None of the math matters. The AFC title game will be played at Foxborough at 1:00 p.m. as the Steelers face the Patriots, who win 31-20. Championship Sunday continues at Charlotte with the Seahawks trashing the Panthers 24-14. Rematch at Santa Clara and my guys win again, 31-27. There.
NFL regular season games can still end in ties if nobody scores in the 15 minute overtime period. How come you don't incorporate ties into your playoff simulator, a major flaw even though no game this season so far has ended in a tie.
This is an article for those who enjoy football. Yes, we are all concerned about the damage to the players but if you are opposed to the game itself this is not the place to voice your opinion. I'm thinking of canceling my NYT subscription due to the lack of articles about the upcoming games.
Hopefully a solution to better protect the player's brains will come soon. Already, alterations have been made that will help.
Those of us who love the game, love it NOT for the violence, but for the brilliant strategizing, the sychronicity of 11 men achieving their goal, the beauty of a long pass, watching LeSean Mccoy cutting like Gale Sayres once did, watching Aaron Rodgers throw his perfect passes, and the excitement of a game that goes down to the last second. Unlike baseball, which is what I watch when I can't sleep. Beats Ambien any day.
Hopefully a solution to better protect the player's brains will come soon. Already, alterations have been made that will help.
Those of us who love the game, love it NOT for the violence, but for the brilliant strategizing, the sychronicity of 11 men achieving their goal, the beauty of a long pass, watching LeSean Mccoy cutting like Gale Sayres once did, watching Aaron Rodgers throw his perfect passes, and the excitement of a game that goes down to the last second. Unlike baseball, which is what I watch when I can't sleep. Beats Ambien any day.
It's too bad the outcome is often a foregone conclusion because of the clock. Not so with Baseball.
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What a fantastic post to indulge the nerdiest of us who love this fantastic game.
I'll think later about how the Packers can make the playoffs. For now, they had a big win in Minnesota, and they can look ahead to playing at home on Thanksgiving and welcoming back Bart Starr and Brett Favre.
Why is the Times providing PR to a game that is known to destroy the brains of its participants?
Not only should articles like this not be written, the Times should stop covering the game in sports, only in public health articles.
Not only should articles like this not be written, the Times should stop covering the game in sports, only in public health articles.
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Football: The most boring, fascistic, capitalist, violent, ignorant game in the world.
The game is divided in tv time outs, commercials, couches huddles, QB huddles, walking back and forth to the line of scrimmage, and ten minutes of sheep smashing into each other. Big snore.
The game is divided in tv time outs, commercials, couches huddles, QB huddles, walking back and forth to the line of scrimmage, and ten minutes of sheep smashing into each other. Big snore.
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Couldn't agree more. Give me ice hockey any day. Even though the NHL has, unfortunately, added TV timeouts that slows things down a little, and sometimes there are a few too many whistles, the action can continue uninterrupted for many minutes, which can't be said for any other team sport. Oh right, the other football... if you want to call that action.
Bernie Sanders has a better chance than the 49ers
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As organized religion wanes and withers, football replaces it as the official form of Sunday worship.
Proof positive that even the 'opiate of the masses' is capable of evolution.
Proof positive that even the 'opiate of the masses' is capable of evolution.
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A great line from concussion "The NFL owns one day in a week"
Who cares? The Red Bulls are in the Western Conference final! The beautiful team playing the beautiful game.
Make that the Eastern Conference. (Excited.)