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Did I say Buffs by 30? I meant Buffs by 40.

Just now, tBBP said:

 

+1. 

 

As in Buffs by 31...

It ain't gonna go well for the Rams.

19 minutes ago, Cujo said:

Buffs by 30.

Minnesota vs. Philadelphia

Baltimore vs. Cincinnati

Seattle vs. Detroit

Indianapolis vs. Houston

Chicago vs. Tampa Bay

Kansas City vs. Jacksonville

Green Bay vs. Atlanta

Las Vegas vs. Buffalo

LA Chargers vs. Tennessee

San Francisco vs. LA Rams

NY Giants vs. Arizona

NY Jets vs. Dallas

Washington vs. Denver

Miami vs. New England

New Orleans vs. Carolina

Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh

27 minutes ago, throwuascenario said:

You're also way overestimating how often the better or higher seeded team wins in the playoffs.

There's no need to estimate it, over or otherwise. You can look it up. In the AFC last year #3 Cincinnati beating  #2 Buffalo  was the only playoff game in which the lower seed won. In the NFC #5 Dallas beat #4 Tampa Bay, but Tampa got the #4 seed by winning the division at 8-9. Dallas was clearly the better team. The only real "upset" was the #6 Giants beating the #3 Vikings. The Super Bowl was a match up between #1 seeds. I'm not going to go back and look through all the years since 1990,  but I'm pretty sure the higher seed wins way more often than it loses.

5 minutes ago, throwuascenario said:

 

They have 1 Super Bowl win. You have to win the AFC Championship game to win the Super Bowl and they did not do that last year by any definition of the word "win".

 

And this Chiefs team is not the same team as the won that won their first Super Bowl. That team was loaded and this one is not.

The only definition of win in the NFL is scoring more points than your opponent. If the Chiefs didn't win the AFC Championship Game last year "by any definition", how did they still end up in the Super Bowl?

Last year's Chiefs weren't the same team that won Super Bowl IV either, (although it would be hilarious if they were) but it still counts.

I can't decide if you're just trolling or if you really are this silly. Either way, it's kind of amusing.

Just now, throwuascenario said:

 

Counting Moss, there are 3 in the HOF at this moment.

I forgot Moss is already in.

3 minutes ago, Cujo said:

Ok. Who else besides Brady and Gronk are going to Canton from last three SB wins in New England?

Randy Moss didn't win a Super Bowl with the Pats, but he'll go too. After that, I'm having a hard time coming up with the next 1-3 guys from the entire Brady era in New England that he says are HOFers.

2 hours ago, SFGiants58 said:

Live look at the Jets:

 

 

Yeah, about that.

21 minutes ago, Sport said:

It's like everyone annually gets Collective September Amnesia and forgets how long the season actually is. 

Exactly. Overreaction Monday after week one is always a hoot. The reality is Burrow had  practiced about five times since the calf injury, the weather conditions were terrible for a QB who had practiced about five times, and the Browns have some sort of voodoo magic when they play the Bengals.  If the 3-1 Bengals lose that game in the exact same fashion in week five, it's just a fluke and a bump in the road. But a "could see it coming from a mile away" clunker in week one means the season is shot and Burrow's contract was a huge mistake.

NFL fans are funny.

23 minutes ago, Sport said:

I hate being smarter than everyone. 

It's a tough gig, but someone has to do it.

23 minutes ago, Sport said:

Annual medicine taking from Browns fans. Let us have it. Maybe this will be the year it actually ends up mattering. 

I ain't saying . I've been here way too many times to fall for this again. I'll believe the Browns are going 12-5 when the season ends and the Browns are 12-5. (Honestly, I'm not entirely sure I'll believe it if it happens.)  Until then, I see this win as nothing more than one of those "Team A has team B's number and no one understands why" deals.

14 minutes ago, PERRIN said:

I don't know if there is such thing as a statement loss

There isn't.

2 hours ago, VDizzle12 said:

 

I'm fully expecting it to be a fluke and the Browns to lay an egg on MNF against the Steelers. 

Accurate, probably.

To all the CFB pundits who said "It's one game. Let's see what Colorado does next week.", it's next week.

1 hour ago, FiddySicks said:

I don’t really have a problem with Sanders, but I still think Colorado is going to win, like, two games this season. Big win last weekend, but I still think it’s going to be an anomaly compared to the rest of the season. 

Best case scenario is they go 7-5. They're going to be fun to watch, but I think they're going to be on the short end of shootouts more often than not.

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

I don't see the issue at all with Coach Prime. 

Neither do I. Coach Prime is fun, he seems to be a pretty good coach, and Colorado was actually relevant and fun to watch last week. How long the Buffs will stay competitive remains to be seen, but as of right now, it's a good story and it certainly has people talking. I'm enjoying the hell out of it. I even like the cowboy hat. Coach Prime is a breath of fresh air in the stodgy (and mostly idiotic) fraternity of football coaches. We need more coaches like him, not less.

As one of the old guys here, seeing people half my age pitching a :censored: over a harmless nickname is pretty funny. Don't get old before your time, kids.

Week 1:

Detroit vs. Kansas City

Cincinnati vs. Cleveland

Houston vs. Baltimore

Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota

Carolina vs. Atlanta

Arizona vs. Washington

Jacksonville vs. Indianapolis

San Francisco vs. Pittsburgh

Tennessee vs. New Orleans

Las Vegas vs. Denver

Philadelphia vs. New England

LA Rams vs. Seattle

Miami vs. LA Chargers

Green Bay vs. Chicago

Dallas vs. NY Giants

Buffalo vs. NY Jets

5 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

Is there an unwritten rule that Nebraska or Iowa aren't allowed to score 20+ points in the first game of the year?

Yes. Iowa's problem is that they follow it all season.

On 9/1/2023 at 6:34 PM, oldschoolvikings said:

I hope Colorado gets pounded without mercy tomorrow and honestly all season long.  
 

And that stupid oversized cowboy hat makes him look like a complete douche. 

I'm loving Coach Prime.

1 hour ago, FiddySicks said:

Why did they pick him in the first place then?

Good question.  I thought it was a huge reach (and a pretty dumb pick) when they drafted him where they did. If he hadn't been a 1st round pick, he would have been gone long before now. In any case, I wouldn't sweat losing him to Dallas.

15 minutes ago, Gary said:

I'm pretty sure they know whats going on. Harbaugh is there during practice and its not like they're playing Penn State, Michigan State and Ohio State. They're playing scrub teams

Exactly. All the rivalry stuff aside, I don't think Michigan would  have any trouble with that part of the schedule even if I were coaching them.

20 minutes ago, aawagner011 said:

Michigan is one of the top programs in the country who could win the title any given year.

No they're not.

54 minutes ago, aawagner011 said:

Michigan is not a serious football program.

Never has been. What's your point?

42 minutes ago, Sport said:

Always felt bad for the White Sox growing up because their drought was basically just as long as the Cubs and Red Sox, but they never got any of the same sympathy or cache.

Three things always come to mind when I think of the White Sox.

All the different uniforms they've had.

Knuckleballer Wilbur Wood went 24-20 for the White Sox in 1973. Everyone made a big deal of him winning 20 and losing 20.

The SI cover with Dick Allen juggling while smoking a cigarette in the dugout.