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Hosakawa Tito
10-22-2008, 12:25
Heehee. I always feel so smart the moment I've finished my picks. Then by Noon on sunday, I realize I'm dumber 'n a sack o' rocks.
On average, one sunday per season I'll be shown to've been brilliant. :idea2:
Ain't that da truth. "Dumb Luck Syndrome" is a specialty of mine in sports prognostication, and I probably used my one Sunday of brilliance last week. Isn't it nice to know one is consistent at some things?:laugh4:
Strike For The South
10-26-2008, 21:03
HEART ATTACK HEART ATTACK AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH STOP THEM STOP THEM ITS 4TH DOWN
Strike For The South
10-26-2008, 21:05
HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS
HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS
Defense did well, offense not so much.:wall:
Strike For The South
10-26-2008, 22:25
Defense did well, offense not so much.:wall:
At this point I'll take what I can get:dizzy2:
At this point I'll take what I can get:dizzy2:
Yeah, I'm extremely happy right now, but we're going to have to be able to score more points against the Giants I think.
Strike For The South
10-26-2008, 22:31
Yeah, I'm extremely happy right now, but we're going to have to be able to score more points against the Giants I think.
This is true but Tampa had a good D. We just need to hold the fort until Romo gets back.
This is true but Tampa had a good D. We just need to hold the fort until Romo gets back.
Yep.
The Browns always decide to actually play when I pick the other team...
Sasaki Kojiro
10-27-2008, 01:06
Looks like it's going to come down to the points of the indy-Tennessee game...interesting.
What the...? Where the **** did my picks go for this week??! The site says I have zero!! :furious3: :inquisitive:
And I'd only mis-called one game today, too (Buffalo vs. Miami).... :wall:
Incidentally, I have to admit grudging respect for the Cowboys' defense this afternoon. They played a hell of a game. :bow:
KukriKhan
10-27-2008, 15:03
Nice pickin', GH.
LOL, 7-way tie for 2nd place. :)
Strike For The South
10-27-2008, 15:04
Cmon TITANS!!!!
Hosakawa Tito
10-27-2008, 15:15
What the...? Where the **** did my picks go for this week??! The site says I have zero!! :furious3: :inquisitive:
And I'd only mis-called one game today, too (Buffalo vs. Miami).... :wall:
Incidentally, I have to admit grudging respect for the Cowboys' defense this afternoon. They played a hell of a game. :bow:
I wondered what happened Martok, must have forgotten to hit the submit button. Thanks for saving me from bringing up the rear.~;p These upsets are getting tough to predict, which is why I don't quit my day job...
HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS
Good game, managed to catch the 4th quarter.
GeneralHankerchief
10-27-2008, 17:59
Nice pickin', GH.
LOL, 7-way tie for 2nd place. :)
Wait, what? I haven't even checked the list at all since last week.
-edit- Nice. :smoking: Let's go Colts!
seireikhaan
10-28-2008, 03:23
GH- 55 total points? Clearly, you've not watched many of the recent Colts/Titans games. Silly Philly. :smash:
seireikhaan
10-28-2008, 04:20
:no:
Not looking good.
Sasaki Kojiro
10-28-2008, 04:40
GH- 55 total points? Clearly, you've not watched many of the recent Colts/Titans games. Silly Philly. :smash:
Oh yeah? One more field goal...
Congrats SerClegane! Right on the button...
seireikhaan
10-28-2008, 04:51
Bah. The last points shouldn't have occurred.
GeneralHankerchief
10-28-2008, 17:25
Rats, I really wanted that Burger King. :furious3: Congrats, SC. :bow:
Strike For The South
10-28-2008, 17:46
all hail Mediocrity! heheheh
Ramses II CP
10-28-2008, 19:42
I haven't posted in here in awhile because the Raiders are much worse than I had hoped, and firing another coach in the middle of the season makes me, frankly, just want to give up. So I'm just going to try to set that aside and comment on some other stuff now that we're near the middle of the season...
1. Jason Campbell is a **** good QB. I've been a fan of this guy for awhile but I was worried he just wouldn't have the chemistry around him in Washington to make it work. Congrats to him on an excellent season so far despite a motley crew surrounding him. MVP of that team so far.
2. As I predicted two teams are in position to make it to 0-10 and make that epic final push towards a possible 0-16 season. I don't think either one will get all the way there this year, but I feel pretty safe guaranteeing they'll find the 0-10 mark, as I predicted (Unfortunately I didn't expect Cincy to be one of the 0-10s, I thought KC or St. Louis would be there instead).
3. The Patriots are still going to the playoffs. In fact I'd say it's even money they still win their division. No, I don't believe in the Bills, even with that lead they've built.
4. The Colts are not going to win their division or go to the playoffs. No shocker there.
5. The League needs to be more transparent in their discussions with officials. Anyone want to argue whether or not somebody's been telling the officials to call more roughing on the field in order to justify all the fines coming down this season? I think the offices that assign fines and that manage officials need to be very clearly distinct to avoid this kind of meddling on the field. Every week games are hanging in the balance on those 15 yarders that at the start of this very season wouldn't have been called.
:egypt:
GeneralHankerchief
11-02-2008, 22:08
Ugh, I'm getting massacred so far. :shame: Packers had better win.
-edit- Of course.
Ramses II CP
11-02-2008, 22:17
I just want to say that I'm extremely grateful to the Bengals for offering me this chance to display my humility. Thank goodness I get the chance to be extremely, obviously wrong every so often, otherwise my head my swell up so much I couldn't get out of the house. :laugh4:
If only the Lions hadn't knocked Orton out of the game I suspect I'd be eating both my feet.
:egypt:
Good gods, I'm doing horrible today. The Bengals won, the Chiefs won, the Jets won, the Ravens won....uff da. So far, I've only called three games correctly. :embarassed:
At least my Vikings beat the Texans. Even that's small consolation, however, when I remember that every victory we get furthers Childress' job security. :thumbsdown:
seireikhaan
11-02-2008, 22:57
Wow, look at all the similarities in picks this week. Everyone picked the Bills, the Bears, and Eagles to win. All but one picked the Cards, Titans, and Broncos to win, and all but two picked the Jags and Giants to win.
Strike For The South
11-02-2008, 23:25
Not only did my Raiders win but Im winning the pool for the first time!
Best. Weekend. Ever.
Strike For The South
11-02-2008, 23:38
This is terrible...
Bring On Bollinger!!!!
GeneralHankerchief
11-03-2008, 00:04
...and he throws a pick.
Hope no one is watching the Raider game :sweatdrop: Waste of time. ~:(
So, Dallas is in shambles and I would like to take my vote back on the poll. :shame:
Whoops, I called the Chiefs-Bucs game too early. Tampa Bay wins it in overtime, baby! Whoo!! :medievalcheers:
Can't believe the Titans pulled out a win against Green Bay, i thought for sure that when GB tied it up they'd be able to manufacture another score. They did good job at forcing OT, but Titans kicker wins it on a 45+ yard FG.
Crazy stuff, too bad the NY/Dallas game isn't as entertaining. :shame:
Ramses II CP
11-03-2008, 03:02
Could the bye come at a better time for Dallas? Good luck to that team getting healthy.
No comment on the Raiders game. I watched it. Just... every time you think it can't get worse, it does. The Falcons defense is not that good.
:egypt:
seireikhaan
11-03-2008, 03:52
In Soviet Oakland, Falcon's defense GOOD!
:creep:
seireikhaan
11-03-2008, 05:24
Man, even against the Patsies, that victory still felt hollow. Still have a long road ahead.
Strike For The South
11-04-2008, 05:03
Im liking this low scoring affair!
Gah. I should've gone with the team I actually like. ~:doh:
Sasaki Kojiro
11-04-2008, 05:57
Gah, once again my points prediction is almost spot on...missed the team though. Congrats sfts.
seireikhaan
11-04-2008, 19:47
Folks, don't forget we're got a Thursday game this week, so don't forget to put your picks in earlier.
Ramses II CP
11-05-2008, 15:43
Dante Hall is out in Oakland (Finally):
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8758916/Report:-Raiders-waive-Hall,-eye-Walker-next?MSNHPHMA
Javon Walker might be next. We've been trying 'old fashioned' offensive systems for awhile in Oakland, maybe it's time to try some old fashioned team building. Pick a coach, hire a GM, and give them four years to make a team without selling draft picks out from under them for loud mouthed malcontents. Adding one or two talented disreputable players to an otherwise solid team can work, especially since it's in the Raider's blood, but loading a team with no leadership and no faith in their coach with that type is unforgiveable and bound for disaster. I stand by my assertion that this Oakland team had almost the same talent as the Chargers this year, they just didn't have any way to coordinate it.
Now, somebody stop the %&$^#&% bleeding before we become the new era Bengals/Lions of the league! (Sorry Cincy/Detroit fans, but you know it's true)
:egypt:
Sasaki Kojiro
11-05-2008, 15:47
No worries, we're only doing bad this year because palmer is out. With him back in and if in the offseason we can pick up a good running back and a good offensive line and a good defense and a stronger secondary and a few key special teams players we'd have a decent team!
No worries, we're only doing bad this year because palmer is out. With him back in and if in the offseason we can pick up a good running back and a good offensive line and a good defense and a stronger secondary and a few key special teams players we'd have a decent team!
