Football (american football to those across the pond!)

[Ursa major]

Given that Atlanta and Miami have now bitten the dust, I'm left with the Steelers for the AFC Divisional game (and, I hope, the AFC Championship game; come on now: two 12-4 teams shouldn't both lose to an 8-8 one, surely; please!).

[Cayal]

This could be a good playoff run for me.

Colts lose. And I hope to get revenge on the Ratbirds 8 years later.

[Lady of Winterfell]

1-0, thats a good start for me. Now I have to think about who I'll pick this weekend...

Not sure what happened with the Dolphins. Set a league record this season with fewest turnovers and then had 5 in a playoff game.

But I do hope the Steelers win it all.

[Wiglaf]

Originally Posted by Grimward

Yes, yesterday's games were, alas, a wipeout (the Grinning Grim has become the Groaning Grim, and Wigs has every right to say "Told Ya So!")

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I would but I am too busy getting ready for next week. We are 0-13 all time vs the Steelers in the regular season and 2-0 in the post season; I hope we remember it is the post season. And I hope that we play a full 4 quarters unlike most of our games this year.

[Grimward]

After a couple days hiatus, I have returned to the fold....

*Groans all round from gathered assemblage*

And our post-season records stand as follows:

LOW 1-0 (Ravens)
Pyan 1-0 (Ravens)
Parson 0-1 (Vikings)
Cul 0-1 (Falcons)
Ursa 0-1 (Falcons)
J-Sun 0-1 (Falcons)
Werewoman 0-1 (Dolphins)
Grim 0-1 (Colts)

Pretty brutal first round ('cept for Pyan and the Lady, of course). WW, you get your preference back this week. Lady, you might recall at the beginning of the season that many people were picking San Diego to go all the way. That is probably the best 8-8 team the NFL has seen in MANY years (if not ever). They've knocked the most dangerous (in my opinion) quarterback remaining out in their first game. Yes, they now have to run into that buzz saw defense in Pittsburgh, but they've got momentum, and the Steelers have been cooling their heels for 2 weeks now. Hard to say where that one's headed.....on other fronts, I just wouldn't want to be trying to throw against Ed Reed right now; the guy's out of this world!!!

[Culhwch]

Just to make selection easier, this week's round sees:

Baltimore at Tennessee on Saturday afternoon;
Arizona at Carolina on Saturday night;
Philidelphia at New York on Sunday afternoon; and
San Diego at Pittsburgh on Sunday evening.

After getting burnt last week, I'm going to be more judicious this week. I don't think any game is a lock, though I think the Titans, the Steelers, and the Panthers definitely deserve favouritism. Of those three... Pittsburgh.

[pyan]

I think I'll stick with the Ravens...let's see if they can break the Curse Of Py...

[Parson]

Sigh! My Vikings have disappeared beneath a stifling Philly defense. To give the devil his due, but Vikings certainly did their share by allowing a 60 yard punt return -- a season long bugaboo -- an interception for a touch down, and a 16 yard punt. >>> Sigh <<<

Oh well, on to the next loss, errr, I mean win. My team until they get bumped, I suppose this week, will be the Tennessee Titans.

Therefore Grim put me down this week as Tennessee.

[J-Sun]

I'm rooting for Baltimore and San Diego at this point (though I expect Pittsburgh to win and I could live with that) and I don't care at all about the rest, but I expect New York to finally put a stop to Philly and Carolina to end Arizona. And Carolina is my pick - though I reserve the right to change my mind before the deadline if somebody gets overzealous in practice and can't play this weekend or something.

[Cayal]

IF any of you curse the Titans and we lose I will make it my life's goal to hunt each and everyone of you down....and no I am not kidding.

I HATE the Ravens. And losing to them (again) in the playoffs would push me over the edge.

[Wiglaf]

Originally Posted by Grimward

After a couple days hiatus, I have returned to the fold....

*Groans all round from gathered assemblage*

And our post-season records stand as follows:

LOW 1-0 (Ravens)
Pyan 1-0 (Ravens)
Parson 0-1 (Vikings)
Cul 0-1 (Falcons)
Ursa 0-1 (Falcons)
J-Sun 0-1 (Falcons)
Werewoman 0-1 (Dolphins)
Grim 0-1 (Colts)

Pretty brutal first round ('cept for Pyan and the Lady, of course). WW, you get your preference back this week. Lady, you might recall at the beginning of the season that many people were picking San Diego to go all the way. That is probably the best 8-8 team the NFL has seen in MANY years (if not ever). They've knocked the most dangerous (in my opinion) quarterback remaining out in their first game. Yes, they now have to run into that buzz saw defense in Pittsburgh, but they've got momentum, and the Steelers have been cooling their heels for 2 weeks now. Hard to say where that one's headed.....on other fronts, I just wouldn't want to be trying to throw against Ed Reed right now; the guy's out of this world!!!

Forgot me; I aways pick the Chargers. I just haven't posted much as I like my team to play well even more than I like winning; it has been hard to come up with posts that don't include swearing. The last 3 weeks have been the first time the Chargers have played in both halves. We have to beat the Steelers; I need to see us stomp the Titans in the AFC championship.

[Wiglaf]

Originally Posted by Cayal

IF any of you curse the Titans and we lose I will make it my life's goal to hunt each and everyone of you down....and no I am not kidding.

I HATE the Ravens. And losing to them (again) in the playoffs would push me over the edge.

I'm all for you beating the Ravens; I want you sent out of the playoffs by the Chargers again like last year.(17to6)

[Lady of Winterfell]

I think I'm going to go with Carolina this weekend.

[Grimward]

What's that, Parse? I can't quite read your pic.....looks like the font isn't large enough....

Thanks for the assist, Cul!

All right, so for this week.....

Ursa = Steelers

Cul = Steelers

Py = Ravens

Parson = Titans

J-Sun = Panthers

Wiglaf = Chargers (and I didn't forget you, chief: See the rules about this post-season thing described earlier. It's not like the regular season: You have to MAKE a selection each week, and it can be a different team. Can't count last week's, but will add you this week.)

Lady = Panthers

Did I miss anyone? WW, based on my lousy memory of the previous page (Cuz I'm too lazy to go look!) place your Panthers vote, please! Cay, see note above to Wiggs, then type "My pick for this week is Tennesee", as I'm not making assumptions here....(ok, so I just did, but not gonna enter your pick for you!).

[Cayal]

Originally Posted by Wiglaf

I'm all for you beating the Ravens; I want you sent out of the playoffs by the Chargers again like last year.(17to6)

We'll be in the Superbowl if we beat Baltimore this week.