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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 20, 2013 23:38:39 GMT -5
I'll probably be watching the Super Bowl for the commercials. Last time I was less interested in the Super Bowl.......the Raiders and Buccaneers were playing in it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2013 23:45:59 GMT -5
That said: The media coverage of Lewis will be nothing short of sickening. Bingo. The whole "let's go ahead and ignore that he probably killed somebody" aspect of this entire postseason is a joke. Yes, Ray Lewis is a motivational figure for the Baltimore Ravens roster, but go ahead and ask the families of the people he (probably) killed how they feel right now. I'm willing to bet they're not filled with all sorts of motivation. It's not like he killed some innocent child in cold blood and everyone saw it. He may or may not have killed someone (he had an entourage with him) and if he did it would have been in self defense. A bunch of loudmouth gangbangers attacked him and his crew, is it really so mortifying that they were dealt with? Not to mention this was over ten years ago.
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Post by BRV on Jan 20, 2013 23:54:31 GMT -5
Bingo. The whole "let's go ahead and ignore that he probably killed somebody" aspect of this entire postseason is a joke. Yes, Ray Lewis is a motivational figure for the Baltimore Ravens roster, but go ahead and ask the families of the people he (probably) killed how they feel right now. I'm willing to bet they're not filled with all sorts of motivation. It's not like he killed some innocent child in cold blood and everyone saw it. He may or may not have killed someone (he had an entourage with him) and if he did it would have been in self defense. A bunch of loudmouth gangbangers attacked him and his crew, is it really so mortifying that they were dealt with? Not to mention this was over ten years ago. Valid point. I forgot the statue of limitations on murder was "over ten years ago, provided the alleged murderer is a good football player." And yeah, considering Ray Lewis is receiving the deity treatment, it is definitely worth entering into the discussion whether they were "loudmouth gangbangers" or not. The whole "they were asking for it" defense didn't work for O.J. and it won't work for Ray.
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Post by MGH on Jan 20, 2013 23:55:17 GMT -5
That said: The media coverage of Lewis will be nothing short of sickening. Bingo. The whole "let's go ahead and ignore that he probably killed somebody" aspect of this entire postseason is a joke. Yes, Ray Lewis is a motivational figure for the Baltimore Ravens roster, but go ahead and ask the families of the people he (probably) killed how they feel right now. I'm willing to bet they're not filled with all sorts of motivation.Funny you mention them: www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/01/10/ray-lewis-baltimore-ravens-atlanta-murder-2000/1566198/And no, they're not.
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Post by mizerable on Jan 20, 2013 23:57:43 GMT -5
So BRV, are you saying that whenever Lewis' name be brought up in media discussions, they should shed light on the murders?
I mean, that to me...seems pretty ridiculous, especially if it doesn't pertain to the conversation.
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Post by Error on Jan 20, 2013 23:58:03 GMT -5
Oh yea, we get to hear people pissed their team blew it go on and on about how one guy MIGHT have killed someone despite having no proof other than intense dislike of the media hype surrounding him instead of getting to focus on the Super Bowl. Just what I always wanted to see.
Hey how about this, instead of complaining about the insane amount of coverage Ray Ray gets, look at how much your feeding into it and let it die so this is one less place to see it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2013 0:00:11 GMT -5
It's not like he killed some innocent child in cold blood and everyone saw it. He may or may not have killed someone (he had an entourage with him) and if he did it would have been in self defense. A bunch of loudmouth gangbangers attacked him and his crew, is it really so mortifying that they were dealt with? Not to mention this was over ten years ago. Valid point. I forgot the statue of limitations on murder was "over ten years ago, provided the alleged murderer is a good football player." And yeah, considering Ray Lewis is receiving the deity treatment, it is definitely worth entering into the discussion whether they were "loudmouth gangbangers" or not. The whole "they were asking for it" defense didn't work for O.J. and it won't work for Ray. ...did you see "self defense?" Do you really think a lone woman is equal to guys who usually are armed and more than willing to shoot/stab someone? You may want to take a look at where most of the violent crime in this country comes from. Trying to equivocate him with OJ is completely ridiculous, and it's nothing other than a blatant straw-man. It's not even about a statute of limitations. The trial is OVER. It's been over. Get over it.
