Signs Of What NFL Might Have Expected At Super Bowl
by Bruce Raffel on Feb 8, 2012 4:00 PM EST
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Judging by the evidence of a couple of specific instances, there might be a fair question for Baltimore Ravens fans to ask the NFL about who they expected to reach Super Bowl XLVI before the New England Patriots and New York Giants won their respective conference championship games a little over two weeks ago.
Just as the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Giants 21-17 win, their players dumped a bucket of Gatorade over the head of coach Tom Coughlin.The color of the Gatorade, you ask? Purple. When the Lombardi Trophy was presented to New York, tons of confetti rained down upon the players as they celebrated. The color of the confetti, you inquire? Purple.
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Coincidence, you say Me thinks not. In fact, on gambling sites that had a proposition bet on the color of the Gatorade that would be dumped over the winning head coach, purple was not even a betting option. Perhaps the NFL had already purchased the aforementioned refreshment and pieces of paper, in anticipation of not only a Ravens appearance, but an expected victory as well.
Conspiracy theories abound in the NFL and this one should not be discarded so quickly. Perhaps we will never know. However, all Ravens fans keep seeing those last couple of plays and wonder, "what if..."
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Losing Jamal for the season? Probably do not even make the playoffs in 2001.
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This is the dumbest thing I have ever wasted my time reading
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by seton hall and steelers on Feb 8, 2012 6:34 PM EST reply actions
Really?
You should read through the salary cap numbers for your Steelers next year….its not pretty.
by StuckInUtah on Feb 8, 2012 7:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
In all honesty
I feel as if we overdoing this whole self-pity thing. We lost, end of story. No need to dwell on what might have been. Time to look forward to a brighter future.
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 8, 2012 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
Actually, just today we cut our cap number from 22million over to 11 million over
so it really isn’t that bad. WE moved Woodley’s contract and lowered his 2012 Cap Hit by 6.5 million and cut McFadden and Battle to cut another 6 or so million
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by seton hall and steelers on Feb 8, 2012 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
Great! Just $11 million left to go. Oh, and don’t forget whatever you guys plan on dishing out to Wallace. Do you think you guys will bring Hines back?
by StuckInUtah on Feb 8, 2012 8:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
that salary cap number is ALREADY 7 million less. And FA and all other moves haven’t even started. I wouldn’t hold on to that “over the cap” thing if I were you. I know you have high hopes, but the Steelers have an amazing FO…as evidenced by having only 7 losing seasons out of 40
Can I get some hot sauce for my doughnut?
Wallace is gone and if the pitt FO was so good they would put together an O line instead of killing the franchise
by Evan Skev on Feb 9, 2012 2:36 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Just having fun, fellas!
Trying to come up with ideas for interesting, thought-provoking posts. Any ideas?
aka 'Rexx'
How about focusing on upcoming free agents and making a post for each position. GIve the top 5 available free agents and your opnion of the,
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 8, 2012 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
Top 5 for each position that is
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 8, 2012 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
Gee Zach
Great ideas and I will look into them. But wouldn’t YOU want to start it off here on your own?
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I can't.
I have too much on my plate with school
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 9, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
Bisciotti is trying to get training camp days in Annapolis. A reveiw of some the best head lines of the year (the “Dream Team”, Manning Saga, maybe something on Nike’s new deal with the league) that might be some good stuff to pass the time. Those are my “fun” non serious somewhat football related ideas.
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by WestminsterRaven on Feb 8, 2012 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe put up a post about different venereal diseases and where Ben Roethlisberger got each one.
by StuckInUtah on Feb 8, 2012 8:18 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
not worth a whole post, it can be simplified. However, if you did a similar post about Flacco…you wouldn’t have to do much research, but that fact that they came from his mom would more than make up an entire fanpost or two, or three.
Maybe you could even make one about how his connection with Pitta goes WAY deeper than their stupid looking facial hair. Either or, the choice is yours
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What’s that bottom picture? I thought that type of event was for games played in September through November?
Can I get some hot sauce for my doughnut?
I tried to bring Egg Nog to franks house after New Years. shit got awkward
"And, don’t get me started on Joe Flacco," Simms continued. "Did the experts watch the game? Joe didn’t miss a throw, not one. I watched every play. Every time he had the opportunity, he hit the guy. And, he made some moves so he could complete other throws. Are these people watching? What was Joe supposed to do with Texans in his face? Throw it up and hope? Sometimes a sack is a good thing. The object is to win the game. You did."
by jackmca on Feb 9, 2012 12:26 PM EST via Android app up reply actions 1 recs
It’s because you don’t know him as a person.
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by Mr MaLoR on Feb 9, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
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