Open Thread: Super Bowl Weekend Is Here

by Anthony Cosenza on Feb 3, 2012 9:30 PM EST

The biggest weekend in the world of sports is upon us. The Giants will battle the Patriots for the title of "World Champion" on Sunday and there's a lot of storylines to the matchup.

Got a prediction on the winner? How about the MVP? Do you hate Madonna?

Vent here.

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Big thumbs up to Indy and NFL

Went to NFL Experience yesterday and it didnt disappoint. I dont ever think I have ever got the bang for my buck like I did for this event. Got pics and autographs with Newton,Stafford,Arian Foster, Montana, Chris Carter,Lott, Siragusa,Ware,Faulk

by EPK1979 on Feb 3, 2012 3:50 PM EST via mobile reply actions

And

Talked to Reggie Wayne for a few minutes to top it off. Told him to come to the Bengals and he said they have a bright future and it would be a place that would interest him. My nephew caught a td from Darnell Dockett in the Play 60 game to top it off.

by EPK1979 on Feb 3, 2012 3:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

That's awesome.

I would not complain one bit if he was in stripes.

AJ Green = Optimus Prime

by Helmsy on Feb 3, 2012 4:03 PM EST up reply actions

He was a cool guy.

We caught him away from all the chaos and he signed everything,took all the pics we wanted and he was very engaging. Make me want him on the Bengals even more. It was a great day for sure,especially for 25 bucks.

by EPK1979 on Feb 3, 2012 4:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

I bet.

I would have loved to have made the trip. Just couldn’t find the time.

AJ Green = Optimus Prime

by Helmsy on Feb 3, 2012 4:14 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, I travel through Indy quite a bit

And have heard him on the radio a few times, seeems like a cool guy. The fans seem to love him and he reminds me a bit of the football version of Brandon Philips, great with the fans, has a little “swag” (a bit cocky in a good way). Would not mind picking him up at all.

by biggie22 on Feb 3, 2012 4:56 PM EST up reply actions

Nice. The nfl Draft used to do a nice spread and it was free

by njbengalstat on Feb 3, 2012 4:12 PM EST up reply actions

this is great

awesome

"Mahmoud, Kim Jong, 86 ya sh__ bitches, or Ima do it fo ya"...Luther

by ticalcaldwell on Feb 3, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions

thats awesome

Really wish I lived close enough to go.

by JCompton41 on Feb 4, 2012 11:49 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Super bowl weekend

and no one cares.

by Bengalsfan024 on Feb 3, 2012 3:55 PM EST reply actions

Ahhhh Modonna is such a pig

I forgot she was singing.

by njbengalstat on Feb 3, 2012 4:10 PM EST reply actions

out of all the bands in the world

Madonna….just the thought of her singing “like a virgin”…is terrifying…horrible choice of music for the SB

"Mahmoud, Kim Jong, 86 ya sh__ bitches, or Ima do it fo ya"...Luther

by ticalcaldwell on Feb 3, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions

I prob would have that guy from the pro bowl. At least u could look at chicks during it

Not a bag of bones and stds

by njbengalstat on Feb 3, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions

Madonna is perfectly valid selection.

The Half Time show is a lose-lose for everyone involved. Madonna is every bit as a legitimate selection as…Tom Petty. At least Madonna and Gaga will do something different. After years of the same old thing (outside of Prince) with the old guard bands, we’ll see something different. The people who complain about the half time show are the people who always make the idiotic “I’ll be in the bathroom!” jokes that aren’t funny and everyone hates that loser at an SB Gathering…and yet, the next day they’ll complain in detail about the show despite claiming they had no interest in it.

by KSE on Feb 3, 2012 5:36 PM EST up reply actions

-1000

At least Madonna will do something different…rallying for Madonna over Tom Petty…..SUSPECT…
“I’ll be in the bathroom”…what the hell are you talking about??what a weird rant…I guess I am just one of those losers at a SB gathering….I do agree with you on the “old guard” bands….It does seem like they just cycle through bands from the 80s and 90s over and over…..

