My 'Boys were Alive and Kicking - SD is out - GB down - NY for the win!!!

[Rl'Halsinor]

And the Winner Is - THE GIANTS

I am no giants fan by the least, but once again Romo comes through for the 'boys,,,, NOT! And the hapless Cowboy fans will blame Jessica Simpson because their fragile mental condition just cannot fathom a loss within their own system.

 

[drothgery]

What an awesome weekend - Colts lose, Cowboys lose, and Patriots WIN WIN WIN!!!

I couldn't have asked for anything more.

More importantly Packers win, and Chargers win. Syracuse basketball lost, but I'm starting to think this season is a lost cause with Devo and Rautins out for the year.

I'm thinking that the home teams are going to be very heavy favorites next week. I'd like to think the Chargers could pull a rabbit out of their hat, but they seem to only get the random, flukey victories over the Colts.

 

[kenobi65]

So, as I'm a Packers season ticket holder, my father and I have tickets to the NFC Championship Game next Sunday.

We may end up selling them, mostly because the game isn't going to even *start* until 5:30pm, and the *high* in GB next Sunday is predicted to be 7 degrees. I'm sorely tempted to let somebody else pay me $350 a seat to go freeze their butts off.

 

[Hellefire]

/groan
Wow that sucked...
The only team that won who I wanted to win was the Chargers
My general feelings about football teams fall into five general categories - like a lot, like a little, dont care, dont like a little, dont like a lot...
I generally went with my feelings for my pics (except for NE because I dont care about them and would rather a team I like at least a bit go the distance if any team will)

Dallas - favorite team
Giants - don't care

Packers - like a little (or a lot even, Lombardi was the man, and I like Brett Fav-re)
Seahawks - like a lot (location thing - we don't have a team in Alaska)

Chargers - Like a lot (lived with my dad near San Diego when I first got into football - I still miss Fouts)
Colts - don't like a lot

NE - Don't care
Jacksonville - Don't care

So that's where I got my pics last week...

following that same theory, which netted me a .50 record last weekend, this week I'll have to go with...

San Diego and Green Bay

Alternately, I can go with both road teams that won Sunday to keep winning on the road and root for San Diego and Giants. Or I can go with the odds and statistics and go for NE and Packers. But I'll go with my heart on this one -

San Diego and Packers!

Aaron

 

[Goobermunch]

You know how to find Dallas from Anchorage?

Walk east till you smell it and south till you step in it.

--G

 

[Hellefire]

Same basic directions from Seward

Aaron

 

[GlassJaw]

I ended up picking 3 out of the 4 games against the spread. Only one I missed was GB-Sea.

I noticed that the opening line for the Pats-SD game is 15! The Pats will win but that line seems really high. Although, there is the chance that Rivers, LT, and Gates won't play but even if they do, they are sure to be banged up. The Colts games took a heavy toll on both teams. Hmm, maybe that spread isn't so high after all. Regardless, I'm surprised Vegas didn't wait a couple of days to see if more info on SD's injuries was released.

 

[TerraDave]

The thread title should be changed...

Norv Turner in the conf. championship. Not right. I might have to root for the Pats, for one game I am disapointed that there will be no Colts-Patriots playoff game this year.

Pats-Packers in the SB is OK.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Regardless, I'm surprised Vegas didn't wait a couple of days to see if more info on SD's injuries was released.

I'd be surprised if Vegas didn't have somebody on the inside with solid info that they could call for a tip, well ahead of any public knowledge.

Like, even, the moment he walked back into the locker room the day he got hurt.

"So... How bad is it looking for Rivers?"

"Definitely out."

 

[kenobi65]

I'm sorely tempted to let somebody else pay me $350 a seat to go freeze their butts off.

It was even better than that, as it turns out. We sold the tickets to a ticket agency in GB for $525 a pop.

Obviously, I'd like to see the Pack win. In the AFC, I'm of two minds. I'm no fan of Belichick, nor of Moss, and, from that standpoint, I'd like to see the Chargers upset them.

OTOH, I'm really sick and tired of hearing the 1972 Dolphin alumni cackle wth glee when a team stumbles in pursuit of a perfect season. This season got particularly annoying; when the Patriots won the regular season finale, some of the Dolphins had to chime in with, "no no no, not so fast, we were perfect in the post-season, too."

It's getting old, guys; there's only so many times we want to hear Grandpa tell us how much better things were when he was a lad, and, frankly, it's ungracious for a record-holder to demean those who threaten to break their record.