NFL Week 7 Big Brother Power Rankings: Shocker! The Best Teams All Won, and You Can Tell Chargers To Take a Chill Pill
Last week’s Power Rankings saw a seismic shuffle at the top, with some big results and major injuries to contenders. This week, things remain much more stable. All the top teams won, or if they lost (like Seattle), did so to another team ahead of them. So the very top of mine stays the same, with a bunch of NFC teams and Houston.
Last week, everyone (and yes, over half the people that voted, and most other power rankings) had the Giants #1. I’m interested to see the week to week reaction. I fully expected that kind of game coming back in the division against the Redskins. There’s not much separating 1 to 6 in my poll, but again, I’ll keep the Giants on top.
We kicked out Jacksonville finally this week, as they were hanging on like some bad leftovers. Buffalo also got the chop when they lost at home to the Titans. This week’s candidates will be the two NFC teams hanging on with two wins, the Colts and Titans going head to head to stay alive. Oh yeah, and we might as well put the Chargers in there. If you lose at Cleveland and drop to 3-4, yeah, it could get ugly.
In the middle, Pittsburgh finally impressed with a performance that was much better than even the scoreline over the last three quarters at Cincinnati, while Baltimore turned in a stinker. The teams still play each other twice, so the Steelers could need a sweep to erase that 1.5 game advantage.
- New York Giants (5-2)
- Chicago Bears (5-1)
- San Francisco 49ers (5-2)
- Green Bay Packers (4-3)
- Houston Texans (6-1)
- Atlanta Falcons (6-0)
- Denver Broncos (3-3)
- Seattle Seahawks (4-3)
- New England Patriots (4-3)
- Minnesota Vikings (5-2)
- Miami Dolphins (3-3)
- Dallas Cowboys (3-3)
- Baltimore Ravens (5-2)
- Pittsburgh Steelers (3-3)
- Washington Redskins (3-4)
- St. Louis Rams (3-4)
- Arizona Cardinals (4-3)
- Philadelphia Eagles (3-3)
- Detroit Lions (2-4)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-4)
- San Diego Chargers (3-3)
- Cincinnati Bengals (3-4)
- Indianapolis Colts (3-3)
- Tennessee Titans (3-4)
EVICTED TEAMS
Are we worried at all about the Saints rallying after you so heartlessly removed them from the Power Rankings? The biggest factor is that the NFC is so tough, though. In the AFC, New Orleans might be a favorite to get a wildcard now. In the NFC, they still have to make up 1.5 games and surpass five other teams in doing it.
New York Jets (3-4), New Orleans Saints (2-4), Carolina Panthers (1-5), Buffalo Bills (3-4), Oakland Raiders (2-4), Jacksonville Jaguars (1-5), Cleveland Browns (1-6), Kansas City (1-5)
WHO SHOULD BE EVICTED?
Who Should Be Evicted After Week 7? (Pick One)
- Detroit Lions (2-4) (38%, 264 Votes)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-4) (34%, 234 Votes)
- Tennessee Titans (3-4) (16%, 111 Votes)
- San Diego Chargers (3-3) (8%, 56 Votes)
- Indianapolis Colts (3-3) (4%, 23 Votes)
Total Voters: 688
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October 23rd, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Peace Lions. Stafford sucks. Linehan sucks. Cut Stefan Logan.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Rough bye week for Atlanta
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Nope, not with that defense.
Tossup between the Titans and Lions.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:16 PM
Trade down and take Lattimore? CB? Wait and pick up what’s left of Le’Veon Bell?
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:17 PM
See ya Lions. Also think the Walrus’ bye-week undefeated streak ends this year.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:17 PM
I’m confident that Falcons will beat Chicago if they face each other in January. Can’t really complain about other teams you have ranked ahead of them.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Jonathan Banks or Millner. LB or DE.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:20 PM
god there is so much
mediocrityparity in the NFL./I really meant mediocrity
//I really really meant crap
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Fuck the Redskins defense on that last drive. Giants could easily be 0-3 in the division right now.
