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Super Bowl Sunday Open 2

by coldwarrior ( 206 Comments › )
Filed under NFL, Open thread at February 5th, 2012 - 5:55 pm

The Giants versus the Patriots (not the Eagles versus the Ravens like all the experts said would happen last August)

 

Vegas is giving the giants 2.5 and the over/under is 54.  I haven’t read any of the press coverage or who is predicted to win, I do know that 2.5 aint a whole lot of confidence in the Patriots from the betting public. That 54 O/U looks about right tho.

 

*We are going to run Opens all day, talk about whatever yinz want. We don’t want to waste a good post on a day where no one is really paying attention. Back to your regularly scheduled program at 2300 tonight with the OOT*

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Super Bowl Sunday Open 1

by coldwarrior ( 94 Comments › )
Filed under NFL, Open thread, Sports at February 5th, 2012 - 11:00 am

Well, the day of reckoning has arrived. Place your bets and put your  sports cliches in the comments!

Remember back in August; the Eagles were the greatest collection of football talent in the history of the league? The Ravens, led by Ray Lewis!!! were the team of destiny? Oh, the press so wanted the Eagles versus the Ravens, Dirty Bird Bowl, I suppose.

Well, the winner of the NY Giants and the New England Patriots get to be ‘The Team Of Destiny!” The winner of the rematch of SB XLII gets to use its own over the top adjective if they so choose, or the sporting press can pick one for them.

 

Vegas is giving the giants 2.5 and the over/under is 54.  I haven’t read any of the press coverage or who is predicted to win, I do know that 2.5 aint a whole lot of confidence in the Patriots from the betting public. That 54 O/U looks about right tho.

 

*We are going to run Opens all day, talk about whatever yinz want. We don’t want to waste a good post on a day where no one is really paying attention. Back to your regularly scheduled program at 2300 tonight with the OOT*

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Chad Ochocinco traded to the Patriots

by Phantom Ace ( 5 Comments › )
Filed under Headlines, NFL, Sports at July 28th, 2011 - 11:02 pm

What is Bill Belichick and his crew thinking?  Chad Ochocinco has been traded to the Patriots. It’s a gamble since he’s not in his prime anymore. This trade seems personal since there are reports that Chad Ochocinco and Bill Belichick struck up a personal friendship during the off season.

Chad Ochocinco‘s next stop is New England after an offseason in which he had a soccer tryout, rode a bull, took a spin in a race car and waited to be traded.

That wait ended Thursday when the outspoken wide receiver was dealt to the Patriots, a team coached by Bill Belichick, who closely monitors, and tries to control, his players’ public comments.

A source with knowledge of the situation told NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora the Patriots obtained the colorful Ochocinco from the Cincinnati Bengals and that he agreed to a new three-year contract. The Patriots gave up a pair of late-round draft picks in return, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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The relationship between Belichick and Ochocinco, with extremely different public personas, is unexpectedly warm.

“I like Chad,” Belichick said before the 2010 season opener between the teams. “I like him as a player. I like him as a person. I like his enthusiasm and the fun he has with football, and I like how he competes on the football field. I have a lot of respect for that.

“An odd couple, but in the end, I think we have a lot of things in common.”

Belichick and Ochocinco grew closer during Pro Bowl practices.

“It became a relationship beyond just a football player and a coach,” Ochocinco said. “He became a friend of mine.

The Patriots are takinga  gamble giving Chad Ochocinco a shot. Let’s see how it works out!

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NFL to resume court ordered negotiations

by Phantom Ace ( 8 Comments › )
Filed under NFL, Special Report, Sports at April 19th, 2011 - 7:10 pm

The NFL lockout is one that could have a huge economic impact. The NFL brings in billions of dollars in revenue for clothes and TV. Not to mention the money generated at bars for alcohol and food.  The owners are trying to get a 2 week extension on the season. Something the players refuse because already with a 16 game season, they suffer injuries. Most teams don’t look the same by December as they do in September.

Now the Federal government is involved and is forcing the 2 sides to talk. If no agreement is reached, a judge will impose one.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL and its players resumed court-ordered mediation Tuesday with a federal judge’s decision expected soon on a request to immediately halt a lockout now in its second month.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones joined the NFL’s contingent in Minneapolis as talks resumed following a three-day break. Jones walked in with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and others, including Denver owner Pat Bowlen and Green Bay Packers CEO Mark Murphy. All declined comment.

DeMaurice Smith, the head of the players’ trade association, did not attend due to a family emergency. Linebacker Mike Vrabel and Hall of Fame defensive end Carl Eller were among the players on hand.

The talks are the latest step in the contentious fight over a new collective bargaining agreement. Sixteen days of mediated talks in Washington fell short, resulting in a class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by the players against the NFL and the league’s first work stoppage since 1987.

As a Football Fan, I hope this issue is resolved soon. If there’s no football come fall, many fans will be upset and the sport will suffer.

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