Predictions for Championship games

Rome · January 22, 2006, 11:34:26 AM

Pissburgh - 23
Denver - 20

Carolina - 27
Seattle - 17

4and26 · January 22, 2006, 11:41:17 AM

Both road teams win in close games

General_Failure · January 22, 2006, 03:10:17 PM

I don't want to see the Panthers or Steelers win, but I think they will.

SD_Eagle5 · January 22, 2006, 04:43:31 PM

I had a Pitt/Seattle SuperBowl on my pool. Looking good so far. I have Pitt winning it all.

PoopyfaceMcGee · January 23, 2006, 08:42:11 AM

I really thought Pittsburgh would hit the wall in the thin air in Denver. IMO, they can't be stopped now.

PhillyPhreak54 · January 23, 2006, 11:15:53 AM

Nope, they're on a roll. They used the "us vs. the world" mentality perfectly. And Cowher and Whisenhunt must b commended too. They threw early and often and that surprised teams.

I think this SB will be a good one to watch.

ice grillin you · January 23, 2006, 11:21:50 AM

id kill to have cowher as the eagles coach

steelers will beat seattle rather easily

i havent looked but heard that four was the early line...is that true phreak

MadMarchHare · January 23, 2006, 11:31:41 AM

I thought the Steelers would run more, too. And that's why I thought they'd lose.
Big backs run out of gas in thin air, good call to focus on the pass game.

PhillyPhreak54 · January 23, 2006, 11:47:13 AM

Quote from: ice grillin you on January 23, 2006, 11:21:50 AM
id kill to have cowher as the eagles coach

steelers will beat seattle rather easily

i havent looked but heard that four was the early line...is that true phreak

Ed said it was 3.5 last night. On BOS.com it was 4.5 and I heard on TV that it was 4. Pittsburgh favored in all three.

As for Cowher,

I'm curious. Is it because he's a smashmouth style coach? Because the guy was 1-4 in AFCCG's (and lost 4 at home) and 0-1 in SB's. Now he's 2-4 in them with both W's on the road. Some Steelers fans have been killing him over the years and wanted him fired.

Reid is 1-3 in CCG's and 0-1 in the SB.

Why the hate for Reid and love for Chin?

MadMarchHare · January 23, 2006, 11:57:52 AM

Perhaps it has to do with the Chin's attitude.

I can remember in one game, a loss for Pitt, the game ending interception was run back for a TD, down the Pitt sideline. Chin took a step toward the DB from the sideline with a fist raised, I swore he was gonna go after him. Got the better of himself before he picked up a flagrant. Reid never shows this fire, at least not publicly.

ice grillin you · January 23, 2006, 12:02:21 PM

exactly

cowher has a set of balls and gets players on the team that have the same...reid is a sloth like blob who gets players like dhani jones reno mahe darwin walker nate wayne and freddie mitchell

and i wont even go into his in game play calling...clock management adjustments ect...been there done that

as mmh said on attitude alone id take cowher over reid every day of the week

PhillyPhreak54 · January 23, 2006, 12:05:53 PM

Ok, thats cool. But help me understand this because Reid is ripped apart a lot here for not showing attitude.

My response to that is; So what if he doesn't display anger towards his players publicly? Just because he doesn't undress a guy in front of us all doesn't mean he doesn't get his discipline across.

If I were a player I would prefer to be dealt with privately. When you show a guy up it can be bad. Scream at me all you want, I don't care. But don't do it in the media.

MadMarchHare · January 23, 2006, 12:33:35 PM

I've rarely seen Cowher "dress someone down" in public, except when they perform a particularly stupid personal foul. As an analogy, it's why I love watching Tiger Woods and despise Phil Mickelson. When Tiger misses a putt, or has a bad round, you can tell he's pissed.

Phil just happy to collect a paycheck. He doesn't have the fire to win, just enough to be top 10 and maintain his fat lifestyle.

Reid may be just as fiery as Cowher behind the scenes. I think the fans get frustrated because they want to see a little more aggravation from a guy who lost 3 NFCCGs and then a SB in succession.

ice grillin you · January 23, 2006, 12:40:56 PM

yeah i wanna murder reid after he loses in the championship game and is like yep well just have to take a look at things come back next year and try again...worse than that tho is that reid looks for players and coaches who have the same laissez faire attitude he does...thus it spreads thruout the locker room...its a big reason TO was able to run rampant for as long as he did..and its a big reason why the defense is softer than a babys ass

General_Failure · January 23, 2006, 12:46:32 PM

I'd much rather he pout and throw his headset after a loss.

Predictions for Championship games

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