:laugh4:
Still, I don't think the Bengals have as far to go as the Lions. I can only imagine the suffering Detroit fans have gone through these last two decades.... :sweatdrop:
Dante Hall is out in Oakland (Finally):
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8758916/Report:-Raiders-waive-Hall,-eye-Walker-next?MSNHPHMA
Javon Walker might be next. We've been trying 'old fashioned' offensive systems for awhile in Oakland, maybe it's time to try some old fashioned team building. Pick a coach, hire a GM, and give them four years to make a team without selling draft picks out from under them for loud mouthed malcontents. Adding one or two talented disreputable players to an otherwise solid team can work, especially since it's in the Raider's blood, but loading a team with no leadership and no faith in their coach with that type is unforgiveable and bound for disaster. I stand by my assertion that this Oakland team had almost the same talent as the Chargers this year, they just didn't have any way to coordinate it.
Now, somebody stop the %&$^#&% bleeding before we become the new era Bengals/Lions of the league! (Sorry Cincy/Detroit fans, but you know it's true)
:egypt:Hall is gone!? :medievalcheers: And well Walker... I'm still uncertain about him. Half the time I think Russell is our biggest offensive problem. I'm almost not ready to go to Sunday's game ~:( They are soooo disenchanting this year. And last year Kiffin looked to have improved the team! What happened?! Davis is what happened. The media is what happened. It seems like no one is criticizing the Raiders enough to get the ball rolling! ARG :wall:
And well I think we are as worse as them. Look at how many games we could have won but threw away. It's pathetic and last weeks showing was down right atrocious.
The Raiders will continue to stumble until Davis sells the team or dies, whichever comes first. :no: I realized that when he moved the team back to Oakland.
Strike For The South
11-07-2008, 05:56
Den 34 Cle 30
and Strike is ahead again.
Kongamato
11-07-2008, 21:02
Lions blacked out in my area again. I wonder who we'll get to see in their place this week.
Sasaki Kojiro
11-09-2008, 22:26
Crosby :soapbox:
Hosakawa Tito
11-09-2008, 22:41
Den 34 Cle 30
and Strike is ahead again.
Apparently all that pudding has helped Strike achieve a state of prognostic enlightenment for this week that the rest of us mere mortals cannot approach. He's picked every early game right. Good job Pudding Head. :2thumbsup:
Strike For The South
11-09-2008, 23:31
Apparently all that pudding has helped Strike achieve a state of prognostic enlightenment for this week that the rest of us mere mortals cannot approach. He's picked every early game right. Good job Pudding Head. :2thumbsup:
If San Deigo get there stuff together Im running the table! Or at least Id better you're only 1 behind!!!!!
Holy crap!! My Vikings edged out the Packers! Who knew? ~:eek:
@seireikhaan: There. Happy now? ~;p
seireikhaan
11-10-2008, 00:52
:tongue:
Strike For The South
11-10-2008, 01:13
Ugh:smash:
seireikhaan
11-10-2008, 01:14
Sweet. ~:pimp:
Sasaki Kojiro
11-10-2008, 01:31
Colts/steelers was pretty intense.
Hosakawa Tito
11-10-2008, 01:38
So was KC & SD. Gotta give props to KC going for the 2 point conversion for the win at the end instead of the tie. KC was my upset pick that I needed, but oh well.:2thumbsup:
Sasaki Kojiro
11-10-2008, 01:46
So was KC & SD. Gotta give props to KC going for the 2 point conversion for the win at the end instead of the tie. KC was my upset pick that I needed, but oh well.:2thumbsup:
Yeah, I saw the last 50 seconds of that. Scoring three touchdowns and losing 20-19 has to hurt.
Ugh. My picks have been 9 different kinds of suck this weekend; I've only gotten 8 right so far. :thumbsdown: I'll need both the Giants to win tonight and the Cardinals tomorrow night to salvage anything. :sweatdrop:
Strike For The South
11-11-2008, 04:09
I should've picked the 49ers Singletary has lit a fire under dem boys
Yoyoma1910
11-11-2008, 06:39
Saints=another reason for people in New Orleans to drink.
I should've picked the 49ers Singletary has lit a fire under dem boys
Damn, that was a crazy game! I thought 'Frisco was actually going to pull it off there at the end. :sweatdrop:
Sasaki Kojiro
11-13-2008, 05:41
Thursday game again folks...
Ugh. I just finished doing my picks for the week. I did *not* like having to choose the winners for the Saints-Chiefs and Titans-Jaguars games -- I feel like I'll have made the wrong picks either way. Call me crazy, but I smell upsets for those two match-ups. :sick:
seireikhaan
11-13-2008, 06:16
Ugh. I just finished doing my picks for the week. I did *not* like having to choose the winners for the Saints-Chiefs and Titans-Jaguars games -- I feel like I'll have made the wrong picks either way. Call me crazy, but I smell upsets for those two match-ups. :sick:
I smell Jags upset all the way. Division games are almost always interesting, and the AFC South, imo, is even more chaotic, in the micro sense. Even though the Colts had a heck of a run in terms of winning the division for the last 5 years or so, almost every game has been really close. As for the Chiefs... I have little faith they'll upset the Saints. Having the Chiefs on local station makes you realize just how bad they really are.
Hosakawa Tito
11-13-2008, 10:16
Picking the upsets is tough. However, I doubt the Titans are going to go 16-0 so this is a good game to bet against them. I picked the Chiefs last week and they almost pulled it off. I'm picking them this week because the Saints are too inconsistent, can't stop anyone, can't run the ball.
I concur with both your analyses on the Titans-Jaguars game, which is why I went with Jacksonville. And Hosa has highlighted perfectly why I've picked KC over New Orleans, as I think the Chiefs have a real chance winning this one.
That said, however, both match-ups carry a strong aura of Murphy's Law: Since I've picked the two underdogs to win, they'll surely lose. But if I'd picked the Titans and Saints, then *they'd* be the ones to lose. I feel like I'm cursed no matter which way I go. :gah2:
Ramses II CP
11-14-2008, 00:15
If the Chiefs win that game (On anything but a wild fluke) I'll...
...admit I'm wrong about how terrible they are. :yes:
:egypt:
If the Chiefs win that game (On anything but a wild fluke) I'll...
...admit I'm wrong about how terrible they are. :yes:
:egypt:
You and me both. ~D
Wow. Congrats to Ichigo and 'khaan for picking the Jets over the Patriots! Who'd have thunk it? :dizzy2:
Hmm... I thought I had picked the Pats. I guess it was good I didn't. :idea:
Hosakawa Tito
11-14-2008, 11:45
Looks like I picked the wrong upset, again. Good job.:2thumbsup:
seireikhaan
11-14-2008, 14:50
Hmm... I thought I had picked the Pats. I guess it was good I didn't. :idea:
:laugh4:
Sasaki Kojiro
11-14-2008, 17:52
Patriots D can't manage a stop in overtime...psh.
Strike For The South
11-16-2008, 21:36
Who did I tick off? Dead last and sucking pond water...fantastic Makakikhan is undeafeated! dangggggg
Sasaki Kojiro
11-16-2008, 22:52
INCHES I tell you INCHES :wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall:
Of course both KC and Atlanta lose. Figures. :gah2:
seireikhaan
11-16-2008, 23:57
Dang... Looks like I'm gonna miss the San Fran/St. Louis game. However, I can still hold out hope for a one loss week. :2thumbsup:(I aint gonna count a tie, of course~:rolleyes:)
Sasaki Kojiro
11-17-2008, 01:53
Timeout #2 by PIT at 00:05.
1-10-SD 21 (:05) (Shotgun) 17-P.Rivers pass short middle to 21-L.Tomlinson to SD 24 for 3 yards. Lateral to 89-C.Chambers to SD 26 for 2 yards (43-T.Polamalu). FUMBLES (43-T.Polamalu), RECOVERED by PIT-43-T.Polamalu at SD 12. 43-T.Polamalu for 12 yards, TOUCHDOWN. The Replay Assistant challenged the backward pass ruling, and the play was REVERSED. (Shotgun) 17-P.Rivers pass short middle to 21-L.Tomlinson, dead ball declared at SD 26 for 5 yards. PENALTY on SD-21-L.Tomlinson, Illegal Forward Pass, 0 yards, enforced at SD 5.
END GAME
:dizzy2:
Fun end to a fun game, although it's a pity the last second touchdown got taken away.
Of course both KC and Atlanta lose. Figures. :gah2:
....And Jacksonville lost as well. So much for my upset picks of the week. :wall:
Sasaki Kojiro
11-17-2008, 05:16
Marion barber is awesome.
Marion barber is awesome.
:yes:
Tough game, physical on both sides. Some gutsy coaching calls as well. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Strike For The South
11-17-2008, 05:54
HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS
Most enjoyable game that I've watched this week.
Sasaki Kojiro
11-17-2008, 18:57
"I didn't know that," said McNabb, who played a leading role in keeping it tied. "I've never been part of a tie. I never even knew it was in the rule book. I was looking forward to getting the opportunity to get out there and try to drive to win the game. But unfortunately with the rules, we settled with a tie."
********
Chad Ocho Cinco on overtime: "It feels like a loss. I didn’t know, I thought you went until someone got a field goal or something. This is my first time being in this and I’ve been playing Madden for this, I haven’t even ended on Madden like that. I asked Coach Lewis if he’d ever been in this situation before. He said yes."
*********
:laugh4:
GeneralHankerchief
11-17-2008, 19:05
I just wonder what the :daisy: they think the OT clock is for then.
Sasaki Kojiro
11-17-2008, 19:11
Eh, well, playoff games go into a 2nd overtime right? Or as many as needed. Maybe not on madden.
Eh, well, playoff games go into a 2nd overtime right? Or as many as needed. Maybe not on madden.
Yes, playoffs go for as long as they have to. Usually the team that wins the toss drives down and gets the field goal for the win. But that would require offensive competence, something which was apparently lacking in that game. I'm just happy I wasn't forced to see that game, sounded brutal.