/hate them so much
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Houston and Atlanta apparently did themselves no favors this week.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:20 PM
I’m more concerned about the Jets. In the crapfest that is the AFC in 2012, they could conceivably grab a wildcard spot.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Denver Broncos…please explain.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Love that Millner play shoving the Michigan WR out of bounds and intercepting the pass like it was NFL Blitz.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:22 PM
They lost to 3 playoff team?
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Vlad, did you stay up all night staring into your mirror and ranting about the Lions?
Unless I see at least one “hillbilly” today, I’m gonna think you’re just mailing it in.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Don’t understand why people complain about parody in NFL. Yeah, it’s so bad that a bunch of cities think that they have a legitimate shot at competing for a super bowl. How awful.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Giants?
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:23 PM
No way a team with an elite QB should be ranked that low!
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:23 PM
I figured that skullfucking by the Texans would have earned them a little more love. Especially with the Bears at number two?
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Nope. But have listened to plenty of moron Lion fans call into the radio station.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Fresh loss in everyone’s head so of course the Lions are the top vote-getter. They’ve been in every game they played this season. And that D, particularly the front seven, is pretty good. (Secondary sucks but would be much worse if the front 7 didn’t cover their asses).
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Don’t understand why people complain about parody in NFL. Yeah, it’s so bad that a bunch of cities think that they have a legitimate shot at competing for a super bowl. How awful.
Parody v. Parity.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:25 PM
You do realize that I put that word in italics, right?
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:26 PM
DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE. Then O-line. RBs are a dime a dozen.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:26 PM
It sounds silly on paper, but it really is amazing what a difference just two rookies make. Harrison Smith and Josh Robinson have made the Vikings secondary 3948394 times better than last year, upgrading to “average” from “a dumpster full of moose shit lit on fire pushed off a cliff onto Wassau Serwanga’s house.”
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Just for the record, I pulled the plug on the Bucs today. It pained me, because I’d love to see the Dreamsicle unis and Bucco Bruce in all their postseason glory.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Yeah the Texans are ridiculously low. I voted them best last week and that’s where they really should be this week as well.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:26 PM
You do realize that I put that word in italics, right?
And now the entire paragraph is.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Looking ahead, I think the team that beats Chicago in the playoffs will be one that has played them already this year. That defense looks difficult to break down the first time a team plays them.
Then again, maybe the only really good offense they play this year is Green Bay, maybe Texas or San Fran, but I don’t think either of them is very balanced.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Which made it all the more confusing.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:27 PM
I thought a team had to lose to be voted off and that a win was immunity or whatever? Didn’t Tennessee win? (Honestly, I’m asking, I know they were touting Hasselbeck up here, I assumed they won and were crying because we let him go.)
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:27 PM
D played well. Still some lousy tackling though. Helped out that Chicago offense pretty much mailed it in during the 2nd half. I’ll never understand why Jonte Green/Alphonso Smith were covering Marshall in the 1st half. Oh give him 10 more yards of space on 3rd and long!
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Lions at least lose by a score. The Bucs are atrocious and can’t hold a lead.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Yeah, no way in hell the Lions take a RB high. Secondary and offensive line are the areas of need. Possibly a DE.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Yeah the Texans are ridiculously low. I voted them best last week and that’s where they really should be this week as well.
I think there is some latent bad feelings about them thoroughly shitting the bed against the Packers in prime time.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:27 PM
im confused…why can’t the browns have some of this…hope (i believe it’s what you people call it).
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:27 PM
You guys already forgot about bromes. He needs to come back and drop colonel of knowledge.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:28 PM
No linebackers in the first round. They are the new RBs, meaning you can find them later in the draft and their value is overrated. Good DL and good secondary make your LBs look like studs. That’s what the lions need.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:28 PM
A win in the week AFTER they are voted off the island earns them immunity
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:29 PM
If you win the week you are on the chopping block, then you are immune.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:29 PM
The only reason the Bears won that game was because the Lions turned the ball over inside the red zone. Stafford pick aside, those two fumbles were just lazy handling by the running backs, nothing the defense did special. And Logan’s fumbled punt return deep in Bears territory hurt as well.
