Headline should read:
"Philadelphia Eagles and their fans have a date with dynasty."
Watching football is certainly a lot of fun and entertaining - but is 22 men chasing an oblong ball up and down a field really worth all this?
Eagles'Ping
Patriots dance on bald eagles 31-10.
And it a damn shame that the Steelers didn't even bother to show up for last nights game!
I'm ecstatic that the team finally busted down the door to the Super Bowl!
However, I feel for the veterans that helped build the franchise that are were not part of the team this year; Duce Staley, Troy Vincent, and Bobby Taylor.
They will forever be Eagles in my heart of hearts.
Correction:
Philadelphia Eagles and their Fans Had Have a Date with Destiny an ass-whuppin'.
So many posters here at FR were predicting that Michael Vick was going to help the Falcons trounce the Eagles in an easy win. Where are those "experts" today....and BTW where was this "Michael Vick"....it seemed to us that he didn't really show-up at the game!!!!
Fly Eagles fly, on the road to victory.
Fight Eagles fight, score a touchdown 1-2-3.
Hit 'em low,
Hit 'em high,
And we'll watch our Eagles fly.
Fly Eagles fly on the road to victory.
Enjoy it while it lasts, Iggles fans, because you're about to meet the Grim Reaper in the Superbowl.
On to JAX with the overconfident Patsies.
The quality wins quotient gets paraded out here more often than the Gaelic Column of Pipes & Drums.Why not? The quality wins quotient cuts a nifty jib, looks good in a kilt and can blow its own horn with the best of them.
The quality wins quotient is now an eye-popping 9-1 in the playoffs, though it did suffer its first setback with Atlanta’s 27-10 loss to Philly in the NFC title game.
The quality wins quotient was hardly surprised in that game, however. In fact, the match-up of Atlanta and Philly featured the narrowest quality wins differential of any playoff pairing this year.
Both teams entered the game with 2-1 records against quality opponents*. Atlanta got the nod from the quality wins quotient by virtue of a slightly better point differential. The Falcons outscored their three quality opponents by an average of 4.0 points per game. Philly had outscored its quality opponents by 3.7 points per game. But that most narrow of advantages for Atlanta was not enough to overcome a desperate 14-3 Philly squad playing at home and in its fourth consecutive conference title game.
While the NFC title contest featured the narrowest quality wins margin of any playoff pairing this year, Super Bowl XXXIX features one of the greatest disparities.
• New England is 9-1 against quality opponents (and 19-1 over the past two seasons)
• Philly is 3-1 against quality opponents
• New England has outscored its 10 quality opponents by an average of 11.0 PPG (25.8-14.8)
• Philly has outscored its four quality opponents by an average of 7.0 PPG (23.0-16.0)
• New England’s quality opponents posted a combined record of 116-56 (.674)
• Philly’s quality opponents posted a combined record of 47-22 (.681).
A number of readers disagree with our definition of quality wins. So, too, do some in the media. Bob Neumeier of sports radio WEEI 850 in Boston, for example, believes that more credence should be placed on scoring differential.
After all, Seattle qualifies as a quality team by our definition with its 9-8 record this year. But Seattle surrendered more points (400) than it scored (390). Using the point-differential methodology, Seattle would not qualify as a quality team.
It’s certainly a legitimate argument. During the Patriots "5th Quarter" postgame show Sunday night, Neumeier posted the results of his quality wins methodology and showed very positive results. But we’ll stand by our deceptively simple formula. It’s 9-1 straight up in the playoffs; 8-2 against the spread (Atlanta failed to cover against Philly and Pittsburgh failed to cover against the Jets); and accurately called for a historic three straight victories by road underdogs on wildcard weekend.
Bottom line: the quality wins quotient has been deadly accurate in the postseason and calls for a sizable victory by New England in Super Bowl XXXIX. So kick back and enjoy the show. There will be a bigger parade in two weeks.
The Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots may have the two most obnoxious fan bases in the NFL.
Patriots fans already have two Super Bowl titles in the past three years, plus a Red Sox World Series from last year. If the Pats win another, their heads may explode.
Eagles fans:
1. Are jerks (cheering when Michael Irvin broke his neck)
2. Are bandwagoners (witness the ripping of Reid and McNabb last year after NFC title game loss number three)
3. Are not very bright
For point #3, let me take you back about five years or so. "With the third pick in the 1999 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select Donovan McNabb of Syracuse University." "BOOOOOOOO! BOOOOOOOOOO! I can't believe we didn't pick Ricky Williams! BOOOOOOOOOO!"
Lando 
This reminds me of the Simpsons episode when a drunken Homer drives the float onto the field and runs over the kickers leg. Fat Tony threatens Homer with an ice pick, but Homer gets Bart to perform a miracle on the kickers leg so that he can play. With a taped-up leg, the kicker attempts a big field goal. In doing it, his lower leg breaks off and kicks the ball again in mid-air. The kick is good! B.O. oops I mean T.O. should think about it.
