OT: Other Sports Part XV - The Boys of Summer are back!

[angusyoung]

The long awaited event of the season is finally here!

 

[windycity]

Can't cheer for a city that has Red Wing scum.


You don't think the NFL wants Swifty and her legion of fans watching the Super Bowl.

Last year's Super Bowl winner, which has made 3 of the last 4 Super Bowls, making this year's Super Bowl with the same Hall of Fame-bound QB, TE, and coach is so inexplicable, it must be a conspiracy.

 

[417]

BANG BANG NINER GANG!!!!!!

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Yes but like I was saying the regular season and postseason are not the same , there is so much data to support that and in all the sports.
Especially that first one . It is just a matter of minutes , 3 scores so much harder to overcome then 2 . And on the road

I don’t think playoffs changes anything but I do think within the context of that game it was a mistake. That 9ers were completely dead. Another score would’ve demoralized them. He gave them life and it was a mistake.

It was a long field goal so maybe that played into his decision as well.

 

[417]

I don’t think playoffs changes anything but I do think within the context of that game it was a mistake. That 9ers were completely dead. Another score would’ve demoralized them. He gave them life and it was a mistake.

It was a long field goal so maybe that played into his decision as well.

The notion that this has been who the Lions are all year, so that somehow means they should continue to be themselves is an odd one.

It's not the regular season, the stakes are way different...you're playing in the NFCCG against the #1 team in the NFC, in their house.

Why would you even risk that at that point.

I'm a lifelong 49ers fan, but if I was a Lions fan...I'd want Campbell's head.

It was reckless.

 

[tazsub3]

I don’t think playoffs changes anything but I do think within the context of that game it was a mistake. That 9ers were completely dead. Another score would’ve demoralized them. He gave them life and it was a mistake.

It was a long field goal so maybe that played into his decision as well.

You right on the context of the game , but being a playoff also has an effect , this is the lions , the miss on 4th means here we go again . You let the crowd back into it many things are amplified in the playoff and you risked all turn against you

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

You right on the context of the game , but being a playoff also has an effect , this is the lions , the miss on 4th means here we go again . You let the crowd back into it many things are amplified in the playoff and you risked all turn against you

It wasn’t a gimme field goal though. What if they’d kicked and missed? Would we be asking why they didn’t go for it? They’ve gone for it all year and had good success. Their offense was dominant up to that point. We’d probably be asking why he didn’t go that route…

 

[Rapala]

Haven't looked at the stats but could it be that the kicker from Detroit couldn't make those kicks instead?

Detroit going for it on 4th down all season long may have something to do with it. The dude only had 4 attempts all season long and he made all 4.
He was also 3 for 3 in the post season two shorties and one 54 yrd attempt. So in actuality he had only 1 40-49 yrd attempt all season long.
Did this play into it?

 

[417]

Detroit going for it on 4th down all season long may have something to do with it. The dude only had 4 attempts all season long and he made all 4.
He was also 3 for 3 in the post season two shorties and one 54 yrd attempt. So in actuality he had only 1 40-49 yrd attempt all season long.
Did this play into it?

It wasn't the season though...who cares if they went for it on 4th down in a mid November game against the Chicago Bears.

You got the San Francisco 49ers on the road, in their house, in a Championship game...take the points, you have a kicker for a reason. Let him do his job.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

Last year's Super Bowl winner, which has made 3 of the last 4 Super Bowls, making this year's Super Bowl with the same Hall of Fame-bound QB, TE, and coach is so inexplicable, it must be a conspiracy.

i would love for the Chiefs to win for maximum triggerage

 

[LaP]

i would love for the Chiefs to win for maximum triggerage

I don't care about american football but i hope Taylor Swift's boy friend wins it. Not sure which team he plays for though. It will be fun to see some kind of people implode on social media.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

I don't care about american football but i hope Taylor Swift's boy friend wins it. Not sure which team he plays for though. It will be fun to see some kind of people implode on social media.

IMO pro football is a good sport to follow casually. teams only play once per week, 17 game regular season, and the on-field product is for the most part very good. whenever I tune into a random game I'm usually entertained. NFL is the most successful league for a reason.

