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1st Games are this friday and this weekend.

Which team do you support? Patriots (supported them for ages not a glory supporter)

Who'll win it all? I fancy the Chargers this season

Iv found a simple fantasy football by nfluk and sky sports if anyone is interested, there doesnt seem to be an option for a private league though. Points could just be updated on this OP??

http://www.nfluk.com/games/fantasy-football/index.aspx

Damn you Linux i was going to start this thread.

Anyways im Dolphins supporter, our aim is win more games than last years so 2-14 will be a success lol.

Watched loads of American football in the late 80's/90's but lost touch with the game once I went to uni. Probably due to not being at home as my dad is a massive fan and none of my uni mates following it.

Got back into last season and looking forward to this year.

Fancy doing the fantasy football, pretty simple and quick to set up (only took me 10mins) It seems that the "game freeze" starts in 4hours

Tonight matthew, im going to be, a kansas city chiefs fan. From here on in. I just randomly chose one, never really got into it before, but am gonna try to this yr.

66/1 rooks, you gonna have a punt?

66/1 to do what?

Win the superbowl

I see 150/1... 80/1 to win the AFC is that right?

Have they really got NO chance?

No chance

Will be a good team in 2-3 years time

Dolphins suck too by the seems.

Just had a look at KCC cheerleaders to see if they persuaded me to bet. Only if I put my hands over there faces...

:(

Who is there star player ? (KCC)

they sent him to the Vikings, Jared Allen


probably TightEnd Tony Gonzalez, though he is getting on a bit

their young top draft pick Glenn Dorsey is Godzilla on two legs, a beast, but only a rookie player

Ok, will have to look into what these terms mean! LOL

but ty

what don't you understand

p.s check my diary last 10 pages for explanations of the NFL

The tight end (TE) is a position in American football on the offensive team. The tight end is the last man on the offensive line but has a slightly different build and in some cases a different role than other linemen. The role of tight ends can change depending on the philosophy of the head coach, but their main jobs are: block for the running back or quarterback who is carrying the ball, catch passes from the quarterback, and help create a stronger pocket by assisting fellow linemen in blocking during passing plays. The tight end usually lines up next to an offensive tackle, adding a man to that side of the offensive line. Therefore, whichever side the tight end is on is referred to as the "strong side", and the side without is called "weak side". Linebackers are, by extension, given "strong-side" and "weak-side" roles depending on which side of the defense they line up on; similarly, the safeties take their places in the secondary according to which side the opposing tight end is. Tight ends can also come in motion during a play.

I see 66/1 and 33/1 on hills

They've got less of a chance than leeds winning the FA cup ;)

Majority tbh! Positions for a start!

I will check it ty.

Totesport prices were what i quoted

Larry Johnson (Running Back) is KC's main hope this year, but their Offensive Line needs to be much better than last year for them to have any success.

I'm a San Francisco 49ers fan. We have no chance again this year, as we have a journeyman Quarterback starting for us this season.

As usual for recent years its between San Diego, Indianapolis, and New England in AFC.  Only Dallas and Minnesota have legitimate chances in the NFC of winning the Superbowl.  Dark horses this year are Jacksonville, who have an awesome running game, and a decent defence.  Last years Superbowl champs, New York Giants will really struggle, as they have the toughest schedule (as they are Superbowl Champs), and have lost arguably there 2 best players (Both Defensive Linemen), who were the reason they won the SB last year.

My bet predictions:

Giants  > redskins
Steelers  >  texans
Detroit  > Atlanta
Buffalo > seahawks
Jets > dolphins
Eagles > Rams
New Orleans  > Tampa
Jaguars > Titans
Patriots > Kansas
Cincinatti  > Baltimore
San diego  > Panthers

£10 returns  £698

Ok, I have Glen Dorsey for Rookie OTY in a small bet at 12/1 for fun.

Those 3 v questionable, good luck with it!

* Tighty owes me £10 if it loses

It's impossible for this to win

He's a defensive line player,an offensive player usually wins this, and Dorsey will be playing on a bad team

I didn't tell you to put that on!!

p.s the right bet is Felix Jones of the Cowboys.

LOL Rookie

FFS dont tell me this after you have already told me to back Dorsey for it!

 :dontask: ;surrender;

;D

1st game of the season is over, giants beat redskins 16 - 7

signing in for the late game on sky,

cracking game by the looks of it

bears v colts at the rather cool colt stadium

hester first goal scorer :D

Panthers Chargers was sick

Some real cracking games tonight so far.

Sick news Brady out for the year

Bears  performance of the week


Forte rookie of the week

Would be when i took colts -9.5

no way!! their fkd then

yup just steamed out to 10.5 on BF

ffs, bad week for me on NFL front, my namesake and fav player Brady looks out for season and my team 49'ers played like shit.

I kind of follow the Oakland Raiders and as usual I'm told that they are pretty poor again this season.  Would I be correct in backing them +10 points or are they even worse than that.

that is a fair price. Denver are a so-so team this season, probably less than 50% win record

You'll get a decent run at +10.

lol these guys have layed big on betfair

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80a9eaec

so sick about Brady, lets hope Cassel can do sometihng magical

Edit: it was such a slow roll, they said his return to the game would be questionable at the time

[ ] Linux tips are good.

dallas impressed me the most, romo was allowed to stand in the pocket untouched just waiting for someone to get open,if they play like this against the eagles at the weekend, i cant see anyone stopping dallas.

hopefully my team, the cowboys, will go all the way this year - offense is great but I'd still like to see a good pass "d" to help!

Anyway, now for the shameless spam (sorry) take a look at the sportsxchange on Sky Channel 456. Dave Gutfreund (who is a blonde & played at the last BB at DTD) will be making his NFL picks between 4pm & 5pm this afternoon. You can email in your selections too at presenters@sportsxchange.tv.

Last week, Dave gave 5 from 6 selections & hopefully he will be in as good as form this week!

Steve

Watching San Diego @ Denver

Denver up 24-17 just before halftime.   GO BRONCOS

If San Diego lose they might be the best team in the league with a 0-2 record after being pipped by the Panthers last week in the last play of the game.

I think you're right, but I hope someone does.

(Don't like the Cowboys :( )

OMG, most amazing play I've ever seen.


Broncos are 38-31 down with less than a minute to go in the 4th.

Broncos QB fumbles on 2nd and goal, but retain ball due to dodgy ruling.

They get the TD on 4th down to go 38-37

Everyone expects them to kick for overtime but they go for 2!

They get it!!!!!!!! Broncos up 38-39

Super LAG. I bloody love the Broncos

What a bizarre ending.  I had the Bronco's +1.  I almost p*ssed in my own pants when I saw they were going for 2.  Very lucky result.  Thank de laaard.

Must proper suck to be a San Diego fan. f*** them though.

