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The irony is that this game is comparatively meaningless. All it likely decides is home field advantage between these two teams. Significant, but by no means decisive. Assuming all goes as most expect, the game that matters between these two will be held in January.Meanwhile, the Ravens-Steelers game, for example, means much more in terms of who might win a division vs. miss the playoffs entirely.And, this is one of his better posts, if you can believe that.
You might need an intervention.
Well, there was Bugs Bunny against that big galoot in the wrestling ring that time...
Not a Cowboy or Giant fan, but for some reason this game popped into my head as much more significant than this week's game.Cowboys 16 Giants 13; last game of 1993 regular season
Welcome to life in the Shark Pool. This is the preferred method of keeping the content uncluttered, relevant, and interesting.
that game was certainly more important, with playoff implications, as I recall. But was as much attention paid to it; did the entire nation watch it? I don't remember, but I doubt it.
I for one wasn't trying to rip on you. With all the new fish in these waters I feel most of the newbies just started watching football. This game has no real meaning other than being an ego builder. It is by far not the biggest non-playoff game of the year.You've got to understand something, if you want to post on this board you've got to have thick skin. It's filled will many over-opinionated aholes rather than those who provide value to the board. Be a Man!!
Is it? I notice that the threads on the first page are generally the ones people are most interested in. I think I have made a lot of people upset here, not with the number of my threads, but because several of them were against the Patriots. I won't do those threads anymore, partly because I was warned by admin not to, and also partly because I was disgusted by the anti-Pats fans who were calling for injuries to Brady- I didn't want to be associated with them. You may find my threads annoying, but please note I have never insulted or attacked anyone here, and I don't think its necessary. I like posting threads, that's what I thought this site was for. I think these subjects are interesting, which is why I bring them up. But if you don't, and you want to keep the content "uncluttered, relevant, and interesting", the best way is to ignore me. Then the thread will fall to page 2, and no one will read it. But again, the personal atacks are unnecessary and unappreciated.
I wasn't even thinking about college football. Lots of big ones there.I know there was a Florida State-Notre Dame game in the mid-90s I think that was massively hyped. ND won the game, but FSU won the national title.
exactly
If by "bigger" you don't mean "more important" but rather "obnoxiously overhyped to the point we will all want to
: by Thursday night when there are still over 60 hours to go until kickoff" then I guess I see your point.
I actually did consider those, and several college games, and also a 49ers Green Bay Monday night game in 96. But I think this trumps all of those. I just don't believe there was this amount of buildup for any of those games.
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Actually I agree with you...If by "bigger" you don't mean "more important" but rather "obnoxiously overhyped to the point we will all want to
As a Patriots fan, you're entitled to that opinion. I'm not sure it's valid though. And there's no way it would break PPV records. Most know that it's the second most important game these two teams will play this year.
mmmm94/95/96less media, less internethere's your answer
Uh, I'm not a Patriots fan.
Sorry. I have no idea who you are. I assumed you were a Patriots fan from the negative reaction everyone else had about you starting a thread.
Slowly breathe in.Slowly breathe out.You'll feel better, I promise.
Thats OK. I think its kind of funny though that you assume that because there's a negative reaction against me, I must be a Patriots fan. That shows where we are about now!Actually I was attacked because in part I have been loudly anti-Patriot and in part because I start a lot of threads here, some people would say too many and they seem to find that annoying
Actually, you've named the ONE game that might match this one, IMO. Good job.
Yep, that was another hyped game that lived up to the billing. It just made me sick watching all of the old '72 team going bananas once again like they do every year.
Wow. Youre right, that worked. thank you!
I didn't say this game would live up to the billing. In fact, I think the odds are better than 50-50 that it won't. As the Superbowl has proved time and again, very often football games between the two best teams turn out to be blowouts. I hope it's not, but a lot of these games turn out to be disappointments.
Should have been bigger underdogs. Colts fans should hold their nose and plunk down as much as they can on the Pats this week.New England is going to be doing some Globetrotter type stuff this weekend. Instead of a cooler of gatorade, the guys will be throwing a bucket of confetti on Belichick.
The home team has won the last 3 playoff games between the two so I think it has more meaning than a regular mid season clash of titans. HFA seems pretty big betwen the two. They can beat each other away in regular season but the numbers favor the home team, especially if it's NE in January vs a dome.To answer the OP's question, there are always bigger games at the end of the year when division rivals and playoff fence sitters are jockeying for position. It's a safe bet that both of these teams will be making the playoffs. However this game will be the most hyped because of the circumstances of two undefeated teams, 4 of the last 6 SB winners, perennial playoff opponents etc... But at the end of the day it's just going to be 1 loss (of maybe 3 combined losses between the teams) for 1 team on their way to the AFC championship game.The irony is that this game is comparatively meaningless. All it likely decides is home field advantage between these two teams. Significant, but by no means decisive. Assuming all goes as most expect, the game that matters between these two will be held in January.Meanwhile, the Ravens-Steelers game, for example, means much more in terms of who might win a division vs. miss the playoffs entirely.And, this is one of his better posts, if you can believe that.
Actually I've had this date circled for the whole season and I could care less about the AFCE (past and present). They are two teams unanimously and righteously deemed to be in a different league as other teams. It really is a clash of the titans and any football fan should be looking forward to it.
Have to disagree with that. If the Championship game was in New England last year, I think the Patriots would have won it. A couple of years ago when it was in NE, the Colts would have had a much better chance at home. The winner of this game has what amounts to a two-game lead in the race for HFA. That's very important, and for these two teams, it's often decisive.The Jerk said:The irony is that this game is comparatively meaningless. All it likely decides is home field advantage between these two teams. Significant, but by no means decisive. Assuming all goes as most expect, the game that matters between these two will be held in January.Meanwhile, the Ravens-Steelers game, for example, means much more in terms of who might win a division vs. miss the playoffs entirely.cobalt_27 said:SproutDaddy said:And, this is one of his better posts, if you can believe that.
WTF? I'm a Redskins fan, and I can't ever remember a game as big as this one in any sport. Both of these teams have legit claims to top 10 teams of all time if they continue the pace they're at.encaitar said:
And, this is one of his better posts, if you can believe that.
