More Bird Death this weekend; Ravens Falcons Seahawks

[IADEMO2004]

Da Bears

[taterguy]

1. Thanks for sharing.

:eyes:

[Kingofalldems]

2. I've had 16 heart attacks!

Just had another one a couple minutes ago.

[IADEMO2004]

3. Watching Bears can hurt.

[Drale]

4. They sure put a hurting on those Seahawks

Now if the Blackhawks can win against the Preds, it'll be a fantastic day.

[Kaleva]

5. Packers-Bears meet for 1st time since 1941 in a postseason game.

[IADEMO2004]

6. Packers were hell on wheels yesterday

[madokie]

10. That was a good game

Bret who?

[dhill926]

8. that's crazy!

Should be epic. Hope the weather sucks.......

[fishwax]

11. wow -- I had no idea it had been that long

should be fun :kick:

[Kaleva]

12. Odds of two teams from the same division meeting in Championship game are slim

[fishwax]

14. true, but meeting in other rounds of the playoffs isn't terribly unusual

[dsc]

22. now yes but in the past it was

Under the old system you had only one wild card and teams from the same division only played each other as a last resort.

[fishwax]

26. actually it was even more common in decades past, and the one-wild-card system didn't last long

The wild card was first used in 1970 and then a second wild card team was added in 1978. Even with one wild card you occasionally had division rivals playing each other in the championship game if the wild card team won and the champ from the same division won as well. It was before my time, but I know that when the Denver Broncos went to their first Super Bowl they beat the Raiders in the AFC Championship Game.

Then for several years after that you had two wild card teams and three divisions. The wild card teams would play each other the first week, and then the division champs would play each other (with one division champ playing the winner of the wild card game) in the second week. When the Raiders won the Super Bowl in '83, they beat Seattle in the AFC title game, and Seattle had beaten the Broncos in the Wild Card game, so Seattle had to play two division rivals in the playoffs that year.

Then they added a third wild card team in the late 80s, so you had three division champions and three wild card teams, and from then until they split into four divisions (when the Houston Texans joined the league) you were fairly likely to have division rivals meet in the playoffs, since either every division had two teams in the playoffs or one division would have three.

More history than you were interested in, perhaps :) But there have been dozens of division rivals playing in the playoffs over the years, and I'm a bit surprised that the Packers and Bears have never had that pleasure :)

[undeterred]

23. Packers and Bears must not meet.

Worlds will collide!

[Lint Head]

7. Footballpocalypes

[hfojvt]

9. possible that Jets are falling from the sky too

[Martin Eden]

13. Jets up 14-3 at half, but don't count out Patriots yet

My Bears host the NFC Championship :bounce:

[old mark]

16. Jets are now 21-11!!!!!...nt

[Martin Eden]

18. Chicago & Pittsburgh hosting the Championship games!

Bears will have their hands full with the Packers, whom they haven't met in post-season play since 1941 (despite these 2 teams playing more games against each other than any NFL matchup in history) ...

... and if the Jets can win consequtive road playoff games against the Colts, Patriots, & Steelers it will perhaps be remembered as the most awesome playoff run by a Wild Card team in NFL history.

[old mark]

27. I have no doubt there are a few really great parties in New York tonight, too!

Go Jets!

mark

[BlueDemKev]

15. Go Pack, GO!

I was at the Packers-Falcons game last night sitting behind the Packers' bench. SWEEEEET!

[Kurovski]

17. All this abbreviated sports talk is making me horny.

[Art_from_Ark]

29. I've always wondered why Japanese "sports newspapers"

always feature ads for "special services". I think your post has finally provided me with the answer :rofl:

[Kurovski]

30. People get worked up.

what can be done?

[quaker bill]

19. It is all so horribly un Patriot ic

da Jets

[madinmaryland]

20. Heh! At least Belicheck and Cheatriots will have all winter to review the video tapes of the game!

:P

[quaker bill]

21. Fox sports

has a clip up of the Patriots trying a sideline trip play....

[IADEMO2004]

25. Ha! Good One

[Dorian Gray]

24. LOL

They all fell out of the sky and landed on their butts.

[AnnieBW]

28. Yeah, there were some dead birds hanging around Heinz Field last evening

Dead RAT-birds, that is!

[upi402]

31. Seahawks were on their 3rd life anyway

Cinderella aint got nuthin'...

[ileus]

32. next week the jets will go down...