AFC/NFC Championship Thread
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 22, 2012 8:42 AM PST
in Gamethreads
Email
Print
Go Niners!! and Go Ravens!!
103 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
This is the only time I'll root for Baltimore
I’ll root for anybody against any team from Boston. Even a fierce division rival (Steelers fan).
by JeffJoiner on Jan 22, 2012 9:00 AM PST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
as a Diehard niners fan
Id love to see Jim and John both make it to the “Big Show”, bring on the Har-bowl !
by C.A._Rep_Los_ANGELS on Jan 22, 2012 9:11 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Mimosa time!
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 22, 2012 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
It seems like the NFL has 3 guidelines that all teams must adhere to.
1. Each team must have at least 1 player with long frizzy black hair out of their helmet.
2. Each team must have at least 2 or 3 players with first names like DeShone, or Dante, or DeWayne.
3 Each team must have at least one player with a Polynesian last name.
and 3/4 of every team's players
have at at least a 1/2 sleeve of tats on one (or both) arms.
This is Angels Baseball, we are fAn strong
Just another Halo victory!
by HalosFanInNorCal on Jan 22, 2012 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
BOOOO you
go niners
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 22, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
I have absolutely no faith in my team whatsoever to win even the easiest games
but I will love them to the bitter end of every depressing season.
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 22, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
i expect a SB win every year
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 22, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Tough life you must lead
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
I'll join the chorus...
“Go (home) Ravens!”
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
by Stirrups on Jan 22, 2012 10:38 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Pulling for the Niners and Ravens.
Expecting it to be NE and NY.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE...
Agreed
"Ballplayers play baseball. Hrrmmmff." -Jose Mota
by Fred Fredrix on Jan 22, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Woo!
I’m heading to the City to watch the game soon.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 22, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
Kinda sad that tickets were still available straight through the 49ers' site as recently as a couple of days ago
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
lolno
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 22, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Uh, yeah they were
I was on their site on Monday, and I could have bought tickets in section UR 31, and was on the phone with my dad about doing it. They were $160ish each after fees.
On Wednesday, they were still available in another section in singles for $450ish.
Deal with it.
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
the place sold out in a hour
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 22, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
The place was STILL AVAILABLE was my point
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Casey, the 9ers have the best fans in the world,
and you can’t measure that in ticket availability.
So go NINERS!!!!!!!!!!!
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 22, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Every fan base says they have the best fans
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Angels have the worst fans
talking about football in January and everything
by Rev Halofan on Jan 22, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Angels have the worst fans
I’m one of them
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
My baseball brain doesnt start working until
mid February
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 22, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Pujols signed
No baseball to speak of. I still spend the first 5 minutes of my dreaming of Pujols hitting third.
Willits? Check. Reagins? Check. Mathis? Check
if they win the city will be crazy
going to be home with the kids
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
by DAD OF VLAD on Jan 22, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
OC sports bars?
OK HH crew… I’m about to drive up from San Diego to OC to meet up with my brother, bobbinhead25. He’s coming down from the north. Looking for place to watch the games in the Costa Mesa/Irvine/Newport Beach area. Suggestions?
"Yoy! And double Yoy!"
by Captain Thailand on Jan 22, 2012 11:59 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Fox Sports Grill - Irvine Spectrum
Only because the Spectrum is the easiest place to find, being right off the freeway and all, and there is a buttload of parking around for a Sunday afternoon. Plus, being a Fox joint, you know there will be no argument as to whether your screen will have football or the Australian Open.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
Where the hell is there an argument over that?
Show me, so I can burn it down.
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
One of my past lives was bartender.
You would be amazed at the stupidity of some people, coming into a bar and pulling the “customer is always right” bullshit to try and force the screen off of the obvious, even when there were already a dozen people all over what was already being shown.
I had demands for Mexican soccer, weak-assed golf exhibitions, figure skating, political talking heads, cartoons for their kids, you name it.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
There are three acceptable sports to show in any sports bar:
basketball, football, and baseball.
