Bored

I have a sick temptation to want to see a Rams/Vikings NFC Championship just to ensure we will get the worst team ever to make it to a Super Bowl.

I'm Bored, here's every playoff meeting between divisional teams since the NFL-AFL merger. 1971 Miami 21, Baltimore 0 (AFC Championship) 1972 Washington 26, Dallas 3 (NFC Championship) 1977 Denver 20, Oakland 17 (AFC Championship) 1978 - first year of the wild card round Pittsburgh 34, Houston 5 (AFC Championship) 1979 Pittsburgh 27, Houston 13 (AFC Championship) 1980 Oakland 34, San Diego 27 (AFC Championship) Philadelphia 20, Dallas 7 (NFC Championship) 1981 Buffalo 31, N.Y. Jets 27 (Wild Card) N.Y. Giants 27, Philadelphia 21 (Wild Card) 1982 - expanded playoffs due to strike Miami 28, New England 13 (1st Round) Miami 14, N.Y. Jets 0 (AFC Championship) Washington 31, Dallas 17 (NFC Championship) 1983 Seattle 31, Denver 7 (Wild Card) L.A. Raiders 30, Seattle 14 (AFC Championship) 1984 Seattle 13, L.A. Raiders 7 (Wild Card) 1985 New England 26, N.Y. Jets 14 (Wild Card) New England 31, Miami 14 (AFC Championship) 1986 N.Y. Giants 17, Washington 0 (NFC Championship) 1988 Houston 24, Cleveland 23 (Wild Card) 1989 Pittsburgh 26, Houston 23 OT (Wild Card) San Francisco 30, L.A. Rams 3 (NFC Championship) 1990 - expanded playoffs, divisional rule changed Cincinnati 41, Houston 14 (Wild Card) Washington 20, Philadelphia 6 (Wild Card) Buffalo 44, Miami 34 (Divisional Playoff) 1991 Kansas City 10, L.A. Raiders 6 (Wild Card) Atlanta 27, New Orleans 20 (Wild Card) 1992 San Diego 17, Kansas City 0 (Wild Card) Dallas 34, Philadelphia 10 (Divisional Playoff) Buffalo 29, Miami 10 (AFC Championship) 1993 L.A. Raiders 42, Denver 24 (Wild Card) Green Bay 28, Detroit 24 (Wild Card) 1994 Chicago 35, Minnesota 18 (Wild Card) Green Bay 16, Detroit 12 (Wild Card) Pittsburgh 29, Cleveland 9 (Divisional Playoff) 1995 Buffalo 37, Miami 22 (Wild Card) Dallas 30, Philadelphia 11 (Divisional Playoff) 1997 New England 17, Miami 3 (Wild Card) Tampa Bay 20, Detroit 10 (Wild Card) Denver 14, Kansas City 10 (Divisional Playoff) Green Bay 21, Tampa Bay 7 (Divisional Playoff) 1998 Miami 24, Buffalo 17 (Wild Card) Arizona 20, Dallas 7 (Wild Card) Atlanta 20, San Francisco 18 (Divisional Playoff) 1999 Tennessee 33, Jacksonville 14 (AFC Championship) 2000 Miami 23, Indianapolis 17 OT (Wild Card) Baltimore 24, Tennessee 10 (Divisional Playoff) N.Y. Giants 20, Philadelphia 10 (Divisional Playoff) 2001 Pittsburgh 27, Baltimore 10 (Divisional Playoff) 2002 Pittsburgh 36, Cleveland 33 (Wild Card) 2004 St. Louis 27, Seattle 20 (Wild Card) Minnesota vs. Green Bay (Wild Card)

Cameron is the better defensive center fielder so he should stay put, although I have a feeling he'll be the one changing positions.

That rule was changed prior to the 1990 season when they added an extra Wild Card game, expanding the playoffs from 10 teams to 12 teams. The Bills and Dolphins would meet each other in the Divisional Playoffs that year.

On the bright side for the Astros this means they'll be able to afford to keep Lance Berkman...unless Scott Boras is his agent.

Stanford upset Arizona 87-76 today. Maybe this can spark a turn around to an absolutely miserable season for the Cardinal to this point.

Play nice kids. Now for something completely different: O.J. Simpson will be at the game. Awww Jason White is going to have his head chopped off.

A's are rumored to be close to trading Eric Byrnes to the Diamondbacks for a combination of Scott Hairston, Conor Jackson, and Carlos Quentin. If the A's get two of those players this will be a complete fleecing of a deal. Byrnes would play center for the D-Backs and that would not be a pretty sight. A's are also rumored to be close to signing 36-year old Japanese pitcher Keiichi Yabu. He's probably being signed in case Dan Meyer starts the year in Triple-A.

