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Nuts
Published: 1/25/2010 4:49 PM
Last Modified: 1/25/2010 4:49 PM

It's official.

They're all nuts.

It's no wonder nobody can pick anything: Nobody know what they have just seen.

What was most memorable about New Orleans-Minnie? Not Favre's interception. Not Peterson's 14 fumbles. Or was it 12? Certainly there was little memorable that New Orleans did.

Two events mattered.

1: Minnie has 12 men on the field after a time out.

The ball is on the NO 32. Fall on it, kick a FG. Sneak it. Take a bite out of it. Do anything but put 12 men on the field. AFTER A TIME OUT! At least the coach responsible should be fired. Maybe more.

1-a: The lousy refs determine a Super Bowl participant.

The pass interference call in overtime was garbage. At best, it was questionable. Given the insanity of the point-of-foul pro pass interfence call, the "uncatchable ball" clause is the only thing that keeps the NFL from being sicker than the BCS. But nobody ever calls a pass uncatchable.

It goes back to this old saw, particularly in overtime: Let the players determine the winner.

Concerning the other game:

There is only one person who could take down the great Jack Bauer of "24" fame. As anybody with a lick of taste knows, Jack has, in the space of seven or eight days, saved this great nation of ours approximately 32 times. Jack is fearless, he is honorable, he is a tremendous patriot, a fighter, a warrior.

Only Phil Simms could break him down.

Put Jack Bauer in a soundproof room and let Phil Simms announce a football game ten minutes, and Jack would be whimpering like a baby and begging for mercy.

Here is an example of what announcer Simms is all about.

Sunday he said (he never stops talking), "The word for the Jet offense is patience."

On the very next play, the Jet quarterback dropped back and fired off a 15 to 20-yard pass that seemed to pass through the arms of 9 of the Indy defenders. Pass, complete, first down.

Simms came back on (he always comes back on) and said that what he had meant by patience was protecting the football.

He is the worst in sports history.

And he and the Rolex Man, Nantz, are doing the Super Bowl.

Woe is the world.




Reader Comments 9 Total
Captain Stormfield (3 years ago)
The Jets move into the red zone.

Sims:  "They want a touchdown here, not a field goal."
Dash Riprock (3 years ago)
Why shouldn't both teams have equal opportunity to have the football at least once in Overtime?

I wonder what percentage of teams that win the coin flip, go on and win the game?

If it was an even chance in OT, why do teams that win the toss take the football first?
Glenn616 (3 years ago)
The refs didn't cost the Vikes a shot at the Super Bowl. Sure, that was a bad call by the ref. However, Minnesota pretty much handed the game to the Saints on a silver platter. Don't let Percy Harvin off the hook. He also fumbled a few times. The most bonehead move of the past ten years was Brett Favre throwing the ball across his body to the middle of the field when he could have run for about ten yards and set up a field goal. Instead, the ball was intercepted.

Phil Simms reminds me of the punk kid at the dinner table who won't keep his mouth shut.
MexiMike (3 years ago)
"It's no wonder nobody can pick anything: Nobody know what they have just seen."

Excuses are like a bad cologne, Pick. And you are certainly stinking right now.

Also, if AP doesn't fumble TWICE in the redzone, the game never even comes close to a last second field goal or OT. Somebody put some crazy glue on that guy's hands!
bjorn2run (3 years ago)
I don't know about Simms being the worst. I was watching dog races on ESPN2 and after the heat races, before the main event, the lady analyst explained that the dogs really didn't know it was the main event...they can't tell the difference between a heat race and the main event.....b2r
BLA (3 years ago)
Dash Riprock...the answer is about 50% who win the coin toss, win the game.

Glenn616...you are correct.  The Vikings lost at least 6 points and maybe 10 or 14 from2 fumbles in the red zone, one by Peterson and one late by Berrian.  They also handed New Orleans 14 points, 1 on the long kickoff return (Minnesota's kickoff coverage was simply atrocious) and one on the Harvin fumble.

Minnesota handed the game to New Orleans and Favre isn't the sole blame.  Of course, no QB in the history of football will ever be able to claim that he had his "last pass in the NFL" picked off in three consecutive years (vs. Giants in 2007 NFC Championship game; vs. Dolphins last year as the Jets were trying to come back and make the playoffs in week 17; and this year vs. New Orleans).  Favre may have the most TD passes in history, but he has also thrown the most INTs in NFL history.  Dubious.
The Picker (3 years ago)
Dash: BLA is right, it's about 50-50. Last I saw late in the season, teams kicking off in overtime were actually up a little. One thing skewing the stats: Sometimes the team receiving gets the ball back later and wins, upping the percentages on that side.

Captain: That was one of the wiser things Simms said. He needs to check himself into a wing at Tiger's rehab joint, the man is addicted to talking about nothing.

Bjorn: Maybe they get better grub after a stakes win.
maximus (3 years ago)
I'm sorry to do this to you all, but during the Super Bowl, listen to Phil mispronounce the word "him".  He can't say it.  He pronounces "him" as "eem".  As in, "The next time Payton tries to roll out, the end is gonna get eem."  You can probably play a drinking game based on the number of times he says "eem" and be sloshed by halftime.
eglkeeper (3 years ago)
Listening to Nantz is akin to eating a valium sandwich, so I hear.  Gimme a real announcer, the kind that makes you want to ram the fireplace head first, and that's before half a jug of Queso, da white kind, and kickoff...also; that Dear Dorf dude makes me ill as well, I could win a projectile vomiting contest within the first 3-4 words outta his pie hole...I needs me a Madden fix, not the video game either...
Seee Yaahhh, back inside...
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