Roundup: Ricky Gervais Dominates the Golden Globes, David Wright Trade Rumors Continue & Wild Video of a Lacrosse Brawl
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Oklahoma newscaster vs. ESPN. [The Wiz of Odds]
Buckeyes bounce-back from loss to Illinois by pounding Indiana, 80-63. [Dispatch]
Seems like we’ll be hearing a lot of David Wright trade rumors this season. [Star Ledger]
I’d agree with most of these Texans – they definitely should have won that game against the Ravens. [Chronicle]
Nice read on how some NFL franchises have turned things around. [Plain Dealer]
Green Bay’s 15-2 season was a complete failure. [JS Online]
Daryl “Moose” Johnston needs to learn how to occasionally shut up and let the game do the talking, says the angry Mushnick. [Post]
I, too, am starting to believe Pacquiao/Mayweather will never happen. [Sentinel]
Robert Marve, the Purdue QB, was granted a 6th year of eligibility. [Purdue Sports]
UConn’s Ryan Boatright still has eligibility questions, so Calhoun is sitting him. [Sun Times]
What happened to the Montreal Canadians’ empire? [Sportsnet]
Jon Heyman is also raving about how great Bud Selig’s extension is for baseball. [CBS]
Props to Kansas State QB Collin Klein for getting a 4.0 GPA. [Kansas State]
Wow, this is a lengthy, quality lacrosse fight. [via Crossing Broad]
Museum, models, bras and underwear … I miss anything?
If you were standing next to Kate Beckinsale, you might have an erection, too.
Cameras really felt it was necessary to focus on John Isner as he picked his nose at the Australian Open.
Nobody hosts an awards show better than Ricky Gervais.
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January 16th, 2012 at 8:10 AM
Ricky Gervais dominates the Golden Globes? I didn’t think so…thought he was much weaker than last year.
Also, Lana Del Rey was either really nervous, or else her “beautiful” voice is just a product of the studio…because her SNL performance was painful.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:10 AM
ELI’S COMING!!!!!!!
January 16th, 2012 at 8:12 AM
Please, no Derek Jeter sloppy seconds. We want new and fresh.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:14 AM
Ricky Gervais dominates the Golden Globes? I didn’t think so…thought he was much weaker than last year.
While true, it’s still better than the canned schlock we’ll get from Billy Crystal at the Oscars. Gervais calling out Johnny Depp about The Tourist a year later was quite hilarious.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:15 AM
He also needs someone to check his wardrobe before he walks on camera. Anyone see his mismatch tie, shirt & jacket? Looks like he had Ray Charles dress him
January 16th, 2012 at 8:15 AM
I copied this just so that I could see it again. That was an ass whipping from start to finish.
IU is really struggling to guard. They are giving up 1.13 points per possession in the Big 10. That won’t win you many games.
Northwestern and Iowa did OSU some nice favors this weekend. The Big 10 is turning into an absolute bloodbath.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:16 AM
That photo from when Minka went to the Halloween party as Skeletor?
January 16th, 2012 at 8:16 AM
Also liked seeing Jodie Foster’s kids on camera after: A) the Beaver joke and B) the Seth Rogen erection joke.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:17 AM
Piss on that, he cost me $$$ (Kansas St +9.5) during the Cotton Bowl with his shitty passing and craptastic performance.
SEC School >>>>>>>> Big 12 School.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:17 AM
I need the name of that asian reporter during the red carpet. I want her babies.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:20 AM
so nobody’s working today, right? Federal holiday? Good. Going back to sleep.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:21 AM
pictures please.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:21 AM
Jay Mohr.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
so nobody’s working today, right?
Indoor golf range today.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:25 AM
God, that pic is awesome. You can only find more fake cheering and smiles when the President walks in for the State of the Union.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:27 AM
But he’s an atheist…doesn’t that earn the obligatory “poor guy”?
January 16th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
I wish I had a job where I had 50 days off of federal holidays.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Happy MLK Day. Another community organizer that a lot of white people hated.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
how many KKK members take today off?
