A BIG game on Monday Night Football tomorrow! The Patriots and Jets go at it in Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Here's the situation
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Very true! If they can force Sanchez to throw instead of hand off, he may throw some interceptions. I feel like he'd fall under pressure.
He does tend to make mistakes, but unfortunately, makes big plays, too.
The NFC West is crazy! Below .500 teams are still in the playoff race! *rolls eyes* Especially when teams like the Saints, who are 9-3 are going in as a possible wild card (Atlanta doesn't seem like they're heading off their winning streak and even if they do lose one, they'll both be tied with 3 losses and Saints already lost to them) and Green Bay, who are 8-4, may not make it in at all.
I think that they should just take the top teams from both the AFC & NFC. But that's just me. *shrugs*
The NFL wants to keep the division races going, but a few years ago the Pats got shut out at 11-5 (the year Tom got hurt) and San Diego got in at 8-8 because they won their crappy division! Someone else is getting screwed this year.
LOL With the Jags winning, they may not be in playoff contention if they go at this rate. I'm sure Manning is regretting not signing that huge deal at the beginning of the season!
Totally! Colts owner Irsay boasted that he'd make him the highest-paid player in the NFL, but it'd really look stupid if he keeps playing this way.
I wouldn't get so irritated with Manning if the media didn't fawn all over him so much. Sheesh! Right? He's really overrated and kind of a whiner, which irritates me.
100% agree!
And another bonus tonight: Roethlisburger ended up with a broken nose on a play. Sadly, the Steelers won. *grits teeth*
I find 'Big Ben' to be not only incredibly stupid (riding a motorcycle without a helmet) but sleazy to the nth degree. Ugh!
He does make big plays but the Jets really have been scraping by. Also, as a UCLA alumni, I have another reason to dislike Sanchez (he's from USC). ;)
I remember the year that the Patriots went 11-5 and didn't get into the playoffs. That was ridiculous.
I find 'Big Ben' to be not only incredibly stupid (riding a motorcycle without a helmet) but sleazy to the nth degree. Ugh! Agreed. He's a jackass. Someone was complaining about how the NFL didn't do anything when he got hit in the last game and my sister was like, "obviously, that's because most of the country wants to hit him too." I second that!
PS This is unrelated to football but I am writing a Krypton AU and you're my resident comic book expert. Do you have any idea where I could go to find out more info on Krypton/Jor-El & Lara?
He does make big plays but the Jets really have been scraping by. Also, as a UCLA alumni, I have another reason to dislike Sanchez (he's from USC). ;)
LOL! Good reason! :)
I remember the year that the Patriots went 11-5 and didn't get into the playoffs. That was ridiculous.
*fumes*
I find 'Big Ben' to be not only incredibly stupid (riding a motorcycle without a helmet) but sleazy to the nth degree. Ugh! Agreed. He's a jackass. Someone was complaining about how the NFL didn't do anything when he got hit in the last game and my sister was like, "obviously, that's because most of the country wants to hit him too." I second that!
Oh, yeah, everyone was gleeful that our former Pat, Big Sey, clocked Sleazoid.
PS This is unrelated to football but I am writing a Krypton AU and you're my resident comic book expert. Do you have any idea where I could go to find out more info on Krypton/Jor-El & Lara?
I assume you've tried Wikipedia? Anyway, some basics I know: Jor-El was an esteemed scientist who warned the Science Council that the end was coming but they ignored him. Lara was never given much of an occupation until the John Byrnes Last Son Of Krypton. I think she was a scientist then, too.
Unlike SV (and mind you, canon shifts all the time so maybe they've changed things), Jor-El and Lara didn't scout out the people Clark would be raised by. It was by chance (and if they did scout and have a destination in mind, the hastiness of the launch prevented better programming for destination). The pre-Crisis story was that Jor-El planned for him and Lara to join Kal, but the end came quicker than he'd anticipated and they had to get Kal off the planet quickly. Some versions have Lara able to go with Kal but choosing to stay with her husband.
Krypton pre-Byrne was a rich, diverse culture with the Jewel Mountains and Scarlet Jungle as a few places of note. The planet was sophisticated scientifically but in the end willful ignorance doomed them. It was from Krypton's core heating up and people discounting the evidence (like people dismiss global warming now).
The Byrne era showed a cold, anti-touch culture, and therefore the Fortress became an icy crysalline structure (also in the first Superman movie in 1978) whereas previous versions of the Fortress was more conventional. Superman needed a giant key to put in the giant keyhole to get in! Heh heh!
If you have any more questions, I'd be glad to try and answer them!
Superman needed a giant key to put in the giant keyhole to get in! Heh heh! LOL I guess Smallville based their Fortress from that?
Thanks for the info! In my fic, since Krypton still exists, I wanted to get a feel of how they live, etc. If I have any more questions, I will definitely ask. :D
SV's Fortress was based on the Superman movies. I have a fondness for the one with the giant key, though. ;)
It was a very cool clubhouse Fortress! Superman had exotic animals and flowers and giant statues of his parents (both sets) and friends and family. :)
Oh, and New Krypton (recent series in the comics) had a system of guilds taken from Old Krypton: science, arts, military, etc., and there was what was considered a labor guild. They were the lowest of the socioeconomic pyramid and it smacked of serfdom/slavery as they had to do all the manual labor and couldn't aspire to the higher guilds. I prefer the freer system of pre-Crisis Krypton, but it's certainly an interesting premise to work with!