"Mahmoud, Kim Jong, 86 ya sh__ bitches, or Ima do it fo ya"...Luther

by ticalcaldwell on Feb 4, 2012 8:24 AM EST up reply actions

Obviously...

you do realize people who constantly complain the most about something are the ones who talk about that said thing constantly, right? Those are the people at any SB party that complains about whomever is the Half time show and makes really bad “I’ll be in the bathroom! ha ha!” jokes all throughout the first half of the game. Of course, there’s also the “it’s not going to be that bad!” section. Those people are bad too. Easiest solution is discard the halftime show all together and go back to local marching bands.

by KSE on Feb 4, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions

Bring back Mrs Jackson and that nipple ring and all straight men will be happy.

by Bigcatdaddy on Feb 4, 2012 1:18 PM EST via Android app up reply actions

you have such a diverse Superbowl party crowd

See in my house…it will be my kids and I just sitting there thinking that Madonna sucks…lol..

"Mahmoud, Kim Jong, 86 ya sh__ bitches, or Ima do it fo ya"...Luther...Obama's anger translator

by ticalcaldwell on Feb 4, 2012 2:42 PM EST up reply actions

Is 85 the next guy In

If Gronk cant finish

by Chili Dog on Feb 3, 2012 4:38 PM EST reply actions

So chili.

As a fan of chili hotdogs, do u put whiskey and blow on ur dogs?

by njbengalstat on Feb 3, 2012 4:57 PM EST up reply actions

Is 85 a TE?

no NE has Gronks brother i believe he will be next in

by Bengalsfan024 on Feb 3, 2012 5:14 PM EST up reply actions

They cut Gronk's brother

not long after they signed him, if I’m not mistaken.

by Oregonbengalsfan on Feb 3, 2012 6:38 PM EST up reply actions

yeah...Chili

I am sure that Ocho is the Pats TE backup….Yeah and I am sure that Ocho will be the backup for the kicker…..wait……who knows…lol..Chili…I see what you are doing..you are trying to correlate Ocho can be a kicker to he can be a TE as well right…or your just slow….I think its the latter

"Mahmoud, Kim Jong, 86 ya sh__ bitches, or Ima do it fo ya"...Luther

by ticalcaldwell on Feb 3, 2012 5:22 PM EST up reply actions

Gronk is playing.

The back up TE is their OL who played TE in college. Ocho was merely kept on the team to handle Media Day.

by KSE on Feb 3, 2012 5:32 PM EST up reply actions

Ocho is listed

as the #2 RWR behind Branch on the Pats depth chart, with Edleman the #2 LWR behind Welker

by Oregonbengalsfan on Feb 3, 2012 6:42 PM EST up reply actions

which makes him realistically #6 behind those guys and both TE's

by keithster on Feb 3, 2012 11:59 PM EST up reply actions

Yes, I dislike Madonna

I try not to use the word “hate”.

But in reality I can’t stand her.

by California Bengal Fan on Feb 4, 2012 12:04 AM EST reply actions

KSE...

Just compared Madonna to Tom Petty? Man card = revoked. Madonna is a record company puppet who made a living off of shocking audiences and singing songs written by other people. Tom Petty is a real musician who actually writes the vast majority of his songs. Plus…guys just aren’t supposed to like Madonna.

by Shake n Blake on Feb 4, 2012 4:20 AM EST reply actions

lol

I said the same thing above……….KSE = ON NOTICE

"Mahmoud, Kim Jong, 86 ya sh__ bitches, or Ima do it fo ya"...Luther

by ticalcaldwell on Feb 4, 2012 8:25 AM EST up reply actions

It's not even remotely close to that.

The point was that the Super Bowl Half Time show can never please everyone involved. Which is why I said doing Madonna is no different from Tom Petty. People like Madonna, some don’t. People like Petty, some don’t. Complaining doesn’t change anything because you’ll never find a perfect selection. Also, the SB Half Time show is a formula now, regardless of who does it. The act will open with a classic, do the their new song, their most known song and finish with a collaboration with another artist/or do a cover song. Madonna will do that as well. Whomever does it next year will do the same. It wasn’t a “THIS PERSON IS BETTER THEN THE OTHER” comment. Again, the point was that A) Madonna is at least something other then another aging rock band forced to cram a 3 hour show into 12 minutes and B) It doesn’t matter who does it, it’ll still be met with equal reaction. Unless it’s BEP. Everyone collectively hated BEP.

by KSE on Feb 4, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions