SUPER BOWL XXXIX!!!

[Crushy]

Super Bowl XXXIX

<font size="4">Sunday, Feb. 6 (6:30 p.m. on FOX)</font>

<font color="indigo">Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla.</font>

<font color="red">New </font><font color="darkblue">England</font> vs. <font color="green">Philadelphia</font>

[Crushy]

At this point it seems bizarre to go against the Patriots. You can't stop that machine..... images/smiley_icons/icon_mad.gif images/smiley_icons/icon_frown.gif

I hate that pussy Tom Brady. I'll bet he has a small dick. images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Lepus]

I want the Pats to get their asses reamed but I don't think it is very likely. I am taking the Patriots but will be cheering on the Eagles.

It would be so sweet if the Eagles shoved a massive loss right up the the Pat's keister.

And if Brady broke something.

[Lepus]

Did you guys see where TO might be playing?

[Crushy]

I did see a little story on that.....I think they (The Iggles) could use him because Chad Lewis (who caught 2 TD passes Sunday) is out with an ankle injury for the SuperBowl.... images/smiley_icons/icon_mad.gif

[Lepus]

I don't like TO but if he will help the Eagles beat the fuckin' Pats I will bear his little mixed raced children.

Eeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..........

[Crushy]

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[Lepus]

I guess I have lucked out and will not have to bear his mixed race children. The big mouth spoke too soon and his doctor won't clear him for play.

Bastard.

[Crushy]

THE FLYING ELVII

I hope Tom Brady gets his brains scrambled during a sack or something---just to wipe that self-serving, smug fucking smile off of his stupid, dorky face.....http://i.cnn.net/si/2004/writers/don_banks/02/02/patriots.panthers.future/p1_brady_ap.jpg

Oh, and Tedy Bruschi IS A FUCKTARD. http://www.azstarnet.com/ss/2004/01/18/6320-1.jpg


Bill Belichick is an asswipe http://espn.go.com/i/page2/brain/brain_belichick.gif

[Lepus]

http://i.cnn.net/si/2004/writers/don_banks/02/02/patriots.panthers.future/p1_brady_ap.jpg



TIMMAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Crushy]

OMFG!!! ROTFLMNWAO!!!!

<font size="6">TIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!</font>

http://pics.soohrt.org/misc/timmy.jpg

[Crushy]

And speaking of TIMMMAAAY! :

Former presidents Clinton, Bush to attend SuperBowl to seek Tsunami relief $$$$$$$

<font color="darkblue">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2005) -- Former presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush will attend Super Bowl XXXIX and make another plea for tsunami victims, the NFL announced.

The two former presidents will appear live on the Fox pregame show "to continue to raise awareness for tsunami relief and to thank the NFL and fans for their ongoing support," league spokesman Brian McCarthy said.

Both have appeared in television and radio commercials asking for donations to help victims of the Dec. 26 Southeast Asian tsunami.

AP NEWS</font>

<font size="1">I'm kinda over the tsunami stuffs. How very un-PC of me, I know. I asked someone the other day where the hell all this money was before the tsunami hit? Why didn't we help then when they obviously needed it? Not that we shouldn't help now...</font>

[Crushy]

FROM: HBO--INSIDE THE NFL by: Elliot Kalb

PATRIOTS AND EAGLES SET FOR SUPER BOWL XXXIX

January 24, 2005

The New England Patriots make it look so easy. They are 5-0 in AFC Championship games, after defeating the Steelers in Pittsburgh. Less than three-hours earlier and 300-miles away, the Philadelphia Eagles advanced to the Super Bowl for the first time in 24 years. This is the 39th Super Bowl coming up. The Eagles have never won one. The Patriots are looking to win their third in the last four years.

There were other heroes this weekend besides the Eagles and Patriots.