Oh my god the rumors were true...the Dodgers are about to sign Derek F'N Lowe to a 4-year, $36 million deal. There's no defending DePodesta on this. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n...2045EST0455.DTL

So Lex Luthor IS Keyser Soze!

Errr that's a career evaluation, not who's the better player now. Beltran has been better than Jeter the last two years and is three years younger.

I think the NFL is going to continue to avoid the L.A. area as a Super Bowl site until a team moves back there.

That's technically true but twice a team has played very close to their home. The Rams in Super Bowl XIV at the Rose Bowl and the 49ers in Super Bowl XIX at Stanford Stadium. Yup although next year they are returning to Detroit for the first time in 24 years.

I think it is a real stretch to say that Jeter is better than Beltran. I can't think of one statistical cateogry that Jeter has had a significant edge in the past five years. Both are above average fielders. If they are going to pull out the "intangibles" argument, one could argue that Beltran was as important to the Astros' late season and playoff run as Jeter was to a lot of Yankee runs. Puhlease everyone knows Jeter is the sole reason the Yankees have won any championships. I think the only real debate out there is if Jeter can knock off Babe Ruth as the greatest Yankee of all-time. I bet he can as he knocked off Ozzie Smith as the greatest defensive shortstop of all-time last year. Now to be serious. These players were better than Beltran in both VORP and Win Shares last season: Barry Bonds Albert Pujols Adrian Beltre Jim Edmonds Bobby Abreu Lance Berkman J.D. Drew Mark Loretta (!) Better than Beltran in VORP but not Win Shares: Todd Helton (equal in win shares) Vladimir Guerrero Ichiro Suzuki Better than Beltran in Win Shares but not VORP: Scott Rolen (just below in VORP) Adam Dunn

Since there isn't a BCS poll after the BCS bowls in real life I've decided not to do one. What I think I'm going to do is do a Top 10 using the new formula and that will serve as the preseason Top 10 for next year. I might post that tonight.

Dama was going to get himself banned eventually. Really it's a year too late as he was even more unbearable in the college football threads last year. This past year he became a bandwagon fan in multiple sports and subsequently annoyed people in multiple threads besides the college football ones. He's just about the least knowledgeable "sports fan" here yet he probably made more posts than anyone in the sports folder.

Honestly it's for the best. I look forward to the college football threads next year.

You get the feeling USC was just bullshitting about Lendale White's ankle?

No real point in delaying this. Bowl Games Final Results MILFHunter.com Bored Bowl: #2 Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 11-4) 16, #1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 11-4) 15 Traditional Bowl presented by Adam & Eve's Anal Lube: #3 UCLA (phoenixrising, 10-5) 19, #4 Syracuse (CanadianChris, 10-4) 18 Oxycotton Bowl: #6 LSU (teke184, 12-3) 14, #5 Washington State (bravesfan, 7-7) 13 KFC PETA Bowl: #10 Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic, 8-6) 18, #8 Hawaii (Will Scarlet, 7-8) 15 Massengil Country Flower Douche Bowl: Bowling Green (iggymcfly, 10-4) 16, #7 Oregon (nogoodnick, 7-7) 14 Lucky Strikes Tar Bowl: Texas (Flyboy, 7-7) 16, #9 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin, 9-6) 14 Out Magazine Bowl: Ohio State (Gert T, 8-6) 17, Stanford (Bored, 8-6) 14 That's the season. Thanks to everyone for participating and all of you who hung around until the end will have spots guarenteed in the contest next season.

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They should have saved all the celebrity interviews for the second half.

You know this is so bad that it's too easy to pick on Dama now. The only thing I want out of the guy tonight is to admit Jason White is not Christ himself and that Matt Leinart is the better quarterback. Another Oklahoma turnover. Good lord why bother playing the second half? Sorry Auburn, USC is #1.

I think the major factor people forgot about coming into this game, including myself who picked Oklahoma, is to never underestimate the genius of Norm Chow. HOLY SHIT ANOTHER INCREDIBLE CATCH! Game over. This is getting 49ers vs. Broncos and Cowboys vs. Bills type of bad.

All these celebrities...interview O.J. damnit!

Don't write off Oklahoma just yet. A 14 point deficit at halftime is hardly insurmountable. That's IF they score a touchdown here, which is a must, and IF they keep USC from scoring again this half, also a must.