January 16th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
ELI’S COMING!!!!!!!
sports night was a great show the first year. Not so much the second year with the laugh track and Macy.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
how many KKK members take today off?
one here
January 16th, 2012 at 8:34 AM
how many KKK members take today off?
hilarious
January 16th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
sports night was a great show the first year. Not so much the second year with the laugh track and Macy.
Laugh track was in the first year.
/remembers episode with the homeless guy and “The Weight”
January 16th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
A 15-2 season’s a failure? Dang, since when does Bill Self coach the Packers?
January 16th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
ya know, the media is talking too much about the Packers loss, the Giants upset, and the Pats. C’mon, J-mac. don’t be like the MSM. give the Saints their due.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
yeah, sorry about that advice regarding the Hogs Caribou. didn’t see that defense coming from them.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
haha, at this point I just hope the roundup isn’t the only post for 3 hours.
you’d think a sports blog would be really excited to talk about 3 of the 4 games that just happened and start previewing the upcoming championship games.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
The 2 vaginas girl isn’t that bad.
Favorite Quote- ‘I thought it was amazing and it’s definitely an ice-breaker at parties’
She is right, that is not something you hear every day. She also followed up with the fact that she will let women look and her double cunt if they want. Weird.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Between the shitty defense, dropped passes, and fumbles… I think it’s time we declare Aaron Rodgers a big game choker and question his leadership ability.
/substitute in Tony Romo and you have Dallas sports radio in a nutshell
January 16th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
never change TBL, never change.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
We oughta spend all day dragging those front-runners through the mud. Fuck them.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
You make the mistake of thinking this is a sports blog. It has the comments section of a sports blog, maybe.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
This Ravens-Pats game is going to be fantastic. Brady is already petitioning officials for a roughing the passer flag.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
one and done in the post season after winning 15 games is never really a success
January 16th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
I had a snark-filled comment laced with scathing hyperbole and popular buzz words all ready to send – and then I realized that Journal-Sentinel columnist used them all and there were none left for me.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
NOT EVERYBODY WORKS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OR A SCHOOL FOR FUCK”S SAKE
January 16th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
defending Super Bowl Champ hasn’t won a game in the following playoffs since 2005.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Why the fuck couldn’t they have done this when I was at the Musee d’Orsay? Bullshit.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Seriously… wtf was Gregg Williams doing? He just kept blitzing and blitzing and leaving Davis in 1-on-1 coverage. I kept waiting for him to mix in a fake blitz and drop into some zone. Nope. Seemed very similar to the defense played on Tebow last week that let him shine.
And how bout some ball control guys! Went to college in Northern California and have to listen to niner fans for a least another week.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Damn that’s a great stat.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
they still have that pre-season championship to fall back on that Packer fans have been touting for the past 4 months, I wouldn’t call it a complete failure.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
The Packers should have snuck into the playoffs at 10-6, then beaten the Falcons in the wild card round before losing to the Giants. Then their season would be a success?
January 16th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
yeah, i was surprised their defense played as poorly as the niners defense did in the last 5 minutes and the saints had less play makers to cover.
live by the blitz, die by the blitz.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
I gotta say I dont give a shit about the 49ers but when Vernon Davis came off the field weeping it got pretty dusty in my house. I’m such a female sometimes.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Giants became first 4 seed to knock off 1 seed in the NFC. the NFC #1 seed was 19-0 in the divisional round from 1988-2006. they are 1-4 since.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Also, the Texans played well, but lets not act like they should have won that game. They turned the ball over four times. Baltimore rarely blitzed because they wanted to bait Yates into mistakes, and Flacco’s receivers dropped five passes (but we can downgrade it to four since Evans hauled in that magnificent one-handed catch).
Houston is a good football team, but let’s not act like mistakes don’t count. Any team that turns the ball over four times doesn’t deserve to win anything.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Also, 17 point victory is the largest in NFL history for a team on the road beating the defending champs.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
it would have been more successful than being 15-1 and losing your first home playoff game.
high expectations for that team.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
only thing missing from that play was it not being on the last play of the game. it was so much like the TO catch against the Packers. tears and all.