Stafford looked like shit (his footwork is shit and the coaches have done him no favors in playcalling), yet the Lions still could have won that game.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:30 PM
We should be allowed to write in a vote and eliminate the Cardinals. Just end the misery already.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Especially since there’s not one named Jones pegged to go in the first four rounds.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:30 PM
They also could have lost by 3 scores.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Purposely misspelling a word and putting it in italics only makes sense if someone previously misspelled it in earnest, which is not the case here.
Speaking of Bromes, I actually thought about him a few days ago for some reason. That guy was awesome.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Durant and Levy should be gone next year. So I wouldn’t mind taking a LB in the 2nd round. But yeah secondary and maybe Barret Jones.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:30 PM
In any case, parody good. Parity also good.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:31 PM
Stafford looked like shit (his footwork is shit and the coaches have done him no favors in playcalling), yet the Lions still could have won that game.
Stafford has an incredibly strong throwing arm and no coach seems to have gotten across to him that that alone isn’t enough to make you a good QB at the NFL level. He seems to throw everything with the idea that if he does so hard enough only his guy will catch it.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Speaking of Bromes, I actually thought about him a few days ago for some reason. That guy was awesome.
Someone with access to a commenter spreadsheet help me out here: bromes=sunnysideup, right? Or was that a different guy.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:33 PM
Where does Kniles go? He could be a steal or a dumpster fire. Many projected offensive first rounders struggling this year coming back from injuries Hunter; Lattimore; and Kniles.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:33 PM
The WR’s are running horrible routes. I put more blame on Linehan than Stafford. But his inaccuracy is horrible at times. He plays much better when he’s pissed off and desperate. Oh and on the 2nd to last drive. What a fucking disaster. Wasted so much time. That’s lack of preparation.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:33 PM
But they didn’t and that’s because the other side of the ball (see: defense) played well enough to win.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:34 PM
It’s been real, Detroit.
If Philly can’t beat Atlanta this week, I expect them to be chopping block candidate.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:34 PM
sunnyside up was a different kind of fun
/grandma stories
//nascar lover
///central illinois’ finest
////sorry mrejr
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:34 PM
So we are back to a 6-point loss.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Jeez, didn’t realize my sad attempt at humor would be such a fail.
And I believe Bromes wasn’t an active member here. At least I don’t recall him posting a lot. All I remember is the thread where he lectured people about something and used a wrong word. That was a fun day.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Somehow Brett Favre made a career of this. It would be wise for Stafford to not even consider this approach. It’s in the coaching, and he’s not gotten better from last year.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:36 PM
What?
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Still waiting for everyone in Jacksonville to apologize to me.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Unless another storm rips through New Orleans soon I don’t think they have the necessary healing power of sports incentive to save this season.
/personality
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:36 PM
I was shocked to see Carimi get called for holding on Suh. O-Linemen never get called for holding on Suh even though it happens the majority of the game. And it wasn’t a hold! I thought the refs were pretty generous towards the Lions last night.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:36 PM
I dont think so. sunnysideup came back as illiniman for awhile, as far as i know those are his only two names here.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:36 PM
And Linehan has gotten worse. He and Gunther need to leave, preferably today. I wonder if Schwarz will get axed after the season.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:37 PM
The Lions are kind of lucky to have any wins at this point.
They almost lost week 1 against the Rams. And they needed a couple of Michael Vick turnovers and a former O-line coach coaching the defense to beat the Eagles.
I don’t understand why the Lions aren’t that good…they appear to have a lot of talent. They remind me a bit of the Eagles in that way.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:37 PM
You were making an argument that the Lions could have won that game…I was just saying that the opposite was true that they could have lost by even more. So in the end…we just have the original result.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:37 PM
They’re ranked about where they should be with those injuries.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:37 PM
I def. see them out of the house after the Falcons/Saints/Cowboys trio.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Hey, I found out what Spencer‘s going as for Halloween.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:39 PM
There’s no personality to the offense. Or maybe there is – shotgun and five wide with an occasional draw or WR end-around. Predictable as hell.
