Football Season

[Fathom Zero]

Is anyone else watching?

I'm watching the Dolphins @ Steelers game.

Dolphins 16 > Steelers 14 as of this moment.
This is a close game, but it shouldn't be. Come on! It's the friggin' Dolphins! Who loses to the Dolphins? Oh yeah. That's right. The Patriots Dynasty loses to the Dolphins. The Steelers don't. I know that much.

I have a feeling that this will be a rough season on Pittsburgh.

Your thoughts?

[Fathom Zero]

RUN LIKE THE WIND, CHARLIE BATCH!

Pittsburgh retakes the lead with a MASSIVE run by Charlie.

20 > 16 in the Steelers' favor.

[Fathom Zero]

BAM! Joey Porter intercepts the ball and runs it in for a touchdown.

Goddamn, I love this game.

[Grislygus]

My dad was watching that game. I'm more of a hockey man, myself.

[Gorlack the Destroyer]

Im more of a Jai Alai man meself.

[Grislygus]

In regards to the sport, or the gambling involved?


Anyway, weren't two brothers facing off in the Dolphins/Steelers game? I recall something along those lines.

[DamnthatDavid]

Go Seahawks.

God damn refs called the game last year. WE SHOULD OF WON. >:

[Fathom Zero]

Anyway, weren't two brothers facing off in the Dolphins/Steelers game? I recall something along those lines.

Naw, that's the upcoming Colts and Giants game, I think it's Colts @ Giants. Don't quote me on that, though. It is between quarterbacks Eli and Peyton Manning, Giants and Colts respectively.

And the Seahawks came entirely out of left field for me last season. I can't remember what they did to get so good or if it was just a stroke of luck. But I did know that corrupt refs had things to do with Pitt. winning the SB last year. I was still rooting for them all the way, though. Here we go, Steelers, Here we go. *Clap* *Clap*

[timrpgland]

Yeah I watched the game and cheered as Culpepper threw back to back interceptions in his debut for Miami against the Steelers even though I hate the Steelers.

GO VIKES! ;)

[the_dudefather]

YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL??

[RaNkeri]

lol @ American football :lol

Real Football (Or as you name it "Soccer") FTW

[timrpgland]

It's funny how fans of a sport as big as "soccer" (yes) have such penis envy.

[executioneer]

lol @ American football :lol

Real Football (Or as you name it "Soccer") FTW

hey rankeri how about never saying ftw again ftw >:

[Fathom Zero]

Fusbol is for wussies. Soccer doesn't have yard lines.

[GADZOOKS]

Come on folks let's hit a touchdown, countdown

10

[Sam]

9

[GADZOOKS]

8

http://dcwi.com/~laf56ers/images/ref.jpg

uh oh 5 yard penalty

13

[RaNkeri]

And why the fuck is the game's name Football? The players usually carry the ball most of the game time >:

[GADZOOKS]

http://www.geocities.com/televisioncity/4094/seinfeld.mid

[HickMan]

I'm not that big a fan of pro football. But if I had to choose a team I'd choose the Bengals. I've always sorta liked them. Even when they blew the big one.

College football is so much better :rolleyes

GO OSU BUCKS!

I'm also the mascot for my highschool and I lose 8 pounds a game!

[Juttin]

Steelers...Dolphins....BORING.....


Where's the Broncos ? :/

[HickMan]

OSU beat Texas! WOOO!!!

[Gorlack the Destroyer]

Steelers...Dolphins....BORING.....


Where's the Broncos ? :/

KISSIN' THE RAMS' ASS

[DamnthatDavid]

Seahawks just beat the Lions in the most boring game I have ever seen. God damn, we lost our best left side blockers, and Hasselbeck was playing slightly injured, and NOT A SINGLE GOD DAMN TOUCH DOWN IN THE ENTIRE GAME.

Niether team got within 10 yards of a touch down. And the game was won through ONLY FIELDGOAL KICKS. 9 to 6. It was Sad. the Seahawks had better kick it up a notch.

