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TommyA

09-15-2008, 12:12 AM

The Pack demolished the Lions 48 to 25 for a 2-0 start to the season. Aaron Rodgers is showing the hacks at espn that, yes he can give the packers what they need in the QB slot.

Amen to that!

After the Favre debacle, I was happy to see him go. He really drug his name through the mud with that, and I am celbrating EVERY week that the Pack win, and the Jets lose! Even though a High School friend of mine plays for the Jets. I gotta go for the Green and Gold!

bluestars87

09-15-2008, 12:46 AM

Amen to that!

After the Favre debacle, I was happy to see him go. He really drug his name through the mud with that, and I am celbrating EVERY week that the Pack win, and the Jets lose! Even though a High School friend of mine plays for the Jets. I gotta go for the Green and Gold!
Are you from Wisconsin?

RoxFontaine

09-15-2008, 01:13 AM

^ No. He just likes green and gold. Green for the money and gold for the honey.

ミュー

09-15-2008, 01:25 AM

^ No. He just likes green and gold. Green for the money and gold for the honey.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Don_Magic_Juan.jpg
Chuuuch!

Mastiker

09-15-2008, 02:11 AM

I'm glad Brady is out for a while.

I'm upset that everyone is still sucking on his cock.

"Castle is good, but he's no Tom Brady" "I don't know how the Patriots are going to fare this early in the season without Tom Brady as QB" "The Patriots still did good this game, despite a lack of Brady. Hopefully Castle can carry this until we're through our rough patch."

Fuck. I like the Patriots, but jesus A christ.

haterllnation

09-15-2008, 02:26 AM

Cassel was even limping in this last game after a hit.

Colts came back and took out Minnesota...WTF? That whole game I was in sigh mode and after that Chicago loss, it was a real surprise. This tells me a lot about our veteran Center. With him there, it was pretty solid on the line (as far as the Colts go). Now, we got a rookie doing it (Saturday is injured) and they bust right on through. God speed, Saturday. There are other factors (they look really rusty); the protection on the line buys the Colts time to make a decision.

TommyA

09-15-2008, 04:17 AM

Are you from Wisconsin?

I am from SoCal. When the Rams left L.A., I became a Packer fan the year after!

Will be my team for a looong time.

bluestars87

09-15-2008, 04:52 AM

I am from SoCal. When the Rams left L.A., I became a Packer fan the year after!

Will be my team for a looong time.
Oh God no...

Mastiker

09-15-2008, 06:11 AM

Cassel was even limping in this last game after a hit.

Mmm, but at least it's not Brady! And I keep typing his name as "Castle" D: I think that the pronunciation is just ingrained into me so I keep thinking... yeah.

Hopefully they find somebody who is better than Brady - but only slightly so, because then they'd just go overboard with him too. I'd rather have a team of players, instead of "Brady and the other Patriots."

puzzo

09-15-2008, 12:53 PM

Mmm, but at least it's not Brady! And I keep typing his name as "Castle" D: I think that the pronunciation is just ingrained into me so I keep thinking... yeah.

Hopefully they find somebody who is better than Brady - but only slightly so, because then they'd just go overboard with him too. I'd rather have a team of players, instead of "Brady and the other Patriots."

pshhh I'd rather not have a team of lovable losers, or mediocrity. The team right now is really good and Cassel is lucky to be able to manage games instead of having to take chances on every drive.

I'm glad Cassel is getting a chance, and I hope he does amazing, but thats just because I wanna trade him and get good compensation (maybe a second rounder if he does good).

But why all the Brady hate? I mean he went from a nobody as a sixth rounder (who had a good college career for a sixth rounder) who only got to play because not only did Bledsoe get injured in 2001 but on one of the next few plays the back up got hurt too, Brady was only the third string QuarterBack. Now after a lot of hard work and 6 good years with NO weapons around him he gets a great receiver and a great slot guy and he breaks the most sacred of the Single season QB records. Not to mention every time he gets interviewed and the reporter tries to say how he is the best QB in the league he almost always replies that he was only a sixth round pick.

