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someone had to start a thread on this. ESPN is already hyping it up...it might as well be the Superbowl with this 2 week build up. nevermind the fact that both teams play quality opponents this week (although i still think they'll both win).
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I'm crossing my fingers for "structural failure." I'm hoping that in the middle of the game the stadium suddenly implodes with all players on the field. This could be even better if special guests in attendance include 50 Cent, Kobe Bryant, the New York Yankees and Jason Blake. John Madden will be the announcer. Performance at halftime by Baha Men.
if these teams play ten times they very may well split five wins and five losses. the winner of this game may give fans bragging rights on boards like this but will give no advantage when they play again in the afc championship.
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BlueNote wrote:
if these teams play ten times they very may well split five wins and five losses. the winner of this game may give fans bragging rights on boards like this but will give no advantage when they play again in the afc championship.
exscept that the winner will likely get HOME FIELD adv in the playoffs, which is pretty big. I disagree; they play ten times and I say NE beats them six to four.
if these teams play ten times they very may well split five wins and five losses. the winner of this game may give fans bragging rights on boards like this but will give no advantage when they play again in the afc championship.
exscept that the winner will likely get HOME FIELD adv in the playoffs, which is pretty big. I disagree; they play ten times and I say NE beats them six to four.
i'm not sure about home field. i mean think about it, that would require either a 16-0 team and a 15-1 team or two 15-1 teams and that seems unlikely so i'm not convinced this game will really decide that. i was thinking of a neutral field too when i was saying that, if we're talking gillette in january the pats win 8 out of 10.
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BlueNote wrote:
Coach wrote:
BlueNote wrote:
if these teams play ten times they very may well split five wins and five losses. the winner of this game may give fans bragging rights on boards like this but will give no advantage when they play again in the afc championship.
exscept that the winner will likely get HOME FIELD adv in the playoffs, which is pretty big. I disagree; they play ten times and I say NE beats them six to four.
i'm not sure about home field. i mean think about it, that would require either a 16-0 team and a 15-1 team or two 15-1 teams and that seems unlikely so i'm not convinced this game will really decide that. i was thinking of a neutral field too when i was saying that, if we're talking gillette in january the pats win 8 out of 10.
Yes, but both the Colts and Pats will likely end up with same records and the tiebreaker would be THIS game. It's very important. I think Pats/Colts both go 15-1 or 14-2.
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I wasn't too impressed with the Colts on Monday night. I thought they would at least put some points in the first quarter. It'll be a good game, but I honestly think the Pats will edge it out.
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Sunny wrote:
I wasn't too impressed with the Colts on Monday night. I thought they would at least put some points in the first quarter. It'll be a good game, but I honestly think the Pats will edge it out.
They beat the Jags 29-7 in Jacksonville on Monday night, what more do you want?
Anywho, I think that this game may actually live up to the hype. I obviously want the Colts to win, but at this point I wouldn't bet any money on either team.
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Too soon.
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Coach wrote:
BlueNote wrote:
Coach wrote:
BlueNote wrote:
if these teams play ten times they very may well split five wins and five losses. the winner of this game may give fans bragging rights on boards like this but will give no advantage when they play again in the afc championship.
exscept that the winner will likely get HOME FIELD adv in the playoffs, which is pretty big. I disagree; they play ten times and I say NE beats them six to four.
i'm not sure about home field. i mean think about it, that would require either a 16-0 team and a 15-1 team or two 15-1 teams and that seems unlikely so i'm not convinced this game will really decide that. i was thinking of a neutral field too when i was saying that, if we're talking gillette in january the pats win 8 out of 10.
Yes, but both the Colts and Pats will likely end up with same records and the tiebreaker would be THIS game. It's very important. I think Pats/Colts both go 15-1 or 14-2.
I'm not so sure. The Pats could slip on the Skins today at home thinking one week ahead, but then again, so could the Colts at the equally challenging Panthers.
After the Big Game, the Pats have ... what? Three games versus the shittiest division by far in football - the equivalent of LSU being in the Mountain West, really - a game versus the faltering Eagles (who just can't find a way to win even with a decent offense and defense) at home, a game at Baltisnore they'll win 15-3 because the Ravens have the shittiest offense in the league, a game at home with Pittsburgh who can't win jack on the road (followed by two more straight home games versus two of the shittiest teams in the league), and a likely useless game at the Giants at the end of the season that will probably hand the NYG the division title because the Pats will play their starters like a preseason game. 15-1 or 14-2 for the Pats, depending on how they do at Indy.
The Colts have to play AT resurgent San Diego, have to play Houston and Tennessee and Jacksonville again - all at home, yes, and I know they've beaten them on the road already - but these teams have eaten the Colts alive at the end of the season. Baltimore might wake from a slumber and return a few punts and fumbles at home versus the Colts if they're crushed in the previous week by New England, and Oakland might - MIGHT - be playing for their playoff lives late in the season when the Colts travel there with only holding hopes of securing number two for sure. Of course Atlanta and and Kansas Shitty will fall, but I still call the Colts at 13-3 or 12-4, again, depending on how they do at Indy.