January 16th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Nfl playoffs is now a big plate of meh
January 16th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
sadly, all the ones who, with a straight face, tell you they celebrate Robert E. Lee’s birthday today probably take the day off.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Yep. Saints blitzed way too much…and the Packers didn’t blitz nearly enough. 1st half was ridiculous, they got ZERO pressure on Eli.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Houston will be scary next year. Great d, great o. Need to get Kendall wright in the draft and we will be set.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Jim. Harbaugh.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
I don’t know about that, Giants/Niners is come to be tremendous fun next Sunday. I have absolutely no idea who is going to win that one. However, both NE and Baltimore can go contract HIV before the game.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
It used to be Lee Jackson King Day in VA.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
the ravens offensive line was pretty terrible in that game and their defense made the plays at the end. Their defensive front 4 didn’t get the rush they needed to be successful, they will have their hands full in Foxboro.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
It was nice to see Alex Smith break it off in the Aints’ ass there at the end. Dude was dealing on Saturday.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Once I saw Smith run the sweep I thought “that is a fucking brilliant playcall.”
Maybe the most inspired playcall of the playoffs. NO had no fucking clue what hit them.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
NOT EVERYBODY WORKS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OR A SCHOOL FOR FUCK”S SAKE
/ha ha! Bank Holiday here!
January 16th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
thats only if you followed the NFL based on the season long narratives.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Anything exciting happen this weekend?
January 16th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I don’t know who it was, but the packers left end looked like he was just slow dancing in 1 on 1 coverage during the pass rush. dude had zero effort.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Not Clayton Bigsby. That’s for damn sure.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
The play call to do a QB run on 3rd down was just about the most brilliant play call I’ve ever seen. They ran two WRs away from that side to simulate a slant and the safety bit on it perfectly (or terribly, depending on your rooting interest). Jim Harbaugh is the man.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
If you thought it was dusty in your house, you should have been at the bar with me. I will never not get emotional during that play. For any Niner fans… if you listen to the KNBR call and tell me you didn’t get misty, you are a fucking liar.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
K Wright will be in Cleveland with RGIII
/75% of the mock drafts I’ve seen
/wanking motion
January 16th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
/anyone but the ravens
January 16th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
After seeing her last night, I move we take Angelina Jolie off the board until she agrees to eat a fucking sammich or two. Can I get a second to the motion?
January 16th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
why?
January 16th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Which of these teams is not like the others?
BEST NFL RECORDS
Team Season Record
New England 2007 16-0
Miami 1972 14-0
San Francisco 1984 15-1
Chicago 1985 15-1
Vikings 1998 15-1
Pittsburgh 2004 15-1
Green Bay 2011 15-1
Yep, the Pack…only team with 0 or 1 loss NOT to make a championship game. Bwahahaha.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
No one mentioned it on any highlight show this weekend, (mainly because they were too busy stroking Tebow) but watch Kyle Williams come in motion on that play, throw a perfect block, which allowed Staley to get down field and seal the touchdown. It was fucking glorious.
I will never forgive ESPN for showing those highlights second to the ass whooping in New England.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Tim Tebow took lessons from Jordan Jefferson on running the option.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Harbaugh clearly used the Eagles and Lions on Super Tecmo Bowl when he played it. That’s the QB keeper for those teams.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
it would only make sense to trump the 49ers game if the bronco’s loss in NE was a Tim Tebow career eulogy. however, ESPN will not let that happen, so they pushed better content in favor of more eyes.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
It bears repeating: Jim. Harbaugh.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Held over, I second. Jolie is fucking disgusting, and there is no case for her.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Nfl playoffs is now a big plate of meh
really? Because it seems like it’s totally awesome. Touch football teams getting smashed in the mouth, Donte Whitner changing the game 3 times (1 for the good, 2 for the bad), super QBs getting comeuppance. Exciting games, veteran stars, etc.
I like pro football the best.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
The 04 Steelers could have easily been the first one to do it. Bless your heart, and foot Doug Brien.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
I had a snark-filled comment laced with scathing hyperbole and popular buzz words all ready to send – and then I realized that Journal-Sentinel columnist used them all and there were none left for me.
Oh wow. +1. That’s… well a perfect summation of the JS.