Both championship games were played in the state of Pennsylvania, which was hit by a winter storm that made traveling extremely slow and dangerous. In fact, the storm that hit Pennsylvania hardest on Saturday, walloped the New England area on Sunday. If the Jets had converted last weekend on one of their missed field goals, the AFC Championship game would have been played in Foxboro. But maybe not on Sunday. Massachusetts was in a state of emergency, with airports closed, and only emergency vehicles allowed on the roads. The game could not have been played. They would have had to reschedule and play it the next day. Did anyone else watch the news reports over the weekend, and get offended, like I did? How could CNN/Weather Channel/MSNBC, etc. focus on the two football games, when so many people were stranded on the roads, in the airports, left without power, or unable to get to doctors?

There were over 125,000 fans who braved the wind-chill and attended either the AFC or NFC Championship games last weekend. Many showed incredible bravery (or stupidity) in their efforts to get to the game, and sit through it. I talked to Patriots fans who drove all night long in hazardous conditions. I rode with Steelers fans on a train bound for Pittsburgh. I was delayed in Philadelphia, where I saw first-hand the doom and gloom of the Eagles fan. I was among the hundreds of media personnel inconvenienced by the weather. Each of us has their own story.

There were hundreds of flights cancelled over the weekend, including most everything from Newark Airport on Saturday. There was no guarantee of getting a flight to Pittsburgh on Sunday. Just like a football team, I decided that the quickest way of gaining yardage (through the air) was too-risky in this weather. I had to go the 350-miles on the ground. I would have driven my car, but not in a driving blizzard. I decided to take Amtrak. It was the only possible way that I could make it to Pittsburgh by game-time.

I had been on Amtrak many times, but almost always on the Northeast Corridor, taking trains from Boston to Washington, D.C. and all points in-between. This time, the trip would take considerably longer. The train from Newark to Philadelphia would take an hour. I would then lay over in Philadelphia's 30th street station for close to three hours. At 3 pm, I would take Amtrak train #41, which goes daily from New York to Chicago. I would arrive in Pittsburgh shortly before midnight. I tried to make the best of it, rationalizing to myself that I would enjoy beautiful scenery, including the following:

* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
* Allegheny Mountains
* Horseshoe Curve near Altoona
* Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle where three rivers meet - the Allegheny, the Monongahela, and the Ohio.

There was no scenery. Before it got dark, all you saw out the window was white. After it got dark, all you saw was black. As they rounded up the passengers for the Amtrak train to Pittsburgh, it occurred to me that most of the people in line were Steelers fans en route to the game. It was a virtual tailgate party. Everyone was wearing their Roethlisberger jerseys. Do you know how many Steelers fans there are? They live everywhere. They identify with the blue-collar coach, and the blue-collar city. Oh, one more thing. Each one of them were positive that the Steelers were going to win.

The Steelers fans that are on the train are bigger, heartier, and consume more beer than most fans. One looked like he could play on the Steelers defensive line. He said that he plowed the streets of "the greatest city in the country--Camden, New Jersey."

The funny thing is, I don't think he was being sarcastic.

I wanted to tell the man that I wished he could bulldoze--not plow--those streets of Camden. And how the Eagles missed out on this fan I'll never understand.

Pittsburgh's fans don't spell out their team's nickname, like the Jets fans or Eagles fans do. They have their own traditions, the most famous being the waving of the Terrible Towel. That is a tradition that broadcaster Myron Cope started over 30-years ago. It's a silly, ratty, yellow towel. It is also a prized possession in homes in the Steel town.

At one time in my life, the names of these small Pennsylvania towns held great appeal to me. I wanted to see Altoona, because comedian George Burns had played there as a vaudeville act in the 1920s with his wife Gracie Allen. Burns even wrote a book late in his life called, "Living it Up...The Still Love Me in Altoona." Burns (like his buddy Jack Benny) knew that even the names of certain towns was funny. Altoona was funny.

It may be funny, but by the time the train pulled into the Al-toona station, I was Loony. As a public service, let me give tips for long Amtrak rides:

1) Look for a window seat. They have outlets to plug in cell phones, laptop computers, etc. The aisle seat does not. 2) As soon as they serve food, be among the first to buy dinner. They have a limited amount of the popular items. You don't want to miss out on a turkey and swiss sandwich.

