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Super Bowl XLV: Steelers vs. Packers(-2.5)

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Tonyank;1870457; said:
Super Bowl misses attendance mark

FAIL

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nf...ss&source=twitter&ex_cid=Twitter_espn_6096358
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Missed the mark, and 850 displaced fans who traveled from around the country were put in a holding pen for two hours and ultimately told they had to watch the game on TV.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...r.bowl.ticket.problem.ap/index.html?eref=sihp

Four hundred ticketed fans forced to watch game on screens in stadium


ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) In their zeal to set a Super Bowl attendance record, the NFL and Jerry Jones overlooked one important detail: Making sure all the temporary seats inside mammoth Cowboys Stadium had been inspected and were ready for the fans.
A week plagued by poor weather took an embarrassing turn Sunday when the league had to find replacement seats for 850 fans. The NFL also scrambled to find a place for another 400 people to sit inside Jones' $1.2 billion palace and couldn't find any with a view of the field.
"This is absolutely ridiculous," said Glen Long, a Pittsburgh Steelers season-ticket holder who flew in for the game from Baltimore. "That would be fraud anywhere in the world if you sold tickets to an event that you knew you didn't have. That's just wrong."
Actually, the seats had been installed in six temporary sections, but they went up so late that the fire marshal didn't have time to inspect them, according to a police officer standing near an affected area who wouldn't give his name and an explanation of the situation provided to several fans.
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SEREbuckeye;1870473; said:
AJ Hawk just did an interview on ESPN with Boomer and the guys.

About time they jump off of Matthews pole and realize who the captain is. I can't believe they even let Matthews on the stage post-game.
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Good Interview... did you catch the guy in the stands with Hawk's jersey on?

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congrats to the Packers. Sucked that Woodson went out with the collar bone injury, but he just joined a very exclusive club of National Championship, Heisman, and Super Bowl winners......Hall of Fame bound for sure.


I think it's hilarious it only took GB three seasons to win a SB after Favre left. I still remember the pain of watching Rodgers sit all alone in the draft area before the Packers took him. Guess he got the last laugh.
 
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