Im not that great of a football fan but I am amazed by The Patriots and Bill Belichicks genius...
Last week they held the best offensive team , the Colts to 3 points and this week against the best defensive team , the Steelers, they score 41...Apart from the obvious stars like Tom Brady, they seem to have the team concept down, every player makes contributions every week, Troy Brown has been a stalwart on offense, defense and special teams...
Yea I hope its a good game, and as much as I feel for the Philly fans and what they've had to put up with, I'll be rootin for the Pats, we havent had a major sports championship up here in what? about 3 months? I dont know if I can endure any longer ;)-->
I hope it's a good game, too. And it has every chance of being one: 2 very good defenses that play consistently well in their schemes and 2 offenses capable of lighting it up...
Everyone's talking "dynasty" regarding the Pats, if they can become only the 2nd team (behind you know who) to win 3 out of 4...
What I find it hard to believe is that there's not much talk of dynasty towards the Phleagles... they've done it 4 years straight... no small feat... (but then again, no one talks about the Bills of the 90's much either do they?)
There was talk of changing the area code in Buffalo during those years to 0-4-4, knowing how fanatical the Eagles fans are I just hope there is no bridgejumping if Vinatieri does yet another last play field goal as he did in the last 2 Pats Super Bowls.
I think the Pats will win it...They're too fundamentally sound...a well-oiled machine...While the media loves to hype the athletic,running quarterbacks,or the offenses geared toward scoring 40 points a game,I'll put my money on the pocket-passer,a balanced,ball-control offense,and a sound,good-tackling defense...
Vince,Schmince...Although when speaking of Fran Tarkenton,the famous scrambling quarterback of the Vikings and Giants,he said 'that's not football,that's sandlot'...I tend to agree with him...
I'm not much of a sports fan, but I did haveta tune in for a few minutes of the game (I saw most of the second half).
I thought the game was O.K. Not entirely a yawner, but not a whole lot of "Wow! Didju see that!" moments either.
My big question is, though, what the hey were the Eagles thinking in the last few minutes of the game? Damn, they needed to answer for 10 points and they were just draggin' a$$ around the field. No "hurry-up" offence, no running out of bounds to stop the clock, just sorta non-chalant.
I know the announcers were saying the same thing, but, gawd, it was evident long before they brought it up. Is that the way the Eagles normally play?
Oh, and, yeah, except for the "butchered cat", the commercials were yawners too. Why is everybody playing so safe all of a sudden?
Andy Reid is going to get skewered by the fans in Philadelphia for his clock mismanagement at the end of the game. The Eagles were acting like they had all the time in the world and when they finally scored to make it 24-21, they were forced to go for the onside kick. Bizarre.
Another strange coaching decision by Reid was to not have anybody back to receive that last punt, letting the Patriots easily down the ball at the 4 yard line. No idea what he was thinking there.
Now that the Pats have won, can we take down the Red Sox logo yet? Not only does it KILL me to see it (as a Yankee fan), but it makes the forum choices impossible to see (seriously, no joke).
Its alot of little things that make teamslike the Patriots and Red Sox Champions , I like this piece from Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly:
"In the final hours before the Super Bowl, NFL players have been known to go and get, say, a $40 hooker. Or go to Tijuana and get muy smashed. Or try to set the coke-snorting world record.
"But before this Super Bowl, wide receiver Deion Branch of the Patriots did something even stranger.
"He picked up his cellphone and called every coach in his life who meant something to him. He called Pee Wee coaches. He called his high school receivers coach. He called his junior college offensive coordinator. He called his college head coach. He called 13 coaches in all.
"And do you know what he told them? Thank you.
"Thank you for caring about me when I could’ve gone south. Thank you for making me run stairs. Thank you for believing I could do this.
"He thanked his coach at Louisville for not giving up on him when his grades were lousy. He thanked his high school coach for believing he wasn’t too puny. He thanked one coach for being there for him when his infant son was near death.
"He got so emotional while thanking them that “I was crying half the time,” says Branch, 25. “It’s hard, but I don’t want them to think I’ve left them behind. I want them to know I’m thinking about them all the time.”
"And when he was done calling—about two hours later—he got on the team bus, put on his number 83 and made the Patriots thank God they had drafted him.
"Branch caught 11 passes—tying the Super Bowl record co-owned by his hero, Jerry Rice—for 133 yards. He was named the MVP of New England’s 24–21 win over the Eagles." (continued in this week's Sports Illustrated)
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Im not that great of a football fan but I am amazed by The Patriots and Bill Belichicks genius...
Last week they held the best offensive team , the Colts to 3 points and this week against the best defensive team , the Steelers, they score 41...Apart from the obvious stars like Tom Brady, they seem to have the team concept down, every player makes contributions every week, Troy Brown has been a stalwart on offense, defense and special teams...
