ALL THE PRE-GAME speculation, hype and build-up was finally over and it was time to play some football.
The Denver Broncos’ high-flying offence took on the mean Seattle Seahawks defence. At quarterback, future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning came up against the young upstart Russell Wilson.
Our open thread was a little different this year. We still wanted to hear your thoughts on the game in the comments, but we were also updating the article with videos, gifs and the odd piece of commentary from Super Bowl XLVIII.
If you spotted anything you think we should include, or you have any questions, let us know in the comments below, email me at steven@thescore.ie or tweet us @thescore_ie.
Seattle Seahawks 43 – 8 Denver Broncos
Hello fellow night owls and welcome to our Super Bowl XLVIII open thread!
First thing you should know tonight is that the beer in your hand is a lot cheaper than what they’re paying in the stadium:
Image: Darren Rovell
Secondly, and most importantly, how do you think this one is going to go?
My money’s on Seattle but it has been from the start of the year so it;s very difficult to change even with the weather not affecting Denver as much as we all expected.
The big question 50 minutes from kick off is where is Nat Coombs on Channel 4?
With that in mind, will you be watching on Sky, Channel 4 or, eh, elsewhere?
I don’t know about you, but I’m with Andy:
Until Channel 4 bring Nat back, we’ve switched over to Sky. They have Jeff, Jeff’s great:
#FREENAT
Unless you’ve been applying to live on Mars for the last week you’ve probably seen this but one betting company is offering 200/1 on this particular result:
Would you take it?
Lots of boos for Seattle as they come out to The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony.
Denver, on the other hand, seem to have the advantage with the crowd but their choice of scaring a horse to death in the pre-game build up means it’s advantage Seahawks.
The over/under on the US national anthem is 2’22″.
I’m going with over. She’s an opera singer, they like to showboat.
JOE NAMATH’S COAT!
SAFETY! – And we’ve the quickest score in Super Bowl history with the Seahawks taking advantage of a horrible Denver snap to make it 2-0 with a safety:
Image: SB Nation
And the Broncos have gone Safety, three and out in their first two drives. Not the start Denver fans would have wanted.
You just knew this was going to be a thing, didn’t you?
INTERCEPTION – Peyton Manning gets fooled again by the Seattle defence and it’s the game’s first turnover thanks to Kam Chancellor’s pick.
This is how bad it was for Denver in the first quarter:
TOUCHDOWN – And the Seahawks have finally found the endzone with Marshawn Lynch scrambling home from a yard.
PICK SIX – After a long drive, on which the Broncos converted four times on third down, Peyton Manning throws his second interception — this time by Malcolm Smith — and this one is returned for a touchdown:
This is the greatest meeting of cultures since we brought hurling to the States:
It’s half time and I don’t think anyone would have predicted this scoreline.
Is there anyway back for Denver?
KICKOFF RETURN – Denver try to limit the impact of Percy Harvin on the kick return by kicking it short…and he returns it for a touchdown. That is surely the game?
FUMBLE – Just when the Broncos make a big passing play, Thomas gives the ball up and it’s another turnover.
TOUCHDOWN – Seattle have scored again and Denver’s defence are worse than the Raiders’:
Captain Picard is happy:
TOUCHDOWN – Broncos are finally on the board as Demaryius Thomas makes a pretty good grab in the endzone to make it 36-8 after the two-point conversion:
TOUCHDOWN – Any hope of a comeback is put in it’s place as Russell Wilson throws his second touchdown of the game, this one to Doug Baldwin. Denver’s tackling is awful again:
What do a Waterford hurler and the Super Bowl have in common?
And that’s the game. Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks have won their first ever Super Bowl.
Hard to argue the best team won.
