Super Bowl Spending?

[HundredK]

So let's say an average commercial is 30 seconds. Let's take an average of 5 commercials per break, and 6 breaks in an hour show. And let's say someone is watching three hours of tv a night, every night. That works out to over 270 hours a year of being a captive audience for advertisements. Sheesh.

[StormRichards]

So let's say an average commercial is 30 seconds. Let's take an average of 5 commercials per break, and 6 breaks in an hour show. And let's say someone is watching three hours of tv a night, every night. That works out to over 270 hours a year of being a captive audience for advertisements. Sheesh.

Well I don't view myself as a captive audience when a TV show has commercials. I typically will grab laundry out of the dryer, throw a load in, grab a refill of whatever I am drinking, go to the bathroom, etc. etc.

If it is a show that I am casually interested in, then it isn't going to bother me if I return 30 to 60 seconds late. If it is a show I really enjoy, I don't mind getting back early and seeing a commercial.

I can't think of a single thing I am missing out on that I want to do that could be achieved with the insignificant minutes worth of commercials each night.

Now if I could bank those minutes, then it would be a different story. But life doesn't work that way.

[Captain Save]

I knew when they scored the touchdown that they would convert. And when they won the coin toss, I knew they would win the game.

As a Patriots fan, I am sure you are happy with the win no matter how it played out. As a sports fan that doesn't support either team, I would have rather seen the champion win the game with dominant play. As opposed to watching a team fall apart and hand the victory over. Atlanta choked. That was the theme at the convenience store this morning, and so far here in the office.

I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure that last Patriots kick off in the 4th quarter reached the end zone. With zero timeouts left and less than a minute to go, the return guy brings the ball out and doesn't even reach the 20. Sure there is always a chance he could have broke one, but there was a penalty on the 2 point conversion making it a short kickoff. Just not a good set up for a big return. So he wasted time off the clock and made the field even longer.

you're right I really don't care how they won.. I did before the game but as the game unfolded .. I just wanted a win. I always think choke jobs are overstated but oh well ... I'll take it. If people want take credit away from the Pats cause Atlanta choked .. I don't think that's accurate but if you want to take away credit from the Pats because they had the ball bounce their way a lot in the last few moments.. I would definitely agree with you. The Edelman catch was a lot of effort but a lot of luck as well.

[StormRichards]

you're right I really don't care how they won.. I did before the game but as the game unfolded .. I just wanted a win. I always think choke jobs are overstated but oh well ... I'll take it. If people want take credit away from the Pats cause Atlanta choked .. I don't think that's accurate but if you want to take away credit from the Pats because they had the ball bounce their way a lot in the last few moments.. I would definitely agree with you. The Edelman catch was a lot of effort but a lot of luck as well.

A win is a win is a win. But there is a reason why the topic of the Falcons choking is on every major sports website. We are not talking about one bad play that changed a closely contested game. We are talking about blowing a 25 point lead with a little more than 17 minutes left in the game. A largest comeback in Super Bowl history!

The Patriots deserve all the credit in the world for taking full advantage of the choke. Most teams in the NFL wouldn't have been able to comeback from that deficit even with that choke job.

But if there wasn't a choke then they wouldn't have won the game.

[thestrongprofessional]

Superbowl win

Hey guys,

I know I'm kind of late to this thread but I ended up not spending much this super bowl. A friend of mine invited me over and I brought over some chips, dip and a bottle of bourbon. I'm still in shock at the result though. I'm an Arizona Cardinals fan but I was rooting for the pats. Still can't believe they were able to pull it off.

Raphael

[QuarterMillionMan]

This was the math on my spending;

$50
$25
$05
$20
$05
+___
$105 total cost before SB


$95.45 (AFC win)
$47.75 (over 59 points)
$32.50 (yes overtime)
+_______
$175.70 total won after SB


$175.70
$105.00
-_______
$70.70 net win from the SB (using my breath to mist up my finger nails to polish it against my shirt, lol)

[StormRichards]

you're right I really don't care how they won.. I did before the game but as the game unfolded .. I just wanted a win. I always think choke jobs are overstated but oh well ... I'll take it. If people want take credit away from the Pats cause Atlanta choked .. I don't think that's accurate but if you want to take away credit from the Pats because they had the ball bounce their way a lot in the last few moments.. I would definitely agree with you. The Edelman catch was a lot of effort but a lot of luck as well.

I thought of this thread this afternoon while listening to a sports talk program on the radio. According to the host, the Falcons had a 99.6% chance of winning late in the 3rd after blowing the 3rd and 1 play. I think 99.6% of football fans would refer to that as a choke.

The host had the same opinion as I do that it was still quite remarkable that the Patriots were able to take full advantage of every Falcons mistake.

[~bs]

Probably was the biggest comeback win in superbowl history. First OT in superbowl history.

Falcons deserved to lose giving up a lead that big, then going to OT. Once Pats got the ball, I knew they were going to win, the falcons defense couldn't stop the offense at all in the second half.

[~bs]

I thought of this thread this afternoon while listening to a sports talk program on the radio. According to the host, the Falcons had a 99.6% chance of winning late in the 3rd after blowing the 3rd and 1 play. I think 99.6% of football fans would refer to that as a choke.

The host had the same opinion as I do that it was still quite remarkable that the Patriots were able to take full advantage of every Falcons mistake.

Even as late as the last falcon drive, they still should have been able to put the game out of the patriots reach. Instead taking 2 huge sacks, they could have ran the ball a few times, and kicked a fieldgoal. Kneed the ball a few times, and kicked a fieldgoal. Even if they missed the FG, there wouldn't be enough time for the PATS comeback drive. If they made the FG, it would have put them up by 2 scores and out of the PATS reach.

[StormRichards]

Probably was the biggest comeback win in superbowl history. First OT in superbowl history.

Falcons deserved to lose giving up a lead that big, then going to OT. Once Pats got the ball, I knew they were going to win, the falcons defense couldn't stop the offense at all in the second half.

I don't recall what the prior record was, but this was by far the biggest comeback. I also knew the game was over once the Falcons lost the coin toss.

[QuarterMillionMan]

When Tom Brady threw the interception for the pick 6 in about the 2nd quarter, I lost all hope and thought all of my bets would lose. Then when the rally began for the Patriots in the 2nd half, slowly my hope started to gain momentum, sort of like a dieing patient coming out of a coma then upgrading to the ICU, then getting stabilized, and going into rehab, and miraculously coming back to life and starts walking and talking and gaining strength (lol). I was bewildered when the game went to OT, thinking okay I just won $32.50 with the OT bet. And with OT I knew my over 59 points would win as well with another $47.75. At that point during the OT if the Patriots won by 3 points I would have been happy with a tie (push) on my $50 bet for the Patriots to win by 3 points. But when the Patriots scored the touch down in OT, my jaw dropped that I actually won another $95.45. As Tom Petty's songs goes, "even the losers get lucky sometimes." (lol).