Yea I hope its a good game, and as much as I feel for the Philly fans and what they've had to put up with, I'll be rootin for the Pats, we havent had a major sports championship up here in what? about 3 months? I dont know if I can endure any longer
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I hope it's a good game, too. And it has every chance of being one: 2 very good defenses that play consistently well in their schemes and 2 offenses capable of lighting it up...
Everyone's talking "dynasty" regarding the Pats, if they can become only the 2nd team (behind you know who) to win 3 out of 4...
What I find it hard to believe is that there's not much talk of dynasty towards the Phleagles... they've done it 4 years straight... no small feat... (but then again, no one talks about the Bills of the 90's much either do they?)
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There was talk of changing the area code in Buffalo during those years to 0-4-4, knowing how fanatical the Eagles fans are I just hope there is no bridgejumping if Vinatieri does yet another last play field goal as he did in the last 2 Pats Super Bowls.
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I think the Pats will win it...They're too fundamentally sound...a well-oiled machine...While the media loves to hype the athletic,running quarterbacks,or the offenses geared toward scoring 40 points a game,I'll put my money on the pocket-passer,a balanced,ball-control offense,and a sound,good-tackling defense...
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Right you are Vince!
besides... how are you posting? I thought you were out touring with "take a stand caravan"???
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Vince,Schmince...Although when speaking of Fran Tarkenton,the famous scrambling quarterback of the Vikings and Giants,he said 'that's not football,that's sandlot'...I tend to agree with him...
Oh,and Tom,that's 'Get-a-Tan Caravan'...
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Super Bowl XXXIX Firsts:
... its the only time in my life I've ever heard or ever expect to hear anyone say
OH BOY! WE'RE GOING TO JACKSONVILLE!
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Shellon
How to fake it
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/3347706?GT1=6065
HA!
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excathedra
i just hope i win some money with those little box thingys
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excathedra
ok so i didn't win anything in that first box. i have 3 more chances i believe
thank you father for making the numbers.....
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Shellon
Is it over yet?
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jardinero
Yes, Shell. We are now NFL-free til August.
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YAY!! PATRIOTS!!!!!
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def59
Can we not all agree that Tom Brady is the QB of the 00's.
He is so awesome, obviously enhanced by the clean air and water he partook of while ensconsed on the campus in Ann Arbor Mich.
He is my captain!
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I'm not much of a sports fan, but I did haveta tune in for a few minutes of the game (I saw most of the second half).
I thought the game was O.K. Not entirely a yawner, but not a whole lot of "Wow! Didju see that!" moments either.
My big question is, though, what the hey were the Eagles thinking in the last few minutes of the game? Damn, they needed to answer for 10 points and they were just draggin' a$$ around the field. No "hurry-up" offence, no running out of bounds to stop the clock, just sorta non-chalant.
I know the announcers were saying the same thing, but, gawd, it was evident long before they brought it up. Is that the way the Eagles normally play?
Oh, and, yeah, except for the "butchered cat", the commercials were yawners too. Why is everybody playing so safe all of a sudden?
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Andy Reid is going to get skewered by the fans in Philadelphia for his clock mismanagement at the end of the game. The Eagles were acting like they had all the time in the world and when they finally scored to make it 24-21, they were forced to go for the onside kick. Bizarre.
Another strange coaching decision by Reid was to not have anybody back to receive that last punt, letting the Patriots easily down the ball at the 4 yard line. No idea what he was thinking there.
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Now that the Pats have won, can we take down the Red Sox logo yet? Not only does it KILL me to see it (as a Yankee fan), but it makes the forum choices impossible to see (seriously, no joke).
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Raf
Normally I would agree, but since you are a yankee fan, I say leave it up.
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Its alot of little things that make teamslike the Patriots and Red Sox Champions , I like this piece from Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly:
"In the final hours before the Super Bowl, NFL players have been known to go and get, say, a $40 hooker. Or go to Tijuana and get muy smashed. Or try to set the coke-snorting world record.
"But before this Super Bowl, wide receiver Deion Branch of the Patriots did something even stranger.
"He picked up his cellphone and called every coach in his life who meant something to him. He called Pee Wee coaches. He called his high school receivers coach. He called his junior college offensive coordinator. He called his college head coach. He called 13 coaches in all.
"And do you know what he told them? Thank you.
"Thank you for caring about me when I could’ve gone south. Thank you for making me run stairs. Thank you for believing I could do this.
"He thanked his coach at Louisville for not giving up on him when his grades were lousy. He thanked his high school coach for believing he wasn’t too puny. He thanked one coach for being there for him when his infant son was near death.
"He got so emotional while thanking them that “I was crying half the time,” says Branch, 25. “It’s hard, but I don’t want them to think I’ve left them behind. I want them to know I’m thinking about them all the time.”
"And when he was done calling—about two hours later—he got on the team bus, put on his number 83 and made the Patriots thank God they had drafted him.
"Branch caught 11 passes—tying the Super Bowl record co-owned by his hero, Jerry Rice—for 133 yards. He was named the MVP of New England’s 24–21 win over the Eagles." (continued in this week's Sports Illustrated)
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