The point is that this game doesn't really matter if the Patriots get their heads on straight. If they come up short at Indy, I'll make a guess that they'll still finish a game or two ahead, because the Pats' only real challenge after that comes at the last week of the season. The Colts have played teams with a combined record (outside of their losses to the Colts) at 17-9, while analogously the Pats have defeated teams with a combined record (again, outside of their losses to the Pats) at 15-21, including 6 from an overbloated Dallas team who had likewise played nobody before giving the Pats their best challenge of the season, not caring about all the backup scoring in Miami and Cleveland and such.
And who cares about the TD record, really? Once again, the Pats really haven't played anyone, and they've run all over teams after shredding bad pass defense after bad pass defense (see: Dallas' overstuffed opinion of its own "new blitzing attack" : you're not the Philadelphia Eagles of Old, guys, and Brady and E. Manning showed you why), while the Colts have more yards per game the hard way.
I call Colts 34-31 on this one, possibly in overtime, with Adam finally getting a chance to revenge his former team. Nonetheless, for reasons explained above, it won't matter a bit. But I believe it'll be close, unless one of the quarterbacks has an off-day or one of the teams comes unprepared, like the Pats have during the last few regular-season games. The homefield advantage will still go to the Pats because of their easy record.
San Diego 11-5 Denver 10-6 Kansas City 8-8 Oakland 6-10
Denver hits up San Diego in a shocker and gets munched by the Pats; Baltimore wins over Pittsburgh with five field goals and an INT return for a touchdown, to Pittsburgh's 3 FG's and a kickoff return. San Diego goes on to a high-fighting affair at Indy, losing 38-28, and Baltimore deflates in front of the Pats and musters a field goal, even though they grab a +5 turnover margin and still lose 14-3. The Colts will finally burst the Pats bubble at home, coming in completely battle-tested while the Pats have basically "suffered" through months of practical preseason games. 41-28.
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New York 12-4 Dallas 11-5 Washington 10-6 Philly 10-6
Chicago 11-5 Packers 11-5 Detroit 6-10 Minnesota 4-12
Tampa Bay 10-6 Carolina 9-7 New Orleans 9-7 Atlanta 2-12
Seattle 9-7 Arizona 8-8 San Fransisco 6-10 St. Louis 0-16
Dallas will crush Seattle, probably 38-24, but won't repeat the Chicago affair earlier this year and will lose on another botched Romo play, causing more scratchings of the head in Dallas, 17-13. I honestly believe Tampa Bay is back on track, and that they'll take care of Green Bay at home handily, 31-10. Tampa will then go on to get butts kicked by New York as much as a good defense can, although Eli will show flaws. I call 17-14 on that one.
The super bowl will be NYG vs. Indy, brother vs. brother hyped up like black coach vs. black coach last year, and the elder shall spank the younger, 34-13.
IT WILL HAPPEN.
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if these teams play ten times they very may well split five wins and five losses. the winner of this game may give fans bragging rights on boards like this but will give no advantage when they play again in the afc championship.
exscept that the winner will likely get HOME FIELD adv in the playoffs, which is pretty big. I disagree; they play ten times and I say NE beats them six to four.
i'm not sure about home field. i mean think about it, that would require either a 16-0 team and a 15-1 team or two 15-1 teams and that seems unlikely so i'm not convinced this game will really decide that. i was thinking of a neutral field too when i was saying that, if we're talking gillette in january the pats win 8 out of 10.
Yes, but both the Colts and Pats will likely end up with same records and the tiebreaker would be THIS game. It's very important. I think Pats/Colts both go 15-1 or 14-2.
I'm not so sure. The Pats could slip on the Skins today at home thinking one week ahead
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I'm crossing my fingers for "structural failure." I'm hoping that in the middle of the game the stadium suddenly implodes with all players on the field. This could be even better if special guests in attendance include 50 Cent, Kobe Bryant, the New York Yankees and Jason Blake. John Madden will be the announcer. Performance at halftime by Baha Men.
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Indianapolis general manager Bill Polian and the Colts are complaining, again. This time, it’s about a schedule that has them playing a road game this Sunday at Carolina on a short week following a road Monday night game in Jacksonville. After the Panthers, of course, the Colts return home for Armageddon Day against the Patriots on Nov. 4.
Research conducted by the Indianapolis Star showed that over the past decade, 24 teams have played road games on a short week following a road Monday night game. Those teams are 12-12 in the second game and have lost seven of the past 10. The Colts are further chafed because the Panthers are coming off a bye. The Star pointed out that that scenario has presented itself just three times since 1997.
Coach Tony Dungy said the team lodged a complaint with the league. Shocker!
“It’s harder, it definitely is,” said Dungy.
Of course, fans in New England are well aware of this routine by now. They’ve seen Polian go to the league over injury timeouts (Willie McGinest in 2003), illegal contact in the secondary (2003 AFC title game) and poor field conditions (divisional round in 2004). Just add another log to the fire.
Meanwhile, the Patriots are no stranger to the above schedule quirk. The Pats were asked to do it in 2004, playing Monday night at Miami on Dec. 20 (a 29-28 loss) and then traveling to the division rival Jets six days later (a 23-7 win).
The Pats had a similar case last year where the schedule had them on the road for a Monday night game on Oct. 30 (a blowout win at Minnesota) and then returning home to face the toughest team on their schedule six days later, the Colts. The Colts ran over the Pats in that game, 27-20.
If the Patriots publicly complained about any of those instances, there’s no record of it.
Everyone knows Polian is a scumbag, but I'll never understand how a piece of shit like Dungy gets away with his "classy" media image.
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