Schwartz’s seat probably isn’t warm yet, but if they go like 5-11 or 6-10 this season then 2013 will be his last without significant improvement. I feel like Schwartz has done a lot of good things to turning around the losing culture in Detroit, but he’s not taken that next step. The time is near to do so.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Fuck it was sooo obvious Isiah Crowell in the 7th round.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:39 PM
He also hated his grandparents and was glad when they died, or something like that. He had like a week-long run IIRC.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:40 PM
I dont think so. sunnysideup came back as illiniman for awhile, as far as i know those are his only two names here.
That’s right. bromes never showed his face again after asserting that he was one of the 10 smartest people here (or something like that) and then in the very same post mixed up the words “colonel” and “kernel”.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:40 PM
I fucking hate the Wide-9. Peace Cliff Avril. I would love to hire Andy Reid. Fuck running the ball. Just give it to LeShoure on occasion and get some O-Linemen that can fucking block well enough to get a god damn yard when needed. Fuck Joique Bell too. Dumb ass.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:40 PM
But he was just havin’ fun out there!
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:41 PM
It should be
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:41 PM
I see him more as this.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:41 PM
You sure that wasn’t me? ‘Cause that sounds like something I’d do.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:42 PM
I think he also said that his wife was very fat.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Definitely sounds like something you’d forget old man.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Ha. I don’t remember that one.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:43 PM
That seems like it’s more up Htown’s alley.
/ So to speak
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:43 PM
If this happens then for the Lions…
You will see more of this.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:43 PM
No, that’s FredSanford.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:43 PM
I think he also said that his wife was very fat.
No I think that was Fred Sanford. Something like “my wife has a gut and I don’t care” or something like that.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:44 PM
did Jacksonville flick a booger on your popped collar?
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Rex Ryan can be the D-coordinator!
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:44 PM
I found out this week I’m only a year or so younger than SROD, and sank into an immediate depression. Numerous pumpkin ales have failed to lift me out of it.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:44 PM
You mean thick?
Jebus.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Was there ever an ending to Rollo’s SIL story?
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Fred Sanford admitting his wife was a fatty was funny, but then saying he was totally cool with it was gold.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
That seems like it’s more up Htown’s alley.
/ So to speak
I see what you did there.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Yeah, no way in hell the Lions take a
RB highWR three years ina row.October 23rd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Yes.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:46 PM
There will be plenty of Lion losses upcoming for their banishment to be justified…I see them losing 6-5 to Seattle followed by Hernia smashing a phone in the wake of people making Tweets about it being a baseball score
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:47 PM
Love it.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:47 PM
Doesn’t the Teutonic sense of humor run along the lines of, “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open manhole”?
Oh, wait, that’s Mel Brooks.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:47 PM
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Schwartz’s seat probably isn’t warm yet,
It should be
not only does he look like a weak leader he is one, and my only proof was when he went after harbaugh last year. you want disciplined players, control your self. tho, guess which team had more penalties last night?
bears, 9…lions 5
still, discipline has been an issue for detroit or please correct me ndub and vladdy
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:49 PM
He also said his son was a big dummy and his sister-in-law was a gorilla.
/ Getting my Fred Sanfords mixed up
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:49 PM
ve;ziuna –
yes, discipline remains a problem. I don’t think the personal fouls are as high as last year, but penalties are a big issue. They had like 16 against the Iggles.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:49 PM
im going as ron swanson damnit.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Something like “my wife has a gut and I don’t care” or something like that.
he’s a better person than me. i’d draw up a plan and keep a lawyer on speed dial if my wife got fat and wasn;t trying to reverse it
/shallow and loving it
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:51 PM
Wear a red shirt so the ladies know you’re DTF
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:51 PM
ve;ziuna –
you white folks have some strange fixations
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:53 PM
obligatory.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:53 PM
Mariners 6, Tigers 5!
