Does anyone want to talk Football??

frankandmaura · 01-22-2008, 06:57 AM

If so...please...discuss!!

Sorry, I was off work yesterday so I did not get to talk about this...

...So I say...GO G-MEN!! How awesome was that game??? How awesome was it when Brandon Jacobs ran over Charles Woodson?!? That poor guy got his bell rung!

Well...anyone have any superbowl predictions??

I have to go with NE - it has gotten us this far!! (who is superstitious?)

frankandmaura · 01-22-2008, 08:43 AM

Wow...ok, I guess most people are just not interested...

Sorry...

know-it-all · 01-22-2008, 09:02 AM

sorry
I need to step away from football until the draft

frankandmaura · 01-22-2008, 09:05 AM

LOL...tough loss this weekend. I understand, I would be in the same frame of mind.

It was an awesome game though, one of the best I have seen in a long time.

By the way...I was wrong taking the over on the "Ice Bowl", but I was right on taking the under on the "empty street shots", I only saw one

know-it-all · 01-22-2008, 09:16 AM

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LOL...tough loss this weekend. I understand, I would be in the same frame of mind.

It was an awesome game though, one of the best I have seen in a long time.

By the way...I was wrong taking the over on the "Ice Bowl", but I was right on taking the under on the "empty street shots", I only saw one

I know
1 ice bowl
1 empty street
how's a guy suppose to get drunk with them odds

but we should have taken the
over on Archie in the box
and
under on Deanna in the box

frankandmaura · 01-22-2008, 09:29 AM

LOL...yeah no kidding, there was a lot of Archie!

Good stuff...

caughtaniner · 01-22-2008, 10:09 AM

my biggest reason for wanting the pats to win is because im still bitter and will be for a long time about them beating my packers

Loverotties · 01-22-2008, 10:28 AM

Frank! You sell out your team AGAIN!You said your a Giants fan,but you never think they can do it!It's something like the Mets! "you gotta believe!"GO GIANTS!!!!!If they do like they did(no interseptions) they got a chance.

frankandmaura · 01-22-2008, 10:29 AM

Understandable...but I always like to root for the team that beat my team (makes my team look better if the team that beat them wins).

frankandmaura · 01-22-2008, 10:30 AM

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Frank! You sell out your team AGAIN!You said your a Giants fan,but you never think they can do it!It's something like the Mets! "you gotta believe!"GO GIANTS!!!!!If they do like they did(no interseptions) they got a chance.

No...not selling out. I said, everyone has doubted them up untill now, so to give them a chance I have to be a doubter

That is the only way we can win!!

chrischris · 01-22-2008, 07:21 PM

well now that my 2 teams are out cowboys and g-bay i want the pats to win so they can be the only team ever with a perfect season

Doug1 · 02-03-2008, 11:05 PM

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well now that my 2 teams are out cowboys and g-bay i want the pats to win so they can be the only team ever with a perfect season

Well that didn't happen, after watching NE in the play offs I had thought it was a foregone, But Eli fired em off like brady did in the last game, it was a tight edge of seat game tho, I like that

OneDummHikk · 02-03-2008, 11:36 PM

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Well that didn't happen, after watching NE in the play offs I had thought it was a foregone, But Eli fired em off like brady did in the last game, it was a tight edge of seat game tho, I like that

And even if the Pats had won they wouldn't be the only team with a Perfect Season. The '72 Dolphins still hold the distinction of being the only team to do it. The Pats can settle for being one of four teams to finish the Regular Season undefeated.

frankandmaura · 02-04-2008, 06:53 AM

I have to say...there were a few questionable calls and plays that I thought the G-Men were done...

1. Illegal Batting - um...is this even a penalty...I want to see the NFL rule book, someone please show me where this is even a rule. I have seen guys kick it out of the endzone before?!?
2. That pass that Eli missed to Burress - OMG...I almost fell out of my chair!
3. The Hail Mary in the Endzone - Vrable tackles Steve Smith before the ball gets there and there is no penalty?!?!
4. Has anyone ever seen a coach challenge a NON-CALLED penalty?!?! How does Bellicheck get away with this crap?!? If this can be done, there could be a challenge on every play (holding, pass interference, etc...)

OneDummHikk · 02-04-2008, 12:55 PM

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I have to say...there were a few questionable calls and plays that I thought the G-Men were done...

1. Illegal Batting - um...is this even a penalty...I want to see the NFL rule book, someone please show me where this is even a rule. I have seen guys kick it out of the endzone before?!?

Yes. The difference between what happened and kicking it out of the end zone is the direction that you are kicking and/or batting the ball.

The commentators explained that play, and the penalty, better than I ever could.

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2. That pass that Eli missed to Burress - OMG...I almost fell out of my chair!

Brady to - everybody. Brady did it all game. Overthrow, underthrows.

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3. The Hail Mary in the Endzone - Vrable tackles Steve Smith before the ball gets there and there is no penalty?!?!

If you are talking about the play I think you are, that wasn't pass interference, it was just good double coverage on an underthrown ball.

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4. Has anyone ever seen a coach challenge a NON-CALLED penalty?!?! How does Bellicheck get away with this crap?!? If this can be done, there could be a challenge on every play (holding, pass interference, etc...)

Yes. It happened quite frequently in the NFL. The challenge isn't a "Penalty Challenge", it is a "Replay Challenge". The coach is challenging a call made on the field. Either a direct call or the lack of a call. The lack of a call is considered a call for the purposes of the Challenge. The referees decided it was a legitimate play and Bellicheck challenged it.

What spoke volumes about the Patriots was the last 45 seconds of the game. The panicked. 45 seconds and 3 timeouts. The commentators said it best:

"For Eli Manning, that is going to be the longest 45 seconds of his life."
"For Tom Brady, that is an eternity."

What really disappointed me about Bellichick is that with 1 second left, he went out to mid field and did the congratulations. Then, when they said that they had to run one more play, by rules, he didn't have enough class to stay on the field until the game was over.