Sasaki Kojiro
11-17-2008, 21:07
Yes, playoffs go for as long as they have to. Usually the team that wins the toss drives down and gets the field goal for the win. But that would require offensive competence, something which was apparently lacking in that game. I'm just happy I wasn't forced to see that game, sounded brutal.
One of the better bengal's games this year :sweatdrop:
It was nice to see our defense actually making plays. Our big problems are our o-line and ****-poor offensive play calling. As wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bratkowski) puts it:
In third-down efficiency, Cincinnati's offense has been in the top 10 for four of the past five years. Unfortunately Bob forgot how to call plays after the 2005 loss to Pittsburgh in the Playoffs and now wears a helmet to work everyday while riding the short bus.
Sudden death overtime on your own 20 yard line. What should we do? Run the ball up the middle three times! :smash:
4th and sixteen? Go for it! :smash:
Sasaki Kojiro
11-18-2008, 06:00
4-10-BUF 39 (1:44) 4-P.Dawson 56 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-64-R.Pontbriand, Holder-15-D.Zastudil.
4-5-CLE 29 (:43) 9-R.Lindell 47 yard field goal is No Good, Wide Right, Center-72-R.Neill, Holder-8-B.Moorman.
~:handball:
Last minute field goals have been killing me this week...
seireikhaan
11-18-2008, 15:24
Hrm. I wonder how they decided who won that last week? Sasaki-San and I both got 12 right and both picked the total score of the MNF game to be 52. :thinking2:
Hosakawa Tito
11-18-2008, 16:29
Hrm. I wonder how they decided who won that last week? Sasaki-San and I both got 12 right and both picked the total score of the MNF game to be 52. :thinking2:
Whoever makes their picks before the other determines the tie-breaker I believe.
Sasaki Kojiro
11-18-2008, 19:08
Hah, I soon as I saw your post I went to make my picks. Very tough this week though, took me too long...khaan sneaked ahead of me :uhoh:
Strike For The South
11-18-2008, 19:12
I have no faith this week. My picks are HORRID.
seireikhaan
11-18-2008, 23:28
Hah, I soon as I saw your post I went to make my picks. Very tough this week though, took me too long...khaan sneaked ahead of me :uhoh:
:bounce:
Sasaki Kojiro
11-19-2008, 06:26
This is my new favorite youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSO-kdWLFes&feature=related
Ramses II CP
11-19-2008, 16:24
Dude can cut on the field, but he sucks at DDR. :laugh4:
:egypt:
What happened in Philly? I heard McNabb got benched, but not why.
Sasaki Kojiro
11-23-2008, 23:55
He got intercepted a couple times. Then his replacement promptly threw a 107 yard interception return for td. So who knows what they were thinking.
The eagles are looking pretty terrible.
Favre cutting up the titans defense was pretty sweet though. I guess their injuries have taken a toll there.
Fair catch free kick was pretty funny.
GeneralHankerchief
11-24-2008, 00:38
Luckily, I was working and didn't catch the game, but after a phone call with my hopping-mad dad it seems like Reid panicked and took McNabb out too early. It was 10-7 at the half, 36-7 at the end of the game. You do the math.
I'm actually kind of glad this is happening to the Eagles, in a way. Reid and his entire crew have been in there for too long and the franchise has been stagnating ever since the Super Bowl loss. If we can get the team to totally implode then maybe we'll finally get some new blood starting next year.
GeneralHankerchief
11-24-2008, 05:59
Let's go Saints! :smoking:
Ramses II CP
11-24-2008, 18:55
Well, at least the Raiders got to avenge a defeat from one hated rival this year. I wouldn't say it was an awe inspiring performance, but I felt like the offense was pared down enough to let this bunch of unmotivated bums wrap their heads around it, which finally got some of the native talent on this team to show up. I still maintain that we have a substantially more talented team than Denver. Maybe this victory can be something to build on for next year...
...and maybe it'll just deny us the draft pick we deserved. It's hard to keep the faith right now. I didn't want to give up on this season, but if they start to get it together only after I've officially done so it'll be a bit like twisting the knife.
The best thing about this game was the patience of the Raider's defense. They sat back, played with discipline, and pretty much kept everything in front of them. The offensive line had their heads in the game too.
The Indy game was interesting too. I still don't have confidence that they'll make the playoffs, but I had them losing this game by a good margin (And with the phantom PI call they should've at least had OT) so it's starting to look like I'll have to eat my words again.
:egypt:
Strike For The South
11-25-2008, 06:57
1. makaikhaan 66
2. SFTS 66
3. SasakiKojiro 65
4. GH 60
5. Martok 56
6. SerClegane 56
7. Ichigo 55
8. Scrap1ron 55
9. Conspiracy Bruth 44
10. OverKnight 26
11. Crazed_Rabbit 11
Kurki has missed two weeks and Hosa one. So take that into account
seireikhaan
11-25-2008, 07:00
Don't forget Martok also missed a week as well. He very likely would be tied with us, or ahead if he hadn't missed it.
Don't forget Martok also missed a week as well. He very likely would be tied with us, or ahead if he hadn't missed it.
I had 10 wins that week, so I'd at least be close. Don't know if I'd actually be tied or leading, though.
Strike For The South
11-25-2008, 21:23
Is there anyway we could add them?
Eh, don't worry about it. It's my own fault for not making sure the system accepted my picks. ~:)
Sasaki Kojiro
11-26-2008, 20:40
Eh, don't worry about it. It's my own fault for not making sure the system accepted my picks. ~:)
Yeah if you take too long it times out and you have to redo it.
Who do ya'll think has the best shot at the superowl? I think the Giants have looked the strongest this year by far. Titans don't have a chance, their offense is really weak unless they can get a big rushing game going.
With the way things have gone this season, I dare not venture a guess.
With all the upsets and/or surprisingly close games, with so many teams doing either much better or worse than expected....I'm not even comfortable saying who will get into the playoffs, much less the Super Bowl. Yes, the Giants and Titans are both pretty much shoo-ins to make the post-season, but I'm not ready to make any predictions as to who else will be there with them. And I'm definitely not prepared to say whether New York and Tennessee will make it all the way to the big game.
GeneralHankerchief
11-27-2008, 02:05
Giants in the NFC. Nobody else is remotely close.
AFC is a lot tighter, but I think the Colts are going to surprise everybody and make a run as a wild card team, leading to a *gulp* Peyton-Eli Super Bowl.
Ramses II CP
11-27-2008, 23:56
Do I live in an alternate reality or did Aikman just say, regarding some boy band,
"That was a hard hand smack. You have to be 18 years old to touch the gobbler."
...on national television? I can't be the only person who laughed. My four year old thought I'd lost my mind.
:egypt:
Hosakawa Tito
11-28-2008, 03:52
Do I live in an alternate reality or did Aikman just say, regarding some boy band,
"That was a hard hand smack. You have to be 18 years old to touch the gobbler."
...on national television? I can't be the only person who laughed. My four year old thought I'd lost my mind.
:egypt:
:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:I missed that game but maybe I'll catch that replay on Sports Center. If they don't bleep it out...
Speaking of gobbler; just when you think the Eagles are down for the count they are putting the boots to Arizona. Practically every game Westbrook is on the injury report, questionable to play at best, and he keeps putting up big performances...amazing.
Big Ser takes an early lead for the week by predicting all 3 winners on Friday and being the only one to pick Philly. Good job! :2thumbsup:
woad&fangs
11-30-2008, 04:35
I'll be at Lambeau tomorrow. :grin:
seireikhaan
11-30-2008, 04:55
I'll be at Lambeau tomorrow. :grin:
Food vendor? ~D
J/K, have fun.
I'll be at Lambeau tomorrow. :grin:
I was at the Oakland Coliseum, that wasn't fun :wall:
How was Lambeau tho?? Besides cold an all ~;)
seireikhaan
12-01-2008, 05:23
Admit it, Martok. The man is growing on you. Resistance is futile. ~D
woad&fangs
12-01-2008, 22:13
I was at the Oakland Coliseum, that wasn't fun :wall:
How was Lambeau tho?? Besides cold an all ~;)
It actually wasn't too cold until the end when it started to snow. The Packer's punter and coverage units were absolutely terrible. The Panthers kept starting near midfield.:wall:
Admit it, Martok. The man is growing on you. Resistance is futile. ~D
Never!! :whip:
I still think he's a bloomin' idiot. We've only won as many games as we have due to the efforts of individual players and a few coaches. The only thing Childress has done is manage to be in the right place at the right time.
Sasaki Kojiro
12-01-2008, 23:10
Watched the bengals game on an hdtv yesterday. They looked twice as bad :juggle:
Yoyoma1910
12-03-2008, 19:28
I just want to say this.
After Sunday's game I just couldn't hold it in any more.
I hate the Saints. Hate them. Hate them hate them hate them.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
Every year it's like this. My whole life has been spent watching them fizzle out and make a joke of themselves.
Why why why why!!!!
Anyway,
:scorpio::scorpio:Go Black and Gold!!!!!:scorpio::scorpio:
Next week is a home game. Falcons are going down.
maybe.
Hosakawa Tito
12-03-2008, 20:11
Watched the bengals game on an hdtv yesterday. They looked twice as bad :juggle:
They couldn't have possibly looked as bad as the Bills losing at home, scoring a whole 3 points, against that juggernaut 49'er team. Next week the home game, in Toronto~:rolleyes:, against the Dolphins.
