Official NFL Conference Championship Games-Patriots beat Chargers 21-12; Giants beat Packers 23-20

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[mainepatsfan]

OFFICIAL FR NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SUNDAY LIVE THREAD

JANUARY 20TH, 2008

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

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3:00PM ET - CBS

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

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6:30PM ET - FOX

[b4its2late]

[Pharmboy]

Love it, man...

[Pharmboy]

Thanks for your kind wishes. It really was a ten Tums evening! Hopefully the BIG game will be as exciting as this one or the first time the Giants saw the Pats this season...

[The KG9 Kid]

I was worried about the game. The field was too cold for hard hits and running plays and I expected season-ending injuries. I don't put a lot of stock into bizarre statistics like 'Only 3 teams out of 49 have ever won at Lambeau when the temp goes below freezing' and 'Favre is 89% in the post-season at home' and 'If the Redskins win the week before Election Day, that's a good omen for Democrats'.

I was also chagrined to hear Chris 'Kiss Of Death' Carter pick the Packers with gusto. He's a regular Schleprock. Just a curse. I expected a very close game with Packers winning as long as Favre didn't throw one of his interceptions.

So you're expecting the Giants to win the Super Bowl, I take it?

[RGPII]

The field may have been cold, but they now have a heated field at Lambeau: like they warm the fields for soccer in Germany and other countries. New technology I guess.

[montag813]

Days like this should remind Americans just how boring and stupid baseball is, and how the NFL is and will always be America’s True Pastime.

[The KG9 Kid]

All that heating system does is make the yardlines warm when it snows so that it's easier to plow.

It did nothing for -23F wind chill above ankle level.

[misterrob]

Baseball is a thinking man’s game with some special skills to boot. How in the world does someone hit a 95 Mph heater out of the park? And that was after having taken the last two since you could tell they were not strikes.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

The end ...

[montag813]

Favre was pathetic....yep truly pathetic.

Not really. Ryan Grant had 201 yards last week--29 yards tonight. The Packers are not built to win like that. Don't bash Favre, credit the Giants D-line. The signature defensive play of the game was the touchdown-saving 4-on-1 stop of the screen pass by Antonio Pierce. the Giants "D" was unbeatable.

[Reaganite1984]

That picture says it all, doesn't it?

[Rosemont]

You can’t settle for FG’s against NE and expect to win.

[RGPII]

It was just some fantastic game, how about the interception the Giants got just to fumble it away and what a heel Tynes would have felt, like the Cub fan that grabbed that ball, if GB had come back. But all in all, Green Bay put up the battle and NY had to finally wrestle it from them though some might argue NY tried to give it back to the Packers. Third Tynes the Charm - http://www.sportsline.com/

[Milwaukee_Guy]

One bright spot during the game ...

[Mr. Mojo]

Yep, the G-Men stopped the run cold and the Pack just gave up even trying.

The Giants' running game wasn't brilliant early on either, but they kept plugging away and eventually the holes opened up. Good coaching -- Coughlin stuck to the game plan.

[Reaganite1984]

Well put.

Nothing in professional sports approaches the National Football League.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****Redskins win the week before Election Day, that's a good omen for Democrats'. ****

They used to say if the NFC team won the super bowl that was good for the republicans. Of course that was from the 80's when the NFC dominated.

2004 AFC Patriots - Bush (R) wins

2000 NFC Rams - Bush (R) wins

1996 NFC Cowboys - Clinton (D) wins

1992 NFC Redskins - Clinton (D) wins

1988 NFC Redskins - Bush (R) wins

1984 AFC Raiders - Reagan (R) wins

1980 AFC Steelers - Reagan (R) wins

1976 AFC Steelers - Carter (D) wins

1972 NFC Cowboys - Nixon (R) wins

1968 NFL Packers - Nixon (R) wins

Republicans are 3-1 if an AFC team wins and Republicans are 4-2 (3-3 on popular vote) if an NFC/NFL team wins.

[Reaganite1984]

Yeah, Aikman and Buck commented on their-ahem-"enthusiasm" when the Fox cameras panned across to them.

I'm amazed anyone was able to stay out in the stands for nearly four hours.

Tom Coughlin still looked like he had rosacea an hour after the game!

[1L]

No, but I do have about 10-15 minutes a year to contribute to it. I didn’t compile all this today.

[steelyourfaith]

You can’t settle for FG’s against NE and expect to win.

Ha ! Whereas, NE has, in fact, won its three Lombardi Trophies by merely the margin of a single field goal each.

Such are the vagaries of the NFL, huh?