- 07:38 PM
- 11/21/09
If they'd run a four- or five-yard pattern instead of a 2-1/2 yard pattern, they would've won even if the receiver had bobbled the ball before catching it. Instead they called a play that had the receiver just barely over the line and moving backwards. It was too dependent on a clean catch and on the spot.
posted by kirkaracha at 01:59 PM on November 16
If you're going to go for it on 4th-and-2, how about running a pattern that's deeper than 2-1/2 yards?
posted by kirkaracha at 01:17 PM on November 16
The Vikings have a pretty sweet schedule this season. They could open 5-0 before tough games against Baltimore (home game) and Pittsburgh (away). Plus, most of their away games are stacked in the first half of the season, so weather shouldn't be that big of an issue in the second half of the season, with only one cold-weather game, in Chicago.
Even if the Williams Wall gets suspended, they should be able to handle Cleveland, Detroit, and San Francisco to open the season. Green Bay might be a tough game 4 without the Williams'.
posted by kirkaracha at 04:21 PM on August 18
This Vikings fan has profoundly mixed emotions. I don't like the prima donna act from Favre any more than i did with Roger Clemens, and he's a tool for skipping training camp, but he could be the missing piece for postseason success this season and potentially be a mentor to the Vikings QBs
One approach would be to limit his playing time. Have Favre start, then put in Rosenfels or Jackson in the third quarter if the game's in hand or it's a losing effort. If he works at mentoring the other QBs, his presence could be a net positive even if he doesn't play the whole season. (I would not be shocked if he re-re-retired after the second game against Green Bay, especially if the Vikings win both games.)
The Vikings' management behaved shamefully during this whole soap opera. I completely understand the allure of Favre--they have an excellent team except for quarterback, they have a 1-3 season window, and the current QBs aren't good enough to win it all. But dragging Jackson and Rosenfels through months of publicly saying they aren't good enough is shameful.
It's a sweet setup for Favre. Eight games in a dome, two payback games against Green Bay, and an offense that will be very difficult to defend against.
Jackson won the division with his team last year.
Not really. Jackson was hurt after going 0-2 in the first two games, then Gus Frerotte went 7-3 before getting hurt, then Jackson went 3-1 to close the season before the Vikings lost the wildcard game (partially due to Jackson's poor performance). So Jackson was 3-3 during the season, 3-4 counting the playoffs.
The Jets lost four out of their last five games with Favre as quarterback and he didn't have a single 300-yard passing game last season.
True enough, but the end-of-season losses were after he got hurt, and with Adrian Peterson in the backfield there might not be any 300-yard passing games this season.
posted by kirkaracha at 04:13 PM on August 18
Harvard recovered a fumble on their 14, then scored a touchdown with a 2-point conversion, recovered an onside kick, scored another touchdown as the clock ran out, and scored another 2-point conversion. Footage of the game. Recap. What I learned at the Harvard-Yale Game [clearly not paragraphs].
Even though it ended in a tie, the Yale players took it as a devastating loss, and Harvard took it as a win. The Harvard Crimson's banner headline was "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29." Who came up with the headline?
Backup quarterback Frank Champi led the Harvard comeback. Tommy Lee Jones was a Harvard offensive guard (Al Gore was his roommate). Yale quarterback Brian Dowling inspired "B.D." in Doonesbury. Yale tailback Calvin Hill was the 1969 NFL Rookie of the Year, beating O.J. Simpson. Yale teammate Bob Levin dated Vassar undergraduate named Meryl Streep. James Fallows worked on the Harvard Crimson.
Kevin Rafferty, who directed Atomic Cafe, has a new documentary about the game. New York Times Q&A and NPR Fresh Air with Rafferty.
posted by kirkaracha at 07:52 PM on March 06
Warner's 377 yards passing was the second most in Super Bowl history. Who threw for the most yards in Super Bowl history? Kurt Warner. Who's #3 on the list? Kurt Warner.
posted by kirkaracha at 08:58 PM on February 02
Roethlisberger made a great pass on the winning TD.
Full disclosure: I like the Steelers and was rooting for them, but I really admire the way the Cardinals played this game and I would've been fine with them winning the Super Bowl. They got their asses kicked in the first quarter--the joke at our party was they only play defense inside the five--but they held the Steelers to three points and kept themselves in the game when a lot of teams would've folded. Then the 100-yard interception return could've really been a backbreaker, but they nearly pulled off the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history in the second half. They did a great job putting themselves into a position to win the Super Bowl after that first half when most teams would've folded.
