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The NFL Playoffs thread
Storm Rider:
Tom Coughlin definitely keeps his job, that's for sure. I'm still not a particular fan of his methods, to be honest.
Narr:
I don't get the Coughlin hate, to be honest. I think he's got a bad rep going for him, for being a hard-ass. He's done a pretty good job in the NFL, I'd say, even if they hadn't won today. How many other coaches out there can boast taking an expansion team into the Playoffs in their 2nd and 3rd year as a team?
BobJoeJim:
Narr, I get what you're saying and of course it's huge that this was the Super Bowl as opposed to a regular season game. That week 17 matchup, though, was the most entertaining regular season NFL game I think I've ever seen. 16-0 was on the line, and both teams played their hearts out; the Giants did everything they could to try to keep the Pats from perfection (obviously they made good on try two today), and just barely fell short. At the time, I was complimenting the game for having a "Super Bowl level of intensity". Not only that, but it was a fantastic football game, played very very well by all four units, offense and defense of both teams; it was high scoring but not because the defense was bad. By contrast, the Super Bowl today was in my opinion rather sloppy. It was low scoring, but not because of remarkable defense. I give kudos to the Giants D-Line for great pressure all day, but New England also really didn't look sharp, and when the Giants had the ball (except for the first, and last two, drives) it was pretty painful football to watch, basically what happens when bad offense and bad defense are combined. The finish was exciting, and the play was pretty solid in the fourth quarter, but most of the game was just mediocre football. It happened to be close because the mediocrity was evenly distributed between both teams, but it wasn't particularly good or entertaining. At least, not in my opinion.
And Storm Rider, obviously yes I meant Rams/Titans. Patriots/Titans would have been an... unlikely... Super Bowl matchup, lol. I guess, despite my arguments that it wasn't a great game, this Super Bowl *is* still affecting me somewhat. Otherwise I don't know where that slip could've come from.
StaedlerMars:
Now that my heart has slowed down quite a bit:
You know the scenario where it's a crowded room and everyone around you is a fan of the other team, and you're the only one wearing your teams hat?
That was me for the Giants. No jokes. And this was in the student union, which was fairly crowded.
To me the Giants victory wasn't as important as the Patriots being stopped in their tracks, and quieting down my hooligan new england (no offense) fans who've been jerking it over Tom Brady for the past months. The fact that the Giants managed to do it makes it so much better.
Also, I'm not that big a fan of sports fans, but last night made me get what it was all about.
Any Given Sunday
valley_parade:
The best part of last night was after the Pats lost, immediately congratulating the two Giants fans in the bar, and spraying them with tiny bottles of champagne.
Here's my question..why would the Pats punt on 4th and 2, but then go for it on 4th and 13? Doesn't make sense!
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