Chase Stuart
Footballguy
This is hardly Vikings-Giants here.The two newest members of the 16-team NFC are playing in the championship game. Lots of blue out there.Seattle -- joined the NFC in 2002Carolina -- joined the NFC in 1995
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Chase Stuart
Footballguy
The third newest member of the NFC joined all the way back in 1977 -- Tampa Bay. We really have the young bucks going at it today.
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The Man Who Met Andy Griffith
Footballguy
Tampa has been in the NFC for a long time. They were in the NFC Central w/ Detroit.
Chase Stuart
Footballguy
Typo, fixed.
thesurfshop19
Footballguy
I'm guessing that's a typo, he meant to type 1977, since the Bucs were in the AFC West in 1976?
Chase Stuart
Footballguy
Yeah, the Bucs and Seahawks switched following the '76 season.
thesurfshop19
Footballguy
I'm wondering why they picked the AFC West and not the Central, if they were going to put Seattle in the NFC West.What's the history of why they were put in the divisions they were put in?
Chase Stuart
Footballguy
Now that we've got our history lesson out of the way -- this strike anyone else as odd?
The AFC version of this would be a Jacksonville-Houston AFCC game I suppose. Now that would look very weird.
The AFC version of this would be a Jacksonville-Houston AFCC game I suppose. Now that would look very weird.
Chase Stuart
Footballguy
For sure. I was just thinking of some recent NFCC games.
Chase Stuart
Footballguy
I suppose Tennesee-Houston could be considered the newest matchup...I'm not holding my breath waiting for that game.Now that we've got our history lesson out of the way -- this strike anyone else as odd?
The AFC version of this would be a Jacksonville-Houston AFCC game I suppose. Now that would look very weird.
Jimmy James
Footballguy
Wouldn't it be either Cleveland-Houston or Baltimore-Houston, depending on whether or not you choose to consider reality or NFL-sanctioned revisionist history to determine which one was the new team?Now that we've got our history lesson out of the way -- this strike anyone else as odd?
The AFC version of this would be a Jacksonville-Houston AFCC game I suppose. Now that would look very weird.
Chase Stuart
Footballguy
Hmm. Good point JJ.I suppose I wouldn't count the Cleveland Browns, because they've been in three AFC Championship games.Wouldn't it be either Cleveland-Houston or Baltimore-Houston, depending on whether or not you choose to consider reality or NFL-sanctioned revisionist history to determine which one was the new team?Now that we've got our history lesson out of the way -- this strike anyone else as odd?
The AFC version of this would be a Jacksonville-Houston AFCC game I suppose. Now that would look very weird.
The Baltimore Ravens were an expansion team in 1996. The Tennesee Titans were a relocated team in 97/99 (they were the Oilers in 97/98).
I would probably go with the Titans and the Texans as the two youngest AFC franchises, but you could argue the Browns and the Texans are the two newest.
Either way, seeing Carolina-Seattle is just a little weird.
mad sweeney
Footballguy
Actually, Seattle entered the same year as Tampa and played their first year in the NFC. Then they went to the AFC, now back to the NFC. So your 2002 Seahawk date needs an asterix.
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