NFC Championship Game, Open Thread

by Ed Valentine on Jan 20, 2008 7:53 AM EST in News Comment 95 comments

GIANTS at PACKERS
Game Time: 6:30 p.m. ET TV: FOX

Nothing to say today except that this is your NFC Championship Open Thread.

Go Giants!

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NFC Championship!

Bring it Big Blue!!!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 8:02 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Here's your weather for Green Bay today...

Holy frozen gonads, Batman!

Today
Sunny but cold. Highs zero to 5 above. West winds 10 to 15 mph this morning then diminishing to 5 to 10 mph this afternoon. Wind chills 25 to 35 below zero during the morning.

by giant fan since 57 on Jan 20, 2008 8:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

friggin' cold

by Ed Valentine on Jan 20, 2008 8:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thank God for HDTV

by GAgiantfan on Jan 20, 2008 9:26 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

GO GMEN

I'm wearing my Eli Manning jersey which I've worn only 4 times this season: Buffalo, New England, Tampa, and Dallas. Hopefully they keep the streak of playing great when I wear it alive.

by cjmulrain on Jan 20, 2008 9:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I believe

Think back to 1990 NFC Championship game against the heavily favored Niners, 5FG, a fake punt and we got it done.

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 12:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

The entire ESPN cast just pick the Packers

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 1:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

That picked Tampa down the line. These guy's don't know jack, they just exercise what the majority think and that's all rapped up in Farve sap stories about feelings and emotion. Feel the sacks today and cry again like last year.

by johnd134 on Jan 20, 2008 1:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I live in Denver

and you'd never know from the sports section today that The Great Brett(tm) even has any opposition today.

GOOD LUCK BLUE!

by Mr Met on Jan 20, 2008 2:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

One more little tidbit before today's game:

Enjoy.

by Mr Met on Jan 20, 2008 4:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Amazing

that even though we are the Giants, we are playing the role of David more than we are playing the role of the giant.

by GAgiantfan on Jan 20, 2008 5:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ok,

here comes the Fox pregame Packers love fest. Can we just play some football and shut this idiots up?

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 6:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Call me superstitious,

but I'm worried now because Terry Bradshaw picked the Giants to win.

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 6:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Here we go!!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 6:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Jacobs

I wish we seen Bradshaw a little. They went away from the run too much after he got stuffed on the first down.

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 7:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

They could have used Bradshaw's speed there.

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 7:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Eli is really accurate right now

Wow

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 7:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Kicking

The Kicking game is going to be hard today. Feagles never does that.

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 7:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

The D looks really good so far too

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 7:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

6-0

Defense looks great so far. I wish we could 7 instead of these field goals.

by Ed Valentine on Jan 20, 2008 7:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

fuck

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 7:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

SAW that big play

coming. Oh dear goodness, the 6 points it took us a quarter to get to, they scored in 5 seconds.

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 7:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Butler again

Looked like he blew the secondary coverage behind Webster. Have to replace this guy in the offseason.

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 7:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Not Butler's fault

Webster got thrown to the ground ... he had man coverage.

by Ed Valentine on Jan 20, 2008 8:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

These penalties

are just killing us!

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 7:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't mind so much if they were

actually penalties. I'd rephrase to "These CALLS are killing us."

by Mr Met on Jan 20, 2008 7:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

What an unbeliebvable tackle by Pierce!

by Mr Met on Jan 20, 2008 8:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Blunfreebleevable.

Whatever.

by Mr Met on Jan 20, 2008 8:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

What a play by Pierce! That's determination!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 8:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Come on Eli

Bring us some no huddle magic!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 8:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Oh well

Good half. One blown coverage away from controlling this game.

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 8:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Got a shot

Geez, one blown coverage and one near-miss to Burress away from being a couple of scores ahead. We've got a shot, and that's all you can ask for.

by Ed Valentine on Jan 20, 2008 8:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Eli

has done a good job. Couple of balls that maybe could/should have been caught, but you can't kill receivers for dropping balls in that weather.

by Ed Valentine on Jan 20, 2008 8:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Definitely not

The Giants have a good game plan & are playing well. Coaches have been good at adjusting too, so let's keep the faith.

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 8:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That last pass...

we're throwing it a lot more today than the last few games...

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 8:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Heart in my throat that last pass.

I don't mind the increased number of passes, but the turnovers cannot start!

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 8:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Running between the tackles

appears to not be working for us today.

by Mr Met on Jan 20, 2008 8:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Who's dirty?

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 8:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Time to mix in Bradshaw!

Why does it have to be 1 of them for an entire series?

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 8:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Kevin Boss = MVP

by Mr Met on Jan 20, 2008 8:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Jacobs!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 8:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Finally, a touchdown.

Superman a la Soulja boy?

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 8:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

13-10

A little help from the Packers. Thank you!!

by Ed Valentine on Jan 20, 2008 8:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Great

Just when we get momentum.

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 8:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

F'in Madison

WTF!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 8:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Butler again!

