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1 hour ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

Wow, an actual commercial for a "religious" cult during the Super Bowl. How did CBS allow that? Assholes.

7 minutes ago, BastillePark said:

Think about the actual good they could have done with that money vs trying to get more people to join a church and give their tithe or more.

I guess you can't deny a Super Bowl commercial from anyone who can pony up the millions for the airtime, even an organized religion or cult.

2 minutes ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

Remember when Super Bowl commercials were really funny or really clever or otherwise really good? For the past few years, they've just been stupid. The Reese's one was nicely chaotic, but other than that I've yet to see one that I want to see again.

Just now, JohnRogers said:

Ben Affleck visiting J Lo at the studio hocking Dunkin’ Donuts was pretty funny.

True, that one was good.

Remember when Super Bowl commercials were really funny or really clever or otherwise really good? For the past few years, they've just been stupid. The Reese's one was nicely chaotic, but other than that I've yet to see one that I want to see again.

Wow, an actual commercial for a "religious" cult during the Super Bowl. How did CBS allow that? Assholes.

40 minutes ago, Principled Man said:

Anyone care to start a I'm Not Watching The Super Bowl and You Can't Make Me! thread?  

I was tempted.

Gronk just had his betting app-sponsored FG attempt, which he missed. There's no way a professional football player -- especially one of his skill level -- couldn't learn to kick a mere 25-yard FG. Anybody who put money on that farcical stunt is a loser, even if they won.

It's a sweet guitar. They're made by Godin, a Canadian builder who do really nice work. I like the pickup configuration, and the Vega bridge looks nice. I also like that it has a 12" fingerboard radius (like a Les Paul) and stainless steel frets. Overall, the specs are great.

If I were to nitpick, I'm not a fan of the control layout -- I'd like the volume knob closer to the pickup (like on a normal Strat) and the pickup switch might be too far away, but I'd have to try it.

They go for $3,999 USD. That's a lot of money for what is basically a modified Strat. Could you build your own for a lot less? Yeah, and lots of players have done it.

That said, Sweetwater sells them and are already sold out. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LERXSTALLCV--godin-lerxst-limelight-alex-lifeson-signature-electric-guitar-limelight-cream-with-vega-tremolo

13 hours ago, goose said:

I don't know her music beyond that "Never, never getting back together " song from ages ago, but from her success I do know she's an incredible talent and a savvy business person.  Gotta respect that.  And the negative reactions to her being at football games are pure comedy.  "YOU ARE RUINING FOOTBALL!"  

She's the Yoko Ono of the KC Chiefs!

2 hours ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

If you want to talk about the politics of Taylor Swift (did I just say that out loud?), please do so in SOCN. We like to keep political discussion confined to that forum wherever possible. Of course, you've been here for 18 years, so you already know this.

1 hour ago, Mithrandir said:

But the politics of life are entwined with the NFL over Swift, so isn't it ok to discuss both here?  One of the reasons so many are complaining about her vis a vis the NFL is because of her political leanings. 

"The politics of life?"

Anyhoo, this is a topic about the NFL. Taylor Swift is the biggest pop star on the planet, and because she happens to be dating the best and best-known tight end in the league whose team is again going to the Super Bowl, she's going to become part of the conversation. But we can talk about how annoying all the Swifty Bowl stuff is going to be without including "Traylor's" so-called politics. Politics tends to disrupt threads like this, as we're seeing here, and we'd like to avoid that.

14 hours ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

It's been made political in this thread. Maybe that's what goose is referring to?

 

Taylor and Kelce (so CUTE!!! *squeal*) are going to generate an onslaught of LOOK AT US over the next two weeks, and that would be the case whether or not they've made any "I don't know shit but listen to me anyway because I'm famous!" political statements, so that angle doesn't mean much here.

 

25 minutes ago, Mithrandir said:

Because it's true.  Can't you handle the truth?

If you want to talk about the politics of Taylor Swift (did I just say that out loud?), please do so in SOCN. We like to keep political discussion confined to that forum wherever possible. Of course, you've been here for 18 years, so you already know this.

5 hours ago, BastillePark said:

Someone didn't seem to know what all the ruckus surrounding her is about so I was just letting them know. Is that okay?

4 hours ago, goose said:

People don't like her because she's unimaginably successful and ubiquitous.  Making it about politics is miopic and asinine.

3 hours ago, BastillePark said:

Maybe you aren't aware of this but in 2020 she said this "After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? 'When the looting starts the shooting starts'??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump" she tweeted. 

 

More recently she's urging her fans to register and vote and the thought is they'd vote Democrat. Her boyfriend is doing commercials for the COVID vaccine which, unfortunately has become political so she's associated with that too. There are many Republican talking heads complaining about her too. I'm not the one making it political.

It's been made political in this thread. Maybe that's what goose is referring to?

