# NFL Conference Championships **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 13, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677 "2014-01-13T17:35:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/181 "2014-01-20T03:03:13Z")
I don’t think they win if Smith is QB, Kaepernick’s running and ability to avoid sacks was a big part of it being close. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/182 "2014-01-20T03:04:35Z")
Richard Sherman, Pete Carroll, AND Terry Bradshaw on the same stage at the same time. What is this, some kind of asshole convention? ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/183 "2014-01-20T03:05:06Z")
Are there any reports on Bowman(sp?), the Niner whose leg was horribly twisted? ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/184 "2014-01-20T03:05:40Z")
Keep it classy Sherman. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/185 "2014-01-20T03:06:57Z")
> [@Carl\_Corey](#): > > What the hell happened with that Richard Sherman interview? Channeling his inner Ric Flair. And being a douche. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/186 "2014-01-20T03:07:07Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Richard Sherman, Pete Carroll, AND Terry Bradshaw on the same stage at the same time. What is this, some kind of asshole convention? What’s the hate on Pete Carroll? I met him last year at a work function and he was really nice. Bradshaw is loud and dumb but I wouldn’t call him an asshole…Sherman on the other hand. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/187 "2014-01-20T03:07:26Z")
Yeah, I don’t know what that was about with Sherman. I follow him on Facebook and he’s great to the fans, and does a lot for charity. Hope people call him on it. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/188 "2014-01-20T03:10:59Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > Yeah, I don’t know what that was about with Sherman. I follow him on Facebook and he’s great to the fans, and does a lot for charity. Hope people call him on it. He was a little better on stage. Chalk it up to heat of the moment perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/189 "2014-01-20T03:11:55Z")
What did Sherman do? I listened to the game on the radio and apparently didn’t hear this. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/190 "2014-01-20T03:12:10Z")
> [@drm](#): > > What’s the hate on Pete Carroll? I met him last year at a work function and he was really nice. Bradshaw is loud and dumb but I wouldn’t call him an asshole…Sherman on the other hand. I have zero respect for any coach does what Carroll did in how he left USC. I think it’s a travesty of justice that a coach can have the kind of corrupt program he ran at USC, and then bail just before NCAA sanctions, but the coach walks away with no consequence. Actually an award. “So, you were successful cheating in college ball, so here’s a nice juicy NFL job for you.” Douchebag! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/191 "2014-01-20T03:12:39Z")
> [@drm](#): > > What’s the hate on Pete Carroll? I met him last year at a work function and he was really nice. Bradshaw is loud and dumb but I wouldn’t call him an asshole…Sherman on the other hand. Carroll cheats everywhere he goes. His National Championship and Reggie Bush’s Heismann from his USC days were vacated, and he jumped to the NFL just ahead of NCAA sanctions. Now that he’s in the pros, his whole secondary is in the NFL’s substance abuse program. What a cool guy! ---
**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, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/192 "2014-01-20T03:15:01Z")
Sherman had an incredible amount of adrenaline and testosterone running through his system, he just won the most important game of his career with a great play 2 minutes ago. Against a hated rival with legitimate bad blood. And apparently Crabtree said something about him. I find the lack of PR speak “there were 2 great teams out there but in the end we executed blah blah” refreshing and fun. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/193 "2014-01-20T03:15:26Z")
That brief interview with Sherman was AWFUL! Can you imagine if the same scenario happened with Peyton Manning? “Peyton: that last play that you made, how did that happen and how did you feel about that?” “I am the best quarterback in the league! I shut that whore Tom Brady’s mouth with my cock! How does my ass taste?!?!” Where was the class in that? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/194 "2014-01-20T03:16:34Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Carroll cheats everywhere he goes. His National Championship and Reggie Bush’s Heismann from his USC days were vacated, and he jumped to the NFL just ahead of NCAA sanctions. Now that he’s in the pros, his whole secondary is in the NFL’s substance abuse program. What a cool guy! But he’s California cool! A great guy! ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/195 "2014-01-20T03:18:09Z")
I am unable to determine how aghast I should be at Richard Sherman’s interview because I understood about 8 words of what he said. It sounded like a lot of incoherent yelling and possibly a PCP overdose. ---
**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, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/196 "2014-01-20T03:18:21Z")
Richard Sherman is president Comacho from idiocracy. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/197 "2014-01-20T03:21:41Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Carroll cheats everywhere he goes. His National Championship and Reggie Bush’s Heismann from his USC days were vacated, and he jumped to the NFL just ahead of NCAA sanctions. Now that he’s in the pros, his whole secondary is in the NFL’s substance abuse program. What a cool guy! I met him, we talked for a while, couldn’t be nicer. That’s all I was saying. As for the rest of the stuff, seems he plays the game like everyone else. He is just blatant. It doesn’t make him a saint, mind you. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/198 "2014-01-20T03:24:22Z")
Sure, he’s a charismatic guy. So are George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, but chances are good you despise at least one of 'em. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/199 "2014-01-20T03:25:40Z")
> [@drm](#): > > I met him, we talked for a while, couldn’t be nicer. That’s all I was saying. As for the rest of the stuff, seems he plays the game like everyone else. He is just blatant. It doesn’t make him a saint, mind you. Nope. Sorry. Your anecdotal one time meeting with him does not outweigh an entire history of cheating, scandals, hypocrisy, and general douchie-ness in his role as famous football coach. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677/200 "2014-01-20T03:28:09Z")
I have to say that I think it was one of the most classless things I have EVER seen in a post game interview. Count me firmly in the camp that hopes Peyton Manning picks on him early and often and throws for 300 yards against him in a winning effort. God I cannot stand that guy now. I knew he was s drug abusing douche but Jesus Christ, give your opponent some credit and show some fucking class in victory asshole! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships/678677.md?page=11)