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3 Birds and a Steelworker 4

Posted on January 12, 2009 by bryan

Well, well, well. Who would have seen that coming? Both #1 seeds – gone. 3 of the 4 home teams – see ya. The answer, of course is Matt Ralph, the lone PFB Member who correctly picked all 4 winners this weekend.

Good job, Matt!

In Baltimore it was tough to tell who was responsible for the outcome. Was it the Ravens D that won it or was it the Titans Offense that fumbled it away? One thing is clear: Jeff Fisher needs to ditch the goatee and go back to the ’stache.

Later that night the Cardinals rolled over the Panthers in a game that I’m still scratching my head about. NFC Divisional playoff wins should never be that easy. John Fox, I’m looking at you.

On Sunday, the Eagles broke the will of the Giants, one defensive stop after another. You can blame Plaxico, you can blame the wind, or you can blame Rod Blagojevich, but in the end, the Eagles have the look of a united team playing with purpose right now.

Finally in Pittsburgh, the Steelers Offense controlled the clock while their defense kept the Mighty Sproles to only 15 yards of rushing. I’d say more about this game, but I was stuck at a neighbors house for a “we’re moving out of the neighborhood and we’ve never had you over, so why not now?” party. Good times.

Before we get to your thoughts on the weekend, let’s take an updated look at our pre-season predictions:

In the end, Chadd Gibbs, Mark Batterson, and I predicted nothing correctly. Not sure what this means. If you have any ideas for the penance we should pay for our ineptitude, let us know in the comments.

On the flip side, Larry has a great shot of finishing with the best predictions, all he needs is two more wins from the Eagles and he will stand alone as the wisest of all the PFB Predictors.

But if the Eagles lose? Well, if the Eagles lose then Andy Osenga probably has the best case for supremacy. And honestly folks, if that happens I might have to shut the site down. Andy’s a good friend of mine, and I love him to death…but I’m not sure I want to run a website where Andrew Osenga reigns as the king of NFL predictions.

So yeah, it’s your turn. Thoughts on the games this weekend? What surprised you, disappointed you, and made you pump your fist in jubiliation?

Perry Noble and the BCS 7

Posted on November 06, 2008 by bryan

Over at his blog, pastor of New Life Church Perry Noble discusses seven questions posed to him regarding the election. Perry’s answers are great (seriously, I think he nails it), especially #7:

#7 – What would be the first law that you passed if you were elected president?

I would do away with the BCS system and make them have a college football playoff! That would establish a legacy that would NEVER die!!!

The cry for a college football playoff has started up earlier than normal this year. It was Pete Carroll a few days ago. Then it was President-Elect Obama in an interview with Chris Berman. Even Sporting News Blogger Dan Shanoff got in the mix with a proposal that the SEC and Big 12 should secede from the BCS and create their own playoff in hopes that the other conferences would follow suit.

I’m not the most passionate College Football fan alive, but I do like to follow the sport. Seems to me that the current system makes things a bit more interesting during the season than an 8 or 16 team playoff would. Even so, I’d sacrifice that in heartbeat to see a playoff where the championship is won on the field by a team winning it’s last 3 or 4 games against the best competition in the land.

What about you? Think a playoff system is a must, or are you okay if we never get one?

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