Taylor and Kelce (so CUTE!!! *squeal*) are going to generate an onslaught of LOOK AT US over the next two weeks, and that would be the case whether or not they've made any "I don't know shit but listen to me anyway because I'm famous!" political statements, so that angle doesn't mean much here.

22 hours ago, HemiBeers said:

*sigh* welp there it is. 

 

alot of vitriol here against Campbell. Ok, so how many other teams were 3 points short of the superbowl this year? alot of criticism going for it on fourth downs. well that's how they got here.

 

fact: their kicker sucks from long distance. so there's no guarantee that he would make a couple 48 yarders. 

 

In the end, it's a players game. Players gotta catch the damn ball (reynolds). players gotta have ball security (gibbs). CBs can't whiff on interceptions. 

 

I thought at half time, it was still going to be close. 49ers are too good to roll over for an entire game. 

 

Lions still set up nice for next year with no critical free agents and $61m in cap space (to buy some CBs please). 

 

At least they didn't shit the bed like the Ravens.

21 hours ago, BastillePark said:

The Lions coach was doing what he's been doing all year. IMO when you're in that situation you take the points regardless of what you've been doing all year but obviously he doesn't think that way.

https://youtu.be/zdPOBKYfjB0?si=ZRrWQP8KdZvpb7r0

This is NSFW, and LOUD.

7 minutes ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

14-point lead erased in mere minutes. Tie game.

5 minutes ago, Principled Man said:

 

Don't the rules say that if they end up tied, the Packers go to the Super Bowl?  

I believe so! Let me look it up to make sure.

Ummm....okay, NO.

14-point lead erased in mere minutes. Tie game.

4 hours ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

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Place your bets!

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5 hours ago, edhunter said:

I am an extremely small hall guy in an everybody gets a trophy world. Beltré played 21 years in the Bigs and made five All-Star teams. How does a guy who for 3/4 of his career was not one of the 25 best players in his league get named tothe hall (on the first ballot, no less)??! His highest MVP finish was second, one time.

 

And don’t even get me started on the other two.

3 hours ago, goose said:

Beltre's WAR puts him top 40 all time, #27 for position players and 3rd all time for 3rd basemen.  His 3166 hits is top 18, with ten of his category peers having longer careers.  His totals for RBIs, HRs, doubles, total bases are 25th, 31st, 11th, 15th all time.

Yep, solid numbers.

Plus, I wouldn't consider number of all star game appearances as a metric for HOF worthiness. All star games are more about popularity and pageantry than anything else, and they're probably the least-watched event of any sports league's season.

Wilson's Aqualung remix is stellar (the only other Wilson remix I have is Chicago  II, also stellar). I've not heard this album yet.

The admins here can't see members' passwords either. If you forget your password and at some point you can't log in, email us at admin@therushforum.com and we can help you regain access.

I've never been a big NBA fan, and this will certainly not change that. What this coach said after this game is getting a lot of attention.

22 hours ago, Principled Man said:

Hope you're doing OK, Mr. Compass!   

 

Tough loss.  The Cowboys have too many good players to let this loss destroy them.  They will return.           

2 hours ago, liquidcrystalcompass said:

Same old crap.  Some heads are going to roll.

Some heads will roll, but the same types of heads will replace them, and then they'll be replaced ... and that is life in Jerry World. This maddening cycle of underachieving -- especially in the playoffs -- will continue until:

A) Jerry Jones puts his ego aside and hires a respected head coach that is given autonomy, which will never happen because he's a narcissistic control freak who only hires lapdogs. Tom Landry, Jimmy Johnson and Bill Parcells -- three legends and subsequent Jones victims -- can vouch for this.

B) Jerry Jones dies and someone other than his kids takes over, which will never happen because his kids are already ensconced in the highest levels of the organization. That sounds like mob boss stuff, doesn't it?

Being a Giants fan is not much fun right now, but I truly can't imagine being a Cowboys fan.

Congrats to the Bills!

I have zero allegiance towards the Bucs, but I hate the Eagles, so...

1 hour ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

NFL officiating seems to have it in for the Lions. Another bad call goes against them.

38 minutes ago, goose said:

Shot to a defenseless Stafford's head draws no flag?

 

 

Officiating is BAD. The Lions just got away with pass interference -- a call there would have given the Rams a huge first down. Makes up for the earlier bad call that went against them. Kinda.

2 minutes ago, BastillePark said:

Maybe half brothers?

 

Stop what ya doin 'cause I'm about to ruin...

 

He likes his oatmeal lumpy.

NFL officiating seems to have it in for the Lions. Another bad call goes against them.

1 hour ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

They guys in the booth said it, the game wasn't as close as the final score might indicate. They also stuck up for McCarthy, but I still don't think he should be there next season.

24 minutes ago, Principled Man said:

 

The guys in the booth just won the 2024 Captain Obvious Award!  

In their defense, they did preface that by saying if a viewer had just tuned in and saw that score they'd think both teams were involved in a shootout.