Then look at his personal life. He has a supermodel girlfriend (who's not my type but its worth pointing out) and he's almost always close to the top in those stupid sexiest men polls in those magazines.

The real reason to like Brady though is not because he's a great athlete (which he is), but from everything I hear and see, he is a genuinely nice guy, which is the only thing keeping me from hating Payton Manning because its hard to hate someone who is nice, but its easy to hate a jerk (like mike vick, or even his brother marcus who's a jackass).

tl:dr
Brady is awesome shut up :frypan:

Juvenyle

09-15-2008, 02:09 PM

My Raiders finally dominated a game. Thank you Darren McFadden and Michael Bush. I know it was the chiefs but they completely dominated them usually LJ runs wild vs the raiders.

bluestars87

09-15-2008, 04:39 PM

pshhh I'd rather not have a team of lovable losers, or mediocrity. The team right now is really good and Cassel is lucky to be able to manage games instead of having to take chances on every drive.

I'm glad Cassel is getting a chance, and I hope he does amazing, but thats just because I wanna trade him and get good compensation (maybe a second rounder if he does good).

But why all the Brady hate? I mean he went from a nobody as a sixth rounder (who had a good college career for a sixth rounder) who only got to play because not only did Bledsoe get injured in 2001 but on one of the next few plays the back up got hurt too, Brady was only the third string QuarterBack. Now after a lot of hard work and 6 good years with NO weapons around him he gets a great receiver and a great slot guy and he breaks the most sacred of the Single season QB records. Not to mention every time he gets interviewed and the reporter tries to say how he is the best QB in the league he almost always replies that he was only a sixth round pick.

Then look at his personal life. He has a supermodel girlfriend (who's not my type but its worth pointing out) and he's almost always close to the top in those stupid sexiest men polls in those magazines.

The real reason to like Brady though is not because he's a great athlete (which he is), but from everything I hear and see, he is a genuinely nice guy, which is the only thing keeping me from hating Payton Manning because its hard to hate someone who is nice, but its easy to hate a jerk (like mike vick, or even his brother marcus who's a jackass).

tl:dr
Brady is awesome shut up :frypan:
Actually Brady was second string when Bledsoe was hurt.

bluestars87

09-16-2008, 05:18 AM

Whooo...what a shootout in Big D.

Juvenyle

09-16-2008, 05:30 AM

Barber needed more rushing yards to save my fantasy team.....

bluestars87

09-22-2008, 01:58 AM

49ers move to 2-1. But it was the Lions. A true test awaits next week in New Orleans. Can't wait.

RoxFontaine

09-22-2008, 02:01 AM

bakagaijin

09-22-2008, 04:58 AM

I am from SoCal. When the Rams left L.A., I became a Packer fan the year after!

.
You probably aren't old enough to remember that. But yes, I know you're referring to the move to St. Louis.

bluestars87

09-22-2008, 01:08 PM

You probably aren't old enough to remember that. But yes, I know you're referring to the move to St. Louis.
How old is he? The Rams left to St.Louis in 1994. Even I remember that.

Juvenyle

09-24-2008, 06:26 PM

How 'bout 'em Bills!? 3-0 start is nice. I hope they can keep it rollin'. This is the first season I get to follow since like.....'01. I'm excited to watch games and reacclimate myself to the culture. I really missed it.

You can thank Rex Ryan for that bull shit. Worst defense in the fourth quarter ever? We should have won that game, we were controlling it all the way...

bluestars87

09-24-2008, 07:04 PM

RoxFontaine

09-24-2008, 07:22 PM

You can thank Rex Ryan for that bull shit. Worst defense in the fourth quarter ever? We should have won that game, we were controlling it all the way...

Should have, would have, could have, but they didn't. BILLS!

haterllnation

09-24-2008, 08:08 PM

Hey Bills! Care to swap your record for the the Colts' record? :innocent: Damnit.