GO BRONCOS!

if anyone has a justin.tv style link to watch nfl live over t'internet plz pm me, patriots fan here. I lived in Amherst, MA, for 12 months, the only year  that none of the NE sports teams did f all, apart from the soccer team who made the grand final and lost. I did go to Gilette Stadium for that. Impressive aint the word.

first time i get to see my team pittsburgh steelers

i love their anti-football style

0-0 after after 22 mins gone

cmon rothlhfgvhfgbjfkdbcjkdfvkjdbjbcbedbeerrger ffs

man heinz ward dropped the ball in the end zone

sick


parker, ward and rothlkhifrhvkrjvlkrjvbjrkvhrhvrhfvkhffberger ftw

TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!

heinz ward dosnt drop it this time

get in!

big play there

steelers escape from their own 3 yard line

awesome display of anti football

10-6 win steelers

Its only week 2 but the next 7 days could be make the season for the Cowboys

tomoorow is monday night football v the Eagles and next week they face Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers

If the Packers play like they did last night (nearly letting it slip against Detroit of all people, 21-3 up at HT to 24-25 in the 4th before coming back to win it), the Cowboys will piss that one.

Vinatieri saved the Colts backsides last night as well, nothing new there...

any bets on tonights game

im in between cowboys 1.38

and cowboys-6.5/-7/-7.5  (all approx evens ,5/4)

any ideas? just looking for a bit of interest

I wouldn't take the handicap, this will be a tough game for the Cowboys.

I watched The Eagles pump The Rams last week and saw them only concede 3 points. McNab had a big game points wise.
Granted the Rams suck, but it was still impressive.

Cowboys price of 1.38 looks a bit rubbish tbh.

What price are Philly?

only other bet available is total points

46 46.5 or 47

which is a bit boring

think ill plump for -7.5 cowboys @ 2.33

3.5-3.65 for eagles

thats just not tempting at all

who is all watching?

its on five tonight btw

show starts at 1.40

i assume yourself tank?

any1 else?

Yeah I'm in.

Rooting for the Eagles I'm afraid, but if Dallas do win, I hope it's by a big enough margin for you to get paid.

Yep just about to do my last set of the day and then watch the game.

not bet yet

might just b.i.r.

ok fully matched

cowboys -7.5  @ 2.35

cmon team america!!!

good that was kept to a kick there, 3-0 eagles.

this could be a cracking game, i have a feeling.

nice catch TO

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

touchdown

thats why i watch this game

love that shiz

missed last 2 scores

14-6 to cowboys

definate eagles td averted by a great defensive leap

just seen the 2nd td replay, punt return weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

14-13 after a quarter

OMFG

speechless

Romo fumbles in his own endzone but recovers the ball only to fumble again in the same play. This time the ball is claimed by the Eagles for their 2nd TD and they pull ahead.

Good game. Messy, but good.

lol, this is a classic imo

I know why nobody gives a toss about soccer in the states. NFL kicks ass.

80-100 points in this

TD TO

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

21-20 cowboys

tune in guys this is class in a glass

WOW!

OMFG, you gotta see this

describe that tank, im speechless

What the hell is going on in this game.

That last play tops it all, what an idiot.

Eagels TD.

Might be over-ruled due to bone headed showboating.

OMG, he caught the pass, was all clear, and then just threw the ball away before he got to the endzone. He needed both hands free to wave at the people????

Overruled! lolololol

1st and goal for the Eagles.

"That's why they call them Rookies!"

''This could be the all time bone head play''






Yup, that's about right

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Lol the big question is what happened to the ball after he chucked it away.

Was one of the refs, the next one to touch it?

damn!

Eagles get the TD in the end, but I hope that player gets bull-raped by his team-mates in the locker room or something, just to hammer home the point that you don't do that shit in professional football.

Hit after 24 minutes. Who'd have thunked it?

id take 28-27 cowboys ht

but eagles look better all round

are eagles in field goal range?

Yes

at what distance has the scrimmage to be at to be on the limit of field goal range?

good question... not precisely sure but I'll get on it.

Depends on the kicker obv but about the opponents 35 makes it about a 52 yd kick.

Indoors like in Dallas there is no wind so easier.

If the offense cannot score a touchdown, it may try to kick a field goal. Field goals are worth three points and often are the deciding plays in the last seconds of close games. They can be attempted from anywhere on the field on any down, but generally are kicked from inside the defense's 45-yard line on fourth down. For a field goal to be "good", the placekicker (or field goal kicker) must kick the ball through the goal-post uprights and over the crossbar. The defense tries to block the kick and stop the ball from reaching the goal post.



They don't try them from 60 yards and that as if they miss, the opposing team gets possesion from the point where the field goal is attempted.

need a 17 point swing now

I heard last week that they used to have the posts at the front of the end zone like in rugby. Some time in the 80's the posts were moved to the back of the endzone.

The reason was to make it safer near the line (less players bonking their noggins off the posts), and to discourage teams scoring points through field goals as it's less exciting than touchdowns. Good call I think.

The way this game is going, I wouldn't tear up that coupon yet.

The record i believe is 64 yds but these are only really attempted at the end of the half by kicker with big kick in non windy conditions. As it gives the opposition such good field position if you miss.

Yeah i have seen old footage where they had the posts on the goal line, but that was like in the 50's. They definitley had them where they are now from the mid 80's onwards, when i started watching it.

crucial 3 points there for dallas, for my bet.

30-24 eagles half time

lovely td there

dallas controlled the ball patriot style

31-30 cowboys

Think the sky commentator just hit the nail on the head. The last team with the ball is going to win this game. Every drive seems to end in a TD

We could see one team eat up the clock with a 4th quarter drive even though they are behind. (ala wot the Broncos did yesterday) They want to score, but not too early so that the opponent has too much clock to answer. Fascinating stuff.

Biggg fumble that. Eagles could have made it a two score lead there.

That was a meta-fumble.

Philly want Dallas to score, so they can do a four and a half minute dwell-up drive to win the game.

td dallas, still think my bets kaput

41-37dallas, i need another 4 points

probable just have dallas running down the clock, sick.

though eagales have to go for the td, so theres always hope.

Big D-Fence for the Cowboys that. Fergus might just get his coin.

field goal no good, i need a td

They're going to run it to kill the clock though, if they get clear, there's your wad.

cmon romo to TO! 

one (more) time!

HUGE 3rd down

Massive down.

Winner of this down could be in the Superbowl


edit : Thought I'd point out the deliberate irony intended in this statement, in case it's not evident

hmm

gg romo

need a fumble

or stop and punt return for td

3% imo

i actually think dallas might lose this

Interception TD is what you want.

mission is fkd

gg Cowboys

 ;whistle;

oh well, gg

lol, I saw them in the game against the Raiders this weekend and I see what you mean.

They look like they all worked in Vegas in the 80's and the decades in the desert have taken their toll.

Totally need the cheerleaders or football would be a little too homo-erotic.

Quite a few of us lumped $100 last week on New Orleans to beat Washington at Scratch.
How they managed to mess it up was unbelieveable.

BTW: The Eagles - Cowboys game was awesome.

Go Broncos.

We've no de-fence, and we're the biggest luck boxes in the league having won two games we really shouldn't have.

Still, we're 3-0 baby!!!


Competition in the divison..... Kansas City and the Oakland Raiders lolololol

San Diego look strong, but with bronco luck the Brett Favre Jet's will pump them tomorrow night and they'll go 0-3


Early days, musn't count chickens and all that, but we're defo defo going to the playoffs.  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Wiiiiii Dolphins beat the Patriots at their place by 35-13.

