American Football (NFL, College, etc.)

mrsmith10 wrote:

Sometimes I wish that game never happened. That game gives a bunch of annoying Raider fans an excuse to whine and cry about how the Pats "cheated."

Will admit that even though the Pats are the team I root for after the Bills, that Brady "tuck" had to be one of the worst calls in the history of sports. :muack:

I do agree the call was awful. I just don't like how some Raider fans constantly whine about it. One of my cousin's for example, calls the Pats "cheaters" and goes as far as saying they "cheated" for even challenging the call. I don't really care for New England myself, but I wouldn't mind if they won another 2 or 3 super bowls just to piss some Raider fans off. :twisted:

I wouldn't mind seeing them win a few more too, know they've been put down badly by a lot of the media and other teams, especaiily Belichick, but I really like how they play as a team, no egos disrupt that team :victory: and when one does start to get a swelled head, out the door they go. :beatyou: Really is a team, even non NFL fans know who Brady is but most regular fans would have a hard time naming more than just a few more players off the team. :headscratch:
Big news from the Giants players, they say they're coming out to play and won't be lying down...hmmm, which means you're gonna start trying after the last few weeks? :rofl:

This was pretty much a given. John Fox will be coaching his final game with the Panthers on Sunday.

Not looking good for the Big 10 today, as Michigan, Michigan St. and Penn St. all go down to SEC teams. Ohio State, lets hope you can break the trend. Looking forward to the Rose Bowl, to see how Wisconsin's rushing attack will fare against the top defense in the nation.

Note to self: If I ever end up interviewing Herm Edwards for some reason, do not ask him if Week 17 games matter for teams whose playoffs spots are locked. That, and don't ask him why teams even bother to play.

Horrible day for the Big 10...0-5 for the day....

Didn't watch any bowl games today... The fact that all of 'em were on cable contributed to that. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:Didn't watch any bowl games today... The fact that all of 'em were on cable contributed to that. :beaten:

Even though I was able to see the games, it still bugs me that the BCS games and most bowl games are on ESPN. I don't know why the BCS games can't be shown on ABC, especially the Rose Bowl which is in the afternoon and doesn't affect ABC's programming much since it's mostly infomercials on the weekend afternoons. It's really lame of them to do. :grumble:

deseipher wrote:Even though I was able to see the games, it still bugs me that the BCS games and most bowl games are on ESPN. I don't know why the BCS games can't be shown on ABC, especially the Rose Bowl which is in the afternoon and doesn't affect ABC's programming much since it's mostly infomercials on the weekend afternoons. It's really lame of them to do. :grumble:

Yeah, we were sort of ticked off about that, too, but then we realized it was Wisconsin vs. TCU, so it was no biggie. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, we were sort of ticked off about that, too, but then we realized it was Wisconsin vs. TCU, so it was no biggie. :beaten:

As it turns out, that was the best game of the day.

I also hate that ESPN has all the BCS games as well as Monday Night Football. There seem to be less and less sports on regular TV. And now that Comcast has gone digital, they can charge you more for less and make you have little boxes everywhere.

Madoka wrote:I also hate that ESPN has all the BCS games as well as Monday Night Football. There seem to be less and less sports on regular TV. And now that Comcast has gone digital, they can charge you more for less and make you have little boxes everywhere.

I totally refuse to contribute to any cable/satellite company's bottom line, so I've stuck with on-air broadcasting... They can feed off of someone else. :usuck:

deseipher wrote:Not looking good for the Big 10 today, as Michigan, Michigan St. and Penn St. all go down to SEC teams.

Evidence of why the SEC is considered, by many, the best (football) conference in the country.

bmwracer wrote: it was Wisconsin vs. TCU

Probably why it wasn't on ABC, but it still was a good game.

Jav_sol wrote:

Probably why it wasn't on ABC, but it still was a good game.