Ugh. I definitely did not liking having to pick some of the match-ups this week: Washington at Baltimore, Dallas at Pittsburgh, and (especially) Tampa Bay at Carolina.... Tough calls, all of them. :sweatdrop:
Now we'll see if Minnesota can stitch together a 3-game winning streak. That shouldn't be tough against the Lions, but then we just lost Kevin & Pat Williams for the rest of the season, so who knows?
Hellfire and damnation (http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80cfe423&template=with-video&confirm=true)....
Well so much for our run defense. Guess we can kiss the rest of the season good-bye.
:furious3: :furious3: :furious3:
Yoyoma1910
12-03-2008, 22:37
Hellfire and damnation (http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80cfe423&template=with-video&confirm=true)....
Well so much for our run defense. Guess we can kiss the rest of the season good-bye.
:furious3: :furious3: :furious3:
NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
So much for Deuce's career.
And N.O.'s defense was already bad enough....
Sasaki Kojiro
12-05-2008, 04:37
Wow, Orgah's are unanimous on 9 games this week, the Tampa Bay-Caroline game is the only one that's truly split. Martok and I have the exact same picks :dizzy2:
Suspensions temporarily blocked. (http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80d0fc6c&template=without-video&confirm=true)
For the moment, at least, it's good news for both Minnesota and New Orleans. :2thumbsup:
Wow, Orgah's are unanimous on 9 games this week, the Tampa Bay-Caroline game is the only one that's truly split. Martok and I have the exact same picks :dizzy2:
So we do. Weird. ~:eek:
I'm surprised you went with Pittsburgh over Dallas. I'd figured you'd pick the Cowboys. ~;p
Sasaki Kojiro
12-07-2008, 03:40
I'm surprised you went with Pittsburgh over Dallas. I'd figured you'd pick the Cowboys. ~;p
Well, I feel at this point in the season the odds of the bengals making the playoffs are becoming slim. So no problems picking a rival team. Don't think the cowboys can beat the steeler's D, plus they don't have marion barber.
seireikhaan
12-08-2008, 01:24
Dallas-Pittsburgh game is intense. :shocked2:
Sasaki Kojiro
12-08-2008, 01:51
Tashard choice???
***
The bengals have gotten to the point where they're putting carson's little brother in as quarterback just for laughs. Well, 1-11-1 has a nice symmetrical look to it.
By the way: The Eagles upsetting the Giants??! Even with Plexico out, I didn't see that coming. Also, the Texans edging the Packers and SanFran smacking the Jets around were two more surprises as well. :dizzy2:
Dallas-Pittsburgh game is intense. :shocked2:
10-3, baby!
If the Titans lose vs Us and either Indy/(Next week: I forget), Pittsburgh can win the conference.
GeneralHankerchief
12-08-2008, 05:14
Good week for the Eagles. They win, the Giants and Cowboys lose, and Washington's down with 4:30 to play. Not too shabby when you win and everybody else in your division loses. :yes:
Now if only I had as good a week... :laugh4:
Hosakawa Tito
12-08-2008, 09:28
By the way: The Eagles upsetting the Giants??! Even with Plexico out, I didn't see that coming. Also, the Texans edging the Packers and SanFran smacking the Jets around were two more surprises as well. :dizzy2:
Yeah, the only three games I called wrong. Big Ser picked Houston over Green Bay for the win this week. Nice call.:2thumbsup:
Sasaki Kojiro
12-09-2008, 05:11
Wow, I know I picked tampa bay but I have to root for the panthers. Their running game is amazing.
I mean, seriously:
Carries Yards TD's Long
D. Williams 19 186 2 41
J. Stewart 15 115 2 30
Although bryant for TB had a good day too:
Receiving REC YDS TD LG
A. Bryant 9 200 2 52
Plus an amazing catch in the endzone.
Don't forget to make your picks for this weekend! There's a little less than 20 hours left.
KukriKhan
12-11-2008, 17:21
I'm gonna be running the Superbowl Pool at work this year. We use the 100-squares type pool that requires zero picking skill. $5 per square. Payoffs are for each quarter's final score (last digits), with "reversi".
So, for example, the score at the end of the 1st quarter is Detroit 21-7 San Diego. Whover picked the square "Det 1, SD 7" gets $100; and whoever picked the square "Det 7, SD 1" nets $25. So everybody gets 8 chances to win some cash.
Would anyone here be interested in participating? We could set up PayPal coordination. There's lots of time until the SB (1 February), so no hurry. But we ought not run this on the publicly-viewed boards. So, if you're interested, let me know via PM by 28 January.
-edit-
to see how that would look, I set up a custom squares pool at pool host, which should go active at 0600, 12 Dec (tomorrow). User Tools>Private Pool>totalwar>tosainu, should land you at the "Shogun" pool with Ashigaru vs Warrior Monks. :)
More good news (http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80d3a02c&template=without-video&confirm=true) for the suspended players:
Minnesota judge extends injunction against NFL suspensions
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS -- A federal judge extended his preliminary injunction against the NFL's suspension of five players for violating the league's anti-doping policy, a move their lawyer said will let them play the rest of the season.
In his ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson asked both parties to propose a schedule by Dec. 22 for further proceedings that would lead to an eventual hearing on the merits of the case -- a process that could take months. The regular season ends Dec. 28.
Kevin Williams and Pat Williams of the Minnesota Vikings, and Charles Grant, Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints were suspended last week for four games each. They tested positive during training camp for a banned diuretic, bumetanide, in the dietary supplement StarCaps.
Bumetanide can be used as a masking agent for steroids. Diuretics also are used to quickly shed weight. The StarCaps label didn't list the diuretic as an ingredient.
"The players and the union are thrilled (about the judge's ruling)," Jeffrey Kessler, an attorney for the NFL Players Association, told The Associated Press. Kessler said the judge's timeframe is long enough that the players can finish the season and go to the playoffs if their teams make it that far.
Kevin and Pat Williams, who aren't related, are star defensive tackles for a Vikings team that is 8-5 and in first place in the NFC North. They play Sunday at Arizona.
New Orleans, 7-6 and in last place in the NFC South, played Thursday night at Chicago.
"Since there has to be discovery and other proceedings, it's unlikely we would agree on a schedule for a trial until sometime after the Super Bowl," Kessler said.
Magnuson issued his initial injunction Dec. 5 after hearing arguments from the league and the NFLPA. That move came two days after a Minnesota state court judge had issued a restraining order in a lawsuit brought by the Vikings players.
The union argued the NFL didn't properly inform players about what it knew about StarCaps. The NFL's attorneys argued that claim, and others had been considered and rejected in a process set out by the league's collective bargaining agreement.
Magnuson urged both sides to negotiate a solution. If they can't, he will preserve the status quo until there is a full evidentiary hearing on the case. The two sides have until Dec. 22 to negotiate a proposed schedule for filing papers ahead of that hearing, otherwise the judge will schedule it himself. Magnuson didn't set a hearing date.
The judge said the players union had shown it likely will succeed on its claims that the NFL breached its duty to the players by failing to share what it knew about StarCaps. Another issue is whether Jeffrey Pash, the NFL's chief legal officer who upheld the five players' suspensions, was too partial to be an arbitrator.
"We are extraordinarily pleased for Kevin and Pat as well as for the Vikings fans," Peter Ginsberg, an attorney for the Williamses, said in a statement. "We appreciate the court's decision to allow us to conduct a full and fair hearing to explore the full extent of the NFL's failure to live up to its obligations to the players."
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in a statement that the league accepted the decision.
"This is consistent with the approach the judge has taken in giving careful consideration to these issues, which we fully respect," Aiello said.
Richard Berthelsen, acting executive director of the players union, said the decision shows that the league can't ignore the rights of players in issuing arbitration rulings and that courts will intervene if it does.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
Huzzah! With any luck, these guys won't receive suspensions at all, but at least now they should be able to play through the rest of the season. :2thumbsup:
Sasaki Kojiro
12-12-2008, 18:59
I'd like to point out that not a single overtime game has gone my way this year.
Beat me this week khaan...that was the only game we picked different :shame:
Sasaki Kojiro
12-14-2008, 22:55
Hah! Victory! :2thumbsup:
Our next two games are winnable too, draft picks be *******.
Also, "handing the ball to an opponent in a taunting manner" has to be the dumbest penalty call ever, especially for 15 yards.
Good gravy, my Vikings smacked the Cardinals around like the proverbial red-headed stepchild! At this rate, I might have no choice but to start believing we actually have a decent team.... :dizzy2:
How about those Cowboys. ~D
The Giants O-line looked really bad. If they don't pull it together they are not going to go far in the playoffs.
Sasaki Kojiro
12-15-2008, 22:21
Without plaxico and jacobs and with the injuries to the o-line the giants are in for a tough ride.
Hosakawa Tito
12-15-2008, 23:43
Giants fans should be relieved that Eli is still alive after the pounding he took. Any more games like that combined with a likely injury at QB, and the Giants Super Bowl aspirations will be over. They need Jacobs healthy and should use him sparingly till playoff time.
GeneralHankerchief
12-16-2008, 05:44
With two weeks left, the Eagles and Cowboys look to be on a collision course for the final playoff spot in the NFC when they meet in Week 17. This one *will* get violent. :smg: :yes:
KukriKhan
12-16-2008, 16:01
The Lions should immediately sign up that Iraqi shoe-throwing guy. He had pretty good aim.
Gregoshi
12-16-2008, 16:25
The Lions should immediately sign up that Iraqi shoe-throwing guy. He had pretty good aim.
