NFL Wipeout 2011

[Chuck]

17 to 17 with 4:07 left in the game. The Fortyniners have the ball on their own 35.

[Chuck]

The Fortyniners are 0 for 10 on third down conversions.

[Chuck]

0 for 11.

[Chuck]

Overtime coming up. My 27 to 17 prediction can't come true.

[Chuck]

Fortyniners fumble. The Giants have the ball on the Fortyniner 24.

[Chuck]

Giants 20, Fortyniners 17, final score.

[Jedo the Jedi]

Hello, 2007 repeat. This was the worst I could imagine for the Superbowl. (Okay, the Steelers going and winning would have been worse, but that's it.)
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[Zag]

I think I would have preferred that we play the 49ers, but I don't care that much either way. Considering how terrible the Giants looked, maybe that is the easier opponent to defeat. Either way, that the Patriots are in it is all that really matters, well, that they win it. That's the best outcome. Whom they beat to do it is less important.

[Undercover Monk]

yeah Pats are in it but the ravens were robbed. Im not sure if lee eveans caught that pass but it should have been reviwed. Just the NFL once again doing anything in their power to placate brady and belicheck. How am I supposed to enjoy the superbowl village and all the festivities with Pats fans walking the streets of my town. =(

Pats dont stand a chance. would have lost to either the NFC team. In fact so would the Ravens. the NFC was just heads and tails above the AFC this year.
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[Zag]

Considering how pathetic the Giants looked in their game, I would have to disagree. If it weren't for one idiot punt returner screwing up TWICE (Was it the same guy, or two different idiots?) they wouldn't have won.

Anyway, even though we didn't really see much of it last game, we have Tom Brady, and you ... well, you have Eli Manning, which is also pretty darn good. (My comment in the Denver game was that we have Tom Brady, and you don't, to steal a Chevy Chase line. Maybe not so true against the Giants.) Still, the teams are close enough that it clearly isn't a gimme. It's not the mismatch that, for instance, the 2001-2 Superbowl was, where the Rams were such obvious (14 point!) favorites over the Patriots. Oh, wait ... we won that one; didn't we?

Also, I watched that incompletion in super slow motion, clicking forward one frame at a time on my DVR. It would not have been overturned on replay (though I agree it was close enough that they should have reviewed.) He had already picked up his foot by the time he had control, and the ball was knocked out before that foot landed again.

[Jedo the Jedi]

I saw a thing on nfl.com which showed 4th quarter stats, and Manning has a helluva lot of clutch. If the Giants can break up Brady's O-line, they will do just fine.
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[Zag]

I'm not arguing that the Giants should probably be favored in this match. but not that much, and a lot of that is hangover from the regular season, much of which the Pats seem to have patched up in the post season (i.e. their horrendous defense). My note was a response to

[Jedo the Jedi]

I'm just talking football.
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[Undercover Monk]

@Zag actually I agree with a lot of what you had to say. Its just that the giants looked bad against what may have been the best overall defense in the NFL this year, In a hostile rain soaked enviroment. Both games were went down to the wire so its not like the pats rolled over baltimore. My insistence on a giant victory is more just a reflection of how good the NFC was this year.

two heavy weight contenders the saints and packers didnt even make the championship match that how good the niners and giants were. dont tell me that the patriots were a better TEAM than the niners, saints, or packers. and remember Im an AFC fan but if you are objective about it the giants should be favored just cause they are the NFC champion.

so yes Tom Brady (as much as it pains me) is a better QB than eli BUT the giants are the better team. Lets see how the re-newed Pats D does against an explosive pass game. Brady has faced Tebow and Flacco (who while he played well is not in eli's league) Eli and the Giants will be different.
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1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Zag]

I realize that you were using hyperbole, and didn't really mean NO chance.

I agree that, on paper, the Giants are the better team. Maybe not by as much as you think they are, or even the book-makers in Vegas, but I agree that they are better. On paper. Of course, on paper the Packers were much better than the Giants, and look what that got them.

But that's why we play the games.

[MatthewV]

Professional sports should be about mindless, shameless pride. The Pats are going down!
errr who are they playing? When is this game? I don't care- They are going down!!

[Quailman]

What is this, the w00t and crap football thread? We already know who the winner is here:

[Zag]

I just looked it up, and the official point spread is the Pats are favored by 3.5 points! I'm a little surprised. (Also, I'd rather they be the underdogs.)

Remember, though, that the bookies are not really trying to set the spread such that there is a 50% chance of winning either way. They are trying to set the spread so that 50% of the bets are on either side. They don't care who wins as long as the bets are evenly matched.

[MatthewV]

OK--- I'll bet $50* worth of pottery the pats will lose. What do you have to offer?

*based on my limited experiences selling pottery. I guess that it would be a very nice large bowl or 2 mugs. I would be happy to come to any agreeable amount because pottery is free for me to make at this time.

[Zag]

Mrs. Zag was a professional potter for several years. We've got plenty, thanks.

[MatthewV]

Ah. The only other item I am usually willing to wager with is beer. I guess I just won't get to profit from their loss