Ronnie Brown is my new hero, 4 running TD's and threw one as well. The highlights are well worth watching from that game, the Dolphins kept snapping the ball straight to Brown, with massive success.

How are the Buffalo Bills nowadays ?

I used to have a soft spot for them in the '80s.  There was one season when they had a 100% losing record until the very last game of the season, I believe.  Which they stupidly went and won, so they ended up losing the 1st choice draft, or something silly.

Then they went and won the superbowl a few years later, so I went off them a bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul6CniOcT_E

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK catch from college

Buffalo are 3-0

they have a talented young QB, Trent Edwards and good special teams led by a runner called Roscoe Parrish

After many years in the doldrums they are on the way back. As are the Dolphins

With the Patriots struggling a bit ex Brady that division is competitive again


Dallas, Giants currently the two best teams in football

Another stormer of a Monday night game in progress, 31 points in just over a quarter. Ok not happy with that, lets try an onside kick, lol.

lol yeah this is pure sickness

Second half won't disapoint.

Who's the best bet of the day on the handicap?

I like New England over the 49'ers.

They're a funny one, all the pundits tipping them, then writing them off when Brady got injured, then tipping them when Matt Cassel was doing ok saying it's still the same o-ffensive line/de-fense etc, then writing them off again when they had an off week against the Dolphins.

They've had a bye week to sort some stuff out, they've not been sitting around eating croissants for 14 days, they will be ready to go to San Francisco and make a game of it. I think the line is -3 with them, worth a punt imo.


Could do that alongside the Chargers at -6.5 over the Dolphins. I think this one will be a high scoring game, but will be won in the 4th quarter. It's easy to like Miami, but -6.5 is quite a lot.



Bob Sanders being missing from the Indianapolis Colts de-fence this week has prompted Brian Baldinger and Sterling Sharpe to tip the Houston Texans in this game. Even though Houston are 0-3, they are improving.

Houston +3 in this game I think is the line.

So sick fins doing the biz again!


gogogo

tyvm dolphins

Colts vs Texans looks amazing in 4th quarter.

Colts with 3 quick touchdowns to overcome a 10-27 deficit and get a 31-27 lead

Houston have a minute, a first down, 2 time outs and 47 yards to go...

They turn it over, Texans 0-5

sucks being a Texan

QFT

Well done boys

Nothing is certain in this life, but Tampa Bay are almost definately going to pump my beloved Broncos at Mile High.

1 time plz Broncos. Time to climb to above 30th in the NFL for defence.

Pirate ship it.

Broncos win.

Cheers Tank New England left it late but beat the handicap.

No problem. 1/3 as always :)

Ok if you picked the right one.

Luckily i was tilting. Needed to win some cash back after backing Arteta to score and Everton to win and spending my winnings at half time.
Read the first line and placed the bet before reading the rest.
If NE had been an early game i would have backed the others afterwards.

lol, I'm glad

If you'd backed the Texans, the 4th quarter wouldn't have done much to alleviate tilt.

A few surprise results again this week. think the Redskins will make the playoffs now. Looking very doubful at start of season with their division.
Cracking game so far tonight on 5

I like the CBS coverage of NFL games. They always open with a wee scene of the locale they are broadcasting from.

I saw a CBS game from New York in week one, where they had some nice shots moving along the Hudson River at night. You see the lights of Manhattan reflecting off the rippling waters.
There was one the other day from Sna Francisco and they had a great shot of the bay and the Golden Gate bridge. The bay was choppy that day and you saw some of the spray from the waves breaking come up and soak the pavement.

I'm watching a replay of the Buffalo Bills @ the Arizona Cardinals just now, any guesses as to what shot do they use to represent Arizona?


That's right, a big cactus standing still, not even swaying in the wind or nothing.
The camera is at the bottom of the cactus and looking up, so we have cactus+sky and that's it.

[  ] I'm rushing off to the travel agents for some tickets to Arizona.

Chicago vs Atlanta

OMFG

Not even going to tell you what happens, it's just the shit.

SOCCER SUCKS ASS, NFL RULEZ

Same for St Louis v Washington

I just need the Giants to beat the Browns tonight for a nice little 4 way accumulator to land.

The Packers were 20/21 to beat the Seahawks last night, which i thought was great value.

ONE TIME!

vomit

Eli Manning throws like 17 interceptions or something. vul

Back to Eli of old tonight.

Was sick had the house on the giants -7.5 gg life

I run SO bad a NFL betting.  FML  ;frustrated; ;surrender;

With Full Tilt being down and me being bored, I finally made my first NFL bet.

Accumulator on the Jets, Tigers, Giants, Chargers, Redskins and Bucanneers.

If the first five come in I might as well cash my coupon. No way are the Seahawks travelling to Tampa Bay and coming home with a win, that game is defo defo defo Tampa Bay.

it took me a second to work out who the tigers are

 :blonde:

*titans

i thought u meant the bengals

lol, shows what buisness I have betting on NFL games. My knowledge is so deep I can't get the names of the teams right.

Come on dumb luck, one time plz!

Come on you Tigers!

Surely the Bears are the best team for the neutral to follow this season another great game 48-41 over the Vikings

Tigers came in, the San Diego Santa's let me down.  :D

Glad the Charger's got pumped.

If my bet was still live, the conclusion of this Jets vs Raiders game would be giving me heart problems.

Plus I don't like the Chargers  :)

Raiders win it after about a week of overtime with a 57 yd field goal

[ x ] v glad I didn't really care about that one

Might be overdoing it on NFL, just made the following note on a player after they potted the river with a missed flush draw.

"can bluff big on 4th down"

lol least the qb didnt call a flush draw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UmlAlD2ac8&feature=related

impressive

They are all computer generated tricks, this series of adverts. Pretty good to watch though.

Just watched a replay of the Chagers vs Colts

Immense stuff, that's like the 5th time the Chargers have got pumped in the last minute or so this season. They're winning nuthin.

yeah i watched tht last night, awesome ending.

God knows what is wrong with Chargers this year, just can't seem to get it done. Bizarrely they could still make the playoffs, 8-8 might be enough in their division.

I think they're very much still in the mix and it's going to come down to the last day of the regular season at home against the Broncos.

All the Chargers need to do is pick up one game on the Broncos in the meantime, as if the Chargers win to tie it, Broncos will have more divisional losses.




Chargers remaining schedule, exclusing last day...

KC, Oakland, Tampa Bay and Atlanta

Gotta fancy them to get 2/3 wins out of that lot



Broncos remaining schedule, excluding last day...

Jets, KC, Panthers, Bills

Only fancy the Broncos getting 1/2 wins from them.


Broncos win 0, Chargers win 1...
Broncos win 0, Chargers win 2...
Broncos win 0, Chargers win 3...
Broncos win 1, Chargers win 2...
Broncos win 1, Chargers win 3...
Broncos win 1, Chargers win 4...
Broncos win 2, Chargers win 3...
Broncos win 2, Chargers win 4...
Broncos win 3, Chargers win 4...

