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  Super Bowl Predictions

  by WildTurkey in

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  im a huge cowboy fan but i dont think they will make it to the super bowl, damn sure would love to be wrong.

  ok here is who i think as of right now pittsburgh stealers and san francisco 49ers and god i hate them both, well thats my pick how about you?

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  Past SuperBowl history will back me up on that one.

  maybe super bowl history as a whole supports your stance, but certainly not recent super bowl history, as 3 out of the last 5 have been decided by a touchdown or less, and 2 of the last 3 have come down to the final play of the game. hardly "crappy" games, im sure youd agree.

  you also might be surprised to know that over 1/3 of all super bowls ever played have been decided by 10 pts. or less......while a third may not sound convincing, consider also that a large chunk of the blowouts came in the nfc domination days of the '80s (7 of the 10 years were more than 10 pt. victories).

  Shall I post links detailing the glorious criminal history of many of these freaks?

  while i wont defend the criminal behavior of any nfl player, i will say that this aspect of the nfl (and all athletes really) is blown up simply because they are in the spotlight. id venture to guess if you did post links, or simply do the research, youd find that the percentage of nfl players whove committed a crime probably falls in line with the national average, at worst, if not way below it (which would be my guess). its like robert downy jr.......we hear about it EVERY time this guy gets another mark added to his record, obviously because hes in the spotlight........but joe blow down the street has been convicted of drug possesion five times, has had three duis, and countless other misdemeanors as well, and no one knows it. i suppose you could fall back to the position of "they should be held to a higher standard", which i agree with, but this is reality, and crimes are committed.........by athletes, celebrities, priests, presidents, probably even nuns.

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  Super Bowl Predictions

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  im a huge cowboy fan but i dont think they will make it to the super bowl, damn sure would love to be wrong.

  ok here is who i think as of right now pittsburgh stealers and san francisco 49ers and god i hate them both, well thats my pick how about you?

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  ill believe in the raiders if they can come down to miami next weekend and come away with a win. miami has owned oakland in recent years, and im expecting another dolphins victory this time around. its THE key matchup as far as afc tiebrakers are concerned....considering the dolphins have already beaten the broncos, colts, and chargers.

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  Super Bowl Predictions

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  im a huge cowboy fan but i dont think they will make it to the super bowl, damn sure would love to be wrong.

  ok here is who i think as of right now pittsburgh stealers and san francisco 49ers and god i hate them both, well thats my pick how about you?

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  this wasnt the same bears team that led, AT green bay, 14-6 at halftime last week.....was it? because the team i saw last night looked like they wouldve gotten a good game from the '72 dolphins that were on hand for their ceremony....had they suited up.

  guess who has the best winning percentage of ALL active qbs in the nfl right now? you get three guesses.........

  nope, not rich gannon........

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  nope, not donovan mcnabb........

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  nope, especially not brett favre.........

  its none other than jay fiedler (72%) , with a 28-11record as a starter.....and its good to have him back.

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  Boycott Blockbuster!!!

  by LuckyLucy in

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  my friend and i went to rent a movie from blockbuster video and they charged us a late fee for a movie i rented 3 months ago.

  i have rented dozens of movies since then and they never said anything and i am positive i got it back on time.

  this has happeded before.. soooo...to make a long story short....i went home and got on line and did a search on blockbuster....nothing but locations and stuff on new releases...blah blah blah...so i started to think ...hmmm maybe they just made a mistake with me...thats cool.. on a whim i typed in blockbuster ripoff and poof!!

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  just thought id throw in my two cents about netflix.........

  we (my live-in s.o. and i) just joined up about a month ago (the first three weeks are free i think), and we absolutely love it so far. you get three movies at a time (dvds) for the $20 price, and there are more expensive plans that give you more at a time, if three isnt enough for you. anyhow, three has been pretty good for us. it works out nicely, because if you space them out a little, you almost always have at least one new movie to watch every couple of days. the nice part is, they have pretty much every title ever released on dvd (excluding porn ), so you can browse and browse for hours when picking your movies. then youve got your wish list on line (ours is over 100 movies already), and when you send back one movie, the next one on your list is automatically shipped out. basically the turnaround time is about a week from when you drop your movie in the mail. there are some other features on the site that are very helpful as well, such as "people who liked this movie also liked......", which gives you some ideas. i was surprised at how many movies are out there that ive never even heard of.....and weve watched some great ones already. we are movie freaks when it comes to renting.....we used to spend about 20 bucks a pop in hollywood video about once a week (of course thats including their overpriced candy and popcorn), if not more. so, to sum up, i highly reccomend netflix, its definitely saving us money already.

