606 Points In A Season

[Hammock Parties]

The butthurt is so thick.

We wouldn't care if that was our QB and our offense.

The second we get a QB we will be ecstatic and laughing at poverty passing teams.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Pam Oliver's Forehead

The butthurt is so thick.

We wouldn't care if that was our QB and our offense.

The second we get a QB we will be ecstatic and laughing at poverty passing teams.

Yup.

Think back to a few short months ago when we were are sure we had the second coming of the '85 Bears D. Thread after thread after thread about how great we were.

Because it feels good to root for the best. And if Alex Smith just finished the season with 5,500 yards and 55 TD's; the keyboards of the CP collective would be the stickiest in the entire nation.

[Bearcat]

Great discussion.

I don't think it's about Peyton butthurt at all... it's been a steady decline for several years, but it's just that much more obvious and frustrating when a rival sets a record that highlights the main reason for the decline. There was the same discussion a few weeks ago with no need to talk about Denver.

About 6-7 years ago, I stopped watching every single Chiefs game (thanks, Herm), and shortly after that I started watching more college ball and not worrying so much about missing NFL games. Once a month or so there was some can't-miss game and mid-January football was still awesome, but like others have said, after a while all of those great games look exactly the same.

There are still some great games, but Rain Man has hit the nail on the head in several posts... the business of the NFL and their shortsightedness has ruined the game.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Great discussion.

I don't think it's about Peyton butthurt at all... it's been a steady decline for several years, but it's just that much more obvious and frustrating when a rival sets a record that highlights the main reason for the decline. There was the same discussion a few weeks ago with no need to talk about Denver.

About 6-7 years ago, I stopped watching every single Chiefs game (thanks, Herm), and shortly after that I started watching more college ball and not worrying so much about missing NFL games. Once a month or so there was some can't-miss game and mid-January football was still awesome, but like others have said, after a while all of those great games look exactly the same.

There are still some great games, but Rain Man has hit the nail on the head in several posts... the business of the NFL and their shortsightedness has ruined the game.

I don't watch much college football, but I did watch the SEC championship game. Same problem there but it was the Auburn running game that was unrecognizable as football. Didn't really spend time trying to figure out how an offense could be so dominant in a championship level game, but it didn't really compel me to want to watch more college ball.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by cdcox

I don't watch much college football, but I did watch the SEC championship game. Same problem there but it was the Auburn running game that was unrecognizable as football. Didn't really spend time trying to figure out how an offense could be so dominant in a championship level game, but it didn't really compel me to want to watch more college ball.

Yeah, that was kind of ridiculous. There may be a trend in college football to air it out, too, but there's still quite a bit of variety... from the Oregon type offenses to the Alabama/LSU defenses, etc. It's definitely not a football purist's heaven, but it's not even that I dislike the shootouts or whatever, I just don't get the feeling that every good CFB game is going to end the same way.

The NFL is so watered down these days, the only games that seem worth watching are Manning vs Brees or Rodgers vs another Manning, etc, since the most other games are more about bad offense than good defense.... and if the defense had some chance, they would be highly entertaining games, but after a while it's "oh, another 42-38 game."

I'll take the good with the bad when it comes to college sports, since it's not all about money and I don't get the feeling that it's manufactured.

[whoman69]

Combination of the rules allowing the defense nothing and the referees being lax in never calling the illegal picks the Broncos receivers take advantage of. I had to laugh when I saw an ESPN analyst trying to argue Peyton had the statistically greatest season ever.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by whoman69

Combination of the rules allowing the defense nothing and the referees being lax in never calling the illegal picks the Broncos receivers take advantage of. I had to laugh when I saw an ESPN analyst trying to argue Peyton had the statistically greatest season ever.

cmon now... it only took Manning 15 years to throw 55TD's at 37 years old after having neck surgery...

[DRU]

Originally Posted by Pam Oliver's Forehead

The butthurt is so thick.

We wouldn't care if that was our QB and our offense.

The second we get a QB we will be ecstatic and laughing at poverty passing teams.

I disagree. When it happens now and goes our way it's more of a "well, that was BS but I'll take it" sort of feeling. That's not nearly as fun as it used to be when you'd make that play against a real defense.

It really is pathetic. You gotta love, too, when a play will happen and the announcers will start to say something like yeah that's how they want people doing it today, but then they still throw the flag, so announces back track and after looking at replays (which still clearly show a perfectly legal hit) they say oh yeah that's indeed why they called it. Total BS.