First * asterisk Super Bowl before it's played

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We have:


Colts vs Cowboys - fumble recovery and Dallas got fudged

Stealers vs Seattle - refs admit to fudging up calls

Those are AFTER Super Bowl.



This is BEFORE.
 

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This was in shaping up to be an embarrassing joke.

A Shampionship!

The Seahawks don't deserve to be there and got lucky enough to beat Green Bay.

The Patriots cheated to get there and therefore don't deserve to be there either.

The 2014 season will go down as one of the darker periods of NFL history and 2015 is off to a terrible start too.
 

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I'm pretty sure Spygate was before the Super Bowl was played.
 

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This was in shaping up to be an embarrassing joke.

A Shampionship!

The Seahawks don't deserve to be there and got lucky enough to beat Green Bay.

The Patriots cheated to get there and therefore don't deserve to be there either.

The 2014 season will go down as one of the darker periods of NFL history and 2015 is off to a terrible start too.

Its a shame because its the NFL's fault. Specifically, Goodell.

Belichek should have been suspended for a year.


The message of just fines and draft picks OBVIOUSLY didnt do anything. BB never felt threatened. For the most part he got away with Spygate and its penalty.
 

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I won't be watching this SB as games in the past. It is just a deflated feeling to want to watch it. Just don't see this SB catching much interest.
I'll watch, but won't have 100% of my attention.
 

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This was in shaping up to be an embarrassing joke.

A Shampionship!

The Seahawks don't deserve to be there and got lucky enough to beat Green Bay.

The Patriots cheated to get there and therefore don't deserve to be there either.

The 2014 season will go down as one of the darker periods of NFL history and 2015 is off to a terrible start too.

" Shampionship " .... very creative :):)
 

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I wouldn't put an asterisk next to Seattle, they earned their way to the SB.

Really?

So you feel that they were the better team last Sunday and deserved that win?

Because I sure don't.

I thought they were the better team going in, but they played badly enough to absolutely lose that game and if it were the Cowboys they were playing against, we would have crushed them.
 

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I wouldn't put an asterisk next to Seattle, they earned their way to the SB.

Man, if ever a team "lucked" into Super Bowl. It was this Seattle team. They are lucky we didn't play them.
We would have hung 30+ points on them.


Lucky 2x. Didn't play us and scoring 22 points in 5 mins?


I'm pretty sure Spygate was before the Super Bowl was played.

I guess the undefeated season kept it quiet.
The media was waiting to see if they won it.
 

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Its a shame because its the NFL's fault. Specifically, Goodell.

Belichek should have been suspended for a year.


The message of just fines and draft picks OBVIOUSLY didnt do anything. BB never felt threatened. For the most part he got away with Spygate and its penalty.

The NFL is more concerned with cover-ups than punishments, at least when it comes to teams and coaches.

Players they'll throw the book at!

You can go back to the 49ers cheating the salary cap during their last Super Bowl victory.

The NFL and its' broom have done such a masterful job of covering that up that most people nowadays don't even know about it.

And then they destroy the evidence for Spygate, and now they'll try to sweep this one under the rug too.

Gotta keep that illusion of integrity and competitive balance intact!
 

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I know it won't happen, but if there ever was a time to have a boycott, this SB would be it.
So since that won't happen, I hope it's one of the lowest rated games ever.
 

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Its a shame because its the NFL's fault. Specifically, Goodell.

Belichek should have been suspended for a year.


The message of just fines and draft picks OBVIOUSLY didnt do anything. BB never felt threatened. For the most part he got away with Spygate and its penalty.
None so blind they will not see and you are an example. goodell does not wipe his rear end without an OK from the owners. But you seem unable to comprehend that little FACT.
 

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seahawks fully deserve to be there. 4 turnovers and STILL beat green bay.

Please.

When you have to rely on a fake field goal and a knucklehead not doing his job on an onside kick, along with the opponent doing everything they can to give you the game?

Yeah, you don't deserve to be there.
 

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Please.

When you have to rely on a fake field goal and a knucklehead not doing his job on an onside kick, along with the opponent doing everything they can to give you the game?

Yeah, you don't deserve to be there.

LOL...so this is aaron rodgers screen name he uses in the off-season. got it.
 

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LOL...so this is aaron rodgers screen name he uses in the off-season. got it.

I have no idea what point you're trying (and failing) to make now.

I don't remember Rodgers turning the ball over 4 times....

But somehow the team that did (and then some!) is "deserving"...

Fact is that the current NFL is so screwed up that the case can easily be made that in the NFC, the better team has lost for the past three weeks.
 

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IMO In the end asterisks don't really matter. Denver was over the salary cap with their team that won their first Super Bowl. Is anyone talking about that? Is it etched in their SB rings? Was there a deduction on their individual SB pay checks? Did their team sales and popularity go down? Nope, quite the opposite. Basically this issue will be washed away in a few weeks much like the Suh reversal nonsense. The Pitt Seattle SB was a travesty and I swore off the NFL for College football after that game and wondered back to the NFL by draft time. I hate to see the game tarnished but as someone said earlier, "Until the NFL cares more about the game than the $$, things will not change". The NFL loves their darlings and their $$ and we're the fickle fans that keep coming back for more. Not saying it's the fans fault but it is what it is until morals override greed which isn't going to happen. It's our nature to forgive and forget and Politian's have been riding that fact for centuries.
Apologize for the seriousness of this opinion. Again just my take.
 
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