A train wreck

[gotribego26]

The final ten minutes of the first half for the Cowboys.

It's amazing to watch so much talent do so little to make each other better.

Enjoyable, yet amazing.

[takinover]

If the score holds then then 5 out of the 6 NFC teams that made the playoffs last year will miss this year, with only the Giants returning (who were the #5 seed last year and #1 this year).

And if the Dolphins, Ravens, and Broncos win, then 3 out of the 6 AFC teams that made it last year will miss this year (with only Pittsburgh, Tennessee and Indy returning). None of the returning teams would have won a playoff game last year.

So out of the 12 possible teams in the playoffs, only one (the Giants) would have won a playoff game the previous season.

Parity or mediocrity? Or both?

[gotribego26]

Parity or mediocrity? Or both?

Both - but as as long as the Cowboys demonstrate more mediocrity than parity I'll take it.

[o-man]

The final ten minutes of the first half for the Cowboys.

It's amazing to watch so much talent do so little to make each other better.

Enjoyable, yet amazing.

Hear, hear! The third quarter has been an absolute zeppelin explosion, too. GO IGGLES!

[takinover]

Not sure what is the biggest train wreck

- Cowboys doing what they are doing

- Tampa Bay after being 9-3 and only needing to beat the Raiders at home

- Denver if they lose tonight

- NY Jets, who couldn't win on the West coast against bad teams.

I know which one I am enjoying the most

[NellyLunatic1980]

Fly, Eagles, fly... on the road to victory!
Fight, Eagles, fight... score a touchdown, 1, 2, 3!
Hit 'em low, hit 'em high, and we'll watch our Eagles fly!
Fly, Eagles, fly... on the road to victory!

E-A-G-L-E-S, EAGLES!

[etaoin22]

OK for some train (wreck) stuff. Mr. Jones of the Cowboys' defensive unit no doubt will be feeling somewhat let go, in the near future



Neil Young:

Southern Pacific

Down the mountainside
To the coastline
Past the angry tide
The mighty diesel whines.

And the tunnel comes
And the tunnel goes
Round another bend
The giant drivers roll.

I rode the Highball
I fired the Daylight
When I turned sixty-five
I couldn't see right.

It was Mr. Jones,
We've got to let you go
It's company policy
You've got a pension though.

Roll on, Southern Pacific
On your silver rails
On your silver rails
Roll on, Southern Pacific
On your silver rails
Through the moonlight.

I put in my time
I put in my time
Now I'm left to roll
Down the long decline.

I ain't no brake man
Ain't no conductor
But I would be though
If I was younger.

Roll on, Southern Pacific
On your silver rails
On your silver rails
Roll on, Southern Pacific
Roll on, on your silver rails.

[elwoodblues]

I wish Wade Phillips the best of luck in his next job.

[littlebeast13]

I thought this was gonna be a thread commemorating the first ever 16 game imperfect team.....

And I picked against them every week. First time I have ever picked a team correctly all season long. I guess that made up for picking Denver wrong just about every week.....

lb13

[christie1111]

Did you pick them again for this week?

It isn't looking good right now.

Come on Broncos!

Sprots needs you to play better that this!

[littlebeast13]

Did you pick them again for this week?

It isn't looking good right now.

Come on Broncos!

Sprots needs you to play better that this!

I picked San Diego.

Of course, the game doesn't really matter. I can't catch MACRAE or fall behind Peacock, so I have clinched 2nd in the Bored pool....

lb13

[SportsFan68]

I thought this was gonna be a thread commemorating the first ever 16 game imperfect team.....

And I picked against them every week. First time I have ever picked a team correctly all season long. I guess that made up for picking Denver wrong just about every week.....

lb13

It's dangerous to pick Denver to lose, and it's just about equally dangerous to pick 'em to win. We've beaten better teams this season.

Come on, Shanahan, hope you're telling 'em how to win this game at the half.

[SportsFan68]

Did you pick them again for this week?

It isn't looking good right now.

Come on Broncos!

Sprots needs you to play better that this!

This is embarrassing. Christie finally gets to watch a Broncos game, and look at it!

When the Stillers were behind 13-3 against Dallas, he went outside to put the Christmas lights up, and they came back to win.

Now we're doomed -- he won't go out and take them down. He's watching the halftime show.

[etaoin22]

The only team with some talent I have seen play so badly as the Cowboys lately, is this year's Toronto Argonauts. For that matter, the Cowboys have been on and off for three years now, and the common factor between the two teams is that poor Mike Van Der Jagt has had the pleasure of placekicking for both of 'em.

It is strange to see in the land of Taking Football Seriously (Texas, not Toronto....), that the offence winds up being so bereft of logic. In Woodward's biography of John Belushi, he mentions that crappy script work would get passed up to him on the assumption that "John will make it funny". For the Cowboys, things seem to be predicated on "Tony will make a play". Sometimes, that works;breaking free of the rush to throw the overhand lateral with a secondary forward to T.O. who in a perfect world might have broken for a touchdown, was beautiful. More often, instead of scrunching down and taking a sack, high risks for fumbles are taken,and disasters occur.

[traininvain]

Oh, I thought this thread was a comment on my fantasy Baseball team, glad to see that it's not.

"How about them cowgirls?!"

[Bob78164]

The final ten minutes of the first half for the Cowboys.

It's amazing to watch so much talent do so little to make each other better.

Enjoyable, yet amazing.

I was offered the opportunity to attend that game, but my flight schedule forced me to decline. I might well have declined anyway -- watching Philadelphia teams in miserable weather is not my idea of fun, but given the schedule I had no decision to make. --Bob

[peacock2121]

sorry, sprots.

[SportsFan68]

Thanks, Pea.

