Mikey's Crystal Ball: Conference Championship Week Edition
by Mike Farley on Jan 19, 2012 1:00 PM EST
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PrintLast week: 4-0
Playoff record: 8-0
Season record: 173-91
So here we are with just three games of significance left in the regular season. Conference championship weekend is always great, but it's even better when your team is in it like ours is this weekend. Four teams remain with the right to move on to Super Bowl 46. Meanwhile, the blind squirrel who found an acorn two weekends ago by picking Tebow's Broncos finds himself regaining some of his vision as he sits at 8-0 with these picks heading into the NFL's Final Four. So with that, let's get to the picks, and the G-man will have his picks in an hour or so:
Baltimore at New England--It's never good when you have your own offense and defense exchanging pleasantries the way Ed Reed and Joe Flacco have this past week. Really, guys? Meanwhile, they have to figure out a way to stop Tom Brady--you know, the guy who threw for six touchdowns last Saturday. I'd say chances are better that the Ravens will score points against New England's defense than the Ravens' defense will be able to stop the Patriots from scoring points. Patriots 31, Ravens 17
NY Giants at San Francisco--I told someone at some point that I hoped the Giants would pull off the upset in Green Bay so that we'd have a rematch of the 1991 game at Candlestick in which the Giants won 15-13 on five Matt Bahr field goals. And we have that rematch, though we're a long time removed from 1991. We're even a long time removed from when the Giants and 49ers met in the wild card round in 2003. Instead, it's a rematch of Week 10 when the G-men lost to the Niners 27-20, but came extremely close to tying the game in the final minute. San Fran has had a wild ride this year, but the Giants just have this weird destiny thing going on right now. Giants 24, Niners 23
Bonus prediction: When Jim Harbaugh and Tom Coughlin meet at midfield after the game, TC will shake Harbaugh's hand vigorously and then slap him on the back so hard that Harbaugh falls down. After which, Harbaugh will shout out, (this is for all of you guys who like to quote Seinfeld), "Jimmy Down!"
Let's go G-men!
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Jimmy does not like the close score you predicted
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Jan 19, 2012 1:04 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Jimmy is pretty sweet on you.
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent"
by Larry Soprano on Jan 19, 2012 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
Mel Tormé aka... The Velvet Fog
approves this
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Jan 19, 2012 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
Why would George steal from the Yankees?
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent"
by Larry Soprano on Jan 19, 2012 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
Hahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Jimmy will get you!”
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Jimmy walks in
George: “HEY! JIMMY!!! ha ha ha……..Great game.”
Jimmy: “OH yeah…….Jimmy played pretty good.”
George: "Hey you know , I felt we had like a synergy out there,you know,
like we were really helping each other."
Kramer: “What d’you got there?”
Jimmy: “These?”
Kramer: “Yeah”
Jimmy: “These are Jimmy’s training shoes.”
George: "Yeah,yeah yeah yeah! I’ve seen these…..they sorta ..they make
your legs..stronger."
Jimmy: "Oh yeah! Jimmy couldn’t jump at all before he got these. Jimmy was
like you (looks at G.)
Kramer: “They’re Plyometric.(sp?)”
George: “Plyometric?”
Kramer: “Yeah! They isolate the muscles. The muscle has to grow….or die.”
George: (to Jimmy) Wh…Where d’you get’em?"
Jimmy: “Jimmy sells’em.”
George: “You sell them?”
Jimmy: "Oh yeah! But Jimmy’s all out right now. Moving to Manhattan set
Jimmy back a bit."
I got a GIF for that!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 19, 2012 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
Jimmy's going into shock!
Hands off Jimmy! Don’t touch Jimmy!
by long time listener on Jan 19, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
I'm sticking with 24-10 Giants..
I verified it on the ‘Humble Commode’ this morning…
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
by Bobbiblue on Jan 19, 2012 1:05 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
4-0 last week and 8-0 in the playoffs...
Nobody likes a know-it-all!
nywins42 needs a new screen name - "nywins46" sounds great!
Just ordered FatHeads for all available Giants. Now I have something to aim at when punching holes in my wall.
Actually I would it if ole Mikey went 11-0
You know what I am saying
Die hard Giants fan since wide Right! I was 5...
I'm down wit JPP
Yea you know me
Win Ugly.
-Eli Manning for MVP
i'm glad MIke's post gets to breath a bit!
I feel like eveytime he puts something up ….a new post immediately follows
not to mention, he knows how to pick em.
I’m not big into predictions and hate making them, but i’ve followed this series and dude is good money.
Fire Fewell
I HAVE FOUND THEIR WEAKNESS.
49ers’ Assistant Director of Public Relations? Ryan Moore. 31-24 Giants.
But I was worried for a minute there.
11/1/2010
blah blah blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda
enough already. time for the coin toss.
Shoot the puck Barry!!!
ha...here's a comment from NFL.com.
the giants-niners game will be a great game no doubt. the biggest problem for the giants may be the fact that they have won 4 staight road playoff games. that is amazing but it’s highly unlikely that it will continue. the odds of winning 5 straight on the road in post season are so slim it’s hard to imagine the giants traveling 3,000 miles and winning against that defense in frisco.
