Running 2006-07 NFL Conference Championship thread

It's tough to beat Belichick twice in a one season, plus I don't think there's a better current quarterback in big games than Brady, so I'll reluctantly take the Pats to beat the Colts. I'm still undecided about the NFC title game.

 

Anyone else see two weeks of Manning vs. His Daddy's Team hype, coupled with weepy Katrina talk. I do.

 

Bears and Colts will keep rolling toward the Super Bowl, in spite of the bandwagon jumpers and their predictions.

 

I think the Colts will win, too. Last year, with everything set up for them, they spit the bit. This time they entered the playoffs as a deeply flawed team heading into a bad matchup -- Larry Johnson vs. NFL's worst run defense. But they've won back-to-back defensive slugfests without much help from Manning. I think the confidence is way up and this time they really believe they can win regardless of how Peyton plays.

Plus, it makes sense in a twisted sort of way because a win would prove nothing in the NFL makes sense. Last year, the Colts were clearly the best team and lost. This year, they are the most vulnerable they've been in years, so they'll win.

 

Well, there's no reason to play the games. A blowhard jackass has already declared what's going to happen.

It must be nice to be all-knowing Dye Pack. I, for one, feel privileged to share the same message board with him. I humbly bow at your feet, oh blowhard one.

 

So, what happened to the 90-96 percent who said the Colts couldn't possibly win against KC or at Baltimore? And that there was absolutely, positively no way Grossman could win a playoff game? Where are those people?

Riddle me that, pucklicker.

 

Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one.

 

Some have the guts to share them before the games. Some wait until the games are over, then claim they knew what would happen.

 

A solid argument. I was laughed out of the room when I made it before the playoffs began.

 

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Also, sc, dead to me too. Boy, won't it suck if both of your football fangirl allegiances lose in semifinals to my football fanboy allegiances within mere months?

 

That is no way to show your love for me, dammit!

 

Indianapolis 38
New England 31


New Orleans 31
Chicago 17


Super Bowl XLI

New Orleans 41
Indinapolis 31