The fact that it was Wisconsin vs. TCU has nothing to do with why the Rose Bowl was broadcast on ESPN. ESPN and ABC are siblings--they are both owned by Disney. In the last few years ABC has used ESPN to broadcast much of its sports programming. Years ago ABC was the big network for televising college football; most of that has now been transferred to all those ESPN channels (ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U). And remember how for decades Monday Night Football was a staple on ABC; now it's on its sister channel, ESPN.

Aside from the national championship game, the Wisconsin/TCU match-up was the most interesting for me going into the bowl season. The contrast between the size and power of Wisconsin against the quickness and athleticism of TCU was intriguing. It turned out to be a good game. Kudos to the Horned Frogs for beating a very good Badger team and ending the season undefeated.

Aside from the bowl games, the big news in college football yesterday was the firing of Mike Haywood as head coach of Pitt. He only had the job for two weeks. What an idiot. Reminds me of the brief tenures of George O'Leary at Notre Dame and Mike Price at Alabama; like Haywood both of them also were fired before ever coaching a game at those respective universities.

bmwracer wrote:
I totally refuse to contribute to any cable/satellite company's bottom line, so I've stuck with on-air broadcasting... They can feed off of someone else. :usuck:

Think us two are in a very small majority doing that :victory: , really is something how much cable costs are nowadays and I really don't think we're missing anything. :shakehead:

hitomi #1 wrote:Think us two are in a very small majority doing that :victory: , really is something how much cable costs are nowadays and I really don't think we're missing anything. :shakehead:

Yeah, I'm not losing any sleep (and money ;) ) over it.

The Packers are in the playoffs, grabbing the sixth seed and setting up a match against the Eagles. Looking forward to that along with Ravens-Colts. The other matchups are Chiefs-Jets and Saints against the winner of tonight's Rams-Seahawks game.

^^ Actually, the Colts snuck into the 3rd seed because of the Chiefs losing so they get to face the Jets, not good news for the Chiefs, Ravens have a real solid team but you never know. :shakehead: And too bad for the Giants, again :naughty: . That Packers-Eagles game should be good, really evenly matched :applaud: and the Saints play at the winner of Rams vs. 'Hawks, not a fan of either but would rather see the Rams win just so a 7-9 team doesn't win a division. :bleh:

hitomi #1 wrote:^^ Actually, the Colts snuck into the 3rd seed because of the Chiefs losing so they get to face the Jets, not good news for the Chiefs, Ravens have a real solid team but you never know. :shakehead: And too bad for the Giants, again :naughty: . That Packers-Eagles game should be good, really evenly matched :applaud: and the Saints play at the winner of Rams vs. 'Hawks, not a fan of either but would rather see the Rams win just so a 7-9 team doesn't win a division. :bleh:

You're right, thanks for the correction. Colts-Jets will be interesting, Manning will be tested but the Jets defense hasn't been as good as hyped. The Ravens are solid, but the Chiefs have playmakers on offense to make this matchup close. The Saints have the closest thing to a first-round bye out of the wild card teams since they beat both the Rams and Seahawks this season, and neither have played well enough down the stretch.

^^ Right about the Saints, even as a wild card they still have the talent to go back to the SB, they're like the Pats, doesn't matter where they play, just give 'em the ball and watch 'em throw. :hehe: Watch us both be wrong, Brees gets hurt in the 1st quarter and it's wait til next year. :sweat:

hitomi #1 wrote:^^ Right about the Saints, even as a wild card they still have the talent to go back to the SB, they're like the Pats, doesn't matter where they play, just give 'em the ball and watch 'em throw. :hehe: Watch us both be wrong, Brees gets hurt in the 1st quarter and it's wait til next year. :sweat:

I'm really hoping Brees does not get hurt :fingerscrossed: The Saints-NFC West Winner is the only playoff game I'd be willing to bet Monopoly money on :beaten: That's how confident I am that the Saints are going to win and into the second round.