3) (This next advice applies to airplane travel as well, and is among the most important pieces of advice anyone ever gave me). Never, never board a train without having reading material that will get you the entire length. I sat next to a young female who was forced to re-read the novel she brought with her (Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita"). The heroine doesn't get any older just because you're reading it for the fourth time!

4) Never, ever, take a seat next to a 12-year old girl traveling alone and reading "Lolita".

Only after complaining by phone to my son about the length of the trip did I come to my senses. He would have gladly ridden on a train all night to see the game. Obviously, thousands of others felt the same way. One broadcaster had to fly into Cleveland, and drive 130-miles. That was a good move, except that the trip took nearly five hours on Saturday night, because of the road conditions. Another slept at an airport on Saturday, and took a flight on Sunday morning. Again, most people don't care about how the media get to the game. But there were hundreds of people in Philadelphia who stayed up all night to clear the stadium of snow. There were the Patriots fans who spent their entire vacation fund for the year to attend this game--and snow and sleet were not going to put a damper on it. There was the entire city of Philadelphia, having to dig out from a foot of snow while wondering if their football team would finally advance to the big game.

The heroes weren't the players. The heroes were the ones with the shovels and picks. They were the ones who worked magic with the airport computers, figuring out all kinds of alternative ways of getting to destinations. They were the hotel managers, who kept their bars open late. They were the Steelers fans, who stayed to the (literal) bitter end, and were mostly civil and polite to the Patriots supporters. The were the fans who loved the Falcons so much, they took planes/trains/and automobiles 660 miles into the lion's den of Philadelphia.

A tip of my hat to all of those who made the two games the best day the NFL has to offer.

__________________________________________________ __________ ____________

There will be plenty of time to talk about the Patriots and Eagles. Next week, I'll break down the matchups and make my prediction. Now, I want to say a final few words about the Falcons and Steelers.

Falcons eulogy: The Falcons don't look like any other team in the NFL. Their quarterback, Michael Vick, is more exciting. The Falcons have become unpredictable. They lost by 46-points on October 24 to a team that didn't even make the playoffs. They lost another game by 27-points in early December to another team that didn't qualify for the postseason. They beat nearly everyone else that they had to, until the NFC Championship game.

This team will live and die on the play of Michael Vick. Because of Vick (and offensive line coach Alex Gibbs) the Falcons will always be able to run the ball. They need a number-one receiver. They need a Randy Moss or Terrell Owens or some other big playmaker.

Perhaps young DeAngelo Hall will make strides in becoming one of the best defensive backs. If not, the Falcons would be wise to invest in one. Atlanta's defense looks quite ordinary unless their defensive linemen get all kinds of pressure on the quarterback. That didn't happen against the Eagles.

In 2003, the Falcons won only five games. In 2004, Atlanta won 12 times, including the playoff game against the Rams. They have a young coach that's getting better, and a young quarterback that is getting better.

The future is bright for Atlanta. They have nothing to be ashamed of this season.

It is harder to write the Pittsburgh eulogy. This team was 16-1 until the AFC Championship game, and had won 15-consecutive games. Yet, once again, their head coach came up very small in a very big game.

If a head coach loses a Championship game at home, it can be excused. If he loses two at home, it's harder to live with. Only Bill Cowher had ever lost three Championship games at home. Now, he is the only one to lose four.

He coaches like his mentor, Marty Schottenheimer. They are the kings of the regular season. They are bold and imaginative then. But in the postseason, they coach scared. If it wasn't for Jim Harbaugh's "Hail Mary" pass being incomplete at the end of the AFC Championship game after the 1995 season, Cowher might be 0-5 in AFC Title games--all at home!

If Cowher had taken the pulse of Roethlisberger, he might have "invented" an injury to spare the kid some embarrassment. It should have been obvious in the Jets game that the rookie's magic had worn off. The Pittsburgh game plan didn't help Roethlisberger, any. The rookie was allowed to pass only under the worst-possible conditions. He coached like he was afraid the kid was going to make mistakes. Then, instead of replacing the kid and hoping to find a spark from Tommy Maddox, he left Roethlisberger in the game.