[Marc Summers]

WHY THE HELL DOESN'T L.A. HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM YET??!?!??!

I'm not talking about stealing the Raiders again, but I mean, it's the second largest city in the country, so why D:

[executioneer]

duck season, fire

[WhiteRat]

Fathom do we dare bring this thread to signifigance? My knowledge of college and pro football is vast. I'm game. R U Ready?

[timrpgland]

Oh I'm game too... don't let the fact that I'm last in one of the 2 fantasy football leagues I'm in take away from my signifigance too. PLEASE GUYS! :(

Bears at Vikes this weekend... Bears scare me. :wah

[WhiteRat]

The Bears? Eh, it's a North game so anything goes. I'm still not sold on Grossman yet. He has the all of the physical skills to run a big game but the mental part is lacking, me thinks. Maybe I haven't gotten over the fact that he was cocky as fuck in college. Who knows.

But at the risk of being labeled a homer, my predictions of the Vikings/Bears game is this...

Vikings 24 - Bears 13

I'm banking on a strong Vikes D and a solid but poor when it counts Bears Offense.

[timrpgland]

I'm not entirely sold on Rex either but the Bears are considering last year they let Orton go back on the bench after their great run. I am sold on the Bears defense once again though and it's going to be a tough go for the Vikes no matter how well the Vikes defense plays.

I'm anticipating a very low scoring game and I am a homer so I'll always say the Vikes are going to win (yes, even if it's a nfc championship game against the Giants)....

13-10 Vikes

[WhiteRat]

Hey, the Giants intercepted Culpepper's plays...or maybe they found our playbook the night before...Sadly, those are the excuse that the Vikings fans that I now use to justify such a poor outing. I point the blame for that debacle squarely at Denny "the sherrif" Green.

[GADZOOKS]

I hope the Bears lose too because football is ruining my city.

[timrpgland]

15 minutes and counting til my VCR gets to record the Bears first loss! ;) :(

[Juttin]

Haha...Broncos beat the Chiefs last week.
I expect them to win this week, too

[timrpgland]

Bullshit.. Damn those Bears.

[Fathom Zero]

I missed the Bengals @ Steelers game, could anyone tell me the outcome?

[DamnthatDavid]

Holy Shit in a flaming Pooper Scooper

Seahawks are pounding the Giants in the Ass.

42 Seahawks to 17 Giants in the 4th Quarter.

I imagine the Seahawks at this time are taking a lazie-faire attitude about everything. So, the giants might make a couple more points, but eh. I won't hold my breath if I was a giant fan.

[Juttin]

Broncos > Patriots

10-0 in 3rd Quarter.

[Fathom Zero]

Fuck the Patriots, smug bastards and their "Dynasty".

[WhiteRat]

Why the quotes around the word dynasty? Are you implying that they don't deserve that label? Please tell me that 3 Super Bowls in 4 years does warrant the dynasty label.

Plz help me my sarcasm machine is broken.

[Juttin]

The Broncos were almost division champions last year, this year they're just securing that they WILL be in the big game.

Also, what about college? Iowa is undefeated, again. Even beat the Cyclones in the CyHawk game.

[WhiteRat]

After years of devoting most of my time to the NFL, I can safely say that I enjoy college football much more than the pros. There are just so many teams to root for and so many rivalries and big games to watch.

This weekend myself and a few friends will be in attendance for the Minnesota-Michigan game. Last year the Golden Gophers beat the Wolverines for the first time since 1986. A repeat of last year won't happen because we (the gophs) lost 3 all-americans including Patriots number 1 pick Laurence Maroney. I expect the Wolverines to blow us out by at least 21 points, but i'll be so shitfaced during the game that I won't even care.

[Schimid]

I'm supposed to like Baltimore but I've always been a big Carolina fan. I mean they have TWO STATES

[timrpgland]

I enjoy college football a lot but I like the NFL better. Big names, big salaries and no respect. It's perfect.

