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Keep hoping!

or just check in on live chat. That's a good place to hang after a few pints.

Did No-jjy get his picks in? So far, I'm the only one to pick Chicago.

Count me in as a Tony Dungy fan. ...terrific and honorable man, but I'll be damned if he gets to the Super Bowl over defeated Patriot teams. Go Pats!!!

I wear the gray hoodie, but I don't rip out the sleeves. Pats' cap of course. I think Tom Brady has probably made the GQ cover at some point.

Randy Moss' smoothie. These pics come from www.profootballtalk.com.

Move over George Foreman grill!

I never considered this before...really. I've got to admit that the Pats are definitely rather colorless. It doesn't help that Bill Belichick is totally ruthless and devoid of sentiment when it comes to cutting players and former heroes. I don't think there has ever been another team as ruthless in that department. On the other hand, you've got to like their team-first approach. The ideal team in the NFL embodies the concept of teamwork. It isn't about individuals as in the NBA. Belichick is the master of this. He shuffles players in and out; while the individual players don't get the choice to pad up their stats. Everybody gets their "turn." This approach also helps when the injury bug hits, as the backups have all had some kind of game experience. But Brady as dull as Staubach? That's rough. Staubach always seemed cruelly efficient and ruthless in a quiet way. Brady is like that a bit, but he also smiles a bunch and has celebrity girlfriends. He's more human than Roger ever was imo.

Will someone please explain to me how the Pats could annoy anybody? Well, they've won so much over the last 5 years or so--perhaps the justification; but here you have a team whose players are consistently overlooked for the Pro Bowl, and who never build up huge personal stats. It's a great team. To Sangry: I embraced the Pats in 1976 (If I remember correctly) when Plunkett was qb; Russ Francis was te; Sam Bam was the rb; John Hannah and Grey were olinemen. I seem to remember a big dt named Adams. We were living in New Jersey at the time, and we really didn't have a team besides maybe the Eagles that would be considered "local." I didn't become a huge NFL fan till later, but they've always been my favorite team. Never had any other. I was 16 years old in 1976, and it took me a few years to begin to appreciate the NFL. Chuck Fairbanks was the coach, and I remember we got screwed in the playoffs on a bullshit penalty which kept the Raiders alive when we had them stone beat. Nojjy is too young to know about that! Raiders went on to the AFC championship. I couldn't watch NFL from 1984 to 1995 when I was in Asia; so I lost track of all the players. Of course, my love of the team really mushroomed under the Parcells, then Bill Belichick eras. I was really hurt when Parcells left and Curtis Martin followed the following year. We never had another good rb until we traded for Corey Dillon. It was a long draught. Picking up Tom Brady in the 6th round was some heck of a steal. Great qbs are hard to identify sometimes in college. There is NO DOUBT that the Pats are not as good as they were when they won two straight super bowls, but they've still got BB, Brady and the best Front 7 in football.

LT got pissed because some Pat players were imitating the Shawn Merriman "lights out" dance.

Man, I'm so happy! We had to do everything we could to win this game. SD is much more talented than us. It was at their home. Now for the big nemesis. I'll make my pick by weekend.

The Belichick/Brady dynasty has more mileage left....

"We," and "us" refer to all who have followed our team for many years. "You" refers to Dallas Cowboy fans.

San Diego has all the pro bowlers and all the stars and commercials. But WE are advancing! NE wins another gritty playoff game. Now NE @ Indy. Ali v.s. Frazier IV. (We're Ali)

I forgot em!

I'm astounded that you would recognize my avatar! It's incredible how educated the members are here on this board. Did you recognize it immediately or did it take some time? I likely got the pic from chessbase, but I don't remember. Pillsbury was one of my heroes.

Mine are in; where are yours and Lou-zzzers?

Of course! See NFL picks thread.

Happy Birthday, 7/4. Hope you have a good year healthwise.

Yes, the Pagan temples are often overlooked perhaps because no single temple quite ranks as one of the 7 Wonders (magnificent as they may be.) The city of Pagan and all its temples definitely enters my top 7. Wonderous place....

Hard to choose from the list because the pictures are incomplete and we don't see the interiors of the structures. Alhambra, for example, is ornate inside; while Angkor Wat has beautiful stone carvings inside the outer wall as well as inside the actual temple.

Pats played a great game today. Brady was masterful as usual. Jets know us very well, so we had to plan well for the game and execute. Now it's on to San Diego to play against all those NFL stars. Pats have always excelled as a team. We've got good players too, but individuals are underemphasized. Lawrence Maroney would be a big name on another team, but on our team, he plays second fiddle to Corey Dillon. We've got a bunch of no-namers at wideout, but so does San Diego. I see us coming out and dominating early. We'll get a pile of points, but SD has shown their capacity to come back no matter how far down they may be. I'm just hoping that we can catch them a bit stale. We have to pile on the points early to force Rivers to throw and keep LT's touches down. They're a scary team for sure. We have to find a way to win.

Glad nobody is hurt.