Is it possible that CBS orchestrated the lights going off along with the NFL to keep the ad space going?

The game itself was going at a really quick pace...I remember halftime started about an hour and 10 minutes or so after kickoff, which is usually about 20 minutes or so faster than a normal game's pace.

Is it possible the suits and the ginger hammer threw a rain delay in there for the advertisers?

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title should have been "Just a shitty thought..."

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

kinda amazing the mega light show for beyonce worked...but then click

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

A little hungover.

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My first thought was phase one of some terrorist plot.(A CBS news reporter hinted at thinking the same this morning) After awhile,I started thinking it was some MIT geek sending a virus to the power company.

Still no answer though?

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

They didn't show that many of the big commercials if any during it though. I thought it was more cbs promo crap and bad commentary.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Maybe a drinky thought, but it's worth considering. Let's see, SF had 2 field goals, then? It actually worked out real well for them...

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Middle Aged Crazy, like Uncle Terry

No commercials, but it reset the time grid based on "promised commercial air time" to the advertisers.

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Reasons that theory falls apart

1. They can control when they come back from timeouts, etc so they can squeeze in extra commercials.
2. They really didnt use all thew down time for commercials at all.
3. They had Nothing ready! Not even a thought! I wonder if Marino and Cowher even watched the game?
4. Steve Tasker is going to handle the extra time.

I bet FOX would have had something ready to go.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Deadspin ran an article this morning listing all of the Louisiana requests for additional funding for the electrical system there -- they were basically getting about 900k per month for the past three or four months trying to get it up to par for hosting the SB.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

They would've shown a rerun of the Simpsons from 2007.