# NFL Conference Championship games thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 20, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841 "2013-01-20T22:48:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 20, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/21 "2013-01-20T23:39:17Z")
Let’s not give Lewis a dream superbowl sendoff. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/22 "2013-01-20T23:41:26Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Well, here’s to the Niners tying my beloved Steelers. > > God, I feel sick for saying that, but the alternative will actually make me puke. Are you going to start “The 1st Annual Steelers March to 8-8 Thread” thread in August? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/23 "2013-01-20T23:42:50Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Are you going to start “The 1st Annual Steelers March to 8-8 Thread” thread in August? 8-8? A bit optimistic isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/24 "2013-01-20T23:43:18Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > They are not the greatest fans but I do feel bad for Atlanta, especially Gonzales. Yeah, I feel bad for the players, but the fans have not been the greatest. They’ve been burned by a decade and a half of great Braves baseball and only one WS, and Matty Ice is the Peyton Manning of the NFC. Great regular season, crappy playoffs. I really was pulling for Ryan and the Falcons since they had to blow up their team and start over with the Vick situation. I like a lot of the Falcon players. But sometimes it never happens in the postseason. ---
**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 20, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/25 "2013-01-20T23:48:45Z")
Atlanta fans are definitely in the running for the worst fans in the NFL. Not sure who’d take the cake. Might be an interesting thread. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/26 "2013-01-20T23:53:05Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Atlanta fans are definitely in the running for the worst fans in the NFL. Not sure who’d take the cake. Might be an interesting thread. Miami? Oakland? ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/27 "2013-01-20T23:53:41Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > I really wish Harbaugh wasn’t such a drama queen, because I want to like the Miners. He makes it hard to like them. > [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > God, I hate Jim Harbaugh. Always have, always will. > > John Harbaugh is only a small step above Jim on my hate scale. But Belicheat tops them all. > > So, with three teams left, I have to say… Let’s go Ravens? Ugh. I jist threw up in my mouth. > > Fuck you, Atlanta, for choking again. Up 17-0 and can’t put it away. I just don’t get it, although Matt Ryans fumble after that missed field goal was bad. And that roughing the passer personal file was a joke. > > Oh well. The good news for me is that hockey has begun! I’ve got no reason to like the guy but you have to admit, he knows how to coach. All he does is win with whatever talent he’s given. ---
**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 20, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/28 "2013-01-20T23:56:26Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Miami? Oakland? Definitely not Oakland, unless your definition involves the felon rate or something. They’ve had a decade of shit and they’re still pretty passionate. ---
**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 21, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/29 "2013-01-21T00:13:49Z")
Lewis squared and set, and Hernandez ran into him, yet it’s a penalty? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/30 "2013-01-21T00:19:06Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Are you going to start “The 1st Annual Steelers March to 8-8 Thread” thread in August? Nope, it’ll be the usual, but I’m going to dedicate it to you. It will be forever attached to you. Great jorb, stalker. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/31 "2013-01-21T00:19:40Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Atlanta fans are definitely in the running for the worst fans in the NFL. Not sure who’d take the cake. Might be an interesting thread. Los Angeles. 🙂 ---
**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 21, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/32 "2013-01-21T00:44:23Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Definitely not Oakland, unless your definition involves the felon rate or something. They’ve had a decade of shit and they’re still pretty passionate. Yes. I have Oakland fan relatives. They are loyal to a fault. Their fanbase’s only problem is pocketbook volume. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/33 "2013-01-21T00:49:14Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Yes. I have Oakland fan relatives. They are loyal to a fault. Their fanbase’s only problem is pocketbook volume. And a predilection for dressing up like hyper-made up extras in Road Warrior, doing violence, and not understanding football. ---
**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 21, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/34 "2013-01-21T01:04:06Z")
Yellow card for Brady for sliding with his foot up like that. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/35 "2013-01-21T01:06:57Z")
Another questionable clock management move there. If Brady had used the time out as soon as the play was over, he would have gotten one, perhaps two shots at the end zone (barring a sack). Instead the Pats used all but 4 seconds trying to get to the line of scrimmage to spike the ball and were forced to settle for a field goal. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/36 "2013-01-21T01:10:34Z")
Heh awesome trick play, I bet everybody was expecting Brady to quarterback sneak. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/37 "2013-01-21T01:12:19Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Heh awesome trick play, I bet everybody was expecting Brady to quarterback sneak. 😃 I can’t understand why he didn’t take a knee. He only had 40 seconds left, and only two timeouts. Signed, John Fox ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/38 "2013-01-21T01:20:19Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Yellow card for Brady for sliding with his foot up like that. He just gave the green light to tee off on his ass. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/39 "2013-01-21T01:23:08Z")
How many times in a row can they run Rice up the middle on first down for Christs sake? ---
**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 21, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841/40 "2013-01-21T01:33:18Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > How many times in a row can they run Rice up the middle on first down for Christs sake? The only limit is the number of first downs they have, apparently. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championship-games-thread/647841.md?page=3)