Super Bowl XLVIII

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Who is going to win Super Bowl 48?

  • Denver Broncos

    Votes: 41 48.8%

  • Seattle Seahawks

    Votes: 43 51.2%
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Sicc OG
#84
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Rasan said:
N.J. politicians feel slighted by NFL

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Football fans who think they’re coming to New York City for the Super Bowl will find plenty of activities, parties and attractions. What they won’t find is a stadium, or the actual game.

That’s because it’s being played in New Jersey, but some angry politicians say you’d never know it, judging by the promotional materials from the NFL.

New Jersey’s perceived slight by its famous neighbor began moments after the NFL announced in 2010 that the 2014 Super Bowl would be played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford — about 10 miles outside of Manhattan.

But it reached a fever pitch this week when the NFL unveiled its design for the official game program and tickets — a shot of the New York City skyline — with New Jersey a small speck in the distance.

“Apparently, the NFL needs a geography lesson,” Sen. Robert Menendez, (D-NJ) said at a press conference with Sen. Cory Booker and other elected officials held to denounce the NFL’s design and reprimand players and broadcasters who refer to the Feb. 2 game as the `New York Super Bowl.’ Menendez also took issue with the “tiny sliver of Jersey City” visible in the program cover, adding; “You’re kidding, right?”

Brian McCarthy, a spokesman for the NFL who took pains to point out he lives in New Jersey, sent a long list of the NFL-supported Super Bowl activities happening in the Garden State. He insisted that the program and ticket design featured Jersey City, and said the Super Bowl logo prominently shows MetLife Stadium with a view toward New York City, adding that other promotional decor displayed both New York and New Jersey.

But the program design — in which Jersey City can be found if you’re looking for it — hit a nerve that was made raw almost immediately after the 2010 announcement that the nation’s first cold-weather Super Bowl would be played in New Jersey; news which was heralded on the cover of New York City’s tabloids as the `New York Super Bowl,’ and is repeatedly referred to by sportscasters as such.

Gov. Chris Christie chided then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s glee at the announcement, and expressed exasperation with the New York-centric coverage of the Super Bowl host city announcement.

“I look where that stadium is, and it’s New Jersey, and when everybody gets on the train or in their cars or on buses, they’re going to be coming to that game in New Jersey,” Christie said at the time.

Christie hasn’t commented on the latest flap over the NFL’s New York-centric designs, as his administration is dealing with an ongoing controversy over politically motivated lane closures in September at the George Washington Bridge that were prompted by a member of Christie’s office emailing; “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.”

In a nod to both controversies, New Jersey’s largest newspaper, The Star-Ledger, is running a contest for readers to redesign the NFL’s program cover by offering a sample design of their own: a photo of the New Jersey Turnpike, accented by Meadowlands tumbleweeds, over the caption: “Time for some traffic problems in East Rutherford — Super Bowl XLVIII.”
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Lmao. Maybe the Jets and Giants should claim New Jersey then, rather than going by New York.
 
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savage

savage

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Feb 14, 2004
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Seattle Seahawks ‏@Seahawks

Checkout the E @EMPIRE StateBldg tonight! #Seahawks win today's social showdown. #WhosGonnaWin Site #WhosGonnaWin pic.twitter.com/XTkaCTCEKc

 
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Brian Billick ‏ COACH @COACH Billick 1h

According to @seatgeek, #Seahawks fans will outnumber #Broncos fans by fair margin. 18% of buyers originate from WA, just 8.1% from CO.

Yee!
 
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Mar 16, 2005
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savage said:
Brian Billick ‏ COACH @COACH Billick 1h

According to @seatgeek, #Seahawks fans will outnumber #Broncos fans by fair margin. 18% of buyers originate from WA, just 8.1% from CO.

Yee!
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That where buyers originate from but it doesnt take into account tfans that have been relocated. Denver has a much wider fan base nation wide. I wouldnt be surprised if its 2-1 denver favor...not that that matters, there wont be enough fans either way to make a noise difference with all the media and corperate seats
 
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Make-A-Wish Families to Attend Super Bowl Thanks to Snoqualmie Indian Tribe



Three Make-A-Wish families will see the Seahawks take on the Denver Broncos at Super Bowl XLVIII thanks to the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe. “We are so glad that the Tribe is able to share its tradition of helping others by ensuring that these very special families get to experience this memorable event,” says Tribal Chairwoman Carolyn Lubenau.

The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe’s donation includes Super Bowl tickets and assistance with travel expenses for the families. One of the donation recipients is Kevin Lee whose wish to meet Russell Wilson went viral after he was “signed” to a five-year contract with the Seahawks last summer. At that time, he proclaimed that the Seahawks would advance to the Super Bowl so the team only thought it was fitting to extend his wish experience and invite him to attend the Super Bowl.

For one local Make-A-Wish recipient, attending the Super Bowl with her family was something she wished for long before the Seahawks even made the playoffs, so her wish has become even sweeter since her hometown team is playing in the game. “We are incredibly grateful to the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe for this generous gift that will create an unforgettable experience and lasting memories for these children and their families,” says Barry McConnell, Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington president and CEO.

“We are also excited to announce that the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe will be giving an additional donation of $5000 to Make-a-Wish,” says Lubenau. “The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe is honored to support the work that Make-a-Wish does for these families and the many other families in our community.”

Since 1986, Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington has granted wishes to thousands of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.

The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe is a federally recognized tribe in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. Known as the People of the Moon, Snoqualmie Tribal members were signatories of the Treaty of Point Elliott with the Washington territory in 1855. The Tribe owns and operates the Snoqualmie Casino in Snoqualmie, WA.

Make-A-Wish Families to Attend Super Bowl Thanks to Snoqualmie Indian Tribe
 
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Defy

Defy

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Go SeaChickens! Beat the Donkeys!


I'm just hoping for some memorable beast mode shit like that playoff game against the saints from Marshawn "bout that action" Lynch
 
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