AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 703) [Remember the Trade Center!!]

Various News Sources and FReepers | December 24, 2002 | All of Us

[Dog]

Want to bet.....Look at this..

z--Philadelphia 12 3 0 5-0 11-0

z--Green Bay 12 3 0 5-1 9-3

Bold denotes each teams record in the NFC.....last time I checked...an 11-0 record....or an 11-1 record is better than a 9-3 or 10-3 record..

[Mr. Mulliner]

Listen closely, Dog. If the Eagles lose the next game, they will be 12-4. If the Packers win, they will be 13-3. In that case, no tie-breaker will be necessary. The season is NOT over.

[Dog]

Look at the Conference records....1 loss or 0 losses trump a better record!

[Mr. Mulliner]

Dog, those conference records are ONLY for tie-breakers. Even though the Eagles will definitely have a better conference record, homefield goes to the team with the best overall record. If the Packers win and Eagles, lose, the Packers will get homefield.

However, the Eagles have secured a bye the first round and then a home game. If they win next week or the Packers lose, they'll have homefield throughout the playoffs.

[Mr. Mulliner]

Can you explain this playoff thing to Dog?

[Dog]

This is so confusing...I went over to NFL.com .....they need to make this home field stuff easier to understand.

[Mr. Mulliner]

Actually, the NFC is fairly clear, but it won't be decided finally until all games are over.

The AFC is extremely complicated and they were and maybe still are expecting to go to more tie-breakers than ever before. Before this past weekend's games, it was possible that 11 AFC teams could be tied with a 9-7 record. What a nightmare that would be.

The Titans can get homefield advantage if they win and the Raiders lose. If both teams win, we'll be the second seed meaning we'll get a first-round bye and then a home game. But we'd have to go to Oakland again after that (if the Raiders win) and we got trounced there earlier this year.

Hey, don't forget, the Eagles lost to the Titans earlier this year. In fact, the Eagles are 0-2 against AFC playoff teams.

[JRandomFreeper]

You have freep-mail.

/john

[Dog]

In fact, the Eagles are 0-2 against AFC playoff teams.

Rub it in...

But remember those losses happened before our 5-0 run began..

This Giants game will be the test.....they always play us tough.

[Mr. Mulliner]

It's in Philly though, right?

The Titans' loss to the Raiders was part of our 4-game losing streak. Once that streak was over, we've won 9 out of the last 10 games and a win against Houston should make it 10 out of 11. Nice momentum to have going into the playoffs.

The Eagles do have that kind of momentum too. If they get McNabb healthy, they'll be very, very tough to beat.

By the way, I was watching a show on ESPN last night about Vet Stadium and the fans in Philly. Those idiot fans even booed when McNabb was selected in the first round!

[Dog]

The game is not at home...

Those idiot fans even booed when McNabb was selected in the first round!

OUCH!

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

While difficult to see, there is evidence of a LP center forming in NC, near C. Lookout.

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

The NOWCAST for Sterling says the snow is supposed to change over to rain with no accummulation this PM.

Well...

I've got news for them - there's a film of white beginning to build on my driveway.

[Dog]

See that area of precip over Texas and Mexico....the weather guy on TWC said that is the area to keep our eyes on . It will give this storm its kick!

Chair this is starting to worry me....I have a sneaky feeling this one will get far enough off the coast to give us a wallop!

[Dog]

You still heading north tomorrow??

You might want to revisit that issue..

[kayak]

Kicking up the prayers for you and your family and your travel plans!

Daughter-child called a little while ago and asked me what's going on with the weather where she is ....... she said it's supposed to be raining in that area, not snowing. I suggested she turn on tv ..... LOL!

The Jerk has the kids until tomorrow afternoon .... she is beginning to panic at the thought that she might not see them on Christmas ..... :-(

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

See that area of precip over Texas and Mexico....the weather guy on TWC said that is the area to keep our eyes on

I don't know what time line that guy is working on. The area of concern is that big red area just off the east coast CONUS. That is big time activity going on and is the bomb that will fuel the system. As that begins to get organized around the LP, a very large amount of latent energy is going to get released causing a large pressure drop. This will suck in air both from the south on the ocean side of the system (which will supply the moisture to wrap around the low), and from the north, which provides the chill.

It is at the "intersection" (it's not really, but it doesn't detract from things to think of it that way) of these two airflows that we have a real problem. This is where the heavy snow will occur, and that still looks like a band from around Wilkes-Barre to Boston, and up to 40 miles either side of that line.

It will take time to set up this "conveyer belt," probably another ten to twelve hours (all that southern air has to wrap all the way up into the northern US and be swept back down on the return flow), but it looks well on its way.

There is nothing to change my opinion about conditions en route. The last 50 miles will be bad, the 100 miles before that annoying, the rest will just be a bad rainy day.

[Now if the snow here doesn't change to rain by this evening, I may have to rethink.]

[Dog]

Merry Christmas!!!!

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

I will say the system is getting organized very rapidly. Over the last three hours, the LP near C Hatteras (before near C. Lookout), NC, has gone from barely discernable to definitely visible on IR sat photos.

[b4its2late]

It's in Philly though, right?

Nope. It's in NY and the Giants have much more to play for than the Eagles do, homefield advantage thru the playoffs or not. The Eagles are in, the Giants are on the out looking in, and there's the catalyst to play like there's no tomorrow.