Bored

A's signed Frank Thomas to a one-year, $500k deal. He can earn up to $2.6 million in incentives.

No it switches conferences every year. Odd number Super Bowls NFC is home, even number Super Bowls AFC is home.

I was actually thinking about doing a list of the best Super Bowl highlights by NFL Films...and The Onion AV Club of all places beats me to it: Inventory: The XII Greatest Super Bowl Highlight Films Heavy on the John Facenda ones which I'd agree with as all NFL Films stuff just doesn't have the same feel as when he was doing the narrative. They left off my favorite which was Super Bowl XVI. "Not only were the Bengals fighthing the fired up 49ers, they had to deal with another enemy...the clock." The worst had to be Super Bowl XIX, the first without Facenda, which had this lame ass Super Bowl theme music they played at the start of it. I wish I could find the lyrics to that.

That's when the pregame show starts.

Actually there's been three. Here's the average margin of victory in playoff games preceding the Super Bowl since 1990. In parenthesis is how many games were decided by a touchdown or less. 1990: 16.8 (2) 1991: 13.0 (6) 1992: 16.5 (2) 1993: 13.1 (4) 1994: 12.8 (4) 1995: 12.0 (2) 1996: 15.9 (2) 1997: 10.1 (4) 1998: 12.1 (4) 1999: 13.5 (5) 2000: 16.8 (2) 2001: 13.7 (3) 2002: 16.1 (3) 2003: 9.9 (6) 2004: 14.3 (3) 2005: 14.1 (3) Appears in the current playoff set up of 12 teams the best year was 2003 and the worst was 2000 & 1990.

Troy Aikman gave Kordell Stewart a Cleveland Steamer before the game. Too young to remember Super Bowl XXX? Egads I was 17.

Since the Steelers have become the 2nd team (Carolina the 3rd?) ever to win three road playoff games to get to the Super Bowl here's some useless stuff from the 1985 season when the Patriots pulled off the feat. 1985 Pro Bowlers by team Chicago: Jim Covert, Richard Dent, Dave Duerson, Dan Hampton, Jay Hilgenberg, Jim McMahon, Walter Payton, Mike Singletary, Otis Wilson L.A. Rams: Jim Collins, Gary Green, Dennis Harrah, Kent Hill, LeRoy Irvin, Jackie Slater, Doug Smith Dallas: Doug Cosbie, Tony Hill, Everson Walls, Randy White N.Y. Giants: Harry Carson, Leonard Marshall, Joe Morris, Phil Simms, Lawrence Taylor San Francisco: Michael Carter, Roger Craig, Joe Montana, Fred Quillan, Carlton Williams, Eric Wright Washington: Rus Grimm, Joe Jacoby, Art Monk Green Bay: James Lofton Philadelphia: Wes Hopkins, Mike Quick Minnesota: Joey Browner Detroit: None St. Louis: E.J. Junior New Orleans: Rickey Jackson Atlanta: Gerald Riggs Tampa Bay: Jimmie Giles New England: Raymond Clayborn, Irving Fryar, John Hannah, Brian Holloway, Craig James, Fred Marion, Steve Nelson, Andre Tippett Miami: Mark Clayton, Roy Foster, Dan Marino, Dwight Stephenson L.A. Raiders: Marcus Allen, Todd Christensen, Mike Haynes, Howie Long Cleveland: Chip Banks, Bob Golic, Kevin Mack, Clay Matthews, Ozzie Newsome N.Y. Jets: Mark Gastineau, Joe Klecko, Freeman McNeil, Lance Mehl, Ken O'Brien Denver: Rulon Jones, Karl Mecklenburg, Dennis Smith, Louis Wright Seattle: Kenny Easley, Steve Largent, Fredd Young San Diego: Wes Chandler, Dan Fouts Cincinnati: Anthony Munoz Pittsburgh: Louis Lipps, Mark Merriweather, Mike Webster Kansas City: Deron Cherry Indianapolis: Chris Hinton Houston: Mike Munchak Buffalo: None Award Winners AP Defensive Player of the Year - Mike Singletary AP Defensive Rookie of the Year - Duane Bickett AP NFL MVP - Marcus Allen AP Offensive Player of the Year - Marcus Allen AP Offensive Rookie of the Year - Eddie Brown Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - Walter Payton Pro Bowl MVP - Phil Simms PFWA MVP - Marcus Allen Super Bowl MVP - Richard Dent UPI AFL-AFC Defensive MVP - Andre Tippett UPI AFL-AFC Offensive MVP - Marcus Allen UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year - Kevin Mack UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year - Mike Singletary UPI NFC Offensive Player of the Year - Walter Payton UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year - Jerry Rice Monday Night Football Results Week 1: Dallas 44, Washington 14 Week 2: Cleveland 17, Pittsburgh 7 Week 3: L.A. Rams 35, Seattle 24 Week 4: Cincinnati 37, Pittsburgh 24 Week 5: Washington 27, St. Louis 10 Week 6: N.Y. Jets 23, Miami 7 Week 7: Chicago 20, Green Bay 7 Week 8: L.A. Raiders 34, San Diego 21 Week 9: St. Louis 21, Dallas 10 Week 10: Denver 17, San Francisco 16 Week 11: Washington 23, N.Y. Giants 21 Week 12: San Francisco 19, Seattle 6 Week 13: Miami 38, Chicago 24 Week 14: L.A. Rams 27, San Francisco 20 Week 15: Miami 30, New England 27 Week 16: L.A. Raiders 16, L.A. Rams 6 Playoff Results Wild Card New England 26, N.Y. Jets 14 N.Y. Giants 17, San Francisco 3 Divisional Miami 24, Cleveland 21 L.A. Rams 20, Dallas 0 New England 27, L.A. Raiders 20 Chicago 21, N.Y. Giants 0 Conference Championship New England 31, Miami 14 Chicago 24, L.A. Rams 0 Super Bowl XX Chciago 46, New England 10