[WhiteRat]

Tonight I went to the Minnesota-Michigan game and even though I saw my beloved gophers fall 28-14, I still got wasted and enjoyed a pretty good game. And due to getting seats right at field level, my friend and I were on ESPN frantically flailing our limbs about in an intoxicated fashioned. That's the closest i've ever been to the action and I must say it was fun as hell.

[Fathom Zero]

Awesome.

My team has a bye this week, so I won't be as enthusiastic about football until the next week.

And by the way the XFL owns NFL and College ball, suckas.

[Juttin]

Does anybody know who won the Ohio-Iowa game?
If it was Iowa, then we're #1. Literally.

[GADZOOKS]

Help me internet I need to find a recent sports score.

[WhiteRat]

The Ohio State Buckeyes are your 2006-07 National Champions.

[executioneer]

hey guys are you ready for the football

[WhiteRat]

A monday night party?

[executioneer]

cuz i heard some guy say you weren't ready for the foodball

[WhiteRat]

Who is that guy? Tell me now, or will you let him hide in shame behind you?

[GADZOOKS]

I'm not ready, give me another 20 years.

[WhiteRat]

20 years? We don't have time to wait for you. Get out of here and go watch Madden's fatass on NBC.

[HickMan]

OSU OSU OSU

[WhiteRat]

I think you mean YSU YSU YSU

[executioneer]

you guys those words are spelt wrong

[GADZOOKS]

The Big Lebowski

[Juttin]

I'm, The Dude, man

[Esuohlim]

OSU OSU OSU

grrrrrrr how dare u

Apparently my college is sucking at football so far and I'm supposed to be mad about it or something idk.

[WhiteRat]

And what school would that be?

[Esuohlim]

Here's a hint: We lost last Saturday against Illinois for the first time in 14 years :lol

[WhiteRat]

Oh, so you mean to tell me that you go to a school called Michigan State, who's Spartan namesake tends to FAIL every year? Especially this year when they have a Heisman caliber QB named Drew Stanton?

EAST LANSING

[WhiteRat]

What a great day for upsets in the college world. Vandy takes out Georgia(which to me isn't a shock given the 'Dogs lethargic offense) and Indiana squeaks by Iowa. Also, Adrian Peterson is done for the year and probably will not return to Oklahoma next year, instead opting for the NFL Draft.

My beloved Gophers got thier asses handed to them by 'Sconnie putting them at 2-5 for the season. Frustrating times, I tell ya.

[Esuohlim]

We sucked again today :lol

[Juttin]

Fuck :/

Iowa was undefeated up until the Ohio State game
Then, it just went downhill.

Oh well, at least the Broncos are dominating.
Be sure to watch their inevitable Super-Bowl game.

[WhiteRat]

We sucked again today :lol

Them silly Spartans.

[WhiteRat]

Here's the clip of the huge brawl between Miami and Florida International:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JWeE9KqZjQ

I love how Brandon Merriweather(19) pulled the Marcus Vick stomp on that guy times 25. He can say goodbye to his scholarship and getting drafted in the first round. Also, an injured FIU player charged onto the field and was swinging his crutch at the Canes.

I LOVE IT.

[executioneer]

i still don't believe you guys will ever be ready for the football

[thebiggameover]

juttin is back???

[thebiggameover]

i cant beleave the cards. i fucking hate the sports in this town...

[WhiteRat]

If Dennis Green wasn't coaching them I would be rooting for the Cards. Leinart was one of my favorite college players and Fitz is from my home state, it's just that Denny plagued the Vikings for 10 seasons so I hope he rots in hell.

[timrpgland]

I hate the Bears.

[GADZOOKS]

me too, The Bulls won 6 championships and had one of the greasted players that ever lived but people here can't stop talking about the time the bears won one 20 years ago while dancing and wearing gay headbands.

[WhiteRat]

But Rodman had wacky hair!