This is what it looks like to win a Super Bowl:
Congratulations Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowl champions:
“My only concern would be from a health and safety point of view that if he meets it from the 14, I don’t what’s going to happen him if it hits him in the neck.”…That could be said about any shot ever taken for a goal in hurling, in that the goalie might be hit, its one of the risks of goalkeeping. As for the lifting alright the distance Nash gets is a bit much, but Davy himself used to do it, not to the extent but he did lift it beyond the place of the free, and I never heard him complain about Joe Canning doing it for LIT when he coached them
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No Brian, this is bigger than Davy. He may be playing mind games , prior to the replay , but he had hit on an issue the GAA must address . In the modern game, with the new ball and the physique and technique of the penalty takers, the ball flies at a savage speed, and someone will get badly hurt , maybe loose Abe eye or worse. I don’t know how they will solve it but here’s my ten cents worth . How about a football type penalty, a free taken from a penalty spot, say 30m out, just one man in goal, and the penalty taker, it would be safer, and I think , just as exciting for the crowd . Shur weren’t we always at it as kids, and believe me they won’t always be scored.
It’s only become bigger than Davy (which wouldn’t be hard) since he made a big deal of it! He’s dragged down an unbelievably talented bunch of Clare hurlers into the bitter doldrums than exuding their uninhibited hurling talents!
While Davy is right on this issue insofar as saying that striking the ball from the 14 yard line isn’t really right (disregard the safety argument) he is now, ultimately, the boy who cried Wolf. He has huffed and puffed so much and alienated everyone to such an extent that he is not seen as a reliable critic. Even when he’s raising an point that has validity no one will give him much heed. Personally I feel that a 21 should be hit from that area but Nash like other great players has made the best of a grey area. However I feel that if Nash goes down that road carrying the ball that far then the goalie should be allowed to do something equal. The rule now unfairly favours the striker. Just my two cents.
Methinks ole Davy should be more worried about his pool of “little fish” as he calls them himself.Poor Davy the whole worlds against him
I knew when I read the comments there would be the usual anti Davy comments. He was asked questions about issues and answered you lot are obsessed with him, sad enough really
Same stupid old comments. Its a genuine issue regardless of fish.
Ya like Alex Ferguson last year with the whole van Persie ‘He could have been killed’ theory???!!!
I bet the fact that cork are even allowed to score goals is a problem for him. Cork being allowed have 15 players? another issue thats wrong with the game…if you ask davy cork shouldnt be allowed play with hurleys…
Listening to Davy is a health and safety concern too!!!
New Amendment by Central Council/Annual Congress, Section 4 Sub Section 6 No Lashies in front of Goal.
Methinks Davy should be more concentrated on his pool of “little fish” as he calls them.Poor ole Davy, the whole worlds against him
no fear of hitting the clare goalie in neck shur he will be out on the 20 himself
But he’s right, it does need to be addressed. Everybody was complaining about the sideline ball a few years ago, in football & hurling, when it was been taken from 3 yards on the pitch and not on the line. Even the goalies were being pulled up on for leaving the small square when taking a puck out. And everybody was happy when the rules were enforced. By the time the ball is struck in a free/pen/45/65, the players have gone 3-4 foot ahead of where they picked it up. Why is the placing of the ball on the ground more important of a sideline cut than a penalty ?
Ya right you have the cork goalie running the full length of the pitch nearly and Clare players can’t touch him come of it of course he is going to get tackled what are they moaning about cork saying it was dangerous play on Nash lets change the rules for cork and let Nash have the freedom of the pitch and no player can touch him LOL!
Eh? This is him being jostled on the way to take the free. The ball is dead. What business do the Clare players have to hit him when the ball is dead and not in play? It is the bane of the GAA. It’s not intimidatory. Pathetic.
I’ll tell you what’s pathetic, pathetic is a player striking another player in the head with his hurley. Ye Cork fans make me laugh. Ye are all so disgusted & appalled that some of the Clare players tried to shoulder Nash but conveniently forget to mention Shane O’Neill assaulting Darach Honan.
There has been 3 articles this week about the Clare players trying to shoulder Nash along with Ger Cunningham’s concern for Kelly coming out to face Nash’s frees.
The Cork management team are obviously worried & are putting all this crap out there in the media in the hope that the match officials give them some favours in the replay.
Pa Horgan made a good point the other team is being penalised this rule would hand the advantage to the fouling team. There a simple enough solution to this if you dont want the ball coming at you that fast than dont be dragging fellas down!