GOOD GRACIOUS.

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 8:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Butler is useless

I don't understand why Johnson isn't the starter.

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 8:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

what is sam madison doing?

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 8:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Who knows?

They never showed the play.

by Mr Met on Jan 20, 2008 8:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice waste of a timeout

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 9:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Toomer finally showing up

just in time.

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 9:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yes!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 9:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Amazing

how far Webster has come so fast

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 9:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

yeah

He and the quarterback just figured it out at the same time. Fucking McQuarters.

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 9:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

McQuarters

I don't know if its just me, but it seems like Giants corners have a knack for getting an INT & then turning it over on the same play?

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 9:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

its happened alot in the last 3-4 years

Kiwi last year comes to mind. I think Sam Madison has also had it happen too.

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 9:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Plax is having the day of his life

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 9:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

he needs to do it

one more time - this year

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by NYERinSF on Jan 20, 2008 10:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Bradshaw is a smaller faster

Marion Barber III

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 9:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Good comparison

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 9:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

KGB was offside

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 9:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

That was absolutely offsides.

Frick.

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 9:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

NFL

Looking for that Favre-Brady matchup.

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 9:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

what a joke that hold was

that the kind of call that makes you think of Donhagy. That happens on every play in the NFL.

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 9:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

McQuarters and his hands today

Omygod I'm about to have a heart attack!

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 9:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

COME ON MCQUARTERS!!!!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 9:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

What is up with these calls?

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 9:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Donhagy'd up?

The officiating has been laughably bad this postseason.

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 9:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Even the commentators seem to be a little

confused by the calls.

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 9:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Tynes

makes me very nervous

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 10:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

what a choke job that was

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 10:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes but

bad snap

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 10:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOO

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 10:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Defense

Defense just needs to keep doing what they've been doing. Don't give Favre time.

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 10:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Corey Webster

has been a monster this game.

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 10:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

WEBSTER!!!!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 10:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wow Corey Webster has

become an asset.

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 10:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

YES YES YES YES YE SYES

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 10:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

We going to Phoenix

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 10:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

47 yards

longest in Lambeau postseason history

by NYinCalifornia on Jan 20, 2008 10:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wow..

Congrats. That game was epic.

by Marked Hoosier on Jan 20, 2008 10:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

thanks

by DoctorK16 on Jan 20, 2008 10:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

SUPERBOWL!!!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 10:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

SUUUUUUPPPPPEEEERRR Boooowwllll!

Yeah, baby

by Ed Valentine on Jan 20, 2008 10:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wow!

F U all of U experts! Eli Manning is going to the superbowl!!!!!!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 10:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

UN-F%#^!-REAL!!!

YES!!

Wow, we seriously played an amazing game. Without the fumbles and bad calls we would have won by a large margin. We dominated that team all over the field.

Well, I'm a Giant fan living in Pats country (Boston). If I were to consider thinking about laying the foundation to possibly plan a Giants celebration/parade IN BOSTON would I be jinxing anything, or are we playing with so much house money at this point that it doesn't even matter?

by Nick T on Jan 20, 2008 10:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Words fail me

I am total shock.

I will say this. Last week, after the Dallas game, I was one of the people who said that the self destruction of the Cowboys was as responsible for the win as the play of the Giants.

I can not say that this week. The Giants won that game, flat out. They deserve that win.

wow wow wow

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by NYERinSF on Jan 20, 2008 10:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

CONGRATULATIONS

TO ALL THE BIG BLUE VIEWERS!!!!!!!

And too bad for the annoying cheeseheads and cowgirls.

I find their lack of faith......

distuuuuurbing.

by Mr Met on Jan 20, 2008 10:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Stunning win in bad conditions in a poorly

officiated game. What heart this team has. They never hang their heads. The contributions by the young guys and Hixon makes me think of Reese as a genius. And next year he'll have lot of $, something he didn't this year. You know what? I think we'll take the PATS. This is shaping up as an all-time team of destiny.

by george cronin on Jan 20, 2008 10:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I heard someone talking on the FAN

about the "Godfather Theory" - basically righting all the wrongs, starting with Garcia, then Romo, then Ferfarvruh, then....

Brady.

Why the hell not?

by Mr Met on Jan 20, 2008 10:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I can't believe

what I just saw!!!!!

Weve avenged all the losses we could.................Just 1 more!!!!!!!!

by big blue wrecking crew on Jan 20, 2008 10:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by big blue wrecking crew on Jan 20, 2008 10:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I don't believe in destiny

but our team just wreaks of it!

by potroast on Jan 20, 2008 10:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

This team

is simply one helluva lot better than anyone thought, myself included.

by Ed Valentine on Jan 20, 2008 10:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

indeed

Webster man, 3 weeks a go he was riding the pine as Accorsi's last bust. Where did this come? I'd also like to go on record as suspecting the Gilbride was fired after the Skins game, and the man on the sidelines is Schottenhimer with fat suit and fake mustache.

by queler on Jan 20, 2008 11:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs