The Super Bowl Is Broken: A Conversation with Colin

[@kindafunny]

Word.

[@Spideypool4life]

The money I'd pay for one more episode 😢😢😢

[@trapper3130]

My favorite 8 - 18 minutes every Tuesday and Thursday. Thanks Greg & Colin. BEYOND

[@kindafunny]

Glad you like them!

[@kindafunny]

It's so hot under the lights!

[@kindafunny]

COLIN IS SO SMART!

[@jacobpro_]

Ah, peace and quiet.

[@kindafunny]

The Chicago Enforcers were an XFL team. They were awesome.

[@TiJoHimself]

Totally agree. At this point I'm so used to his new style that it's weird seeing him with his hair still in the older videos.

[@kindafunny]

It gets so hot when we film. Business from the waist up.

[@LPfanatic4ev]

Perfectly correct, Colin! I agree.

[@MSUHitman]

Also it's not just football for expensive Championship game tickets. I had tickets for the STL Cardinals in the 06 World Series by winning an online raffle to order the tickets by the team and the face value was $200. It was twice that price in 2011. On StubHub/EBay, good tickets were going for $3-4K in both of those WS.

[@scojo9321]

Now to wait to see the next one about the power going out come on Colin and Greg get on it.

[@kindafunny]

It's too hot!

[@MrJayking14]

i live in seattle and we had this conversation about how it sucks that we will never have the superbowl up here, wich the whole city could really benifit from, we have diehard fans but 95%wont have the money to go to the superbowl, thanks for covering that!

[@iitsthreedog]

i live in indy and when the super bowl was here there was so much shit to do it was amazing. theres not a single person i knew going to the game though and i live in the wealthiest suburb of indy. kinda was cool but also didnt feel much different than like a nfl themed state fair.

[@iqy92]

@Gregor Meisen which team do you support by the way? Is it bayern, just wondering.

[@kindafunny]

Hufflepuff for life.

[@bigben2021]

The thing about the neutral stadium is because you can't just put together your city, yes city because the Super Bowl is a humongous event, in 2 weeks after the conference championship games. I agree that the Super Bowl isn't about the game, but I don't think it's because of the neutral stadiums. It's because of the overhyped halftime shows and ridiculously stupid and overpriced commercials.

[@LordOfJazz]

Greg is a Legend!

[@MSUHitman]

Yes I know the Super Bowl is being played in NY/NJ next year, but it's only b/c they got a new stadium and Goddell is chasing the Metropolitan money. Think of how many complaints were had in the Dallas Super Bowl recently when Dallas had a much colder week that they normally have in the winter.

[@seangodde5429]

One way this idea may differ from nfl (from what I can gather based on my limited knowledge of the sport) is that for the most part almost every team in the afl ladder is based somewhere along the east coast of Australia, meaning that they are in closer proximity to this venue for players and fans alike (add to the fact that aus being a smaller country means less distance for travel)...

[@JohnnyS709]

Completly agree with you Colin. Neutral cities shouldn't get to host the Superbowl, it should go to the team with the better record. Also going to put this topic out there again, but you should do a conversation on the NHL lockout even though its over now.

[@orbitalsilver]

There are a bunch of private videos in the playlist. Was this intentional?

[@btg293]

Colin makes some good points, but it's down to logistics, you can't allocate tickets, hotel rooms, conference rooms, policing, establishing all the media locals etc within the two weeks from the conference finals to the super bowl. These things need to be planned months in advance.The best solution a national stadium -in the capital for instance- where it is held every year. Much like the FA Cup in English 'Soccer'.

[@MSUHitman]

In case you guys get to pick the commercials, I assume that's not the banned Mercedes ad?

[@TL8706]

Good points except for one thing. If you let more teams into the playoffs, it lessens the importance of the regular season (a la the Patriot's 16-0 season), particularly for those middle of the pack teams. The top teams would have to worry about seeding for home field advantage but a lesser team would be more inclined to rest players earlier if there wasn't much of a difference between getting a 4 and a 6 seed.

[@StevenSpassovStuff]

Agreed.

[@kindafunny]

They were all dirty.

[@treyhardy92]

I agree with Colin that there should be some actual home-field advantage for the team with the best record, but what is important to remember is that whatever city is hosting the Super Bowl always initiates infrastructure improvements usually two years in advance, as well as generally cleaning up the city (moving homeless further away from the stadium, improving the crime rates as best they can, things like that). So not having the 2 or 3 years to plan out the festivities really wouldn't work.

[@neonhenry]

there is a special committee that starts planing the super bowl in the host city a full year ahead, the logistics are not as simple as you may think

[@sadrequiem]

I think Colin made really good suggestions.

[@MSUHitman]

Colin, you have to have the Super Bowl in a warm climate or you run the risk of having Super Bowl XVI in Detroit when it was covered in ice/snow, or in the AFC Championship Game of that season, which was one of the two coldest games on record and led to the Bengals beating the more talented Chargers.

[@onlyadamsmith]

sweater, beanie, dress shirt, tie... shorts.. Greg is the best.

[@Djiehh]

Maybe it's because I grew up watching soccer, where in some competitions the weaker team is granted home field advantage, but it doesn't feel like it's in the best interest of the game to go about it as you suggest. It would contribute to more lopsided and boring games. The soccer team I support once went to the German cup finals in Berlin (neutral site). That trip is the one game I most fondly remember of all the games I have watched so far, even though we didn't win the cup. Just saying... ;)

[@seangodde5429]

Finally, fans with season/member passes of their respective teams get a limited time preferential chance to grab tickets for the grand final, to allow them to support their team regardless of whether they live in Melbourne or not. I like your idea of having a specific venue for the Superbowl, but the idea of having a neutral spot as well is good too... a one sided venue doesn't help keep a vibrant spectatorship throughout the game, especially if the home team is being flogged throughout the game

[@zibeddy]

every final should at a neutral venue. however there are cases like the champions league final last season where bayern lost to chelsea at home or world cups where the home team has the fans advantage.

[@kindafunny]

Uh, no.

[@marco437]

I remember when Colin was saying the AFC east was "up in the air" this year

[@MyLeeCollection]

Great conversation. The location of the Super Bowl has its issues but giving home field advantage to the team with the best record isn't logistically possible. For better or worse the final game of the season is more about corporations sponsoring the event than the fans. As a Wisconsinite, I know my beloved Packers will never host a SB because the population of GB is a measly 105k. Not enough hotel rooms. We need a Jerry Jones type billionaire to build a palace in Las Vegas. Problem solved.

[@DouglasBailey]

The idea makes sense, but what the Superbowl has becomes means they are being planned for over a year. There are things going on outside of the actual superbowl that takes planning. If they had to wait 2 weeks before the superbowl date cities would not be able to prepare properly.

[@ethanruddock4816]

hahah click on the transcript thing underneath the video and read what it says while listening to what they are actually saying in the video, i couldn't stop laughing.

[@MrTayseanpwns]

What is Colin's view on the Pokémon franchise?

[@EarthFlame118]

there roommates mind blown!

[@MSUHitman]

Also SB is no longer boring competitively. In last 13 games, 8 were decided by 7 points or less, and 3 others by 14 points or less. Only 2 blowouts, and none since 03.

[@Ejohns1004]

I completely agree with Colin, and my opinion is the only one that matters. So... take from it what you will.

[@LukeNuss1]

Gregg sure has style!

[@evanintheberks]

Greg looking shnazzy with a sweet shirt and tie, and some cargo shorts.

[@melew25]

I don't think it should be expanded but I agree that one of the teams should be at home. Perfect example is the 2007 Patriots

[@dannymason_1]

In football/soccer, season ticket holders get first dibs when the team is playing in a neutral stadium. That system seems to work very well in Europe, so I don't see why the same rules shouldn't apply for American football.

[@phillies411]

I like colins ideas

[@KL42596]

NFL needs more games in the regular season and make the playoffs a series. So basically do exactly what the NBA and NHL are doing because this is a great format.

[@Dimitrius212]

It's OK, Colin! Tebow is in the Jets now! All will be well!

[@ChrisGiordano]

Go Hawks! We came so close this year! Why did you call that timeout and why did you not go for the field goal! BAH!

[@ScottyScoops]

Collared shirt, tie, sweater, beanie cap.....and shorts. Lol.

[@kindafunny]

Beardown.

[@Zeldaschampion]

It makes sense. Colin isn't the first person I have heard to complain about this. Why is it that baseball gets this with their final game but not football?

[@jschmitz101]

I actually laughed out loud when I read this

[@XxRestlessGamerxX]

How does Colin feel about the current state of the "horror" movie genre (without counting the outliers like insidious or paranormal activity 1)

[@Djiehh]

I'm only about 2 minutes in, but come on Colin, are you kidding me? The neutral field is what makes this thing awesome! If you give the better team home field advantage on top, it would absolutely defeat the purpose of a championship game! No sport decides its champion in a single game at one team's place. Also: Its the freakin' Super Bowl! I would go watch it if it was in my town even if the Chiefs played the Lions.

[@KL42596]

Never said they should play as much games. Around 40 or 50 games in the regular season and a 3 or 5 game series would be fantastic. They'd make a lot more money too.

[@mitsunari1908]

That is honestly my biggest problem as well with the superbowl, I don't want a game in a random spot how many true fans can actually make it to the superbowl? It's a bunch of people who say they are truly fans but probably are just there for the experience and the halftime show, its too much spectacle and not just straight up football

[@wolfking2010]

If MLB can have World Series Games at each teams Ballparks then I believe the NFL can create a new system so that the Super Bowl can be played at the stadium of the Team with the best Record. If those two teams have the same record then a tiebreak process should include head to head record and if they haven't played then a coin toss to make it fair.