Juvenyle

09-24-2008, 11:04 PM

Matt Millen is finally fired in Detroit. Honestly that's the best thing to happen to that team since Barry Sanders was hired. Now hopefully for their sake they can bring someone in that really knows how to run a football organization.

I heard he was going to draft another Wide Receiver... Lol I don't know he wasn't fired sooner, he kept trying to improve the offense with receivers but they had no one to throw the ball and no line. Plus the defense is horrible. I've never seen a gm able to hold onto his job as long as Millen did.

bluestars87

09-29-2008, 02:38 AM

Damn New Orleans. This was a chance for the 49ers to make a statement and they fell flat on their face. Our right tackle was getting thrown around like a little ho the entire game. It was pathetic. Our quarterback was sacked like seven times. And our defense couldn't stop the run and couldn't get pressure on Drew Brees who in effect was able to torch the secondary. Just a terrible day. Oh well, I'm optimistic next week we can defeat a New England team at home without Tom Brady who got spanked by Miami. But of course that all depends on the 49ers ability to protect the quarterback, stop the run, and pressure Matt Cassel.

Joe Rocket

09-29-2008, 05:01 AM

-Really, I didn't see the Chiefs winning today.

-But I did see the 'Skins winning their game today.

-I'm glad to hear Bolden is fine.

Black fist

09-29-2008, 08:53 AM

Fuck yeah for the jags. Our running game was a bit lack luster, matter of fact the whole game offense was pretty lack luster until about the 5 minutes. Garrad was able to string up alot of shit, especially to Matt jones who had a great day with such small corners. Overtime was a diffrent story, our running game kicked ass. All the Jones were fucking beast. MJD was a great run game. Greg Jones was the nigga today with his catch and run to get us into FG range. His run after the hit was godly, he got like 15 yard with the entire texans defense on his back.

Schuabb had a good game too, but fuck him.

TommyA

09-29-2008, 10:24 AM

You probably aren't old enough to remember that. But yes, I know you're referring to the move to St. Louis.

I am 27, and remember the move. Like stated, it didn't happen that long ago.

Juvenyle

09-29-2008, 09:57 PM

The Fuckin Raiders......................... I can't put into words how pissed off I am. How do you collapse two games in a row in the 4th quarter that you should have won? People are saying the raiders shouldn't be playing that well and it's lucky they made it competitive. I don't care if they are playing above there level you don't blow two HUGE 4th quarter leads. At least Jamarcus Russell is improving and there looks like they will be back in contention soon, unless Al Davis fucks shit up.

RoxFontaine

09-30-2008, 02:23 AM

:clap:

http://www.emqb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/trent-edwards-named-starter-vs-redskins.jpg

bluestars87

09-30-2008, 06:23 AM

bluestars87

09-30-2008, 06:25 AM

:clap:

http://www.emqb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/trent-edwards-named-starter-vs-redskins.jpg
Yeah they're 4-0 for the first time since 1992. But...I still want to seem them face a really good team before I crown them. Oakland, St.Louis, and injury plagued Seattle, and and underachieving Jaguars team don't really cut it for me. I think they can beat Arizona next week, and then they have a bye. After that it's a home game against the Chargers. If they can beat San Diego, then I think they're for real. Teams that usually start 4-0 though usually have a really good season.

Black fist

09-30-2008, 11:54 PM

I feel the Bills got lucky against the jag because we were missing four members of our line. The jags are a run heavy team, they're built to run. David Garrad is a big beastly quarter back who can run, Greg Jones is a great runner and blocker, Fred taylor is a great runner, and MJD is a fucking god. He can Run, Catch, and block all the while he can't even look over his line.

bluestars87

10-01-2008, 01:10 AM

Raiders fire Lane Kiffin. Geez how many coaches since their Super Bowl run in 2002? Perhaps Al Davis needs to realize that maybe he's the problem.

"We'll be back, the Raiders will be back".

Surrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeee Al.

RoxFontaine

10-06-2008, 03:56 AM

Crap. We got TROUNCED today. Not a good look. We still have plenty of season to play though. Let's go Bills!

bluestars87

10-06-2008, 05:07 AM

Mike Nolan I think needs to be relieved of his head coaching status by the bye week if things don't start working out. We should have beaten New England today, but instead we lost. It's worse than not having a talent roster, because we have one. It's just seems like the coaching staff doesn't know how utilize it's players.

Seriously, rushing three linemen against New England on a 3rd and 20 while playing prevent from the 49ers 40 when all they needed to do is get back into field goal range? Of course Cassel then checks it down and gets the Patriots back into field goal range and their kicker seals the deal.

I know I'm not a head coach, but I still have common sense as a fan.

Joe Rocket

10-06-2008, 05:12 AM

Wow my Falcons pulled it off.

bluestars87

10-21-2008, 06:04 AM

Finally Mike Nolan is done in San Francisco. I'm glad they didn't promote Mike Martz to head coach though. I'm anxious to see what Mike Singletary can do. I'm not expecting a miraculous turnaround, but I want to see his attitude on the field as a head coach...and I don't want anymore BS press conferences.

RoxFontaine

10-22-2008, 03:38 PM

You like how 'em Bills whooped Daygo's ass? I do! Let's go Bills! Take it to the house.

Joe Rocket

11-03-2008, 12:06 AM

Do you think bringing in Culpepper is gonna be an improvement for the Lions?

bluestars87

11-03-2008, 12:30 AM

Do you think bringing in Culpepper is gonna be an improvement for the Lions?
Nope.

Black fist

11-04-2008, 03:53 AM

Only person who can help the lions is Jesus.

bluestars87

11-18-2008, 09:11 AM

Wow the Bills have lost four straight. I guess they just weren't for real. Of course the season isn't over, but it's going to be hard to get out of a hole in that division with the Jets, Dolphins, and Patriots all having winning records at the moment.

Black fist

11-19-2008, 06:33 AM

well are season is fucked. To make it to the playoffs we have to win every single fucking game and we got the colts.

Joe Rocket

11-25-2008, 05:55 AM

I did not expect the itans to get their arse whooped like THAT

bluestars87

11-25-2008, 10:08 AM

I did not expect the itans to get their arse whooped like THAT
Their defense is getting banged up and their offense isn't good enough to pick up the slack.

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bluestars87

12-02-2008, 06:37 AM

Yes. The 49ers beat the Bills. We can still miraculously win the division. Arizona would just have to lose the rest of their games and we would have to win the rest of our games. Of course that's not going to happen, but history has shown that luck has not been so kind to Arizona.

Joe Rocket

12-08-2008, 03:10 AM

Wow Steelers pulled some magic outta their ass for that win

I missed the Philly-Giants game:bang:

Black fist

12-08-2008, 07:25 AM

Philly raped the giants.

bluestars87

12-08-2008, 08:25 AM

I wish Shaun Hill was our starter from the beginning of the season. Stupid ass Martz.

Zensouken

12-08-2008, 08:41 AM

Wow Steelers pulled some magic outta their ass for that win

That last second intercept was insane, homeboy frickin' dove for the endzone.

bluestars87

12-08-2008, 08:47 AM

Philly raped the giants.
Not really...they won by a touchdown.

Joe Rocket

12-16-2008, 02:57 AM

OMG that Steelers game was bananas

haterllnation

12-19-2008, 11:35 PM

The Colts scare me sometimes (the first half was sketchy). Hey, but they made it to the Playoffs.

bluestars87

12-20-2008, 02:54 AM

The Colts scare me sometimes (the first half was sketchy). Hey, but they made it to the Playoffs.
I think that game secured Manning as the MVP.

Joe Rocket

12-20-2008, 05:44 AM

I think that game secured Manning as the MVP.

Speaking of MVP who do you guys got?

puzzo

12-20-2008, 07:27 AM

Wild guess here but I'm thinking Adrian Peterson. Him or Peyton.

bluestars87

12-21-2008, 09:58 PM

Wow, thought we were going to lose to St.Louis for a moment there. I think Mike Singletary has locked himself as the head coach next season. I have a good feeling about the Washington game next week.