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  Super Bowl Predictions

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  im a huge cowboy fan but i dont think they will make it to the super bowl, damn sure would love to be wrong.

  ok here is who i think as of right now pittsburgh stealers and san francisco 49ers and god i hate them both, well thats my pick how about you?

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  . Favre and the Miami defense would be way scarier.

  well, youre entitled to your opinion. once again, who has the better record this year? you cant tell me its the packer defense that lost those last two games for them (7 INTS by favre). personally id rather have fiedler, a game manager, then favre, a reckless gunslinger who will outright lose games for you with his bad play on the road. there is no excuse for his play, especially with ahman green to hand off to, who i think is one of the very best backs in the league. (of course, theres also just the fact that no matter how great favre is or has been, ive always hated him, and would probably burn all of my miami gear if he ever got traded there). now, in the past fiedler has lost games for miami as well, but i think hes matured so much under norv turner that hes now pro-bowl caliber, and one of the only guys id want under center in the current scheme. of course, even ray lucas has been outplaying favre lately.....96 passes without an int, not too shabby.

  However, I believe the first tie break looks at the divisional record before they do head to head matchups, so there is hope yet

  well, they look at head-to-head first, but if its split (as is the case here), then yes, the next tiebraker is division record.....which right now the jets and miami each have two division losses. miami is the only team in the afc that controls its own fate....the jets (and everyone else for that matter) have to hope for some things to fall their way.

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  That hit by Sapp was legal and I hate people who whine about legal plays, even if it is the head coach.

  it was a legal hit, no doubt. i thought the celebration while the player lay motionless was uncalled for though. sapp is imo one of the biggest a**holes in the entire league, and he showed it by not going out there to make sure clifton was okay. of course, my opinion of sapp goes deeper then his on-field antics........true story:

  while staying in st.petersburg/tampa bay for 6 weeks in a training class (this was 3 years ago), i ran into sapp and one of his fellow defensemen (a linebacker i think, cant remember which one) at a bar on the beach. a friend i was with pointed them out, and i had a few beers in me so i figured id walk over and try to get a handshake, or a hello, or whatever, you know? so i walk over, stand RIGHT in front of sapp, reach out my hand and utter some nervous greeting. do you know what he said? after leaving me hanging for a minute, he looked right through me, no eye contact, and said "no ones talking to you man". now i know these guys probably get tired of shaking hands, signing autographs, and getting mobbed by the locals....but that was ridiculous. for all he knew i could have been the biggest tampa bay fan around, and had sapp posters on my walls, idolizing the guy.

  since that day, i look at every outrageous thing that guy says and does differently, knowing what a true a**hole he is in real life. im sure he could care less if he hurt clifton or not, and im pretty sure he was trying to.

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  Edited by - dubla on 27 November 2002 12:43:9
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  Green Bay Packers thread

  by musky in

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  i thought that the best team in the nfl deserved their own thread.

  actually, i am not a huge football fan.

  i do not watch much sports at all.

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  ah, i see you packer fans ARE still around....just conveniently ignoring the 'ol super bowl thread for now..........well, i had a snippet over there that i thought would fit nicely on this thread as well..........

  ...uh oh. not one, not two, not three, but FOUR interceptions from your god favre. ouchie. fact is, get favre anywhere outside of his friendly home confines and he plays like absolute S**T, lol. so four more picks on the road, and two losses in a row for the suddenly struggling packers. so sorry guys, i know it must be hard to be a packer fan today.

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  The 2 crucial games we have are this Week at Tampa and Dec @ San Fran.

  i agree. one crucial game down, one to go.

  see, those comments belong over here as well, dont they?

