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Posted by **M. Hazelton** on 11 Dec 2009, 23:29

The only difference is my real brother's biceps are a lot smaller! :-D

Posted by **monty** on 11 Dec 2009, 23:44

thanks for the suggestions halzelton and efb but i don't thin we will we can't aford new shirts with that either of them on the back heck we can barely afford numbers on the back of our shirts

Posted by **ColeF** on 12 Dec 2009, 15:50

Nice Matt! :thumbup:

I forgot to tell you fellas how the playoffs work.

In each conference (AFC and NFC) the two teams with the best records (top 2 seeds) get a first round bye while the next four teams (3rd-6th seeds) play each other in a wild card round the highest winning seed plays the no. 2 seed and the lower winning seed plays the no. 1 seed. Then the winners of those games play for the championship. The champion of each conference plays in the Super Bowl! ;-)

Any questions? :mrgreen:

Posted by **Fenton** on 12 Dec 2009, 23:31

Yes ...Why do they call themselves World Champions when a team has won it?

Posted by **efb** on 13 Dec 2009, 01:41

It's more baseball that does that.

Super Bowl winners will refer to themselves as world champions sometimes...'cause nobody else really plays it. I wouldn't stop there. I'd go Galactic...mostly it's just Super Bowl Champs.

Baseball's the sport that calls it's championship a World Series.

Posted by **Fenton** on 13 Dec 2009, 02:52

But the World Series was named after a newspaper who sponsered the competition wasnt it?

Posted by **efb** on 13 Dec 2009, 04:50

Probably...most of the old appellations and team nicknames came from sports writers and newspapers...like, for instance, the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party...Whoo Hooo.

Sounds like you know more about it than I do...baseball is not my thing.

There is actually a World Championship of Baseball...nobody in the US gives a rip, but it's huge in Asia and Latin America.

Posted by **ColeF** on 14 Dec 2009, 01:24

Wow! Got the wins right, but not the scores.

Can you guess the only one I got right? :-)

Here are the scores:
26-23 Saints
21-14 Packers
28-16 Colts
14-10 Dolphins
30-10 Vikings
20-10 Patriots
20-17 Chargers :-)

And the last game is on Monday night. :oops:

Posted by **ColeF** on 15 Dec 2009, 14:34

I got one wrong. The Cardinals just got walloped by the 49ers 24-9. :eh:

Posted by **ColeF** on 16 Dec 2009, 03:36

Check this out:
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/200912131 ... #tab:watch

1:45-6 was made for efb. :mrgreen:

Posted by **ColeF** on 16 Dec 2009, 16:14

Big game for the Chargers this week.

Indianapolis Colts (13-0) @ Jacksonville Jaguars (7-6)
[28-17 Colts]

Dallas Cowboys (8-5) @ New Orleans Saints (13-0)
[23-20 Saints]

New England Patriots (8-5) @ Buffalo Bills (5-8 )
[17-10 Pats]

Arizona Cardinals (8-5) @ Detroit Lions (2-11)
[28-10 Cards]

San Francisco 49ers (6-7) @ Philadelphia Eagles (9-4)
[24-14 Eagles]

Oakland Raiders (4-9) @ Denver Broncos (8-5)
[28-7 Broncs]

Cincinnati Bengals (9-4) @ San Diego Chargers (10-3)
[24-20 Bolts] :-)

Green Bay Packers (9-4) @ Pittsburgh Steelers (6-7)
[28-21 Packers]

Minnesota Vikings (11-2) @ Carolina Panthers (4-9)
[30-13 Vikes]

Posted by **ColeF** on 18 Dec 2009, 22:31

OK. Indy beat the Jags 35-31 last night. Tomorrow is the Dallas-New Orleans game. The rest are on Sunday.

