NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:01 am
Better matchups this week. Upped the choices to six.
Championship Subdivision Football | FCS Football | Stadiums | Blogs | Forums
FCS Football | Message Board | News
https://championshipsubdivision.com/forums/
NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
https://championshipsubdivision.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49533
Page 1 of 2
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:05 am
I went homer. Genuinely interested in the matchup.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:09 am
Me too, Eagles just more interesting and the Vikings falling like they did to Buffalo makes the matchup on Thursday in LA far less interesting.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:12 am
Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:40 am
For a Ravens or Steelers fan, maybe. No problem with a homer vote, but call it for what it is.89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:17 pm
What rivalry is better on a national level? Honest question.GannonFan wrote:For a Ravens or Steelers fan, maybe. No problem with a homer vote, but call it for what it is.89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:25 pm
Ravens would have been about the 10th team I would have thought of as a rivalry for the Steelers.89Hen wrote:What rivalry is better on a national level? Honest question.GannonFan wrote:
For a Ravens or Steelers fan, maybe. No problem with a homer vote, but call it for what it is.
Cowboys anyone
Packers Bears
New England Miami
just to start with.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:43 pm
89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
That was why I upped it to six games this week. Always a bloodbath. Hardest hitting during the regular season every year. So much hate.Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:45 pm
You haven't spent much time in Baltimore or Pittsburgh I'd wager. The buzz is real on Black and Purple weeks around those towns. I really got to experience that for the five years I worked in Annapolis.Gil Dobie wrote:Ravens would have been about the 10th team I would have thought of as a rivalry for the Steelers.89Hen wrote: What rivalry is better on a national level? Honest question.
Cowboys anyone
Packers Bears
New England Miami
just to start with.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:46 pm
Never knew it was a big rivalry.93henfan wrote:89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:55 pm
Think about it from a Baltimore fan perspective. They have no hockey or basketball team. They only have the Triple-A Orioles in baseball. The Ravens are their only hope, and they came over a decade after the Colts skipped town and Baltimorons lost all hope. The Ravens were like Jesus beaming back down, and they arrived just as Ripken was retiring and Angelos was destroying the Os.Gil Dobie wrote:Never knew it was a big rivalry.93henfan wrote:
Meanwhile, the Steelers fans watched the Browns move to Baltimore, put on different uniforms, and suddenly start winning Super Bowls.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:58 pm
Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.93henfan wrote:Think about it from a Baltimore fan perspective. They have no hockey or basketball team. They only have the Triple-A Orioles in baseball. The Ravens are their only hope, and they came over a decade after the Colts skipped town and Baltimorons lost all hope. The Ravens were like Jesus beaming back down, and they arrived just as Ripken was retiring and DeAngelos was destroying the Os.Gil Dobie wrote:
Never knew it was a big rivalry.
Meanwhile, the Steelers fans watched the Browns move to Baltimore, put on different uniforms, and suddenly start winning Super Bowls.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:01 pm
Ray Lewis and Ben Roethlisberger had a pretty national reach I'd say. Every kid in America was trying to perfect the Ray Ray intro dance ten years ago.Gil Dobie wrote:Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.93henfan wrote:
Think about it from a Baltimore fan perspective. They have no hockey or basketball team. They only have the Triple-A Orioles in baseball. The Ravens are their only hope, and they came over a decade after the Colts skipped town and Baltimorons lost all hope. The Ravens were like Jesus beaming back down, and they arrived just as Ripken was retiring and DeAngelos was destroying the Os.
Meanwhile, the Steelers fans watched the Browns move to Baltimore, put on different uniforms, and suddenly start winning Super Bowls.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:04 pm
How was your Ray Ray dance?93henfan wrote:Ray Lewis and Ben Roethlisberger had a pretty national reach I'd say. Every kid in America was trying to perfect the Ray Ray intro dance ten years ago.Gil Dobie wrote:
Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:05 pm
I'm white.Gil Dobie wrote:How was your Ray Ray dance?93henfan wrote:
Ray Lewis and Ben Roethlisberger had a pretty national reach I'd say. Every kid in America was trying to perfect the Ray Ray intro dance ten years ago.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:04 pm
I'm with 93 on this one. Steelers/Ravens used to be a slobberknocker that was fun to watch. It's lost its luster with the Ravens and Frosted Joe slipping over the last several years though.Gil Dobie wrote:Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.93henfan wrote:
Think about it from a Baltimore fan perspective. They have no hockey or basketball team. They only have the Triple-A Orioles in baseball. The Ravens are their only hope, and they came over a decade after the Colts skipped town and Baltimorons lost all hope. The Ravens were like Jesus beaming back down, and they arrived just as Ripken was retiring and DeAngelos was destroying the Os.
