Bowl Games/Playoffs - Open Thread | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 hidden)
It's going to be interesting (none / 0)
I could see any of the AFC teams winning it all. As for the NFC, I think the Panthers are a lock to play...(fill in the blank, I have no idea).

Go Bears! Oh wait...never mind. :(

by Tom Hanc on 01/06/2009 04:10:20 PM EST

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NFC is second class... (none / 0)
I think you're right. Carolina will win the NFC which is like saying you were the king of the lesser teams! I love how at the start of the year all the pick-em guys were in love with Eli Manning, Tony Romo and all the other young NFC qb's. They talked a big game about how the power was shifting away from the AFC, then when Brady went down everyone started making out with the Giants and Cowboys talking about how the NFC championship game was going to be the Super Bowl...OOOOOOPPPPPSSS! I'd be willing to bet Eli has a "Manning moment" this weekend after Philly sends 80 different blitz packages at him and he gets knocked down one to many times! The best way to beat either Manning is to jam their receivers and hit them in the mouth! You can see them start to pout and it's over from there! God help Eli if he makes it to the Super Bowl against Baltimore, Tennesse, or Pittsburgh! They'll have him on a suicide watch by half time!

by morosus on 01/06/2009 04:28:51 PM EST

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Not buying it (none / 0)
NFC was second class last year and which conference won the championship?

The Eastern Conference supposedly sucked last year but which team won it all (and is destroying teams left and right this year)?

The National League was brutal compared to the Powerhouses in the American League which is why the Phillies...oh wait, never mind.

I admit I'm biased in Chicago but the facts are the facts.
 
The NFC, Eastern Conference and National League consistently get shit on by the experts and fans on the other side, but the bottom line is who wins it all, not who looks impressive during the regular season.

:)

by Tom Hanc on 01/06/2009 04:46:44 PM EST

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The Giants played the game of their lives (none / 0)
The only reason the Giants won last year is because the ball bounced their way. I guarantee that if you played that game with the 2008 Pats Vs the 2008 Giants again and 9 times out of 10 the Pats dismantle the Giants. The Giants had a few key calls go their way and just played at a level that was way above their heads. The thing with the NFC is that they've consistently get the higher ratings time slots. Every year we're subjected to an abysmally awful Thanksgiving game. Plus ESPN has a giant hard on for...well, the Giants. I also can't stand the Cowboys self applied moniker of America's team! They haven't been a playoff team since Aikman...win something, then you can talk big! I'm actually only ever interested in the AFC and the NFC North. Those teams consistently play smash mouth football! Plus my wife's dad is from Minnesota, so I catch a lot of Vicking's games at his place.

by morosus on 01/06/2009 06:55:46 PM EST

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Probably (none / 0)
But that's the beauty of the NFL, you only get ONE shot. And NO ONE picked the Giants to win outside of New York.

Besides, I loved it since I HATE the Patriots.

by Tom Hanc on 01/06/2009 07:03:57 PM EST

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NFC East (none / 0)
Actually the groupthink hardon is for the entire NFC east...its the greatest football division ever put together didn't you know?  Giants, Cowboys, Redskins and Eagles.  Whichever of these teams are having the best season will be the ones fawned over by the hasbins (or never were's in the case of Keyshawn)...I mean "analysts" at ESPN, Fox, CBS, etc. 

by alphasigmookie on 01/06/2009 09:52:50 PM EST

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Spot on! (none / 0)
Good point! Spot on! It's the entire NFC East that gives the networks sports anchors the nice big chubby!

by morosus on 01/06/2009 10:42:40 PM EST

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Bowl Games/Playoffs - Open Thread | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 hidden)