Christie, SC, and Kay were watching with me in Chat; the company was much appreciated. BroncosFanES was pretending to cheer for the Broncos, but he bailed as soon as the outcome was certain and became ChargersFanEs.

I have accepted SteelersFan's invitation to join StillerNation.

[peacock2121]

Thanks, Pea.

Christie, SC, and Kay were watching with me in Chat; the company was much appreciated. BroncosFanES was pretending to cheer for the Broncos, but he bailed as soon as the outcome was certain and became ChargersFanEs.

I have accepted SteelersFan's invitation to join StillerNation.

Yay!

Terrible Towel!

Football Baby Boy Jersey!

Black thong!

You may pick any one of the above.

And, of course good thoughts for Ben.

The boy handled a motorcycle crash without a helmet for goodness sake.

[SportsFan68]

Thanks, Pea.

Christie, SC, and Kay were watching with me in Chat; the company was much appreciated. BroncosFanES was pretending to cheer for the Broncos, but he bailed as soon as the outcome was certain and became ChargersFanEs.

I have accepted SteelersFan's invitation to join StillerNation.

Yay!

Terrible Towel!

Football Baby Boy Jersey!

Black thong!

You may pick any one of the above.

And, of course good thoughts for Ben.

The boy handled a motorcycle crash without a helmet for goodness sake.

Terrible Towel is already ready!

I have been telling SteelersFan ever since the appendicitis to quit trying to kill off their fabulous FootballBabyBoy. He insists they are not. At least this one was the opposition.

If this game had meant anything, I bet he would have played the second half.

[peacock2121]

Thanks, Pea.

Christie, SC, and Kay were watching with me in Chat; the company was much appreciated. BroncosFanES was pretending to cheer for the Broncos, but he bailed as soon as the outcome was certain and became ChargersFanEs.

I have accepted SteelersFan's invitation to join StillerNation.

Yay!

Terrible Towel!

Football Baby Boy Jersey!

Black thong!

You may pick any one of the above.

And, of course good thoughts for Ben.

The boy handled a motorcycle crash without a helmet for goodness sake.

Terrible Towel is already ready!

I have been telling SteelersFan ever since the appendicitis to quit trying to kill off their fabulous FootballBabyBoy. He insists they are not. At least this one was the opposition.

If this game had meant anything, I bet he would have played the second half.

He is amazing.

I read that he went back in when he was 'told' he was benched.

I did not get to see the game.

Stoopid Giants.

[Ritterskoop]

Speaking of stoopid Giants....


I know this should not be a complaint, but it is.

There are four teams with byes: Giants, Panthers, Titans, Stillers.

There are four TV time slots the weekend of Jan. 10-11: Sat at 430 and 8, Sunday at 1 and 430. Of those four teams, which one has the largest TV market and national following, and should be in the 8 pm slot? The stoopid Giants, that's who. But which one did the TV or NFL pick? The Panthers.

I know, I should be happy to have a bye (I am, very) and to get the better TV slot (as a fan, I guess I am). But an 8 pm start means we have no chance to get much into the newspaper except a game story and 1-2 side items. Normally we do 4 pages of coverage, and now we have zero chance of that. We barely got the 8 pm game with Giants in the first edition AT ALL.

I can't imagine what they were thinking putting the 24th largest TV market on primetime when they could have had the top one.

I am also very glad we won't be hosting the Iggles in that game, no matter what. They are on fire. We've played the other three possibilities this season already.

Maybe the Iggles can take out the Giants for us and we could host the NFC title game.....no, I did not even think that. I am only thinking about the economic advantages.

[danielh41]

Jones still hasn't back-tracked on his statement that Wade Phillips will be back next year, even though the local newspapers and fans are unanimous in calling for his firing. There was a moment in the second quarter where the Cowboys had fourth and one. Phillips sent out the punting team, but Roma waved them back. Phillips just looked lost, and Joe Buck and Troy Aikman both wondered who was actually in charge of the team during the broadcast. If it had been my team, I would have gone to the locker room at halftime and fired Phillips in the locker room after that pathetic display. The team has no discipline and no leadership...

[BigDrawMan]

Speaking of stoopid Giants....


I know this should not be a complaint, but it is.

There are four teams with byes: Giants, Panthers, Titans, Stillers.

There are four TV time slots the weekend of Jan. 10-11: Sat at 430 and 8, Sunday at 1 and 430. Of those four teams, which one has the largest TV market and national following, and should be in the 8 pm slot? The stoopid Giants, that's who. But which one did the TV or NFL pick? The Panthers.

I know, I should be happy to have a bye (I am, very) and to get the better TV slot (as a fan, I guess I am). But an 8 pm start means we have no chance to get much into the newspaper except a game story and 1-2 side items. Normally we do 4 pages of coverage, and now we have zero chance of that. We barely got the 8 pm game with Giants in the first edition AT ALL.

I can't imagine what they were thinking putting the 24th largest TV market on primetime when they could have had the top one.

I am also very glad we won't be hosting the Iggles in that game, no matter what. They are on fire. We've played the other three possibilities this season already.

Maybe the Iggles can take out the Giants for us and we could host the NFC title game.....no, I did not even think that. I am only thinking about the economic advantages.

hmm

the post gazette has the same exhaustive stiller coverage no matter the game time,and they are a morning paper

i think the late sunday game is the glory slot

[Ritterskoop]

hmm

the post gazette has the same exhaustive stiller coverage no matter the game time,and they are a morning paper

i think the late sunday game is the glory slot

It all depends on press start time. We start earlier Saturday nights because the paper is bigger, and takes longer to get finished by 3:50 a.m.

Maybe they will grant us some time that night since it will sell papers.

You may have a point about the lastest game being the hot spot.