Obligatory complaint about refs: I didn't see any conclusive evidence that Roethlisberger didn't break the plane before his knee hit the ground on the TD that was called back.
posted by kirkaracha at 01:09 AM on February 02
Upon further review...holy shit--what a great fucking catch!
posted by kirkaracha at 11:50 PM on February 01
The Giants could have scored more points, but they kept screwing up inside the Patriots 30 in the first half. They could easily have had at least two field goals. The Giants' defense was astonishing. Late in the third quarter, the Patriots had run 41 offensive plays, 19 for 0 or negative yards. The Patriots scored on 53% of their drives during the regular season (pretty amazing); they scored on two out of nine during the Super Bowl. I think the Patriots' would have won if it had gone to overtime. The Giants D was exhausted during the Patriots scoring drive. Field position was huge. The Patriots started three drives inside their 12 and two more inside their 21. Going 80-90+ yards is tough for any offense. McQuarters fielded almost every punt, even when it would have been safer to fair catch, but it paid off and he had decent return yards.
posted by kirkaracha at 10:33 AM on February 06
That wacky play by Eli Manning reminded me of another guy who wore number 10 and played quarterback for the Giants, Fran Tarkenton. 10 points after 3 quarters of play? That isn't very entertaining. The Patriots averaged 36.8 points per game this season, setting the all-time record for points scored, and were 14-point favorites. The Giants' defense was great, but even during the game it was difficult to think they'd be able to hold the Patriots to two touchdowns over the entire game, and the Giants needed to score somehow, some way. It was dramatic. I don't think it came close to what Prince did in one of the hardest venues to perform well. In the rain.
posted by kirkaracha at 01:35 PM on February 04
The Patriots' being 14-point favorites was ridiculous. The December game was very close, the Giants played better in the playoffs than they did in that game, and the Patriots played worse. Where was Randy Moss in the playoffs?
posted by kirkaracha at 10:21 AM on February 04
I think coaches should be able to challenge calls the refs make, but not calls they don't. Otherwise they could challenge holding not being called on every play.
posted by kirkaracha at 09:59 AM on February 04
The game probably wasn't especially long because a lot of the scores were on big plays (six touchdowns on plays of 30 yards or more) and turnovers and punt returns.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:28 AM on January 16
The Redskins called time out with seven seconds left so they could kick a field goal. (Several Redskins players had grudges against the Giants.) The Giants threw five interceptions and lost a fumble. Brig Owens had three interceptions, and 62-yard fumble and interception returns for touchdowns. The turnovers killed the Giants: "The Giants had more yards (389-341), more first downs (25-16) and ran 29 more plays. The Redskins led at the half, 34-14, despite having minus-2 net passing yards." The kickers, brothers Pete (Giants) and Charlie Gogolak set the record for most extra points in a game (14; the Giants blocked one). (They were also the first "soccer-style" NFL kickers.) This was before the NFL had nets behind the goal posts, so each extra point meant a lost football. The Redskins lost 14 footballs at $22.50 each for a total cost of $315. WAS Whitfield 5 yd. pass from Jurgensen (Kick blocked) WAS Whitfield 63 yd. run (C. Gogolak kick) WAS Owens 62 yd. run with fumble (C. Gogolak kick) NYG Jacobs 6 yd run (P. Gogolak kick) WAS Whitfield 1 yd. run (C. Gogolak kick) WAS Looney 10 yd. run (C. Gogolak kick) NYG Wood 1 yd run (P. Gogolak kick) NYG Morrison 41 yd. pass from Wood (P. Gogolak kick) WAS Taylor 32 yd. pass from Jurgensen (C. Gogolak kick) NYG Jones 50 yd. pass from Wood (P. Gogolak kick) WAS Taylor 74 yd. pass from Jurgensen (C. Gogolak kick) WAS Harris 52 yd. punt return (C. Gogolak kick) WAS Owens 62 yd interception return (C. Gogolak kick) NYG Thomas 18 yd. pass from Kennedy (kick failed) NYG Lewis 1 yd. run (P. Gogolak kick) WAS Mitchell 45 yd. run (C. Gogolak kick) WAS C. Gogolak 23 yd. Field Goal
posted by kirkaracha at 05:42 PM on January 14
It took me a while to figure out that the cheesy "200 years old" song at the beginning was about the Bicentennial.
