Super Bowl LVII

[jopie87]

4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The NFL has to change this poo of being able to just bulldoze a ball carrier across the line. Short yardage situations just aren't even interesting anymore. It's a gimmie.

Can't see any way it's legal next year.

[JawnyBlaze]

3 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

How was that not a penalty on Jason Kelce???? Wow. And I'm surprised they didn't pull McDuffie for protocol after that.

 

 

Yea if the OL is close enough to immediately take the head off a DB, it’s an illegal man downfield unless the play was at the LoS…lotta little things like that going one way tonight. 

[Brooklyn 3.0]

A little bit more on the field ...

THIS grass was installed just two weeks ago. It gets rolled out every day to get sun and then gets returned to uh ... it's closet lol? But yeah, it's not the same grass they used all year. The question that needs to be asked is: how long does this rolling grass slab take to uhh ... "take"? I mean, it's not like it can root itself deep and there's a foot of dirt and whatnot everywhere. It's probably very thin, no? If it takes a month to (what's the word I'm looking for here) get all "worn in" and "tough", then they made a huge goof just installing it two weeks ago.

[Proudiddy]

1 minute ago, chbright said:

It's the eagles. If it was another team, that team would be flagged all the way out to the bus. Eagles just play this way and everyone knows it and they get away with it. Same with Johnson getting an early start every snap.

To be fair, tackles getting away with false starts isn't unique to Philly.  Just check out most teams we play week to week in a season.  poo is ridiculous.  

[Proudiddy]

Worst field ever in Super Bowl history. Eat poo Roger Goodell.

 

 

[TheBigKat]

I imagine that grass manufacturer is getting called tomorrow to discuss their termination 

[Proudiddy]

1 minute ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

A little bit more on the field ...

THIS grass was installed just two weeks ago. It gets rolled out every day to get sun and then gets returned to uh ... it's closet lol? But yeah, it's not the same grass they used all year. The question that needs to be asked is: how long does this rolling grass slab take to uhh ... "take"? I mean, it's not like it can root itself deep and there's a foot of dirt and whatnot everywhere. It's probably very thin, no? If it takes a month to (what's the word I'm looking for here) get all "worn in" and "tough", then they made a huge goof just installing it two weeks ago.

They also said it was some kind of hybrid/"new" strain.  Seems like a bad time to be trying out experiments on a playing surface.

[TheBigKat]

We found the groundskeeper

 

 

[Davidson Deac II]

Very good game so far. Either team could win it

[Jackie Lee]

1 minute ago, Proudiddy said:

Worst field ever in Super Bowl history. Eat poo Roger Goodell.

 

 

It's 60 degrees on dry grass I have no idea how this is so slippery. It is basically a couple feet of dirt on a huge retractable stage so maybe it hasn't dealt with temperature swings very well or something

[Proudiddy]

Just now, Jackie Lee said:

It's 60 degrees on dry grass I have no idea how this is so slippery. It is basically a couple feet of dirt on a huge retractable stage so maybe it hasn't dealt with temperature swings very well or something

Yeah I can't imagine, unless it is just overwatered and is retaining moisture from that?  Only thing I could think of.  That and they said it was a new strain they hadn't used before, so maybe that strain is just naturally slicker.  Regardless, you would think they would have all of those t's crossed and i's dotted before this game.

[Jackie Lee]

5 minutes ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

A little bit more on the field ...

THIS grass was installed just two weeks ago. It gets rolled out every day to get sun and then gets returned to uh ... it's closet lol? But yeah, it's not the same grass they used all year. The question that needs to be asked is: how long does this rolling grass slab take to uhh ... "take"? I mean, it's not like it can root itself deep and there's a foot of dirt and whatnot everywhere. It's probably very thin, no? If it takes a month to (what's the word I'm looking for here) get all "worn in" and "tough", then they made a huge goof just installing it two weeks ago.

It either stays inside or gets rolled out to basically the parking lot. There was youtube vid on it like 10 years ago. I've never seen it look this bad so yeah seems like they fuged up on switching it out only 2 weeks ago in the middle of winter

[LinvilleGorge]

6 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

It's 60 degrees on dry grass I have no idea how this is so slippery. It is basically a couple feet of dirt on a huge retractable stage so maybe it hasn't dealt with temperature swings very well or something

Dudes slipping literally every play. Embarrassing. Somebody is getting fired.

[Toomers]

2 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

It's 60 degrees on dry grass I have no idea how this is so slippery. It is basically a couple feet of dirt on a huge retractable stage so maybe it hasn't dealt with temperature swings very well or something

The stadium surface has always been an issue. When the BCSCG with Cam was there, players were slipping constantly. That was 2011.