If none of the three are on, I’ll allow for boxing if it’s a big fight.
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
My priority list was something like:
1. Anything Angels
2. Anything Rams
3. Baseball over football
4. Football over anything else
5. NCAA basketball
6. NBA
7. screen off
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
Pretty much agree Stirrups
I think you were bartending around the same time as I was in OC.
If I were doing it here now (in the UK, clientele first)
1) Whatever “football” soccer match is on
2) Angels baseball
3) Rugby union
4) Angels baseball
5) Cricket
6) Angels baseball (on alternate screens)
7) Any sort of baseball
8) College football or basketball
10) Golf/Tennis (big tournaments)
11) NFL
12) NBA
13) NHL
14) Angels baseball highlight show
15) Snooker
16) Darts
17) Chess
18) Equesttrian events/showjumping
19) Keep my laptop on the soft porn channelsand switch it over when the likely lads come in.
20) zzzzzzzzz
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Jan 22, 2012 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
I hadn't thought of that.
If I were bartending today, in the era of DVD’s, I could totally see myself loading up the 2002 WS DVD set that my son got me for my birthday. It would probably require March Madness or NBA playoffs to usurp Halos-Giants.
(FYI: my days behind the bar were 1978 – 1982)
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
thanks!
"Yoy! And double Yoy!"
by Captain Thailand on Jan 22, 2012 12:31 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Rudy's in Newport
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Jan 22, 2012 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks... may head to Newport.
"Yoy! And double Yoy!"
by Captain Thailand on Jan 22, 2012 2:20 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Go whoever is playing Satan's Friends (SF)
Satan’s Friends, the evil empire before Brady’s team became an evil empire.
Puff Puff Pass to Ricky Williams
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
Did the Patriots' defense
ever get notice that the lockout was lifted?
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 1:16 PM PST reply actions
Watch the replay - one hand with the football acroos the goal line, the other grabbing the defender's facemask.
A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.
They did not - tunnel vision on the ball and the pylon.
A wise man does not need advice and a fool won't take it.
Go Giants, Go Ravens
Formerly known as AlohaHalofan
by Erick Danielsen on Jan 22, 2012 2:15 PM PST via mobile reply actions
just checking in to say
F*ck Boston
"id take 5th Dimention Wormhole Rivera over Wells any day of the week"
-clover_black
by the king of CERA on Jan 22, 2012 2:20 PM PST reply actions
All that buildup and one missed kick seals it
"Two-thirds of the Earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by Peter Bourjos" ~ markinca
What kind of tard play calling was that?
2nd and 1 and you throw the ball twice? Pick up the goddamn first down with Rice, idiots.
Thanks for handing the Patriots an easy win with that epic 30 second choke job window.
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 3:20 PM PST reply actions
Well damn.
Not a Cleveland Ravens fan, but I can’t stand anything bahstin. C’mon Niners, beat NY!
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE...
Ravens should have won that game. Oh well.
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
hey again
F*ck Boston
"id take 5th Dimention Wormhole Rivera over Wells any day of the week"
-clover_black
by the king of CERA on Jan 22, 2012 4:55 PM PST reply actions
I was going to go off on a really long, bitter screed about how much I hate (all) Bay Area sports
and how, as a media and fan market, I think that they are a close third behind the BoSux and the Yankers, blah blah, etc, ad nauseam.
Instead, I am going to say that I can’t wait for baseball, and for the Halos to get back to being the class and envy of the MLB.
- - Halos fans will never forget.
GO HALOS!
This is Angels Baseball, we are fAn strong
Just another Halo victory!
by HalosFanInNorCal on Jan 22, 2012 5:44 PM PST reply actions
that should have been..
- - Halos fans will never forget.
This is Angels Baseball, we are fAn strong
Just another Halo victory!
by HalosFanInNorCal on Jan 22, 2012 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
ok.. for some reason sb nation doesn't want to cooperate with me..