Posted by **ColeF** on 21 Dec 2009, 14:48

What a week for upsets!! :shock:

Here they are:

24-17 Cowboys!!! :shock:

17-10 Pats
31-24 Cards
27-13 Eagles
20-19 Raiders!!! :mrgreen:

27-24 Bolts

37-36 Steelers!!! :eh:

26-7 Panthers!!!! :scratch:

Keep your eyes on this:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d ... nfirm=true

Posted by **ColeF** on 30 Dec 2009, 21:30

Sorry I missed last week, but I was kinda busy with Christmas and all.
Of course, check this out:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d ... nfirm=true

Chargers are in for sure now.

I'll put this weeks games up tomorrow.

Posted by **musketier** on 30 Dec 2009, 21:54

Just throwing some stats out there, I have been predicting this season's NFL winners from week 2-16 so far my record is 158-67 compared to the "professionals" record of 145-79. hmmm maybe I should go to Vegas :lol:

btw it has only taken me about 15 years to sorta understand cricket. :-D

Posted by **ColeF** on 01 Jan 2010, 15:24

Here they are:

Indianapolis Colts (14-1) @ Buffalo Bills (5-10)
[18-15 Colts]

New Orleans Saints (13-2) @ Carolina Panthers (7-8 )
[28-14 Panthers]

New England Patriots (10-5) @ Houston Texans (8-7)
[21-14 Pats]

New York Giants (8-7) @ Minnesota Vikings (11-4)
[23-20 Vikes]

Philadelphia Eagles (11-4) @ Dallas Cowboys (10-5)
[20-17 Eagles]

Kansas City Chiefs (3-12) @ Denver Broncos (8-7)
[23-17 Broncs]

Washington Redskins (4-11) @ San Diego Chargers (12-3)
[24-14 Bolts] :-)

Green Bay Packers (10-5) @ Arizona Cardinals (10-5)
[23-21 Packers]

Cincinnati Bengals (10-5) @ New York Jets (8-7)
[14-10 Jets]

Some very interesting games this week.

Posted by **ColeF** on 05 Jan 2010, 01:03

Don't have the scores anymore but I'll tell ya the wins:
Bills over Colts
Panthers over Saints
Texans over Pats
Vikes over Giants
Boys shutout Eagles
Chiefs 44-24 over Broncs! :mrgreen:

Bolts 23-20 over Skins :-)

Packers over the Cards
Jets over Bengals

And the playoffs are all set!

www.nfl.com

Posted by **efb** on 17 Jan 2010, 21:52

Cole...I was watching one of your nfl playoff games last night and I've got a question.

Why do so many nfl fans, and I've noticed College Football fans up north, wear jerseys to the games? Are they waiting to be called into the game if necessary? I'm talkin' about grown men and women.

Can you explain it?

Posted by **efb** on 25 Jan 2010, 04:02

Again I ask...after watching indianapolis...what's with the freakin' jerseys!

Somethin' else I don't like about the NFL...the Saints are the local team. Most people that care about professional football 'round here are Saints fans. They're playin' the Vikings...the minnesota Vikings. That should be an easy call...New Orleans Louisiana v. minnesota...but it's problematic because the Vikings are quarterbacked by a legend from Kiln, Missississippi and Percy Harvin is another of their superstars. If this was college football...LSU v. minnesota...there'd be no question, but all these teams (except ironically the Saints) are led by Southerners (Peyton Manning, Adia for the Colts).

Loyalty issues are just too complicated for it to be any fun.

Posted by **ColeF** on 25 Jan 2010, 20:52

The jerseys are to show loyalty for one player.
In the college football fans generally just like a college near them, or the one they went to. In the NFL you are generally a fan of the leader of a team (the QB), that most likely came from your college. That's why I like the San Diego Chargers. Their QB is Philip Rivers, the best QB from NC State ever.
If you like just like a NFL team just because it's nearby, it means you probably don't like a college team. ;-)

Just my two cents.

P.S. This weekend I'll tell everybody eveything about the last three weeks.

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