He could have started Maddox, and outsmarted Belichick. Remember, Belichick is the coach who never loses to a quarterback a second time in a season. Well, let's see him operate against a wild card in Maddox. It's not even unusual for a quarterback who hasn't played in months to come off the bench and spark a team into the Super Bowl. Bob Griese did it decades ago. Drew Bledsoe did it for the Patriots against the Steelers three years ago.

Cowher was conservative when he elected to kick a field goal in the second half, down 21-points. All I'm saying is there's a reason he is 1-5 in the six biggest games of his career (the Super Bowl and five AFC Championship games). Not one of those six games was played at the opponent's stadium.

The Steelers were a very lucky team this season. They stayed healthy. Their five starting offensive linemen each started all 18 games. Even their two injuries at the skill positions (quarterback and running back) allowed Roethlisberger and Jerome Bettis to get onto the field.

Next year, they may not be as lucky. They can't afford to keep both star wide receivers. They won't get Bettis at the bargain-basement price for another season. Listening to Bettis after the game, he may not play at all next year. There is no guarantee that Roethlisberger will continue to improve.

It's a long trip back.

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If you want to feel sorry for any player, feel for Duce Staley. He was with the Eagles for the last three seasons, losing each year in the NFC Championship game. This season, he was a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Eagles finally made the Super Bowl, while Staley lost another Championship game.

[Crushy]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Lepus wrote on Wed, 26 January 2005 11:21</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
I guess I have lucked out and will not have to bear his mixed race children. The big mouth spoke too soon and his doctor won't clear him for play. Bastard.
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He is going to play anyway. Spread your legs. images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Lepus]

WHAT?????? Okay off to espn.com

How effective do you really expect he will be?

[Crushy]

Doesn't matter to us. If he puts on those shoulder pads and helmet, you have to go down on it. images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Lepus]

Umm...no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no.

Can I substitue Al Harris?

[Crushy]

These pics are tragically huge:::::

Pick the father of your children....... images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif

http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/packer/img/news/may03/ah-dj.jpg
http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2004/writers/michael_silver/08/12/terrell.owens/p1_owens_all.jpg

[Lepus]

This decision is very difficult. How do I sleep with a Packer? How can I possibly sleep with an asshole like TO who also happens to be an Eagle? What about Urlacher? Can I substitute him? He is a Bear and reasonably cute...

[Crushy]

<font size="7">*BUMP!!*</font>

<font size="1">Muthafuckah.</font>

[bluie]

Eagles

[Lepus]

Yeah, I change my pick. I am going with the Eagles. It is mostly out of sheer spite but I also smell an upset. They want it. Bad.

[Crushy]

ESPN is showing all of the old Super Bowl games today.... images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif

Hey, I've got nowhere I can go and I am stuck indoors until kickoff tonight......!! images/smiley_icons/icon_nod.gif

Yanno, it's really tough to pick against the PATS anymore....I've taken so many hits from them this season (especially when I didn't pick Pitt to beat them during the regular season and when Missy thought Miami would take them on MNF [which they did]...)...

No one has proved they can beat this fucking team with Brady and Bilichick.... images/smiley_icons/icon_frown.gif

I am praying the wheels come off tonight in Jacksonville! I hate the PATS!!! GO IGGLES!!!

I'll be back later with my pick....... images/smiley_icons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Lepus]

I think it is pretty much insane to go with anyone but the Pats.

