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LastRites - > Last Rites -> Super Bowl questions for you to answer
Super Bowl questions for you to answer
It’s been billed as Indy vs. the Windy City, the high-octane Indianapolis Colts vs. the defensive-driven Chicago Bears -- it’s Super Bowl XLI. The sports staff at the Bakersfield Californian posed 6 questions that need to be asked before Sunday’s big game:

1. The city of Miami outlawed tailgating in parking lots before Sunday’s game; who will benefit most: (A) Colts, (B) Bears, (C) City of Miami, (D) Other? And why?

2. The Bears have endorsements from Sen. Barack Obama, and actors Jim Belushi and Ashton Kutcher. Indianapolis, has, well, former Democratic presidential candidate Evan Bayh, Las Vegas oddsmakers and David Letterman. Who would you like to see endorse the Colts or Bears?

3. Speaking of endorsements, What product should Peyton Manning never endorse?

4.  The ’85 Bears are synonmous with the Super Bowl Shuffle.  What will the 2006 Bears title their “sure-to-be-chart-topping” song?

5. Prince, a Minnesota native, is scheduled to perform during halftime. Which Illinois or Indiana native would you rather see perform the halftime show?

6. A judge granted Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson permission to leave the state and play in the Super Bowl despite a parole violation for his third arrest in 18 months. What advice do you think the judge gave to Johnson?

If you’ve got witty replies to the six questions, send your answers to rpriest@bakersfield.com. The best answers will be used in our upcoming Super Bowl XLI preview.
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posted by LastRites on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 07:31 PM
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posted by ProgressivePete2 on Jan 31, 2007 at 08:28 AM
1. (E) Whoever owns the stadium. This forces people to eat and get drunk inside the gates costing them lots of money.

2. Endorsements don't win Super Bowls. Defense does.

3. EA sports Madden series. Whoever gets the cover is guaranteed to be injured.

4. SB shuffle was lame. They should not try to "rap" again. I emphasize the word *TRY*

5. I'd rather see Prince than anyone else, thank you. You know he'll play Let's Go Crazy!

6. Duh, he probably said win the game.
posted by JustAThought on Jan 31, 2007 at 09:14 AM
Endorsements win Money.....its all about the commercials.
posted by mattloch on Jan 31, 2007 at 11:13 AM
1. (C) Outlaw tailgating? You might as well outlaw rioting in the winning city for all the good that'll do. Miami will clean up with all the tickets they issue for "illegal" tailgating. I wonder if they'll do the same thing when Castro dies. That party will make the Super Bowl look like a grade-school flag football game. I think Madden should cook just to get a ticket and have the ACLU defend him in court. 2. The only endorsement that matters is the Vegas oddsmakers. You don't want to piss those guys off. It's pretty hard to play football with a limp... 3. I'm with Pete on this one. Madden is the "kiss of death". Also, I'd stay away from ED pill deals. Nothing hurts your "game" more than having people think you can't "perform". (I'm still trying to figure out what throwing a football through a tire has to do with ED, too.) 4. Most of these guys are barely literate. Why would we expect them to be able to sing? 5. It doesn't matter who they have play. The show is be a piece of overproduced lip-synching and pelvic thrusts. At least they have their work cut out for them with Prince. The FCC will have a hard time fining someone for doing the same act they've been doing without complaint for the past 20 years...... 6. "Give it your best shot." (For those who don't get it, do an internet search to see what he was arrested each time for...)
posted by mattloch on Jan 31, 2007 at 01:36 PM
One of the big losers during the Super Bowl: your local sewer provider. That sound you hear during halftime? Not the music from the show, but 350 million toilets flushing. Not that you could tell the difference in the past.....
posted by coochee on Jan 31, 2007 at 02:55 PM

 

1. Looks like a win win for the National Alliance of Tailgater Haters, where  their contribution to humanity lies in their seering hatred of dining on yummy delights, al fresco, in extremely large parking lots.

2. I do believe that God and all the divine entities are embracing all things large and grizzley and Chicago-ey these days...

3. Peyton Manning should never endorse tampons. Or Vagisil. Let's just keep him out of the entire feminine hygene camp for now. Maybe next year.

4. "The Super Bowl Kerfuffle". Sing with me now: We're not here, to burst your bubble, we're just here to start a super bowl kerfuffle!

5. Jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis is from Chicago. Axl Rose is from Indiana. Let's pair them up grammy-style and create something god awful!

6. If it looks like a Cincinnati Bengal, smells like a Cincinnati Bengal, or tastes like a Cincinnati Bengal, stay the hell away from it!

posted by ProgressivePete2 on Jan 31, 2007 at 03:03 PM
mattloch, the throw the football through the tire might be something similar to a train going into a tunnel.  ; )

With the widespread use of Tivo or other DVR's, I bet the sewer problem isn't as bad as it used to be.

I'm just hoping Prince doesn't dust off the "butt cheek" pants he used to wear. I don't think I can handle it.
posted by mattloch on Jan 31, 2007 at 03:37 PM
Except that people are watching the bowl live Pete, not Tivo'd. You still get the dreaded "flush" at the same time. I'm not getting the subtle hints of the train either. Perhaps something more obvious, like constructing a flag pole in the back yard, or doing repair work on a chimney.
posted by ProgressivePete2 on Jan 31, 2007 at 03:47 PM
All you have to do is rewind to catch that one funny commercial and you're not live anymore.

How about "pitching a tent." That work for ya?
posted by motopoet on Jan 31, 2007 at 11:22 PM

1: The clean-up crews who wont have to figure out what to do with all the cheap grills left behind on top of the huge amounts of beer cans, food wrappers, etc. Just as with many off roaders, the tailgater can be their own worst enemy.

2: I would like to see football teams refuse the endorsments of anyone not directly involved in the game itself. I'll bet Barak is as big a Colts fan as Hillary was a Yankees fan! Politicians and actors..Can you spell "Bandwagon"? The last defense to win a title were the Raven's and Chicago's will not win this one. (I'm not a Colt's fan, but I don't think the Bear's secondary can deal with Harrison and Wayne)

3: Enzyte

4: "We Fought The Colts And The Colts Won"

5: REO Speedwagon

6: It sounds to like the Judge is the one who needs the advice!

 

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