An onside kick to start the 2nd half is BS

[Indycar]

That was the most BS move I've ever seen in pro football. To paraphrase General Patton "Only a New Orleans pimp would pull an onside kick to start the 2nd half of the Super Bowl".

Please don't get me wrong, I am a Chicago Bears fan through and through, and while I was rooting for the Colts, I still feel that was the lowest rent move I've ever seen.

I can only hope the NFL will outlaw onside kicks on the start of the game and the start of the 2nd half. That was the lowest form of bush league I've ever seen!

 

[phylodog]

Couldn't agree with you more.

 

[42769vette]

i didn't even watch the game, but i bet if it had worked everyone would be saying "that was genious"

 

[bigdawgtrucks]

It did work and it was genious

 

[42769vette]

It did work and it was genious

opps. i guess i should watch the game before i comment.

or are you a saints fan

 

[jblomenberg16]

Yep...it was a great call and it worked as intended.

I'm a huge Colts fan, and say Kudos to Sean Payton for the call. It takes guts to win the superbowl, especially when you are the underdog.

Sure it is controversial, but it is 100% legal, and that is why they pay NFL coaches a bunch of money, because they make tough decisions like that.

If it hadn't have worked, the Colts would have the ball in great field position to start the half, and who knows, may have scored early and put the Saints away.

 

[bigdawgtrucks]

Not a Saints fan. I just don't like the Colts or their fair weather fans.

 

[sprshggy07]

An onside kick was a ballsy call and it worked.

 

[42769vette]

Not a Saints fan. I just don't like the Colts or their fair weather fans.

thats where i confuse everyone. when asked who my team is, i really dont have one. i enjoy watching any game it really doesn't matter to me who is playing

 

[JBob77]

It was a ballsy call, and probably the one that swung the momentum and won the Saints the game. They shot out of halftime like a 240 grain HP from a .44 magnum. Had they not done that, the Colts could have been up 17-6. And Had I not made the pistol reference, this thread might have been moved off of the General Firearms Discussion board! (and it will still probably end up in the break room, but I tried)

 

[Jack Ryan]

I don't even care a whit about any football and even I noticed the lop sided media coverage.

With all the media and all of Hollywood pulling on them to "lift the spirits of their battered city". Does that mean they will all now suddenly jump up off their duffs in the morning, 5 years later, and start cleaning up that below grade crap hole?

 

[figley]

an onside kick is a legitimate football play. it is no more underhanded than a double-reverse. to say it is BS, is like saying that ghost-loading a 7th (or 9th) round in a Benelli m4 is cheating.

 

[groovatron]

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......that onside kick was nice.....so was the TPC.....and the interception

 

[Bigum1969]

That was a gutsy call.

I'm not sure why folks here are all upset about it.

It's not bush league... it's taking a calculated risk.

 

[hornadylnl]

The whole team collapsed. I don't understand why fans of a team want to focus on one single call, player, or play.

 

[MACHINEGUN]

That's football.. doesn't say anywhere in the rule book they couldn't.. so they did.

And yes.. I am a Colts fan.. and yes.. that was "amazing" they did that!

 

[public servant]

Does that mean they will all now suddenly jump up off their duffs in the morning, 5 years later, and start cleaning up that below grade crap hole?

They should have blown the remaining levies 5 years ago and let the ocean reclaim it.

Who the hell would live in a city below sea level in hurricane alley?

Oh...and I have no problem with the on-side kick. It's no different than Manning running a hurried play catching an opponent with too many people on the field. Smart game plan.

 

[38special]

Meh. I don't have a problem with it.

Coaching helped with that game.

 

[Naptown]

It was convenient that the entire Saints bench was on that side to pull the Colts off the ball. We did cover that ball until it turned into a rugby match. Yes, I'm very bitter about the outcome of the came.

Yes, Saints deserved the win. Yes, the Saints were a better team last night.

 

[LEaSH]

OP and those that can't handle losing a GAME make me glad I don't invest much interest in the sport anylonger.

Hockey fans have more integrity.