/Dan Dierdorf laugh
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:53 PM
N;o w;e d;o;n;t.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:54 PM
you white folks have some strange fixations
You don’t even want to know about how mayonnaise fixation.
/maybe that’s just me
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:54 PM
I love my dead fat wife
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Yeah the Texans are ridiculously low. I voted them best last week and that’s where they really should be this week as well.
ridiculously low? They are 3rd in SRS, fractions ahead of GB. I have GB ahead of them. The various rankings have them, and the other teams, all jumbled in the top 7. It’s close. They have the best chance and will have a better record because of the conference they are in.
I’m not convinced that without Cushing they are better than the teams in front of them.
Bears are only team that is universally in top 4 in every measure I look at, from point difference to FO to Advanced Stats, to record and who/how you played.
Interested to see what line will be in CHI-HOU, should be close.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:56 PM
I can’t help it, the day that guy stops calling games will be a sad one for me…he provides little insight, has bad jokes and speaks in cliches but the man’s an institution
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Ravens dropped two spots in ESPN’s rankings this week. Yeah, that makes sense.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:57 PM
Pats at 9 are about right. They are going nowhere.
October 23rd, 2012 at 2:57 PM
You have piqued Dwight Howard’s interest, did she die in a bathtub? I hear that can be a deal breaker for him.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:00 PM
A win in the week AFTER they are voted off the island earns them immunity
I think I mentioned that I changed this so that three best wins get immunity, because I realized early on we could have crappy wins giving people immunity a week later. It did however keep the Titans from getting eliminated last week, because they would have been out. But wins over Buffalo no longer save from future nominations. Beat Giants, Texans, Packers, etc, yes.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Thanks to not having a life, I’ve watched a few old MNF games on YouTube the past few months, and Dierdorf has been very enjoyable. He’s totally candid blasting the refs and ripping players for head-hunting. Plus his incredulous chuckling after a nice play is always funny
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:01 PM
You could say the same thing about Green Bay with Woodson. Jarrett Bush has Woodson’s proclivity for penalties but without the talent. He’s in the mix to help at least on dime situations. Anyone else from the secondary goes down, I’m pretty sure that goes up to full-time duty.
/please come back Sam Shields
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:02 PM
I’m confused. How is this determined? A win against your top 15?
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Reminds me of a cartoon dog.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:03 PM
bears niners over/under should not be higher than 33
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:03 PM
i like how dan dierdorf embodies what being a michigan man is all about…being from ohio, being a filthy player who bashes players for doing the same shit he did and being in a highly visable position despite not being qualified for it.
hail to the victors!
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:03 PM
You wanna Tweet me a link if there’s a channel with those on it?
I watched Packers-49ers from ’96 a few months back (The Don Beebe Game) and was taken back at how different the game looked just 15 years ago…every single snap came from under center
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:04 PM
N;o w;e d;o;n;t.
you;re white?
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:04 PM
I like watching games where Dan Dierdorf is the color guy. I always have. I like Dan Dierdorf. I don’t care that he rambles nonsense. I like the sound of his voice. I’m usually not listening too intently anyway.
He’s been a football announcer for 25 years, and is a HOF player. He’s sure doing something right.
I’m sure you knuckleheads would bag on Merlin Olsen too, if you heard him.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:04 PM
No need to rush, Jags and Cards leading up to the bye…let Hayward, House and McMillan get some more work in, there’s some young talent in that secondary
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:04 PM
im a pinkish beige, thankyouverymuch.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:05 PM
your Michigan comments crack me up. they’re creative, yet consistent.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:06 PM
never heard of him. was he on Full House?
