These landed between the hours of 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. PDT on Super Bowl Sunday, while a nation waited in a dark room in New Orleans waiting for the Beyonce post-game show:
Onion Sports Network @OnionSports:
Superdome lights return as all 53 49ers are lying motionless on ground. Whereabouts of Ray Lewis unknown #SuperBowl
Mark Cuban @mcuban:
How do you find the fuse box at the super bowl?
Eric Stangel @EricStangel:
You know somehow that deer antler spray guy is behind the #SuperBowl47 blackout…
Bob Ley @BobLeyESPN:
Buffalo Wild Wings guys got a tad carried away
SportsonEarth @SportsonEarth:
Beyonce’s hair dryer already being blamed. #superbowlblackout #SOEBowl
SportsPickle @sportspickle:
What are the chances it was a BP truck that backed into the Superdome’s main transformer?
MLB @MLB:
We thought we’d take this brief pause to remind you pitchers and catchers report in 8 days.
@YourAnonNews: Finally, America cares about the infrastructure in NOLA.
Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch:
Right now, Steve Tasker is the person I trust most in America. He knows everything.
Eric Stangel @EricStangel:
80,000 hours of pre-game coverage and all of a sudden when the lights go out they have nothing to say… #SB47
OnionSports: Over 100 NFL players without power in New Orleans right now. Please help. Every donation counts. #SuperBowl
phil_rosenthal @phil_rosenthal:
CBS has how many experts at this game and not one electrician to explain this? DIY Network would have this covered.
Seth Meyers @sethmeyers21:
Who is more likely to cramp up: The players after the layoff or the studio analysts trying to fill time?
jimmy fallon @jimmyfallon:
Beyonce literally killed it at the Super Bowl.
bob raissman @nydnraiss:
Millions bailing out to Betty White’s Off Their Rockers on NBC.
Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing:
Thank goodness this power outage is allowing Shannon Sharpe to spread his comedic wings.
Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch:
Journalism time, kids: CBS needs to get an NFL official on the air to talk about what’s going on.
Onion Sports Network @OnionSports:
Jim Harbaugh telling scoreboard operator he’s “pretty sure” 49ers were up 27-3 #SuperBowl
Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff:
AMY POEHLER BRING US A SURGE PROTECTOR FROM BEST BUY
Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing:
Solomon Wilcots says the league is not prepared to make a statement. GOODELL IN CRISIS!
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt:
Just looted the Denny’s on Sand Canyon Road. Join me in my Ragnarok Visible Super Bowl Blackout Bunker! No vegans.
Mike Pereira @MikePereira:
If the Commish was told the lights weren’t going to come back on tonight, He could order the game resumed tomorrow.
The Sklar Brothers @SklarBrothers:
FEMA is on the situation. Lights will be on in 3 weeks. #sb47 #sklarbowl
Will Leitch @williamfleitch:
Seriously, Shannon Sharpe is paid to talk live on television. That’s his job.
Steve Martin @SteveMartinToGo:
Thank God I have this “Superdome Lights-On” iPad app.
And to think: I only follow about 200 people. There had to be much more out there that I missed. Any retweets you found?