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  Edited by - dubla on 26 November 2002 14:46:35
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  Evidence for Evolution?

  by LucidSky in

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  all historical and archeological evidence aside, the biggest evidence that convinced me evolution is factual is speciation (also called "micro-evolution").

  this is the transformation of one species into two such that the two can no longer interbreed.

  there is no need for historical evidence to prove this -- cases of speciation have actually been observed.

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  The earth is round. Deal with it.

  Doesn't sound so ridiculous now, does it?

  i never said it sounded ridiculous....i said it was a "hard and fast argument". please re-read my original post for verification on this.

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  Super Bowl Predictions

  by WildTurkey in

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  im a huge cowboy fan but i dont think they will make it to the super bowl, damn sure would love to be wrong.

  ok here is who i think as of right now pittsburgh stealers and san francisco 49ers and god i hate them both, well thats my pick how about you?

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  where did heaven and xenawarrior dissapear to all of a sudden? heads buried in the sand?

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  Don't gloat too much, dubla, the Jets beat the Chargers by a wider margin of victory at San Diego earlier this season .

  i dont think you really want to bring margin of victory into these scenarios, do you? if so, please add up the margin of victory on the two jets/dolphins matchups and let me know what you come up with.

  For all you Pakers fans, you can take pleasure in knowing that, even though dubla is dissing Bret Favre now, he would take Favre in an instance over any of the guys Miami has right now at QB .

  no truth to this statement whatsoever.......why would i rather have a qb that will be retired in three years, than an upandcoming guy whos got a 5-1 record as a starter this year (fiedler), and has alot more great years ahead of him? favres starting record isnt even close to that (3 losses), i like our chances with fiedler.

  , Fiedler has....beaten out Damon Huard as the starting QB a few years ago. Not bad for a guy who couldn't beat out Johnaton Quinn for the No.2 job in Jacksonville before that .

  everyone starts somewhere.......what was kurt warner doing before his unbelievable rise to stardom? even favre wasnt a success out of the blocks you know. i could list all the other star qbs that took awhile to work their way up the ladder, but its a long list, and i think you get the idea. anyhow, i dont expect fiedler to ever win the league mvp...but he can win a super bowl, which is the only victory that matters. if trent dilfer and tom brady can do it, anyone can.

  Miami is bound to screw up sometime, and when they do, we'll be there to take advantage

  you really think so? personally im more concerned with the patriots making a run than the jets. i think the jets string of luck is about to end......if they can travel all the way over to oakland and come away with a win over the red-hot raiders, then i might take notice. i dont think they have what it takes to make a playoff run, and imo 8-8 seems pretty realistic.

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  Super Bowl Predictions

  by WildTurkey in

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  im a huge cowboy fan but i dont think they will make it to the super bowl, damn sure would love to be wrong.

  ok here is who i think as of right now pittsburgh stealers and san francisco 49ers and god i hate them both, well thats my pick how about you?

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  reborn said:

  With the greatest quarterback of his era (and arguably all-time).. who can stand against them?

  well, certainly not the greatest quarterback lately.......favres rating on sunday? 36.6.....hardly breathtaking. apparently the answer to your question reborn, is minnesota and tampa bay.

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  Super Bowl Predictions

  by WildTurkey in

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  im a huge cowboy fan but i dont think they will make it to the super bowl, damn sure would love to be wrong.

  ok here is who i think as of right now pittsburgh stealers and san francisco 49ers and god i hate them both, well thats my pick how about you?

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  oh how things change..........miami routs one of the top teams in the nfl (best record in the afc), final score 30-3. what about green bay? ...uh oh. not one, not two, not three, but FOUR interceptions from your god favre. ouchie. fact is, get favre anywhere outside of his friendly home confines and he plays like absolute S**T, lol. so four more picks on the road, and two losses in a row for the suddenly struggling packers. so sorry guys, i know it must be hard to be a packer fan today.

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  The 2 crucial games we have are this Week at Tampa and Dec @ San Fran.

  i agree. one crucial game down, one to go.

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  Edited by - dubla on 25 November 2002 8:48:7