[ScruU2wice]

I think leinart is a prick so I think Arizona should've lost simply because they started him.

I hate how everyone is talking about 16-0 eventhough it's 6 games in.

[Fathom Zero]

Sweet, Pittsburgh stomped a mud hole in Kansas City's ass.

[WhiteRat]

I think leinart is a prick so I think Arizona should've lost simply because they started him.

I hate how everyone is talking about 16-0 eventhough it's 6 games in.

How so? The guy is a good competitor with a good attitude towards the game. I haven't seen anything really negative about him and i've been watching him since 2003.

Espn needs another storyline to beat into the ground and the Bears are the closest thing they have to one this year (The Saints are a close second).

[ScruU2wice]

How so? The guy is a good competitor with a good attitude towards the game. I haven't seen anything really negative about him and i've been watching him since 2003.

He dated Paris hilton, he's best friends with Nick Lechette, and the only class he took his senior year was dance.

I'm sure there are tons of more things that paint the sweet picture of a shark tooth necklace, roofie slipping, jock he is but I didn't feel like researching any more than the ones espn shoved in my face. He can play football that's lovely, but that's the last thing of his celebrity I care about.

[Juttin]

Leave Captain Bubba alone :(

[WhiteRat]

How so? The guy is a good competitor with a good attitude towards the game. I haven't seen anything really negative about him and i've been watching him since 2003.

He dated Paris hilton, he's best friends with Nick Lechette, and the only class he took his senior year was dance.

I'm sure there are tons of more things that paint the sweet picture of a shark tooth necklace, roofie slipping, jock he is but I didn't feel like researching any more than the ones espn shoved in my face. He can play football that's lovely, but that's the last thing of his celebrity I care about.

As far as him only taking dance, he was redshirted his freshman year which means he is granted an extra year of playing elegibility. In order for him to remain enrolled in school and play on the team he had to take at least one class. So he took dance, who cares.
And the celebrity status issue, he played at SoCal and won a Heisman. Of course he's going to be treated like a celebrity. Had he played at let's say Washington State or even Texas, he wouldn't of gotten that type of exposure.

I like the roofie slipping jock comment, too. Were you perhaps stuffed in a trash can by a football player in high school?

[WhiteRat]

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9350/greenhs9.jpg

[thebiggameover]

a dude at work had a card shirt on with a paper taped on the back that said "worst team ever"...

[WhiteRat]

You can thank Dennis Green for that.

[timrpgland]

I loved the Dennis Green comment after the Bears game but yeah the Cardinals suck.

The Vikings looked good on Sunday even though Matt got injured and Shaun was out.

[thebiggameover]

dear PIT:

please dont start big ben. batch can win this next one.

xxoo
thebiggameover

[Fathom Zero]

Batch has lots of potential, he just gets outshined too much by Benny. I hope to see him play more in the future.

[GADZOOKS]

More about Football Season on my Sports Blog: Sportos

http://www.novirginsallowed.com/fyb/sportos/

[WhiteRat]

Batch has lots of potential, he just gets outshined too much by Benny. I hope to see him play more in the future.

dude, you do know that Batch has been in the league for like 9 years, right? His potential to flourish faded years ago in Detroit. He's a serviceable backup at best. That's it and that's all man.

[thebiggameover]

i think for this game they could have maddox. i just dont want ben hurt again. you know there gonna go after him hard. steelers are my fav team and i dont want them to fuck up this year....

[WhiteRat]

Maddox don't play fo the Steelers no mo.

[thebiggameover]

wtf pit??? why? what the hell are you doing?

[Fathom Zero]

I like Maddox better when he played insurance salesman.

And I didn't know Batch has been there for years. I don't ever hear much of him, probably because he IS a backup. Oh well. He's a serviceable quarterback when the situation calls for it.

Ben's gettng trashed over and over and it's really painful to watch him get hurt now. WE NEED OPTIONS.

[WhiteRat]

I liked Maddox better when he played for the Los Angeles Xtreme.

