The 2014 Running Football Thread (College & Pro)

[bayonetbrant]

Well the two #1 seeds will play so it should be a pretty good game. I'm not wild about either team but I never pass on a reason to have a party.

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[Bison]

Can we start the 2015 Football thread now?  I want to start bashing Romo again.

[Steelgrave]

I didn't mind the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers halftime show, but he played 3 solo tunes and 1 Heartbreakers song.

I did get a kick out of some folks on TV the day after the last Super Bowl wondering "who were those old white guys?"  Uh, they're in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

I must stand corrected and admit I did watch Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.  Wouldn't have missed that one.

[bayonetbrant]

Can we start the 2015 Football thread now?  I want to start bashing Romo again.

post-Super Bowl :)

[Bison]

I'm in a sporting abyss right now.   Reporting for spring training is still 30 days away.  Oh the humanity!

[-budd-]

Bring on the Patriots.......it should be interesting, we ain't the Colts. Colts aren't a physical team and missed a lot of tackles and gave up a lot of YAC, things we generally don't do. The Patriots are physical but not that fast on offense or defense, look for a lot of pick plays by the patriot and for them to try to run up the middle on us. If we open the game like we did against the Packers were dead, Patriots will step on us, but i don't see that happening.We have to get pressure on Brady....it's not like we don't know where to find him.

By the time the game comes i expect the Patriots love fest to be in full effect, just like the Denver love fest last year. Greatest offense ever....yada, yada, yada. This year it will be Bill Belicheck...yada,yada,yada, .....Tom Brady ...yada,yada,yada...so on and so forth. I look for Russell to keep his unbeaten streak against the top QB's intact.

Russell Wilson now 7-0 in games against Brady, Brees, Manning, Rodgers

Go HAWKS

[Steelgrave]

I think it's going to be an excellent matchup between two worthy contenders. You're right, the 'Hawks can't play offense like they did yesterday. Let the Pats get their foot on your neck like the Packers were doing for most of the game and it's game over. You can't count on that kind of a comeback two weeks in a row. I don't see Belicheck being a sissy on two 4th and goal situations either, like McCarthy was.

I love the thought of the Legion of Boom up against Brady, Gronk and co. I almost wish the entire game could be the Patriots offense vs. the Seahawks defense  O0  I'm not sure how the 'Hawks are gonna handle Gronk, but I expect Lynch to give the Pats trouble as well.

You gotta give both teams their due. Both will belong on the field come SuperBowl Sunday. Hope it's a game for the ages!

38-35 Patriots with bodies left on the field.

[Steelgrave]

Just saw where Vegas is calling the Super Bowl odds as "pick 'em". There has been, at most, a one point favorite swing for the Pats, but otherwise the oddsmakers are calling this one dead even. Sweet  >:D



http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/opening-super-bowl-gambling-point-spread-fortells-a-close-game-032049551.html

[-budd-]

I think we'll do fine against Gronk, we have in the past. probably a mix of coverage, Wright has done a good job on him in the past, Gronk won't have a speed advantage against our linebackers but he does know how to use his body to shield a defender. A lot of the Patriots pre- snap mumbo jumbo won't effect us as we just line up in our base D and just play. I am looking forward to Bam Bam Cam meeting Gronk across the middle.....Cam is a bad man.I'm looking forward to see the game plans of the coaches. Didn't Belicheck replace Carroll after he was fired from New England, I'm sure Carroll remembers that.

[mirth]

Didn't Belicheck replace Carroll after he was fired from New England, I'm sure Carroll remembers that.

Yes. Belichick resigned the same day he was named head coach of the Jets and took the Pats job that Carroll was fired from. It was a big todo at the time with alot of pissed off people on both teams. Jets fans still haven't gotten over it :P

Carroll's cheerleader attitude was never well received here in New England. Taking over from Parcell's didn't do him any favors with Pats fans either.

"Sauce for the goose, Mr. Saavik".

[mirth]

This is the sordid story behind Parcells and Belichick and the Pats/Jets.

http://www.realclearsports.com/lists/short_coaching_stints/bill_belichick_jets.html

Carroll was the poor SOB who took over after Parcells, who got the Pats to the '96 Super Bowl. Pretty much anyone who took the job immediately after Parcells was doomed.

[Arctic Blast]

I'm with you, Bison. Halftime shows SUCK at The Super Bowl. The last decent one was U2 in 2002, and their tribute to the 9/11 victims. Otherwise I cannot imagine actual football fans liking homoerotic autotuned shite like Perry, Mars, Timberlake, and the other fake pop singers...like audio cotton candy for mouthbreathers. It's all friggin' lip-synched anyway. Might as well tell everyone to pull up a YouTube video.

Prince was awesome at halftime 2007.

As for the game :

[GDS_Starfury]

I truly don't understand Patriot haters

as a South Florida resident I can honestly say the hate comes from the fan base everyone else has to deal with.  at least they arent Jets fans is about the best thing I can say.

[Steelgrave]

I truly don't understand Patriot haters

as a South Florida resident I can honestly say the hate comes from the fan base everyone else has to deal with.  at least they arent Jets fans is about the best thing I can say.

That's exactly how I feel about Philadelphia Eagle fans. Good perspective.

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