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January 19

Is the tv show Supernatural at it's final season?

Please let me know. Venustar84 (talk) 01:56, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In the first paragraph of our article, Supernatural (U.S. TV series), it says "The series is currently airing its tenth season, and in January 2015, The CW renewed it for an eleventh season". Rojomoke (talk) 04:44, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Seahawks beat Packers in overtime and go to the first consecutive SuperBowl since the Pats in 2003 and 2004. Erm, have I got that right? And what's more...

Hi Sports fans,
And when the ball bounced off the grill of a Packers players' helmet, and was caught by a Seahawks some position or other player, according to some rule or other, they got a first down and ten. Or whatever. The online commentary said "ball bounced off his numbers — may be fitted for goat horns"
What on earth does "ball bounced off his numbers — may be fitted for goat horns" mean? Is this some American football term? Or just something else a commentator made up on the spur or the moment?
--Shirt58 (talk) 13:00, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In American football, players wear big numbers on the front and back of their uniform tops. So a ball that bounces off a player's numbers would be one that hits him in the chest but that he can't control. "Wearing the goat's horns" (or other variations) is a figurative way of saying that someone is being blamed for a defeat. That term's use is not limited to American football. It is associated with scapegoat. --Xuxl (talk) 15:10, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We have an article titled List of Super Bowl champions which includes the results of every Super Bowl. Your question in the title bar can be answered using that article. I'm not sure how to read your first question in the text of this section, so I will try to answer every permutation that I can, based on what I perceive as the possible interpretations.

If the Packers player threw the ball, and it struck one of his own player's helmets, and then a Seahawks player caught it from there, that is an interception, and the ball now belongs to the Seahawks, who will have a first-and-ten.
If the Seahawks player threw the ball, and it struck one of the Packers players' helmets, and was then caught by a Seahawks player, that's a reception and the ball would be marked wherever the ball carrier was eventually tackled. The play just continues as normal until he's tackled; and the down-and-distance calculated from that point. There's no consideration given to the fact that the ball was redirected in flight by the defender as far as the rules are concerned; it only matters who has possession of it when they are tackled. If they made it past the first-down line, it would be first and ten, but that has nothing to do really with striking the helmet.
There may have also been an unrelated penalty on the play which would have granted the receiving team a first-and-ten, which perhaps you missed?

I didn't watch the entire Seahawks-Packers game (only caught the first quarter and the last five minutes. Had commitments that kept me away from a TV otherwise), and I don't remember the specific play you are referring to. If you have a link to perhaps a video of the exact play, I might be able to help you more. --Jayron 32 16:36, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jayron32 If you go to the "Seattle recovers the onside kick!" post you will see the item in question. The writer got the "bounced off the numbers" wrong since it went off his helmet but typing that stuff in real time often leads to errors of that sort. While Xuxl is right in mentioning scapegoat the "goats horns" are also a term used in relation to Cuckold as mentioned here Cuckold#Cultural usage of horn metaphor. In fact there may have been a crossover between the two uses at some point in time though that is speculation on my part. MarnetteD|Talk 16:49, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I wasn't aware it was the onside kick near the end of the fourth quarter. In that case, it is fairly easy to explain how that works. Any kickoff that travels at least 10 yards is a live ball, and can be recovered by either team. When a team is running out of time in an attempt to come back, they will try to kick the ball ONLY ten yards, so they can recover it before the defending team. All that happened in that play was that the receiving team had a chance at the ball, but Seattle got their own kickoff first. Again, having struck the defender is irrelevant to this play: The ball merely had to travel 10 yards and be recovered by the Seahawks, which it did, for them to get possession. --Jayron 32 17:08, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Packer who was trying to catch the kickoff muffed it, and shortly after was on the sidelines with his head down, and later said he "Let his team down." Maybe, but the Packers failure to do anything much in the second half is what gave the Seahawks the opportunity. As for the term "goat" (opposite of "hero" in this context), that term has been used that way for a long time. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:52, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Baaaaad play. Brandon Bostick (the goat in question) was supposed to block the Seahawks, not try to catch the ball. YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!! This tops us beating the Saints when we were 7-9. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:53, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, so he messed up his assignment. That's probably why the special teams coach was yelling at him. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:05, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How do I download the movie "Transformers, age of Distinction"?

How do I download "Transformers: Age of Extinction" and watch it for free? Can it be done? How do I do it right from Google Chrome? You see, I used to be a Truck Driver, but was pulled off the road back in 2006 because of a terminal illness. I spent 9 years in and out of hospital for a condition called Scleroderma. I was supposed to be dead. However, on November 16, 2014 they came out with a brand new experimental drug. The first girl who took it died, but I was the second girl, and when I took it, I beat the disease completely along with eating no more sugar or preservatives, no exceptions. I'm now shoveling snow, milking cows, and throwing around hay bales.

My 12 year old nephew showed me the Movie "Transformers: Age of Extinction" in the hospital, and in it is a scene where this tinkerer with no particular purpose in life hauls out the most useless, deadest, decomposed, rusted out old transport truck from the 1960's out of an automotive graveyard with a big hole blown in the front radiator with a chain. He drags it down the road to his old barn that's falling apart and full of holes and begins tinkering with it. It is at that point where he says, "Hey, this metal is ALIVE!" Nobody believes him, including his pretty young daughter, and she says to him, "All you do is make more junk out of more junk. Get rid of this thing and get a life."

In any case, he keeps on tinkering with it, just enough to get it driving down the road again. Then as it's driving down the road, the UNBELIEVABLE happens. All of a sudden, the skin of the rusted out, old piece of junk starts flying off, exploding out of it the most AMAZING, kick-ass, beautiful, fully painted in flame decals, brand spanking new, 2014, and 550 000 horsepower transport truck with multiple stacks on the back with glorious music to add to the effect. It shows it all around at every angle. I just said, "Oh my God, Holy XXXX" Tears just burst out of my eyes, I couldn't believe it, and I said, if I ever get to survive this disease by any chance, and get a job again in trucking, I'm going to record this part, and show it to my next Employer, and tell them, THAT WAS ME EXACTLY. The deadest, most hopeless, in the graveyard with tombstone and coffin already picked out case ready for my funeral person in the whole wide world coming back to life and defeating death completely UNSTOPPABLE.

I know it's a silly movie title for kids, but I just HAVE TO HAVE that scene. I'll keep it as a memento for ever.

So, can I do this, and how do I do it? 184.94.190.99 (talk) 22:20, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can't download it for free, but you can buy it on DVD and digital download through iTunes and Google Play. --Viennese Waltz 09:27, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can download μTorrent and read the Motion Picture Association of America's stance on why copyright matters for free. Then you're free to decide. InedibleHulk (talk) 10:15, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Transformers 4: A Era da Extinção is on YouTube for free. A bit Greek to me, but kick-ass transports are a universal language. InedibleHulk (talk) 10:23, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]