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Check out the Foolball winners! Here are the answers to Foolball. When reading them keep in mind that:
1) We're human. These answers are not final, however! If you disagree with one of our answers, please post why you feel we're wrong on the Foolball message board. Please be as specific as possible and indicate exactly when the incident in question occurred. Otherwise, we won't go back and review the tape. You have until Thursday at 12:00 P.M. EST to register any complaints. After that, all decisions are final. We'll post the winners on Friday. #1. (4 pts) - Who will win and by how much? Even though Denver won by 15, Atlanta played much better than the score indicated. Elway couldn't have picked a better scenario to leave the NFL, but will he? Answer: E. Denver by 11-20 #2. (4 pts) - How many total points will be scored? The Broncos repeat as Super Bowl champions, winning 34-19. Answer: D. 51-60 points #3. (3 pts) - Who will score the first touchdown? Those of you who guessed that Shannon Sharpe would score the first TD must have been pulling out your collective hair, because the star tight end took the ball down to the half-yard line, coming up just short of scoring. And on the next play, while all eyes looked to Davis, the Broncos pulled a surprise, allowing Howard Griffith to score the first touchdown of the game. Answer: F. Other #4. (3 pts) - How many rushing yards will Terrell Davis gain? Atlanta's run defense made Davis look somewhat mortal, "limiting" the running back to 102 yards on 25 carries. A great day for most running backs, but a bit below average for Davis. Answer: B. 81-110 #5. (3 pts) - How many career Elway stats will we see or hear? Here are the career stats that we saw or heard:
148 career regular season wins O.K., maybe we didn't hear the last one. But that still makes a whopping 8 career Elway stats. Answer: D. 6+ stats #6. (3 pts) - How many passing yards will Chris Chandler amass? Chandler actually entered the game with a higher 2-year quarterback rating than Elway. Unfortunately for the Falcons, three Chandler interceptions on three consecutive drives spelled "game over" for the Birds. When he wasn't throwing to the other team, though, Chandler managed to throw for 219 yards. Answer: B. 181-220 yards #7. (3 pts) - What will be the greatest number of plays in any scoring drive? On the last scoring drive of the game, the Falcons ran 16 plays, culminating with a 3-yard TD pass to Terance Mathis. Unfortunately, too little, too late. Answer: E. 16+ plays #8. (3 pts) - How many of these will we see in the halftime show: juggling, car, guns, an accidental dropping of something, a piano, a horse, a back flip, a stilt-walker, a tux, a Teletubby, a Furby, an inflatable hamburger, or any person lifted from the ground by mechanical means? O.K. Here's where it gets tough. Looking for a ref getting knocked down is easy compared to analyzing hundreds of rope-swinging, stick-banging, neon-wearing extras. After the fireworks had died down, the moon-balls were deflated, and the stars escorted off the field, our tally was complete. Just after Big Bad Voodoo Daddy took the stage, we were treated to 3 dapper stilt-walkers dancing on an adjacent stage. That's one, baby. But then, to our disbelief, with the help of two of his companions, the middle stilt-walker did a back flip!! Unbelievable! We had no idea this was going to happen, in case you were wondering. And if that weren't incredible enough, just after the swing band finished its set, Stevie Wonder joined the festivities driving a car! We envisioned him swerving into the stilt-walkers, toppling them into the band, causing the stage to collapse, crushing the 20 roadies hiding underneath. But it was not to be. Then, when we saw hundreds of dancers carrying sticks, ribbons, jump ropes, and flashlights, we totally expected an accidental drop, but alas... not a single blunder. Now, a drop may have occurred. In fact, we'd be surprised if one didn't. But, to the best of our human perceptions, we didn't see any. As far as the others, it's a big fat NO. No jugglers, no guns, no horses, and sadly, no Furbys. People might complain that we didn't count "piano," but we ruled that all the musicians were playing electric keyboards or synthesizers, and not pianos. Answer: B. 3-4 #9. (2 pts) - Will anyone on the sidelines catch a live pass? After all the debating on the message boards, we didn't see a single person on the sidelines or in the stands catch a pass. There were several tosses that left the viewing area of the TV (most notably the failed two-point conversion pass from Chandler), but we never saw what ultimately happened to the ball. Answer: B. No #10. (2 pts) - How many of the following people will perform the Dirty Bird dance? Jamal Anderson, Jamal's mom, another Falcon player, Dan Reeves, any Fox commentator. Poor Jamal never got into the end zone, so we never got to see Anderson himself do the dance. Too bad, because he had promised a special version just for the Super Bowl. However, after one of his big runs late in the game, we saw Jamal's mom doing the Dirty Bird. Madden even commented on her dance. The only other people doing the dance were the Broncos, but they weren't an option in our question. Answer: B. 1 #11. (3 pts) - Which non-player will be knocked down first? We didn't see any knockdowns in the game. There were some close calls, especially on a Tony Martin sideline grab late in the game, but the nimble Falcon scrubs effectively dodged the out-of-control Martin. Answer: E. No knockdowns #12. (3 pts) - Which company's commercial will be first after the opening kickoff? We've never seen one company dominate the commercials as much as Budweiser did in this one. From the first spot after the kickoff all the way through the game, the King of Beers lived up to its name. And Elway doesn't appear to be the only one who's retiring. It looks like the famous Frogs have croaked their farewell, too. Answer: D. Budweiser #13. (3 pts) - How many times will the announcers say 'If I'm...' or 'If you're...'? We counted at least 7 times that Madden and Summerall said something to the effect of "If I'm..." or "If you're..." However, in the original question we made it clear that the phrases had to be something to the effect of "If I'm Dan Reeves..." or "If you're the Broncos..." Given that stipulation, only 2 lines fit. Early in the game on the questionable pass-interference call, Summerall said, "...you're hoping flag, if you're the Atlanta playing pointing..." Then, near the end of the game, Madden said, "If you're Denver...you wanna play a soft defense." All of the other quotes don't match the examples of the original question. The humorous thing about this is that 2 seconds AFTER THE GAME (which doesn't count), Madden goes, "If you're Denver...the players...the coaches...the fans..." It's as if Madden was playing Foolball, and he knew that he needed to wait until after the final gun sounded! Answer: B. 1-2 #14. (2 pts) - Will Madden use the Telestrator for something other than on-field action? Madden was not his typical humorous self on the Telestrator. For a while we thought the contraption was coin-operated, because Madden was only using it for game-related analysis. However, in the second half, Madden circled the face of Bronco owner Pat Bowlen. This was the only non-game use that we saw, but that's all that was needed. Answer: A. Yes #15. (3 pts) - How many different commercials will involve or refer to Michael Jordan? Jordan couldn't even be smelled on Super Bowl Sunday. In fact, this was the strangest group of advertisers we've seen in a while. No Coke. No McDonald's. No Nike. And only one Pepsi commercial?!?! If you'd told us that Monster.com would have more ads than Pepsi, we'd have painted you green and orange and locked you in a padded tower. Answer: A. 0-1 Thanks to everyone who played! Be sure to check back on Friday to see the list of winners. Fool on!
Todd Etter (TMF Knave)
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