Assuming Pittsburgh wins, history says Carolina has no chance today since never has there been two wild card teams making it to the Super Bowl, let alone two that won all three playoff games on the road.

OMG SAWX NEWZ~! And Indians and Phillies. http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view...417&format=text

With the conference championships this Sunday I thought an interesting useless list would be to trying to research who were the MVPs of each conference championship game since there is no such award. But I've run into a lot problems researching older NFL games. It's amazing how sparse old NFL data is as trying to find complete boxscores is a serious pain. Here's what I've come across so far: Football @ JT-SW.com Has complete boxscores since 1994, although no individual defensive stats. The NFL History Network Whoever was running the site seemingly abandoned it and it doesn't always work. Has line scores for almost every game in NFL History but no stats to the games, just the scoring summaries. One cool thing is the 1970's line scores have a brief game summary for every game. databaseFootball.com Much better football research site than the thin pro-football-reference.com, it has boxscores going back to 1983 but only list team stats for the games. But I did find one gem out there...if your a Denver Broncos fan. Denver Broncos Gamebooks This site has images of Gamebooks to every Bronco game...ever. You can find individual defensive stats and detailed play-by-play data to all of their games. It's unbelievable. Why isn't there more of this out there?

Awww I already did it. Actually I did it the other night but didn't bother posting it. Minnesota Twins with 30+ Win Shares in a season. 1965 Tony Oliva 33 1965 Zolio Versalles 32 1966 Harmon Killebrew 33 1967 Harmon Killebrew 38 1969 Harmon Killebrew 34 1970 Harmon Killebrew 30 1970 Tony Oliva 30 1974 Rod Carew 32 1975 Rod Carew 30 1976 Rod Carew 30 1977 Rod Carew 37 1988 Kirby Puckett 32 1992 Kirby Puckett 31 1996 Chuck Knoblauch 32

Ricky Proehl was in Tecmo Super Bowl. That's pretty damn old.

Preliminary U.S. roster has been anounced, it currently has 42 players but will be trimmed to 30. It's not really that different from the original sign up lists that were released last month. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article...t=.jsp&c_id=mlb Also there will be max pitch counts as expected as starters won't be able to throw 100+ pitches in early March. 1st Round: 60 pitches 2nd Round: 75 pitches 3rd Round: 90 pitches

Devil Rays may change their name in 2007. http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/15/Rays/Nam...e_big_cha.shtml Yes I read that as Tampons the first time too.

