The 2007-08 National Football League Thread

[derickw]

go Steelers!!!!!!!!

way to come through big for me Bubba Roethlisberger

[booztravlr]

Well well...guess who\'s the latest team to get caught with their hand in the NFL rule-breaking cookie jar?

SSSSSorry chip. Nice try though. The Patriots are the only team guilty of cheating this year.

[Wolfman]

Well well...guess who\'s the latest team to get caught with their hand in the NFL rule-breaking cookie jar?

SSSSSorry chip. Nice try though.

No, that\'s sorry for you if you\'re really gullible enough to believe this "broadcast error" nonsense.  I\'m sure that in reality you know what I\'m about to explain and are just hiding under this to save face.  You have to do that, I understand that.  But let me explain what is happening anyways in case you truly don\'t understand:

The NFL already took a PR hit to the legitimacy of their best team earlier in the year.  In the wake of Tim Donaghy in the NBA and steroids in MLB, the NFL cannot afford another PR hit to their 2nd best team.  They are not dumb at the NFL, they know they cannot afford to suffer the same type of scandals that have rocked the other leagues.  So the top execs at the NFL get on the horn to the top execs at CBS, as they do every day.  Remember, both sides stand to lose billions of dollars if people start tuning out they way they have with the other leagues.

NFL VP of Marketing: "Guys, you gotta take the fall for this.  It was a glitch in the truck."

CBS VP of Sports Broadcasting: "No problem.  Hey, they\'ll all kill you if it was in the stadium, but nobody is going to hold anything against CBS for a circuit blowing in a truck.  It\'s not even a fall at all.  I\'ll get the press release out within the hour."    

It\'s a win-win.  Both sides were screwed if the truth came out, both sides win with the cover up.  It\'s so simple to figure that I wouldn\'t even call it conspiracy, it\'s just smart business people doing smart business.  I\'m sure Bill Polian was in the mix too, threatning the career if not the very life of anyone who spilled the truth.  

The Colts cheat, you know it, I know it, everyone at that game heard it, and you know what?  It doesn\'t matter.  Because the Colts cheated and still lost.  That\'s the biggest "sorry chip" of them all.

[davepeck]

everyone at that game heard it

and you have absolutely nothing to prove that or even back it up. nothing.

[Wolfman]

everyone at that game heard it

and you have absolutely nothing to prove that or even back it up. nothing.

What are you doing here?  This has nothing to do with you.  Are you now calling out every statement made on .info that cannot be proven?  That\'s gonna take a lot of work.  Plus you have issued an erroneous callout, as I have spoken to a Colts fan who attended the game and said it was OBVIOUS that there was recorded noise going on, as it has been at every game for years.  This is a Colts fan saying this.  He\'s not afraid to admit it, we both had a good laugh over it and that\'s that.  And also, you can\'t prove that it didn\'t happen either, nobody can.  Now go back to talking about the Giants.

Look, none of us can "prove" anything.  I\'ve got a Colts fan at the game saying they pump noise in, you\'ve got a Colts exec saying they don\'t.  If anything, my source is much more credible.  But like I said, in the end, the Patriots won by playing better football and that\'s all that really matters.

[jocelyn]

I think he was just pointing out that saying that everyone heard it was perhaps a bit over the top; it\'s pretty tough to speak for everyone when you have spoken to one person.

That said, I\'m staying out of this from here on in.

[Wolfman]

I think he was just pointing out that saying that everyone heard it was perhaps a bit over the top; it\'s pretty tough to speak for everyone when you have spoken to one person.

That said, I\'m staying out of this from here on in.

You\'re absolutely right on all counts.  No way anyone in the bathroom or underneath in the beer line hears that  But seriously, you\'re right, it would be easy to be in there and not hear it...it all depends on the other sounds around you.  I didn\'t hear it live on the TV either though many did.        

And on count number two, you\'re right again.  I\'m done with this.  The only thing we can all agree on, and the only thing that matters in the end, is that the Patriots won the game.

[Wolfman]

What\'s up the crickets in here?

Simultaneous losses for all major posters in this thread.  Actually, make that all especially bad or tough losses.

booztravlr = Colts = tough loss (still getting the 2 seed though so no biggie.)

pec = giants = tough loss

pitch = browns = tough loss

wolf = pats = bye-week

[tyzack]

There were no pictures of randy "frecking" moss, bitch to post so really, what\'s the point?

And the cheifs lost, despite the fact the THE PREIST WAS BACK.

[booztravlr]

Ugh, last night was a rough one. It hurt even more knowing they still could have won the game at the end. At least the Colts defense held the Chargers in check all night. Hopefully all 8-10 starters are healthy soon. They\'re already 4 deep at the left tackle position...yikes.

[Yoda]

I actually enjoyed the bye week as a Jet fan.  We didn\'t lose, the dolphins lost and I didn\'t have to hear about a patriot win.  All in all with the rutgers and kansas wins and Ohio St and BC losses, it was a pretty good weekend in football for me.

[derickw]

all my fantasy teams did well. big Ben and the Steelers coming up big. Charges defense coming up big...... can\'t complain..... AntBach is next to be beaten......

[booztravlr]

The Colts placed Dwight Freeney on IR today. So much for getting him back in time for the playoffs. He\'ll be lucky to be 100% before Training Camp next year. When it rains it pours.

[tyzack]

Should I drop Indy defense in fantasy now that freeney is gone?

[Spacey]

Not this week. They will run over the KC offense.