[@joevoyles2005]

BEYOND!

[@daveynieves]

if the rock dies, I think Colin would step in as the new people's champion. next conversation wrestlemania

[@barnebyjones]

People love to hate success when it isn't theirs.

[@digitalfusiongaming4830]

Problem solved...The NFL has an exclusive stadium built for just the super bowl.It would be named simply SUPER BOWL STADIUM and would be built directly in the exact pinpoint center of the country.Like how the Coloseum was home to the most epic gladiator battles.Fans could have a new element to the entire NFL and future players would have the honor of playing in their super bowl inside the exact SUPER BOWL STADIUM where their idols once played.The super bowl would mean so much more.

[@dmitz86]

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[@jamesm9502]

It wouldn't be fair if you played the super bowl at a teams home ground. You get rewarded for playing so well in the season by being able to play in the super bowl. That's your reward, your place in the super bowl. They should have a national stadium where all finals are played (this is the logical thing to do). If you don't like that then they need to change the process to get to the super bowl. (home and away fixtures etc.)

[@darthcreel]

I feel like Tuesday and Thursday have purpose again

[@roreo99]

As someone who doesn't live in the U.S, why does everyone hate the Pats?

[@Atrum2]

Still loving these. However Greg: Flat Cap > Tuque.

[@escoofimpakt]

The superbowl isnt played in random cities the superbowl location is picked on cities with the newest stadiums to help subsidize some of the cost for building these billion dollar stadiums that way NFL owners dont have to look for help from the cities they are in to pay as much to build these stadiums.

[@DC3893]

Were you really high when you came up with this idea?

[@broceratops1337]

XFL was awesome, i still have the cup with the logo on it when i went to go see the San Francisco Demons

[@MrEricReis]

Colin has a good point... but it would only work if it was a best of 3/5/7 series.. if not then the fans of the "away" team are still getting screwed

[@Rob0tacon]

How are the Chargers more talented if they cant tolerate different weather conditions?

[@wolfsol21]

Topic: Anime, Greg, we both know what will happen and it will be amazing and clements will probobly be mentioned.

[@neonhenry]

sorry Colin, im a die-hard Giants fan, my condolences to you for being a Jets fan

[@dewicked]

potter, is that you ?

[@jacobshetterly5309]

Imagine Marshawn Lynch's TD run against the Saints in the Super Bowl, it would be louder then it actually was and it caused an earthquake

[@carsongoodman198]

Imagine if lynch got the ball this SB.

[@turboskerv]

Greg looks like he studied at Hogwarts

[@kcrum23]

Next year it's in New York, which I think is a bad idea

[@MilkierThanThou]

The Seahawks don't play in a dome. You're silly.

[@tomrobbin92]

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[@Matt_M_again]

Colin on LAS VEGAS

[@vileuvraze7230]

The NFL is to much of a grueling season to play that many playoff games.

[@sm3346]

Colin: +1 for Seahawks love -1 for saying Seattle has a dome (not since 2002 at least) +12 for 12th Man love Final score: +12. You are welcome within the city limits any time #GoHawks

[@italianman21]

While it would be cool. Seems like it would favor one side. Don't do this add two more teams to the playoffs n no bye week. FIGHT TO THE DEATH.....I like the idea of more playoff games bec it just seems like those games are especially better

[@captfelix]

Soooo.... Like the NBA Playoffs format then?

[@FearTheLivingDFG]

I guess when the Giants are always beating on the Jets your bound to hate them. :D Then again the Jets seem to be beaten by everyone. Giant Fan for Life...

[@TheBrakAttack]

Does he not like the Super Bowl because he is a Jet's fan? hahaha

[@T9324]

As an outsider to nfl, it seems so fucked up that your average season ticket holder has no chance to see their team in the super bowl, even though they supported them all the way

[@reecieboy]

Colin on guns

[@nothing-of-importance]

Actually, Seahawks don't play in a dome :P

[@rogXue]

Agree 100% it's BS that major cities get to reap the economic benefits of a huge event. I think level battlefield is a good argument but in the end both teams had to earn the right to get in the Super Bowl to begin with.

[@dcaslick]

Colin's a Jets fan. That's the explanation.

[@smackknot]

I don't understand why people (Colin included) have such abject hatred for certain sports teams. Even if they're a rival team to your favorite, hatred is a strong feeling to have for something as inconsequential as a sports game.

[@biggs3004]

As a life long New England native(Although I HATE the Patriots) I do wish the Super Bowl was played at the home stadium. Then real fans could actually see it.

[@NFLDude56]

Colin on "Honey Booboo".

[@blackryn0]

I have to agree with him, it doesn't give the home fans a chance to celebrate with the team like the nba. Btw i am a Giants fan watch your tone sir. j/k.