In all the above scenarios it's gonna be a showdown at Qualcomm for who takes the AFC West, December 28th. Can't fookin wait.

Adrian Peterson is a complete beast.

Good day for the Phins today as well with the Jets and Pats losing.

He's the best player in the league imo.

you got your wish. did you back those 3 results?

a bit tight this division, obv the jets still out in front but 12 games in and no team with a losing record makes it quite exciting

I think the Jets will win it and they will be the only team to make the playoffs from the division. Buffalo are done for imo, 2 games back lost 5 of their last 6 and losing to the 49ers today and Edwards got injured.

The Pats seem to be really inconsistent and not a particular easy schedule left, I think this is a year too early for Miami and that we will finish 10-6 at best (we won't away to jets imo). Next season though I think we are deffo playoff material if we keep improving.

My prediction for the AFC would be

Div Champs - Tennesee, Steelers, Jets and Broncos.
Wild Cards - Colts and Ravens

So as we are, though Baltimore have a tough schedule which is the place which the Pats and Phins will be after.

reckon you've called it about right. didn't think we'd be good enough this year but the favre signing seems to have just tipped the balance in our favour

Would love to see a "subway superbowl" between the Jets and the Giants. (if I can't have Broncos vs Giants)

Catch of the year there. Bryant from Tampa Bay. amazing

It'll be on youtub v v soon.

you can watch the highlights on NFL.com

it was an amazing catch in the end zone, fingers of Velcro!

I was on Carolina Panthers to score >22 points.....at 8min in the 3rd Qtr they only had 10....at full time they had 38....Ship it!

sweet, 7 jets going to the pro bowl including 7 starters. that's some year on year improvement, we sent none last year and this year we send a franchise record no.

afc east getting even more exciting with jets, fins and pats all on 9-5. the wk 17 game that sees miami visit new york looks like being an absolute cracker

fins ftmfw!

Jets are not as good as people think imo

Can't wait for Fins @ Jets who would have thought at the start of the year that would be the big game of the AFC east

Tampa Bay against the Patriots next year at Wembley



linky to site where you register interest for tickets on a form...

http://www.nfluk.com/news/registeryourinterest_171208.html

Whenever i fill in the form and click submit, the screen goes blank, and stays blank!

Is the site fekked, or is the registration part of the site closed down?

Dunno man, worked for me.  :dontask:

The problem is we (Miami) aren't particularly good either, we have had probably the easiest schedule of any team in the NFL. Having said that it is remarkable turnaround that we are already guarenteed a winning season and have it in our own hands to secure the 3rd seed in the AFC.

I am pretty excited about the Jets game already and hopefully in the next couple of years we might be a potential Super bowl winning side.

If anyone is betting this weekend you might want to check the game time weather as there is a lot of bad weather about this weekend. In order the games at

Seattle, New Eng and Cleveland look to be very bad(snow).. Kansas(cold and windy), New York Giants(snow) and possibly Washington look to have big weather problems too.
You could prob do a lot worse than betting the unders in these games if you can before the lines fall even further.



http://www.wunderground.com/sports/NFL/?MR=1

good luck

wow, huge day for fins with jets losing and us winning.

wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. 

Fk Seattle.

That is all.

The jets loss is actually irrelevant to Miami's chance of making the playoffs. We still have to win against the Jets next week to get in, the real benefactor of the loss is the Pats who can win the division by winning in Buffalo and the Jets beating the phins next week.

Amazingly San Diego are still alive in the AFC west and the big showdown with Denver is on for next week.

wow, the finish gets even closer. was sure that fins vs jets was gonna be winner takes all but now we've got the pats thrown in the mix as well. proper exciting stuff this. I make pats favourite now

I really really really want to stick it to San Diego where they live.

That is all.

Lets goooo Fins! Turn over the MF Jets one time.

can we not lose to the jets now as long as pats lose and win the division, no?

In that eventuality, the three clubs would all be 10-6 and it would come down to who has the best won-lost percentage in games among the three clubs.

Jets would be 0.750 having two wins over the fins and a win and a loss against NE
NE would be 0.500 having a win and a loss against each club
Miami would be 0.250 and finish third.

You need to beat the Jets.

As Longy says though, a Miami win means you win the division, even if New England also win.

The tie break procedures are as follows...

1. Head to head record.

One win apiece.

2. Divisional record

Also identical, with one loss each to the Jets, and both beating Buffalo twice.

3. Common games

Both cluns have played the following teams outside the division...
Kansas City, San Diego, Denver, St Louis, Seattle, Oakland and Arizona.

Both are 6 for 1.
Miami losing to Arizona, and New England losing to San Diego.

4. Record within your conference.

This is where it is finally settled.
All five of New England's loses have been against AFC opponents
Only four of Miami's loses have been againt a team from the AFC, so they have a better record within the conference.


All you have to do is pump the Jets. Piece of piss, the Broncos managed it.

tyty.

It makes a huge difference Longy, the Pats play early kickoff on Sunday so if they win the Jets are playing for nothing. You telling me that a team playing for a spot in the playoffs is going to be the same as a team who has just been eliminated from the running? I beg to differ.

I will be rooting on the Pats in the 1pm game and when they win that i am praying the Jets just roll over!

Fins 8-1 last 9 games most inform in the league? (obv the 1 loss was the game i went too....)

As a side note, how sick was Panthers Giants game? I had a massive (well for me anyway) bet on the panthers @ just short of 2-1 they should never have been that long, how they lost i will never know but that missed field goal was a 5 digit dollar loss!!! grrrr

Last time I looked the Jets game was an early kickoff as well, they appear to have changed this which is really unfair on the pats, but obv quite funny. The NFL have obviously bowed to TV requests than fairness of the game, they should all kickoff at the same time if games are effected by one another. The Chargers Broncos game is fine as it effects no other game.

I agree the Jets have nothing to play for makes a difference, but at the time of writing above the situation was different. The fact remains Miami have to win Sundays game irrelevant of the Jets result last weekend.

I am out of the UK and while they show games over herethey seem to be the most awful choice ever and with some sod cutting cables under the Med, the internet is moving at the speed of a snail. So no chance of a stream, FML the phins biggest game in a number of years and I won't see it.

http://www.nfl.com/gamepass

HD ftw!

Bit steep though, $24.99 for a weekly pass.

if the pats win then I think the fins will abs destroy the jets tbh. it was only a few weeks ago that we were being touted as potential afc champions and I think that suddenly finding we have nothing to play for will destroy us mentally.

however if the pats lose the last game will be a cracker. can't see a pats loss though unfortunately

Does anyone know if sky are showing the playoff games and the probowl?

(I assume they're showing the Superbowl...ldo)

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12949,00.html (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12949,00.html)

Is the probowl the best of NFC v best of AFC?
If so they showed it last year so i suspect they will do the same this year.

Nice one, ship it, crucial.

I did the gamepass thing during the regular season, cost me $200ish, now they want an extra $60 for the post season.

They can fookin swing for it, I'll get SkySports.

Sky have shown every playoff game live in the past few seasons, I would be surprised if they didn't this season. Though i do believe the broadcasting deal is split so the playoffs are bid for separetly so I suppose there is a chance that they might be on elsewhere.

