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02-02-2013, 02:30 AM
IPD

so after last week's pro bowl blowout, i maintain that the NFC is the stronger conference this year.

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Originally Posted by IPD

i don't care. i'm still rooting for the falcons regardless. NFC will win this year. probably won't be the falcons. if i had to put money down, it'd be on the 49ers.....surprisingly enough. can you imagine if SF wins the SB after winning the WS the same year? yikes. that hasn't been done since pittsburgh did it in 79. i don't count the patsies/red-sox wins from 04; different cities. besides the 9ers, i'd guess maybe the giants--defending champs.

i don't think da-bears have what it takes, and none of the other NFC teams even vaguely resemble superbowl championship material. I may have been rooting for the 7-9 seahawks, but i knew they weren't going to win the big one. The AFC isn't going to win this year, but it still looks like the texans are going to be the best the conference has to offer. Ravens are slipping a bit. Patsies and rapistburger aren't consistant. manning is back with stokley (mf has 2 superbowl rings, did you know that?)--and denver is looking a bit better. don't think it's nearly enough though.

i'm surprised the ravens made it, but i'd called SF back in october., at 6-2
02-02-2013, 08:33 AM
stealthee

You can't use the Pro Bowl as a gauge for anything. They don't even try to play defense.
02-02-2013, 08:46 AM
IPD

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Originally Posted by stealthee

You can't use the Pro Bowl as a gauge for anything. They don't even try to play defense.

neither, i suspect, will the ravens. :(

for the sake of discussion though, here's the last 10+ years of each (calendar year of games, not the season):

99: AFC win, Broncos win SB
00: NFC win, Rams win SB
01: AFC win, Ravens win SB
02: AFC win, Patriots win SB
03: AFC win, Bucs win SB
04: NFC win, Patriots win SB
05: AFC win, Patriots win SB
06: NFC win, Steelers win SB
07: AFC win, Colts win SB
08: NFC win, Giants win SB
09: NFC win, Steelers win SB
10: AFC win, Saints win SB
11: NFC win, Packers win SB
12: AFC win, Giants win SB
13: NFC win, TBD

I could trace it back further. No, it's not a perfect litmus test. That said, there are some pretty strong indicators at times. 85 bears SB win coincides with an NFC pro-bowl win. 72 dolphins win coincides with an AFC pro-bowl win. I'll let you be the judge. To me, it looks like when the SB contender "just squeeks by" throughout the season (05 steelers, for example), there might be an upset. On the other hand, when the team has dominated throughout the year, and their conference wins the pro-bowl, it seems like a fairly solid lock.

Of course, this is only of interest NOW...because the Pro-Bowl is now before the SB....
02-02-2013, 11:23 AM
IPD

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-the...-in-one-video/
02-02-2013, 12:18 PM
green-lantern

I think I'll wait till the game.
02-02-2013, 01:41 PM
IPD

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Originally Posted by green-lantern

I think I'll wait till the game.

well SOME of us don't have that luxury.
02-02-2013, 04:27 PM
Roybatty

Love Willem Dafoe... No homo. There were some funny ones.

Sent from garage
02-02-2013, 04:42 PM
IPD

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Originally Posted by Roybatty

Love Willem Dafoe... No homo. There were some funny ones.

Sent from garage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcKTbFbwrxE
02-03-2013, 03:11 AM
IPD

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Originally Posted by CoreyB

...when the Patriots won the SB in 04, they were still an AFC team...

your derp does not escape posterity that easily.
02-03-2013, 06:02 PM
CoreyB

I deleted it after I went back and realized my mistake.
02-03-2013, 06:22 PM
IPD

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Originally Posted by CoreyB

I deleted it after I went back and realized my mistake.

news flash: patriots are not getting another ring today. :p
02-03-2013, 06:26 PM
CoreyB

Wow seriously? You mean they didnt make it?
02-03-2013, 06:59 PM
wingnut

Doritos commercial best so far...

Godaddy was kinda gross, lol!
02-03-2013, 07:03 PM
stealthee

I liked the Audi commercial myself.
02-03-2013, 07:37 PM
IPD

wow. going for it on 4th and 9 is going to HAUNT baltimore, i'm afraid.
02-03-2013, 08:00 PM
IPD

21-6. sf is imploding. i did NOT expect this.
02-03-2013, 08:00 PM
Roybatty

May have to try me some deer antler spray ;P
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02-03-2013, 08:02 PM
IPD

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Originally Posted by wingnut

Doritos commercial best so far...

Godaddy was kinda gross, lol!

the fetch commercial was the best of the doritos ones...but the others aren't too bad.
02-03-2013, 08:05 PM
wingnut

Audi commercial was definately good, but i had seen that one before...

