OT: Sunday NFL Conference Championship Open Thread

January 24th, 2010 at 9:51 PM ^

Will a kicker once again be the bane of a team's existence?

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Drake

January 24th, 2010 at 9:52 PM ^

HUUUUUUUUUGE mistake with 12 in the huddle

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A Case of Blue

January 24th, 2010 at 9:53 PM ^

That was a ridiculously dumb mistake on the Vikings' part. Not as bad as the next play, but it could have cost them a FG.

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harmon98

January 24th, 2010 at 9:52 PM ^

Farv !!!!!

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A Case of Blue

January 24th, 2010 at 9:52 PM ^

Uh-oh, Favre Favres a game.

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Drake

January 24th, 2010 at 9:53 PM ^

Favre being Favre

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January 24th, 2010 at 9:56 PM ^

Saints win the toss.

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harmon98

January 24th, 2010 at 9:56 PM ^

high stakes coinflip. not too keen on that rule.

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DreadlocksFast

January 24th, 2010 at 9:57 PM ^

First QB in history to throw two career ending interceptions.

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:07 PM ^

thinks Favre's retirements are too much.

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A Case of Blue

January 24th, 2010 at 10:13 PM ^

There are not enough MGoPoints in the world for this post, dear sir.

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January 24th, 2010 at 9:58 PM ^

"brand new ball game" my ass... the game isn't over once the first team scores. The Saints don't deserve to win this one. They've fumbled almost as much as the Vikings.. they've just been fortunate enough to have the ball bounce back into their arms..

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:04 PM ^

don't anything stupid! Colston - hit the pine - need to make that catch!

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:08 PM ^

this game was a few bounces away from being a shutout by the Vikings

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BlueVoix

January 24th, 2010 at 10:10 PM ^

You wouldn't by any chance happen to be a Vikings fan would you?

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:14 PM ^

I'm not a vikings fan.. look at the stat line and get back to me.. the only reason this game is tied is because of the turnover differential. NO is +4 right now and should be maybe +1 if it wasn't because of pure luck...

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:16 PM ^

that the Vikes have been turnover prone. AP is a well known fumbler, and they have Gunslinger. Turnovers will kill you in this game.

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:18 PM ^

oh I know.. that's why I mention the differential. The lucky part is all the times they fumbled only to have the ball bounce back to their players. Again, look at the statline w/o looking at the TOs.. you'd think that only through a miracle would the saints win that game..(which is what happened)

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BlueVoix

January 24th, 2010 at 10:23 PM ^

Just a post ago, you said the Saints had fumbled just as much as the Vikings. Just that they were lucky enough to have the ball bounce back into their arms. You call it luck, I call it not being the turnover machine that the Vikings have been this year.

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:34 PM ^

They recovered 2 of their own fumbles no? The Vikings didn't recover any of their own. That would have been a +2 TO differential if the Saints hadn't recovered. Almost all of the Saints' points came off of turn overs right? Or were we watching different games?

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BlueVoix

According to gametracker (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/live/NFL_20100124_MIN@NO) the Vikings recovered two of their own fumbles.

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I Bleed Maize N Blue

January 24th, 2010 at 10:38 PM ^

Peterson even managed to recover one of his own fumbles, when there were no other Vikings in the area, IIRC. A lot of black jerseys, and he managed to leap on it.

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:42 PM ^

Ok.. I suppose I was exaggerating.. The vikes fumbled twice as much, yet the lost fumble ratio was 3:1...

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:11 PM ^

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mtxgoblue

January 24th, 2010 at 10:13 PM ^

wtf how in the hell was that PI.

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harmon98

January 24th, 2010 at 10:14 PM ^

terrible pass interference call

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Michael

January 24th, 2010 at 10:16 PM ^

One of the worst I've ever seen and, lo and behold, it decides a conference championship.

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Drake

It was incomplete, ball hit the ground

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:17 PM ^

for the ball to hit the ground if you have control. It was a good catch.

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:17 PM ^

Yea Brees was just throwing that away. Bad call.

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:18 PM ^

Are they to afraid to overturn a call?

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:24 PM ^

double post

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pasadenablue

January 24th, 2010 at 10:19 PM ^

ITS GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:20 PM ^

the real story is if Bret is gonna comeback /Espn'd

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:21 PM ^

I would bet the farm that he does.

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:22 PM ^

If I recall, Favre signed a 2 year contract. Can anyone confirm/deny?

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Favre signed a 2 year 25 million dollar contract

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January 24th, 2010 at 11:06 PM ^

Not a good start. I hope you can come back from this, because besides posting the same answer million times, you at least had the right answer.

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Favre signed a 2 year 25 million dollar contract

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Favre signed a 2 year 25 million dollar contract

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Favre signed a 2 year 25 million dollar contract

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:28 PM ^

For christ's sake man! There's no need to shout.

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January 24th, 2010 at 10:30 PM ^

I apologize my computer loves to shout! Is there a way to delete these double posts? I checked the faq board.

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