Not the least bit shocked the Packers lost. The Hail Mary at the end of the half pretty much summed up their defense all year. Woodson played TERRIBLE yesterday. You can’t wait until the second round of the playoffs to start coughing up the ball left and right either. This would have been much more painful had Rodgers not shut up the haters last year. Poor Tony Romo.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
And when they snag Trent Richardson in the late 2nd round, they’ll be unstoppable.
/TBL Mock Draft 5.0
January 16th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
What the fuck was up with Jim Nantz’s Tebow soliloquy near the end of the game? Sounded like he was gonna cry.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
/anyone but the ravens
if the Ravens win, Ray Lewis might retire
January 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
What the fuck was up with Jim Nantz’s Tebow soliloquy near the end of the game? Sounded like he was gonna cry.
“So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
January 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Yep, the Pack…only team with 0 or 1 loss NOT to make a championship game. Bwahahaha.
Because MAKING the championship game is such an accomplishment to look back upon with pride? Didn’t the Jets make 2 of those recently? Whatever.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Had enough of the pats even though i like watching that offense. Balti sucks, niners are a good story but I can’t root for them because I am jealous that a first year coach with David carrs twin can do this well so quick while the texans blow for ten years. I guess giants?
January 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
word. and the SF game, once again, a top 5 defense beats top 5 offense. IT ALWAYS happens that way.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
i’d rather see ray lewis keep playing for another 5 years than have the ravens win a super bowl.
my god, that team would not shut up how awesome they are if they ever won. it would be worse than the Jets in peak preseason form.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
All NE had to do to make the championship game this year was beat Denver at home. Congratufuckinglations.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
All NE had to do to make the championship game this year was beat Denver at home. Congratufuckinglations.
and win 14 other games during the course of the year?
January 16th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
and win 14 other games during the course of the year?
The packers won 15 games this year? What’s your point?
January 16th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
All NE had to do to make the championship game this year was beat Denver at home. Congratufuckinglations.
all green bay had to do was beat a team that lost twice to the redskins, and once to Seattle at home.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
all the ravens had to do to make the championship game was beat the texans at home.
all the 49ers had to to make the championship game was beat the saints at home.
this is a fun game.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
What’s your point?
that’s the question you’ve failed to answer, my querulous friend.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Wait….this happened? I was so hammered after the SF game, I barely watched Patriots/Tebows. I looked up at one point at saw Gronk score to make it 28-7 and ordered another Moose Drool, confident in my decision to stay out and enjoy the night.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
I see them laying an egg next week, as they usally do on the road after a big home win. Hell, the two times they beat the steelers this year they acted like they won the super bowl. Then lost the next week to a shit team. And Flacco sucks.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
What happened to the Montreal Canadians’ empire?
Long, but a good read. New York Yankees franchise, but they’re running it like the Mets.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
all the ravens had to do to make the championship game was beat the texans at home.
all the 49ers had to to make the championship game was beat the saints at home.
this is a fun game.
why is making the championship game some bench mark of a successful season? that’s all my point is. They lost in the playoffs = Failure. I fail to see why losing in the championship game is any less painful than losing in the divisional round. Unless you’re a Jets fan, and you treat those championship games like Super Bowls.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
I dont want to jinx anything, but the Pats have a chance to chase away some of their demons of the past few years. Avenging their loss to the Ravens in 09, while beating the dude that knocked out Brady in ’08, and then beating the team that ended their perfect season? I guess that would be too perfect a scenario to happen.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
I dont want to jinx anything, but the Pats have a chance to chase away some of their demons of the past few years. Avenging their loss to the Ravens in 09, while beating the dude that knocked out Brady in ’08, and then beating the team that ended their perfect season? I guess that would be too perfect a scenario to happen.
good job concentrating on the task at hand.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
/small sample size
January 16th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
that’s all my point is.
your point appears to try to work yourself in to a whiny rant. And you appear to have succeeded. Congratulations on making today a day like every other.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
One game at a time. We’re focused on the Ravens. Need to have a good practice week. Definitely the best team we’ve faced all year.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
I dont want to jinx anything, but the Pats have a chance to chase away some of their demons of the past few years. Avenging their loss to the Ravens in 09, while beating the dude that knocked out Brady in ’08, and then beating the team that ended their perfect season? I guess that would be too perfect a scenario to happen.