Number 34 – Halos fans will never forget.
This is Angels Baseball, we are fAn strong
Just another Halo victory!
by HalosFanInNorCal on Jan 22, 2012 5:46 PM PST reply actions
(The pound, or hash, symbol followed by a space is a placeholder for list entries.)
For example:
(hash) This is sentence one
(hash) This is sentence two
Will show up as:
- This is sentence one
- This is sentence two
Notice also how the list is automatically indented.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
ah, thank you
it has been a long time since I have done a lot of posting on here.
This is Angels Baseball, we are fAn strong
Just another Halo victory!
by HalosFanInNorCal on Jan 22, 2012 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
Joe Buck got more excited about that Giants touchdown
than he has ever been calling any World Series game.
Your Angels: Telling Pythagoras to go to hell since 2004.
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Jan 22, 2012 6:32 PM PST reply actions
not surprising
This is Angels Baseball, we are fAn strong
Just another Halo victory!
by HalosFanInNorCal on Jan 22, 2012 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
Jim Harbaugh is well on his way towards becoming the biggest ass in football.
Hard to do in a sport that employs the Ryan family.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
I haven't been paying much attention to the game...
Why is Harbaugh an ass?
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
I have no idea why he is an ass. Nature versus nirture?
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
I meant, what specifically did he do during this game that earned him the insult?
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
Just jokin' with ya.
Typical sideline behavior for him. Just google
+"jim harbaugh" +ass
and begin your journey of discovery.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
Finally.
That miserable event has concluded as sloppily as the previous 4 hours of sufferage were endured.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
Don't see The Artist in anything but a vintage movie theater.
We got one down here in Newport, The Lido. Totally adds to the experience. And Pina looks interesting, as does A Separation.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
I've been to the silent movie theater in Hollywood a couple times. Its neat.
But having seen silent movies, I feel like I can skip The Artist. I have only heard things in regards to the silent gimmick, not so much that it’s story particularly exceptional.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 22, 2012 8:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
The story is, indeed, somewhat primitive. But that is the point.
As an homage to the movie making of the time, the story is ummm…errr…shallow…and predictable. It’s even shot in 4:3, which some might consider a similar waste of screen space. But in totality, it was quite fresh.
Perhaps, though, what’s speaking for me is just my love for Keaton and Chaplin and how their works towered over the mainstream movie making profiled in The Artist.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
I was always a huge fan of the Three Amigos movies.bb
My favorite was probably Those Darn Amigos.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 22, 2012 8:47 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Just watch the puppy bowl on animal planet
"id take 5th Dimention Wormhole Rivera over Wells any day of the week"
-clover_black
by the king of CERA on Jan 22, 2012 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 7:39 PM PST reply actions
Just throwing this out there
even a Pats win is not even close to revenge.
Giants have little to lose, I’m already ecstatic.
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jan 22, 2012 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
I won't think of it as revenge.
It will be Pats 1, Refs 1, Giants 0.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
speaking of refs...
… what’s your take on the 01’ snowbowl worst call of all time im mean “tuck rule” game?
Formerly known as AlohaHalofan
by Erick Danielsen on Jan 22, 2012 9:12 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I call that "Justice for December 18, 1976"
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
at least you don't deny that the "tuck rule" was the biggest crock of shit ever...
… the roughing the passer call against the pats in the 76 division game was not even in the realm of bad calls in comparison. whatever though, I just thought it was funny to see a Pats fan bring up refs in a bad light.
Formerly known as AlohaHalofan
by Erick Danielsen on Jan 23, 2012 9:04 AM PST up reply actions
My problem with the Tuck Rule is that it is a bad solution to an uncommon problem.
