Stroll Down the NFL Boulevard 2008 Divisional Round

Stroll down the NFL Boulevard 2008 Divisional Round

Okay… Well there seems to be something awfully familiar about this weeks games. Almost like Deja vue but not quite. This week all the divisional games had certain flair to them, like they had been played before. Huh Played before? Well they say we have to play the games anyway so let’s take a look at them okay??? Expo start that music…

First up on Saturday we find the Ravens traveling to Memphis and playing the Titans. Sometimes in the Playoffs the story is told in the stats. Let’s look in to the stats from this game First Downs: 9 to 21, Total yards 211 to 391, Time of Possession 26 minutes to 34 minutes, Points 13 to 10. Tennessee was on the winning end of everything, but the score. Yes the score and the Turnover battle. The Titans had 2 fumbles and an interception to the Ravens none. And that is not good. Now we have to hear about how great the Ravens defense is and how great John Harbaugh is. How much History has been made with a rookie Coach and Quarterback. We are sure we will be hearing about it all week, so we will not mention it here. What we are sure of is we have half of the AFC Championship game.
Final score the Ravens 13 the Titans 10. It looks like we quote the Raven one more week.

Now we will talk about the game in Carolina. The Panthers were destined to play the Cardinals of Ari-Freaking-Zona. The Cardinals traveled across the country 5 times and lost each time and none were close. So with this game looming on the Horizon Arizona Head Coach Ken Whisenhunt had a team meeting and addressed his players. “Look, guys, there's... two kinds of dumb, uh... a guy that gets naked and runs out in the snow and barks at the moon, and, uh, a guy who does the same thing in my living room. First one don't matter, the second one you're kinda forced to deal with.” Then Matt Leinart whispered to Kurt Warner “What is he talking about?” Kurt Warner replied “It’s a quote from Hoosiers, the Movie. It’s supposed to inspire us.” To which Matt responded”Well if inspired means we are going to go out and win? Then he will have to find a movie that some of us young guys have seen. If you want inspiration lets talk about Babe.” To which Warner replied “The Movie about Babe Ruth with John Goodman yea that was good.” “Huh, Hell no. That movie about the Pig, now that is inspirational, I cry every time I watch it.” Leinart said. Well we cried as we watched the Ari-Freaking-Zona Cardinals WIN the game and a place in the NFC Championship. Even when God opened the heavens above and pointed his finger at the Cardinals and said “You are the winner” we couldn’t have been more disappointed.
Final Score the Cardinals 33 the Panthers 13. Cardinals win as we dry our tears.

Up next we find the WCNYFG at home getting ready to take on the High flying Eagles of Philadelphia. This is a rematch again of a couple of weeks during the season and each team won on the others field. So with everything to lose including the NFC Championship game at home the WCNYFG headed to the field. It is safe to say that not everybody wearing a Giant uniform had something else to play after the season like the Double Stuff racing league. Not sure exactly what the DSRL is but Elli has something else to do next week instead of just packing his locker. His Stats were 15 completions on 29 throws for 169 yards. He also had 2 interceptions and generally had a confused look on his face all day. Maybe he was sad that his brother lost last week. But we think it was more of his combination. The Eagles combination of Donovan McNabb to Brent Celek was much better than Elli Manning to Kevin Boss, and certainly better than Plaxico Burress a pair of sweat pants and a gun. We saw that McNabb made a phone call on the Giants Sidelines this week that cost his team 15 yards in an unsportsmanlike penalty. We just happen to have a transcript of the conversation that Donovan might had. “Run Run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Don-O-Van” But what you can catch is this Weeks Birth Canal Team of the week. Thanks WCNYFG.
Final Score the Eagles 23 the Giants 11. We guess no more WCNYFG. How Sad?

And finally we head to Pittsburg to see how the Steelers were going to beat the Chargers. We thought that it was going to happen. We mean that it has been since 1971 sine 3 of the 4 road teams had won in one weekend in the playoffs. And this is not the 70’s these are the 0’s and double 00’s to boot. So with the 00’s we have lots of stats and with lots of stats you can get confusion. And we are confused. How the Hell does this keep happening. Are the Steelers that great? We mean we watched the game, we looked at the stats, and we fell asleep. We mean honestly is there any thing as boring a Pittsburg Steeler game? You can pick anything you want, Paint drying, Grass growing, (which doesn’t happen in Pittsburg after October), ice melting (which also doesn’t happen until April) all have one thing in common, Boring. The only things moving in Pittsburg after October are those stupid Towels. Well the only other things moving in Pittsburg are the Chargers back to San Diego. Stay Classy San Diego. How do you tell that a Pittsburg Steeler game is over? Don’t worry Morley Safer will tell you, except on the West Coast where regular programming will ensue.
Final Score the Chargers 24 the Steelers 35. Yawn is it over yet? Good God when does Cold Case come on?

Well that is it for now. We are now down to 4 teams and 2 games. We sure do hope you enjoy this as much as we have putting this together.


And remember like we always say….

I never did it, no, I won't admit it
Why should I lie for you anymore
You never loved me, you pushed and shoved me
I see the woman I never saw

I saw you laugh when the knife was twisted
It still hurts but the pain has shifted
I'm lookin' back at the time that drifted by
But I won't cry for the wasted years
'cause you ain't worth the salt in my tears

Feeling neglected, used and rejected
You need a shoulder to lean upon
Baby you picked him, found your next victim
Don't worry someone will come along
I broke the spell that you kept me under
I had enough of the rain and thunder
I lost track of the time and I wonder why
But I won't cry for the wasted years
'cause you ain't worth the salt in my tears

I'll sit around and drink a few more beers
Until the memory just disappears
'cause you ain't worth the salt in my tears
I saw you laugh when the knife was twisted
It still hurts but the pain has shifted
I'm lookin' back at the time that drifted by
But I won't cry for the wasted years
'cause you ain't worth the salt in my tears
'cause you ain't worth the salt in my tears
'cause you ain't worth the salt in my tears