Posted on 01/03/2008 9:46:45 AM PST by Perdogg
What’s up with Garcia? Why is he restless? Missing T.O.?
Gruden could not have expected to take the heat from his own quarterback, Jeff Garcia, who did not sound at all happy about his inactivity the past two games.
"I feel over-rested in a sense," Garcia said on a conference call. "I feel restless, so to speak. It seems like it has been a while since I have actually played a complete game, and I don't really like that feeling. I am more of an old-school mentality. I like to play until I am basically dragged off the field. It's one of those things where I had to deal with coach Gruden's decision; he is the coach and that is the position he took."
Garcia, who didn't play against the Panthers, is 37 years old and was forced out the 12th and 13th games of the season with a back injury. Gruden obviously was being cautious with his starting quarterback, who did not appreciate being treated like some china doll.
"I was disappointed about only playing a half in San Francisco in a place where I had played for five years," Garcia said, "and I really wanted to battle through that entire game."
Instead, Garcia was removed from that game.
"When that took place what are you going to do?" Garcia said. "Coach Gruden is one of those guys where what he says stays and there is no real challenging that."
This one in Tampa goes either way, I agree. Since I ultimately support the good guys(Dallas), I must pick against NY, you understand.
I do trust nobody is checking my predictions here so they'll know how to bet the farm on the games. ;)
NY Giants/Tampa Bay at Dallas, 4:30pm
Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers in the morning. Highs in the lower 50s.
TBD at New England, 8:00pm
A 30 percent chance of perception in the evening. Low in the upper 20s.
Sunday
TBD at Indianapolis, 1:00pm EST Dome
Seattle at Green Bay, 4:30pm EST
Snow Shower Mid to upper teens, 60% chance of snow
Thanks for the ping.
Update due to NFL schedule change:
Saturday January 12th, 2008
Seattle at Green Bay, 3:30pm EST
High: 26°F RealFeel®: 16°F
Remaining cloud
Jacksonville at New England, 8:00pm EST
Low: 23 °F RealFeel®: 16 °F
Periods of snow; sleet and freezing rain mixed in early
Sunday January 13th, 2008
San Diego at Indianapolis, 1:00pm EST Dome
NY Giants at Dallas, 4;30pm EST
High: 51 °F RealFeel®: 50 °F
Sunshine and patchy clouds
Weather in Green Bay around kick off time.
High: 26 °F RealFeel®: 19 °F
Mostly cloudy
Weather in Foxboro around kick off time
Low: 23 °F RealFeel®: 18 °F
Patchy clouds
Weather in Indianapolis around kick off time
Dome
Weather in Irving around kick off time
High: 51 °F RealFeel®: 45 °F
Breezy with sunshine and patchy clouds
Weather for Championship games
Green Bay
Sunday, Jan 20
High: 5 °F RealFeel®: -10 °F
Mostly cloudy, breezy and coldSunday Night, Jan 20
Low: -5 °F RealFeel®: -24 °F
Partly cloudy and frigid
Foxboro
Sunday, Jan 20
High: 26 °F RealFeel®: 7 °F
Partly sunny, windy and colderSunday Night, Jan 20
Low: 7 °F RealFeel®: -15 °F
A moonlit sky and bitterly cold
While these conditions certainly do not help my beloved G-men, they are a stake through the heart of the Bolts.
Some of us DID write it down...didn’t help.
Compared to the time they had to go to Cincinnati for the Championship Game back in 81, it's a tropical heat wave.
I wonder if Lambeau field has an advance in-field glycol system to make sure the pipes don’t freeze up and explode. If I were designing a system, I would use heat trace to make sure that accumated water doesn’t cause a freeze up.
Wouldn’t the under-field pipes be drained now? And the pipes in the stadium wouldbe drained after the season, right?
They have the system in the field to keep the field from freezing. There is one at Heinz Field. If they a glycol system the pipes should not freeze up, but the ones in Lambeau did in 1967.
The legend behind the Ice Bowl was that the In-field heating system pipes burst and froze the field.
Did you bet the Pharm?
I have little interest in the game but reckon the weather/field conditions benefit the Yankees. Otherwise the point spread would probably (and realistically) be double digits.
This pic screams, "caption me, chump."
I stopped betting on FB about 10 years ago, but it would have been a good one. I would take the G-men and the 7 points this weekend. Eli is in the zone...
You forgot the Browns/Raiders game in Jan. 81. Wind chill -51, air temp. -13. If he could, Brett would come out in shorts.
If I had to guess the outcomes of the games.....
SD 13 NE 34 I don’t know that I would call out an undefeated team.
NY 20 GB 27 Late turnover leads to tie breaking TD.
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