and badly so - its very un-macho.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 8:04PM vidguy said
Yeah, a sport where nobody does anything news worthy or interesting. "Did you see it last night? Can you believe he got the yellow card?! OMG!"
Coincidentally, this Super Bowl is actually shaping up to be the most boring yet. Gotta hand it to the Giants D though, hope they can keep it up.
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Coincidentally, this Super Bowl is actually shaping up to be the most boring yet. Gotta hand it to the Giants D though, hope they can keep it up.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 8:58PM spin cycle said
Is D always boring?
I'd call a game that was 28-0 at halftime more boring than one which is 3-7. There are some good stops and there is some tension here.
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I'd call a game that was 28-0 at halftime more boring than one which is 3-7. There are some good stops and there is some tension here.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 10:44PM vidguy said
I completely agree with that sentiment and as a former middle linebacker I love a good defensive game, but that first half was pretty yawn except for maybe five plays. Course I was glad to see Brady spend most of it on his back.
Play of the game is Manning scrambling out of that mash up and getting off a drive-sustaining 39yd throw with a helmet-aided catch by the new Ocho-Cinco.
I thought I saw some tears in Belichick's eyes. What a sore-ass loser walking off the field before the clock hit 0.
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Play of the game is Manning scrambling out of that mash up and getting off a drive-sustaining 39yd throw with a helmet-aided catch by the new Ocho-Cinco.
I thought I saw some tears in Belichick's eyes. What a sore-ass loser walking off the field before the clock hit 0.
Posted: Feb 4th 2008 7:29AM Korova Pamplona said
Yeah, I have never seen a QB escape a sack and do a longish pass like that. That was just fantastic.
What weirded me out a little was how calm and almost unexcited both brady and manning looked on the field. It looked like they were not agitated at all - almost bored to be there. Brady did begin to look more and more scared as the game advanced.
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What weirded me out a little was how calm and almost unexcited both brady and manning looked on the field. It looked like they were not agitated at all - almost bored to be there. Brady did begin to look more and more scared as the game advanced.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 9:28PM (Unverified) said
I can't think which headline would be better if the Patiots end up loosing: "Pats Freefalling" ala Mr. Petty and co. or "No Country For Old Men" - ya know, seeing as how the Pats D is almost eligible for social security.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 10:07PM DBuckEye said
Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants! Giants!
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 10:13PM (Unverified) said
I say who gives a shit? Because,.. THE GIANTS JUST WON! HAHAHAHA
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 10:40PM vidguy said
Oh man, I'm so wicked sad about this one! Haha, screw those "perfect Pats" they deserve this loss. Eli out-Bradyed Brady.
I wonder how many pre-orders they had to cancel of this:
http://www.amazon.com/19-0-Historic-Championship-Englands-Unbeatable/dp/1600781500/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202096249&sr=8-3
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I wonder how many pre-orders they had to cancel of this:
http://www.amazon.com/19-0-Historic-Championship-Englands-Unbeatable/dp/1600781500/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202096249&sr=8-3
Posted: Feb 3rd 2008 11:08PM (Unverified) said
Hark! Is that champagne corks I hear popping in Florida?
So much sweeter following Spygate, this. Hey Belicheat! Ain't karma a BITCH?!
My Fins are still the only TRUE perfect team in the modern era - and we did it without underhanded tactics an'all!!
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So much sweeter following Spygate, this. Hey Belicheat! Ain't karma a BITCH?!
My Fins are still the only TRUE perfect team in the modern era - and we did it without underhanded tactics an'all!!
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