And now we’re in the overture for the Greatest Game of The Year, when the last four survivors of this season slug it out for the right to represent their conference in The Super Bowl. And we’ve got four teams with varying degrees of experience in the playoffs, and four teams with varying degree of [...]
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We’re now into what many people consider the most exciting week of the football season, and I can see why. You’ve still get four games over two days like last week, and the teams that are participating in them are true contenders. There are still the stray lucky teams that squirt through (I’m looking at [...]
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Well, here we are–playoff time! We begin with the Wild Card round, featuring a number of teams no one expected to make it this far. Since there will only be four games, I decided to add a little extra at the end, with a discussion of which teams each of the Bye-Round teams does and [...]
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And with this, Rivalry Weekend, the 2012 campaign is over for almost everyone. As with the last few seasons, this final weekend sees teams playing their division rivals. Supposedly this was started by Roger Goodell to encourage viewers to, you know, care about what sometimes amounts to a slew of junk games. And this season [...]
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You’ll notice there’s no Monday Night Game. That’s because some years ago some church-type people got all bent out of shape because the NFL dared put football games on Christmas Eve…so we’re getting Monday off. So let’s get to it, then… Saturday Game, 8:30 p.m. Falcons (12-2, won v. Giants, 1st Seed NFC South) vs. [...]
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No preamble this week…I’m filing this under the wire. Let’s get to it, then! Sunday Games, 1:00 p.m. Native Americans (7-6, won v. Ravens, Potential NFC Wild Card) vs. Browns (5-8, won v. Chiefs) Throughout this season, I’ve been talking about how the Browns are a much tougher team than their record indicates. Cleveland is [...]
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As we get deeper into this last bit of season, there are changes to the positions in the playoff hunt have been pretty surprising…so let’s get to the games right away. (And I’m still looking for super-fans for teams other than the Paper Planes, the Cowboys, the Raiders, and the Steelers for a series of [...]
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