Maybe I’m in the minority, but I saw the replay on Fox. Perhaps some markets went to commercial during the replay. I was happy to actually see CAR and STL up in the score banner during the game, those darn logos drove me nuts all year.
It’s obvious why the Rams use audibles. Martz thinks: There’s no way the QB can come up with something better, because I’m a football genius and my every call is perfect.
I saw a replay too. That was a hell of an overtime. That last interception was a great play and probably saved Carolina the game.
This must be catching, because I too was in the bathroom when the play happened, and I too was angry at Fox for not showing a replay. CBS didn’t show a replay until halftime of their game, either.
Fox did show a replay, but only straight after the touchdown was scored.
Usually, with a big, game-ending play like that, they revisit it a few more times during the game wrap-up, but they didn’t last night.
I’m not a big football fan, but I’m a sucker for odd stuff. So I turned on my TV around 8:00 PM Eastern in order to watch New England play in 0[sup]o[/sup]F weather, hoping to see a player with his tongue frozen to the goal posts, or some such. But then I changed the channel, and was amazed to see that Carolina-Saint Louis was already halfway through the first overtime. I’ve never seen a football game go into a second overtime, so now my mission was clear. Go Second Overtime! I want a lot of time killing running plays! Stay in bounds! Miss that kick! Intercept that pass!
And I was rewarded, with only the fifth double-overtime in NFL history. (I was particularly interested in what happens after the end of the first overtime period. Answer: not much, just a short break while a bunch of very tired players switch sides of the field.)
Now a new goal–Go longest game in NFL history! Sadly that ended just 10 seconds later with a very ordinary slant pass–the least they could have done was run a triple-reverse with three laterals if they were going to spoil my fun.
The Cow Play has been run at least twice this past season, and both were shown on ESPN several times. I would be rather surprised if one were employed in the playoffs, let alone in overtime.
You know, I don’t know a lot about football, but I was watching the game with my hubby last night and he was flabbergasted at the coaching. The decision to play for a tie into an overtime and then the acceptance of those long field goal attempts was astounding to him. He said he had never seen such conservative coaching in a playoff game like this. As he put it, coahes are usually “balls out” and the RAMS coach especially appeared to afraid to even call a play.
Turn in the TV to CBS, whitetho. You might see the first NFL game in history with no punts by either team (still no punts in the middle of the third quarter).
Excuse me: First NFL playoff game with no punts by either team. There has been one regular season game with no punts by either team (forget the year and teams for that one).
I apologize for my lack of proof-reading. Wrote it real fast.
Hey, it happened. No punts for the whole game.
I was so happy when that penalty stopped Indy from punting.
Let’s think of new nicknames for Missouri: The Show Me Up State? The Choke Me State?
Yeah.
And this confirmed my previously-held opinion that two teams with good offenses and crappy defenses makes for a pretty boring game.
How about the “Sure We Have Great Running Backs, That Doesn’t Mean We Should Handoff” State?
Martz’s decision not to give it a shot at the end of regulation looks now to be a mistake. Coaches are usually much more conservative in the the playoffs.
mehndo, weren’t you intrigued by the fact that neither defense made a legitimate stop? Sure, there were two lucky turnovers and a missed FG, but the lack of punting indicates that this may have been the worse defensive game in playoff history. It’s history, man!
Doesn’t matter a bit. Your teams are all Patriot food anyway.
My team is the Vikings, ElvisL1ves. The Patriots won’t get a chance to feast on the Vikings this season.
I don’t subscribe to cable, so I don’t have ESPN. If it weren’t for NFL football, and (some years) the MLB playoffs, I wouldn’t have reason to even own a TV, let alone pay for a bunch of channels I’d never watch.