NFL 2012 - Drive to Glory

I couldn't take a Seahawks win today on top of last night. So I'm glad they lost. Sorry.

There is a borderline incestuous relationship between the teams, with coaches, players, and front office personnel shuffling between the two for the past 15 years or so.

I would say up until that game for the most part most Packers fans liked the Seahawks. I'm not saying it can't be like that again, but for at least the fans that I know personally... we all hate Pete Carroll and his antics, and we thought Golden Tate handled the incident like a punk. I don't think I'm cheering for the Seahawks until those two are gone.

 

Really? Because from the replay I watched, Carroll never made the "T" signal (which I thought was crucial to calling a time out), and looks like he even tells the ref that "I'm not going to call a time out". I was confused by the whole interaction.

 

In these situations what I usually see them do is tell the official on his sideline ahead of time that they're going to call timeout, so that he's ready for it. Then stand right next to him and say "timeout" before the snap. "T" signal? The ref isn't looking at him, he's looking at the players pre-snap, and I'm guessing they wouldn't appreciate coaches running onto the field and/or shoving hands into their line of sight right at the snap.

Also, there's no reason for him to tell the ref "I'm not going to call timeout". That's just stupid.

 

Irrelevant. If the coach is "shoving his hands in the referees face" prior to the snap, then there is no play and time out is called.

 

Keep in mind that they're trying to call it when the snap is imminent for a psychological advantage and it is not exactly unheard of for them to get the snap off before the coach calls for timeout in that situation.

 

This is the important part. I very much doubt the camera caught him telling the ref " I'm not going to call timeout". It didn't take an expert lip reader to see him clearly mouth the word "timeout".

 

meh.....Texans lost as expected. Oh well. At least I have my nice 2012 AFCS Championship baseball cap.

 

Well, if the NFL couldn't get the Brady/Peyton matchup they no doubt wanted, I'm sure they'll be happy enough with a Patriots/Ravens rematch.

 

I wonder if NFL and TV officials will have heart attacks if we get a Ravens/Falcons Superbowl...

 

It can't be 6:30 next Sunday soon enough.

Great game Vereen. You sure don't look like you're hurt Ninkovich.

I Gronk'd a newspaper at some point during the first half before hearing he re-broke his arm.

Heal up Woodhead and Jones.

 

Yeah, I took a nap at 21-0 or whatever it was. Fuck.

Time to start focusing on Baltimore. The game in 2010 where it was 14-0 before I even got home with the pizza, the near end to the perfect season in 07, the Cundiff, and the crotch guzzling 4th quarter pukefest earlier this season do not have me feeling too great about this.

What happened to the fizzling out Ravens in December and who is this team that came back against Denver yesterday?

Nice job setting up an AFC title game in Foxborough, now please go back to playing like shit next week.

 

I guess my hopes and dreams now rest on the shoulders of Baltimore. And if they don't get the job done, San Francisco.

 

I don't like Bevell. Just a Favre lackey IMO. Maybe he's grown in the past couple of years.

 

^ Who was the Bears' special teams coach in the mid-90's? The one who had a trick play going about every 5 minutes.

 

Good going...you just made Timby spontaneously combust.

 

Trestman has benefited from having one of the best and consistent CFL quarterbacks in Anthony Calvillo. There have been five other head coaches in Calvillo's time and they have always been near the top, so I think Trestman has benefited for having him at the helm then any kind of great coaching techniques.