[GADZOOKS]

I tore my ACL, I might be out for the season.

[Esuohlim]

Speaking of sports in general, how about those Tigers? :lol

[GADZOOKS]

How em-BEAR-assing :lol

[WhiteRat]

Em-BEAR-assing for you know, but it's embarassing for me to see my Vikings lose to the god damn 49ers 9-3.

[GADZOOKS]

I hope the Bears lose too because football is ruining my city.

:rolleyes

[WhiteRat]

Well at least the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers kept thier Bowl hopes alive by pummeling Indiana 63-26. Now we have two winnable games against MSU and Iowa and then it's Insight.com Bowl here we come!

[Esuohlim]

Not so fast there, WhiteRat. Since our coach recently got fired that'll really give us the motivation we'll need to win on Saturday. :rolleyes

[WhiteRat]

MSU is one the most inconsistent teams around. One day they'll bring a solid team to the field that will go toe to toe with a top team and they'll get blown out by a bottom feeder the next. Minnesota, we just lack talent this year. With only 9 seniors and one of the best defensive players (Trumaine Banks) out for the year I expect Stanton to tear up our D. But we're desperate (as is MSU) for a win so really in my mind it's a toss-up as to who's going to keep thier bowl hopes alive. I'm going to play the homer card and say Minnesota 24-MSU 20.

[liquidstatik]

hey what about arkansas, guys
are we doing good this year?

[Cliff Steele]

8-1, the best Arkansas team in a long long time

[WhiteRat]

Yeah, McFadden is an absolute beast and freshman QB Mitch Mustain will do great things in years to come.

[WhiteRat]

Not so fast there, WhiteRat. Since our coach recently got fired that'll really give us the motivation we'll need to win on Saturday. :rolleyes

MSU is really bad.

[Esuohlim]

Haha, we've won one game in two months. It actually shocks me that we're not the ranked lowest in the Big Ten right now.

[WhiteRat]

I had high hopes for Stanton this year but the Spartans' shitty season can't be pinned on all on him. Alot of it has to do with horrible coaching but that problem has already been taken care of.

So who you guys think is going to take the figurative cake, Ohio State or Michigan? I'm going with tOSU 27-Michigan 21.

[thebiggameover]

im going for Michigan because my boss is a huge fan, and it will make my day at work much easy-er.....

[Esuohlim]

I technically got accepted into Michigan but they never let me know until after the last day to confirm acceptance into a college, and they had scholarships all ready to go that were a bitch to get transfered over to Michigan State instead.

For this reason they are total fuckers and I hope Ohio State wins. >:

[timrpgland]

Football is dead to me this year until the Vikings get 2 wins in a row. :(

[WhiteRat]

I will always be a Vikings fan no matter how bad they do, but this year they have taken a back seat to the U of M. I guess with a new coaching staff and new schemes on both sides of the ball I don't expect much out of them this year. Plus, as long as we make it into the playoffs that's all I really care about anyway.

College football, on the other hand, has no playoffs and even games in the 1st or 2nd game of the season can be just as important as the final game. To me it's a lot more exciting and makes each game a must watch (unless your team is Temple, then you won't be watching at all).

[timrpgland]

DEAD TO ME I TELL YOU!!!

[WhiteRat]

Dead like the Viking offense?

[thebiggameover]

how fitting that the Vikings beat the cards. and the PIT is out of the playoffs.... :(

[timrpgland]

DEAD TO ME!

[ArrowX]

hey guys the Halo 3 trailer is running tonight on monday night footsball

[WhiteRat]

Anyone excited about the upcoming college Bowl games? I know esuohlim isn't, but i'm sure someone other than myself will be watching such soon to be classics as the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl or the Papajohns.com Bowl.

I'm' looking forward to watching the U of Minn get destroyed by the third best passing attack in the country in Texas Tech. It's not going to be pretty.