 

[LaP]

IMO pro football is a good sport to follow casually. teams only play once per week, 17 game regular season, and the on-field product is for the most part very good. whenever I tune into a random game I'm usually entertained. NFL is the most successful league for a reason.

I have a lot of trouble following a sports that i never played cause i feel like i don't understand it well enough. The only sports i follow are Tennis, Hockey and Baseball because i played them enough to know the sports very well. I must have played like 1000 amateur hockey games in my life. I suck at it but i have a good understanding of the sports. When i watch Football i feel like the average CH fan who thinks we'll make the playoffs when we have a bottom 5 team. I watch the super bowl cause it's a show but that's about it.

 

[Rapala]

It wasn't the season though...who cares if they went for it on 4th down in a mid November game against the Chicago Bears.

You got the San Francisco 49ers on the road, in their house, in a Championship game...take the points, you have a kicker for a reason. Let him do his job.

I never said anything about it being wise. I'm ecstatic with the results. Juice talked about being on the bench hoping they would go for it. I'm still trying to figure out why this team is so good stuffing 4th downs because they've done pretty well all year. At the same time they are 25th in the league against third down and God forbid if it's third and long because they've blown far too many this season. They are such a better team when they are aggressive. AINEC

 

[417]

I never said anything about it being wise. I'm ecstatic with the results. Juice talked about being on the bench hoping they would go for it. I'm still trying to figure out why this team is so good stuffing 4th downs because they've done pretty well all year. At the same time they are 25th in the league against third down and God forbid if it's third and long because they've blown far too many this season. They are such a better team when they are aggressive. AINEC

Wilks loves playing soft coverage on 3rd down and the tackling/rallying to the ball carrier has been subpar this season.

 

[LaP]

870 M$ pour le nouveau toit du Stade olympique

L'ancienne toile, qui compte plus de 20 000 déchirures, sera remplacée par une structure fixe et rigide censée durer au moins 50 ans.

ici.radio-canada.ca

So funny to me that after all the complains about the new Arena in Quebec a few years ago we'll pay almost twice the amount for a new roof for the OS in Montreal lol

Can't wait to see if all the people from Montreal will be against this roof as much as they were against the new arena in quebec ... probably not.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

At least it's putting money on an actual public infrastructure, it's not just to facilitate a millionnaire's farfetched ego project.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Can’t wait for the new Taylor Swift album to come out. I can only imagine the songs.

Don’t Throw a Flag on Our Love
Smells Like Team Spirit
Our Love is Like a Field Goal - “It’s Good!”
Practice? We Talkin’ ‘Bout Practice?
I threw You My Love and You Caught it for Six

Etc….

 

[Deebs]

870 M$ pour le nouveau toit du Stade olympique

L'ancienne toile, qui compte plus de 20 000 déchirures, sera remplacée par une structure fixe et rigide censée durer au moins 50 ans.

ici.radio-canada.ca

So funny to me that after all the complains about the new Arena in Quebec a few years ago we'll pay almost twice the amount for a new roof for the OS in Montreal lol

Can't wait to see if all the people from Montreal will be against this roof as much as they were against the new arena in quebec ... probably not.

Complete waste of money....not surprised

 

[LaP]

Can’t wait for the new Taylor Swift album to come out. I can only imagine the songs.

Don’t Throw a Flag on Our Love
Smells Like Team Spirit
Our Love is Like a Field Goal - “It’s Good!”
Practice? We Talkin’ ‘Bout Practice?
I threw You My Love and You Caught it for Six

Etc….

You forgot her greatest hit "We won the Super Bowl and it made the republicans mad".

 

[ArtPeur]

Can’t wait for the new Taylor Swift album to come out. I can only imagine the songs.

Don’t Throw a Flag on Our Love
Smells Like Team Spirit
Our Love is Like a Field Goal - “It’s Good!”
Practice? We Talkin’ ‘Bout Practice?
I threw You My Love and You Caught it for Six

Etc….

I'm in love with a referee

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[the valiant effort]

Any excuse to post Jim Lahey memes:

 

[1909]

Everyone ready for the Swift Bowl ?

 

[ArtPeur]

Everyone ready for the Swift Bowl ?

My body isn't