Who is ready for some football?

[WTL]

I'm pulling hard for the Steelers right now - they came to play. Also great to see the Pats go down, don't dislike them personally but they've been too prosperous.

[TackleTester]

i dont know what to say.....the best team ever assembled just lost............

[bassinbob]

I told you guys who was going to win. Even though they robbed Polamoloua of an interception and the Bus fumbled. Roll on Steelers!!!!

Bob

[Sluggo Man]

If they were the best team ever assembled, they wouldn't have lost.

I am now convinced that the Colts franchise just sucks. First it's "boo-hoo, teams are too rough on our receivers!" So they change the rules to only allowing contact within 5 yards.
Then it's "the weather sucks, boo-hoo, we need homefield in our dome!"

But of course, you need the easiest schedule ever to get that #1 seed. So the National Football League gives it to them, they get the #1 seed, they play the NUMBER 6 SEED, and they lose.

Best team ever? Not even close.

[KH.]

there goes a whole bunch of money on my peyton jersy

[WTL]

Man TT, I know you've had a bad day but ****. Your team got the benifit of the doubt from the refs 3 times today and still lost. Indy was a bit overrated.

[KH.]

overatted,but still a solid team.wtl, he is from indy you know

[angelus40]

with plamer out next season will be different when he returns

[WTL]

Palmer's knee exploded. Now he is a qb so it is possible to play on a bad knee, ask Joe Willy and Dan Marino, but he tore a mcl, acl and the other ligament. In other words, hes got a lot, a lot of rehab to do.
For some that is a career ending injury.

[TackleTester]

Bad day was right....lol...Sorry about that....I will honestly say that the Colts were not overrated tho....They had a tremendous year and beat several very good football teams. I think they were waaaaaaayyyyyyyyy too rusty after not having played in a month.....Anyway, sorry about that.

Btw, we did get 3 late Christmas presents from the refs....I'm still trying figure out how that wasnt an interception....lol

Brian

[Dyas]

Whats done is done..... Whats the news on Shaun Alexander. How serious is his injury. Is he going to play next week???????!!!

[WTL]

Slight concussion, will almost certainly play. Ironically it was Cornelius Griffin who gave him the concussion - both I think were captains their Sr year at Alabama.

[Dyas]

Well at least he is still hittin hard lol......

[bassnman30]

Go Panthers. Kickin butt and takin names. Super bowl, here we come.

[striker23]

yeeah carolina is on fire! especially steve smith, no one should even try to cover him.

[WTL]

I thought I'd post a link to a video of Coach Shula reading a letter from a former Alabama walkon - turned marine, Nathan Cox about the war in Iraq and the national pastime.

http://anon.gannett.speedera.net/ano...iser/shula.wmv

[lizardsrule]

Originally Posted by WTL

Man TT, I know you've had a bad day but ****. Your team got the benifit of the doubt from the refs 3 times today and still lost. Indy was a bit overrated.

Since we are voicing our OPINIONS, here. I believe the Colts were a great team this year. Until they got homefield, and quit playing their starters. They for all intensive purposes didn't play a real game for over a month.(5 weeks I believe), and then have to play a team who has been playing their starters the whole time. The Colts got beat pretty soundly IMO on both sides of the ball. This resting your team crap, hurts you many times, just like the prevent defense IMO. This was also the first time Manning really opened his mouth about something deragotory about his fellow players. He was right, but it didn't help him with his O-Line I'm sure.

Lizards

[Sluggo Man]

Did you hear that the NFL is looking into making a new rule about tackling someone at knee level?

[angelus40]

no would be nice

[WTL]

Lizards, maybe we define "great team" differently. The 72 Dolphins, 85 Bears, 94 Niners and the 2004 Pats were great teams. This years Colts were very good, but not down the stretch when it counted. The "a bit overrated" remark wasn't meant as a personal stab at them, its very, very easy in this world of hype and ESPN to become overrated overnight.


By the way, has anybody noticed that the 4 teams left, the Steelers, Panthers, Seahawks and Broncos were all terribly underrated for most of the year? Out of those 4, the Seahawks are the only team thats really had any hype at all.

[Sluggo Man]

Let's face it, the teams that get the hype get it because of individual players.

Teams that got a lot of hype:

Colts - Peyton Manning
Patriots - Tom Brady
Giants - Tiki Barber
Seahawks - Shaun Alexander
Falcons (before they fell out of the playoff race) - Mike Vick
Chiefs - Larry Johnson

Of course, who gets the most hype depends on the sports network. Just from the ones I watch, I found these teams to be the most hyped... and it always resulted from one individual.

[Dyas]

Thats how hype works......

[Sluggo Man]

Anyways... predictions...

Denver over Pittsburgh... Both very good teams, but Denver is nearly unbeatable up in the high climate. To be honest I would probably pick the Steelers if the game was in Pittsburgh, but it's in Denver.

Seattle over Carolian... Very similar reason. Very good teams, but Seattle will have a slight edge due to homefield.

[Sluggo Man]

Prediction: Seahawks 23, Steelers 17

[bassnman30]

I guess the Panthers got hit in the butt. Then again, there's next year.