posted by kirkaracha at 03:40 PM on January 11
Roethlisberger's end around on third and five Thank you for saying "end around." The announcers almost always call them reverses and it's really annoying. This sportsmanship stood in sharp contrast to moments like Bill Belichick's unfriendly gesture to Tony Dungy after the Pats-Colts game. That could be because Belichick's a dick.
posted by kirkaracha at 07:10 PM on January 07
As a Vikings fan, I have to admit I'm bitter to see Randy Moss playing hard (and setting well-deserved records) for the Patriots when he dogged it with the Vikings. it seemed to me that the calls were really going New England's way What about the mystery call on the sidelines that went from a 15 yard penalty against the Patriots to a 15 yard call against the Giants?
posted by kirkaracha at 11:00 AM on December 30
The Giants made the Patriots work for it, and the Giants could have won the game, but they made too many mistakes (blitzing and the interception) in the second half.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:49 PM on December 29
Until the 4th quarter last night, the officials seemed to forget that. Ideally the refs would call the game by the rules, however, they should not change the way they're calling the game during the game. they come up against a team with more than one decent running back, it could be a problem And the Vikings finally win the Super Bowl! (I can dream, can't I?)
posted by kirkaracha at 02:59 PM on December 06
No octopush?
posted by kirkaracha at 07:55 PM on December 03
"and other athletes" I've stipulated before that Bonds used steroids, but it's in a context where baseball owners, players, and fans turned a blind eye on steroids abuse for years, and I'm opposed to any punishment that singles Bonds out or uses him as a scapegoat for widespread abuse. That said, if they convict him, he should go to jail. (Unless President Bush pardons him. According to contemporary Republicans perjury and obstruction of justice aren't that big a deal.) I'm not seeing how they prove that Bonds lied about knowingly being injected with steroids. I thought that, too.
posted by kirkaracha at 05:59 PM on November 15
The indictment charges Bonds with lying when he said that he didn't knowingly take steroids given to him by his personal trainer Greg Anderson. He also denied taking steroids at anytime in 2001 when he was pursuing the single season home-run record. "During the criminal investigation, evidence was obtained including positive tests for the presence of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing substances for Bonds and other athletes," the indictment reads. He is also charged with lying that Anderson never injected him with steroids.
posted by kirkaracha at 04:27 PM on November 15
did anyone really watch the Series this year or care about it? I watched the ALCS, NLCS, and the World Series without being a fan of any of the teams involved because I love the playoffs. I was really disappointed in the World Series sweep. I always want the World Series to go seven games (hopefully decided with two outs in the bottom of the ninth), so the sweep was boring and anticlimactic. I'm really tired of the variable strike zone. I think the umpires should be rated on how accurately they call balls and strikes, and only the most accurate umpires should be behind home plate in the playoffs.
posted by kirkaracha at 02:00 PM on October 29
It looks like Manny's batting helmet may have been damaged in a fire. I hope they can get him a replacement. #3 all time in post-season strike outs (tied with David Justice and Reggie Sanders) Oooh, burn. Sluggers always strike out a lot.
posted by kirkaracha at 09:59 PM on October 24
Other examples of Manny's greatness include:
When I asked his teammate David Ortiz, himself a borderline folk hero, how he would describe Ramirez, he replied, "As a crazy motherfucker." Then he pointed at my notebook and said, "You can write it down just like that: 'David Ortiz says Manny is a crazy motherfucker.'" ... "Manny is at the far end of the as-bad-as-you-can-get-in-the-field spectrum." ... In the outfield and on the base paths, Ramirez can seem oafish and clumsy, and many of the baseball-related incidents for which he is best known reflect a chronic absent-mindedness, but I prefer the most Roy Hobbsian anecdote, in which he hits a home run with a broken bat--it was broken before he swung, that is, and he used it anyway because he was fond of it--since it illustrates both his enthusiasm and his preternatural gift for hitting.
posted by kirkaracha at 06:32 PM on October 24
My religion does say "beer is good." In fact, it's a sacrament, along with chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and naps.
posted by kirkaracha at 02:18 PM on October 23
Tough game for Kenny Lofton. He was safe at second on the throw from Martinez, then the idiot third base coach held him in the 7th. They could've tied and that would've changed the tone of the game. I'd have picked Youkilis as series MVP. What'd he bat, .600?