Joe Rocket

12-22-2008, 03:52 AM

Holy hell the Falcons are going to the playoffs

I did not see this happening at the beginning of the season, I thought were gonna be rebuilding and maybe a decent year.

Oh and Lendell White just made himself a fucking target

Stephy

12-29-2008, 02:19 AM

Ha! Dallas Cowboys, I laugh at you!

Eagles going to the playoffs. :]

Joe Rocket

12-29-2008, 03:42 AM

Congrats Lions!

The perfect losing season!

-Falcons in the playoffs YES
-Eagles in the playoff YES
-Colts in the playoffs..Eh whatever

-Patriots not in the playoffs YES

bluestars87

12-29-2008, 05:33 AM

Even though the 49ers didn't make the playoffs, I'm happy the direction this team is going in. We're 5-4 under Mike Singletary who has done one hell of a job as an intern head coach. And appropriately he was named head coach for the 2009 season after the victory over the Redskins. Being in the NFC West, I believe we're only a few pieces away from competing for the division crown.

puzzo

12-29-2008, 10:41 AM

bluestars87

12-30-2008, 01:51 AM

I don't care how much you hate the Patriots. As far as I'm concered it could have been the Shit-City Shit-Slingers, an 11-5 team not making the playoffs is bad for football. Almost as bad as a team with a losing record making it in to the playoffs in baseball.

Heres to hoping the Patriots franchise Cassel and get a first rounder for him. Or do some crazy Scott Pioli-an batshit insane type shit to help better the team. (Yes I just made Scott Pioli into an adjective):watson:
Well it rarely happens. I think it's only second time it's ever happened. Just bad luck. The NFL was so wide open this year and there were a lot of ball clubs that made the playoffs with double-digit wins. Arizona was the only team that didn't I believe. Then you had a bunch of 9-7/8-8 teams that didn't get in.

bluestars87

12-31-2008, 05:43 AM

Very surprised Mike Shanahan was fired. I thought he would squeeze one more season out of the Broncos organization.

Juvenyle

12-31-2008, 07:18 PM

Shannahan being fired was a bad move. How can you do anything with the bad running backs hes had, how many did he use this year 6? I'm not really a patriots fan but they played great, after Brady went down I thought there season was over. Also for MVP my pick would be Pennington, anyone who leads a turnaround that huge deserves to be MVP.

haterllnation

01-04-2009, 04:37 AM

Bittersweet...Chargers won, so for hometown, that's good. However, the Colts Offense (for once) was the big let down. It didn't help with the massive penalties (both deserved AND undeserved). *

Also, we need faster returners...Next year, I hope they resolve this.

Joe Rocket

01-04-2009, 06:12 AM

I was bracing the fact the Falcons weren't going all the way

but i was not expecting it to be the first round to the Cards

anyways I'm cool, they did better than I expected this season.

That Colts n' Bolts game....wow

I give my props to the Chargers

well that leaves me 0 - 2 with my picks so far I hope I have better fortune
tommorow

haterllnation

01-04-2009, 06:22 AM

Yeah, I heard that and thought the person that told me was joking. My response was "The Cards...really?" I just didn't see that happening.

As for the Colts...some of those calls were BS. Saturday FELL and that was "Tripping." *shakes head* There is more, but nothing anyone can do about it now and no point in complaining. Also, in OT, DEF made some bad plays and that nailed the final nail. It happens. Then again, seeing their season, it's sort of a big deal they made it that far, IMO. The Chargers ran all around the Colts and dodged tackles (that some of the DEF seemed to pass the buck on). Terrible.

Now, I root my home team ahead and hope the draft has something good for the Colts next year.

Edit: Also, the run game kind of wasn't there, so that also didn't help and the Offense didn't capitalize on the turnovers that the Defense won them (big mistake).