This is fun...fill out your own answers:

: 1. Who will win? (correct answer gets 4 points) New England
: 2. Will NE win by 8 or more points (current odds)? No
: (2 points)
: 3. Will the combined score be over 48 points, or under
: (over/under)? (2 points) Under
: 4. Will the winning quarterback have 250 yards or
: more passing (y or n)? Yes
: 5. Will the winning running back have 100 yards or
: more rushing (y or n)? Yes
: 6. Who will have more turnovers (you can pick tie
: also)? Philly
: 7. Which team will have the longest play? NE
: 8. Will there be a kickoff or punt return for TD
: (y or n)? No
: 9. Will any kicker miss any kick? (y or n)? No
: 10. Will the MVP be the QB, RB, Defense, Other
: offense, or Special teams player? Probably TIMMAY!!!! (Tom Brady)
: 11. Who will be winning at halftime (you can pick
: tie also)? NE
: 12. Will Terrell Owens play and make a difference?
: (a couple of token plays doesn’t count) No
: 13. Will the game be a blowout, close, or
: somewhere in between? Close
: 14. Will the half time show stink? Yes, the FCC is going to make this Superbowl and the commercials freaking suck. Thanks Mike Powell! So glad you resigned although your successor is an asshat too.
: 15. Which industry will show the best commercial
: (beer, soft drinks, junk food, drug companies,
: auto, Internet, etc.)? Beer
: 16. Which team will have the best cheerleaders
: (looks and outfit)? NE

No scores on anything past question 11 since the rest are so subjective. Unless otherwise noted the other questions are worth one point.

[Lepus]

And my official pick is still the Eagles. But they aren't who I think will win. I just don't want to root for the Pats.

[kcirref]

Peep! images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif

<font color="darkblue"><font size="3">stoirtap</font></font>

[miss_s]

Um. Hi.


Nomad said I was supposed to come and post something here for her but I can't remember exactly what it was. Something about blue teams and green teams and a guy named Donnie or some such thing.


I am utterly useless when it comes to balls. *sigh*

[Crushy]

WHAT DO WE WIN IF WE GET THE MOST RIGHT??? images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif



1. Who will win? (correct answer gets 4 points) EAGLES:
2. Will NE win by 8 or more points (current odds)? NO: (2 points)
3. Will the combined score be over 48 points, or under
: (over/under)? (2 points) Under:
4. Will the winning quarterback have 250 yards or
: more passing (y or n)? Yes:
5. Will the winning running back have 100 yards or
: more rushing (y or n)? NO:
6. Who will have more turnovers (you can pick tie
also)? TIE:NEITHER TEAM WILL HAVE A TURNOVER
7. Which team will have the longest play? PHILLY TO A WR, NOT T.O.:
8. Will there be a kickoff or punt return for TD
: (y or n)? NO:
9. Will any kicker miss any kick? (y or n)? YES:
10. Will the MVP be the QB, RB, Defense, Other
: offense, or Special teams player? MCNABB OR WESTBROOK
: 11. Who will be winning at halftime (you can pick
: tie also)? NE:
12. Will Terrell Owens play and make a difference? (a couple of token plays doesn’t count) YES
13. Will the game be a blowout, close, or
: somewhere in between? CLOSE:
14. Will the half time show stink? I AGREE WITH LOOPS----Yes, the FCC is going to make this Superbowl and the commercials freaking suck. Thanks Mike Powell! So glad you resigned although your successor is an asshat too. :
15. Which industry will show the best commercial (beer, soft drinks, junk food, drug companies, auto, Internet, etc.)? JUNK FOOD OR INSURANCE:
16. Which team will have the best cheerleaders (looks and outfit)? PHILLY--I ALREADY SAW THEM THIS MORNING---HUBBA HUBBA!! images/smiley_icons/icon_twisted.gif

[Crushy]

I am picking the <font size="1">patriots</font> for obvious reasons. images/smiley_icons/icon_mad.gif

I WILL BE ROOTING FOR THE IGGLES ALL THE WAY! images/smiley_icons/icon_nod.gif

[Lepus]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">miss_s wrote on Sun, 06 February 2005 14:07</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
Um. Hi.


Nomad said I was supposed to come and post something here for her but I can't remember exactly what it was. Something about blue teams and green teams and a guy named Donnie or some such thing.


I am utterly useless when it comes to balls. *sigh*
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LOL!!!!

I think Nomy wanted you to say she is picking the Eagles.