[WhiteRat]

I'm waking up after 5 hours of sleep to catch the Minnesota-Texas Tech game. I'm sure all of you will be watching it as well so I expect a full synopsis (meaning myself) once the Gophers run all over the Tech D.

[GADZOOKS]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[WhiteRat]

Wow, i'm not even safe from the torment on i-mock.

What can I say? We have a terrible coaching staff that seemingly refuses to make adjustments. The players were on cloud 9 after going up 38-7 halfway through the third, and once again Coach Mason refused to change up anything as TT rolled right through our terrible secondary. I guess the only bright side of this is that even though we had a collapse of epic proportions we didn't get blown out, which was what most experts and fans expected. If it makes you laugh even harder, this game ruined a damn good week I was having and for the first time in my life ever i'm embarrassed to be a Gopher fan.

:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

[GADZOOKS]

I wouldn't of even known if they didn't annouce it after the Bulls game.

It's the only time I related something on TV to someone on this website.*

*Besides that awful Office Space commercial which remindsme of that Carnivore, ugh*

*also the trailer for the movie Waiting

[HickMan]

OH







IO!

[WhiteRat]

Shouldn't you be rooting for Pete?

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q15/JerkDouglas/peteaquabackground.gif

[noob3]

tommorw is the only one ill be watching, go ou

[WhiteRat]

I love how the media is supposedly "stunned" that Boise State pulled off the win. Honestly, I'm not the least bit surprised. For one, the Sooners aren't THAT great this year and two, Boise plays some damn good football. Granted they play in the WAC, but if you put them in the MWC or the Big 12, this same team goes 11-1, maybe 10-2.

[Esuohlim]

I may not like football, but I appreciate the annhilation of Michigan after a month of "we're good enough for the fucking BCS Championship game what the fuck we got robbed we're too fucking good for the goddamned Rose Bowl".

U of M fans are the worst, they might as well be anime fans >:

[BlueOatmeal]

Did you guys ever watch "Playmakers" on ESPN? It was a fun show about the off-the-field antics of the players of the Carolina Cougars.

I liked it bunches and I really wanted it to go past season 1 but the NFL didn't like it so ESPN got rid of it.:(

[thebiggameover]

well well. deenny green is gone. maybe the cards can actualy be good for once. but the lions still have there coach....

[noob3]

I love how the media is supposedly "stunned" that Boise State pulled off the win. Honestly, I'm not the least bit surprised. For one, the Sooners aren't THAT great this year and two, Boise plays some damn good football. Granted they play in the WAC, but if you put them in the MWC or the Big 12, this same team goes 11-1, maybe 10-2.

im from oklahoma so i think the sooners are shit every year! and last night was one of the better games i've watched, everyone was so thrilled when we got ahead and that was even after we finally tied it up in the 4th quarter. and then boise scored with like 30 seconds left? but then the overtime bummed us all out :(

But we were bummed the whole game :(

[WhiteRat]

I may not like football, but I appreciate the annhilation of Michigan after a month of "we're good enough for the fucking BCS Championship game what the fuck we got robbed we're too fucking good for the goddamned Rose Bowl".

U of M fans are the worst, they might as well be anime fans >:

You and me both. Michigan fans are just as shitty as Miami fans.

I went to the Minnesota-Michigan game a few months ago and the cocky bastards had the balls to invade the Minnesota student tailgating area and start talking shit. Assholes.

[GADZOOKS]

http://www.youthink.com/quiz_images/quiz1609outcome1.jpg

SAW ITS LIKE THA CAP-U-LUTZ AND THE MON-TY-GOOS

[corpexec44]

last years game was awesome....this one doesn't have as much hype,osu probably wins.

[WhiteRat]

Last year's game had hype because both teams were undefeated and you had three future top 10 picks playing. I agree though, it was one of the best games i've ever seen.

I can't see Florida going toe to toe with OSU for 4 quarters. The Buckeyes have too much talent on both sides of the ball and Chris Leak is a poopy head who is marred by inconsistent play.

