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To: Gaetano
At the risk of being accussed of sour grapes, I too think this game was fixed.

Point one - your running attack is a hugh success and yet in overtime, with over ten minutes to go, the coach decides to pass the ball. Why?

Point two - you can not get a TD with fourth and inches? Anyone ever heard of a sweep, yet you decide to run right up the middle where the bulk of the defense is located?

Point three - several times with third and short yardage, with the running game clicking like clockwork, you decide to throw the ball. Again, why?

I also believe that the Rams-Panthers game was fixed. You have a 1st down on the 15 and let the clock run down to 5 seconds without taking a shot at the end zone? That coach is suppose to be an offensive genius?

Right now, I do not have a dog in this hunt so I will probably sit out the rest of the playoffs and the SuperBowl. In fact, I may just start sitting out the rest of the NFL from now on, even though Joe Gibbs has returned. If the games are fixed, why watch?

17 posted on 01/12/2004 4:26:50 AM PST by 7thson (I think it takes a big dog to weigh a 100 pounds.)
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To: 7thson
At the risk of being accussed of sour grapes, I too think this game was fixed.

I also believe that the Rams-Panthers game was fixed.

I think you should not venture out today without wearing your tinfoil hat...and beware of black helicopters circling.

25 posted on 01/12/2004 5:16:08 AM PST by Cuttnhorse
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To: 7thson
I think you mistake bad choices for fixing the game. Since pro sports is all about misdirection at key points, they are ripe for charges that going by the book or agianst the book are "fixes". Did you have money on the game?
33 posted on 01/12/2004 6:02:26 AM PST by ontos-on
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To: 7thson
Right now, I do not have a dog in this hunt so I will probably sit out the rest of the playoffs and the SuperBowl.

Your choice, but as far as I'm concerned this has been the best playoff football I've ever seen. And, I'm a Giants fan! I'm not going to miss any of the next three games.

35 posted on 01/12/2004 6:08:16 AM PST by Cagey
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To: 7thson
I also believe that the Rams-Panthers game was fixed. You have a 1st down on the 15 and let the clock run down to 5 seconds without taking a shot at the end zone? That coach is suppose to be an offensive genius?

2 minutes and one time out and the Rams only run three plays prior to kicking the tying FG?...un-F`in-believable.

The NY sports guy said if someone had told Fox that Martz was gonna' play for the tie, Fox would've called timeout, walked across the field...and kissed him.

My brother's a die hard Rams fan and he's ready to shoot Martz.
41 posted on 01/12/2004 6:34:34 AM PST by mr.pink
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To: 7thson
At the risk of being accussed of sour grapes, I too think this game was fixed.

Sorry, but I can't agree. Had this game been fixed the Packers would have won it.

76 posted on 01/12/2004 9:10:57 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Patience. Patience. Patience.)
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To: 7thson
Some teams just blow games....

It's as simple as that. Don't look for sinister goings-on just because one team outplays another but comes up short due to critical errors.

It just works out that way.

84 posted on 01/12/2004 12:28:52 PM PST by wireman
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To: 7thson; Gaetano
I'm a long-time Cowboys fan who came to believe that at least some players throw games when Troy Akiman suddenly went down in a Cowboys-Redskins game a few years ago. Akiman was ticked that Barry Switzer was the new Cowboys coach. The former Cowboys offensive coordinator, Norv Turner, an Aikman bud, was the new Redskins coach. In the game, Aikman was walking up to the line of scrimage on an early play when all of a sudden he collapsed in a heap and grabbed one of his legs. No one even touched him, and he wasn't limping before going down. He stayed out for the rest of the game, but was fine the next week. There is no question whatsoever in my mind that Aikman took a dive in that game.
95 posted on 01/12/2004 5:18:33 PM PST by Wolfstar (George W. Bush — the 1st truly great world leader of the 21st Century)
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