So many things wrong about this statement.
nywins42 needs a new screen name - "nywins46" sounds great!
Just ordered FatHeads for all available Giants. Now I have something to aim at when punching holes in my wall.
Natalie Portman is confused by this
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Jan 19, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
What's so confusing?
I mean, think how much money the organization would save. You’ve got hotel, airfare, transportation, and meals for all the players, coaches, and staff…It really is a smart business decision to cancel the trip and not travel the 3000 miles out there.
Oh well, maybe next year…
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent"
by Larry Soprano on Jan 19, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
I looked all of this over and you make great points
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Jan 19, 2012 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
"I promised the Giants would change!!!..."
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
I'm thinking...How can they have won 4 road playoff games in a row?
No team has played more than 2 playoff games AND the first playoff game the Giants played was at home.
The odds of them winning 5 playoff games in a row are hard to imagine? Is he counting the Pro Bowl because the Super Bowl would be the last “playoff” game any team would need to play. Also, didn’t a certain team win 11 road games in a row back in 2007?
My head hurts.
nywins42 needs a new screen name - "nywins46" sounds great!
Just ordered FatHeads for all available Giants. Now I have something to aim at when punching holes in my wall.
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"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent"
by Larry Soprano on Jan 19, 2012 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
You are the black swan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
ummmm
The odds of beating hold the best offense of all times and holding them to 14pts in a SB I’m sure are pretty low
The odds of Beating that same team at home 4 years later with a 2 and half year home winning streak are probably lower. Not to mention had just lost a game the week before and under Brady had only lost 5 games back to back.
Blowing up the SB favors in their house against the best QB of the season. I’m sure these odds are low as well.
Count up your odds if you must, but there are somthings in life that over and over again beat all odds. These are things that are ment to be, destined to be. If they didn’t prove this last week after putting on beatin on the NFL choosen favor to win another SB, maybe after this week the nay sayers will eat their crow.
by hit_hard on Jan 19, 2012 2:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
NFL network
Also reported that Perry Fewell would be a viable candidate for a head coaching job after the playoffs.
Taken with a grain of salt.
by Max Schwager on Jan 19, 2012 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
Oh the Gambler's Fallacy...
Why does NOBODY seem to understand it?
I'm just a simple Niners fan trying to make my way in the universe.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Jan 19, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions
Statistic can be so counter-intuitive that people often mis-use or mis-understand them...
by ColoradoNiner on Jan 19, 2012 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
Come on now stats and numbers are easy
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
According to the above formula
It looks like the Giants beat the 49er’s 24-10. Funny, same score as the Humble Commode prediction.
Hahaha!!!..
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
What are the odds that the author above has lost a wager or two
Eli is our King!
Sorry
Giants by 10. Take it to the bank.
That is all
I got a GIF for that!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 19, 2012 1:24 PM EST reply actions
I'll take it from the bank.
nywins42 needs a new screen name - "nywins46" sounds great!
Just ordered FatHeads for all available Giants. Now I have something to aim at when punching holes in my wall.
well that makes you
a good for nothing theif
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Jan 19, 2012 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
Yout only a good for nothing thief
If you rob Individuals. If you rob from corporations and Institutions your alright
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
I can dig it
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Jan 19, 2012 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
Hahaha!!!..24-10 Giants...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
I only want to rob the people inside banks.
Then I’m just a mugger not a bank robber.
nywins42 needs a new screen name - "nywins46" sounds great!
Just ordered FatHeads for all available Giants. Now I have something to aim at when punching holes in my wall.
Become a politician and call it taxation
Eli is our King!
Then NY you are a straight scum bum LOL!
And are the worst thief ever.
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Unless your rich
Then you can steal from everyone and call it a bank fee
Eli is our King!
Why you little Occupier you....
I got a GIF for that!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 19, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
I rob people for the fun not for the money.
nywins42 needs a new screen name - "nywins46" sounds great!
Just ordered FatHeads for all available Giants. Now I have something to aim at when punching holes in my wall.
I am cornholio - give me your money!
“Suck justice” says the pink shirted super hero…
"We ask no quarter, we give no quarter" - Jim Harbaugh
Does anybody know...
if Baccagaloop practiced today
by BIGblueintheface on Jan 19, 2012 1:30 PM EST reply actions
From the Italian basketball league?
I got a GIF for that!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 19, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
No
i believe he’s playing o-line this week
by BIGblueintheface on Jan 19, 2012 1:32 PM EST reply actions
GIANTS WIN GIANTS WIN GIANTS WIN!
Because Carl says so:
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jan 19, 2012 1:48 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Stone Cold Lock of the Century of the Week!
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent"
by Larry Soprano on Jan 19, 2012 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
Bart Oates approves
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Jan 19, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions
Daily Swaggar Time!!!!!
And to losen your neck muscles I give you this. Turn left…..now right….
