NFL/NCAA American Football discussion

I went to the opening night of the NFL season last night. What a festival. Started about 8 with live link-ups to Rolling Stones concert in Detroit, then Maroon 5 and Kanye West in LA. Green Day then played live in the stadium, followed by Santana, Michelle Branch, Ozzy Osbourne and then the national anthem by Trish Yearwood. They unveiled a huge banner then announcing the superbowl win, and then there were more fireworks than I've ever seen in my life. Oh and then there was the actual game.

Patriots won 30-20, but the defence looked dodge. Gave up a lot of big plays and weren't great against the run. Patriots running back wasn't great but still got 2 TD's. Don't really expect Pats to do it again. Reckon Indianapolis will get it right this year.

Savage night. Made it worth the $330 I paid for ticket, jersey, transport and programme!!!

Didn't see the game but from the match report the Pats defense doesn't look as good this year. Bruschi will be a big loss I reckon. I agree that the Colts will win the Superbowl this year. They look very strong and if they get home field advantage in the play-offs, no one will beat them. I'll stick my neck out by making the following predictions:
Divisional Winners:
AFC EAST: New England Patriots
AFC NORTH: Baltimore Ravens
AFC SOUTH: Indianapolis Colts
AFC WEST: Kansas City Chiefs
NFC EAST: Philadelphia Eagles
NFC NORTH: Minnesota Vikings
NFC SOUTH: Atlanta Falcons
NFC WEST: Arizona Cardinals

Indianapolis to beat Minnesota in the Superbowl.

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Originally Posted by Kerry Blue

NFC WEST: Arizona Cardinals

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Interesting call

I'm going for Colts to beat Atlanta in th Superbowl

Oakland have a very powerful offense this year though, and 20 points is hardly a capitulation. I except the Patriots to go very deep again this year, I’ll have to have a look at the Colts defense in action before I’m sold them.

Also looking for a surprisingly strong season from Notre Dame now that Charlie Weiss is in charge. I watched the game against Pittsburgh - VERY IMPRESSIVE. Brady Quinn was looking like a young Tom Brady. A Top 10 finish from the Irish would be great although USC are a lock for the National Championship.

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Originally Posted by shedite

Patriots won 30-20, but the defence looked dodge. Gave up a lot of big plays and weren't great against the run. Patriots running back wasn't great but still got 2 TD's. Don't really expect Pats to do it again. Reckon Indianapolis will get it right this year.

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christ sparky it sounds like you're speaking a different language! come home soon son!

tried to stay awake for the opening game the other night but fell asleep, as you do..

lloking forward to the double header tomorrow, Denver Broncos @ Miami Dolphins and Arizona Cardinals @ NY Giants.. although i have to admit i'll be flciking between that and the spansish footie...

time to dusty off my copy of Madden 2002 methinks

Watched the Dolphins Vs Broncos last night. Was an interesting, low-scoring game right up until the 4th when Miami broke away. Both teams looked quite dodgy on offence with turnovers nearly every few plays. Wasn't the most exciting game ever but certainly got the interest going again. :)

As a childhood Bronco's fan however I was disappointed watching them, made worse by the fact that my brother is a childhood Dolphins fan who took time out to remind me about it last night!! :eek:

Denver were horrible, just horrible.

They need a new coach badly and they have done for a few years. Shanahan has done nothing since Elway left.

How did the redskins do on the opening week?

They beat the Bears 9-7 - it's going to be a LONG seasons for both teams I suspect!

Atlanta Falcons are the best team in the NFL.

No, they're not. Vick might be great to watch but it'll be years before he wins a superbowl

It'll be years before any NFC team will win the Superbowl. The AFC has too many strong teams at the moment.

watched falcons at seahawks yesterday evening, enjoyable enough game, althouugh i have to admit i was flciking over between that and Bedazzled on BBC 1 to see liz hurley in pretty revealing get ups..

Can anyone tell me how the Jets are doing??

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Originally Posted by joeSoap

Can anyone tell me how the Jets are doing??

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Won one, lost one. They beat Miami on Sunday.

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Originally Posted by joeSoap

Can anyone tell me how the Jets are doing??

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Are you a Jets fan Joe?
Nice to know there's another one out there.

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Originally Posted by joeSoap

Can anyone tell me how the Jets are doing??

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They haven't had a single hit since Benny left them!

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Originally Posted by TheOwl

They haven't had a single hit since Benny left them!

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Har Har :D

I'm rooting for the san diego chargers meself.

Big fan of the running game and rushers dont come much better than the chargers Tomlinson.

Good game last night between the raiders and eagles.

I thought the "real" fridge in the studio on sky for the 2nd game had a higher IQ than the first one :)

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Originally Posted by shedite

I went to the opening night of the NFL season last night. What a festival. Started about 8 with live link-ups to Rolling Stones concert in Detroit, then Maroon 5 and Kanye West in LA. Green Day then played live in the stadium, followed by Santana, Michelle Branch, Ozzy Osbourne and then the national anthem by Trish Yearwood. They unveiled a huge banner then announcing the superbowl win, and then there were more fireworks than I've ever seen in my life. Oh and then there was the actual game.

Patriots won 30-20, but the defence looked dodge. Gave up a lot of big plays and weren't great against the run. Patriots running back wasn't great but still got 2 TD's. Don't really expect Pats to do it again. Reckon Indianapolis will get it right this year.

Savage night. Made it worth the $330 I paid for ticket, jersey, transport and programme!!!

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You lucky barstad - Pats won again last night - great win on the road at Pittsburgh. Looking good again - they play Atlanta in 2 weeks time - should be a cracker - preview of the Superbowl i reckon.