I want an investigation

**The Excellector** · 02-04-2013, 12:25 AM

There is absolutely no excuse for a power outage at a Super Bowl. Especially, one that conveniently occurs when the 49ers are on the edge of getting stomped in.

An investigation is in order and John Harbaugh had every right to be upset.

**Terpsfan82** · 02-04-2013, 12:29 AM

No kidding. As soon as it happened I thought "uh oh, here we go".

**PerpetuallyBored74** · 02-04-2013, 12:31 AM

Originally Posted by The Excellector

There is absolutely no excuse for a power outage at a Super Bowl. Especially, one that conveniently occurs when the 49ers are on the edge of getting stomped in.

An investigation is in order and John Harbaugh had every right to be upset.

I hate conspiracy theories.

I want to believe it was a coincidence.

But it is suspicious that just when it looked like we were about to run away with it and turn the game into a forgone conclusion with about 25 minutes left to go in the 2nd half (which would have compelled some people to turn off the game at that point giving the ratings a substantial hit and with how much advertisers pay for commercial air time...) that there would be a power outage reportedly caused by a power surge from an "external source".

**The Excellector** · 02-04-2013, 12:35 AM

They spent so much time pumping up the halftime show, how in the world could they not be able to handle the needs of the show itself? I'm calling bullshit on that one.

**Uli2001** · 02-04-2013, 12:35 AM

No kidding, this could still turn into a big story, and the NFL may be lucky the Ravens won anyway.

I am originally from Brazil and there these things happen in soccer games. I never thought I would see it in the US, though.

**Strange Bru** · 02-04-2013, 12:42 AM

I blame the Ravens, because they were playing lights out football before that happened.

**DrUnk** · 02-04-2013, 01:01 AM

That was complete, utter bullshit. But hey, we gave them a giant fuck you!

**rlh445** · 02-04-2013, 01:05 AM

lol my friend was telling me to shut up when i was calling, 'conspiracy,' stuff but seriously.....that stadium has hosted multiple Super Bowls and that has never happened. There wasn't any inclement weather, so.....yea. It was on purpose, and they did it to take the momentum away from the Ravens. Too bad the 49ers couldn't capitalize, the little wussies.

**hokiefan** · 02-04-2013, 01:13 AM

Yea right, whos going to do the investigation? Anyone involved would surely been paid off.

With the amount of money involved in the NFL, I don't see why they can't have a separate set of lights running off a separate power feed (or battery + generator). At least then if something breaks, they can have the backup lights going quickly.

**lovefootball** · 02-04-2013, 01:43 AM

It will be swept under the rug, like the patriots cheating. Nfl will not waste time investigating this occurrence.

**RavenusMaximus** · 02-04-2013, 01:44 AM

The lights have gone out before at an NFL game.

When and where did it happen, you ask?

Last year in San Francisco, of course. In a game against the Steelers, the lights went out before the game and again in the 2nd qtr.

Conspiracy?

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/po...-has-gone-dark

**Random Thoughts** · 02-04-2013, 02:00 AM

Originally Posted by RavenusMaximus

The lights have gone out before at an NFL game.

When and where did it happen, you ask?

Last year in San Francisco, of course. In a game against the Steelers, the lights went out before the game and again in the 2nd qtr.

Conspiracy?

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/po...-has-gone-dark

It changed the dynamics of the game, right? I thought Steelers had the game in their pocket until the lights went out... It was especially when Big Ben was playing on a bad ankle... .

Either way, I could care less about the Steelers, but yea... damn