That's harsh Kukri - throwing that guy to the Lions... :laugh4:
With two weeks left, the Eagles and Cowboys look to be on a collision course for the final playoff spot in the NFC when they meet in Week 17. This one *will* get violent. :smg: :yes:
Hopefully that game is as good as the first meeting. :yes:
And with the same result ~D
The Lions should immediately sign up that Iraqi shoe-throwing guy. He had pretty good aim.
:laugh4:
I hate the NFL Network. :angry:
Ramses II CP
12-18-2008, 17:29
You can watch the Thursday night games online, FYI:
http://www.nfl.com/live/landing?icampaign=live_Footer
They don't show the whole thing, naturally, but you get most of the game, the commentary is decent, and the commercial infrequent (If annoying). I have DirecTv and I still often watch online if the game isn't that interesting.
:egypt:
You can watch the Thursday night games online, FYI:
http://www.nfl.com/live/landing?icampaign=live_Footer
They don't show the whole thing, naturally, but you get most of the game, the commentary is decent, and the commercial infrequent (If annoying). I have DirecTv and I still often watch online if the game isn't that interesting.
:egypt:
That's nice. Dallas plays on Saturday night, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get on the internet. :sad:
Proletariat
12-19-2008, 04:39
So you can't even watch your home market team if it's playing an NFL network game? That's really lame :/
I think I'm giving up on the **** pool. It once again didn't accept my results, and I've been double-checking to make sure I've filled out everything ever since the first time it happened. :furious3:
GeneralHankerchief
12-19-2008, 06:05
So you can't even watch your home market team if it's playing an NFL network game? That's really lame :/
No, that can't be right. The Eagles game on Thanksgiving was NFL Network'd, but people in the Philly area were still able to catch it on our ABC affiliate with local commentary.
Also, I really don't know about the Colts. On one hand they're the hottest team in the league, but on the other hand they can't pull off these sorts of victories they've been winning all year against the AFC's best.
No, that can't be right. The Eagles game on Thanksgiving was NFL Network'd, but people in the Philly area were still able to catch it on our ABC affiliate with local commentary.
Also, I really don't know about the Colts. On one hand they're the hottest team in the league, but on the other hand they can't pull off these sorts of victories they've been winning all year against the AFC's best.
It comes on in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but here apparently not.
GeneralHankerchief
12-19-2008, 07:31
Ah, if you're not considered "in the immediate market" then you don't get the game. My condolences. :thumbsdown:
Yep, I'm pretty much screwed this week. Though the Carolina-NYG game should be fun to watch.
Hosakawa Tito
12-19-2008, 15:16
I think I'm giving up on the **** pool. It once again didn't accept my results, and I've been double-checking to make sure I've filled out everything ever since the first time it happened. :furious3:
PM Kukri and he can use his Commissioner powers to set your picks for you.
Ramses II CP
12-19-2008, 17:13
That's nice. Dallas plays on Saturday night, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get on the internet. :sad:
Sucks mate. :( The Saturday contests are viewable online too, and in theory you could set something up to record the stream, but it hardly seems worth it.
I'm expecting a good slate of games this weekend.
:egypt:
seireikhaan
12-20-2008, 02:57
Looks like a big week. Lots of decision games where we'll find out who's going to go forward and who's going to stay home.
I also note that there's a lot more variation with the picks this week.
Sasaki Kojiro
12-21-2008, 06:17
I watched 4th quarter of the dallas/baltimore game online. Hilarious. Cowboys look like they're out of it and somehow manage to come back with an epic drive for td. 3rd and long conversions. Injured players. Adversity overcome. Barely avoided sacks. Then the ravens come out, 77 yard run for touchdown. Cowboys come back again, fighting against the clock, eke out another touchdown. Ravens: One play, 82 yard run for touchdown. Cracked me up.
Ramses II CP
12-21-2008, 15:14
I was pretty impressed by that second one. Spectacular fail on the Dallas D, especially since they invited Deion to crow about how their coach should've onside kicked. That was a rough way to close out that stadium too.
:egypt:
Sasaki Kojiro
12-22-2008, 01:28
Can you say shutout? Loved dorsey throwing three interceptions to the same guy :laugh4:
We've all done really bad in the pickem though. A stretch of 5 that we almost all got wrong.
Pleased that denver lost, they don't really deserve it since they only won the first game vs SD by a bad call.
Boy howdy!!! Was it nice to finally watch ACTUAL football today! Wooohooo.... it seemed like everything was clicking today :yes: Russell played...... decently, receiving, running, and blocking was half decent. The defense made all the right stops and plays at the crucial time which was phenomenal. This was the team that many expected to show up in the first months of the season. We actually GOT a lead and kept it for almost the entire game. Despite the cold and incessant drizzle, their play for once made the the day worthwhile lmao :2thumbsup: :knight:
GeneralHankerchief
12-23-2008, 18:33
Ugh, I hate picking Week 17 games.
Sasaki Kojiro
12-23-2008, 21:21
Ugh, I hate picking Week 17 games.
Mostly I just picked who I wanted to win.
The playoff scenarios are intriguing, there are a lot of good teams that will miss out, while Arizona and Denver/SanDiego back in through miserable division compatriots. But one year after the first 16-0 regular season team, what I'm really looking forward to is seeing the first 0-16 regular season team. ~D
Sasaki Kojiro
12-23-2008, 23:11
The playoff scenarios are intriguing, there are a lot of good teams that will miss out, while Arizona and Denver/SanDiego back in through miserable division compatriots. But one year after the first 16-0 regular season team, what I'm really looking forward to is seeing the first 0-16 regular season team. ~D
Denver doesn't deserve to get in, but SD got ripped off in the first denver game and lost by less than 7 points to atlanta, carolina, indianapolis, new orleans and pittsburgh. Haven't lost by more than a touchdown all year in fact. They're certainly a playoff caliber team.
Ramses II CP
12-23-2008, 23:33
I picked SD to win the Super Bowl so this may ride against my own interests, but Denver has better coaching than SD, period. When they've won, they've won because of good coaching, and when they've lost they've lost because good coaching can't always make up for a lack of good players. Still, I think Denver is more likely to win a playoff game than SD at this point.
That said, I expect SD to win and get in, and good luck to them. It's worth remembering what path the Giants and Steelers have recently taken to the big game...
:egypt:
King Jan III Sobieski
12-24-2008, 04:20
Steelers vs. Tennessee in the AFC Title game.
GeneralHankerchief
12-24-2008, 04:26
I picked SD to win the Super Bowl so this may ride against my own interests, but Denver has better coaching than SD, period. When they've won, they've won because of good coaching, and when they've lost they've lost because good coaching can't always make up for a lack of good players. Still, I think Denver is more likely to win a playoff game than SD at this point.
That said, I expect SD to win and get in, and good luck to them. It's worth remembering what path the Giants and Steelers have recently taken to the big game...
:egypt:
As much as I'd like to be right (I also picked SD), the teams in the playoffs they'd be facing have a lot more to worry about than Denver. Don't forget, the Broncos are pretty much all out of running backs.
If the Bolts win, they'll be the fourth seed and probably play Indy. Now, I know that (and khaan will back me up on this) they've vexed the Colts in the playoffs. But Indy is red-hot and this is Dungy's last year with the team - Dungy also being a better coach than Norv.
If they win, then they'll either travel to Pittsburgh or Tennessee, neither of which of those places are particularly easy to play in, especially Pittsburgh for a warm-weather team like San Diego. Both teams have decent offenses and excellent defenses - the recipe for playoff success.
If they come out of there alive, they'll probably face the other team in the championship, or, barring that, an inspired, also defense-heavy Ravens team, or also, possibly, dare I say it... ...New England?
This isn't even factoring in the Super Bowl. Best of luck to 'em, but I don't think San Diego can get it done.
seireikhaan
12-24-2008, 04:36
I'm really hoping Denver wins this weekend. San Diego is far tougher on us to play than Denver. We've waxed Denver for about the last 7 years or so, while San Diego is basically nemesis II(Nemesis I being New England, of course). I don't know if its the 3-4 with Williams plugging the middle or what, but we just always struggle against them. It would highly aggravate me that we could finish 12-4, and end up playing AT 8-8 San Diego just because Tennessee was in our division. :wall: Going to Denver wouldn't aggravate me nearly as much, mainly because I think we can kick their tail regardless.
GeneralHankerchief
12-28-2008, 22:13
Somehow, the heavens have opened and the Eagles are still alive after the early games. All they need to do now is beat Dallas.
They've been given a great opportunity here, which makes me think they'll blow it (as opposed to if Tampa and both NFC North teams had won, in which case I think they would have beaten Dallas even though it wouldn't have mattered). However, I still have hope. Let's go Birds!
Sasaki Kojiro
12-28-2008, 22:34
Bengals have a winning record in the 2nd half of the season...
Hosakawa Tito
12-29-2008, 00:50
Well it's pretty hard to do but the Lions went winless for the season. First team in the modern era besides the expansion Tampa Bay & Cowboys, and the Colts *in a strike shortened season*.
My Bills went 3-9 after winning their first 4 games. Go Bills...and take the Sabres with you.
Sasaki Kojiro
12-29-2008, 01:58
Somehow, the heavens have opened and the Eagles are still alive after the early games. All they need to do now is beat Dallas.
They've been given a great opportunity here, which makes me think they'll blow it
They blew it open all right :laugh4:
I was watching the miami game on cbs and whenever I switched over to watch the philly game they were returning a fumble for a touchdown.
GeneralHankerchief
12-29-2008, 05:22
That was awesome.
Proletariat
12-29-2008, 05:27
Oh yeah, that was. There are two times a year I can bring myself to root for the Eagles and it's whenever they play Dallas. That was almost as good as watching a Skins win, but that was asking for too much when facing the almighty 49ers in a meaningless game.
