American Football (NFL, College, etc.)

Colts lose, 24-20. :puppydog:

bmwracer wrote:Colts lose, 24-20. :puppydog:

Yeah, I was rooting for the Colts today, that's a tough loss, but clearly they are just as good as the Pats, if not a little better.

pearl jam wrote:Yeah, I was rooting for the Colts today, that's a tough loss, but clearly they are just as good as the Pats, if not a little better.

The Pats appeared to have neutralized the Colts passing attack during the game... They really missed Marvin Harrison.

And dang, Randy Moss is just unstoppable. :sweat:

Didn't get a chance to watch any college football this weekend, but in perusing the scores, the one that I pondered most about was Nebraska's loss to Kansas. Having the Black Shirts give up 76 points and the continuing disintegration of a once flagship program made me a little sad.

Discounting the last five or six years, Nebraska's influence on football specifically and athletics generally has been huge.

Their biggest contribution imo is in the realm of strength and fitness. I don't think it would be a reach to say that by the 1990's over half the collegiate athletic (not just football) programs, hundreds of high school football teams, and probably the majority of NFL teams patterned their strength and conditioning programs to varying degrees after Nebraska's.

Also, in the era of the spread offense, it's easy to forget that Nebraska's power pitch play and belly lead option were once much admired and copied by so many other teams. Sadly, not even Nebraska runs those plays anymore.

I have heard that Nebraska's fans used to exhibit the most sportsmanship of any collegiate football fans, acknowledging good plays by the opposing team and even applauding the opponent at the end of the game.

Hopefully, the next Cornhuskers' football coach (I think Bill Callahan's days are numbered) will be able to turn things around.

Back on topic: Navy ends the longest losing streak against one team by beating Notre Dame. Hooray for the Middies, one of the last remaining old school option football teams around.

damn colts blew a 10 pts lead, damn pats.

shin2 wrote:Back on topic: Navy ends the longest losing streak against one team by beating Notre Dame. Hooray for the Middies, one of the last remaining old school option football teams around.

Notre Dame's football program has completely crashed and burned this season... Stunning.

The_Lyrics wrote:damn colts blew a 10 pts lead, damn pats.

Yeah.

Ten points ain't nearly enough of a lead to beat the Pats, unless there's only a minute or two left. :sweat:

Too many weapons.


What I hate most of all is the coach, Bill Bellichick: Great coach, but a total asshole.

The Detroit Lions are 6-2???? Man, I'm out of it.

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah.

Ten points ain't nearly enough of a lead to beat the Pats, unless there's only a minute or two left. :sweat:

Too many weapons.


What I hate most of all is the coach, Bill Bellichick: Great coach, but a total asshole.

ya i know what you mean, moss, stallworth(spelling), and welker.
yeah i hate bellichick to, seems like he actually dressed nice with a polo rather then always wearing that same damn sweater that he would always wear to other games. :beaten:

Super No. 1 wrote:The Detroit Lions are 6-2???? Man, I'm out of it.

Go Lions! :mrgreen:

I read somewhere the Pats are accusing the Colts of added crowd noises to the stadium.

dochira wrote:I read somewhere the Pats are accusing the Colts of added crowd noises to the stadium.

I just read that... Talk about your sore winners. :shakehead:

are u serious
that is so cold
even after they won wow :shakehead: :shakehead: :grumble: :beatyou:

bmwracer wrote:

What I hate most of all is the coach, Bill Bellichick: Great coach, but a total asshole.

There have been a lot of head football coaches at all levels--high school, college, pro--who have been enormously successful but are/were total assholes.

shin2 wrote:There have been a lot of head football coaches at all levels--high school, college, pro--who have been enormously successful but are/were total assholes.

True.

But for them to be on TV from coast-to-coast makes them bigger ones. :beaten:


Bill Parcells comes to mind.

dochira wrote:I read somewhere the Pats are accusing the Colts of added crowd noises to the stadium.

From Yahoo! Sports:

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Indianapolis Colts contend the debate about the decibel level in the RCA Dome is merely noise, and now they have the NFL taking their side.

A day after some unusual sounds were heard during the Colts-Patriots broadcast Sunday, the NFL issued a statement saying what sounded like simulated crowd noise was actually created by the CBS production crew, not the Colts.

Steelers lead the Ravens, 38-7. :sweat:

horray steelers.

I hope those yellow helmets were just a one time thing. They look like they got their heads dipped in mustard. :bleh:

gaijinmark wrote:I hope those yellow helmets were just a one time thing. They look like they got their heads dipped in mustard. :bleh:

LOL.

The Pats will have them for lunch later in the season at Foxborough.