32 thoughts on “SUPER BOWL LVIII

  1. Jeff Meyerson

    I think a lot of people believe the Chiefs will win again. I hope not. On the radio, I heard about this guy who goes online every year and makes his picks public, and admits to getting it wrong SIXTEEN YEARS IN A ROW.

    This year he is picking the Chiefs, so …

    As a Giants fan, I do tend to root for the NFC teams more often than not (the “not” being the Cowboys, in particular), but I’ve always rooted for the 49ers, much as I have the Steelers, so it was a no-brainer as to who I hope wins today. But since my picks are so often wrong, I would never bet on them.

    What’s the over/under on Taylor sightings?

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    1. george Post author

      Jeff, here are just some of the Taylor Swift Super Bowl bets:
      Taylor Swift Super Bowl Prop Bet Odds
      22: Any Quarter to Have 22+ Points Scored +400
      Anti-Hero: B. Purdy 250+ Pass Yards and 2+ Pass TDs +200
      Blank Space: T. Kelce to Score an Octopus +3000
      Deja Vu: KC Chiefs to Win by Exactly 11 Points +3000
      Fearless: B. Purdy 300+ Pass Yards and 3+ Pass TDs, SF 49ers to Win +1000
      Fifteen: P. Mahomes 15+ Rush Yards and 215+ Pass Yards -140
      Friendship Bracelets: T. Kelce or K. Juszczyk to Score the 1st TD +600
      Gold Rush: SF 49ers to Score 40+ Points +750
      How You Get the Girl: T. Kelce to Score a TD in Each Half +950
      I Knew You Were Trouble: C. McCaffrey 150+ Rush+Rec Yards +160
      Is It Over Now?: KC Chiefs To Lead by 14+ Points +250
      Karma: T. Kelce 0 Receptions, SF 49ers to Win +3000
      Look What You Made Me Do: KC Chiefs to Trail in the 4th Quarter and Win the Game +500
      Love Story: KC Chiefs to Win, P. Mahomes and T. Kelce to Combine for All KC Chiefs TDs +2000
      Mastermind: SF 49ers to Win and Rush for 200+ Yards +600
      Mine: T. Kelce 87+ Receiving Yards +190
      Red: KC Chiefs to Score 22+ Points in the 1st Hals +1000
      Run: T. Kelce 5+ Rush Yards +1000
      Seven: Winning Margin to be Exactly 7 Points +700
      Shake It Off: SF 49ers to Score First, KC Chiefs to Win +350
      The Last Great American Dynasty: KC Chiefs to Win by 22+ Points +1200
      Today Was a Fairytale: T. Kelce to Score a TD and KC Chiefs to Win +240

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  2. Wolf

    Hope you all will enjoy the show!
    It starts around midnight for us, so like most Europeans we will be in bed then.
    German media just reported that Taylor Swift already arrived in Los Angeles with her private jet – no parking/landing in Vegas so she’ll have to be driven there by car.
    I fondly remember the Leiber&Stoller song Kansas City like many others they wrote in the 1960s when I was a teenager. Maybe it should be played tonight?

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    1. george Post author

      Wolf, the big surprise about Super Bowl LVIII is that it is being played in Las Vegas–the gambling capital of the U.S. In 2010, the NFL Commissioner claimed the Super Bowl would NEVER be played in Las Vegas because the NFL was hostile to legalized gambling. Fast-forward a decade and now the NFL is in bed with sports books and encouraging fans to bet on games. Massive reversal!

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  3. Dan

    I’m just worried about the subliminal messages promoting the Woke agenda that will be slipped in as part of Taylor Swift’s Evil Plot.

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      1. Steve Oerkfitz

        Not interested in Usher. Rumour is Justin Bieber will be there also. I didn’t know 14 year old girls watched football? Can’t be worse than Rhianna last year.

    1. Todd Mason

      And as Kanye West knows, it should be Beyonce Knowles dating Travis Kelce, and all singers with cults should be endorsing West’s presidential runs. (Elsewhere I mentioned I was thinking of voting for West this year, since the EC would be all Biden in NJ, but I meant Cornell.)

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  4. Fred Blosser

    I haven’t checked yet with our grandson, but I’m sure he’ll root for the 49ers. He dislikes KC. Wonder if Apple will mark the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s famous “Introducing the Mac” ad?

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  5. Deb

    I’m rooting for KC just to watch the MAGAs have even more of a meltdown than usual. The funny thing is, I’m not even much of a Taylor Swift fan—the only song I know of hers is “Shake It Off” (which I like, but it ain’t exactly “Hey Jude”)—but the right wing is making such a huge deal about her “romance” (I’m skeptical) with Travis Kelce and how it’s ruining the very fabric of American society, I just want KC to win and then T&T to have a major moment of PDA as a giant F-you to the haters.

    So, Go Chiefs, I guess.

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    1. george Post author

      Deb, so many conspiracy theories swirl around the Super Bowl! If KC wins, will Kelce propose to Taylor? Will they then endorse Biden on TV to 200 million viewers? Will Trump claim the Super Bowl was fixed?

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      1. Deb

        Once you’ve given your mind over to cult-think, you can justify, explain, and believe in any crazy nonsense that comes down the turnpike!

      2. Todd Mason

        Trump will whine no matter what happens, ever. His clever notions about how all NATO members “must pay their bills” or else he sics Putin on them, given he hasn’t paid a bill in his adult life (or, probably, beforehand) should be a last straw, at long last, for any non-cultist.

      3. george Post author

        Todd, Trump’s Super Power is telling his MAGA base what they want to hear. I’m sure his NATO statements are sending waves of fear in the EU and celebrations in the Kremlin.

      4. Todd Mason

        Or, George, they’re blissful about not having to think, or are assuaged by Trump particularly that their ignorant knee-jerking has always been 146% correct.

  6. Steve Oerkfitz

    Hope San Francisco wins. As a Lions fan I would rather the team that beat Detroit win rather than the one Detroit beat.

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  7. Cap'n Bob

    It’s over now! Tough turkey, Niners fans! I thought KC stunk in the first half but their defense held SF close enough to overtake them in the end! I have no idea what political ramifications this game embraces, nor do I care!
    As for Swift, I counted 11 times the camera captured her and I’m sure I missed a bunch! I spent a lot of time Facebooking during the game!
    Go, Chiefs!

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  8. Jeff Meyerson

    Well, the 49ers lost, but anyone who took the Over on Taylor Swift sightings cleaned up. There must have been at least 6 or 8.

    Question: who was the “person” with that orange monstrosity on her/his head?

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  9. Jeff Smith

    If you mean the orange haired person with Taylor Swift, that was the singer Ice Spice. Less orange, she was in the Starry Soda commercial.

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