[Lepus]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Crushy wrote on Sun, 06 February 2005 14:51</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
WHAT DO WE WIN IF WE GET THE MOST RIGHT??? images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif
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My respect.

Hmmm...not likely. How about a George Foreman grill or maybe this: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001906OK/qid (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001906OK/qid=1107723784/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-4753740-0831814?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846) =1107723784/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-4753740-0831814?v=glance& amp;s=dvd&n=507846

[miss_s]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Lepus wrote on Sun, 06 February 2005 12:01</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
LOL!!!!

I think Nomy wanted you to say she is picking the Eagles.

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Oh, OK! Thanks K. Very very confusing, this football stuff. images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Lepus]

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<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Lepus wrote on Sun, 06 February 2005 12:01</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
LOL!!!!

I think Nomy wanted you to say she is picking the Eagles.

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Oh, OK! Thanks K. Very very confusing, this football stuff. images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif
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I don't actually know that to be a fact. But obviously she has good taste as evidenced by the fact that she dates you. Because of her display of exemplary taste I just assume she would want to go with the Eagles.

[MissySpitfire]

Patriots

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[Lepus]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Crushy wrote on Sun, 06 February 2005 14:51</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">




6. Who will have more turnovers (you can pick tie
also)? TIE:NEITHER TEAM WILL HAVE A TURNOVER

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Would you like to rethink this statement?

What

the

hell??????????????/

[Crushy]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Lepus wrote on Sun, 06 February 2005 19:25</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Crushy wrote on Sun, 06 February 2005 14:51</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">




6. Who will have more turnovers (you can pick tie
also)? TIE:NEITHER TEAM WILL HAVE A TURNOVER

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Would you like to rethink this statement?

What

the

hell??????????????
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It's the HALFTIME D'OH! images/smiley_icons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[MissySpitfire]

<font size="1">hehhehheh....I win....

hehhehheh....I love having a big head in da small type...hehhehheh....</font>

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[Crushy]

Yes Missy! You are our OVERALL FOOTIEBALL PICKS CHAMPION!!! images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif images/smiley_icons/icon_nod.gif Let's hear it for the KIWI FUZZ! images/smiley_icons/icon_wink.gif

<font color="limegreen"><font size="3">MISSY 1-0 (172-95 OVERALL) .644</font></font>


CRUSHY 1-0 (170-97 OVERALL) .637

KCIRREF 1-0 (170-97 OVERALL) .637

BLUIE 0-1 (160-107 OVERALL) .599

LEPUS 0-1 (157-110 OVERALL) .588

NOMAD 0-1 (152-115 OVERALL) .569

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<font size="1">No <font color="deeppink">Peeper</font>, you didn't win....You lost....AGAIN....Just like last year......Well, we TIED last year but you still didn't WIN outright....Actually, you couldn't beat me this year either---We TIED again.....</font>images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif

Sweet. images/smiley_icons/icon_razz.gif

[Crushy]

<font size="1">Oh, and----you didn't WIN in FFL either <font color="deeppink">Peeper</font>... images/smiley_icons/icon_razz.gif


I hadda cap on ya because I know how competetive you are.... images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif </font>

[Crushy]

All of the ribbing aside,

WTF were the IGGLES doing in the last 5 minutes of that game?!?!?!? Why all the lollygagging up to the line of scrimmage when you are down by 10 points and you can bomb the ball downfield?!?!?!? They looked like they didn't CARE!!!! It was FUCKED UP!!!

Strange. images/smiley_icons/icon_eek.gif

[MissySpitfire]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Crushy wrote on Mon, 07 February 2005 07:11</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">


<font size="1">No <font color="deeppink">Peeper</font>, you didn't win....You lost....AGAIN....Just like last year......Well, we TIED last year but you still didn't WIN outright....Actually, you couldn't beat me this year either---We TIED again.....</font>images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif

Sweet. images/smiley_icons/icon_razz.gif
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hehhehheh....Wha'choo talkin' 'bout, Crushy....<font color="deeppink">Peeper</font> actually did WORSE this year than last year....

::::Giggle...

