2007-2008 NFL Playoffs

Inuyasha · Post by **Inuyasha** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:09 am

Superbowl Prediction :

Giants 23
Patriots 21

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:30 am

wco81 wrote:It'd be great to see the Giants win and then after the game, Eli yells, "f*** Tiki!"

LOLOL!

Take care,
PK

kevinpars · Post by **kevinpars** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:43 am

That was my initial thought after the game. Guess Tiki should have hung around for another year.

I certainly don't see this game as a blowout. NE has looked pretty mortal the last half of the season. And it's not like Jason Sehorn will be covering Randy Moss.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:02 am

XXXIV wrote:
greggsand wrote:
XXXIV wrote:One more reason to root for the Packers...Joe Buck the king of the baseball steroid race is rooting Giants....

Edit; Is Buck this scummy in real life or does he save it for telecasts?
Huh?
I take it you didnt follow his ass worship of Macs steroid parade?...or his disgusting over reaction to Moss in that playoff game a few years bac?....The list goes on...

I cant stand self important full of s*** assholes and this jagoff is big up on the list...

Who wasn't worshiping the Sosa/McGwire HR chase? Answer: NOBODY. Yeah, Buck was working most of the broadcasts, but u think it would be different if it was Thom Brennaman or Harry Kalas? Please...

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:06 am

greggsand wrote:
XXXIV wrote:
greggsand wrote: Huh?
I take it you didnt follow his ass worship of Macs steroid parade?...or his disgusting over reaction to Moss in that playoff game a few years bac?....The list goes on...

I cant stand self important full of s*** assholes and this jagoff is big up on the list...
Who wasn't worshiping the Sosa/McGwire HR chase? Answer: NOBODY. Yeah, Buck was working most of the broadcasts, but u think it would be different if it was Thom Brennaman or Harry Kalas? Please...

Bull s***!

VERY! presumptuous on your part...Many of us saw the scum then ...Bud Buck and other douches knew just liked it that way....Sorry we didnt all have our heads buried up our asses.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:08 am

Inuyasha wrote:Superbowl Prediction :

Giants 23
Patriots 21

You mean Giants 23

Patriots 200,021?

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:14 am

XXXIV wrote:
greggsand wrote:
XXXIV wrote: I take it you didnt follow his ass worship of Macs steroid parade?...or his disgusting over reaction to Moss in that playoff game a few years bac?....The list goes on...

I cant stand self important full of s*** assholes and this jagoff is big up on the list...
Who wasn't worshiping the Sosa/McGwire HR chase? Answer: NOBODY. Yeah, Buck was working most of the broadcasts, but u think it would be different if it was Thom Brennaman or Harry Kalas? Please...
Bull s***!

VERY! presumptuous on your part...Many of us saw the scum then ...Bud Buck and other douches knew just liked it that way....Sorry we didnt all have our heads buried up our asses.

I don't even know what that means? Are you drunk? Are you saying TV Broadcasters were denouncing Mac-fever while it was going on or you were shouting it at the TV? Shouting at your TV doesn't count. Regardless, NO ONE was on TV saying it. If so, I'd love to hear it...

back on topic: Pats by 7. over/under 47

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:35 am

Joe Buck has become the finest "big game" announcer on American TV. He blows that milquetoast Jim Nantz into the weeds. Nantz should stick to golf, where his "easy listening snooze" act works perfectly.

Back to topic, I need to digest this one before making any kind of prediction. I just have this odd 1991 karma all over again about this game. Reminds me too much of the Bills-Giants' Super Bowl, where few gave the Giants a chance before the game.

Take care,
PK

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:36 am

greggsand wrote: I don't even know what that means? Are you drunk?

Are you an asshole?...read what the f*** I wrote and save your bullshit for your girlfriend.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:53 am

XXXIV wrote:
greggsand wrote: I don't even know what that means? Are you drunk?
Are you an asshole?...read what the f*** I wrote and save your bullshit for your girlfriend.

Perhaps, though u didn't answer my question. My bad, one more time

"Many of us saw the scum then ...Bud Buck and other douches knew just liked it that way". I don't understand. all I can tell is that someone is a scum (buck? McGwire??) And other douches "just liked it that way". I think I get that which was my point, NO ONE said a word, yet u seem to think otherwise.

PK, is dead on. Buck is waaay ahead of the rest of the pack & is considered one of the nicest guys in the field. Enjoy the superbowl!

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:12 am

greggsand wrote: PK, is dead on. Buck is waaay ahead of the rest of the pack & is considered one of the nicest guys in the field. Enjoy the superbowl!

Are you drunk?

I dont see it that way...sorry .

I think he was one of the driving engines of the whole steroids glory era...

"they are saving baseball"....That was the dicks mantra...Over and over he fed us this grabage...and he never missed an oppurtuning to blow Mac and all the other scumbags. he was front and center!

You wanna love the d*****bag thats fine. Your problem. I call a pig a pig.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:58 am

XXXIV wrote:
greggsand wrote: PK, is dead on. Buck is waaay ahead of the rest of the pack & is considered one of the nicest guys in the field. Enjoy the superbowl!
Are you drunk?

I dont see it that way...sorry .

I think he was one of the driving engines of the whole steroids glory era...

"they are saving baseball"....That was the dicks mantra...Over and over he fed us this grabage...and he never missed an oppurtuning to blow Mac and all the other scumbags. he was front and center!

