Hey, dude, I understand being drained. Especially when the game should have at least gone into overtime. Your season’s done, on a botched snap.
OTOH, don’t get TOO enthused over Harrington’s performance. The Vikings have given a lot of life to a number of middlen quarterbacks over the last 10 years or so.
Remember Jim Miller? He had the best game in the history of the Bears against the Vikings a few years ago.
And don’t forget Favre. I’ve heard from more than a few Vikes fans that he was lucky enough to play against a weak defense in MN giving him a chance to make a name for himself.
RAW, I know you have enough football savvy to not think this, but you’re not the typical Vike fan I encounter
Here’s to a few of those passes back atcha!
Sorry, I think there have been a few calls against the Packers that have been questionable. But that Packer defensive TD was a forward pass.
(I am planning to have a post-retiretive career as an NFL official
)
Here’s to a few of those passes back atcha!
Sorry, I think there have been a few calls against the Packers that have been questionable. But that Packer defensive TD was a forward pass.
(I am planning to have a post-retiretive career as an NFL official
)
It was flat out NOT a fumble, and they had the challenge and a chance to fix it, and they didn’t. This game has no credibility when the ref has to explain that while a ball had “forward momentum by the push of the player’s hand,” it’s still not a forward pass because, well, because we want the Packers to win.
FUCK! I don’t mind the INT Favre throws, but he’s my fantasy league QB! Eh, what the hell.
INT to what, 4 defensemen? Now we’re talking about exciting football! It seems sometimes #4 does this shit just to make it more exciting.
5:33 pm Central time. The Packers win this game. Back to gloat later. (Or eat crow) But the Pack will win, Favre will wrap this one up.
I was all set to smack-down when the Pack had the ball on their 1 yard line with 5 some minutes to play, but after the Furgeson clothes-line play somehow it didn’t seem so funny.
Sorry, dude. I’m currently drinking Summit Extra Pale Ale. I’m guessing it would go pretty good with crow.
Looks like the NFC North comes down to Friday.
Two memorable NFL endings were revisited this week alone. Anybody remember the night game last season where the Saints – down by seven points – returned a kickoff with 0:06 left in the game by lateralling the ball countless times, finally getting to the end zone with no penalties, and botched the extra point, (good snap, bad kick) thereby ending their playoff hopes? Ouch.
And, of course, the bad snap itself was reminiscent of the Big Blue debacle in San Fran in the wildcrad round of 2002. At least us Giants fans had the consolation of being able to legitimately gripe that the officials screwed us over by not flagging the blatant pass interference on the Fire! play the kick attempt morphed into. No such luck for the Lions. They didn’t even attempt the Fire! pass; the holder looked like a deer in the headlights. Didn’t any coach ever tell him to pick up the ball and throw it on a botched snap? I expect more from a Mariucci-coached team. After all, he saw the Giants choke up close and personal.
Just saw the heartbreaking onside kick go to the Jags. C’mon, Pack, I needed that game for my pet team, the Billies, to get a game up on the tiebreaker-holding Jags. Bastards!
OK, I’m back for a bitch-slap. Nothing really more to say for now other than I was wrong.
What the hell can I say? I was wrong on my call-out.
Fucking Darius!.
Why is every close loss now described as “heartbreaking”?
Playoffs, man. Playoffs! It’s always more important at this time of year. Though the Pack are in the postseason, so the NFC North title is looking less important.
Even though we’ll still win it.
Because they aren’t yet season-ending losses, at which point they become “soulcrushing.”
BTW, I’ve been meaning to congrat you on the close game you gave the Steelers. The opening TD return made it interesting from the start.
But, alas, it was the Giants playing.
(Just fucking with ya, My Pack lost to the frigging Jags.)
THE FUCKING JAGUARS!!!
What’s the easiest way to kill oneself?
Botch a snap in Detroit.
Regarding the Giants game, it was quite nice to see the Giants play a decent game in the national spotlight. Finally the troops got a good game to watch. I’ve been meaning to ask if any other teams have done this.
During every single Giants broadcast this season, including the stinkers, the announcers have taken a minute to mention that the game is being broadcast to the armed forces oversees. Has anybody in the other markets noticed this for their teams? I’ve watched all the Giants and Jets games, and seen it during every Giants game, and never once during a Jets game.
Just a downer for the troops, if you ask me. At least we gave them a good show on Saturday.
If I were to off myself, I’d prefer a bullet to the head. Choking=suffocation and that’s the last way I’d choose to go.
On the other hand, let the Kitties win the Super Bowl and I’d happily die in the riotous parties taking place for the 3 weeks following. What better way to go? 
Well, there’s nothing like being on the right side of a North Dallas Forty ending. Thank God the Vikes were playing a team that’s even more cursed than we are.
Harrington showed some life and spark but like RAWduke said, our defense has a way of doing that for some pretty mediocre QBs. Remember when we got be by Chris Weinke in his first NFL start? We made him look like Marino and it ended up being his only win that season (it might have even been the only win of his career, come to think of it).
And when we play against somebody like Peyton Manning, forget about it. It’s Playstation time.
Still a win is a win is a win and we’ll take it. An ugly win spends just as good as a clean one.
As for the home cooking at Lambeau, what more do you need to know than that Bret Favre can clock a zebra with the football and not get penalized? If Randy Moss did that he’s probably get suspended.
Even with the help from the officials, though, it looks like the Lambeau mystique is gone.
Duff, it looks like I’ll be seeing you on friday at BWW for the game that will determine the NFC North. I’ll keep you updated on that.
One of us is going to be leaving in a very bad mood that day.
Can either team clinch the division with a win on Friday?
Also, are the Oilers still in this thing? Or have they been eliminated? I’ve never been very good at breaking down all the scenarios and tie-breakers.
The Oilers haven’t been any good since they traded Gretsky.
Vikes would clinch with a win on friday. If the Pack wins, the Vikes could still win the division if the Pack loses and the Purple wins on the last week of the season.
Who? WHO? 
Chris WHO?
Let me know when you’ll be here. E-mail is in profile. I’ll send my cell # to get everything set.
Pack are in the playoffs, little more to hope for than rubbing your nose in the loss of the division. This game seems to be the dealmaker. Pack wins you buy me a double Southern Comfort on the rocks. Vikes win, you order your favorite.
(I assume your wife will be driving the last leg to DL?) :dubious: