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Part of me was hoping the Pack loses this one...because holy crap Joe Barry's gonna save his job if they win, isn't he?

The Packers and Bears went about three and a half quarters before either team had a penalty called on them tonight. Though it's not uncommon for one team to go through a game penalty free, only four times in NFL history have the refs kept the flags in their pockets all game. Shockingly, all four happened in two year intervals from 1934 to 1940, and then never again. Two of these games involved the Steelers, two involved the long defunct Brooklyn Dodgers, and two involved referee Bill Halloran, who in between penalty-free games infamously called a Washington field goal wide right in the last week of the 1939 season, a "miss" that sent the Giants to the Championship game and so infuriated the men in burgundy that one of them allegedly punched Halloran after the game ended.

If you ever come across it, read "The Punch."

As some might miss the context, I was talking about the Bears' first half ending hail Mary. The second half one, my only issue with it was that they screwed up enough that they even needed to try a second hail mary at all...but that was a situation where that was the only real option they had. 4th quarter, down 3, no timeouts left, and out of field goal range. End of the 1st half, tied at 7, and you just got in your kicker's range? Not hail Mary time, normally.

Great....of course going for the first half hail Mary when they didn't need to bit the Bears in the backside. That and blowing the lead again, but of course this happened. Eberflus you glue sniffer

Bears-Browns...what. was. That. I know Cairo Santos doesn't have the strongest leg, but there was no reason to go for a hail Mary there.

That delusional nut's still in the league?

I'm partial to the time his idiotic decision making almost snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Cleveland, mostly because I saw it and was wondering what on earth they were doing.

Thought that might happen...partly because there was already a lacrosse team called the New England Chowderheads (shout-out to Son of Gorton).

This Tommy DeVito cat...name wise, a Houston Texan by that name would be weird. A New York Giant by that name is so perfect it's ridiculous

I'd be straight with Fresh Coast or Lake Effect...really, not a bad name in the bunch here though.

Sounds similar to this game I've taken a few peeks at, I forget the title at the moment but it mostly features historic players, clubs and national teams. (edit: Time Vault Soccer's the name) The "God I want to like this game but...ugh" experience is also a familiar one (mostly Pizza Box Football but also Strat-o-Matic and to some extent MLB SportsClix)...and I occasionally fall into the Showdown Bot rabbit hole...speaking of which, I think I'll check out Ben Joyce's card today.

"Soon" in my world is apparently six months . Anyways, the alternate Super Bowl III from the Orange Bowl in sunny Miami...in the blue corner, the champions of the National Football League, the Baltimore Colts! And in the black corner, the champions of the American Football League, the Oakland Raiders! 1st Quarter: after trading punts, the Colts struck first with a TD run, only for the Raiders to match them after a lengthy drive with a short pass. The Colts were driving down the field as the quarter came to an end, tied 7-7. 2nd quarter: Baltimore opened the 2nd frame with another score, going ahead 14-7, and then both teams traded interceptions. After chewing up almost five minutes of clock, Oakland managed to find the end zone again, tying things up just before the end of the half. Raiders 14, Colts 14 at halftime. 3rd quarter: the Raiders took their first lead of the game after capping the opening drive of the 2nd half with a touchdown run, only for Baltimore to take to the air and tie it up one more time. However, the Colts couldn't take the lead back as they missed a field goal just before the end of the quarter. But wait-Oakland fumbled to end the quarter, and the Colts recovered with great field position! 4th quarter: Unfortunately for the Blue & White, they couldn't take advantage of the opportunity and were forced to punt it away. The Raiders, on the other hand, had a golden opportunity themselves after a great punt return, and cashed in with the go-ahead touchdown to go ahead 28-21. Oakland's defense was able to hold the Colts off, even after Baltimore converted on 4th down with around 3 minutes left but were kept out of the end zone. The Raiders couldn't chew quite enough time to avoid punting one last time, but the Colts only had enough time to attempt a lateral-filled desperation play that was unsuccessful, and the Oakland Raiders became the first AFL member to claim the pro football World Championship. (Disclaimer: I normally wouldn't use "World Champions" but I figure a writer of the period would have) Honestly, this felt like a very even matchup. This game easily could have gone into overtime...hell, the Colts could have been the ones winning by a touchdown if one or two things had happened differently. I bought and downloaded Sherco Grand Slam a while ago but haven't found the time to play, I think I'll take a stab at that next. Hopefully. Not 100% sure.

Ugh...anyone but those a-holes. I'd even welcome a Cowboys return to the Super Bowl if it meant the Forty Whiners are denied again.

Guess them Hogs aren't happy unless they're risking abject humiliation.

I'm somewhat shocked Nike got the pinstripes right for the Hornets, considering their throwbacks to the original set consistently had way too thick pinstripes.

Kinda wish they'd either tried a new variant of the Liberty set or just brought that back in all it's glory.

Remember seeing this as it happened. All I could think was "wut? ". I'm not even an Eagles fan, and I thought that was a horrible call.

Hell, this Packers team that kept shooting themselves in the foot might sneak into the playoffs

Probably better than being Mr. Despair or Dr. Death though

Holy crap, Mount pulled off the Falcons impersonation

Wahoo was baseball, not sure if the ex-Skins logo even had a name.

Between the former Eagles player who was still technically on the roster despite not suiting up for them since 1994 and this guy I heard about who robbed a store, got sentenced...and then the cops forgot to take him to jail until the day he was supposed to be freed...then yes, a retired Jamal Mashburn being traded to and from teams he'd never play for makes perfect nonsense.

Okay, gotta give my respect to Dolly for rockin the Cowboys cheerleader uniform

Honestly, I think I'd like to see the Saints roll out a gold road jersey instead of white. Much like I think the Seahawks should've kept the gray jerseys and dumped their whites.