The NFL Thread (with added College Football)

[Somniloquism]

That was a very good game last night.

[Meanwood Villa]

The road to the Superbowl goes through Seattle. Which I don't think anyone expected.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Hoping Jags win AFC South and Carolina sneak in, via Atlanta beating the Saints.

[dubont]

A heck of a finish to the Steelers/Ravens game.

[Somniloquism]

For about the 12th game, the Bears result is determined by the last action of the game. Unfortunately in this case it was the Lions field goal. Shame we didn't go for 3 points at the end of the first half.

[cdbearsfan]

Didn't matter in the end because Eagles lost. Would have been nice if the Bills had bothered their arses last week so we could have rested our starters. Annoyingly will be away (after the Tottenham game) for our playoff so probably won't be able to watch it. Was hoping for a Sunday game.

[usav]

A heck of a finish to the Steelers/Ravens game.

Wasn't it just!?  Those games always come down to the last possession of the game and last night did not disappoint.

[Somniloquism]

Saturday, 10 January

Los Angeles Rams @ Carolina Panthers (21:30)

Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears (01:00 Sun)

Sunday, 11 January

Buffalo Bills @ Jacksonville Jaguars (18:00)

San Francisco 49ers @ Philadelphia Eagles (21:30)

Los Angeles Chargers @ New England Patriots (01:00 Mon)

Monday, 12 January

Houston Texans @ Pittsburgh Steelers (01:00 Tue)

[cdbearsfan]

Also College Semi-Finals this week if that's your bag:

Ole Miss vs Miami, Friday 0030 (Fiesta Bowl)
Indiana vs Oregon, Saturday 0030 (Peach Bowl)

[AV82EC]

Also College Semi-Finals this week if that's your bag:

Ole Miss vs Miami, Friday 0030 (Fiesta Bowl)
Indiana vs Oregon, Saturday 0030 (Peach Bowl)

It’s been an interesting College season and there does seem to be a changing of the guard in terms of the top teams and it’s not the usual Bama/Georgia/Clemson/Ohio State borefest.

I’m going a Miami/Indiana match up with Miami sneaking it.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Miami supposedly the most talent rich side left. Induana the beat coached.

[UK Redsox]

Having a proper playoff system for NCAAF has made a big difference. As has relaxing regulations re players transferring schools.

Players can now move somewhere where they have a better chance of playing, rather than being stuck as, say, third string QB at a former powerhouse college

[cdbearsfan]

Definitely improved. I still think they'd be better adopting promotion and relegation and having fixtures decided by the league rather than teams. Far too many matches early in the season end up about 57-3.

[AV82EC]

Definitely improved. I still think they'd be better adopting promotion and relegation and having fixtures decided by the league rather than teams. Far too many matches early in the season end up about 57-3.

Yes, colleges being able to pick and choose their top up fixtures is wrong and leads to plenty of sandbagging to cut down on defeats.