You wanna love the d*****bag thats fine. Your problem. I call a pig a pig.

ok....

jondiehl · Post by **jondiehl** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:42 am

XXXIV wrote: Edit; Is Buck this scummy in real life or does he save it for telecasts?

The guy gives me gas. Be glad you don't live here, he's all over the place. His commercials just scream scumbag, he's very pompous and he tries to be quit witted and funny when he's not.

He got into the business because of his Dad of course, and obviously launched himself into a big time national broadcaster. He was never that way on the radio for Cardinals games, especially when Jack was alive, but now with all of the TV stuff he does it's just over the top and arrogant. Can't stand the guy.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:53 am

Buck doesn't annoy as much doing football as he does when he does baseball. Maybe because there's less dead air time to fill in football, so he doesn't have as much time to sound pompous and arrogant as he does when he does baseball. Plus, I think him and Aikman work well together.

GameSeven · Post by **GameSeven** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:18 pm

Wow. Go G-men! What a thrilling game. The past week, many of us here in NJ were talking of how yesterday's game was *essentially* the Giants SB. What impressed me the most yesterday was how complete the Giants played as a team. In a game on paper that decidely favored the Packers, the Giants were able to control play on both sides of the ball. Kudos to them for sticking together to make the most of their ragtag crew.

While the prospect of facing off against the perfect Pats is undoubtedly daunting, it's good that the Giants played them to such a close outcome in week 17. Hopefully the game isn't a blowout (unless in New York's favor

) and this SB ranks with the better ones. As PK points out, the subplots in this matchup are many and the game has the potential to be great.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:04 pm

Considering how good the last game of the season was between the Giants and Pats, I think this could be a good Super Bowl. And any dagger in the heart of Cheesehead Nation is always good for me.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:22 pm

XXXIV wrote:I think he was one of the driving engines of the whole steroids glory era...

"they are saving baseball"....That was the dicks mantra...Over and over he fed us this grabage...and he never missed an oppurtuning to blow Mac and all the other scumbags. he was front and center!

You wanna love the d*****bag thats fine. Your problem. I call a pig a pig.

First of all, Buck always was, is and will be a Cards' homer. It's only natural considering his father's history with the club.

Second, wasn't damn near everyone praising Big Mac and Sammy during the HR chase of 1998? About the only people held in higher esteem by a greater majority of Americans during that "summer that saved baseball" were Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa.

Finally, Buck works for FOX, which has MLB TV rights. So of course, FOX execs tell Buck to put a shiny, happy face on all of its coverage, promoting the sport. Because if the sport gets more popular, more people watch FOX telecasts, which allows FOX to charge more for advertising.

You honestly think a national network TV play-by-play announcer is a journalist, a source of objectivity? Guys like Buck, Greg Gumbel, Marv Albert and Milquetoast Nantz are mouthpieces for the leagues they cover and the network. Nothing more. They may take a shot at players, like Buck did toward the "disgusting" Randy Moss, but how many times do they take shots at the league front office? Try never? Analysts/color guys, maybe. But play-by-play guys? Nope.

Big-time sports announcers for major networks are complicit puppets to the business side of the sport and the network. The days of Jim McKay and Howard Cosell are long gone, friend.

Take care,
PK

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:21 pm

pk500 wrote: Big-time sports announcers for major networks are complicit puppets to the business side of the sport and the network. The days of Jim McKay and Howard Cosell are long gone, friend.

Maybe so but it doesnt mean I have to like it , like them or like him...In fact I think its better to voice ones displeasure at jackasses like Buck than let them run free....

The way he excused the andro in macs locker all summer long ( while it was a banned substance in every other sport) just rubbed me the wrong way....he bent over backwards to tell us what a great guy the steroid freak was...

He over did it as far as I am concerned...went far beyond the call of his homer ass kissing duty...

dougb · Post by **dougb** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:10 pm

Let's just be thankful Bryant Gumbel isn't doing the play by play...

Best wishes,

Doug

EZSnappin · Post by **EZSnappin** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:15 pm

dougb wrote:Let's just be thankful Bryant Gumbel isn't doing the play by play...

Hey, he likes Greg Brady and Danny Manning in equal measure. Both are great quarterbacks for their respective teams.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:32 pm

EZSnappin wrote:
dougb wrote:Let's just be thankful Bryant Gumbel isn't doing the play by play...
Hey, he likes Greg Brady and Danny Manning in equal measure. Both are great quarterbacks for their respective teams.

You guys have me there....

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:27 pm

Read an article that legal betting on this SB may exceed $100 million for the first time.

And most of that money is going to the Giants as bettors believe Pats can't cover the point spread (started at 14-15, now to 12).

A lot of prognosticators are saying the question will be how highly this NE team will be regarded, not whether they will win.

In that vein, here's an article which elaborates on something I've said before, that the Pats need to win big if they really want to push their case for all-time best:

http://www.slate.com/id/2183279/

Moss is due for a breakout game and Eli may feel pressure to try to keep up, leading to mistakes, which compounds the problems.

Can the Giants successfully funnel Moss to the inside and effectively take him out of the game as some teams have done? They may not have the secondary to do it and you can't rely completely on the pass rush.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:59 pm

NE: 36
NYG: 17

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:20 pm

greggsand wrote:NE: 36
NYG: 17

That sounds more-or-less correct to me.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:49 pm

As if I needed any more reason to dislike The Patriots....

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7749384?MSNHPHMA

Tsk tsk tsk...

Hopefully they will be the next double digit favorite to bite the dust.

Go Giants!