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

[discostu]

Sportcenter syndrome. Same reason DBs try to run back INTs from the end zone and don’t get past the 20, same reason guys lay on big hits with their arms at their side instead of actually tackling, same reason nobody in the NBA can shoot from the floor anymore but they all know how to spin a 360 during a dunk. They want to make the hilight real.

[mainepatsfan]

Talk about lousy timing.

[missnry]

Commercial Break

[savedbygrace]

It was a take-down.

[relee]

I like the second one from the right best, I think it’s the smile, yeah, that’s it, the smile ;-)

[BIGLOOK]

Just a BS holding call....negating a TD.

[gpapa]

Except for all the penalties.

[Richard Kimball]

Agreed. It was a hold, but one that goes on on almost every play.

[ThePythonicCow]

No - my foxsports.com is sluggish - that’s 2nd and 16 on the Giants own 47.

[warsaw44]

Man, these Giants look pretty darn good at this point. Great game to say the least.

[jwalsh07]

%$^$^#&#*#*#$*(#$(!!

That spells chowderhead in expletives. ;-}

[winstonwolf33]

Steve Smith—What a catch!

[Mr. Mojo]

Yep. Holding literally happens on every play. Only the particularly blatant ones should be called, and that one certainly didn’t qualify.

[BIGLOOK]

Picket called out the Hold and the zebra bought it.

[Radix]

"I think it’s going to be a Giants/Pats Super Bowl."

It is looking that way.

Darn, I hate NY!

[Richard Kimball]

If the Giants don’t screw up, they’ve got this game.

[michigander]

Oh come on. They measure after the center moves the ball??

[commish]

HUge review... don’t see how it gets overturned.

[SamAdams76]

That was not a first down.

[arizonarachel]

Does anyone else think the Giant’s coach is going to need some surgery for frostbite tomorrow? YIKES.