NFL Football Discussion Thread ~ Final Week of Regular Season

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[Skooz]

Another Chiefs fan!

Oh well, another year. With a little D the Chiefs can make it to the Super Bowl next year. I really believe that.

Next year.........

[Let's Roll]

You're killin' me here. I'm really a Cowboy fan, Packers #2.

[dtel]

Dear Mike,
Please remove my name from the stadium.
Love,
Dad

[dtel]

Did you notice how Janikowski took the ball from the ref and then rolled it around in the glop before kicking it?
Pretty heady play.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Didn't notice that, but sounds like a good plan.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That Raiders , Chiefs game was painful to watch.

Go Chiefs, next year!

[Chi-townChief]

Hmmmmm ..... looks like the plot persists in thickening.

[h-roark]

Hey Chief- Dub and Counter I have now seen a couple of websites after the Chiefs loss indicating that if the beloved Brownies win tomorrow they are in? True?

Happy holidays!

[Chi-townChief]

I think the Browns will still need help from the Jets or Fins but it's starting to look better - gotta get that win against the Falcons, though!! GO BROWNS!!!

[BraveMan]

Lambeau Field At A Glance

Dedicated: Sept. 29, 1957, Green Bay 21, Chicago Bears 17.

Capacity: 66,110 in 2002... 60,890 in 2001... 71,500 in 2003 (approximately)... 32,500 in 1957 (original seating)

Original name: "City Stadium" (new City Stadium)

Original Cost: $960,000 (paid off in 1978)

Redevelopment Cost: $295 million (2001-03)

Renamed: Rededicated as Lambeau Field Sept. 11, 1965, following death of Curly Lambeau the previous June.

Owner: City of Green Bay and Green Bay/Brown County Professional Football Stadium District (operated/maintained by the team).

Field: Installed in May 2002, the surface is a Kentucky bluegrass hybrid (40% Princeton 105, 30% midnight, 20% aelphi, 10% touchtone). The sod sits atop a 3-6 inch soil foundation (Level 2), which includes columns of USGA-grade sand that promote drainage and maintain the grass through rain and snow. Beneath the soil is a 10-inch bed of sand (Level 3) atop a heating pipe network. Providing the base (Level 4) is a 4-inch bed of pea gravel and a drainage blanket.

Soil Warming System: Installed in 1997 to replace original system, installed by Vince Lombardi for 1967 season (failed during the Ice Bowl); current system contains more than 30 miles of radiant heating pipe, which maintains a root-zone temperature of 70-plus degrees during winter months.

Location: 1265 Lombardi Ave., southwest Green Bay.

Largest Crowd: 64,196 vs. Chicago Bears, Dec. 1, 2002.

NFL Championship Games: Three (1961, 1965 and 1967).

Packers All-Time Lambeau Record (1957-2001):
Regular Season: 134-82-4 (.618)
Postseason: 11-0-0 (1.000)
Overall: 143-82-4 (.633)

[Chi-townChief]

Found it !! From espn.com:

Cleveland clinches a playoff spot:
1. A win, Denver win and N.Y. Jets win;
2. A win and N.Y. Jets win;
3. A win, Denver win and Miami win or tie;
4. A win, and Miami win or tie;
5. A tie, N.Y. Jets loss or tie, New England loss or tie, Denver loss or tie, and San Diego loss or tie;
OR a loss, N.Y. Jets loss, Baltimore loss or tie, Denver loss, and San Diego loss.

*There are other scenarios in which Cleveland can clinch a playoff berth if it is determined that after this week's games they will own the strength of victory tiebreaker over the teams they are tied with.

Here's the page:
http://msn.espn.go.com/nfl/news/2002/1203/1470397.html

[CounterCounterCulture]

According to ESPN, the Indianapolis Colts have now clinched a playoff spot (wildcard) due to the Raiders knocking out the Chiefs.

[timestax]

Too bad the Brownies don't get to play the Cincinnati Bengals again, eh!!

[CounterCounterCulture]

Just think, if Dwayne Rudd hadn't thrown that helmet at the end of that first game against KC, the Browns would have been in the driver's seat. Now they need help.

[PRND21]

Go Colts Go

[Chi-townChief]

I can think of at least (3) more:

- The missed field goal in OT in the first Pittsburgh game.
- The interception of the go-ahead TD pass at the end of the first Baltimore game.
- The incompletion in the end zone at the end of the Indy game.

But, as they say: "Dem's da breaks!"

[mr.pink]

Thanks for kicking off such a fun thread. Hope you make it a weekly thing during the playoffs.

Congrats on the Raider win, hope my Steelers are the ones who turn up in the Coliseum for the divisional round.

[mr.pink]

One more thing.....this year, the most valuable Woodson on the Raiders isn't named Charles. I think you could make a case for RW as team defensive MVP.

[CounterCounterCulture]

But, as they say: "Dem's da breaks!"

And another saying goes "Woulda Coulda Shoulda." I sure heard that enough after the (T)uck Rule Game. ;-)

[BuddhaBoy]

Great Choice.

Raiders all the way, especially after the way they were robbed by the Patriots last year.