Official NFL Conference Championship Games-Patriots beat Chargers 21-12; Giants beat Packers 23-20

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[mainepatsfan]

OFFICIAL FR NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SUNDAY LIVE THREAD

JANUARY 20TH, 2008

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

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3:00PM ET - CBS

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

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6:30PM ET - FOX

[ThePythonicCow]

First and 10 on GB’s 12 — ouch.

[SamAdams76]

Joe Gibbs has class - in the early 80's when the Redskins where kicking butts big time - more than once, Gibbs did a kneel-down or a punt to avoid running up the score on a defeated team. Class versus the classless.

That might have been so in the early 1980s but in 2002, the NFL changed their tie-breaking rules which basically means that a team taking a knee when they have opportunity to score more points may be screwing themselves out of home field advantage in the playoffs later on down the road.

But the bottom line is that there is really no such thing as "running up the score" in pro football. This isn't Little League where the inning is over after 7 runs If an NFL team doesn't want to have the score run up on them, they ought to suck it up and make some blocks.

[michigander]

Giants!

[relee]

The Packers D is making this too easy for the G-men.

[ThePythonicCow]

TD - dang

[winstonwolf33]

TOUCHDOWN!!

[relee]

LoL!

[mainepatsfan]

This is turning into a heck of a game.

[ThePythonicCow]

Encroachment - this time for sure! <grin>

[Incorrigible]

I feel like I’m on a seesaw!

[mikrofon]

Hard to believe GB and Dallas were the cream of the crop in the NFC, the way the Giants have been able to play them this postseason...

[jwalsh07]

Go Giants!

[jwalsh07]

Manning has taken it to a new level. Makes a big difference.

[Petronski]

You’re evil.

[sabe@q.com]

What a great game! Eli got tired of being disrespected and GB can’t win the game without being winnie little babies.

[michigander]

Nah, reply 706 is encroachment. LOL

[ThePythonicCow]

Or perhaps my radio feed is on a five or ten second delay. ... must be some excuse ... guess I’d better not get caught whining here however ...

[jwalsh07]

Mara, long time no see. Happy New Year!

The Giants better quit giving up the big play though.

[Petronski]

Nah, reply 706 is encroachment.

Yeah. Encroachment on my tenuous mental well-being.

[discostu]

Well it’s not like they seriously whipped the Cowboys or are seriously whipping the Pack. The Cowboys beat the Giants on every single stat except the scoreboard. And this one is touch and go, the Pack were doing really well against the Giants offense, and the Giants special teams haven’t been that great (which is weird for them).

[maineman]

Pats will win vs.either.

[michigander]

guess I’d better not get caught whining here however ...

No kidding. It could add another 50 replies to the thread.

[Richard Kimball]

I think losing Tiki and Shockey has helped them. They’re playing better, and keeping their mouths shut. Seems weird that Eli might be in the Super Bowl and Peyton watching. Can you imagine the media orgasm if the Giants and Colts had both made it?

[Last Visible Dog]

Take your own advice, stop kicking the dead horse, stop waving around your ass-terisk, stop the whining.

Hmm, who is taking about this....you? You have been whining on endlessly for the entire second game - give it a rest - I think by now everybody is tired of your personal insults, baseless accusation, and endless whining.

Clue: I gave the advice and took it (keep up)

[commish]

I know one thing - if the Brady that played the Regular season shows up in the SB and the winner of this games brings the pass D they have tonight, the SB will be over by Halftime.

[Last Visible Dog]

Look it up, trolly troll. Troll on.

Nit wit. You sure do like making a fool out of yourself.

[sabe@q.com]

Happy New Year to you too. I’m hoping Floria changes things even though there are many at this forum who disagree. I really thought GB would win and that NY wouldn’t stand a chance. Its kinda nice being wrong for a change.

[discostu]

By making this post you are demonstrably NOT taking your own advice. If you’re actually going to stop kicking your dead horse then the first step is to NOT continue the conversation. Stop the whining, get a life.

[yield 2 the right]

Packers vs the Patriots in the Super Bowl, Congrats to both teams, GO PATS!!!

[relee]

... Seems weird that Eli might be in the Super Bowl and Peyton watching ...

MIGHT

[michigander]

LOL! What a cluster....

[mainepatsfan]

OMG! What a sequence!!

[srmorton]

You must have a short memory. The Cowboys beat themselves last week with dropped passes and stupid penalties and still had a chance to pull out the game at the end.

[ThePythonicCow]

encroachment

More like a late hit or unnecessary roughness or a helmet spear ;).

Dang - interception - Wow - fumbled - GB gets it back !!!

[Petronski]

Troll on, trolly troll.

[winstonwolf33]

Can u believe that??!!

[commish]

What a play by Tauscher to save Brett from a stupid forced pass.

[relictele]

Jammy play by Farve & Co. there

[Incorrigible]

Gaaaah!

[darkangel82]

Doofus RW McQuarters just gave back what he took away.

[warsaw44]

Who’d you rather us play in the SP - GB or the Giants?

[Petronski]

Fumbalaya!

[ThePythonicCow]

That was the first Giant turnover of the post season.

[mainepatsfan]

If they win Brett owes him dinner.

[mikrofon]

Not that the NYG are overpowering, I guess I’m used to seeing more dominance by the division winners...

An INT followed by a fumble recovery — fun game!

[Richard Kimball]

Man, sometimes lucky is better than good.

[discostu]

The only way that was weirder is if Brett forced or recovered the fumble.

[Nate505]

I never understood these idiot defensive backs who run with the ball like they are running backs.

[relee]

They called it that way in the huddle ....

[mainepatsfan]

Reminds me of the play Troy Brown made last year against SD in the divisional playoff game.