NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES LIVE THREAD

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[mainepatsfan]

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[mainepatsfan]

Now that the Cardinals have FINALLY made it to a conference championship game obviously with a win today they'll be making their first trip to the Super Bowl. In addition to the Cardinals the Browns, Texans, Jaguars, Lions, and Saints have never played in the big game. Of these other five teams which one do you folks believe are the closest to breaking through that Super Bowl celing?

[mainepatsfan]

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[Pharmboy]

I dunno exactly why, but I think the Houston Texans will be in the playoffs next year and make it to the AFC Championship game before the others.

[BIGLOOK]

Of these other five teams which one do you folks believe are the closest to breaking through that Super Bowl celing?

Hmmmm.....The Lions?

[mainepatsfan]

If the Saints can improve their defense they might get back into the hunt.

[philly-d-kidder]

E-A-G-L-E-S...............................

[Dysart]

Present!

[mainepatsfan]

A GOP Presidential candidate will carry Michigan before the Lions play in the Super Bowl.

[rintense]

Go Cards! Go Steelers!

[mainepatsfan]

It’s interesting that the ‘85 Patriots were the only team to win three road games to reach the Super Bowl until the Steelers did it in 2005. The Giants of course did the same thing last year and the Eagles are one win away from accomplishing the same thing again this year. What the heck happened to home field advantage??

[philly-d-kidder]

Houston texans are next to the dance

[cleveland gop]

Thanks!!!

Brain is winning out over heart this week I’m afraid......

IGGLES 31 CARDINALS 24
RAVENS 6 STILLERS 17

[mainepatsfan]

All week I’ve been hearing that NBC wants an all Pennsylvania Super Bowl....so that tells me it’s not going to happen.

[Dysart]

I see where the Giants are after one Dom Capers to replace Spags. That would be an excellent move.

[philly-d-kidder]

hahahah i am not complaining!!! hahahahahahahaha

[mainepatsfan]

Houston texans are next to the dance

That'd really make the folks in Detroit happy. /s

[JustaCowgirl]

Of these other five teams which one do you folks believe are the closest to breaking through that Super Bowl celing?

My uneducated opinion, listed in order of closest to you gotta' be kidding me:

Saints
Browns
Texans
Jaguars
Lions

[Clemenza]

I want the Steelers to take it all, but want to see the Cards STOMP the “Iggles” and watch the latters homothug fans cry in their Keystones.

[cleveland gop]

Saints, when their defense improves.....

Browns, never. At least not until that team plays in front of an empty stadium for 3 years, to match the 3 years there was no football in this city.

[KevinDavis]

I think the Cardinals have a good shot.. Has any team not played in the NFC Championship game since the merger???

[mnehring]

Bump for the Cards to finally knock off the Steelers (just kidding, this isn’t Bizarro World.)

[mainepatsfan]

Historically the home field advantage has meant the least in this round of the playoffs. I think it’s simply because the road team that gets this far is usually pretty damn good on the road to begin with.

[ml/nj]

The NFL has absolutely no respect for the fans who come to see these games live and little more for those of us who have to watch on television. That the Pittsburgh game, which could have been played in sunshine, or daylight at least, will be played at night when it is 20 degrees colder is obscene. It's 12:30 here on the east coast, and my body is ready for football to start a half hour from now. Are there really going to be enough more people who are going to watch at these unusual hours to disrupt the body rhythms of loyal fans?

ML/NJ

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

[mainepatsfan]

I think the Cardinals have a good shot.. Has any team not played in the NFC Championship game since the merger???

The only one not to have made it one yet are the expansion Texans. Yes the Lions have actually been to one.

[mainepatsfan]

I had to sit through sub arctic temperatures a few years ago in the TEN-NE divisonal playoff game. It was also at night.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Cold and snowy here in Pittsburgh today. Its supposed to be around 20 degrees w/light snow (one to three more inches expected). Wind shouldn’t be an issue. Just thought I would share...

