2015-16 NFC North/NFL thread

[GooooMarquette]

When the ball went through Buckner's legs in 1986 to blow game 6 (Keep in mind that 10-12 minutes earlier when the Red Sox were up 2 runs with 2 outs and nobody on I pulled the best bottle of champagne I could afford on my meager salary out of the fridge ready to pop it and said to my wife of just over a year "Even the Red Sox can't blow this one!")  After the loss, I told my wife I had to go, stormed out of the third floor of our rental and walked the mile and a half to Beardsley Park and wandered the park swearing my head off until I returned home around 5 AM.  My wife was wondering around then what she had gotten herself into.  She loves telling that story and I'm much better now about such things.

Never opened that friggin' bottle of champagne.  Gave it away a week later.

My condolensces to Vikings fans.  I don't think a day will go by for the rest of that kicker's life where he won't at some point remember that kick and feel a little sick.

I was in Indy in '78 when MU lost to Miami on the awful call against Jerome Whitehead.  I was 16 years old, there with my dad and brothers.  Michigan State (with a kid named Magic) was playing the second game, and I had been looking forward to seeing him in person...after a MU win.  When MU lost, I just told my dad I needed to go for a walk.  I suspect he thought I meant around the arena, but I wandered (alone) around Downtown Indy for a couple of hours, and went back to the (downtown) hotel that evening.

Such was the mood that, in later years, would cause my wife to tell our daughters to "stay away from daddy" after a tough MU loss.

I still get upset after MU losses, but time has helped me put it in better perspective.

[ChicosBailBonds]

The Burfict penalty was justified, the guy was in some sort of roid rage for most of the game.  Football players get into a crazy zone and stay there for long periods of time in ways that I can't understand. 

The Pacman Jones penalty was BS, IMO.  Agree he has to be smarter than that, but what's a Steelers coach doing on the field mixing with the Bengals players?  That should have been offsetting penalties.  It would have been a 47 yard FGA, good chance he makes it anyway.

Still over 20 seconds left, several plays could have been run to make that a closer field goal.

In the end, don't fumble the ball when you just picked it off and the game is yours.

[ChicosBailBonds]

When the ball went through Buckner's legs in 1986 to blow game 6 (Keep in mind that 10-12 minutes earlier when the Red Sox were up 2 runs with 2 outs and nobody on I pulled the best bottle of champagne I could afford on my meager salary out of the fridge ready to pop it and said to my wife of just over a year "Even the Red Sox can't blow this one!")  After the loss, I told my wife I had to go, stormed out of the third floor of our rental and walked the mile and a half to Beardsley Park and wandered the park swearing my head off until I returned home around 5 AM.  My wife was wondering around then what she had gotten herself into.  She loves telling that story and I'm much better now about such things.

Never opened that friggin' bottle of champagne.  Gave it away a week later.

My condolensces to Vikings fans.  I don't think a day will go by for the rest of that kicker's life where he won't at some point remember that kick and feel a little sick.

Back it up about 7 games when you were down in the 9th inning with 2 strikes and my Angels are about to go to their first World Series and Donnie Moore (RIP) gives up a HR to Dave Henderson (RIP).  Lots of long walks for lots of fans.

[GGGG]

Nothing will be worse for me than the Packers defeat in last years NFC Championship.  I was in shock for five minutes, despair for another ten, and then I was good.

That wouldn't have been the case 25 years ago.  I would have gone ballistic. 

[JWags85]

Such was the mood that, in later years, would cause my wife to tell our daughters to "stay away from daddy" after a tough MU loss.

I still get upset after MU losses, but time has helped me put it in better perspective.

A highly emotion 17 year old JWags tried to convince his dad to drive the rental car home to Milwaukee from NO in the hours after the FF loss to Kansas, then threatened to do it himself.  Glad cooler heads prevailed and I saw a very good game where Cuse won the title, but I wanted no further part of Final Four weekend festivities at that point.

[CTWarrior]

Back it up about 7 games when you were down in the 9th inning with 2 strikes and my Angels are about to go to their first World Series and Donnie Moore (RIP) gives up a HR to Dave Henderson (RIP).  Lots of long walks for lots of fans.

Yup.  I was on cloud 9 after that one.  I was very saddened to hear of Dave Henderson's very recent passing.  He was a victim of Rich Gedman and Bill Buckner too, in a way.  He hit the go ahead homer in the top half of the inning in World Series Game 6 and would have been an all-time cult hero in Boston had their back-to-back screw ups not cost the Red Sox the game and the Series.

