NFL Divisional Playoff Thread

[TruffleShuffle]

It wouldn't be as wildly popular as it currently is if you had a full on playoff.

 

in your opinion.

 

in my opinion, it would be the most wildly popular playoff in sports, even bigger than the men's basketball tourney

 

No, I'm talking about the sport in general. College football as a whole would not be as wildly popular if it had a full on playoff.

 

And there's not a chance in the world that a college football player would be more popular than March Madness. There's just no way that's possible and there are a ton of reasons why.

 

not to mention that it's not always true that the "best team won" at the end of a tournament, even though everyone says this. was NC St better than Houston in 1983? how about villanova-georgetown in 1985? villanova won the ncaa title as an 8 seed, which is the equivalent of the ncaa football championship going to a team that isn't ranked in the top 25. more than an insignificant amount of the time, the team that wins the title in ncaa men's basketball is the team that happened to get hot and lucky at the right time. i like the ncaa tourney for what it is, but i also like that the team winning the ncaa title in football is the team that was the best for 4-5 months, not 3 weeks.

 

so LSU was the best team all year, eh?

 

better than mississippi state, who was probably the equivalent of 1985 villanova.

[Andy]

It wouldn't be as wildly popular as it currently is if you had a full on playoff.

 

in your opinion.

 

in my opinion, it would be the most wildly popular playoff in sports, even bigger than the men's basketball tourney

 

No, I'm talking about the sport in general. College football as a whole would not be as wildly popular if it had a full on playoff.

 

And there's not a chance in the world that a college football player would be more popular than March Madness. There's just no way that's possible and there are a ton of reasons why.

 

not to mention that it's not always true that the "best team won" at the end of a tournament, even though everyone says this. was NC St better than Houston in 1983? how about villanova-georgetown in 1985? villanova won the ncaa title as an 8 seed, which is the equivalent of the ncaa football championship going to a team that isn't ranked in the top 25. more than an insignificant amount of the time, the team that wins the title in ncaa men's basketball is the team that happened to get hot and lucky at the right time. i like the ncaa tourney for what it is, but i also like that the team winning the ncaa title in football is the team that was the best for 4-5 months, not 3 weeks.

 

so LSU was the best team all year, eh?

 

better than mississippi state, who was probably the equivalent of 1985 villanova.

They lost twice in triple overtime in the best league this year, beating many good teams in the process. As screwy as this season was, LSU was the best team, in my eyes anyway.

[NCCubFan]

Maybe I am the only one, but I am a Bears fan who doesn't hate the Packers. I don't like them, but that burning hatred just isn't there.

Same with me. I want the Bears to kick their fannies when they play because they're a division rival, but no more so to me than the Vikings or Lions.

[Cubfanintheknow]

In light of the recent arrest of the packers fan on child abuse charges (in case you missed it, a father and packer fan is alleged to have taped his son to a chair and then taped a packers jersey to him during last Sunday's packer/seahawk playoff game), I felt compelled to post a link to Rick Morrisey's most recent column in the Chicago Tribune.

 

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-080117rickmorriseypackersarrest,0,7120878.column

 

Especially relevant to my argument is this part of the column:

 

But the Packers part of the equation cannot be dismissed here. It's hard to picture a Jacksonville Jaguars fan getting this irate about his son's lack of commitment. In these parts, at least, it reinforces the idea that a certain amount of brainwashing is going on in Wisconsin. It might involve coercion. It might involve tape. But we're pretty sure these people have their ways.

 

Now we don't want to paint with too broad a brush, especially with Green Bay preparing to face the New York Giants in the NFC championship game Sunday, but if one Packers fan is willing to force his child to wear a team jersey, what might another be willing to do?

 

Call his home "The First Reformed Covenant Church of Brett" and file for tax-exempt status?

 

Go ahead and laugh. But the general manager of the Fox affiliate in Green Bay has pulled "Seinfeld" reruns from the schedule Saturday because Giants quarterback Eli Manning is a big fan of the show. He doesn't want Manning to feel comfortable the night before the big game. A special about the late Vince Lombardi likely will take its place.

 

So don't get mad at Kowald for being extremist when, in fact, he could be middle of the (county) road.

 

Just reinforces what I've thought all along about packer fans. They're lunatics.

[Derwood]

Hitler was a football fan? (NSFW language)