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:06 PM
I can’t help it, the day that guy stops calling games will be a sad one for me…he provides little insight, has bad jokes and speaks in cliches but the man’s an institution
he should have marketed the Lisp long ago
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:06 PM
was taken back at how different the game looked just 15 years ago…every single snap came from under center
Dallas runs the same offense they installed in 1988, with just a few modifications. And they’re lousy as a result.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Agreed, maybe it’s growing up during the heyday of Michaels/Gifford/Dierdorf but hearing him still makes a game sound bigger than it is
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:07 PM
olsen/trumpy….guys to have a beer with
while wearing plaid
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:08 PM
im a pinkish beige, thankyouverymuch.
well, you do love golf, so i knew that
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Agreed, maybe it’s growing up during the heyday of Michaels/Gifford/Dierdorf but hearing him still makes a game sound bigger than it is
I can remember Cosell/Dandy Don Meredith from when I was a kid. Monday night football was the greatest television show that ever existed, then.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Was outstanding in Mitchell.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:11 PM
In other words, he’s Madden, but without the personality or likeability.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Was outstanding in Mitchell.
I never even heard of that one. It’s got one star on imdb. That’s good, right?
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:11 PM
I can remember Cosell/Dandy Don Meredith from when I was a kid. Monday night football was the greatest television show that ever existed, then.
getting dusty in here. the days when TV Guide was a must read, with their boxes highlighting that week’s important game
cosell was a deity
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:11 PM
That fucking Alex Karras, I hated him for being just a pawn in the game of football.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:12 PM
They’re kind of tricky to find, you can’t really search for the hour-plus videos people upload. You just have to get lucky through “Related Videos.”
Plus everyone’s shoulderpads are gigantic and the fields are 20 times shittier. If the game was on turf, you were sure to see at least 4 or 5 guys bleeding all over the place. I still can’t believe they actually played football at Vets Stadium.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:12 PM
The greatest episode of MST3K ever.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:12 PM
i couldn’t imagine…good god NFL players were tough.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:13 PM
FTD Florist FTW.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:13 PM
It’s the best MST3k episode.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:13 PM
merlin’s a cunt.
/cursedcontrarian’d
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:14 PM
Jimmy Johnson ain’t walking through that door.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:14 PM
I still can’t believe they actually played football at Vets Stadium.
did anybody in here ever play on artificial turf? It was truly horrifying. Carpet on concrete.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Chuck Bednarik would play both ways, then lap the blood up from the turf and laugh.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:16 PM
define “played”…i stood on the sidelines for two games on the old turf when i was a soph. but good god was i fast in warmups.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:16 PM
NBC did a fantabulous job with the NFL back then. Quality roster of announcers: Gowdy, Olsen, Trumpy, Enberg, Marv, Don Criqui
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Yes, always amazed me how something could be so spongy and so cement-like at the same time.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:17 PM
and then go to his real job.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Eli’s Coming, hide your heart girl.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell gets my vote. But Mitchell is seriously awesome. “Heart’s poundin’! Vein’s cloggin’!”
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Chuck Bednarik would play both ways, then lap the blood up from the turf and laugh.
you aren’t that old. SROD may be that old, but barely, to have seen him as a kid. That guy retired in 1960, I think.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:17 PM
It’s funny because it’s true
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:19 PM
space mutiny.
BIG MCLARGEHUGE! CRUNCH BUTTSTEAK! BOLD BIGFLANK! TRUNK SLAMCHEST!
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:19 PM
define “played”…i stood on the sidelines for two games on the old turf when i was a soph. but good god was i fast in warmups.
I was on a scout team for one season in college, and I once fell down and got a subluxation of the patella bouncing off of concrete covered in 1/2 green carpet. I was done after that, but it’s OK, because I wasn’t good enough anyway.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:20 PM
did anybody in here ever play on artificial turf?
Yes, always amazed me how something could be so spongy and so cement-like at the same time.
kibbie dome, u of idaho, 1984. it was a simpler time and place. made you feel fast. rug burns too
the vet tore up some WRs knees on the same play
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Howard was a definite hate-love thing … for a time some guy made money selling nerf “bricks” for people to throw at their TVs when Cosell came on.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Who was the DB on the Bears that tore both ACLs on that field? That place was a horror show in every conceivable way.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:21 PM
lol…that’s how i feel whenever i look back on getting the shit kicked out of me in football. it’s ok! no PTSD or twenty knee ops!
