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Week 16 NFL Live Thread
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Posted on 12/19/2013 5:30:42 AM PST by Bender2


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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: football; nfl; week16
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To: Perdogg

>>I think it is time for the NFL to make rule changes regarding the clock to keep these games at or around three hours.<<

I only want one rule change: Inside of 2 minutes after a team lines up for a field goal and is set — NO TIME OUTS! “Icing the kicker” is stupid, wastes time, and is an affront to the game!


241 posted on 12/22/2013 6:45:30 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
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To: Bender2
Yes they are, as am I.

Note: Jay Cutler lives 1.25 miles down the road from me. I have four dozen eggs and a fresh flaming bag of dog poo ready to fling at his house when the Bears lose.

I am after all a Green Bay Packers fan living in this shithole called Illinois.

Don't get me started about the Packers today ... ;-)

242 posted on 12/22/2013 6:46:40 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: GOPsterinMA

“Becoming the MLB version of Joe Buck for the NFL.”


Can’t stand him. I thought it was me.

Pretty boy !

.


243 posted on 12/22/2013 6:48:03 PM PST by Mears
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To: Bender2

Maybe if the Bears were actually playing some football Al and Chris would get to talk about them positively. The Bears stink bad right now, they’re letting Philly do whatever they want.


244 posted on 12/22/2013 6:49:04 PM PST by discostu (I don't meme well.)
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To: Perdogg
I would add Bill Belichick to the list of coaches on the hot seat.

At 11-4, the Patriots season has been a big disappointment. The best they can hope to do this year is finish 12-4 and get to the Super Bowl.

Since that year they went 16-0, it's been nothing but downhill.

They also need to find another quarterback. Tom Brady is getting old and only has 3-5 good years left in him.

245 posted on 12/22/2013 6:50:27 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Mears; GOPsterinMA; Bender2

I never liked either of them. Al Michaels otoh seems ok to me.

Poor officiating gives the Bears a break and 3 points.


246 posted on 12/22/2013 6:53:10 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: dfwgator

Lions really crumbled, imagine how disappointing that would be if you were a fan of theirs, I listened to some sports talk and they were talking about on Thanksgiving, the Lions drilled the Packers something like 40-10, you figured they were in the driver’s seat but here they go. Someone here is a Lions fan so like I said, to be this close, basically be in control of the division and lose it. Wow. I think one weekend, maybe about 2 or 3 weeks ago, the Northern Division teams all won their game and another week all lost their game. Today, it looks like they could lose all 4 games again.


247 posted on 12/22/2013 6:56:45 PM PST by BeadCounter
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To: campaignPete R-CT

Pitt had almost all the breaks they needed today but are eliminated with the Chargers win.


248 posted on 12/22/2013 6:59:04 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: BeadCounter; dfwgator

Gator doesn’t have to imagine anything, he is a Lions fan.


249 posted on 12/22/2013 7:01:30 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: Mears

Not you; he’s a bitch.


250 posted on 12/22/2013 7:04:49 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (You're a very weird person, Yossarian.)
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To: Impy; Mears; Bender2

“I never liked either of them. Al Michaels otoh seems ok to me.”

I found Joe Buck to be pretty good until this year’s MLB playoffs; then he exposed his douchiness.

“I think I’m better than Jerry Rice” Collinsworth: Gets tiring very quickly; generally a pretty boy douche with a hyper inflated opinion of his career.

Al Michaels I’ve always liked.


251 posted on 12/22/2013 7:08:11 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (You're a very weird person, Yossarian.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; big'ol_freeper; shove_it; TrueKnightGalahad; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; RockinRight; ...
Yep. That's a safety... and I'm out of here-- Don, do the honors.

Turn out the lights... the party's over

They say that, 'All good things must end' Let's call it a night... the party's over

And tomorrow starts the same old thing... all over again Sunday night!

252 posted on 12/22/2013 7:24:52 PM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Impy

pitt is not eliminated


253 posted on 12/22/2013 7:27:53 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (h2h? head-to-head)
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To: Bender2

I think it was during a Chicago scrimmage last week when they had to use the PA to announce “whoever left the Girls Scout on their own during the stadium tour, could you please gather them up? They are beating our 1st teamers 23-3.”


254 posted on 12/22/2013 7:29:13 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; Impy

When Jerry Remy was out for cancer treatment Buck Martinez filled in.

I loved his style.

.


255 posted on 12/22/2013 7:32:05 PM PST by Mears
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To: kevkrom; Impy

the Steelers scenario is playing out ... so far.

PITT ..8-8...... NYJ 8-8...... SD 8-8
BALT 8-8.... MIA 8-8

PITT HAS tie over BAL and NYJ has tie over MIA.
PITT gets the 3-way tie PITT-NYJ-SD

MIA 9-7 BALT 9-7 SD 9-7
3-way tie goes to MiAMI


256 posted on 12/22/2013 7:34:56 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (h2h? head-to-head)
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To: Mears; Impy

Buck Martinez is good: he brings real world, analytical experience to baseball announcing.


257 posted on 12/22/2013 7:36:49 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (You're a very weird person, Yossarian.)
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To: campaignPete R-CT

Your right, AP erroneously published articles saying they were.

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20131222/SPORTS/131229964/Despite-beating-Packers-38-31-Steelers-eliminated

Very shoddy operation.


258 posted on 12/22/2013 7:41:55 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: SamAdams76

heh


259 posted on 12/22/2013 7:42:05 PM PST by rlmorel ("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
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TIEBREAKERS, update #1 OF 4
AFC WILDCARD MIAMI JETS BALT PITT SAN DIEGO
MIAMI X - - MIA-1,3 MIA-1,3
JETS JETS-2 X - - JETS-4
BALT BALT-1 BALT-1,3 X - BALT-3
PITT - PITT-1,3 PITT-4 X PITT-3
SAN DIEGO - - - - X


1- ...HEAD-TO-HEAD
2- ...DIV REC
3- ...CONF REC
4- ...COMMON GAMES
READ ACROSS. Example, the Jets have the tiebreaker vs. MIAMI and SD.
MIAMI HAS THE 3-WAY 9-7 TIEBREAKER: MIA-BALT-SD (conf rec) *** PITTS HAS THE 3-WAY 8-8 TIEBREAKER: PITT-JETS-SD (conf rec) ***
Jets are eliminated, but still involved in the tiebreakers ...

260 posted on 12/22/2013 7:43:48 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (h2h? head-to-head)
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