You'd think with all that cheating, <font color="deeppink">Peeper</font> you could do better than to only tie for the SILVER MEDAL this year....HAWR!! Perhaps this is a sign that you need to STOP cheating & ACTUALLY learn what yer doing fer a change?!?!?

See....Cheaters rilly DON'T win!

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[Lepus]

Who else thought the Super Bowl completely sucked? The game was mediocre and the commercials blew. I was bored for most of it and off doing other things.

[MissySpitfire]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Lepus wrote on Mon, 07 February 2005 12:29</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
Who else thought the Super Bowl completely sucked? The game was mediocre and the commercials blew. I was bored for most of it and off doing other things.
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Ummm....Don't know about the ACTUAL game, buuut....as far as the other filler type things...I think they were TRYING to do that b/c of having so many problems with last year...

:::Cough...<font size="1">Janet Jackson...</font>::::Cough....

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[Lepus]

Right, that is exactly why. For it I would like to emphatically extend my right middle finger to Micheal Powell.

Thanks for taking the fun out of the Super Bowl asshat!

One of the better commercials was the GoDaddy.com one where they spoofed what happened last year. It made me proud that I used them to register this site.

[Caffeinated]

Yea - Super Bowl was dull, dull, dull.
And I'm a Dolphin's fan, so I'm used to bad football !
My girlfriend, the sports FREAK even fell asleep.

What a rotten way to end a season.

[Lepus]

Maybe the Pro Bowl will be more entertaining. images/smiley_icons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Frankly, there is the possibility that it will be.

I hope some team emerges next year that can take on the Pats because if they win again...*sigh* It is so boring to have the same champion year after year. <font size="1">Unless it is a team I root for like the Bulls...hee hee</font>

[Crushy]

Yeah, even my MADDEN 2005 game between the Iggles and the Pats was more exciting.....

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The only exciting part was watching T.O. play---Seriously...I was kind of impressed.....

I hate Bill Belichick and that grimy, filthy, ratty grey sweatshirt he wears to EVERY fucking game....What a slobbbone he is..... images/smiley_icons/icon_mad.gif Classless creep....

I hope it rains in Boston today. images/smiley_icons/icon_frown.gif

[el capitan]

im still not ready to talk about it images/smiley_icons/icon_evil.gif
i should have known....nothing good ever happens in Philly images/smiley_icons/icon_sad.gif

[el capitan]

Sports: McNabb Felt Ill in 4th Quarter

by KYW's Ed Abrams
The Patriots were parading through the streets of Boston on Tuesday, being honored for their third NFL championship in four years.

So what really happened with the Eagles' hurry-up offense (or lack of it) at the end of the Super Bowl? For whatever the reason, quarterback Donovan McNabb (left) was struggling during that final touchdown drive.

Offensive lineman Hank Fraley and John Runyan were on the Angelo Cataldi Show Monday night on Comcast Sportsnet, and their remarks were replayed Tuesday morning on 610 WIP (sister station of KYW Newsradio).

Fraley and Runyan indicated that McNabb was exhausted and physically sick in the fourth quarter.


(Fraley:) "He was almost puking in the huddle. He actually didn't even get out a play call -- he mumbled it -- and Freddie Mitchell yelled out the play that he was trying to bring in, and we just ran to the line and did it."

(Runyan:) "Freddie called the play because (McNabb) was trying to catch his breath."

(Fraley:) "And trying to puke and, at the same, but hold it in."


McNabb managed to keep it together enough to throw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Greg Lewis. But the drive -- which began at their own 21 -- took nearly four minutes, and had fans screaming at their TV sets for McNabb and the offense to hurry up.


On Monday, coach Andy Reid said they did try to get the hurry-up going -- but he could not give details of the circumstances of why it didn't work as well as it should have.



KYW's John Ostapkovich reports that news of Donovan McNabb getting physically ill toward the end of the Eagles' Super Bowl loss did not surprise a Temple University sports medicine doctor.


Orthopedic surgeon John Kelly IV says there are serious physical responses to stress, and McNabb looked like he suffered from them at game's end: lightheadedness, nausea, hyperventilation.

