# 2012 NFL Playoffs Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 4, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401 "2012-01-04T18:13:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/201 "2012-01-09T01:06:41Z")
Looks like Suisham would have been good from 66 after that kick off. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/202 "2012-01-09T01:07:31Z")
Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/203 "2012-01-09T01:07:40Z")
I think they should play one full extra period, and then go to a field goal contest, backing it up five yards each time. Not that the new rules mattered this game. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/204 "2012-01-09T01:07:43Z")
HAHAHAHAHHAHA OH MAN \<------NOW A TEBOW FAN refs couldn’t even save you ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/205 "2012-01-09T01:07:50Z")
So, about those OT rules… ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/206 "2012-01-09T01:07:57Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > After all that talk about it last year, finally get to see how this playoff OT plays out. Didn’t matter much ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/207 "2012-01-09T01:08:01Z")
WOW WOW WOW Tebow doing some industrial strength tebowing. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/208 "2012-01-09T01:08:24Z")
Never mind! BRONCOS WIN! BRONCOS WIN! BRONCOS WIN! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/209 "2012-01-09T01:08:33Z")
Ha! Tebowned!!! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/210 "2012-01-09T01:08:56Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at anything in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/211 "2012-01-09T01:09:10Z")
Polamalu quit on that play. Classy. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/212 "2012-01-09T01:09:11Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > I’d normally be agreeable to that remark, but I assume this is Dick LeBeau you’re talking about, in which case, you’re wrong. Nope, sorry. even Dick LeBeau is an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/213 "2012-01-09T01:09:59Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > It would have been 4 yards longer than the NFL record FG, and the defense can return a kick that falls short. You’ve got a better chance with a Hail Mary than you do at kicking. I respectfully disagree. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/214 "2012-01-09T01:10:18Z")
Who picked Tebow in the NFL playoff challenge? ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/215 "2012-01-09T01:11:07Z")
Oh. My. God. I’m gonna go have a stroke now. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/216 "2012-01-09T01:11:18Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Who picked Tebow in the NFL playoff challenge? God? ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/217 "2012-01-09T01:11:55Z")
Did tbow hurt himself on that last pass? He knelt down in the endzone like he had. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/218 "2012-01-09T01:15:14Z")
Oh, I see, it’s called “Modified Sudden Death”. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/219 "2012-01-09T01:17:33Z")
I loathe the steelers but somehow I hate tbow even more now. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/220 "2012-01-09T01:18:20Z")
Did anyone see “80 yard TD pass” coming? Man the refs must’ve been pissed that they couldn’t find a way to take that play away. Tebow 10/21 316 2 TD, 10/50 rushing, TD Who wants to mock him for having a completion percentage below 50%!? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401.md?page=12)