:juggle2:
Holy crap, the Vikings actually won (albeit barely). What the deuce??!
I'll be deliriously happy as soon as I recover from the shock. :dizzy2:
Also: Congrats to the Chargers, Dolphins, and Eagles! Well deserved victories, all of them. ~:cheers:
Ramses II CP
12-29-2008, 05:45
As bad as it was for the Cowboys and Jets (Don't forget the Bucs) here at the end, it was worse for poor Denver. They had two games against under .500 clubs to close out the season and honked them both with eye gougingly awful play to ace themselves right out of the playoffs. An exceptional failure to be sure. I took no small amount of delight in it, I admit.
And here the Raiders are again, giving me hope at the end of a season and even making some of the sportscasters parrot my line about how **** talented this team could be... Well, once again, here's looking at next year.
I'll tell you this, nobody wants to play Atlanta, especially not Arizona. That could easily be one of the biggest blowouts in recent history (Okay, not quite as bad as Marino's last game, but still...) if you ask me. The rest of next week's matchups look pretty good. Can't wait to see Indy-SD.
It's been an interesting year. I really have nothing to say about the Lions.
:egypt:
seireikhaan
12-29-2008, 05:49
We go 12-4 and have to go on the road to 8-8 San Diego. :furious3:
Crazed Rabbit
12-29-2008, 09:17
How 'bout dem Cowboys? :dizzy2:
I wonder if the Jets are having second thoughts about firing Pennington now. Should we start a pool on whether Farve retires? I'm thinking it's probable.
Sad seasons for Green Bay and the Jets. Oh, well, time to watch some Bowl games.
CR
Ramses II CP
12-31-2008, 04:50
Newsbreak: Broncos fire Shanahan.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9008898/Shanahan-out-as-Broncos-coach-after-late-collapse?MSNHPHMA
Al Davis must be laughing in his grave.
(Wait, he's not dead yet? Are you sure? Did you see his last press conference?)
Turned out to be a pretty decent ending to the Raider's season, all things considered. More seriously, good luck to Shanahan, that guy has run one of the class coaching staffs in the league for 14 years. Yeah the last two years have been problematic, but there's just not a lot of talent on that team and there's only so much you can grind out of the 7th & 8th string running backs.
:egypt:
Boyar Son
01-03-2009, 01:55
DOLPHINS IN THE PLAYOFFS PATRIOTS STILL GONNA LOSE NUTHIN NEW
PS MIA VS BALTIMORE JAN 4 ! WATCH THE DOLPHANS WIN!
That said, the Cowboys have serious discipline problems. Way too many facemask penalties and personal fouls. After the first two touchdowns (quick strikes), I was wondering about the Cowboys D, they were on the field for a very long time. They pulled it out in the end, but I'm not sure they can be depended on in the long run.
I stand by this post. Lots of talent, but they need coaching and discipline. Can't say I'm too disappointed, I don't want TO to get a ring so I'm not too bummed. This never would have happened if Landry was still the coach. ~:rolleyes:
Out of the NFC, Atlanta/Carolina (depending on consistency). AFC, I'm saying Indy, Tennessee, or Pittsburgh.
Sasaki Kojiro
01-03-2009, 20:48
Looks like LdT will be out. Sucks for the chargers :embarassed:
GeneralHankerchief
01-03-2009, 21:21
Gee, Tomlinson out for a playoff game. Imagine that.
Sasaki Kojiro
01-03-2009, 21:51
Gee, Tomlinson out for a playoff game. Imagine that.
~:rolleyes:
Ramses II CP
01-04-2009, 01:47
Whew, I severely misjudged the Card's defense today. They played a spectacular game. Saved their best for just the right time I guess. Color me impressed. There were some mistakes from the Falcons, but none I wouldn't expect from a young team, and the Arizona offense was more or less what we'd expect (Okay, Edge found his stride). Can't really hate on the Falcon's defense too much, they were consistent and held up until that last drive.
No, it was on defense that Arizona won this game, the absolute last thing I would've expected. Good luck to them next week.
:egypt:
GeneralHankerchief
01-04-2009, 05:45
Wow, two great games to start the playoffs. Shame about the Colts though. My condolences, khaan.
seireikhaan
01-04-2009, 06:02
*happy thoughts...happy thoughts...happy thoughts...
:wall::bomb2:
Sasaki Kojiro
01-04-2009, 06:30
Tony dungy is a little weird if you ask me...
I have some things I want to do with young men, hands-on things...things I think they'd enjoy
Sproles and scifres are awesome though, chargers definitely deserved the win. Would have wrapped it up a lot sooner if they hadn't been caught napping on that substitution.
seireikhaan
01-05-2009, 03:06
Go Giants. ~:pimp:
you know ~;p
GeneralHankerchief
01-05-2009, 03:27
Cross-thread warfare? Bring it on. :smoking:
At least my team's actually going to play somebody next week. :laugh4:
seireikhaan
01-05-2009, 04:13
Cross-thread warfare? Bring it on. :smoking:
At least my team's actually going to play somebody next week. :laugh4:
At least my team's won a Superbowl. :laugh4:
EDIT: ok, I admit, that was a low blow. Sorry.
DemonArchangel
01-07-2009, 21:52
DOLPHINS IN THE PLAYOFFS PATRIOTS STILL GONNA LOSE NUTHIN NEW
PS MIA VS BALTIMORE JAN 4 ! WATCH THE DOLPHANS WIN!
Well, that didn't happen as planned.
Sasaki Kojiro
01-07-2009, 21:55
Dolphins were the weakest team in the playoffs if you ask me...
GeneralHankerchief
01-07-2009, 22:33
11-5 and they played two pansy divisions (NFC and AFC West), IIRC. Meanwhile the Ravens have a great defense and had to play the NFC East. Pats reclaim their throne next year.
GeneralHankerchief
01-08-2009, 02:04
It just keeps getting weirder and weirder with Pacman (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3817195).
(Who, BTW, is now an ex-Cowboy.)
Sasaki Kojiro
01-08-2009, 02:36
Pacman! I believe I know a team that wouldn't mind your legal troubles...
Ugh. The suffering continues. Not only do we lose to the Eagles, but we're stuck with Childress for another season now. Bloody hell.... :furious3:
Dolphins were the weakest team in the playoffs if you ask me...
I beg to differ. Bet you they'd have beat the Vikings. ~:rolleyes:
Sasaki Kojiro
01-08-2009, 10:02
Ugh. The suffering continues. Not only do we lose to the Eagles, but we're stuck with Childress for another season now. Bloody hell.... :furious3:
I beg to differ. Bet you they'd have beat the Vikings. ~:rolleyes:
Oh, you guys could have beaten the eagles if you hadn't thrown that interception and been forced to rely on the passing attack.
Ramses II CP
01-08-2009, 17:52
Who exactly forced the Vikings to rely on Tavaris Jackson's arm anyway? Peterson is always a hit or miss guy, you just have to stick with him until he hits. They didn't, and so of course they didn't win either. I thought that was a serious coaching lapse.
The Eagles are soft. Their offensive gameplans are high risk, and as much as I like the blitzing mentality on defense I question how effective it can be against a well prepared and well rested team. More than any other team left they have to rely on one guy to make everything work, and if he gets shut down or doesn't show up that's the ballgame. (Of course if he does show they could waltz right to the SB...)
Miami's offense is too predictable. Gimmicks like the 'wildcat' do not work in the playoffs if you've been running them all year, and Pennington doesn't have the arm to diversify their passing attack without a gimmick run threat. I don't think they were necessarily the weakest team to make it in, but they were the most vulnerable offense facing the most opportunistic defense.
Pacman belongs in a Lion's uniform, just, you know, for laughs. Maybe they could make him a wide receiver? Trade a top draft pick for him? Sorry Lions fans.
:egypt:
Sasaki Kojiro
01-08-2009, 18:42
Who exactly forced the Vikings to rely on Tavaris Jackson's arm anyway? Peterson is always a hit or miss guy, you just have to stick with him until he hits. They didn't, and so of course they didn't win either. I thought that was a serious coaching lapse.
Well...when he misses that's time off the clock. Peterson did have one long run for touchdown though.
seireikhaan
01-11-2009, 05:14
Wow...
The Cardinals just defied Occam's Razor in so many ways. :dizzy2:
GeneralHankerchief
01-11-2009, 22:24
Holy crap, we beat the Giants.
I don't know whether to be more happy about this fact or confused that the two teams in the NFC Championship Game are the Eagles and the Cardinals.
Sasaki Kojiro
01-11-2009, 22:34
Man, all the teams I've rooted for this weekend have thrown the game away. The panthers being the worst offenders of course. San Diego better win.
Banquo's Ghost
01-12-2009, 08:50
Not in Steeler country, with Steeler weather and Steeler football!
*waves Terrible Towel frantically and dares to believe*
Gregoshi
01-12-2009, 15:08
Wow, there is (once again) a potential for an all Pennsylvania Super Bowl. Maybe this time the Eagles and Steelers will come through...but it would probably tear the state apart...and governor Rendell would have to make a "for fun" wager against himself (though I'm sure he'd be secretly wearing his Eagles underwear).
Eagles? Cardinals? Ravens? This Super Bowl could be for the birds...
Okay, I think I'm done now. :clown:
Sasaki Kojiro
01-12-2009, 20:38
Not in Steeler country, with Steeler weather and Steeler football!
*waves Terrible Towel frantically and dares to believe*
Booooo, why don't you root for the ravens, they have a rookie quarterback which is really impressive. Also they're the underdogs.
