GA Russell Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 Both #1 seeds go down... This is why I don't like playoffs. I've always disliked them most of all with baseball. I think the regular season should determine who the two best teams are, and then the championship game should be between the two best teams. With playoffs, the championship is awarded to the team that is hot at the end, on a winning streak, no matter how many teams were better over the course of the previous four months. When the Steelers won the Super Bowl a few years ago, weren't they the last-seeded team? That's kind of funny coming from such a CFL fan. Yes, I've come to terms with the fact that the two Canadian leagues (the CFL and the NHL) let almost everybody into the playoffs. What redeems the CFL situation to me is that the Eastern and Western Divisions are older than the league itself. I believe they (the IRFU and the WIFU) used to have playoffs before they began competing against each other. By the way, speaking of old age, the first year I collected Canadian league bubble gum cards (1959), the Eastern and Western teams didn't play each other until the Grey Cup game. I think that started in 1961. Don't look now, but the NHL is hardly a Canadien league anymore! JETman, I find the NHL to be hard to explain logically. The nation referred to in the phrase "National Hockey League" is Canada. Yet in recent decades the league headquarters has been in New York, and I think since about 1930 the majority of teams have been in the US. Normally, I would attribute everything to the lust for the almighty dollar, but so many of the teams have been losing so much money, that can't explain it all! By the way, here in Raleigh Time Warner has a special for two upcoming Hurricane games at half price. You would think that those two games would be against two teams nobody cares about, right? They're the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Rangers! It might be cheaper for Toronto and New York fans to fly to Raleigh and buy their tickets half price than to buy scalped tickets of their favorite teams at home! Quote
Chalupa Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 (edited) Jets fan killed sleigh-riding while celebrating Jets' playoff win Edited January 18, 2011 by J.H. Deeley Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 Oh man, that is horrible. That poor family. Quote
JETman Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 Both #1 seeds go down... This is why I don't like playoffs. I've always disliked them most of all with baseball. I think the regular season should determine who the two best teams are, and then the championship game should be between the two best teams. With playoffs, the championship is awarded to the team that is hot at the end, on a winning streak, no matter how many teams were better over the course of the previous four months. When the Steelers won the Super Bowl a few years ago, weren't they the last-seeded team? That's kind of funny coming from such a CFL fan. Yes, I've come to terms with the fact that the two Canadian leagues (the CFL and the NHL) let almost everybody into the playoffs. What redeems the CFL situation to me is that the Eastern and Western Divisions are older than the league itself. I believe they (the IRFU and the WIFU) used to have playoffs before they began competing against each other. By the way, speaking of old age, the first year I collected Canadian league bubble gum cards (1959), the Eastern and Western teams didn't play each other until the Grey Cup game. I think that started in 1961. Don't look now, but the NHL is hardly a Canadien league anymore! JETman, I find the NHL to be hard to explain logically. The nation referred to in the phrase "National Hockey League" is Canada. Yet in recent decades the league headquarters has been in New York, and I think since about 1930 the majority of teams have been in the US. Normally, I would attribute everything to the lust for the almighty dollar, but so many of the teams have been losing so much money, that can't explain it all! By the way, here in Raleigh Time Warner has a special for two upcoming Hurricane games at half price. You would think that those two games would be against two teams nobody cares about, right? They're the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Rangers! It might be cheaper for Toronto and New York fans to fly to Raleigh and buy their tickets half price than to buy scalped tickets of their favorite teams at home! I meant that most of the best players are no longer Canadien. Quote
