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by Andrew Sharp • Jul 27, 2010 1:49 PM EDT
This is either really cool or kind of terrifying. Watch the Saints celebrate winning next season's Super Bowl, and you decide:
You get to meet President Barack Obama at the end of it, and that's awesome. Jokes aside, it's a no-brainer wrinkle from the Madden developers. But listen to some of this commentary from Gus Johnson...
"This team has only had eight playoff wins in their history, but these last two seasons, they proved it's quality over quantity. You simply can't qualify what this victory means to the city of New Orleans. A fantastic boost to give this town-tried community yet another reason to celebrate! Another reason to think that if you can dream it, and you're willing to give it everything you've got, then anything is possible."
Really? It's that detailed? Gus Johnson even used "qualify" instead of "quantify" by mistake, as if it was a live broadcast. I'm half-surprised there was no Treme reference. It culminates like so:
"This win has created a bond with these players that can never be broken, and it's taken them to places that they never could have imagined."
It's all very cool in this video. But we're approaching Uncanny Valley territory with Gus' New Orleans commentary. What does he say when Detroit wins the Super Bowl? "They had a dying economy. It was city known for its dreams deferred. But they had a winning spirit!"
It's not creepy now, but it could get creepy. And if I win the 2013 Super Bowl and my digital hero quarterback meets Sarah Palin on the White House lawn, I promise: the Playstation's going in the f**king gutter.
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If Palin is in the 2013 Madden,
it’s just as likely your Playstation was already confiscated for supporting a liberal nazi takeover from Japan!
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by Justin Bopp on Jul 27, 2010 1:58 PM EDT reply actions
"From hapless to hopeless to now"
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by Packey on Jul 27, 2010 2:00 PM EDT reply actions
"Qualify" works too.
It means you can’t put any caveats on the achievement, or sell it short.
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by Jamie DeVriend on Jul 27, 2010 2:05 PM EDT reply actions
The craziest part in all this is that the freaking Jaguars made the Super Bowl. Not in anyone’s wildest dreams does that simulation even occur.
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by Alex Reed on Jul 27, 2010 2:38 PM EDT reply actions
lol
by vitzeng on Jul 27, 2010 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey dude that is deeply low…….the redskins have not even made a NFC title game or won their division since 1991, so you can shut it man…….the jags have 2 AFC championships and three division titles in the same space
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by jawsaints on Jul 30, 2010 8:00 AM EDT up reply actions
BAAAAWWWW Palin BAAAAAWWWWW!!!
Back on topic, nice video. Its good to see that EA finally got that **** together.
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I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
by JoeCB1991 on Jul 27, 2010 5:15 PM EDT reply actions
Gus Johnson needs to do the play by play for my life
IF YOU BELIEVE IT YOU CAN DREAM IT AND YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT! JOE KUTSUNIS HAS AT LONG LAST PAID OFF HIS STUDENT LOANS!!!!!!
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by Joe Kutsunis on Jul 27, 2010 6:01 PM EDT reply actions
Laying it on pretty, pretty thick.
by bezeerk on Jul 27, 2010 6:58 PM EDT reply actions
That's a lot of confetti.
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