It's the beginning of another semester for me, and the realization that this is my last few months of college. This wasn't meant to be a personal entry, but at the same time it's kind of sad. The roommates I live with, I've known most of them for four years now, and we're coming to the end of an era. I guess the best thing to do now is to enjoy what little time we have left. Listen to me, babbling on like someones dying and all. Anyway let's get back to the action.
Maybe it's just me, but being an AFC city, I really don't give two hoots about the NFC playoffs. Yes, I'll still watch them because it's the NFL and football is a great sport to watch, but the fact of the matter is, I could personally not care who wins or loses. In the first matchup on Saturday, you had Seattle beating Washington 35-14. The "win it for Sean" tribute is now over. And honestly, I don't have much more to say about that.
The second matchup was easily the best game of the weekend. You had Jacksonville trying to be the first team to win in Pittsburgh twice in one season for the first time in franchise history. And what happens? You have the Jaguars blow an 18 point lead, only to come back in dramatic fashion with a 32 yard run on 4th and 2 by David Garrard setting up the game winning field goal. Final score: Jacksonville 31, Pittsburgh 29. This, and I'm not just saying this because I like the AFC better, was an exciting game, even when it didn't seem like it early on. You knew Pittsburgh wasn't going to give up, no matter how many points they might have been down. To even make a game of it was enough to keep even the most modest of sports fans glued to their seat in anticipation for the next play. Congrats to the Jags for making history.
The other two games, I'm not really going to go into that much detail. The point is, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were way overrated going into the playoffs. People thought that this defense could actually keep up with the Giants. Final Score: NYG 24, Tampa Bay 14. News Flash: The Bucs went 9-7 in the regular season and only made it to the playoffs because they play in a division that includes Atlanta, New Orleans and Carolina. Maybe they lost because they aren't as good as they think they were. In my opinion to quote Dennis Green, "They are who we thought they were." Mediocre at best, and if they played in the AFC, wouldn't finish any better than 6-10.
And the last game, another one of those, "I guess I'll watch because there's nothing else on" type of games. Yes, Tennessee did goose-egg San Diego in the first half. But let's be honest, did you really think they were going to keep that up. I don't care what people say, LT changes the game even when he's not playing well. The entire focus is on him and that opens up Phillip Rivers game. It's when Rivers doesn't play well that the Chargers are going to run into problems. Look for him to struggle this weekend when they take on the Colts in Indianapolis. Oh, and am I the only person that doesn't believe that Vince Young is as good as he was hyped up to be? Yes, he did lead his team to a 10-6 record, but look at the guy's number from the season. He threw 9 TDs and 18 INTS. I'm not a math genius but I'm pretty sure that means he throws an INT twice as likely as throwing a TD. He also rushed for three touchdowns, take that as you will. Until this guy develops an arm and stops throwing the ball to the other team, he's going to make the same mistakes over and over again. Which is guess is ok, as long as your the team PLAYING the Titans.
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