papsrus Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 I meant that most of the best players are no longer Canadien. Mmm. Not so sure about that (11 of top 20 GS are Canadian. Next closest country is Sweden, with 5): Leading goal scorers: 1. Crosby (canada) 2. Stamkos (canada) 3. D. Sedin (sweden) 4. St. Louis (canada) 5. H. Sedin (sweden) 6. Richards (canada) 7. Zetterberg (sweden) 8. Perry (canada) 9. Eriksson (sweden) 10. Kopitar (slovenia) 11. Staal (canada) 12. Ovechkin (russia) 13. Sharp (canada) 14. Heatley (canada) 15. Duchene (canada) 16. Thornton (canada) 17. Kesler (united states) 18. Iginla (canada) 19. Lidstrom (sweden) 20. Byfuglien (united states) NHL players by nationality 2009-2010 (top seven countries): # Canada - 433 # USA - 168 # Czech Republic - 42 # Sweden - 42 # Finland - 29 # Russia - 25 # Slovakia - 14 And, as we know, they hold the Olympic gold. I go with Canada on this one. Quote
papsrus Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Ohhhhh. You said Canadien! Well, yeah. You're right. Quote
JETman Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 I meant that most of the best players are no longer Canadien. Mmm. Not so sure about that (11 of top 20 GS are Canadian. Next closest country is Sweden, with 5): Leading goal scorers: 1. Crosby (canada) 2. Stamkos (canada) 3. D. Sedin (sweden) 4. St. Louis (canada) 5. H. Sedin (sweden) 6. Richards (canada) 7. Zetterberg (sweden) 8. Perry (canada) 9. Eriksson (sweden) 10. Kopitar (slovenia) 11. Staal (canada) 12. Ovechkin (russia) 13. Sharp (canada) 14. Heatley (canada) 15. Duchene (canada) 16. Thornton (canada) 17. Kesler (united states) 18. Iginla (canada) 19. Lidstrom (sweden) 20. Byfuglien (united states) NHL players by nationality 2009-2010 (top seven countries): # Canada - 433 # USA - 168 # Czech Republic - 42 # Sweden - 42 # Finland - 29 # Russia - 25 # Slovakia - 14 And, as we know, they hold the Olympic gold. I go with Canada on this one. A leading goal scorer does not necessarily a best player make. The players with the highest skill level are NOT Canadian in my view. Quote
papsrus Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 A leading goal scorer does not necessarily a best player make. The players with the highest skill level are NOT Canadian in my view. That's cool. Maybe skill is overrated. Anyways, back to the NFL, where brute force, bravado and beer rule the day! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 (edited) FYI Browns have the 6th pick in the draft Not even sure who our new coach is.................... I'd kinda like Rex Ryan to win the Super Bowl I picked the Stealers to win it all Edited January 20, 2011 by Soulstation1 Quote
Chicago Expat Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 Your forum has a new member... and a Bears fan. Bear down. Quote
Chalupa Posted January 23, 2011 Report Posted January 23, 2011 Caleb Hanie?? Apparently so! I thought we might be witnessing the 2nd coming of Clint Longley. Man, I think either team from the AFC will be the Packers. In fact I think the Jets win tonight and the Super Bowl. Quote
JSngry Posted January 23, 2011 Report Posted January 23, 2011 I thought we might be witnessing the 2nd coming of Clint Longley. Forevermore immortalized by Ralph Neeley as "the triumph of an uncluttered mind". I don't rule out the Pack, not by a long shot. Quote
jlhoots Posted January 23, 2011 Report Posted January 23, 2011 I thought we might be witnessing the 2nd coming of Clint Longley. Forevermore immortalized by Ralph Neeley as "the triumph of an uncluttered mind". I don't rule out the Pack, not by a long shot. I don't rule them out either. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 No kidding. And if the Jets are looking past Pittsburgh, it won't be them anyway.Well, just as I post... Quote
Dan Gould Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 Looking at the glass as half-full, the foot fetishist a-hole coach isn't going to the Super Bowl, so things could be much, much worse. But I'm still f-ing pissed that I let the Bears give me hope that they could pull that game out. That was it - if the Bears ever have a shot at the Super Bowl again, its nearly a certainty that my father won't have a clue about it. And that sucks. Quote
Van Basten II Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 Reading material for the Bears and the Jets The rabbit and the turtle the De La Fontaine version, it starts by Running is worthless, you have to leave on time Quote
Chalupa Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 Mark Sanchez picks his nose and wipes the boogers on Mark Brunell.... Quote
BruceW Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 Mark Brunnell should have punched Sanchez right in his nose for that one. (unless those two are always playing jokes on each other). Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 jeff fisher is reportedly out as the tennessee titans head coach. how could fisher have worked that long for that old man(bud adams? Quote
JSngry Posted January 31, 2011 Report Posted January 31, 2011 Can we just kill the Pro Bowl? As in no more, never again, enough is enough, the joke's not funny anymore, it's an insult to professional athletes everywhere? Just kill it. Dead. Now. Please. Quote
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