Meanwhile, the Steelers fans watched the Browns move to Baltimore, put on different uniforms, and suddenly start winning Super Bowls.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:46 pm
Broncos-Chiefs
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 4:38 am
I will agree that this is the best game of the week. Best rivalry in football? Bears-Packers and Eagles-Cowboys come to mind.89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 6:52 am
Ray Lewis hasn't played football since 2013. Yeah, when both teams were really good this was a really good game. But 4-5 years does not a "best rivalry in the NFL" make. Just saying.93henfan wrote:Ray Lewis and Ben Roethlisberger had a pretty national reach I'd say. Every kid in America was trying to perfect the Ray Ray intro dance ten years ago.Gil Dobie wrote:
Still more on a Baltimore scale than a national scale.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:03 am
So when was the last 4-5 years that the Packers and Bears or the Eagles and Cowboys were both playoff teams at the same time?GannonFan wrote:Ray Lewis hasn't played football since 2013. Yeah, when both teams were really good this was a really good game. But 4-5 years does not a "best rivalry in the NFL" make. Just saying.93henfan wrote:
Ray Lewis and Ben Roethlisberger had a pretty national reach I'd say. Every kid in America was trying to perfect the Ray Ray intro dance ten years ago.
I submit that Steelers-Ravens is far more of a meaningful rivalry this millennium.
Packers-Bears circa Gayle Sayers era? Sure.
Eagles-Cowboys 1979-1982? Sure.
That's a long time ago.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:16 am
Doesn't matter if the cowboys are good or not, and yes, they haven't been good since Clinton was in the White House. But a good rivalry needs an awful, hated, piece of waste team on the other side of the rivalry and the cowboys fit that bill perfectly. The fact that they've sucked for so long (thanks Jerry!!) just makes it even better.93henfan wrote:So when was the last 4-5 years that the Packers and Bears or the Eagles and Cowboys were both playoff teams at the same time?GannonFan wrote:
Ray Lewis hasn't played football since 2013. Yeah, when both teams were really good this was a really good game. But 4-5 years does not a "best rivalry in the NFL" make. Just saying.
I submit that Steelers-Ravens is far more of a meaningful rivalry this millennium.
Packers-Bears circa Gayle Sayers era? Sure.
Eagles-Cowboys 1979-1982? Sure.
That's a long time ago.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:22 am
Redskins have a bye in Week 4.
So they play 3 games and get a bye week, then play 13 straight weeks.
Stupid fucking scheduling.
IMO, all byes should be between Week 7 through Week 12.
So they play 3 games and get a bye week, then play 13 straight weeks.
Stupid fucking scheduling.
IMO, all byes should be between Week 7 through Week 12.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:41 am
Bears haven't been relevant consistently in a long time (1 trip to the playoffs in the last 10+ years) and the Eagles aren't even the Cowboys #1 rival. Both in the discussion, but not current.Ivytalk wrote:I will agree that this is the best game of the week. Best rivalry in football? Bears-Packers and Eagles-Cowboys come to mind.89Hen wrote:Ravens/Steelers... best rivalry in football right now.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:21 am
Relevance doesn't matter in a rivalry game. People can conveniently pick 5 years here or 10 years there, but playing 197 games against each other with a 97-94-6 record in the rivalry, that's all that needs to be said. I'm sure there must be a rivalry between the Steelers and Ravens, at least according to the ECB guys, but that sounds similar to the Packers vs Vikings rivalry, very fierce, but that's only 116 games, 60-53-3. Steelers vs Ravens is whopping 48 games, Steelers leading 27-21.
Re: NFL Game of the Week - Week 4
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:26 am
We just hate them so much more it makes up for the feigned lack of enthusiasm on their side.89Hen wrote: the Eagles aren't even the Cowboys #1 rival. Both in the discussion, but not current.