Sky show the play offs. With simultaneous games in wild card week they show one on red button, one as main match. Channel Five also have one show a week. This is good as they have Mike Carlson, a wonderful analyst. Far better than Sky's Nick Halling who takes himself too seriously

Pro Bowl shown last year, but it really is the most interminable load of nonsense. Very missable.


Despite massive dysfunctionality Dallas make it in if they win in Philly at the weekend. One time, don't choke. Pls, ty.

I have never known playoff games to be played at the same time (I may be wrong as i haven't watched a lot of American football in the last decade), the schedule this year has no overlap. With 2 game on Saturday and 2 on Sunday, with early and late games.


In full agreement with this Mike Carlson is a really really good analyst and always go out of my way to watch the games on 5 purely because of him.


Pro bowl lol, I won't be watching this joke of a match if you paid me. The american football equivalent of international friendlies.


Yep got all the tiebreaks in their favour, could well be a threat in the Playoffs with the talent on their team. In fact all the first round playoff matches are looking pretty good games.

Will look something like this

AFC

Indy @ SD/Den
Baltimore @ Miami /NE

NFC

Atlanta @ Arizona
Dallas @ Minnesota

Think all the away teams are slighty better sides but home field should balance that out.

Dalllas will be a stroll for whoever is lucky enough to get them in the play-offs (in the unlikely event that they get there). Barber and Witten injured and a QB who has never won a big game. Philly match up well against Dallas, Asante Samuel takes care of TO, goodbye Dallas.   

  Got to agree that Mike Carlson is the best analyst and i always watch the Five coverage over Sky,Kevin Cadle puts me on lifetilt.Seeing Mike on the BBC in a suit doing the coverage is funny,watching him try to be serious for the whole game and not crack any schoolboy jokes cracks me up.

Anyone else think Kevin Cadle could well be Jay-Z's dad?

Does Jay-Z know fk all about American football as well.

I didn't know the probowl was such a big joke.

That's all the American commentators could go on about all year. It's like they can't mention someone's name without first stating how many times they've been to the pro bowl.

Here's 2-time pro bowler Joe Bloggs in his fourth year out of Texas Tech.

From week one they were all speculating, who's going to Hawaii etc etc. I guess they're just talking it up because they've got to.
Had me fooled, I thought it was a big deal.

I think the voting for it is a biggish deal and I actually tried to cast my vote for it a month or two ago but my computer didn't like it for some reason.

The game itself is just not taken seriously at all, thats why they have it in Hawaii so the players get a nice place to have a holiday.

tank

its media hype on the one hand, but on the other the voting system is biased towards "stars"

1/3 of the votes to go the fans, 1/3 to the players and 1/3 to the coaches

the fans vote skews it to players on tv a lot, or the better supported teams

also players get bonuses in their contracts if selected to the pro bowl

most commentators, and diehard fans would select all star teams fairly different from the hyped teams chosen for the Pro Bowl

the game itself becomes as joke as the importance, if any, comes from the selection not the game itself. Most of the players voted in will be replaced pre-game because of injuries etc

the game itself bears no resemblance to real games, a bit like watching the Harlem globetrotters play basketball, you know they are showing off but equally you know there's no defence to beat

iirc, the online voting is only open to folk in the US

nope, I voted.

49'ers actually improved and had a great game at weekend to win. Something to look forward to next season for them me thinks.

What the fuck happened to the ball in that Buffalo field goal attempt!! Sickest wind ever!!!

9 hours of nfl viewing ftw.

lets gogogogo pats+fins+[  ]jets

lol super comical that they have to pause the game so they can fix the posts as they have blown off balance!

he he comedy viewing

the NE kicker Gostowski is superb, yet the wind blew a 28 yder 15 feet off course

looks like the dream is over for another year. hope the fins beat us now, would rather miami go through rather than new england

That makes 2 of us!

FO JETS

WWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

my team is a complete and utter embarrassment

so bad I've turned over to watch the Dolphins!

FUCKING HOLD ONE TIME!!!!


Such a shame so much talent in Dallas.

badly coached, bad discipline overcomes the talent

it all starts with the owner, sadly. As he ain't leaving til he dies, we're stuck with ill disciplined show ponies who fold when the going gets tough

Least you have the option, im stuck with this blowout. While i am watching the phins game on the sodding nfl website.

well, I don't know what to say. thought we were going to roll over tonight, going to the wire

49ers on the verge of winning 7 games in one season - been a while since i've been able to say that :D

HOLDDDDDD

Lol favre.

Im not watching the game but its sound like he is playing a blnder literally.

C'mon fins.

I don't get it.  Celebrations like they have scored a goal when they move the oval thing 20 yards.

ya, 3 interceptions, a blocked punt and a missed pat. we're really trying to lose this

AYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

how long did it take to end tht last play lol! so sick.

Shipppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp

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Ayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Happy that the Fins won that.

5 minutes to Bronco time! 1 time 1 time 1 time.

With SD's running game coming into form, Denver not being able to stop the run all year, SD could knock up a lot of points.

Good news is that SD's pass defence is shocking, and Jay Cutler is the man (he rules so hard) that I think this could go to the wire.

I hope we bubble SD hard on a dodgy call in the last minute of the game like last time.

Soooooo, wanna play theg Colts next week gogogogogogo

DING_DONG

TD Tatum Bell, what a drive.  ;cheerleader;

fk it  ;grr; ;frustrated;

We need a score on this drive or the game is over in the 1st half.

Tune in if you want to see a turnover ::)

Eddie Royal needs to show the F*** up

Been banging off the walls for the last 2hrs!!

Such a sick result can't believe we are in.

No-one really gives us a chance but in the last 10 games we are 9-1 (don't think anyone else can say that?)

Best NFL day ever.

Had a 3 way parlay on the Giants +6, Green Bay -9.5 and Pittsburgh -10.5 and watched in amazement as Tampa Bay and Chicago managed to lose, giving us a shot at the play-offs.

Then watched joyously as the Eagles destroyed Dallas with the Venetian sportsbook full of depressed looking Cowboy fans.  I'd had a 'loyalty bet' on them at -1 which they just managed to cover  ;D

Oh happy day!

Indianoplis Colts have won their last 9 games straight.

Cheers was just going on memory of game results, i think Steelers are the value bet though @ 7.2

Another TD for Tatum.

Lots to do do though, lots to do.

gg 2008 season.

Next week, I am a Colts fan.

miami are a poor side, big improvement from last year but comedy side compared to the colts, pats, steelers just a gimme in the play-offs

Steelers yes, Colts have had narrow win margins nearly all season could easily have lost 2-3 more games, Pats well we beat them and they were a tad fortunate at the game in Miami.

Well structured, good use of the clock, can pull out the unexpected write them off in the playoffs and you could be making a big mistake, fwiw i think if we get through we have v little chance against a team was well structured as the Steelers, i also think the Steelers have a better chance than the Titans/Giants so are a big price @ 7.2

That blind supporter faith in backing the fins is looking pretty good right now, not laying though obv!

giants/titans are ridiculously short, i like colts and philly i think the eagles have a great shot can't see the opponent that matches well against a fully fit eagles side, must be the value.

