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What you overlook is the watering down of talent the last 20 years or so thanks to the salary cap, free agency, realignment, etc. It's a lot easier to win the Super Bowl with a mediocre team now than it was in the late 1980s-early 1990s. I mean really, do you think of the 2008 Giants or the 2003 Bucs as being at the same level as say the 1984 Raiders or 1988 Redskins, which were arguably the weakest teams to win a Super Bowl in the 2000s and 1980s respectively? Or compare the best teams of each decade - '85 Bears vs. '07 Patriots. I'll take Ditka's defense any day of the week over Brady.

I cannot imagine Buffalo without Bills football. That city lives for the team. Not so here in Seattle

I picked up this white throwback jersey last week. Just shipped by "China Post".

No. I still play Madden '94 on my SNES, which is great because the Bills were good then...

If it ain't Boeing, I'm not going! Well, not really... I've flown more legs on Airbus aircraft than I have Boeing. The A320s that I've flown on JetBlue are so vastly superior to the 737s/757s on the legacies, but that's largely due to carrier differences (newer planes, larger overhead bins, more legroom, better IFE options, etc). One of Boeing's biggest mistakes, imo, was abandoning larger single-aisle planes for longer flights, particularly the NA transcon routes. They haven't had a replacement for the 757 since they discontinued it in 2005. Airlines are primarially using 737-800s and a few 900s to handle these routes (with a few exceptions such as DL and AA using 767s and 777s on core routes such as ATL-LAX, JFK-SFO, etc). The 37's weren't designed to make 5.5-6 hr flights comfortable - fewer lavatories per passenger, smaller first class cabin, fewer exit row seats, etc. It's particularly annoying for me, because most of my trips out of seatac are to visit family back in NY , meaning that I'm taking DL (737), AA (757), or JetBlue (A320) to JFK. No wide-body aircraft on this route, and almost ALWAYS oversold.

The Civic is one of the best commuter-type cars out there. Gas mileage is good, racks up miles without any trouble, and definitely falls under the "fun to drive" category, unlike its more boring sibling, the Accord.

Sorry, but buying licensed jerseys does little to support the American economy over the Asian knockoffs. The real mccoy is still manufactured in Asia or Mexico, and the "licensing fees" just line the pockets of the owners. You could make a legitimate argument that their sales help support American sporting goods stores like Dick's, Modells, etc... but they make very little on those things anyway. It'd be one thing if they were actually manufactured here (in which case I'd go out of my way to buy one), but if they're already coming out of third world countries anyway, the money I save with the knockoff is better spent on things like the couch I went out of my way to purchase that's manufactured by a small business in North Carolina instead of Asia.

I'd add one other category - a team whose ownership just gives up or turns completely hostile towards the fanbase. The Raiders (Al Davis), Marlins, heck even the Bills to some extent under Son of Satan's regime all could fall under that set of conditions.

I never understood the appeal of Letterman - I never found any of his stuff funny. There's a reason why Leno (and now Conan) are leading him in the ratings race.

I take this to mean that there's no function available to toggle inputs? If so, buy a cheapo universal remote and program it to the TV in your room, and use that input button.

And you should ALL take note of the NFC west blog post that was linked in that article: http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcwest/0-9-165...shakier.html%22

That defense was sick. Bruce, Talley, Biscuit, Conlan, Kelso, Odomes? Was there a weak link? Looking back at it (having been 6 in 1990), I still can't believe Norwood stayed on that team. It seems like every clip that gets posted here from 90-91 has him missing some sort of attempt, from PATs to short FGs... that would not have been tolerated in today's NFL. On the other hand, it seems like Nate Odomes is making some sort of great play in every one of these clips.

I did a quick analysis of Super Bowls where the teams facing off were from cold and warm climates. Defining what constitutes a cold or warm climate is unclear, and there are quite a few fuzzy areas. For the purposes of my analysis, I defined the Bay Area as a "warm" climate. Super Bowls with teams from warm/cold climates (winner in parens): II - Green Bay v. Oakland (COLD) VII - Miami v. Washington (WARM) VIII - Miami v. Minnesota (WARM) XI - Oakland v. Minnesota (WARM) XIV - Pittsburgh v. LA Rams (COLD) XV - Oakland v. Philadelphia (WARM) XVI - SF v. Cincinnati (WARM) XVII - Washington v. Miami (COLD) XVIII - LA Raiders v. Washington (WARM) XXIII - SF v. Cincinnati (WARM) XXIV - SF v. Denver (WARM) XXXIII - Denver v. Atlanta (COLD) XLIII - Pittsburgh v. Arizona (COLD) 13 total. 8 wins by warm weather teams, 5 wins by cold weather teams. If the bay area is not considered to be "warm", then it becomes 7 total games (XVIII still counts since the Raiders were in LA), with 4 warm wins and 3 cold wins.

This proposal did a couple things, imo. - Creates additional wild card spots. Right now, the main problem I have with the 4-division setup per conference is that it leads to 8-8 and 9-7 teams hosting 11-5 wild card teams for the first round. That, to me, is just senseless. The two-division setup increases the meaning of winning a division given that there are double the teams in it, and as such is properly rewarded with a first round bye. - The divisions are pretty regionalized. The AFC's divisions mostly have eastern teams or western teams, while the NFC mostly has northern teams or southern teams. Dallas of course is an exception, as is Tennessee. - Honestly, how can you not like merging the AFC/NFC east with the AFC/NFC north? Guaranteeing that say, Pittsburgh always plays NE*, or the Cowboys always play the Packers, would be a rating boon for the NFL. Granted though, it banishes teams from the south that lack a following into a large division that no one will care about... but I don't see how that's different now with the AFC/NFC south.

Summary of changes: - Drop to 4 divisions from 8. Locate teams by a combination of geography and rivalry. Keep all original AFL teams in the AFC. If the AFL rule can be broken, then swap the Colts with the Titans, and swap the division names as well. - Move St. Louis back to LA. - Put all west coast teams in the same division of the same conference. Preserve rivalries by including the Chiefs (plus you do need another team there). - To accommodate this, move the 49ers, Cardinals, Seahawks, and the LA Rams to the AFC. Move the Colts, Jaguars, Texans, and Ravens to the NFC. - Drop the geographical names from the divisions and use historical figures for the names, a la the NHL not too long ago. This proposal kind of requires it given that the NFC does not have clear geographic boundaries. Proposed divisions (first two AFC, last two NFC): (Bud) Adams Division: Buffalo Bills Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Miami Dolphins New England Patriots New York Jets Pittsburgh Steelers Tennessee Titans (Lamar) Hunt Division: Arizona Cardinals Denver Broncos KC Chiefs LA Rams Oakland Raiders San Diego Chargers San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks (George) Halas Division: Dallas Cowboys NY Giants Washington Redskins Philadelphia Eagles Green Bay Packers Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings (Johnny) Unitas Division: Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Carolina Panthers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schedule 1 game against divisional opponents (this game alternates home/away each year) = 7 1 game against 3 divisional opponents based on previous year's record (held in other stadium opposite of the first game) = 3 1 game against 3 non-divisional opponents in same conference based on previous year's record (home game pre-determined based on position)= 3 1 game against 3 non-conference opponents based on previous year's record (home game pre-determined based on position) = 3 Total of 16 games. Playoffs: Division champions (first round bye) + 4 wild card slots based on record, best 2 records have home games in wild card round Opinions?

Is this our Bucky Brooks?

I lived in Ithaca for a year. If you aren't uber-liberal or into the bar scene, forget about even trying it, there's little else there. I couldn't imagine living in Cortland. Syracuse wouldn't be so bad...

I think that's right. They'd get tons of fans... lots of transplants from Vancouver down here that would kill to get NHL games here during the year. The idiots that renovated Key Arena back in the '90s designed it specifically so that they couldn't put ice down without knocking the seating down on one of the ends. But that can be fixed pretty easily I would think, or it could be a temporary thing until they get a new arena. See this pic, where sections 104-110 have to be cut off: https://files.gotickets.com/cached/_images/...y_copy-2063.gif

They need to put them in Seattle. We need a sports team here in the winter, and they need a balance between eastern and western conference teams.

BTW, these are going to be "true" throwback games, right down to the officiating uniforms: http://nfldotcom.files.wordpress.com/2009/...090334_blog.jpg

And the NFL wonders why the knockoffs (with stitched name, numbers, etc) are so popular. These "replicas" cost what, $20 to make/market/etc at the most?

Cue Fezmid in 3, 2, 1...

I am so sick and tired of writers praising Peters while analyzing our draft. This guy had one good year, and was very average last year. Tackle is a critical position, but I really don't think Walker will be a step down from what we saw with Peters last year.

You went to the Tute? I had the honor of having Billary speak at ours

That puts Walker at LT?