NFL 2009 Season Conference Championships Picks

I'm still holding out for a Super Bowl III rematch. I know the odds are a bit against me, but I suppose anything is possible, right?

I thought maybe you made a typo, or got confused RE:One the Vikings Superbowls, since the SBIII rematch, of sorts, has been a hot topic all week and I presume that your ideal SB would be Jets/Vikings because of the maximum Favre implications. I guess it was just an attempt at humor.

I'm a little disappointed in the clock management here. Really? You are just going to settle for a 53 yard field goal?

Honestly, I find myself not taking enough pleasure is this Minnesota loss. Stupid Favre screwing it up for me again.

Also, one of the biggest hits, that might have been the first interception, he got high-lowed on, with one of the guys diving at his knees, either part of which should have been a penalty.

made especially bad by the fact that he could have ran for 5 or so yards

The Elway Helicopter, The Rice Fumble, getting beat by Vick at Lambeau in the cold and snow in 2002(?), Favre throwing 6 interceptions in St. Louis, 4th and 26, 3rd Tynes a charm, these were all easy to swallow for Packer fans? 4 of these games were extremely close and a kick in the crotch.

I won't argue with you if you think the Vikings suck more than the Packers, though.

Solid five nut statement.

Except for the flawed premise.

it is hard to say that one team has any more or less reason to think they are under more/less torment than any other team.

Also, lets not pretend that the Vikings don't have other playoff losses. I just didn't bring them up because they don't count. You can't count a game as a stomach punch just because it "ended a mystique" seeing as that's a nonsense statement to begin with. Nothing ended that day. Also, if you're going to count a home wildcard game drubbing, how does getting waxed by your biggest rivals in our only playoff matchup not make anyone's list. (Or was it just THAT bad and you've blocked it out.)

How many Vikes fans are blaming Favre right now?

Maybe I've caught the "Favre can do no wrong" bug, but I really don't blame him much at all. Jeremy's right, you can look at it individually as a play, but still, I don't find the desire at all to do so. It was ill-advised, but that crap happens all the time in sports. The only reason he was doing anything there anyway was because we had 12 guys in a huddle off of a timeout. As for running, I'm not going to say it for sure wouldn't have worked, but I know two things:
1. Fast players close the distance on slow players at an unbelievable rate. Like literally unbelievable almost.
2. The last time I remember watching Favre try to run for more than 3 yards, he keeled over after two and I thought he had a heart attack. And that was a good 5 years ago I think. If he says he should have run, that's fine. I'd have double bagged it.

Ultimately, it's hard to "defend" the throw there, because it was intercepted, but it's pretty low on my list of lamentable moments in the game.
But like we've already learned, people can feel differently on these things.

Lambeau mistique? Really? We're putting that in the same universe as any of the three heartbreaking/demoralizing/heartbreaking NFC Championship games that the Vikings lost?
Scott's right, it's a personal thing, and I can't tell you how to feel. But I just don't see how that game is anywhere close to the level of those Viking losses. Besides, what was the Lambeau mistique anyway? And how good of a thing could it have been if it only came around during the postseason?

For the record, any Super Bowl loss is probably fair game for feeling brokenhearted, and I think the Giants game would also qualify, so don't think I'm completely denying the suffering of Packer fans.

You say a superbowl win 15 years ago doesn't help ease the pain a whole lot

Oviously I can't tell you how to feel about the 4th and 26 game, but you were only even in the playoffs because of a titanic Viking collapse, and then eeked out an OT win at home in round one. I don't know how you convinced yourself this was "your year" or there was a window closing, or whatever, which is one of the key factors.