Lol, I also had a bet about a week after the fins-bills game I saw, when I started to get into it.

Had Dolphins, Ravens and Colts all E/w...

jets have wasted no time, mangini sacked as head coach this morning

The Broncos have made NFL History this year.

The only team ever to lead a division all the way from week one only to lose their place on the last day of the season.


I'd love to see Miami and Atlanta in the Superbowl because of where both sides were last year. That would be a story either way.

I'll root for whatever AFC side gets there unless it's San Diego. Their Cinderella stroy can end next week tyvm.

dolphins ftw

Denver were hideously unlucky with injuries and that eventually caught up with them. Tbh they did really well to get to 8-5 before the collapse.

The playoffs are as wide open as I can remember and even in the first week you could make a reasonable arguement for any team to progress. Obv i would love the phins to make a ridic run at it but i can't see us beating Baltimore and Pittsburgh in straight weeks.

I will go for a Steelers vs Giants superbowl.

Steelers 7.2 way to big imo they are the valoooo

Think it's between Steelers and Baltimore, possibly Philadelphia coming from nowhere (so just everyone then really).  I backed Baltimore after they beat the Redskins a few weeks ago as they were such a big price compared to Pittsburgh.  Roethlisberger's concussion may keep him out of their next game.  Third one in two years must take it's toll?

lol win by much?

MVP scores

Peyton Manning    Colts     32
Chad Pennington Dolphins    4
Michael Turner    Falcons    4
Adrian Peterson    Vikings    3
James Harrison    Steelers    3
Philip Rivers    Chargers    2
Chris Johnson    Titans    1
Kurt Warner    Cardinals    1

Big opportunity to cash in this weekend IMO, Atlanta are just an unbelievable price to beat a poor Arizona side, especially given that Matt Ryan, as capable as he is will likely be given an easy time of things by the excellent RB Michael Turner vs an Arizona defence that is poor against the run. Arizona just can't run the ball (ranked last in the NFL) and I expect the totally one dimensional Arizona offence to struggle particularly if Atlanta can generate any sort of pass rush. At 4/5 Atlanta have to be a worth a big bet.

Peyton is head and shoulders the best qb in the league (Brady was the only one close before his injury) and he has had an excellent season, so hats off to him. This voting is so qb bias its unfunny as much as I love Chad, 2nd most valuable player in the NFL i think not.

Sick game this Chargers vs Indy game.

Chargers really have blown so many opportunities to win this, have been the better team by a mile.

Great game, right winner.

sigh...fml

Do Chargers play Titans or Steelers in next round?

Depends on the result of todays AFC game, goooooooooooooooooo phins.

Miami win, SD goes to Tennesee
Baltimore win, SD goes to Pittsburgh.

I have money on the Ravens tonight.

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Ravens will win because they understand how to combat the wildcat (it's really not difficult and I'm amazed the Patriots struggled against it) other than that Ray Lewis specialises in embarrasing unsophisticated offences (eg Dallas) and Miami are obv quite limited.

Anyone watch last night? The official missed three massive off-sides from Arizona one of which was the equivalent of a footballer being on the edge of penalty area and the only player in the attacking half with the defenders holding a line on the halfway line. The offisdes seem minor but Arizona won the game by basically being right on the limit, encroaching and coming offside throughout. Having said that Kurt Warner was excellent, magnificent player and seems like a top bloke as well.

I like Miami and hipe they win, fingers crossed but I think they will struggle.

I'd love to see Miami and Philly win tonight.

I thought the official were awful in the Arizona game, they missed loads of stuff on both sides. Arizona were constantly offside on defence, but Atlanta got some calls as well, there was a clear hold in their own endzone which would have been a safety and the clearest defensive inteference you can get not given.

I agree with you that Baltimore are a bad match up for Miami, mainly cos their defence is so good. I just live in hope that our home field advantage and we come up with so creative stuff on offence not necessarily the wildcat, we have had some excellent play design this season on offence to get the best out of rather limited group talent wise. Also we won't kill ourselves, ravens will have to win this and not wait for us to lose it.

Yep that's solid analysis. My judgement might be a little clouded by a big bet on atlanta :-(. If you like defensive football just watch Ray Lewis tonight, to see a sportsman with such an intelligent understanding of his game really is a treat.

Ravens and Vikings for me tonight.

Sigh, stfu me.

Oh well it has been a lot better season than i could have hoped for, hopefully Parcells won't leave and we will be a force next season.

Want Vikings to win this game, bascially cos I have man crush on Adrian Peterson.

Sigh, I'm 0-3 this weekend.

good job I don't actually bet on this shit. :)

Minnesota vs Philadelphia is to close to call IMO.

I too want the Vikes to win as AP is the best running back in the league.  Probably the best pure RB since Barry Sanders...

Goooooooo EAGLES!

So sick, we beat ourselves.

We didn't get the rub of the green really and things could have been a lot worse, still its a nice stepping stone to next season....(Brady plz get injured again!)

Not sure Brady will be with the Pats next season as they could well end up having to pay $14m to both QBs.  Belichek may opt to ditch him if there's doubts about his fitness.

gg Philly

Going into the next game, Westbrook's confidence will be sky-high after that huge run. Adrian who?

11/8 about the Ravens this weekend. I'm on.

I agree the Ravens are very much the likely the winners of this one. The under on the points looks nailed on though. Both teams run the ball alot, add in excellent defences and + - 30 looks closer to the mark than the 34.5 that is currently on offer.

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opinions so far ? anybody watching ?

its a real "mans game" out there, no quarter being given or asked. TN had a realy good 2nd quarter, maybe worried that they havent turned the posession into points. maybe the extra weeks rest has done them good.

i would say though that the 2/1 about the ravens available in play looks huge.


Go Titans !

Titans protection of Collins is excellent.
Unless Ravens can get more pressure onto Collins and make him make bad decisions, it's going to be hard for the Ravens to win.

getting annoyed at the penalties being given away by the Titans.

Loss of Chris Johnson for the Titans could be crucial.

Ravens FTW!!

What a game.  Baltimore really riding their luck.  Hope they can cling to their lead.

Great game.
Not sure if the Ravens will be able to do it again next week.  A lot of injuries to recover from.

Just need Carolina to win now for a nice Double to come in.

:)

£60 Baltimore to win 1-6 points (7-2), £300 Baltimore to win (6-4),  £100 double under 34 points in that game and Carolina -9.5 (10-11 twice). Misread the first game and got lucky, big time, Carolina to annihilate Arizona now plz.  

LOL - im on cardinals +10

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LOL - im on cardinals +10


(  ) gl sir

Backed Baltimore at 16/1 for the superbowl when they beat the Redskins.  I'm on overs for the Carolina game, but the weather looks bad.

[X] Fail.

I'm on Baltimore too for the superbowl at a nice price, a mate of mine is also at an even bigger price!

Teams are much better at passing the ball in the rain than they used to be, I still don't mind the over, Arizona defenders completely failing to handle slippery conditions ftw.

1st and 10 on carolina 9. DO IT!

1st and 10 for...Carolina...lol
FFS, was gonna have trebles and an acca on Balti with start, Carolina -9, NY Giants - and San Diego +. Forgot until Baltimore kicked off. Watch the rest come in.