Joe Rocket

01-05-2009, 03:26 AM

Dammit I almost had a stroke in the bar because of Philly.

looks like I didn't missed must with the Ravens-Dolphins game
(congrats to Miami for a turnaround season though)

O/T but please when will they JUST DO FREAKIN PLAYOFFS for COLLEGE FOOTBALL?!?!? I'm sick of these blowout bowls

bluestars87

01-05-2009, 03:33 AM

O/T but please when will they JUST DO FREAKIN PLAYOFFS for COLLEGE FOOTBALL?!?!? I'm sick of these blowout bowls
When capitalism doesn't exist anymore.

Joe Rocket

01-05-2009, 05:55 AM

When capitalism doesn't exist anymore.

Yay! :bang:

Juvenyle

01-11-2009, 11:41 AM

So anyone got any predictions on the super bowl winner? I have the Eagles beating the Steelers.

scan2001

01-11-2009, 05:07 PM

I think the ravens are the real deal and they're going to win the superbowl.

Joe Rocket

01-12-2009, 02:40 AM

I can't even call it.

I was wrong about most of my picks this week(except with the Steelers)

jindojim

01-12-2009, 05:47 AM

I think the ravens are the real deal and they're going to win the superbowl.
:clap:

bluestars87

01-12-2009, 06:30 AM

I'm surprised the Cardinals are in an NFC championship game. I thought Atlanta was certainly going to take care of them in the first round...and I was positive that Carolina would blow them out of the water. But they've made it this far and they deserve it.

haterllnation

01-12-2009, 09:39 PM

Well, I shall be watching the Super Bowl for the commercials. Damn.

bluestars87

01-19-2009, 08:14 AM

The Arizona Cardinals? Definitely shocked.

haterllnation

01-19-2009, 08:15 AM

Well, if they win the Superbowl, I'll be as "shocked" as they'd want me to be.

Jetsetlemming

01-19-2009, 12:24 PM

Everyone's bummed about the Eagles. Lol.

Juvenyle

01-20-2009, 06:07 PM

If Curtis didn't get knocked down after schooling Hood, he would have tooken it to the house. You have to at least call a pass interference there, oh well steelers win another super bowl.

Kai

01-20-2009, 10:19 PM

I'm gunning for the Steelers all the way.:clap:

haterllnation

02-02-2009, 05:10 AM

Now, another ring for the Steelers. Cardinals almost had it, too. At least it was a pretty close game.

Mastiker

02-02-2009, 05:24 AM

Holy fuck, that last few minutes.

Kai

02-02-2009, 05:27 AM

I turned the game off when the Cardinals scored that touchdown making it 23-20. Figured it was over for the Steelers with how the Cards were playing. Came back just in time to see the replay of the game winning touchdown for Pittsburgh.

haterllnation

02-02-2009, 05:43 AM

I felt bad for Fitzgerald. He brought it back and at the end he's like "No, no, no...". I would have been pissed. There was too much time with it being 23-20. Also, they had a chance to get down field for at least a FG. They had better plans though.

riona

02-02-2009, 05:52 AM

I didn't watch...who won?

More importantly...were there any good commercials?

haterllnation

02-02-2009, 05:59 AM

Read up a few posts. There were a few...and a few 3-D commercials. I had my glasses, too.

riona

02-02-2009, 06:12 AM

Read up a few posts. There were a few...and a few 3-D commercials. I had my glasses, too.
Whoops. Missed that post. 3D commericals? I didn't hear anything about that...trippy...

haterllnation

02-02-2009, 06:24 AM

Yeah, it was right before the half-time show. It was for the movie "Monsters Vs. Aliens." Then, there were a few extra commercials that were also in 3-D. Around here, they were giving away the glasses at grocery stores.

bluestars87

02-02-2009, 07:57 AM

Not the worst Super Bowl I've seen, but not the greatest. Seems like it took forever for the actual contest to get started. I can't stand how the event has all of these musical performances and all of these commercials. Adds like an extra hour and a half to the game.

puzzo

02-02-2009, 09:42 AM

I had a nice buzz by the end of the game, right when it actually started getting interesting. Sadly at one point in the game I stuck around for the commercials just to leave and get beer when they were over.

