{"id":1429,"date":"2014-01-29T12:32:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T17:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2014-01-29T12:42:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T17:42:36","slug":"tuesday-teabag-january-28-2014-don-shula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=1429","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Teabag, January 28, 2014 – Don Shula"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Leave<\/a>

Leave the BluBlockers at home this weekend, Don.<\/p><\/div>\n

Usually, Shula\u2019s good for a teabag around Week 8, when he and the rest of the (annoying) 1972 Dolphins pop a bottle of champagne and celebrate the last undefeated team to lose.\u00a0 Note:\u00a0 the \u201972 Dolphins are the most overrated team of all-time.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this week is all about the Super Bowl.\u00a0 The greatest game for the greatest sport.\u00a0 And this year, it\u2019s in New York.\u00a0 [note:\u00a0 we know it\u2019s actually in New Jersey but we respect New Jersey about as much as we respect Canadians and Cowboys fans.\u00a0 Apparently, we\u2019re not alone<\/a>\u00a0in our treatment of Jersey.]\u00a0 Yes, an outdoor Super Bowl in the northeast in the winter.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because RGI\u2019s a boss, and isn\u2019t afraid to mix things up.\u00a0 But not everyone\u2019s happy with this.<\/p>\n

Cue Don Shula, the perpetually tanned, retired Floridian.\u00a0 According to Shula, the Super Bowl<\/a> should be played \u201cin conditions where weather won’t be or might not be something that affects the outcome.\u201d\u00a0 Shockingly, Miami is top on his list on where it should be.\u00a0 His other reason for a mandatory warm weather Super Bowl?\u00a0 The fans.\u00a0 \u201cYou’ve got to give the fans an opportunity to come in ahead of time, enjoy what the town has to offer, enjoy the game and then stay for a couple of days afterwards, and enjoy everything. So if it’s a brutal weather condition in New York, you’re not going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Machine can sum up his remarks as follows:\u00a0 blah, blah, blah, get off my lawn.\u00a0 Listen, it\u2019s not my fault your bones have been sucked free of calcium and your standing body temperature is just above dying\u2026but that doesn\u2019t mean holding the Super Bowl in New York is a bad idea.\u00a0 In fact, it\u2019s a great idea.<\/p>\n

\"Yeah,<\/a>

Yeah, this game was totally ruined by the weather.<\/p><\/div>\n

First, who says that the Super Bowl has to be played in pristine weather?\u00a0 Some of the best playoff games have been played in cold weather.\u00a0 The Ice Bowl.\u00a0 The Tuck Rule Game.\u00a0 The frozen tundra of Lambeau Field.\u00a0 These have been some of the greatest playoff games ever (Super Bowls included)\u2026so why is it ok to have these games played in cold weather but not the Super Bowl?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oh right, the fans, they benefit from a warm Super Bowl right?\u00a0 Sorry old man, but the fans are actually the biggest benefactors to having the game in New York.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because ticket prices have plummeted<\/a>, meaning regular people can actually go.\u00a0 So, the Super Bowl is in the greatest city in the world, at bargain basement prices (by Super Bowl standards) and somehow the fans are losing out?\u00a0 It\u2019s actually giving real fans an opportunity to go to the Super Bowl (I\u2019ve yet to convince Mrs. Machine that it\u2019s a legitimate business expense, but I still got a few days).<\/p>\n

\"It's<\/a>

It’s all about product placement.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sure, the VP for Pepsi may not like because he can\u2019t put up his (obnoxious) outdoor display of Pepsi swag (note:\u00a0 who the fuck drinks Pepsi while tailgating?) and shamelessly self-promote with scantily clad women (ok that is kind of a\u00a0drawback). (add pepsi pic).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The Pepsi logo was the 7th thing I noticed here.<\/p><\/div>\n

Who cares if\u00a0some advertisers are put out and have to think creatively on how to sell their product (put a heater next to the scantily clad women).\u00a0 The Super Bowl is for the fans, and you know the NFL knows how to treat its fans right.<\/p>\n

So what does the NFL do?\u00a0 They take over Times Square.\u00a0The NFL\u00a0created Super Bowl Boulevard<\/a>, encompassing 13 blocks in Midtown.\u00a0 By all accounts, this is going to be the greatest NFL fan experience<\/a> ever\u2026certainly better than hanging out in a parking lot in Tempe, Arizona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>

A Super Bowl toboggan in Midtown? Sign us up!<\/p><\/div>\n

Sorry Don, we know old people hate change, and we know you lost the coldest Super Bowl, so maybe that\u2019s why you\u2019re jaded.\u00a0 Either way, you\u2019re wrong.\u00a0 The Super Bowl this year (a) is in the greatest City, (b) has the cheapest ticket prices, (c) has the best fan experience, and (d) totally treats New Jersey like the door mat it is<\/a>.\u00a0 What could be better?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Enjoy your teabag (ask your grandson what that is).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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