Super Bowl Tailgate Parties
...a grill fired up and tailgates down.
Here are some helpful tailgating tips that will help any parking lot chef prepare a pleasing feast. Always keep things simple by doing all your prep work a day before the game. Precut all food items and keep it in disposable containers for easy clean up. Make a check off list so you don't forget important items like paper plates, napkins, plastic forks, and spoons and of course the paper towels. Trash bags will surely be appreciated when it's clean up time and of course remember to bring plenty of water.
A good tailgater dresses the part so don't be caught without your team colors. You can also bring a couple extra team jerseys or sweatshirts for your friends can dress their part. A good rule to follow in tailgating is arriving 3 to 4 hours before the game so you can get a good spot and set up. Serve the main menu item an hour and a half before the game so everyone can relax and enjoy their food. Plan to leave at least an hour or two after the game so you have hang out time to discuss the game and also clean up time. Be respectful and leave the area as you found it if not cleaner.more
Super Bowl Props: Do Your Homework
...Oddsmakers have had plenty of time to carefully scrutinize the last game of the football season, therefore the side and total are likely to be good numbers. You rarely see much line movement on Super Bowls. However, proposition bets offer bettors an excellent opportunity to find good bets and soft numbers. But you cant do guesswork, you have to do some homework.
Lets go through a prop and do some research on it. For instance, theres a line offered on the Steelers/Seahawks Super Bowl this weekend that reads: What half will the most points be scored in? The second half opened +110. Is this a good number? Just thinking about what might happen, it seems to reason that both coaches, mike Holmgren and Bill Cowher, are primarily ball control ...more
Super Bowl Preview
...Its been a while since weve seen the Steelers in a Super Bowl (10 years). And weve never seen the Seahawks in the big game. Both teams have two weeks to prepare and come off relatively easy wins in the Championship games. This game is at a neutral site indoors (Detroit), but does anything stand out as far as how these teams fared on the road this season? The Steelers are playing their best football at the right time of the year, riding a 7-0 SU, 6-1 ats run the last 7 games. Most impressive is that they were the No. 6 seed in the AFC and come off wins against the Bengals, colts and Broncos all on the road! That makes Pittsburgh 8-2 SU/ATS on the road this season! Seattle is only 5-3 SU, 4-4 ATS on the road, although they did average an impressive 27 ppg away from home. Edge to the Steelers.
Philosophically, both teams are similar. Coaches Bill Cowher and mike Holmgren are veteran coaches whove taken their teams to the Super Bowl before. Holmgren makes his third trip, winning once and losing once with the Packers. Both coaches have built their teams with a philosophy around ball control and bal...more
When a Digital Zoom is Needed
...00 mm may not be enough in some situations. This is where the digital zoom comes in handy.
Say you are at a football game and want to get a close up of your son in action. A 200mm lens setting would probably include three or four football players in the scene, making it difficult to recognize faces. A two times digital zoom makes the focal length 400 mm, cropping the scene into a two football player picture. A four X digital zoom se...more