posted by kirkaracha at 11:56 PM on October 21
During the first part of Torre's run it seemed like they built sounder teams instead of collections of individual stars and over-the-hill players who don't play well together. Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina, and Mariano Rivera all have their best days behind them. Torre won three World Series with Chuck Knoblauch's phantom tags, ill-timed arguing, and inability to throw to first. The Yankees wouldn't even have made the playoffs this year without Torre's management.
posted by kirkaracha at 12:23 PM on October 19
Husker d'oh!
posted by kirkaracha at 03:24 PM on October 17
In my book, a guy that takes the team to the playoffs every single season for 12 years and to the World Series six times in eight years (winning four) gets to manage the team as long as he wants.
posted by kirkaracha at 05:26 PM on October 12
Here's his list: Quarterback Center Offensive tackle Safety Defensive tackle Middle linebacker Running back Offensive guard Rush end/linebacker Wide receiver/receiving tight end Kicker Punter Cornerback Fullback Blocking tight end As a former guard I take exception to his description of guards as "offensive line grunts." And I peg the rise of badass safeties to Joey Browner and Ronnie Lott (who played together at USC).
posted by kirkaracha at 02:09 PM on September 12
I'm distressed that using a star instead of a hyphen in "All-Star" in the All-Star Game logo has apparently been a design requirement since 1992.
posted by kirkaracha at 05:12 PM on September 06
The strippers on The Sopranos were pretty gross, anyways.
posted by kirkaracha at 01:09 PM on August 08
Catch it like an egg, people. I was at an A's-Gaints game a month or so ago and Bonds hit a foul ball that landed five feet away in the row behind me. The guys tried to catch it with their arms extended, so it bounced off their hands and floated gently over my head and landed in the empty seat in front of me. I could've gotten it easily except I had a beer and a bratwurst so my hands were full, and there wasn't room to set anything down. The woman sitting next to me got it.
posted by kirkaracha at 01:05 PM on August 08
He just needs a triple to hit for the cycle. I thought Aaron's congratulatory message was very classy.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:16 PM on August 07
"Returns" from his off-season hiatus.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:14 PM on August 07
Bonds has been intentionally walked 645 times during his career, more than the next two guys (Hank Aaron and Willie McCovey) put together. He also holds the records for intentional walks in a game (4) and in a season (120). In 1998 he was intentionally walked with the bases loaded, the first time that had happened in 54 years. In 2004 he was hitting one home run in every 8.3 at-bats, so if he'd been pitched to instead of walked he might've gotten 14 home runs that year. At a rate of one home run in every 15 at-bats over his career, that's a potential 43 home runs. he's already hit more home runs this year than he did last year Correction: he's hit 21 so far this year, and he hit 26 last year. I regret the error. that still makes what would have been a long fly ball a home run Then show me stats that demonstrate that he started hitting the ball further after he allegedly started using steroids than he did before.
posted by kirkaracha at 06:57 PM on August 07
Well, you left out his 2nd, 1st, and 3rd finishes at the beginning of that streak, so to me it looks like he had six straight seasons in the top four, two off seasons, then five more seasons in the top four. Something changed in 1996. Eight players hit 40 or more home runs that season, as many as had hit 40 or more in the 10 previous seasons combined. The lowest yearly average of home runs during 1996-2006 is higher than the highest average during 1986-1995. I think they juiced the ball, or changed the rules, or something like that. I don't think some of the players using steroids would raise the average home runs for the entire top 25 teams. I'll stipulate that Bonds used steroids, even though he's never failed a test. I just don't care. I'm not condoning steroids, but baseball players, managers, owners, and fans all accepted steroid use throughout the sport and celebrated its effects, and Bonds played the game as it was being played at the time. It's hypocritical for baseball to turn a blind eye on steroids for years, then single out one person. If there's an asterisk, it belongs on baseball, not Bonds. Pac Bell is a pitcher's haven. Bonds hit 140 home runs in seven seasons at Candlestick Park (3 Com Park), and he's hit 156 in less than seven full seasons at Pac Bell (AT&T Park). He only played 14 games in 2005, and hit five home runs total. Bonds' swing does not have that jaw-dropping, lift-you-out-of-your-seat snap that it used to That's true. I think that the effects of age are showing, although he's already hit more home runs this year than he did last year, and 755 was off of the face of the upper deck in the opposite field.
