NFL Conference Championships - Sun. 23 January 2005 - Update-Patriots vs. Eagles in the Super Bowl

[CounterCounterCulture]

VS
Atlanta Falcons/Philadelphia Eagles

VS
New England Patriots/Pittsburgh Steelers

ATL at PHI, Sat, 3:00 p.m. EST
NE at PIT, Sat, 6:30 p.m. EST

[Dog Gone]

My life will be complete if the Iggles lose.

Bush re-elected, all your Senate are belong to us, Republicans in control of every statewide office in Texas, and the Iggles lose.

That's it, I'm done. Nothing more to live for.

[evad]

LOL..
workin' overtime.

[beyond the sea]

New England 40, Pittsburg 9

LOL! Your prediction is as correct as your spelling!

[infidel29]

I just hope it's not a built in excuse.

[nothingnew]

Damn, that was good! My blood pressure rose reading that.

GO PATS!

FMCDH(BITS)

[Sprite518]

Go Falcons! Eagle fans better hope they do not choke again. It will be 4 in a row if it happens.

[evad]

Beaucoup bouncing balls as their wrested from the garglous grasps of the Primpin' Pats.

Boy are you set up for a hard fall

[Sprite518]

It will be very cold. It should be around 18 degrees at kick off.

[beyond the sea]

Where's the ZAMBONI???

[evad]

That's it, I'm done. Nothing more to live for.

I AGREE with you but...
do we have to die?

[gopwinsin04]

It's a lonely job..field conditions as of 20 minutes ago

[Cboldt]

*bump* to a Pats victory. See you all during game time!

[sully777]

I'm thinking back to the Bengals Chargers championship game in 1980 with the wind blowing off the Ohio River into Riverside Stadium making it -65 degrees windchill. Chargers had no chance. I see Philly beating Atlanta badly.

As for Pats/Steelers I harken back to Cowboys Packers game in the Superbowl. As it gets colder, the football will be harder to handle, the hits will hurt more, and the old injuries will flare up. I pick the team with the best doctor and best heater.

[beyond the sea]

Around 10 degrees here in The Burgh at game time.

[ringmaster]

I hope you enjoyed the game on Halloween - trick or treat - you enjoyed the treat, tonight comes the trick.

Patriots 35 Steelers 10

[Dog Gone]

Perhaps that would be taking it too far, I admit.

[beyond the sea]

With thermometer shuddering at 13 below zero and a wind chill of minus 46, Bart Starr scores winning touchdown from 1-yard line .....................

[dAnconia]

I sure hope you're right.
BUT,the Pats have a pretty good clue how to play in bad weather.
Corey Dillon vs. Jerome Bettis adv:Bettis
Tom Brady vs. Ben R. adv:Brady
Should be a great game either way.
I just hope the Steelers win because I have a strange thing about spreading the Championships around...No-one should be perrennial champs. I'm a Bronco fan and after 98 I didn't want another Bowl for a while.(Although it's been long enough now...)

[Big Giant Head]

Rooting for the Pats and Falcons!

My prediction as well.

[End Times Sentinel]

If they lose their 4th straight NFC Championship game, heads are going to roll.

 

You'd normally think, but they won't (God forbid that if becomes true).  BFA (Big Fat Andy) is signed through something like 2011, and the roster certainly isn't the problem so they won't even take the GM position from him.

Tom Heckert has done a solid job in the draft in the two or so years he's been here.  Neither of the coordinators are going anywhere, they're both considered top commodities.

Pretty much all of the key players are locked up long term.  Freddie ("The People's Champion") Mitchell and Cory Simon might both leave, but that's regular attrition.

 

One thing about the Eagles under Jeff Lurie is that they show a lot of loyalty to people (unless they perceive you as not being a team player- John Welborne, Trot at one time, etc.)  It may be a fatal flaw, but they're loyal none the less.

Owl_Eagle

"You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in.  I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being"

-Hillary Clinton

(Yes, she really said that

Peggy Noonan

The Case Against Hillary Clinton, pg 55)