Proletariat
01-13-2009, 07:18
Absolutely, Sasaki. Steelers and their fairweather, nation wide fans are really annoying. I'll pull for the Ravens this weekend. They have the heart and the 'dirt dog' mentality that makes an underdog fun to root for. The Steelers are like the Cowboys of the AFC. The team any non-fan roots for as soon as they do well because of what they did in the 70s and they're pretty black and yellow jerseys.
:furious3:
Absolutely, Sasaki. Steelers and their fairweather, nation wide fans are really annoying. I'll pull for the Ravens this weekend. They have the heart and the 'dirt dog' mentality that makes an underdog fun to root for. The Steelers are like the Cowboys of the AFC. The team any non-fan roots for as soon as they do well because of what they did in the 70s and they're pretty black and yellow jerseys.
:furious3:
The Steelers are nowhere near as annoying as the Cowboys. I mean, Owens is one of the most annoying players in the game. Plus I'll never root for any team that plays Ray Lewis.
Go Steelers and Eagles.
Banquo's Ghost
01-13-2009, 12:07
Absolutely, Sasaki. Steelers and their fairweather, nation wide fans are really annoying. I'll pull for the Ravens this weekend. They have the heart and the 'dirt dog' mentality that makes an underdog fun to root for. The Steelers are like the Cowboys of the AFC. The team any non-fan roots for as soon as they do well because of what they did in the 70s and they're pretty black and yellow jerseys.
:furious3:
Thanks. This kind of attitude is exactly why I don't bother to post in this thread and the soccer version. I should have stayed quiet.
Just for information, I lived in Pittsburgh for a short while and later again completed my MBA at the University. I was lucky enough to be taken to Superbowl XIII having watched most of the games at Three Rivers that year. I got to meet Joe Green and Jack Lambert. I have supported the Steelers through all their poor years since. I might not be a native, but I think I'm allowed to be enthusiastic about the team without being termed "fairweather".
:shrug:
Thanks for the welcome.
seireikhaan
01-13-2009, 13:11
Wow, guys, that was not impressive.
1) Even I knew that Banquo once upon a time spent years in Pitt.
2) Regardless, that wasn't the way to treat someone putting their first post into the NFL thread for the year.
On an unrelated note, the NFL has lost one of its classiest gentlemen. Tony Dungy has retired (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_COLTS_DUNGY?SITE=MAFIT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) from the NFL.
Gregoshi
01-13-2009, 15:59
How did I miss that BG was an adopted/honourary Pennsylvanian? Cheer your team on BG. Don't let a little ribbing get you down. The Steelers have a long and distinguished history in the NFL. You are mighty fortunate to have seen that 70's Steelers juggernaut in person. Franco Harris and Jack Ham were my personal favourites on that team as I had watched them play (in person) their college football at Penn State.
Anyway, it ought to be an interesting weekend coming up.
Strike For The South
01-13-2009, 20:19
I'm going for the Ravens merely because win or lose, I know Ray Lewis is going to murder Flacco on national Tv. How could you not root for that?
Even I knew BG spent time in Pitt and I never listen to him! Lighten up fellas!
Sasaki Kojiro
01-13-2009, 21:04
The reason people think the steelers have so many fairweather fans is because with the death of the steel industry huge numbers of steelers fans were forced to relocate to other cities.
I only root against them because they're in the afcn...
Strike For The South
01-18-2009, 22:01
McCnab is blowing the game....Some things never change!!!!
GeneralHankerchief
01-18-2009, 22:16
Nah, it's more the Eagles defense. It's like they didn't even watch the film of Fitz making those great catches over the past two weeks.
-edit- okay, we're supposed to have this really great secondary... can't we just triple-cover him on every play? Yeesh.
Strike For The South
01-18-2009, 23:07
Nah, it's more the Eagles defense. It's like they didn't even watch the film of Fitz making those great catches over the past two weeks.
-edit- okay, we're supposed to have this really great secondary... can't we just triple-cover him on every play? Yeesh.
Well yea the defense is sucking pond water but McCnab aint helping. Did you see the throws he was making early on? Horrid.
GeneralHankerchief
01-18-2009, 23:10
No, I missed most of the first quarter because DirectTV was having technical difficulties. Looking back, I wish they hadn't fixed the problem.
GeneralHankerchief
01-18-2009, 23:44
I never stopped watching! I never stopped watching!!!
Strike For The South
01-18-2009, 23:48
Jackson is a playa!!!!!!!
Strike For The South
01-18-2009, 23:59
The Cards aernt going without a fight.
OH GAWD!
Hightower is beastly.
seireikhaan
01-19-2009, 00:20
:shocked2:
Cardinals in the Super Bowl...
Unbelievable.
GeneralHankerchief
01-19-2009, 00:32
House money.
Can't complain too much.
Curtis should have had that last pass.
Good season.
-edit- Guess I'm rooting for the Ravens now. Flacco and Harbaugh are local boys.
seireikhaan
01-19-2009, 03:55
Ravens are finished. Polomalu just ran a pick back.
DemonArchangel
01-19-2009, 04:24
Ray Lewis should murder Daren Stone in the Ravens locker room.
That's all I have to say on that matter.
GO CARDINALS.
Sasaki Kojiro
01-19-2009, 04:26
Think my favorite is the steelers punter faking a fall to get the personal foul...
Cardinals eagles game was great.
King Jan III Sobieski
01-19-2009, 04:39
Yens can bow down to the greatness of da Stillers!!! Boo-yeah!!!!
Kush and I called it; Steelers are what? Steelers are going to the Super Bowl!!!
Ramses II CP
01-19-2009, 06:10
Good grief, somebody break up the Cardinals! Where did this defense come from? The Eagles fell into the trap of their high risk gameplan, on both sides of the ball, but the Cards weren't exactly playing great football on offense even in the first half. I'll tell you this, that Steelers secondary is not going to give Larry a free ride in the SB.
Brutal game for the Ravens. They played that marginal style all year long, and finally just couldn't hang with it. If anybody didn't believe Ben is a vet before this game the way he handled himself today should convince them.
I hate to say this, since I never believed in this team, not even in the preseason, but I'm going to be rooting for the Cardinals. Everything is against them. They're playing on the east coast, they're a weak Dome team, and they're smaller than the Steelers on both sides of the ball. All they've got is one unholy demon at wideout, the best old man grocery store clerk to ever get a start at QB, and a no name defense playing like the red curtain (!? Is that a menstruation joke waiting to happen or what?).
I'm not expecting a memorable Super Bowl, but it will definitely be interesting.
:egypt:
Sasaki Kojiro
01-19-2009, 19:59
I've long held that it's important to follow sports because we spend so much of our lives absorbing scripted entertainment that it's easy to start expecting life to follow the script - the meet-cute, the darkness just before the dawn, the happy ending, automatic success because you followed your dream. Real life isn't like that, and sports hammers that home. In sports, bad things happen to good people, and good things to bad people. People spend their lives working as hard as they can, chasing their dream, and they fail to ever make it to the big time, much less win a championships. Your side loses, maybe because of a freak incident or a bad call, but too bad, that's it, game over, no redemption here.
Every so often, though -
In the early 1990s, a guy named Kurt Warner was the third-string quarterback for the University of Northern Iowa. It wasn't until his senior year that he got the chance to actually play, and you know what? The kid was good. In fact he was named that conference's Offensive Player of the Year. But that meant nothing in terms of getting to the big time. NFL scouts watch football players from junior high school on, they know exactly what they're looking for, and they weren't looking for Kurt Warner.
Every year the NFL "drafts" players, ie its teams claim the college players who they think might make the big league. First- and second- round players often do; third- and fourth- round picks might, maybe; fifth- and sixth-rounders hardly ever. In the 1994 draft, the various NFL teams called out 222 names of college players they thought had a shot at the big time. Kurt Warner's name was not among them. He eventually did manage to get a tryout with the Green Bay Packers - and was promptly cut.
So there he was, 24 years old, stacking shelves in a Hy-Vee supermarket in Cedar Falls, Iowa, to pay his bills. His football career was behind him, anyone could see that. He'd sort of had a shot with the Packers, but he didn't make it. Well, no shame in that. The ratio of excellent college football players to those who play so much as a single NFL game is huge. At least football had gotten him a college degree, right? He was young, he could do anything. I'm sure all kinds of people were advising him that it was time to accept his lot in life, do the grown-up thing, turn his back on his childhood fantasies, and build a real future.
Instead he joined the Iowa Barnstomers of the Arena Football League, an obscure, threadbare, penny-pinching rough-and-tumble league of castoffs and wannabes. You might see a game or two every week on tape delay on ESPN well after midnight. Nobody took it seriously - until Kurt Warner came along, and did so well over the next three years that an NFL team, the St. Louis Rams, actually took notice and signed him, which was unheard of. They promptly assigned him to NFL Europe, only marginally more credible than the AFL; after all, it was clear to everyone that he wasn't good enough to be an NFL starter. But the Rams, and only the Rams, thought that maybe this undrafted AFL player, by now 27, might have some potential as a backup, and he did well enough for the Amsterdam Admirals that they finally brought him to the big time in 1998 - as a backup.
You have to understand: quarterback is the most important position in sports, more important than pitcher in baseball or goalie in hockey. The quarterback has the ball in his hands on every single play when your team's on offence, and has to judge a complex, high-speed, ultra-chaotic situation, make the correct decision in the span of maybe 2.5 seconds, and throw or hand off the ball with mechanical perfection, without God forbid giving it away to the other team - and all the while, on the other side of the line, several of the world's fastest, strongest, meanest and most dedicated athletes are devoting themselves wholeheartedly to running him down and hitting him hard enough to knock him out of the game.