Dr. Kelly says he sees it all the time, when an athlete loses sight of the fact that this is a game, and begins to perceive its challenges as dangers instead:

"It's a game, not life or death! And the fans -- God bless them, they're all well intentioned -- put inordinate stress on this young man. And it's not fair. Just say, 'Donovan, go out there and do your best.' But the boo-birds, the critics, talk radio and all the second guessers -- he's aware of what's going to happen if he doesn't perform."

Dr. Kelly says this is where experience comes in -- to give the player the space in his own head to stay in the moment and rise to the challenge.

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yeah right!!! hes the highest paid quarterback in the NFL isnt he??? swallow yer puke and run a no huddle offence <font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="1"><font size="1">ya fucking</font></font></font></font> <font size="1">loser!</font> oops sorry....that was the Philly coming out in me images/smiley_icons/icon_rolleyes.gif </font>

[Crushy]

Bill Belichick wore that fucking ratty, grey sweatshirt @ the fucking victory parade in Boston.......

I hate him.

http://www.fanmonster.com/patriots/images/season/2003/2003_11_16_Cowboys/2735438_8.jpg

[el capitan]

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Bill Belichick wore that fucking ratty, grey sweatshirt @ the fucking victory parade in Boston.......

I hate him.
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at least he wasnt wearing that fucking visor!!

I HATE everything about the Pats!! Belichick, Brady, Bruschi, Boston....hmmmmmmmmm......they all start with B's... I think i hate the letter B!!!

[Crushy]

Then, you will like this article that basically says, the Patriots are over-fucking-rated...


http://www.hbo.com/infl/columns/articles/kalb/020705kalb.sht (http://www.hbo.com/infl/columns/articles/kalb/020705kalb.shtml) ml


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The Patriots have won three Super Bowls in four years, but the last one was the least impressive. It was more eye-opening to defeat the Rams as a big underdog. New England was favored to win by a touchdown. They won by three points. In their boxing match with history, they scored most of their points in the early rounds, scoring big blows against Indianapolis and Pittsburgh. They danced with the Eagles for too long.
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Hell, they have won ALL of their SuperBowls by only 3 points ...Yeah, I know a win is a win but how barely there can you be???

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"But, Franco, these Patriots don't have the competition that you did--beating the great Raiders teams in all those Championship games. They don't have the defense that shuts teams out. They don't have receivers like Swann and Stallworth. And they certainly don't have a running back nearly as good as you."

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Werd. And I was alive to see those Steelers and Raiders play...

Dynasty my ass. images/smiley_icons/icon_frown.gif

[MissySpitfire]

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Werd. And I was alive to see those Steelers and Raiders play...
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Awwwwww....I know how ya feel, Bunnah.....It could still happen some day tho'....

<font size="1">....Like AFTER ya getz yer azz ta Cali mebbeh....</font>

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[Crushy]

The Lamest Dynasty in Sports

<font color="darkblue">"The metronomic, death-by-a-thousand-cuts offense. Coach Bill "Genius" Belichick's ratty sweatshirt. Linebacker Tedy Bruschi's 7-Eleven clerk bangs. That ridiculous mascot. The blah uniforms. The incessant "we're the ultimate team in the ultimate team game" platitudes. Snore. Let's face it—more people will remember this Super Bowl for Terrell Owens' amazing performance after getting screws in his ankle than for Deion Branch's 11-catch MVP performance. Yes, the Patriots are a great team and their fans will obviously trade compelling play for victory after victory. But I think I speak for the rest of us when I say: Bring back the Jimmy-Troy-Emmitt-Irvin-Deion-Jerry Cowboys."</font>

http://slate.msn.com/id/2113212/

HA! They mentioned Bill B's RATTY sweatshirt! See, it ain't just me!!! images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif

[Lepus]

No, BRING BACK THE 1985 BEARS!!!!! <font size="1">they beat the Patriots</font>

[Crushy]

Steroid side effects anyone????

http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/NE/8204856