I got a GIF for that!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 19, 2012 2:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Thanks I needed that..I got all my neck kinks out....Crack right!!...Crack left!!...Aaaah!!!
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
It is what I am here for.
I got a GIF for that!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 19, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions
Fester i need that Blonde Girl from yesterday with Giant Twins who was showing
Swagger as well
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Making me feel like Heff
I got a GIF for that!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 19, 2012 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
Damn Uncle Fester If you keep this up, when I mail in my winning Vegas ticket...
I get picked up for mailing a mysterious whit powder…Afterall, I do wipe my nuts with that winner ticket everyday….Wait ’til they get a load of that…hahaha
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Just a flesh wound
I got a GIF for that!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 19, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
First time I saw that I laughed till I was dizzy
Eli is our King!
Funniest damn movie I ever watched...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Its in my top 1
I got a GIF for that!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 19, 2012 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
One of my other favorite scenes was when they started catapulting..
Cows at the enemy castle…MOOOOOOOOOOOO
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
This
I still laugh like crazy, and I’ve watched it maybe 15 times. I actually compare other comedy movies by how they compare to MPHG. The highest score ever given to a non Monty Python movie (scoring by % as funny as MPHG) is Blazing Saddles, which is only an 80.
I'm just a simple Niners fan trying to make my way in the universe.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Jan 19, 2012 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
I certainly hope you guys are right. With the way the weather is looking, it looks like its really going to favor their ground game and their defense.
It was a particularly small egg...thats why I asked.
by thenightstallion on Jan 19, 2012 2:24 PM EST reply actions
Nah a nice balmy rain???...It'll be a tropical trouncing we hand them...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Our D is experienced in tackling wet noodles
we play Romo twice a year for goodness sakes
I got a GIF for that!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 19, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
Bad conditions usually favor no one
But can lead to fluky plays, turnovers, slip and falls, etc
No way to predict it. For example fog bowl. Once it settled in, no one scored, it favored Bears cause they had scored.
Eli is our King!
No we aren’t.
It was a particularly small egg...thats why I asked.
by thenightstallion on Jan 19, 2012 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
He is being
sarcastic since some of the 49er fans assumed that the NYG are a dome team and the weather will help the 49ers LMAO.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Who was that?
Still, simply because of our styles of play, bad weather probably favors us.
I'm just a simple Niners fan trying to make my way in the universe.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Jan 19, 2012 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
No it dose not favor you
You have not played a bad weather game in a year and a half on that field. no edge to either team.
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Oh right.
We do not play in the swamps and have never seen it rain during games. Also forgot that Bradshaw runs for 80 yards TD in storm. We did not ever play a Sneakers Game. When NYG play at the Meadowlands the weather is perfect and dry. It never rains there and the weathers is always dry
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Did i mention that weather is always dry when Giants play
Giants have never ever played in muddy conditions etc etc
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Giants have never seen bad weather.
We should just cancel the trip since we are playing against the weather and not a team.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Putting words in my mouth again...
We run the ball more and have a better run defense. Sloppy conditions make receivers slip, messing up timing, therefore helping running teams. Therefore, we have a slight advantage.
I'm just a simple Niners fan trying to make my way in the universe.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Jan 19, 2012 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
Actually we are running very well at this point
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
We did not need to run a whole lot in the last game.
The air game was doing the job.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Negative Bong
Receivers know where their going easy to run the routes it’s the DBs that will have a problem making the cuts to keep up with the receivers who know where their going.
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Pass me the bong there Bong..
Must be some really good bullshit…
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Agree. Slippery field can make a game turn on one fall by a DB or WR. We must take it to them early. Put them in the catch up mode.
In the seconf]d half the field will be all torn up.
The end of game handshake would be sweet! Clearly if Harbaugh wins he will not do it with class.
Bonus prediction: When Jim Harbaugh and Tom Coughlin meet at midfield after the game, TC will shake Harbaugh’s hand vigorously and then slap him on the back so hard that Harbaugh falls down. After which, Harbaugh will shout out, (this is for all of you guys who like to quote Seinfeld), “Jimmy Down!”
Like the picks
I gotta def agree with the ne/bal score and on gmen i fell well win 24-10 27-13 either way i see us with a big W. Goo gmenn
by Giants36 on Jan 19, 2012 3:56 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I hope the Giants have had a good "conversation" with the officials before this Sunday
I’d hate to see the 49ers win because the officials make horrible calls again. I wanna see the 49ers win because they straight up outplayed the Giants.
The team that deserves to go to the Super Bowl should be the team that gets there. Let the best team win! And whoever does win needs to represent the NFC in Indy with a W! Go Niners! Go NFC! Who’s got it better than us! Nooobody!
"When they pull the chains off, I’ll come back just as strong as when I left, if not better" - 52
by Pat Willie on Jan 19, 2012 4:18 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
I hope Radio has an answer to the niners short little passes this week. The dinks and dunks 3 step passes KILLED us last time.
bump n run
put Mook out there and let em push people around.
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