–Dan Shaughnessy
January 16th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Now you’ve gone and done it. Fuck off!
January 16th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
here’s the thing.
#1 seeds and #2 seeds are expected to win their home divisional game b/c they are arguably the best two teams in their conference, losing to a 4th, 5th or 6th seed when you host in your divisional game, especially if you get manhandled, is not a successful season.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Isn’t Tebow supposed to rise from the dead today or something?
January 16th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
losing to a 4th, 5th or 6th seed when you host in your divisional game, especially if you get manhandled, is not a successful season.
Agree. Going 15-1 and Losing in the championship game wouldn’t have made for a successful season either though, would it?
January 16th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Saw something crazy today like the NFC #1 Seeds were 16-0 in the divisional round from ’90-’06 and 1-4 since then.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
they’ve been rallying around robert kraft’s call to focus on their goal of winning in honor of his late wife.
it’s been a while since I’ve seen this team with this level of concentration and execution.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
The modern, parity-age playoffs are a crapshoot. The best team doesn’t usually win. It’s not the ideal way to crown a champion – but it’s a whole lot of fun to watch. But dumping all over a team that won 95 percent of its games for laying one egg seems a bit much. Though I know that’s Internet Standard Protocol.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Now you’ve gone and done it. Fuck off!
I stand by my assessment of your comment.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
unless it involves NFC East teams, i generally like to give ou’re fans of a team a little bit of a reprieve after tough loss to the giants. ymaking it really hard to stay true to that position.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
????
January 16th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Agree. Going 15-1 and Losing in the championship game wouldn’t have made for a successful season either though, would it?
unless it involves NFC East teams, i generally like to give ou’re fans of a team a little bit of a reprieve after tough loss to the giants. ymaking it really hard to stay true to that position.
I don’t understand. You’re saying that if the Packers made the championship game, it WOULD have been a successful season? Agree to disagree I guess.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Only one team has a successful season each year. Moral victories are for the weak.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Only one team has a successful season each year. Moral victories are for the weak.
/high five
//go niners
January 16th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
laying the egg in the first round of the playoffs at your home field is a bit different from laying an egg in the regular season though.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
I don’t know. In 04 I knew the Steelers were going to lose to the Pats in the championship game, so I didn’t act like the season was a failure. Considering it was Big Ben’s rookie season during that run, it felt more of an accomplishment to go that far.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
Need to bookmark this quote for all of the super-size CFB playoff folks.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
that’s obvious
January 16th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
that’s obvious
Enlighten me. You seem to have taken an ambiguous stance in order to mock my stupidity.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
i keep this
January 16th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
I dont know about anyone else, but I sure hope we get an updated NFL Mock draft post today!!1!!
January 16th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
bsanders, I hope you werent listening to ESPN radio this morning. Eli is better than Peyton now, you see..
January 16th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Here.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
if your assuming the super bowl win is the only way to validate whether a season is a success or not, then you’re correct.
however, in the context of the argument at hand with the packers, losing at home in the divisional round was a huge disappointment in the fashion they did. if they lost 38-35 on a last second OT FG, different story. and if they won divisional round but lost in the CCG, it’s not as bad but still closer to the goal than losing they way they did.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
jck49erfan – can i quote you on that when smith turns back into a pumpkin and the niners season ends in your tears. Or you going to fall back on the fact that it was a great season, won some great games, can’t wait till next year.
Everyone rushing to crown alex smith a higher tier qb is a joke. 1 game (even a great playoff win) does not make you a great qb. See Tebow, Tim.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
well of course. peyton isn’t playing. duh.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
You are basically right, it’s a failure not to win it all. I think the events of the last 5 days had an effect on the Packers that really is not measurable. Discount Double Check and his receivers were not in sync at all through the game and I’m sure the stress of this week played a major part.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
How is a playoff that involves the top 8 teams “not an ideal way to determine a champ” unless there is sarcasm that I dont detect?
January 16th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
however, in the context of the argument at hand with the packers, losing at home in the divisional round was a huge disappointment in the fashion they did.