We may all THINK that this kind of QB fumble happens a lot, but the Tuck rule is rarely invoked so, in fact, it is uncommon. The rule itself had been in existence for years prior to that game, and the NFL thought it over after the 2002 season and determined that it liked the rule as written. It is still in effect. But that doesn’t mean it had to make sense to us fans. Anymore than “a football move” makes much sense to us.
By the rules of the game, that was the correct call. The rule makes no provision for HOW the QB can lose the ball while bringing it back in after an abandoned pass attempt. It doesn’t matter if he drops it or if it knocked out of his hands (as was the case).
The call on the field was correct. The rule itself has always been lame, and remains so to this day. But it is not the only lame rule that has caused inexplicable grief to somebody in playoff games.
As for me, I just chalk it up to a balancing out of the cosmos. But, actually, that roughing the passer call is in a lot of Top 10 All-Time bad playoff call lists. And that game also includes a famous non-call on pass interference, which rarely goes mentioned. But there is an infamous wire photo showing the ref looking straight at an Oakland defender tackling a Patriot receiver with the ball still in the air, which would have put the Pats at something like 1st and goal instead of settling for a FG. If I can find that photo, I will post a link to it.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
I know of the game because my dad referenced it the night of the snowbowl
I wasn’t even born yet and this really is the first time I can recall it being mentioned since that night. I won’t get into a back and forth over a rule we can both agree is ridiculous. And for all the reasons you mention I would probably agree since I feel the same about balancing of cosmos and what not( ie; angels/redsox playoff rivalry).
I just will never get over it because the call was so horrendous, and I really feel the league learned from it regardless of whether the rule is still the same. They league got so hammered for that call (and still does to this day) that every play since then that has even resembled it slightly has been clearly called a fumbled. And for that, its an even worse pill to swallow now because my team had to be the guinea pig for one of the leagues all time worst fuck ups, regardless of the rule. Everybody, the media, fans, the entire patriots sideline knew that was a blown call. I just gotta hope the cosmos align for my team again someday, even if those chances are as slim as they seem in Oakland
Formerly known as AlohaHalofan
by Erick Danielsen on Jan 23, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
Some decade in the future, the Raiders will learn to get out of their own way.
Only then, will the league start granting them the occasional benefit of doubt. Personally, I would prefer that this miracle start immediately, becuase I tire of the silliness that surrounds Tebow, and the mouthy whininess that is Phillip Rivers.
For my part – and I have shared this multiple times here on HH – I have been worshipping the Patriots since 1973, long before most current Pats fans were born. I have suffered much in that time and I bask in this short window of sunshine. And, for the record, I despise contemporary Pats fans just as much as you do. It’s a lot easier to be a long time Pats fan in California than you think.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
I knew you were a long time Pats fan, I completely respect that.
And like you, cannot stand the contemporary Patriots fans. Same as newbie Sox fans.
Formerly known as AlohaHalofan
by Erick Danielsen on Jan 23, 2012 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
And we get to see NE and NY in the Super Bowl.
While i’m sure the people in Bristol and the commissioner’s office are thrilled, I doubt i’m going to watch. I can’t wait for ST and the baseball season to begin. How many days until catchers and pitchers report?
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE...
If that NY/SF game were a south american futbol rivalry match, Kyle Williams would be killing himself right now. Or getting killed by a hitman.
Billy Cundiff and Kyle Williams won today’s Going Into Hiding For A Few Months awards. Losers.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Jan 22, 2012 8:21 PM PST via mobile reply actions
good day
Took the Ravens +7.5 and Giants +3. CHEDDAR!
Formerly known as AlohaHalofan
by Erick Danielsen on Jan 22, 2012 9:05 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- College player makes impossible over the fence catch to save tournament game (Video)
- Security!: Camden Yards guard collides with Royals’ Mike Moustakas
- The Juice: Nelson Cruz matches career high eight RBIs, Pujols stays hot in Seattle
- Benches clear at Fenway as Red Sox-Rays rivalry heats up
- Keeping good company: Albert Pujols becomes fourth-youngest player to hit 450 home runs