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Post by Toxik916 on Jan 21, 2013 0:02:54 GMT -5
Ray Lewis is a good man on and off the field. We weren't there that day and we don't know what happened. If Ray Lewis said it was self defense then I'll have to take the man's word for it. He obviously made enough sense to the investigators which is why he has never been convicted of anything, unlike Stallworth for killing someone while driving under the influence.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Jan 21, 2013 0:06:05 GMT -5
So, cue the FALCONS ARE PAPER TIGERS responses.
This team can't win for losing- it's like they can't please us on here.
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Post by Orange on Jan 21, 2013 0:07:04 GMT -5
I'm just tired of hearing his name and seeing him all over the place. Yeah, he's great and he's retiring - awesome, but do we have to have a camera permanently placed on him to watch him sing the National Anthem, or to take his jersey and bionic arm off on the sidelines?
We get it, he exists.
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Post by Error on Jan 21, 2013 0:11:27 GMT -5
So, cue the FALCONS ARE PAPER TIGERS responses. This team can't win for losing- it's like they can't please us on here. You mean they're not? That they didn't choke in two playoff games this year and needed a rookie mistake to get over the hump in one?
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Post by britishbulldog on Jan 21, 2013 0:11:37 GMT -5
So my dream would be for Niners QB to sprain his ankle so Smith can come in and finish what he started. I admit to being a Smith mark as I have been a season ticket holder to Utah football since before he started there. Don't want the starter hurt bad just enough that Smith gets his chance.
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Post by Celgress on Jan 21, 2013 0:12:50 GMT -5
San Francisco 49ers
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Post by MGH on Jan 21, 2013 0:13:52 GMT -5
So, cue the FALCONS ARE PAPER TIGERS responses. This team can't win for losing- it's like they can't please us on here. What on Earth did they do to shed their reputation? Blow a 20 point lead to Seattle leaving themselves in a position to have to drive for a FG (which they missed, btw, and Carroll screwed Seattle)? Blowing a 17 point lead and blowing their SB birth?
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Post by Jazzman on Jan 21, 2013 0:14:15 GMT -5
You know what I want... more stories about Colin Kapernick's big ass turtle. f*** Ray Lewis and the Harbaugh Brothers, give me the turtle!
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Post by Orange on Jan 21, 2013 0:14:39 GMT -5
So, cue the FALCONS ARE PAPER TIGERS responses. This team can't win for losing- it's like they can't please us on here. ....but they are. In two games they blew a combined 37-0 lead, and almost gave the game to Seattle because they don't know how to kick correctly. They're absolutely paper tigers with nobody to blame but themselves. Maybe one day they'll find out how to close out a game, but until then people are 100% in the right to not buy into the Falcons.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Jan 21, 2013 0:19:50 GMT -5
Gee, I thought winning last week would have made things a tad better for the Falcons going forward.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2013 0:21:08 GMT -5
Gee, I thought winning last week would have made things a tad better for the Falcons going forward. Because they almost lost against a team that blew two scoring drives that were sure FGs. And their defense was incapable of stopping Colin Kaepernick.
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Post by BRV on Jan 21, 2013 0:23:32 GMT -5
See, I'm wildly conflicted. Considering the Ravens knocked my team out of the playoffs and considering they have a (wildly likely) murderer and (incredibly possible) PED users on their active roster, I should despise them.
THAT BEING SAID...
I was at Gillette Stadium when the 49ers visited Foxboro about a month ago, and I don't think I've ever come across a less likeable bunch than San Francisco fans (Jets fans notwithstanding). I'm sure the fans I came across were outliers and I'm willing to bet the large majority of 49ers fans are actually decent human beings, but I'm not sure I'm ready to live in a world in which those seven or eight d-bags are celebrating a Super Bowl victory.
I guess what I'm saying is that on February 3, I'll be cheering for the golden retrievers in the Puppy Bowl.
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Jan 21, 2013 0:25:52 GMT -5
Patriots have been LUCKY against the Ravens in the past. The playoff game last year and the regular season game a couple years back when Mason dropped a game winning TD. They;ve struggled mightily against them. Fine, I'll admit that, only if you admit the Giants got insanely lucky twice and somehow beat a far superior team both times.
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