People forget the Angels had that game won in the bottom of the inning.  Doug Decinces popped out to shallow right with one out and the winning run on 3rd base and the pretty terrible Steve Crawford on the mound.

[MUfan12]

Nothing will be worse for me than the Packers defeat in last years NFC Championship.  I was in shock for five minutes, despair for another ten, and then I was good.

That wouldn't have been the case 25 years ago.  I would have gone ballistic.

I'm better than I used to be. Now, I'll get it all out of my system during the game, and I'm good afterwards.

But... two games have put me in a funk that lasted for days. That game, and MU-Stanford.

[tower912]

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2016/01/15/jim-caldwell-detroit-lions/78626678/

New GM retains Caldwell to coach the Lions. 

[wadesworld]

San Antonio Raiders?

[GooooMarquette]

San Antonio Raiders?

Color scheme works.

[GGGG]

San Antonio Raiders?

Not a chance.

[rocket surgeon]

Bad omen, the horn broke in the cold

ya think that might habve played a part in this?  hopefully we don't look too much like this or have any reason to-vikings fans reaction as filed goal sailed left-enjoy!

http://dailysnark.com/compilation-hilariously-sad-reactions-vikings-fans-missed-kick/

[Spotcheck Billy]

Poor Daryl Bevell, looks like all of the coaching vacancies got filled before the Seahawks were eliminated, maybe next year ya stinking badger.

[MU82]

Keep Pounding, Panthers!

[naginiF]

San Antonio Raiders?

so happy we don't have to worry about Red McCombs anymore. 

[ChicosBailBonds]

Nothing will be worse for me than the Packers defeat in last years NFC Championship.  I was in shock for five minutes, despair for another ten, and then I was good.

That wouldn't have been the case 25 years ago.  I would have gone ballistic.

My son and I were talking about it again last night.  He asked if that is the greatest collapse I have ever seen.  I was hard pressed to find one greater because of all the things that had to happen.  It was surreal.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Yup.  I was on cloud 9 after that one.  I was very saddened to hear of Dave Henderson's very recent passing.  He was a victim of Rich Gedman and Bill Buckner too, in a way.  He hit the go ahead homer in the top half of the inning in World Series Game 6 and would have been an all-time cult hero in Boston had their back-to-back screw ups not cost the Red Sox the game and the Series.

People forget the Angels had that game won in the bottom of the inning.  Doug Decinces popped out to shallow right with one out and the winning run on 3rd base and the pretty terrible Steve Crawford on the mound.

A lot went wrong.  Entered the game with a 5-2 lead.  Don Baylor hits a 2 run homer off of Witt.  We're up 5-4, bring in Lucas who hits the first batter he faces...his first HBP in 4 years.  Then Moore gives up the two run dinger with 2 strikes.  Halos tie is in the bottom of the 9th and then have bases loaded with one out. Grich and DeCinces up.  Nothing.

Lose in extra innings.  Gene Mauch curse.  Angels curse.  Until 2002...I was there for games 6 and 7.  Magical.

[GooooMarquette]

Top receiver out for season.  Next best receiver lost early in the game tonight.  Rodgers still manages to get the Cardinals into OT.

McCarthy should have gone for 2.

[Dish]

Absolutely should have went for 2.

[Mutaman]

McCarthy consistently makes the wrong decisions but claiming he should have gone for 2 might be the dumbest second guess ever.

[hdog1017]

I would have gone for two

[Dish]

McCarthy consistently makes the wrong decisions but claiming he should have gone for 2 might be the dumbest second guess ever.

The only guarantee of possessing the ball again in the game is going for 2.

Zero guarantee of winning the coin flip, of getting possession back. You play to win.

[GGGG]

I don't have a problem with kicking the extra point. 

[ChicosBailBonds]

Top receiver out for season.  Next best receiver lost early in the game tonight.  Rodgers still manages to get the Cardinals into OT.

McCarthy should have gone for 2.

Palmer was God awful.

Ariens, what are you doing at the end of the game throwing the ball, and then 4th and 20 defense...and then hail mary defense?  Wow. 

Packers played really well.  Missed some interceptions as USC pro QB's continue to flounder year after year.  I feel bad for the Pack, thought they had this one or certainly the opportunities.  They played really well considering how short they were on the injury front.

[Mutaman]

I don't have a problem with kicking the extra point.

me neither. Might not have had a problem if he went for it. But I do have a problem with second guessers.