Posted on 01/20/2008 8:17:12 PM PST by GulliverSwift
That holding call on the Giants TD makes it pretty hard to call the refs Green Bay homers. Over all, I think the referees are way too visible in the game. It seems to be what the fans want, though. I liked it when you knew a play was over after the call. Now, on every big catch, you have to wait two minutes to see if it’s a catch.
Yes, all you said is true, yet despite that the game went to overtime and Brett threw a bad pass and the Giants intercepted.
No doubt Favre threw a bad pass there at the end, but when a team completely abandons the running game bad passes are inevitable occurrences.
Live by the sword, die by the sword. Besides, I think the G-men pretty much nullified their running game.
I think domes play into why the NFC has lost it’s edge against the AFC, right now the NFC has 6 dome teams to the AFC’s 2, soon the NFC will have 7. Playing football in the living room (roof, carpet, central air) makes players soft, makes them finesse, and the NFC plays a lot of games in living rooms now, with two in each division except the East even open air teams can expect a few dome games.
And definitely the weather makes some of the great images of the game. So many of my generation came to define the NFL as John Facenda’s voice over big scary people in muddy uniforms and those capes. Some of the great images of the game.
Yeah, that play where Eli got roughed could have been more blatant...if the Packer player had shivved him. Jeez the guy took 3 steps after the ball was thrown.
3 step? Geez, even Aikman questioned that one.
Yeah and Aikman is a huge Giants fan.
Nah, but I think he still looks at the game like a quarterback. A call like that doesn’t usually elicit a question from Aikman. Just a casual observation about Aikman.
I would love to see the Patriots perfect season spoiled.
Trust me, the wind chill makes a big difference.
It's 5 degrees where I am right now, and when the wind blows, it goes right through you.
Let's put it this way, if you live in New Mexico, and your air conditioning fails, what the worst that can happen? If you live up north, and your furnace doesn't work, then your pipes start to freeze, and then you're in all kinds of trouble.
The Giants played much better than the Packers. Burress made Harris his b!tch and they had better clock management. I will also give credit where credit is due. For the Giants to win 3 consecutive playoff games on the road is an accomplishment.
totally agreed from WI
Fans here actually lobbied for it when the stadium was being renovated. For the possibility of hosting a Super Bowl here.
But a dome (or a retractable roof) would have added another $50 million to the cost of renovation, so the organization said no.
You will hereby relinquish calling yourself “Minneapolis” Steve if you’re a Minnesota Packer fan. They’re the Green Bay Packers, not the Saint Paul Packers, the Duluth Packers or the Minneapolis Packers.
Now enjoy your chokejob, traitor.
Sarcasm, I’m hoping...?
Come on. Give him a break. He’s from Minneapolis and they haven’t got an NFL franchise. He’s got to be a fan of some city’s team after all.
Yeah, some franchise that doesn’t exist. I mean after all, it sent 8 pro bowlers this year, including All Day Adrian Peterson.
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