We see right through the "my team who are defending champs at 15-2 with the bye, playing their best football of the season in December and the best player in the game by a longshot aren't that good this year" reverse double secret probation psychology BS,
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
We see right through the "my team who are defending champs at 15-2 with the bye, playing their best football of the season in December and the best player in the game by a longshot aren't that good this year" reverse double secret probation psychology BS,
I gotta do my part in helping the effort toward the Three Peat.
I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
Horrible playoff system. Three road teams traveling to play at the home of teams that have an inferior record. The NFL should be better than this. One area where NFL smells like CFB. Home field advantage should be decided on the field, with the better team record gets the home field advantage. . If division champs are so important, skip the Super Bowl and award the trophies now.
I don’t know. The only mismatch seems to be Vikings going to LA. And it’s sort of a fluke for two teams in the same division to have records as good as Lions and Vikings. It doesn’t seem as egregious as the CFP first round.
Happens almost every season that teams with the better record plays on the road. And then has to deal with the NFLs weak link, fan interference with the QB play calling. That advantage should be with the team that won more games, and in most cases had a tougher schedule.
its wonderful so many fans don’t have an issue with it, but that doesn’t prevent the fact that it’s a horrible system and it’s the exact opposite of what a league is supposed to be doing, letting the on field results dictate the championship process. Not some political process as to how to split up the league into divisions
Well the Vikings had 2 shots at the Lions and lost both. Darnold didn't make the throws. Those are the rules so they gotta play on the road. It's not like they'll be at a crowd disadvantage playing in LA, though - let's be real.
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.
so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.
so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.
I still get the Sunday Inquirer delivered and pay for the digital access as well.
Agreed, wob. The Sunday edition is a shell of it's former self.
I get the Inquirer every day, drive a stick shift, trying to still play some vinyl but otherwise finally modernized my music playback methods.
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.
so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.
100%. the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news. I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago. Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.
the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.
so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.
100%. the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news. I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago. Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.
And thus the death spiral marches on.
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Well the Vikings had 2 shots at the Lions and lost both. Darnold didn't make the throws. Those are the rules so they gotta play on the road. It's not like they'll be at a crowd disadvantage playing in LA, though - let's be real.
It’s the process that is wrong (the better record should play at home), not the specific example (LA fans indifferent). Let division champs be second tiebreaker for home field, Higher wins should be first. Seriously, this is like pee wee level stuff by the wealthiest sport in the world
The NFL is so popular they don’t even need divisions.
I'm assuming once they expand to 34 teams there will be 18 games and 16 teams in the playoffs.
I dunno, regardless I think this is the best playoff format in sports. There's actually a decent reward for being the best team in your conference. No way should the #2 seed get basically the same reward.
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I don't agree that there is an issue with a devision winner hosting a WC team with a better record. You play your division 2x. Some years that works for you, some against.
Stoked for playoffs to start. Less stoked my favorite team blew this year. Oh well, still fun to take in.
the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.
so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.
100%. the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news. I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago. Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.
at one point (in vegas), I could get a boxscore and write up on every single MLB game, every single day. that horse left the barn a long time ago. Now, you get shit online, written by AI. I haven’t seen a Time or Newsweek in ages…is the decline the same?
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.
so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.
100%. the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news. I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago. Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.
at one point (in vegas), I could get a boxscore and write up on every single MLB game, every single day. that horse left the barn a long time ago. Now, you get shit online, written by AI. I haven’t seen a Time or Newsweek in ages…is the decline the same?
Newsweek has gone to shit, but I don't know about Time. I think The Atlantic and The Economist's content is still pretty solid. Newspaper in general blow. I was really enjoying WaPo, but Bezos seems to be on a mission to sink it.
I get the Inquirer every day, drive a stick shift, trying to still play some vinyl but otherwise finally modernized my music playback methods.
I almost exclusively listen to vinyl and also have a manual. I have had at least one manual case at all times since 1992. No newspaper though. The Richmond Times wasn’t good when newspapers were relevant, let alone now. But they did always make a very impressive pile.
the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.
so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.
100%. the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news. I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago. Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.
at one point (in vegas), I could get a boxscore and write up on every single MLB game, every single day. that horse left the barn a long time ago. Now, you get shit online, written by AI. I haven’t seen a Time or Newsweek in ages…is the decline the same?
Newsweek has gone to shit, but I don't know about Time. I think The Atlantic and The Economist's content is still pretty solid. Newspaper in general blow. I was really enjoying WaPo, but Bezos seems to be on a mission to sink it.
The Economist is a tremendous cure for insomnia. It’s so dense for no apparent reason.
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Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
The problem is, Baltimore with Derrick Henry may be the Bills' kryptonite and that seems destined for round 2.
I think denver could be a tough matchup too.
Baltimore Vs Eagles is my NFL Championship prediction. All birdz
Not just a newspaper, but the Kansas City Star?
its wonderful so many fans don’t have an issue with it, but that doesn’t prevent the fact that it’s a horrible system and it’s the exact opposite of what a league is supposed to be doing, letting the on field results dictate the championship process. Not some political process as to how to split up the league into divisions
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Agreed, wob. The Sunday edition is a shell of it's former self.
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
The NFL is so popular they don’t even need divisions.
I dunno, regardless I think this is the best playoff format in sports. There's actually a decent reward for being the best team in your conference. No way should the #2 seed get basically the same reward.
You play your division 2x. Some years that works for you, some against.
Stoked for playoffs to start.
Less stoked my favorite team blew this year.
Oh well, still fun to take in.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14