Alright Gazoo, put your money where your mouth is? I’ll bet you straight up,$300 that the Ravens beat the Jets. What do you say?
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*Originally posted by Montfort *
Gazoo, I think you’re nuts picking the Redskins. The Cards looked semi-inspired against the Ravens last week, and the Skins are really just riding this one out.
I can’t wait to hear the “Bring Back Norv!” chant in Raljon. 
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Ummm, Monty, (a) there’s no such place as Raljon, and (b) nobody in the greater DC area thinks that the Deadskins’ play, these past two weeks, is evidence that Norv was a good head coach. He still sucks ass. We wish we could bring back Gibbs (who will stay with Nascar, no matter how much moolah Snyder waves under his nose), resurrect the late George Allen (the perfect coach for a team of veterans!), or, hell, even bring back Jack Pardee, whose one losing season as Redskins coach was when Riggo took a year off.
However, I agree with you that it’s hard to imagine the Redskins beating anyone right now, after their pathetic play of late. If they couldn’t play like it mattered when it in fact mattered, why should they play that way this weekend?
No chance in hell. It’s actually one of my upsets and with Cox out with a broken leg Jamal Lewis should be able to run all day. Just remember me when Dildo blows it in a really important game. The Ravens should start Trent Green shopping immediately.
Rysdad, thanks for the Culpepper update. As a fantasy football player, I fear I’ll be looking at those dreaded words, “game time decision.” I’m penciling in Brister for the time being and a final decison must be made by 10am tomorrow. Just my luck to have this situation in the fantasy SuperBowl.
Oh, Montfort - hell, I may continue doing this right through the probowl and into the XFL season. I have a blast with it. Wave at Ben Franklin’s privy for me, will ya?
RTFirefly: Yes, I know there’s no such place as Raljon. Yes, I know that there’s probably less than five people who want Norv back as coach.
I was kidding. As an Eagles fan, the only thing more gleefull than having a winning season is sweeping Dallas.
And, as an Eagles fan in Deadskins territory, the Eagles doing better than the Deadskins is rather glee-inducing, as well.
So, I mock the Skins. Gleefully. 
Gazoo: Wow, XFL. I don’t know a damn thing about the players, and well, since there’s no team in Philly, all I seem to care about is that some of the logos are pretty cool, and I bet the cheerleaders will be cute, too.
Bring back the USFL…
(p.s. Hello, Bungles fans? Hello…?)
I don’t know any of the players either, that’s what’ll make it interesting to say the least. Hell, we’re even going to try a fantasy league with the XFL. I really need to get a girlfriend and a life.
Hey now…
I’m in on that XFL League… and I have a wife… the life is debatable… hmm… maybe I should get a girlfriend and a life too. I’ll tell Kelly it was your idea… Thanks man!!! Merry Christmas to you too.
Any Dopers attending the Packer-Buc’s game this weekend? I’m still deciding whether I want to or not. Nothing like a December game in Lambeau.
What I meant to say was that the outcome of the Rams game is secondary to the outcome of the Bears-Lions game. The Rams could win 300-0, Warner could throw for sixteen thousand yards and two dozen touchdowns, and if the Lions beat the Bears by a point, it’s all for naught.
LNO - First off, I think it’d be really weird for the Rams to get only 24 passing touchdowns off of 16,000 passing yards.
Second…
Crap, there is no second. Right now this team isn’t freefalling, it’s flying straight down. You know what, I’m picking the Saints to win as well, because they got something to prove, and unlike the Rams, they don’t need each and every facet of the team running at 110% to win.
As for your picks, once again they look very good across the board…which means that you will either 1) get them all right, blow past everybody, and take the championship, or 2) get bombed for the second week in a row. That’s why it’s called gambling, folks.
3-0 on Saturday - WTG, Gazoo!
Now if you actually get the Redskins right…
Well, it’s 14-0 Jets at the end of the 1st quarter, Dilfer has 2 ints and we look horrible. Bet you wish you’d taken that bet, huh Gazoo? I for one am glad you did not. Hehe
whew! 20-14 at the half. The universe has resumed it’s proper order. Did anyone catch that fake lateral by Duane Starks on the INT? Beautiful! And a 98 INT for a TD! Wheee!
Bears Win! Bears Win!..thank Jebus Bears Win!
Oh…and the rams are in the playoffs…woo woo!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!
And the Bears come through with a rookie kicking a 54 yd FG with 3 seconds left to win!
Rams go to the playoffs!
HOLY SHIT!!!
Only the Bears could have managed to have one of their worst seasons ever and still manage to be playoff determinors.
So, any bests on whether Dick Jauron will be put out of our misery?
How about that New England-Miami wierdness? The anarchist in me wishes Bishop would have made something happen with that bomb.
Omni, what happened? I’m at work and only followed the Bears and Rams games by listening to the local radio station. I didn’t hear about any other games.
Good thing the Ravens were playing against Vinny Intercepte-verde, cause they gave up 500 yards in the air alone, and only gained about 200 themselves total, but still won on 6 turnovers and horrible special teams play. What the f*** was that?
Well, Miami is leading 27-24 and the Patsies have the ball at about their own 40 yard line with like 10 seconds left to play. Bledsoe dropped back for a deep pass and his arm is hit as he starts to throw. The ball comes loose and is ruled a fumble on the field, time expires while the teams scramble for the ball. Both teams run to the locker rooms, and the networks declare it a final and switch to another game.
Then about 25 minutes later they cut into the post game and explain that the officials reviewed the play and reversed the call to an incomplete pass, and not a fumble. (Clearly the right call IMHO) The officials interupted Wanny’s victory speach in the locker room, and both teams had to come back out onto the field with 3 secomds left on the clock. This of course is because the incomplete pass stopped the clock, instead of time expriring during the fumble.
The Patsies lined up for a hail mary and put rookie Michael Bishop in at QB (can throw 80 yards in the air). The stadium is empty, which was very surreal in itself, especially watching such a important play in total silence. Jason Taylor gets around the end and deflects the pass as Bishop threw and it falls incomplete around 35 yards downfield.
Obviously the ramifications of a Patriots win would have made this change very interesting in the playoffs/homefield picture. I beleive that if the chips fell right Miami could have even been eliminated. Like I said, anarchy :).
Hey noooooow!
When it comes to raising hopes and then dashing them to pieces like so many slivers of fine crystal, nobody, and I mean NOBODY beats the MINNESOTA VIKINGS. It sure is nice knowing that no matter how well the Purple play in the regular season, no matter what awe-inspiring record they tally up, come the first or second week of December they’re bound to start playing like asthmatic geriatrics. I can’t bloody wait 'til next year.
GO (drop dead) VIKES!!