SuperBowl 50 Finals @ Levi Stadium, Santa Clara

[mexi cali]

I think Manning needs to get out now. He was a great QB but he suffered a couple of very serious injuries, one that he is lucky to have come back from.

I think that the injuries are always in the back of his mind which is why he looks to be playing almost scared.

He may be long in the tooth as an athlete but he is a relatively young man and he has the rest of his life to look forward too.

Lots of time to enjoy all the money he made.

[the truth]

i hope manning has 1 win left in him

[alfred2]

when is the super bore/

[mexi cali]

Well, with that attitude, we're not going to tell you.

Actually, It's this Sunday. In Hawaii.

[Ka-El]

i hope manning has 1 win left in him

I would love to see the Broncos win this one, and see Manning retire with one more Superbowl Ring (Brady has four and he is nowhere near retirement). Truth be told though, I don't think the Broncos have a chance in beating the Carolina Panthers - unless something very untoward and unfortunate happens to Cam Newton. Not to take away from the team around him, because it is a championship team, but Superman throws bullets on a string, runs through walls, and flies through the air.

My heart is with Manning and the Broncos, but my money is on Cam Newton and the Panthers.

This game could very well be a good old-fashioned blow-out.


p.s. don't worry about alfred - football is a complicated game.

[GordonH]

Today its NFL version of the All-star game in Honolulu, Hawaii

Hip…. hip hooray

Added: I find all all-star games to be waste of time watching, except the week leading up to game and fans & players getting together.

[Ka-El]

Final round of the Farmers Open today at Torrey Pines. Way more exciting than the Pro-Bowl.

[ferri]

lol i actually enjoyed watching the pro bowl this year. they looked like they were really having fun. :)

[GordonH]

https://countingdownto.com/countdown/su ... down-clock

[Ka-El]

and on a side note ...

Montana at 59: 'I can't really run or do much'

SAN FRANCISCO — On Sunday, Joe Montana will handle the coin toss at Super Bowl 50. It’s one of the things he can do without feeling pain, which is the daily cost of his Hall of Fame football career.

In an interview with USA TODAY Sports, Montana detailed the extensive physical problems suffers from more than two decades after he ended his NFL career in 1994.

“The mental part was hard initially when I first retired,’’ said Montana, 59, who won four Super Bowls as quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers. “Because it’s quick - cold turkey, the game’s gone. Then the physical stuff tries to catch up with you.’’

To hear it from Montana, it sounds like he has spent as much time in an orthopedist’s office than he did on the football field. Start with his arthritis, which is in one of his elbows, his knees and his hands.

“My hands have been, oh my gosh, in the middle of the night they hurt like crazy,’’ Montana said.

Then there’s the balky knee he can’t straighten despite a half-dozen surgeries.

“They kept saying I’ll need a knee replacement when I can’t walk,’’ he said. “I can’t really run or do much with it.’’

Recently, Montana said, he had elbow surgery and now he’s got problems in his neck. To date, he’s had three neck fusions.
“I think I’m headed down the fusion thing again,’’ Montana said. “… The path of a nerve they think is being affected.’’
There’s more nerve damage in one of his eyes.

“It acts like a lazy eye to some degree because every time you’re tired, it kind of goes wherever it feels like a little bit,’’ Montana said. “Not dramatic but just enough where you can’t read or you have to refocus.’’

A doctor said the nerve damage resulted from head trauma, according to Montana.

“Can’t figure out where that came from,’’ Montana deadpanned, assuming that the host of physical problems resulted from the pounding he took during his football career.

When he retired, Montana said, he thought he’d done so early enough to live an active physical life with his wife and their three children. He has discovered otherwise, having been reduced to spectator when his two grown sons surf or ski.

“My whole family likes to live on the edge, so some of the things I regret that I can’t do with them,’’ Montana said. “Like snowboarding. I fell like 50 times within 30 yards off the top of the ski lift. ... I love basketball. I can’t play basketball. I can shoot, but that’s about it. I can’t run up and down the court. My knee just gives out.

“I tried a little bit of skiing, but unfortunately when you get weight on one ski under my left knee, it’s just not very strong. After my first back surgery, what kind of compounds things, is my sciatic nerve has been damaged. So the muscles along my sciatic nerve into my left foot have been numb since ’86.’’

After Montana handles the coin toss, he will head into a luxury suite and in the company of other retired Super Bowl MVPs watch the Carolina Panthers play the Denver Broncos. Montana suggests some of the players may feel the game decades from now.

“Unfortunately,’’ he said, “most of us leave this game with things that linger.’’

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nfl/mon ... id=SL5MDHP

[Ka-El]

Watching the Phoenix Open is a great precursor to the Superbowl.
Also gotta thank Christy Clark for making tomorrow a holiday

[the truth]

almost game time
beer-check
pizza-check
wings-check
hoping for a 24-21 broncos win

[Ka-El]

Big defense, big special teams play. Surprised but pleased to see Denver where they are in this game at the half.

[the truth]

agree blowouts are not fun,hope it goes down to the wire..

[Ka-El]

hoping for a 24-21 broncos win

Well that was a pretty close prediction. I have to admit I didn't give the Broncos defense near enough credit before this game. Especially given the fact it was their defense that was responsible for the win against Brady and the Patriots - and now tonight for the win against Cam Newton and the Panthers. Great game, great physical battle. Feel good for Manning too. The guy has a lot of class giving credit where it is due and deserves to go out finishing his career with a winning Superbowl team.