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Denver Native (Carol)
02-03-2014, 03:52 PM
NEW YORK — The seeds of Denver's stunning Super Bowl self-destruction were planted during Wednesday's practice when coach John Fox decided to turn down the speakers that simulate crowd noise because "it's not an away game."

A silent snap count would have been so much better because Seattle's famed 12th Man showed up on Denver's first play from scrimmage and helped ruin whatever great game plan offensive coordinator Adam Gase and Peyton Manning had come up with.

Instead of thwarting the Seahawks' stingy secondary and stout front seven, the Broncos fell apart.

MetLife Stadium might not have been as loud as CenturyLink Field, but it was plenty spirited as the start of all Super Bowls are and when Manning lined up in the shotgun and called for the ball from his 14-yard line, his center couldn't hear the cadence.

rest - http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/243345101.html

silkamilkamonico
02-03-2014, 03:55 PM
That opening paragraph is beyond disappointing to say the least. Just unbelievable.

weazel
02-03-2014, 04:06 PM
preparation is overrated

Shazam!
02-03-2014, 08:15 PM
I'm sticking to it- Fox did NOT have this team ready...

Tned
02-03-2014, 09:14 PM
That opening paragraph is beyond disappointing to say the least. Just unbelievable.

Almost immediately after the game started the announcers were taking about how unusually loud the cried was for a SB. It was loud for whichever team was on offense.

So, clearly a miscalculation on Fox's part, but that noise was pretty much unprecedented.

Remember how many of you talked about how the people that go to super bowls aren't real football fans, but corporate types that are given tickets or rich people that only go to the big game. The type of people that make the "wine and cheese" club level fans in Denver look like the Cleveland dog pound of the eighties.

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