2010 NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY LIVE THREAD

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[mainepatsfan]

2010 NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY LIVE THREAD

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

3:00PM ET - CBS

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NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

6:40PM ET - FOX

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[Ultra Sonic 007]

Almost gametime!

[mainepatsfan]

I find it remarkable how few of these conference championship games have gone to overtime.

[mainepatsfan]

Wait - the Colts GM made the call to lie down in the 2nd half against the Jets? What was their coaching staff doing, deciding how much to pay the 3rd string tight end?

Pretty much yes.

[library user]

You put “Clots” for one of them. Was that an intentional transposition? :O)

[mainepatsfan]

Ditka?

Nope...he went on to coach the Eagles after that year.

[Richard Kimball]

I haven't notice you jumping into the fray with picks yet.

I've got you an avatar:

[VicVega]

Woo nelly, look at the first thread started on the playoffs.

I have the Saints and Colts (clots) going to SB. Saints Pull it out.

Archie pulling for his son.

Can I trade that in for a Yugo or Pacer? Sweet rides.

[Richard Kimball]

I put down what the pickers write. I've had the Colts picked as the phillies, dolts, clots, Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, the Mannings, and the horsies. Part of the fun sometimes is trying to figure out what people mean. Notice there's a pick for the Farves this week, and I think this is the first week nobody's called Minnesota the Viqueens.

That said, I do make typos every so often.

[07Jack]

LOL, I knew you would be nervous when you saw I picked the Saints.

[Pharmboy]

Yeah...I agree. Favre is a big story getting to the bowl again, and the Colts, been there, done that, and the Jets are upstarts form the Apple. But there are pockets of sports writers who DO want the Saints because the city has been hit hard...

[RebelTex]

“I find it remarkable how few of these conference championship games have gone to overtime.”

Agreed. The basic assumption is that the two best teams would be almost evenly matched, having gone through very tough competition to get to the SB, and thus the odds of OT seem to be more likely than what the records show.

However, the reality is that the 2 best teams don’t always meet in the SB, with injuries, coaching decisions, scheduling, off-field distractions,and playoff game prep entering into the playoff mix.

Add to that, the 2 best teams can often both be in the same conference or division. But it is what it is, and that’s what makes it interesting.

[Richard Kimball]

I found a Gremlin. How about that?

		Sun 3:00 CBS	Sun 6:40 FOX
Awards	Players	Jets at Colts	Vikings at Saints	Record
	Pack Knight	Jets	Vikings	0-0
	Big Ol Freeper	Clots	Saints	0-0
	NJ Rep Biker Chick	Colts	Saints	0-0
	Rebel Tex	Colts	Vikings	0-0
	campaign Pete			0-0
	Bender2	Jets	Aints	0-0
	Kevin Davis	Colts	Saints	0-0
	Advertising guy	Jets	Vikings	0-0
	Cleveland GOP	J-E-T-S!!!!	FARVES!!!	0-0
	Freedumb 2003	Colts	Vikings	0-0
	JouleZ			0-0
	07 Jack	Colts	Saints	0-0
	Ultra Sonic 007	Jets	Vikings	0-0
	Vermicious Knid	J-E-T-S Jets Jets!!!	Saints	0-0
	A Great Per	Jets	Saints	0-0
	VicVega	Colts (clots)	Saints	0-0
	Richard Kimball	Jets	Saints	0-0

[mainepatsfan]

But there are pockets of sports writers who DO want the Saints because the city has been hit hard...

That was certainly true when the Saints were in the NFC title game a few years ago but I think Haiti kind of knocks Katrina down a few pegs.

[VicVega]

LOL myself.

You’re great.

I asked this question earlier, but no one seems to know, maybe you?

What time does the Cowboy game come on?

[Ingtar]

The last NFC Championship game for the Saints was three (or 2) years ago. They have never been to the Superbowl.

[mainepatsfan]

Yeah it seems the deeper into the post season we go the less likely a game will go to overtime.

[VicVega]

My Vega is in the shop so the Gremlin will have to do.

[carjic]

lol

[VicVega]

Ouch, I was only acknowledging BOF (clots).

I have the utmost respect for the Colts. Manning is a home town boy.

[VicVega]

Problem with downtown stadiums is the traffic and parking, yet I always like having them downtown.