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:21 PM
intramurals at Tennessee were on an indoor turf that was outside. I have scars from it…epidermal and emotional. also, when you played on it, the surface was so worn out, the little green pieces would kick up and get stuck in your socks never to wash out.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Mike Nelson pointed out on Twitter today that guy was in a movie with Jon Leguizamo. I know what I’m watching tonight.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Holy fuck, never heard that before from anybody
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:22 PM
I remember thinking it was weird using sneakers when playing football. This is the old astroturf where it’s basically a carpet over concrete, not the new shit that’s like grass with ground up tires in it.
Also, it was a converted baseball field (football field ran along 3rd base side). The pitchers mound area and 3rd base dirt were covered, but had like 2x4s around it separating the dirt fromthe turf. Those were weird.
You’d also get turf burns on everything not covered.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Here it is. Damn, the dude never made it back: http://football.about.com/od/nflhistory/tp/Unusual_Football_Injuries.htm
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:22 PM
the name “reb” is very underrated…well, not underrated but…i dunno the word im looking for.
anyways…the fuck is reb short for?
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:22 PM
This is true, but I did see his grandson play QB for West Virginia. Briefly. Then he got hurt and Pat White’d.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:25 PM
“underutilized”…you were looking for “underutilized”.
and “Reb” is short for “Badass”.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:25 PM
Holy fuck, never heard that before from anybody
I’m the guy. I’m the guy out there that is happy to get Dan Dierdorf and Greg Gumbel. I really enjoy it.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:26 PM
I’m happy the first season of Hard Knocks covered the game where the Ravens refused to play the Eagles because of the gaps underneath the carpet…Billick angrily digging his heels into was good TV
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Classic MST3K moments: Danger: Diabolik, whenever the villain who looked just like Prince came on screen, and Crow and Servo would sing, “Just wanna be your … lover.”
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:27 PM
dont care…i love brian billick.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Remember Wendell Davis? the Bears receiver who blew out both of his knees going up for a catch untouched at Veterans Stadium. Cleats got stuck in the turf.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Wendell Davis. Proud LSU alum.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Maybe someone mentioned this already (nobody reads the comments), but that photo caption up top needs the “Elite QB” tag.
/Not really.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:29 PM
Just rewatched Land of the Dead over the weekend. John Leguizamo was pretty good in that.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:31 PM
I miss Dr. Z’s announcer grades at the end of the season so much…he’d be telling you that the guys doing the Cardinal-Seahawk game every week were actually better at the stuff that matters than Buck and Aikman and it would be absolutely right
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:32 PM
i’m also including cosell’s non football work. legendary ali sessions
you;re being very truculent
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Confederate.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Looks like YouTube is getting stingy about 150 minute full game videos. Can only find them in bits like this.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Sounds right, the NFL realized giving their product away for free was kinda dumb and have been adopting the MLB model a decade late
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:36 PM
That dude loved him some Ron Pitts
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Large aquatic mammal.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Destroyed In Seconds, best show ever.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Well, to be fair, everybody everywhere is better at anything than Buck and Aikman.
/ Except the being ghey thing
// That applies only to Aikman
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:40 PM
Thankfully the 2nd half of the Oilers/Bills comeback game is still on there. Really worth watching just to hear that crowd go absolutely ballistic, and to see the Bills get every single call.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:41 PM
I’ve watched that MST3K clip that spencer linked four times now and Big McLargeHuge is the one that gets me every time.
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Thankfully the 2nd half of the Oilers/Bills comeback game is still on there. Really worth watching just to hear that crowd go absolutely ballistic, and to see the Bills get every single call.
Don Beebe stepped out of bounds!!!!
/chugs rubbing alcohol
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:46 PM
if that means I’m pretty, then I’m that
October 23rd, 2012 at 3:59 PM
If that means I’m good, then I’m that