If they had gotten smoked at home by the niners next weekend at home I’d argue that it would have been almost as big of a disappointment. They were considered the best team in the league by far by most people for the entire year. Anything short of the super bowl would have been considered a failure.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
How is a playoff that involves the top 8 teams “not an ideal way to determine a champ” unless there is sarcasm that I dont detect?
6 teams
/fuck Mondays
January 16th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Absolutely. I’ll take no satisfaction in our season if we lose next week. I might be in the minority in that belief, but what’s the point of playing if not to win? I understand the points you guys are trying to make about GB. Am I more excited about next year given our performance this year? Sure. But that doesn’t change the fact that I’ll be inconsolable if we lose.
Alex isn’t ELIte, but he’s certainly better than in previous years. His teammates believe in him, his coach believes in him, and finally, Niner fans believe in him. Confidence is a great motivator.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Laura Kaeppeler of Wisconsin is Miss America
But I thought all women from Wisconsin were fat?
January 16th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
it’s not ideal because the giants were included in the top 8
signed,
Packers Fans
2008 and 2012
January 16th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
jck49erfan
– I believe the Packers will have to play the niners at candlestick next year… looking forward to that game.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Technically it’s 12 teams.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
I believe that’s the case.
Still trying to wrap my head around what happened Saturday. Might have been the most emotional, thrilling sporting experience of my life. I’ve never had highs and lows like that watching a game.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Good buddy of mine is a die hard 9ers fan, the sheer joy on his face when Davis caught that TD was like a child on Chrstmas morning. I was really happy for him, it was weird, like he won the lottery or something
January 16th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
@atl_badger, hope the date went well. details?
January 16th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
This. All of this. I think I smiled all night long.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
This is exactly why Tomlin played Ben in the final games. He knew that the #2 seed was a punched ticket to the AFC title game against a team they already beat during the year. Damn.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
it was a great game. From someone rooting against the niners, I was actually happy when smith scored on his little scamper, it meant NO had a chance to win it. if smith just got the 1st down it was ballgame (niners were in field goal range and were down 2). I was glad he scored, elated when Graham scored, and in a state of shock when Smith to Davis happened on 3rd and long with the game looking like it was going to OT.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
@atl_badger, hope the date went well. details?
Thanks… it went well. Based on the texts I received from her yesterday, I’m looking at a sure thing next time I see her. Not sure if she’s the type I would take home to Mom, but that’s not what I’m looking for right now. Cleveland sounds like she’s looking just for a good time.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
@HtownHacker…
was it you that had all that money tied up in that poker site? You ever get that back?
January 16th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Glad to hear it.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Not yet…but news is more promising lately.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Let’s get some further details on those texts for those of us married folks who only live vicariously through you crazy singles.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
lol.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
forget the texts… us married folk like details from the “sure thing the next time you see her”. Nipple color, areola size, texture, tramp stamp???, shaved or au natural. The good stuff. Not “I can’t wait to see you again” or “I had a great time, I really felt comfortable with you”.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Well the Patriots suck because they still haven’t won a road playoff game in the last four years.
/McTibble
January 16th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Let’s get some further details on those texts for those of us married folks who only live vicariously through you crazy singles.
Well, we were just chatting normally and then she dropped a “what side of the bed do you like to sleep on” into our text conversation… the convo got progressively more rated R… she was very annoyed at the current dry spell she admitted to being in, etc… I’ll leave the rest to your imagination. Like I said, not exactly a girl that I’d take home to Mom.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
It’s funny… our date couldn’t have been more PG. It was just a couple of drinks at a blues club.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
ATL_Badger. Slump Buster.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
ATL_Badger. Slump Buster.
Ha. Yeah. Oh well. She’s hot.
/shrugs
January 16th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Hey, I’m not a hater. Gotta get what you can when you can. Knock that shit out.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
I’m still pissed off at NFL and CBS for starting the Patriots/Broncos game without many people realizing it, I flipped from the saints, assuming we had a good 10 minutes before kickoff – thinking they’d start it at 8:30, and they were 50 seconds in. Missed out on lock-city bets of pats and pats first half and pats first half over. This happen to anyone else?
