SuperBowl 2018 Patriots vs Eagles Thread

Nope… why should I? I stand for the anthem, and the flag… I don’t disrespect it, so I don’t feel that its an issue.

sure am looking forward to the game

so hungry for football I will even be watching the pro bowl.

kinda bummed that the nhl all stars are playing about the same time.

If history is any indicator the Pats Super Bowl wins have always been close games. Their 5 wins by a total of just 19 points.

Cheering for the Eagles - but suspect the Pats might win. But like most bettors (so far at least) I think the Eagles will at least cover the spread. At one point it got all the way down to 4.5 points and is now back to 5 most places.

With betting on the Super Bowl open for four days, it's clear which side the money is on in the early-going: with the [url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/page/PHI/philadelphia-eagles]Philadelphia Eagles[/url].

After the New England Patriots opened as 5.5 or 6-point underdogs on Sunday night, early action on the Eagles drove the line down to Patriots -5 by Monday evening. And it didn’t stop there.

The MGM moved the line down to Patriots -4.5 on Wednesday after reportedly receiving a multi-million-dollar bet on the Eagles after previously listing the line as Patriots -5.5.

According to vice president of race and sports for MGM Resorts Jay Rood, his sportsbook is heavy on Eagles action so far.

“We were getting Eagles action all the way around. So we decided to go down and test the waters,” Rood said, per SportsLine. “I was a little surprised to see the public going against the Patriots this hard, but I can understand why they see some value there.”

The Pro Bowl is the NFL version of an all star game, and just as boring as the rest. It would be interesting to see a CFL-NFL game at this point, with the exception of 2 teams, most NFL teams are in their off season… could provide some interest to a meaningless game.

It could work as they r not playing all out . The NFL guys would be upset playing the CFL guys though . The CFL guys may use it and play a little too hard trying to move up .

It’s interesting is the NFL use to play all star college teams up until I think 1970 or around there . The college guys played well the earlier years and then the pros kinda dominated . In 1963 the college all star team beat the Green Bay Packers .

A regular season game between a CFL team, rotate team each year, agains't an NFL team where it also counts as a regular season game for them. Ok, not going to happen. 8)

Did you brain storm something Earl and then decided it’s not a good idea ?

Never will happen even the exhibition games they did before are now out of bounds . Before our schedule was similar and were able to play exhibition games around the same time . Not now the CFL is much more a Summer league .

The all star game has too many career ending opportunities for the NFL stars as they will not be playing full out . The CFL players will be playing all out and will be looking to attract attention so they can win the NFL lottery money . It’s just too one sided in players being attracted to play . Nothing in it for the NFL and everything for the CFL . The NFL players would look at it as a temporary demotion and would be hard pressed to play with any deal of intensity .

Fun to think about but won’t happen . Simpler times back in the 50’s and 60 's when even college kids could beat the runner ups in the NFL title in one game .

yippee, only 3 1/2 hrs to go.

I am looking forward to this game too much. Which probably means the Eagles are gonna suck and the game be over by halftime.

Hopefully it is a good one. I'm curious to see if as rumoured we get hologram Prince at halftime.

…best halftime show…ever…

…before the days of canned music and lip-sync…the end, Purple Rain, with the crowd singing and the college marching band playing backup, simply awesome…

…the NFL did a behind the scenes short about that event,

I notice Bell Media is doing their best to capture as many Canadian viewers as possible and not lose the majority of viewers to NBC - since the CRTC won't allow a simsub for the game itself. (Apparently they can simsub right up until the ball is kicked off.)

They are giving away hundreds of thousands during the game but you have to be watching the Canadian feed to have a chance to win.

From 6:00PM - 6:30PM - the 30 minutes immediately prior to kickoff - the telecast will be on CTV, CTV2, TSN 1,2,3,4 and 5. The game itself on CTV, CTV2 and TSN2

Pats should do the sporting thing and spot the Eagles 17 pts before kickoff.

Great anthem by Pink . Patriots with their hands on their hearts .

Al Michael said it best great to see the two top seeds in the championship .

20 minutes until the BIG GAME!!!

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Yawn yes, just get the game going.

3-3, excellent drives, one stalled by a bad penalty and the other by a bad throw by Brady to Gronk. Tom, the guy is tall, throw it up high rather than trying to dart it in with a d back right in front of Gronk. Bad by Brady.

This NFL is awesome, they go for it on 3rd down every time! :o

The NFL is 3 downs, they just have an extra down for fun sakes. 8)Great play by the Eagles one on one coverage and Folds found the right guy with a good throw.

Heck of a first quarter! Over 280 yards of offence just about evenly split between the two teams! Great catch for the Eagles TD - but will that missed extra point come back to haunt the Eagles.

Best league in the world, what a high school snap for a field goal and a missed extra point. Ok, "the best". hmmm The CFL is equally "as good" or "as bad" depending on how you want to look at it. :wink:

Brutal toss by Brady, brutal. High school stuff.