I have no use for Lady Gaga but admit she did an outstanding job singing the anthem. Very nice rendition to be sure. And I'm real picky about my anthems (I listen to them with pride all the time). Kudos to Ms. Gaga.
That's funny.... and correct! My wife was p!$$ed we had to watch that over the last few episodes of Making a Murderer.
I would have preferred if my Panthers went 0 - 16 on the season and never went to the playoffs than to watch them shoot themselves in the foot all night. They play nearly flawless football all season and then decide to heave all over themselves in the one game that mattered.That's funny.... and correct! My wife was p!$$ed we had to watch that over the last few episodes of Making a Murderer.
Good for Peyton.... Bad for us.
I've been gaga for Gaga since her first album, my wife just shakes her head...
If you look at the stats the Panthers defense played better than Denver's defense. 315 yards to 194 for Denver. 21 first downs to 11 for Denver. Least amount of offense by the winning team in Superbowl history. The game was decided by turnovers, penalties, and some bad officiating.
I disagree....just looking at the numbers that way doesn't take into account that Car. was the number 1 offense in the league this year, which paints the picture of how much better Den. defense really played. And most of the Car. turnovers were not bad plays, but caused by the Den. defense. And I only saw one questionable call, and one play that should have been called....much less then most of the post season games, so you can't blame it on "bad officiating"
Bad officiating was only one of three things that caused Carolina to lose. The turnovers and penalties had as much to do with it as the officiating. As for the turnovers....Cam got the ball stripped by Von Miller. He saw him coming and didn't secure the ball. Cam is 6'5", 250 pounds and as strong as King Kong. No one has ever stripped the ball from Cam. He just didn't secure it. Fault: Cam. The Mike Tolbert fumble is odd too. He's a 250 pound wrecking ball made of pure violence and he let a boney little cornerback knock it out of his breadbasket. Again, ball securing 101. Fault: Tolbert. The INT Cam threw went right through the arms of Ted Ginn. He should of caught it for starters but made it even worse by not even knocking it down. Fault: Ginn. The 4th turnover I give Von Miller full credit. He came from behind Cam and knocked the ball out of his hand. Cam had no way of seeing him. Tip of the cap to Von Miller. As for the officiating. there were three critical calls/non calls that were killer. One was the Cotchery catch that was ruled incomplete. That was a clear catch and the replay proved it. No one said it wasn't a catch except the bonehead zebra who can't see straight. So instead of first down on the 38 it went back to the 12 yard line and two plays later is when Cam fumbled in his own endzone. That made it 10 - 0 and as far as I was concerned was the biggest part of the game. The second bad call (actually a non call) was when Gano doinked his field goal attempt off the upright. Talib was five feet offsides but no call. Had he been called, it would have given the Panthers a first down on the Bronco 20. Potential of 7 points turned into zero points. The third non call was when I believe it was Philly Brown caught a pass for a first down inside the Bronco 10 while Roby (the defender) had his arms wrapped around his body well before the ball got to him. An obvious interference that they let go (and duly noted in the analysis of many). Panthers had to settle for a field goal instead of a first and goal.
