NFL Thread 2016

[Brian]

since the end of the game, I believe we may have an f bomb record (for network tv)

[Ding Dong Johnson]

horsefeathers the NFL

[soccer10k]

You can make an argument that in one calendar year we've seen the best college basketball, college football, NBA, MLB and NFL titles in history

 

I'd say so. Cavs were the first team to overcome 3-1 down in the NBA finals. Cubs were the 6th. Pats comeback was 15 points more than the previous record. Plus the NCAA title game didn't just have the buzzer beater but Carolinas comeback from 10 down in the last few minutes including the Paige off balance 3 to tie.

 

And without thinking too much, Clemson-Bama is 1a and 1b with USC-Texas for me.

Edited February 6, 2017 by soccer10k

[Sosa21MVP]

I still don't believe that comeback happened. Damn. :hello:

[OleMissCub]

Atlanta hasn't been burned like that since 1864

[Sosa21MVP]

Atlanta hasn't been burned like that since 1864

 

Damn.

[Sammy Sofa]

So between LeBron, Trump and now this debacle, do we have to just finally admit that the Cubs are actually evil?

[Andy]

My favorite one of these came from the Football Outsiders guy Schatz, a Patriots fan who literally is paid to be Mr. Analytical and because of that should've known beyond everyone that the game wasn't over.

[Sammy Sofa]

Hah-hah! Trump apparently bailed well before the game was done and took off for Florida.

[OleMissCub]

[CaliforniaRaisin]

NFL overtime rules suck.

[Cubswin11]

That was some pitiful play calling and time management by the Falcons on the last drive they had up 8

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Poor Falcons needed that 17-minute rain delay.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

So between LeBron, Trump and now this debacle, do we have to just finally admit that the Cubs are actually evil?

 

We opened the gates of hell.

[jersey cubs fan]

Hah-hah! Trump apparently bailed well before the game was done and took off for Florida.

he took off for Florida days before the game started

[biittner77]

I went upstairs to put my son to bed right after the Pats scored their 1st TD, which pretty much ended any chance of winning the pool. Fell asleep and woke up after the game was over. Good thing I don't bet on football since I would have taken Atlanta and the under. In my defense, Atlanta should never have brought the over into play or lost the game.

[Banedon]

Stupid roofed stadium. Falcons really needed a rain delay before OT.

[Sammy Sofa]

 

As an outsider, this always seems like one of the most forced "rivalries." Like if somebody was REALLY invested in the Cubs and Pirates clashing simply because they technically played in the same division.

[jersey cubs fan]

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[OleMissCub]

 

As an outsider, this always seems like one of the most forced "rivalries." Like if somebody was REALLY invested in the Cubs and Pirates clashing simply because they technically played in the same division.

 

It's not forced. There aren't many large cities in the Deep South. Thus the rivalry. You'd have to live down here to get it, I guess.

[NOLA]

 

As an outsider, this always seems like one of the most forced "rivalries." Like if somebody was REALLY invested in the Cubs and Pirates clashing simply because they technically played in the same division.

Absolutely not forced. I hate Atlanta, and I can promise you that everyone around me at the bar last night was cheering for the Pats almost like they were the Saints.

 

It's the fans. Every time they come to town they are the most obnoxious, trash talking bunch of derelicts of any fan base. There are always fights in the Dome with them. The city poses as some LA of the South-the exact opposite of New Orleans. All faux glitz, no substance. Atlanta and their fans are the worst. The hate goes back to the NFC West days.

[jersey cubs fan]

The city poses as some LA of the South-the exact opposite of New Orleans. All faux glitz, no substance. Atlanta and their fans are the worst. The hate goes back to the NFC West days.

 

I feel like Atlanta has claimed the "everything of the South" at one point or another.

[OleMissCub]

The city poses as some LA of the South-the exact opposite of New Orleans. All faux glitz, no substance. Atlanta and their fans are the worst. The hate goes back to the NFC West days.

 

I feel like Atlanta has claimed the "everything of the South" at one point or another.

 

"1864's largest pile of smoldering rubble of the South"

[Sammy Sofa]

 

As an outsider, this always seems like one of the most forced "rivalries." Like if somebody was REALLY invested in the Cubs and Pirates clashing simply because they technically played in the same division.

Absolutely not forced. I hate Atlanta, and I can promise you that everyone around me at the bar last night was cheering for the Pats almost like they were the Saints.

 

It's the fans. Every time they come to town they are the most obnoxious, trash talking bunch of derelicts of any fan base. There are always fights in the Dome with them. The city poses as some LA of the South-the exact opposite of New Orleans. All faux glitz, no substance. Atlanta and their fans are the worst. The hate goes back to the NFC West days.

 

Like I said, looking at it as an outsider it seems forced. By my own arbitrary rules, at the very minimum a good rivalry needs to be between teams who share the same state, or are in states bordering each other. You start skipping states, eh, it feels like reaching.

 

And the fans thing, to this I also say "eh;" Reds fans flood Wrigley, but it feels more like annoyance as opposed to "YEAH, horsefeathers THE REDS." Any rivalry there feels more like a technicality than anything else.

 

Obviously, that's not to say it's not an actual rivalry; it just feels like here in DC when I hear locals talking about the Redskins and the Giants like it's this heated, storied vendetta, and all I can think is, "aw, that's nice."

 

And, as usual, it doesn't matter if any of this applies to college sports, because college sports are dumb.

[jersey cubs fan]

Like I said, looking at it as an outsider it seems forced. By my own arbitrary rules, at the very minimum a good rivalry needs to be between teams who share the same state, or are in states bordering each other. You start skipping states, eh, it feels like reaching.

that's a very weird rule

 

by this definition, the Dallas Cowboys don't have a rivalry with anybody in their division

Edited February 6, 2017 by jersey cubs fan