...and i liked the goat better than the other doritos ones :D
02-03-2013, 08:07 PM
Roybatty

Both teams are thumpers... Hit you & take the penalty type of teams. This ain't the Falcons D

Sent from garage
02-03-2013, 08:33 PM
wingnut

109 yards...wheres san fran?!?
02-03-2013, 08:42 PM
Vantage

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Originally Posted by wingnut

109 yards...wheres san fran?!?

In the breaker room...blowing light fuses to stop the madness.
02-03-2013, 08:44 PM
green-lantern

I can't understand why nobody has given the Ravens more credit. Everyone picked the 49ers to win. Ravens beat Denver at home (that was your superbowl BTW) then beat the Pats at home. I can't understand it. I've been saying Ravens would win convincingly but they are playing better than I thought.

What's up with the power outage? lol
02-03-2013, 08:44 PM
Roybatty

Lol embarrassing

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02-03-2013, 08:48 PM
wingnut

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Originally Posted by green-lantern

I can't understand why nobody has given the Ravens more credit. Everyone picked the 49ers to win. Ravens beat Denver at home (that was your superbowl BTW) then beat the Pats at home. I can't understand it. I've been saying Ravens would win convincingly but they are playing better than I thought.

Denver is still working out the bugs, and the Pats just flat out didnt show up :p

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Originally Posted by green-lantern

What's up with the power outage? lol

LoL, this...

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Originally Posted by wingnut

wheres san fran?!?

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Originally Posted by Vantage

In the breaker room...blowing light fuses to stop the madness.
02-03-2013, 09:03 PM
green-lantern

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Originally Posted by wingnut

Denver is still working out the bugs, and the Pats just flat out didnt show up :p

I don't believe that. Denver lost because of their secondary and bad coaching. The pats just got punched in the face. Ravens are better than people think. I think Denver and Pats could beat the 49ers, that's what I'm saying. :D
02-03-2013, 09:17 PM
mcshooter

one thing i noticed is ray lewis looks slow, good thing he is retiring
02-03-2013, 09:34 PM
IPD

9ers look completely different so far in this half.
02-03-2013, 09:41 PM
wingnut

^^^ indeed, thanks to that power "interruption"...lol!
02-03-2013, 09:53 PM
IPD

hopefully this drive continues, and ravens put some steam back in their game.
02-03-2013, 10:30 PM
IPD

well it looks like i was right. that 4th and 9 might have made all the difference.
02-03-2013, 10:36 PM
IPD

omfg. i can't believe that happened. the only time in the game the ravens had to stop it....and the formed a brick wall. unfucking believeable!!!!
02-03-2013, 10:45 PM
wingnut

What a strange ending...

...just in time for Animation Domination!
02-03-2013, 10:47 PM
stealthee

Now I don't have to root for the Ravens anymore. That was torture, but at least Pittsburgh still is the only team with 6 SB wins.
02-03-2013, 10:48 PM
IPD

what a nailbiter! holy shit. i'm happy lewis got a ring. great time to retire.

note to future SB teams: pay someone to fuck with the stadium lights---it totally throws off the rhythm of the game.
02-03-2013, 10:50 PM
IPD

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Originally Posted by stealthee

Now I don't have to root for the Ravens anymore. That was torture, but at least Pittsburgh still is the only team with 6 SB wins.

so THAT explains it. :p
02-03-2013, 10:56 PM
stealthee

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Originally Posted by IPD

what a nailbiter! holy shit. i'm happy lewis got a ring. great time to retire.

note to future SB teams: pay someone to fuck with the stadium lights---it totally throws off the rhythm of the game.

Alex Smith was in the electrical room.

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Originally Posted by IPD

so THAT explains it. :p

Well yeah. If it had been the Pats vs the 9ers I think i would have been sick.
02-04-2013, 12:21 AM
onebadmollafolla

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Originally Posted by stealthee

Now I don't have to root for the Ravens anymore. That was torture, but at least Pittsburgh still is the only team with 6 SB wins.

I always get a hoot when people count "superbowl" wins instead of national titles. They changed the name midway through. :)
02-04-2013, 01:24 AM
IPD

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Originally Posted by onebadmollafolla

I always get a hoot when people count "superbowl" wins instead of national titles. They changed the name midway through. :)

true...but then we couldn't pity the browns.
02-04-2013, 05:13 AM
stealthee

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Originally Posted by onebadmollafolla

I always get a hoot when people count "superbowl" wins instead of national titles. They changed the name midway through. :)

The NFL itself doesn't even count them.

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