posted by kirkaracha at 03:29 PM on August 07
Also, the Giants moved to Pac Bell Park at the beginning of the 2000 season, and the stadium was specifically designed for Bonds to hit home runs. Right field is 309 feet. Just because others started hitting more home runs is in no way an indication that Bonds did not do steroids. Maybe not, but his hitting more home runs when everyone else in the National League was hitting more home runs isn't an indication that he was using steroids, either. Many of the others on the list are extremely suspect and/or confirmed steroid users. Are you saying many of the top 25 home run hitters in the National League every year are suspected or confirmed steroids users? Who besides Bonds, McGwire, and Sosa are suspected steroids users? most numbers on your chart are decreasing from the 2001 numbers Well, the 2002-2006 numbers are down from 1998-2001, but they're comparable to the numbers for 1996 and 1997. I look at that data and have to wonder what caused such a dramatic increase in HR production...smaller parks...watered down pitching...steroids? Who knows? The Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins joined the league in 1993, and the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays joined in 1998, with no immediate apparent impact on NL home runs. The 1994 strike ended just before the beginning of the 1995 season, which was only 144 games. The strike turned off a lot of fans, and the next season it became a lot easier to hit home runs.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:06 AM on August 07
White Sox batting, game tied 0-0. Konerko singles. Pierzynski singles. Dye doubles, Konerko scores. 1-0 White Sox. Erstad singles, Pierzynski scores. 2-0 White Sox. Uribe singles, Dye scores. 3-0 White Sox. (Should you pull the pitcher after five consecutive hits and three scores? Not today!) Richar flies out. 1 out. Owens grounds into fielder's choice. Error, everybody safe. Cintron grounds into fielder's choice (play at the plate). 2 out. Thome singles. Uribe and Owens score. 5-0 White Sox. Konerko doubles. Cintron scores. 6-0 White Sox. Pierzynski singles (again). Thome and Konerko score, 8-0 White Sox. Dye doubles (again). The Yankees change pitchers. Erstad walks. The Yankees change pitchers. Uribe flies out. Yankees batting, White Sox winning 8-0 Matsui singles. Posada doubles. Cano singles, Matsui scores. 8-1 White Sox. Betemit homers, Posada and Cano score. 8-4 White Sox. Phillips singles. Damon strikes out. 1 out. Cabrera singles. Abreu singles. Phillips scores. 8-5 White Sox. Rodriguez singles. Cabrera scores. 8-6 White Sox. The White Sox change pitchers. Matsui strikes out. Double steal! 2 outs. Posada hits ground rule double. Abreu and Rodriguez score. Tied, 8-8. Cano grounds into fielder's choice.
posted by kirkaracha at 05:43 PM on August 02
Coach Brooke Kuhl-McClelland talks about the game [podcast]. "In 50 minutes they lost the game, they lost their rankings, they lost their tournament, and they lost their streak." Online chat with Eli Saslow, writer of the Post article. Before their 103-game streak started, the Vikings won 63 consecutive games before losing one game. They finished the 2007 season 19-1 and won an 11th consecutive state championship.
posted by kirkaracha at 12:52 PM on July 30
He went around the bases in 15 seconds. He scored standing up and it didn't even look like he was running all that hard.
posted by kirkaracha at 06:04 PM on July 11
My favorite thing was that the pitching ace's nickname was "Losing Pitcher."
posted by kirkaracha at 05:39 PM on June 14
MJ anyone? MJ has six rings, was a better defensive player, and was a less selfish player. So no.
posted by kirkaracha at 01:26 PM on May 31
Foreman didn't get beat quickly. Ali wore him out with the rope-a-dope. Look at Foreman's record: he hadn't been in a fight longer than four rounds for three and a half years before the Rumble in the Jungle, and most of those fights were one or two rounds. His previous eight fights had all lasted less than six minutes and he had knocked out 37 of his 40 opponents. The Rumble in the Jungle went eight rounds. Ali outsmarted Foreman throughout the fight. Foreman couldn't adapt to a long fight where he couldn't knock his opponent out. For months before the fight Ali talked about dancing away from Foreman, then Ali came straight for him in the first round with right hand leads. Then he went to the rope-a-dope in the second round, and absorbed Foreman's body blows. Ali's taunts pissed Foreman off and made him throw increasingly inaccurate punches. When Foreman punched himself into exhaustion, Ali attacked and knocked him out. "In that fight, Muhammad beat me." -- George Foreman
posted by kirkaracha at 06:31 PM on May 29
ERA Johnson: 2.17 Clemens: 3.10 Batting average Johnson: .235 Clemens: .169 Home runs Johnson: 24 Clemens: 0 Strikeouts Johnson: 3,509 Clemens: 4,604 Wins Johnson: 417 Clemens: 348
posted by kirkaracha at 05:28 PM on May 08
The more people bitch about Bonds, the more I'm pulling for him. We haven't seen any proof that Bonds used steroids, but for sake of argument I'll stipulate that he did. He's already hit 10 homers this season. Can he possibly be on steroids now? I don't see how it would be possible, since he's the most scrutinized person in baseball. And if he's not on steroids now, that weakens the argument that he was on steroids before. Home runs are easier to come by than they used to be. Fourteen players hit 500 home runs over 120 seasons of major league baseball up through 1995. Four players could reach 500 this season, which would mean 10 players reached 500 homers in the last 12 seasons.
