Comments on: Sports Writer With Column To Fill Alert http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/10/25/sports-writer-with-column-to-fill-alert/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: megamoze http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/10/25/sports-writer-with-column-to-fill-alert/#comment-60334 megamoze Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:25:02 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4903#comment-60334 The ranking system in college in general is such a joke. What's wrong with playoffs? I know the old excuses about them being college students and not pros or something or other, but I've always been a strong supporter of football as a major. If you can major in filmmaking, you should be able to major in football. The ranking system in college in general is such a joke. What’s wrong with playoffs? I know the old excuses about them being college students and not pros or something or other, but I’ve always been a strong supporter of football as a major. If you can major in filmmaking, you should be able to major in football.

]]> By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/10/25/sports-writer-with-column-to-fill-alert/#comment-60333 SpiderJ Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:51:36 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4903#comment-60333 <i>NFL history is littered with strong teams who got punked by the teams they marked as "gimme" on their schedules</i> True about the "trap" games, although what strikes me about these two teams (Colts and Pats) is that they're <i>so</i> not complacent about <i>any</i> team they face that it almost comes across as paranoid. Fins fans have been grumbling all week that the Patriots "ran up the score" at the end of the game, but Belichek was absolutely right in that no lead is truly safe in the NFL. (I recall a Bucs/Colts game a few years ago where Manning pulled a ridiculous comeback job in the last eighth of the game.) NFL history is littered with strong teams who got punked by the teams they marked as “gimme” on their schedules

True about the “trap” games, although what strikes me about these two teams (Colts and Pats) is that they’re so not complacent about any team they face that it almost comes across as paranoid. Fins fans have been grumbling all week that the Patriots “ran up the score” at the end of the game, but Belichek was absolutely right in that no lead is truly safe in the NFL. (I recall a Bucs/Colts game a few years ago where Manning pulled a ridiculous comeback job in the last eighth of the game.)

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