NFL PLAYOFFS THREAD - Jan. 22

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[doug from upland]

Eli and Brady rematch? Two brothers? Give your predictions and make comments here.

[warsaw44]

google Manhattan clam chowder and you'll see what I am talking about. Its revolting.

[Uncle Hal]

I live about 40 miles north of SF and it started raining here about 7 AM this morning. Has continued all day. It will be wet and muddy for the game.

[Kakaze]

I think its going to be a Giants / Pats Superbowl.

Of course I'd like nothing more than to see another Manning beat Brady in Indianapolis.

[mylife]

Steven Tyler butchered the National Anthem.

[kjam22]

I just heard the 2nd half of it....

[Txngal]

Was it just my imagination or did the entire stadium boo him?

[dr_lew]

A cargo plane?

[yield 2 the right]

I thought the same , but I do not know... quickly muted the TV....

[kjam22]

Personally, I don’t think this game is gonna be very close. I think Brady is gonna eat em up.

[mylife]

I could not tell over all the caterwauling!

[Mad Dawgg]

I won’t forget and the Ravens and Art Modell can kiss my ass!

[Dysart]

I think both teams can play well on a sloppy track with two pretty good ground games. So, it's a wash I'd say.

[mylife]

BAd start for the Ravens.

[MD Expat in PA]

Steven Tyler butchered the National Anthem.

How so? I admit I wasn’t listening all that closely. Did he butcher the lyrics? From what I heard of it, he sang it pretty straight, no crazy embellishments. I was expecting it to be worse to be honest.

[mylife]

Art Modell can kiss my ass too!

[mylife]

He sang it correctly, he just didn’t sing it well.

[Dysart]

A cargo plane?

[dr_lew]

... Did he butcher the lyrics?

A very straight rendention, I agree, and entirely satisfactory. I thought maybe he paused before "brave", just to play on his controversial "home of the Indianapolis 500" finish a few years ago. At that time I thought, "Well ok ... just don't do it again." And he didn't, at least this time.

[MD Expat in PA]

He sang it correctly, he just didn’t sing it well.

I thought that given Steven Tyler doesn't sing all that well to begin with, at least to my ears, I thought he did a pretty decent job, he really could have gone all crazy like he does with his songs, but he tried to sing it pretty straight - IMO. But then again when I heard it announced that he was singing, my expectations were pretty low.

[winodog]

lol I dunno but after seeing the flyover I actually found this thread because I knew freepers would tell me what it is.

I will check back later