I hate when one play is the difference in the game, especially when it happens at halftime.:bored:

Kai

02-02-2009, 03:40 PM

The only commercials that really caught my eye were the ones for the live action GI Joe movie and Star Trek. Other then that, there were just way too many of them.

Duke Luke of Juke

02-02-2009, 03:46 PM

The whole super bowl commercial thing is really counter-intuitive for me. I spend my life ignoring commercials, only to try to pay attention to them for this one day of the year. I found myself walking to the fridge, or changing channels, several times during the commercials out of habit alone.

The game was good though. I felt bad for the Cardinals, they were pretty dang close. That pick-six to close the first half was pretty much the difference in the game.

Swede

02-02-2009, 06:08 PM

The game was good though. I felt bad for the Cardinals, they were pretty dang close. That pick-six to close the first half was pretty much the difference in the game.

Indeed. Though I've been pretty lucky the past several years with one of my teams (Pats since I was born in MA, Colts since I was raised in IN) usually in the bowl, this year I wasn't expecting to be too excited about the game. It ended up being really close though, with some great plays like the one you mentioned.

bluestars87

02-02-2009, 08:22 PM

Indeed. Though I've been pretty lucky the past several years with one of my teams (Pats since I was born in MA, Colts since I was raised in IN) usually in the bowl, this year I wasn't expecting to be too excited about the game. It ended up being really close though, with some great plays like the one you mentioned.
You're a Colts and Patriots fan? Wow that's like me being a 49ers and Cowboys fan. No way.

Swede

02-02-2009, 09:14 PM

Haha, yeah, it's a bit odd, and I definitely get a lot of shit around here for being a Pats fan, but I at least have an excuse for liking both of them.

haterllnation

02-02-2009, 10:09 PM

Haha, yeah, it's a bit odd, and I definitely get a lot of shit around here for being a Pats fan, but I at least have an excuse for liking both of them.

GTFO...:bang: jk...not really.

Juvenyle

02-02-2009, 10:46 PM

haterllnation

02-03-2009, 12:26 AM

Yeah, that personal foul ruined his 100 yrd. run (even if he was pissed at being held or getting a block he didn't like) because they will show that, then, show his personal foul. Though, in his defense, you try to go for a low shot, expect some retaliation.

IMO, celebrations are exciting. As long as it stays in the end zone and is right after, it should be okay (C. "Ocho Cinco" Johnson is an example of an excessive celebration). Some of the rules the NFL has are kind of lame.

Juvenyle

02-03-2009, 01:02 AM

Yeah, I'm not for the celebration penalty either but if your going to enforce it and then in the biggest stage not call it what message does that send? Also the Kurt Warner fumble looked like he had possession throwing it, I'm not really a fan of either team but it seems like its been 2 super bowls the refs had helped Pitt win.

bluestars87

02-03-2009, 03:28 AM

The Cardinals got screwed by the refs in that game imo. Santonio Holmes celebration would have been a penalty and a fine but they didn't throw a flag? Also on the Harrison pick six there was a blatant block in the back that wasn't called.
Disagree. It wasn't a block in the back. Lamar Woodley clearly sprinted right into Tim Hightower's shoulder:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9343/100ydintut3.jpg

If Hightower couldn't see Woodley coming then I could see your point.

There were other things int he game that should have been called though. Such as the celebration on Santonio Holmes touchdown and the final play of the game which apparently wasn't even reviewed. It looked clear that Warner's arm was going forward. It was even more obvious that the previous play in the game when it happened.

If it was a blowout contest then I could see them not enforcing the rules as much maybe. Or rather, getting away with it. But the Cardinals could have gotten 15 more yards on their drive and more time on the clock to toss a hail mary up to Larry Fitzgerald or something. And he's the best wide receiver in the league to make that last resort catch. He's done it before.