January 16th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
I’m still pissed off at NFL and CBS for starting the Patriots/Broncos game without many people realizing it
It kicked off when it was scheduled to, no? It’s not like they saw the niners game was close and they decided “hey, lets start this game 20 minutes early!”
January 16th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
yeah, it was a delicate balance of flipping back and forth between the two
January 16th, 2012 at 10:34 AM
It kicked off when it was scheduled to, no? It’s not like they saw the niners game was close and they decided “hey, lets start this game 20 minutes early!”
I thought they usually put a buffer between the games, I’m not saying they started it while the other game was going cuz they don’t do that, but I’m betting I’m not the only one still stuck on the Saints/Niners channel when they flip over and the Patriots started. Thought they would just move back to 8:30.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
+1 Great game.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Losing at home in the manner they lost as the number 1 seed is a failure. Losing in the Championship game means you won at least one game to get there. Losing in the Divisional game means you lost at home in your opening game with all of the advantages of a bye built in. Taking a dump on the Jets to ease your butthurt over the Pack is WEAK.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Losing at home in the manner they lost as the number 1 seed is a failure.
Agree.
Losing in the Championship game means you won at least one game to get there.
And it would still be disappointing and a failure. They were 15-1.
Taking a dump on the Jets to ease your butthurt over the Pack is WEAK.
Everyone likes taking dumps on the Jets.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Two vaginas? Pics or it didn’t happen.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
For the players I’m sure it feels like more of a failure but as a fan it was still a fun season, Packer games were pretty much the only thing I had to look forward to during the week…one bad afternoon doesn’t negate all that
January 16th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
This is really what it’s about. They didn’t just lose, they got embarrassed and completely dominated at home. The refs gifted them two touchdowns and they still lost by 17.
At home.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Two vaginas? I haven’t even seen one!
/trekkie’d
January 16th, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Getting beat by Vernon Davis is one thing. He’s a beast.
Getting beat by an Alex Smith bootleg … argh. Argh.
Still, the better team won. Giants-Niners should be a great game.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
You can’t seperate the loss from their performance. The loss makes the season a failure for a number of reasons. 1) The league builds in all of the advantages for the number 1 seed to make it back to the Championship game; the bye, playing at home, the opponent having to play the week before and travel to your place amongst other things. 2) This loss exposed the Packers. When things weren’t going perfectly for them, the rest of the team couldn’t follow the lead of Rodgers and grind play by play the way you saw New Orleans do against San Francisco. 3) your defense is horrific.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:07 AM
1) The league builds in all of the advantages for the number 1 seed to make it back to the Championship game; the bye, playing at home, the opponent having to play the week before and travel to your place amongst other things. 2) This loss exposed the Packers. When things weren’t going perfectly for them, the rest of the team couldn’t follow the lead of Rodgers and grind play by play the way you saw New Orleans do against San Francisco. 3) your defense is horrific.
Who said otherwise? I agree with everything you said here. I’ll console myself with last year’s memory and anxiously await next year.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
nope
/looks at channel schedule for kickoff times.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
The Ravens have the best overall resume in football, bar none. Wins over the Steelers (twice), Texans (twice), Bengals (twice), and Niners. I’m pretty sure they’ll be focused against NE.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
/blissfully ignoring the terrible, lazy losses to Seattle and Jacksonville
January 16th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
The Ravens have the best overall resume in football, bar none. Wins over the Steelers (twice), Texans (twice), Bengals (twice), and Niners. I’m pretty sure they’ll be focused against NE.
They’ve also laid some eggs too. Seattle, Tennessee, Jacksonville!, and they got worked by San Diego.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:14 AM
That’s disgusting!
/ guy on here who once said vaginas were gross to look at.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Knowing the ravens, they probably blame the refs and everyone else but themselves for those losses. Nothing is ever their fault. Their motto is “We are the victim”. New England will handle them like Matt Schaub would have yesterday if he were healthy.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
His point was that they play to the level of their opponent. NE is a great football team. The Ravens will be fine.
I love how everyone thinks Schaub would have lit them up yesterday if he were healthy. Yeah, just like he did earlier this year when he was healthy, right?