A good quarterback, all by his lonesome, gives a team hope. A bad one makes them hopeless. It's the highest-paid position in the NFL. Second-highest is left tackle, because they protect the quarterback's blind side. Teams simply can't afford to have two first-rate quarterbacks, so their backups are either a) rookies being groomed for the big time, or b) second-rate guys with enough experience that they hopefully won't screw up too badly. If you're a backup suddenly handed the ball and told to go play, as Kurt Warner was in 1999 when the Rams' starter Trent Green was injured and he found that his long and winding road had, incredibly, somehow made him a starting NFL quarterback after all, the hopes and expectations of the team's coach and fans are basically "please don't singlehandedly cost us the game."
So what happened?
Guy went all storybook on us.
Kurt Warner is the only NFL quarterback in history to throw three touchdown passes in each of his first three starts. In the next game he all but singlehandedly demolished the Rams' nemeses, the San Francisco 49ers. In October 1999 Sports Illustrated hit newsstands with Warner on the cover and a caption that summarized what everyone was thinking: "Who IS This Guy?" He went on to have one of the greatest NFL seasons ever, in his first year as a starter - I mean, people would have said that was impossible - was named NFL MVP, took his team to the Super Bowl, won it, and was named Super Bowl MVP. It was mind-boggling. This kind of stuff just doesn't happen, not in real life. Except maybe this once.
He didn't stop there. Two years later the Rams were back in the Super Bowl (which they lost, in the last few seconds, to the New England Patriots quarterbacked by Tom Brady, a fifth-round draft pick who similarly only became a starter because of injury) and Warner was the league MVP for the second time. But then, halfway through the first quarter of the first game of the 2002 season, Warner was hit hard by all 6-foot-5 and 275 pounds of the New York Giants' fearsome defensive end Michael Strahan, and badly concussed.
After that hit he wasn't the same. A little more tentative, maybe. A little slower to make decisions. The end result of the NFL's Darwinian decisionmaking was inevitable. The next season he was replaced by his backup Marc Bulger. At the end of that year he was released. The New York Giants hired him and made him their starter, but after several poor performances - he was holding the ball for more than 3 seconds, which was simply unacceptable at that level - he was replaced by his backup Eli Manning, and eventually released again. But proven quarterbacks are an extremely rare commodity, and in 2005 the sad-sack Arizona Cardinals, who had never won a playoff game, signed him to a one-year contract. He played three mediocre games for them, injured his groin, and was replaced by his backup Josh McCown.
At that point it was obvious to everyone that Warner's starting career was over. He might have another couple of years in him as a safe-hands backup, but that was all - and that was fine. No shame in that. He had had a long and proud career, festooned with accomplishments and successes people had never dreamed might be possible, and his stint stacking shelves in the Hy-Vee was well-established NFL myth. Everybody was ready to wave a fond farewell as he rode off into the sunset.
But a funny thing happened on the way to the closing credits. McCown played so badly that Warner was made a starter again, and you know what, this time he did pretty well - well enough that he was re-signed for the 2006 season. But after a few more subpar games as a starter, he was replaced by the Cardinals' much-touted draft pick, Matt Leinart, whose career could not have been more different from Warner's - groomed for ultimate success since high school, biggest-name college quarterback in the country, Heisman Trophy winner, a first-round NFL draft pick who signed a $51-million dollar contract before he played a single big-league down. You don't spend that much money on a quarterback without making him a starter. Warner's starting career was now clearly over. He was just there to groom the new guy.
But a funny thing happened just before the closing credits rolled. Leinart played so badly in this year's preseason that the team's new coach decided to play Warner instead, for the first few games of the regular season at least. Many people thought this was a terrible idea. Warner was 37 years old, and he'd had an OK 2007 season, but Leinart was obviously the future and Warner way past his prime, never fully recovered from his concussion, at the risk of going out as a once-heroic now-pitiable figure who had been great once but just hadn't known when to quit, like a deluded boxer.
So what happened?
Guy went all storybook on us again.
This year he threw for more yards than he ever had before in his career, was named a starting Pro Bowl quarterback, was touted for a third MVP, and all but singlehandedly marched the once-hapless Cardinals into the playoffs - even though they were widely considered to be a bad team. Indeed, many pundits were calling them "the worst team ever to make the NFL playoffs" ... until they beat the much superior Atlanta Falcons two weeks ago. And the far superior Carolina Panthers last week. And just yesterday, the guy threw four touchdowns and no interceptions against the clearly-superior-until-the-game-was-played Philadelphia Eagles, sending the Cardinals, whose futility had long been a running joke in the NFL, to their first ever Super Bowl.
Again, this kind of stuff just doesn't happen in sports, not in real life...except maybe this once. Or twice. But when it does happen, hell, it sure is fun to watch.
And some people don't even like sports. I just don't understand it.
Go cardinals!
Hosakawa Tito
01-20-2009, 04:02
I remember back in 1999 during a fantasy football league draft we had this new guy in our league. In the second round he picks the "St. Louis Quarterback" thinking it was the Cardinals QB, Jake Plummer, forgetting that the Cardinals were now the Arizona Cardinals and the new team in St. Louis was the stinking Rams. He gets stuck with this nobody named Kurt Warner *we used team QB's*, in the 2nd round of the draft no less. We all laughed; what a noob but at least he didn't pick a dead guy right. So of course this nobody Kurt Warner, fresh from the Euro Football league, leads the Rams to their first World Championship since 1951, has one of the best seasons ever for a QB...and all us league experts are looking at each other saying WHO IS THIS GUY? Yeah, the noob won the league and had the last laugh. Football can be a crazy game.
The Steelers have to be big favorites in this SuperBowl, but on any given Sunday...~:wacko:
Crazed Rabbit
01-20-2009, 07:48
*remembers the 2006 superbowl*
I want the Steelers to lose.
*reads the Kurt Warner story*
Wow...I want the Cardinals to win. Go Cardinals!
CR
seireikhaan
01-20-2009, 07:59
If you need more reason to root for Kurt Warner...
He's a graduate of my UNI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Iowa). :beam:
King Jan III Sobieski
01-24-2009, 16:17
*remembers the 2006 superbowl*
I want the Steelers to lose.
*reads the Kurt Warner story*
Wow...I want the Cardinals to win. Go Cardinals!
CR
The officiating in the NFL has stunk for eons. Ya win some, ya lose some. It'll be OK. All will be right in the World...when the Steelers get a Six-Pack!!!
:balloon2::book::dizzy2::embarassed::furious3:
:help::idea2::inquisitive::juggle2::laugh4::no: :oops:
:shame::skull::sweatdrop::2thumbsup::wall::whip:
:yes::beam::egypt::clown::thumbsdown::smash:
KukriKhan
01-31-2009, 20:37
So: Vegas has had Pittsburgh winning by 7 for the last week.
Anybody think different(ly)?
I like Arizona, in an upset, by 3.
Although I've followed the Steelers for a loooong time.
Strike For The South
01-31-2009, 20:51
I want the Cardinals to win. Mostly because I dislike the Steelers. However watching Fitzgerald go completely unconscious these playoffs has been cool. I'm more excited for the food and commercials. The game is just a backdrop this year.
On a side note I was watching Good Morning America on Friday and when they were outside they asked a guy in the audience who he wanted to win and he said the cowboys. When he was informed that the cowboys weren't playing he said it didn't matter.
How Bout Dem Cowboys, How Bout Dem Cowboys
Arizona 31 Pitt 27. Fitzgerald MVP
KukriKhan
01-31-2009, 22:08
I'm more excited for the food and commercials.
What'cha having for chow?
In other news: my best TV set (OK, it's 8 years old) just died 10 minutes ago. Watching ESPN, the pic suddenly reverted to 6 horizontal lines. Sound = OK. No picture. Not good the day before the big game. Curse Sony.
Sasaki Kojiro
01-31-2009, 22:12
Sorry to here about your tv kukri. :embarassed:
Try smacking it :laugh4:
seireikhaan
01-31-2009, 22:22
I'm picking the Cards to win. Should be a good game.
Strike For The South
01-31-2009, 22:56
What'cha having for chow?
In other news: my best TV set (OK, it's 8 years old) just died 10 minutes ago. Watching ESPN, the pic suddenly reverted to 6 horizontal lines. Sound = OK. No picture. Not good the day before the big game. Curse Sony.
Probably subs and tamales. It's my first superbowl away from home so the lack of the neighborhood cooking is regrettable (everyone has come over to my house since I was a little boy) But I think I can conjure up something.
Ha. I'm sorry to hear that! My dog chewed threw the cable wires one year an my dad nearly had a stroke. Fortunately duct tape was around and no one was the wiser. Try unplugging everything and plugging it back in. Thats how I usually fix things!
Marshal Murat
02-01-2009, 04:00
On a side note I was watching Good Morning America on Friday and when they were outside they asked a guy in the audience who he wanted to win and he said the cowboys. When he was informed that the cowboys weren't playing he said it didn't matter.
Beginning of the Sportcasts...
Announcer 1: Well, the ref and two team captains have stepped out onto the field for the coin flip. Wait, what's this?
Announcer 2:It seems the Cowboys have appeared, with their team captains on the field.
Announcer 1:I've just received an update, it seems we have a triple game going on here, the Cardinals vs. Steelers vs. Cowboys. An interesting twist to an already interesting game!
Strike For The South
02-01-2009, 19:11
I LOVE FOOOOTBBBBAAAALLLLL.
GeneralHankerchief
02-02-2009, 05:59
Super Bowl thread (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=112229).
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