Terrible Towels are currently at rest and ready to strike.

[KevinDavis]

You mean the kittens.. They don’t deserve the name Lions..

[Allegra]

I dunno exactly why, but I think the Houston Texans will be in the playoffs next year and make it to the AFC Championship game before the others.

I LIKE the way you think. :-D

[big'ol_freeper]

Ok, we have two potentially enjoyable matches today:

Vs Vs

Lace 'em up boys!

[mainepatsfan]

I can still remember as a ten year old kid watching the 1986 AFC title game and Cleveland downing the ball on the Denver two yard line my father telling me “that’s the ball game.” I still poke him about that.

[KevinDavis]

Go Buzzards!!! Go Stools!!!!

[mainepatsfan]

I don’t think weather was going to be much of an advantage for either team.

[big'ol_freeper]

Same sentiment here!! And that ain’t no sh..!

[07Jack]

As I said on an earlier thread; I know I will never be able to convince neutral-town conservative NFL fans to back the Eagles over the Cards. But ain't this picture a gem for us Eagle Fans. GO EAGLES!

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Really, here in the Burgh, those who are lucky enough to have game tix don’t really care about the elements. I have sat out thru worse @both the Ketchup Bottle and old 3Rivers...and we yunzers just consider it ‘atmosphere.’

[cleveland gop]

We all said it at that moment the ball was touched at the 2.

I was 20, and at that second I think I was jumping up and down in celebration, like a 2 year old on Christmas morning.......

Then Marty Schottenheimer called for the damn PREVENT DEFENSE, and the rest is history.

[Pharmboy]

Hey...after viewing your home page, I will now ROOT for your beloved Texans (as a Giants fan, I have NO PROBLEM pulling for an AFC team)! Thanks for your patriotic service...stay safe.

[martin_fierro]

[07Jack]

“Keystones”

If your refering to Beer, most of us prefer Yuengling over Keystone.
GO BIRDS!
E-A-G-L-E-S
EAGLES!

[gusopol3]

I don’t understand the scheduling. You have the game in the West , played indoors in a balmy climate in the afternoon, then you have the game in the East, played outdoors at night in a frigid climate. I’m sorry, seems backward in every regard. I know a small, vocal faction will say, “it’s supposed to be icy, yadayada.” But the NFL gave up on that concept from Superbowl I, when they scheduled it in warm cities or domed stadiums ever since. And so did every college bowl game from Rose Bowl I.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Baltimore shouldn’t be at a too mush of a snow/cold disadvantage...but figure in crowd noise (and the HF open end wind patterns) and there is a definite home field advantage.

:)

[mainepatsfan]

The 3rd and 18 completion to Jackson was the killer.

[Abbeville Conservative]

Abbeville Conservative reporting in for the Ravens. I don't expect us to win today as we are a banged up and worn out team BUT that's why they play the games.

GO RAVENS!!!

[mainepatsfan]

What happens is the later game is worth more money to the networks because it goes into prime time. So Fox and CBS rotate each year on who gets the later conference championship game.

[Abbeville Conservative]

Looking good!!! I need to send Sarah a Ravens jersey. :)

[big'ol_freeper]

Yuengling is ok for a domestic. Still panther piss though.

[mainepatsfan]

If Pittsburgh is smart they’ll keep the ball as far away from Ed Reed as possible. If they do that they should be in good shape.

[ml/nj]

Really, here in the Burgh, those who are lucky enough to have game tix don’t really care about the elements.

Hard for me to believe. I still remember being pi$$t that the 1986 Giants-Redskins Conference Championship game started here in the dark with the winds howling. I'm not sure I've ever been colder. At 1 PM that day, it was sunny and reasonably nice for January.

ML/NJ

[big'ol_freeper]

Here it is in a nutshell. The night game gets the better ratings so by contract they alternate year to year which network gets the night game.