LOL I was having double and trebles with Balti, Ariz +10, and Giants - ! Going to the dogs made me fkin forget!

Interception! Weeeeeeee

gogoogog ARIZONAAAAA

Keep knocking up them 3's.

Beautiful.. gogogo

Wiiiiii, regained possesion already!

Wiii, 27-7 at the break.. GOOO ARIZONA!

How good is Larry Fitzgerald!

Might be an idea for Carolina to try and cover him.
Long road back for Carolina now. They need to score on their opening drive of the 2nd half to have any chance.

LOL, another interception!

Lol. What an upset this is!

Both top seeds go out today, will we see the same thing tomorrow?

Very possible imo.

Nah, Giants FTMFW.

So sick I didn't get my fkin dbl/trbl bet on now.

[  ] Had £500 on Steelers when they were 7.2

Sigh

[X] Had £1000 on Steelers when they were 7.2




wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Yeah that is looking pretty good at the moment, still doubts over Big ben and the whole Steelers offence but their defence is awesome. Looking to the Steelers vs Ravens part 3, both defences are brutal.

I just hope they don't do anything stupid tonight against the Chargers, so happy that Steelers lost to Titans the other week i knew it would make their price ridic long.

lol @ Donovan McNabb answering the phone on the Giants bench.

zomg Steelers massive now!

I'm on your side tonight sir.

**** the Chargers.
**** 'em

+1 week

wiiiiiii


AFC will win Bowl, to trade or not to trade....

You ain't scoring 35 points against Baltimore.

Baltimore aren't scoring 20 points....

The over/under for the Pittsburgh/Baltimore game is 33. You have to think the under looks a good bet again. If Piitsburgh can't run the ball well they won't be effective offensively. We know Baltimore won't score many, this has to be another solid bet.

Running the ball on the Pitt defense is nigh on impossible.

I think the only way Baltimore can win is to go deep. Look at the success the Chargers had when they threw the long ball. Flacco has an amazing arm and Mason is a vastly underrated WR. Clayton is pretty good too.

I have a feeling if the weather isn't too bad this might be alot more open than 33 points suggests. OVER for me.

The dynamics of the game will be very different to the Pitts vs SD game. Flacco looks a good player and he has a strong arm but San Diego have a hugely talented passing attack. Baltimore won't go to the air almost irrelevant of how little progress they make on the ground, this of course is provided they can keep Pittsburgh from running up early points. If they contain Willie Parker it's hard to see Pittsburgh generating much offence. Baltimore will just pound it up the middle and punt. I can see it being a real stalemate.

Always nice to hear the views of a proven sports betting winner. I used to really enjoy the blog. Shame we're rationed to one update a year these days.

Looking forward to tonights games...

Got two doubles on..

Total Points Double :

Over in Phile game, with Under in Ravens game


Win double :

Phile on the handicap, with Ravens off scratch.

Sadly, Philly and Steelers for me

Deffo the under in Pittsburgh

It's crazy, for some reason its drifting on betfair!!

Philly -3.5 then Steelers under 33.5 would make a perfect night for me.

Baltimore have a few players injured and there is a school of thought that the Steelers might win this easy, therefore more points.

This is no contest atm!

awesome news!

my bet on B'more @ 3.30 FTW fills me with confidence.

Camel school of betting ftw

I'm on the over for my max..

Fills me with confidence that Flushy likes the under. :)

lol mvls, going against a Shrewdy!

You still play poker btw Keith?

Deauville>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Brighton imo.

ah cool, gl over there!

Game on.

Yup, Great 3rd Quarter there for the Eagles... Lets googogo, one more TD for the overs and then convert another for the -3.5 aswell imo!

GOGOGOOGO

Wow...just wow.

WWWWWWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Insane game, what this sport is all about!

awesome game

Sigh, gg -3.5!

What a game - glad i had no money on it and just watched it for the enjoyment

Insane, so entertaining, best game of the season imo


How are Arizona in Superbowl, they are sooooo bad!!

zomg, seething with envy at your Steelers bet now.

Please tell me you haven't layed any of it.

Just got the double running onto the Unders in the next.

[   ] I'm confident.

Pretty much sat here tossing a coin atm

Just lay them in this game, no? They beat Ravens and they win imo

Yeah Fitzgerald is immense!

Not laying, gamboooool

thats the spirit!

6 points per quarter is ok.

:D

Thanks Camel, followed yourself with this one, since you maxed out on it

got it @ 10/11

Steelers and Cardinals

So it's a bit like the old firm then.  ;scarymoment;

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They're $1K a piece, and we've sold $700 worth so far between me, rooks, middy + brent if any of you degens want in on some neutral ev fun gimme a shout.  $300 (30%) left, obv can take a smaller share than that if you want.

Is this some sort of rubdown?

Flushy, UK Pro.

Steelers FTW. I almost put money on my team at the start of the season, IDIOT.

Wish more I had put a stupid out-there bet on the cardinals to reach it though!

Live on BBC!

i watched it on bbc last year and enjoyed it more than sky.

and this is why I would like Arizona to win


Kurtis the Stock Boy and Brenda the Checkout Girl

In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy was busily working when a new voice came over the loud speaker asking for a carry-out at register 4. Kurtis was almost finished and wanted to get some fresh air, so he decided to answer the call. As he approached the checkout stand, a distant smile caught his eye ~ the checkout girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe 26, and he was only 22) and he fell in love.

Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took her card, punched out, and then left. He looked at her card, BRENDA. He walked out only to see her start walking up the road. Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket, and offered her a ride home. He looked harmless enough, and she accepted. When he dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see her again, outside of work. She simply said it wasn't possible.

He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn't afford a babysitter, so he offered to pay for the babysitter. Reluctantly she accepted his offer for a date for the following Saturday. That Saturday night, he arrived at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go with him. The babysitter had called and canceled. To which Kurtis simply said, "Well, let's take the kids with us."

She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda brought him inside to meet her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a bug, Kurtis thought, and then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a paraplegic with Downs Syndrome.

Kurtis told Brenda, "I still don't understand wh y the kids can't come with us." Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away fro m a woman with two kids, especially if one had disabilities ~ just like her first husband and father of her children had done. But Kurtis was not ordinary ~ he had a different mindset.

That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids and went to dinner and the movies. When her son needed anything, Kurtis would take care of him. When he needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair, took him, and brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening, Brenda knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with.

A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children. Since then they have added five more kids.

So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy at a grocery store in Cedar Falls, Iowa and Brenda the checkout girl? Well, Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in Arizona where he is currently employed as the quarterback of the National Football League Arizona Cardinals and has his Cardinals in the hunt for a possible appearance in the Su per Bowl. Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was not an ordinary person.

It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI...and he has also been the NFL's Most Valuable Player twice and the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player. He established the First Things First Foundation in the spring of 2001 with wife Brenda to promote Christian values and bless the lives of those less fortunate with projects such as trips to Disney World for ill children, building recreation centers in childrenʼs hospitals, helping single moms achieve the dream of homeownership and teaching Special Olympians the football basics. All projects ar e centered on Kurt and Brendaʼs life theme: faith and family come first.

wow sounds like a really decent guy, i thought he was a douche when he started thanking God and all that jazz after the championship game.