posted by kirkaracha at 05:01 PM on May 08
Golden State won their games by 12 points, 18 points, 4 points, and 25 points. That's an awful lot of luck.
posted by kirkaracha at 09:50 AM on May 04
Norv Turner is a perfect example of the Peter Principle. He's an excellent offensive coordinator, but he's not a good head coach. Also, the Chargers lost a lot of their coaching staff after the playoffs. (Didn't both the offensive and the defensive coordinators leave?) A new head coach plus a a new coaching staff probably won't result in a trip to the playoffs.
posted by kirkaracha at 02:34 PM on February 20
During the game, I thought one of the stupidest things was when Tony Dungy challenged the fact that Da Bears had 12 men on the field. I can see challenging a call that was made, but how can you challenge a call that wasn't made? Couldn't you challenge the fact that they didn't call holding on every single play? In the TMQ recap, Gregg Easterbrook says that Dungy made the challenge because he was trying to decide whether to kick or go for it, and challenges take longer than regular timeouts. So maybe it's a smart move by Dungy, but I'm not sure I like them being able to challenge a non-call.
posted by kirkaracha at 12:03 PM on February 07
You mean they're glossing over his anti-Vietnam War stance?
posted by kirkaracha at 07:43 PM on January 30
Also The Ultimate Leftovers lists the Top 10 teams that didn't make the Super Bowl.
posted by kirkaracha at 03:27 PM on January 24
I thought New England's clock management was really poor on their final drive. They got the ball with a minute left and two timeouts, and and let a lot of time (25-30 seconds?) run off the clock.
posted by kirkaracha at 02:23 PM on January 22
Watching Grossman is pretty nerve-wracking. I think he completed 5 out of his first 25 passes, then went 6-for-6 on the drive after the safety that put the Bears in command. Sometimes he looks like he's surprised to be throwing the football, and sometimes he makes beautiful throws downfield that hit the receiver perfectly in stride.. The announcers and refs didn't notice this, but on the Bears TD where the guy made a great diving catch at the two and did a backwards somersault, he scored the TD right away because the ball broke the plane of the goal. They didn't call the TD until he ran into the end zone.
posted by kirkaracha at 09:51 AM on January 22
I think they made the wrong call on the Patriots' touchdown at the back of the end zone. They called it a push-out, but to me it looked like his right foot would not have landed in-bounds, even if he hadn't been pushed out. That's just my opinion, and it's a judgement call. It kind of looked like his heels might have been over the end zone line, but there wasn't anything conclusive on the replays. Wayne tripped over his own foot. And as a former lineman, I was psyched to see linemen score three of the TDs in the game.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:48 PM on January 21
For Minnesota Vikings fans, the 1999 NFC Championship Game. The 15-1 Vikings had set the all-time NFL scoring record that season and were 11-point favorites over the Atlanta Falcons. They had a 20-7 lead. Gary Anderson, who had not missed an extra point or field goal all season, missed a 38-yard field goal, in a dome, on turf, that would've put the Vikings up by 10 with two minutes left.
posted by kirkaracha at 05:50 PM on January 10
Ohio State's D finally stepped up at the beginning of the second half and held Florida to two short possessions, but the offense couldn't get anything going. That was their last chance to get back into the game. Losing Ginn sucked for Ohio State, but if they lose a game because one player is out, they're not a championship team. Why were the Ohio State players on the sidelines wearing condoms on their heads?
posted by kirkaracha at 02:08 PM on January 09
Belichick Call Questioned in Pats' Loss to Colts
Atlanta on Sept. 27, Belichick went for it on fourth-and-1 from his own 24-yard line
That was in the third quarter, against the Falcons, with a six-point lead. Plenty of time to recover if you don't make it.