OSU 27 - UF 17

[WhiteRat]

Wow, Florida is up 34-14. I'll shut up now.

[Fathom Zero]

Fuck the Colts.

MAYBE IF MANNING COULD HOLD ONTO THE BALL FOR ONE GODDAMN MINUTE, THEY'D GET SOMEWHERE.

[the_stig]

GO EAGLES!!! oh wait...

[Geggy]

How about them Pats?

[Pentegarn]

How about them Pats?

To be honest, I don't see anyone being able to stop them from winning it all, especially after Brady carving Jacksonville up underneath like a Thanksgiving turkey and the "el foldo" of the Colts. It appears all of San Diego's talk about them knowing how to beat the Colts wasn't just bull after all, when you consider they beat them twice now this year.

I expect the Green Bay Packers and Pats will face off in what will likely be the highest rated Super Bowl to date.

[WhiteRat]

I love how this thread magically appears at the END of the football season.

With the messed up season that was college football this year I would've figured that this thread would've popped up alot earlier.

Go Pats.

[Esuohlim]

BTW WhiteRat sorry about Minnesota's abysmal season. I thought the Spartans going 4-8 last year was bad, but :x

[Fathom Zero]

I like Mike Tomlin and the Steelers but I haven't been able to see many games this year.

[WhiteRat]

BTW WhiteRat sorry about Minnesota's abysmal season. I thought the Spartans going 4-8 last year was bad, but :x

No worries over here. After that debacle against Texas Tech last year we fired our coach and implemented an entirely new offense and a new defense. The last coach left the cupboard bare as fare as talent so it's no surprise that we would struggle. I'll be honest when I say that I never thought we'd win 1 game, but shit happens I guess. We've been recruiting great high school players and with many players returning I predict we win at least 5 games next year.

[Pentegarn]

Looks like we have our Super Bowl set. New England Patriots vs. the New York Giants.

I would like to see New England win it at this point. It would be kind of cool to see a 19-0 season for the first time ever.

[Esuohlim]

"TOM BRADY WILL WIN BECAUSE I LIKE HIM" -- MY MOM

[Pentegarn]

Is it just me or is that something like every mom would say. My mom used to make declarations like that involving the Broncos. Then they would lose. The one year she didn't, they beat Green Bay.

Mom logic, what can you do?

[Geggy]

Pats 27
Giants 17

and that is my prediction for the final score in the superbowl. I was disappointed to see green bay lose. it would've been cool to see a rematch of pats vs packers from the 1996 superbowl in which brett favre and reggie white destroyed the pats. but the giants looks good, too, even without jeremy shockey. pats will take it all.

[Geggy]

"TOM BRADY WILL WIN BECAUSE I LIKE HIM" -- MY MOM

tell your mom that tom brady is a robot, period. its impossible that anyone could be as superior and intelligent as he is therefore he is a freakin robot.

[WhiteRat]

I love how everyone was bashing Maroney during the season for missing 4 games and that the Pats needed to draft McFadden. I would say judging from his last five performances that the Pats' running game is just fine.

[Geggy]

pats didnt have much of a running game in the start of the season, not that it mattered because of their passing game plans, the hurry up offense and their schemes have been phenomenal. i think other teams have underestimated their offense because several receivers like stallworth, gaffney and welker simply came out of nowhere and destroyed corner backs. but now that a lot of teams have figured out their offense tactics and started double teaming receivers especially moss, lawrence maroney has really stepped up big in the last few games when the running game was needed.

[WhiteRat]

I think you forgot to mention Chad Jackson. He's a gamechanger and a big reason why the Pats are on the verge of perfection.

What bothers me about all of the negative talk about the running game was that early to mid season the pundits were claiming that Maroney couldn't hack it and that last season's numbers were a result of splitting carries with Dillion. He was a damn good back in college (better than Marion Barber) and he's a damn good back in the NFL. It's just irks me that people are finally realizing this.