He suffers from a severe persecution complex where he believes everyone in the Sports folder is against him. Okay we are but only because he's brought it all on himself. I really don't understand why he continues to post when he feels everyone is against him. Sometimes I think he does it on purpose. I have him on ignore but that only partially works as you have to be logged in and then you end up reading his posts when they are quoted by others. What's funny/scary/sad that this was hardly his worst meltdown and he's actually much better behaved than he was two years ago. His meltdown then lasted a month. Just search for the old college football threads from December '03 and you'll see some hilarious/sad meltdowns.

Typo.

As I mentioned in the divisional playoff thread, the Panthers are the first team since the '89 Rams to reach the NFC Championship game as a Wild Card which is surprising when it seems like it's a yearly occurance in the AFC. The Rams met their long time rivals and defending World Champion 49ers. It was the rubber match for that season as the Rams had won in San Francisco on a last second field goal in September and the 49ers came back from 17 point, 4th quarter deficit in a classic Monday Night game in Anaheim in December. That was the game John Taylor had two 90+ yard touchdown catch and runs which is to this day the only time in history a player has had two 90+ yard plays from scrimmage in the same game. So it was supposed to be a great game and as typical the media focus was on the team's quarterbacks, Joe Montana and Jim Everett. It was built as the Quarterback of the 80's vs. the Quarterback of the 90's by some. No really. I'm not making that up. Jim Everett: Quarterback of the 90's. Wouldn't work out too well for Jim that day or that decade, 49ers won 30-3 and Everett didn't live up to the hype altough he did make it to the Pro Bowl in 1990 so hey he had that going for him. Poor Jim of course is now remembered best for his infamous 1994 apperance on Jim Rome's espn2 show where he pushed Rome to the ground for repeatedly calling him "Chris Everett." Jim was also the first quarterback take in 1986 draft by the Houston Oilers which was unusual since they already had Warren Moon at the time. Everett held out and was traded to the Rams shortly after the season started. So here's the quarterbacks of the 1986 draft. First Round 3. Jim Everett, Purdue (Oilers) 12. Chuck Long, Iowa (Lions) Second Round 47. Jack Trudeau, Illinois (Colts) Third Round 67. Bubby Brister, NE Louisiana (Steelers) 71. Hugh Millen, Washington (Rams) 72. Robbie Bosco, BYU (Packers) Fourth Round 99. Doug Gaynor, Long Beach State (Bengals) Sixth Round 146. Mark Rypien, Washington State (Redskins) 150. Stan Gelbaugh, Maryland (Cowboys) Seventh Round 174. Mike Norseth, Kansas (Browns) Tenth Round 274. Jeff Wickersham, LSU (Dolphins) Eleventh Round 280. Chris Hegg, NE Missouri State (Falcons) 291. David Norrie, UCLA (Seahawks) Twelth Round 312. Kent Austin, Mississippi (Cardinals) 313. Brain McClure, Bowling Green (Bills) 316. Steve Bradley, Indiana (Bengals) There really was too many rounds back then.

If it's 1998 again, can I kill Jamal Anderson's mom?

And now the Steelers are officially the first #6 seed ever to reach a conference title game. Hey coaching rematch of one the best Super Bowls ever.

AND HE SHANKS IT! Unfuckingbelievable fourth quarter.

Please, the Steelers made the right call. The Colts had all of their timeouts so if the Steelers just kneel down and settle for a field goal which would still give the Colts a shot. A touchdown would have been the nail in the coffin and you'd have to have confidence in Bettis in that situation. Really no one saw that coming.

HOLY SHIT! I can't believe it.

It's a shit call like that which will cause the NFL to get rid of replay again. If the Colts comeback and win I gaurentee it will be discussed this offseason. Or maybe they'll get rid of the ref review but then they'll just put old retired refs in the booths like they used to. Damn give me a job doing NFL reviews.

Wait I wasn't even paying attention...THEY OVER TURNED THE CALL??? That's just horrific. Wow there will be a huge controversy if the Colts comeback and win.