He does tend to make mistakes, but unfortunately, makes big plays, too.
The NFC West is crazy! Below .500 teams are still in the playoff race! *rolls eyes*
Especially when teams like the Saints, who are 9-3 are going in as a possible wild card (Atlanta doesn't seem like they're heading off their winning streak and even if they do lose one, they'll both be tied with 3 losses and Saints already lost to them) and Green Bay, who are 8-4, may not make it in at all.
I think that they should just take the top teams from both the AFC & NFC. But that's just me. *shrugs*
The NFL wants to keep the division races going, but a few years ago the Pats got shut out at 11-5 (the year Tom got hurt) and San Diego got in at 8-8 because they won their crappy division! Someone else is getting screwed this year.
LOL With the Jags winning, they may not be in playoff contention if they go at this rate. I'm sure Manning is regretting not signing that huge deal at the beginning of the season!
Totally! Colts owner Irsay boasted that he'd make him the highest-paid player in the NFL, but it'd really look stupid if he keeps playing this way.
I wouldn't get so irritated with Manning if the media didn't fawn all over him so much. Sheesh!
Right? He's really overrated and kind of a whiner, which irritates me.
100% agree!
And another bonus tonight: Roethlisburger ended up with a broken nose on a play. Sadly, the Steelers won. *grits teeth*
I find 'Big Ben' to be not only incredibly stupid (riding a motorcycle without a helmet) but sleazy to the nth degree. Ugh!
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I remember the year that the Patriots went 11-5 and didn't get into the playoffs. That was ridiculous.
I find 'Big Ben' to be not only incredibly stupid (riding a motorcycle without a helmet) but sleazy to the nth degree. Ugh!
Agreed. He's a jackass. Someone was complaining about how the NFL didn't do anything when he got hit in the last game and my sister was like, "obviously, that's because most of the country wants to hit him too." I second that!
PS This is unrelated to football but I am writing a Krypton AU and you're my resident comic book expert. Do you have any idea where I could go to find out more info on Krypton/Jor-El & Lara?
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LOL! Good reason! :)
I remember the year that the Patriots went 11-5 and didn't get into the playoffs. That was ridiculous.
*fumes*
I find 'Big Ben' to be not only incredibly stupid (riding a motorcycle without a helmet) but sleazy to the nth degree. Ugh!
Agreed. He's a jackass. Someone was complaining about how the NFL didn't do anything when he got hit in the last game and my sister was like, "obviously, that's because most of the country wants to hit him too." I second that!
Oh, yeah, everyone was gleeful that our former Pat, Big Sey, clocked Sleazoid.
PS This is unrelated to football but I am writing a Krypton AU and you're my resident comic book expert. Do you have any idea where I could go to find out more info on Krypton/Jor-El & Lara?
I assume you've tried Wikipedia? Anyway, some basics I know: Jor-El was an esteemed scientist who warned the Science Council that the end was coming but they ignored him. Lara was never given much of an occupation until the John Byrnes Last Son Of Krypton. I think she was a scientist then, too.
Unlike SV (and mind you, canon shifts all the time so maybe they've changed things), Jor-El and Lara didn't scout out the people Clark would be raised by. It was by chance (and if they did scout and have a destination in mind, the hastiness of the launch prevented better programming for destination). The pre-Crisis story was that Jor-El planned for him and Lara to join Kal, but the end came quicker than he'd anticipated and they had to get Kal off the planet quickly. Some versions have Lara able to go with Kal but choosing to stay with her husband.
Krypton pre-Byrne was a rich, diverse culture with the Jewel Mountains and Scarlet Jungle as a few places of note. The planet was sophisticated scientifically but in the end willful ignorance doomed them. It was from Krypton's core heating up and people discounting the evidence (like people dismiss global warming now).
The Byrne era showed a cold, anti-touch culture, and therefore the Fortress became an icy crysalline structure (also in the first Superman movie in 1978) whereas previous versions of the Fortress was more conventional. Superman needed a giant key to put in the giant keyhole to get in! Heh heh!
If you have any more questions, I'd be glad to try and answer them!
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Superman needed a giant key to put in the giant keyhole to get in! Heh heh!
LOL I guess Smallville based their Fortress from that?
Thanks for the info! In my fic, since Krypton still exists, I wanted to get a feel of how they live, etc. If I have any more questions, I will definitely ask. :D
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SV's Fortress was based on the Superman movies. I have a fondness for the one with the giant key, though. ;)
It was a very cool clubhouse Fortress! Superman had exotic animals and flowers and giant statues of his parents (both sets) and friends and family. :)
Oh, and New Krypton (recent series in the comics) had a system of guilds taken from Old Krypton: science, arts, military, etc., and there was what was considered a labor guild. They were the lowest of the socioeconomic pyramid and it smacked of serfdom/slavery as they had to do all the manual labor and couldn't aspire to the higher guilds. I prefer the freer system of pre-Crisis Krypton, but it's certainly an interesting premise to work with!
Ask away anytime! :)
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