Still want the mfcking Steelers though, to balance karma i will donate to some hippy charity when they ship the lot.

What squares you got James?

We got Ari 5 - 8 Pitts. FFS. GR8GAME.

Pretty standard for a lot of Americans, no?

Ya, but aren't those Americans douche's?

For extra interest myself and Knave have action in the 2+2 HSNL Superbowl Squares pool.


He has Arizona x5 Steelers x8
I have Arizone x9 Steelers x9
and Arizone x0 Steelers x3

12.5k for 1st/3rd quater, 25k HT and 50k FT

[  ] Wanna swap a % Knave?

LET US GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGGOGO.

plz let us bink it from nowhere. even though our 1K sqaure is probs worth $100 max now.  [  ] least we'r not known for running sick good @ random shit. [  ] gl flushy m8.

juunneeeeeee, the square I said to Knave that I wanted us to get was 0 - 3, but the other way round

our square is so tez

Rough guide to square equity

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It's ok, we've decided, Steelers are going to win 28-15.

At the end of the 3rd quarter, then no score in the 4th for a sick double bubble! Go Go field goals, extra points and safety's!!!

pretty specific. but a good shout. i will give u 2-1, maybe even 5-2

they've got a grand on at 100/1, not sure you're going to get much action even if you go as high as 3/1

Wiii bought 8 squares in the $500 one, shiiiiip

7/4 or I won't be betting pls.

They so annoying knocked me to 4 squares for the 500 pool:

4-8
6-0
1-3
4-0


tyvm for 6-0 and 4-0!

Can you just dumb that down a tad for the simpler folk like myself, what needs to happen for you to shippppp?

the end digit of each teams scores are your allocated numbers.  and the payouts are split by each quarter.  so if the score after qtr 1 was 6-0 arizona, flushy would scoop tht qtrs prize.

Obviously the final score is going to be 15-28 steelers, so we ship 50bags. 1timeplz.

good news for Arizona

The weather for the Super Bowl is looking very nice with sunshine prior to the game and highs in the 60s. Once the game begins at 6:00 p.m., the weather will remain dry with temperatures falling into the 50s. The wind will not play much of a factor. We expect winds to be northeast at 6-12 mph.

Those leaving Tampa on Monday will have to deal with heavy thunderstorms. It's possible that flights will be delayed due to the weather on Monday afternoon.

Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews.

has there been a market in trading these squares pre-event?

scores ending in 7,3,4,8,0 are most likely at end of game

Oh ok cheers !

I'm determined to watch/enjoy the superbowl this year but will prob need some bets on for that to happen. What's some good places to get some money on? Just some high return bets that have a chance of coming in?

winning margins on both teams should keep it interesting
Arizona 13-18   18/1 sportingodds
Pitsburgh 19-24  10/1 bet365
Arizona halftime Pittsburgh full time  7/1 corals and skybets 8/1 betfair
L Fitzgerarld to be MVP man of the match 15/2 boylesports nearly 10 on betfair

Right, NFL and me have zero in common.  If im having a punt for a bit of fun, wheres the shrewd money going??

Pitts  -9.5

Backed Pittsburgh to win the superbowl when the play-offs started so going to stick with that- but for a bit of fun am going under 36.5 pts - at just over 3/1.

I wanna bet but i know fuck all about nfl.
Need some interest, whats good to bet on etc etc

Same here, could do with a few quid extra but don't have a clue about NFL

One time 28-15

01.Feb 2009 23:12 273/279  340.00 W Single  Pittsburgh Steelers v Arizona Cardinals (Superbowl XLIII) : Total Points  Under 46.5 20/21 Open Open 340.00

lets goggogogogogogo.

who is the turn at half time ?

what are the payouts on this one? 6.25, 12.5, 6.25, 25 I'm assuming??

springsteen

Sigh ... i will swerve that then.

That'll do, you run good :D

June, its not all mine, only £100 is mine.

lol. never gonna be under 46.5 points judging by the start. pitts should get more than that themselves

grease fire mate.

ship 12.5k to flushy I think

To end the first quarter there, flushy runs so fkin good.

pittsburgh team clearly on flushy's payroll. 'let's not bother playing the rest of the quarter, the boss has got 3-0'

wow, that was an awesome turnover

So sick, massive play.

I don't think that guy has ever run 100 yards in one go anywhere in his entire life.

huuuge play. can't remember the last time I saw a 100 yarder, so good

me neither, sick run! lol @ him needing oxygen afterwards!

so sick for flushy. just checked the squares, if ariz score td and pat on that last play he ships another 12.5k

june tht was stupid.

25k

LOL at them being allow oxygen! Boxing and football would be much more entertaining with oxygen available!

So sick 0-3 in 1k pool but had 4-0 in 500 pool if AZ score TD and PAT then it's another 12.5k!!!

nah, would've been in the 500

i see




gutted for ya mate.

1st time I've heard that there's a possibility of a UK franchise. that would be fucking awesome

[ ] it would be well supported

LOL at Springsteen nearly killing a cameraman with his Glenn Hoddle kneeslide.

would be 9 home games a season in the new 18 game season, shouldn't have any problem selling out as the only non us franchise. people will travel from around europe, it's not like nfl europe where you had to find fans for each team. probably won't see many travelling to the away games though

bruce is class!

hard lines man, you run so bad.


Rookies been winning every bet he ever made lately, so I figured his run was coming to an end so I took AZ + 6.5 for my online betting roll

[ ] life is good.

Nah, you'd prob see more support for the away teams at UK home games as well...

Note to self: remember to login!

I agree the problem you have is that majority of people in this country already have a team and we are brought up never to switch teams. Though i would probably go to a game that a London franchise would host, i am dolphins fan now and that ain't going to change.

They be able to pick up all the ex-Chelsea fans who will desert the club when they get relegated after Abramovich bails out.

FYP

Last Steelers drive shows just how much indiscipline can cost you - lucky it was only 3 instead of 7!

Hmmm this is getting good.

WOW

OMFG ....

OMG Larry fking Fitzgerald.

Ovetime, one time please!

Also, gg my bets on the steelers

Wow, just Wow

OMG

LOL fkin amazing stuff

This really is hella good.

TD

What a fkin game

TD imo, amazing game.

If Arizona score then most amazing game ever!

Plz let this happen

one fking time!

game over

That's an incomplete pass, surely?

fumble 100%

great finish, superbowl delivers again.

Wow great game, probably the best superbowl i have seen, the 4th quarter was immense.


His arm was not moving forward when contact was made to cause the fumble.

marvelous, ty AZ, ty for baling me out :)

The end was pretty exciting but the stop start throughout the whole game is so fkn annoying. 2 hours of pissing about and only 1 of actual play. Bruce was the highlight for me.

lol

Haven't watched much NFL since it was first covered over here on Channel 4 back in the day.

Watched last night, what a game that was !! Whet's my appetite for it again

Was a magnificent season, looking forward to the next one.

watched the highlights today, absolutely fantastic game!!