NFC Championship Game Thread

[fishwax]

Since I don't see one yet, I thought I'd come out of mourning to get it started.

Panthers and Seahawks in Seattle, kicking off shortly ...

[Ekirh]

1. "nods"

The network at my friend's college went down so that explains my dissappearance in the final parts of the game.

In any case . . . glad to see you out of mourning

Credit to the Steelers for getting through the 3, 1 and then 2 best AFC teams to make it

Damn... it's loud already there.

Herreeeeee we go.

[fishwax]

4. a very impressive run by the steelers

for the sake of Steelers fans everywhere, I hope they build an early lead in Detroit ;)

[Ekirh]

9. You kidding me

Word is they are going to sneak up their and score the first touchdown tonight ;).

[fishwax]

13. lol

:rofl:

[jobycom]

16. The officials will overturn it on replay.

[fishwax]

29. lol

:rofl:

good stuff :)

[SeattleGirl]

2. Thanks fishwax!

GOOOOOO SEAHAWKS!!!!!!!!!

[Ekirh]

5. Hemmmm

With a name like SeattleGirl.. we would've never guessed who you were for if you didn't tell us ;).

[SeattleGirl]

7. LOL!

Stating the obvious -- one of my flaws! :blush:

[vikegirl]

3. will be here until around 6 pm MST

going home (at my parents' house now).

[fishwax]

8. so I told you how a bronco fan winds up in illinois ...

how does a viking fan wind up in denver? :)

[vikegirl]

14. my dad transferred to Denver

when I was a sophomore in college. Born in Minneapolis, so that's why I'm a Viking fan. When I graduated, I followed him here. What else does a college grad do with a useless history degree? :shrug: :-)

I don't hate all Denver sports, though; I *am* an avid Avalanche fan, however. Do you follow hockey?

[fishwax]

27. I like the Avs

I don't follow hockey religiously, but I do try to keep up with the Avs and I like to watch the playoffs :)

I came close to getting a history degree, but wound up with the (oh-so-practical) degree in English instead :):rofl:

[AKPacker]

6. Go Panthers!

:bounce:

[SeattleGirl]

10. Hi AK!

I think this will be a great game!

[AKPacker]

15. Hi

So do I. Good luck to the Hawks today....I think you might need it!

[vikegirl]

11. Carrie Underwood

Ugh. Just ugh.

[qanda]

17. Terrible, just simply terrible

My husband is sitting on the couch now saying, "That falsetto was so weak!" I'm cracking up.

[jobycom]

She was pretty good

Well, I had the sound off and was talking to my kid on the phone. Her face looked pretty good. Who is she?

[vikegirl]

20. An American Idol winner

I think?

[jobycom]

25. It would explain why the face is better than the voice. TV singers.

[libnnc]

12. Go Panthers!!!!

Yeeeeaaaaahhhh!!!!

[Ekirh]

18. Come on lets get this game started

HERE'S TO FOOTBALL DAMN IT grrrr rwah.

[Ekirh]

21. Kickoff

Return and here we go.

[vikegirl]

19. very colorful attire, Pam

*meow* :o

[vikegirl]

22. I think I'll root for Carolina

Just so I can hear Berman say, "Daylight come, and you gotta Delhomme!" :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

23. LOL!!!!!

:spray:

[Ekirh]

26. Ugh...

I hate that saying... "smacks forehead". :)

[vikegirl]

40. Daaaaaaaay - looooome!

:-)

[AKPacker]

28. Good Choice!

Welcome aboard

[AKPacker]

24. Seattle is definety fired up

Not a good start for Carolina! :(

[SeattleGirl]

30. We certainly can get loud!

I live about 7 miles from the stadium. I think if I opened the deck door, I could hear the cheers from home!

[AKPacker]

31. Hell

You could probably hear them from here!

[SeattleGirl]

33. You're probably right!

[vikegirl]

35. You've got an excellent crowd!

Props to your fans - they're really letting themselves be heard!

[SeattleGirl]

36. Thanks vikegirl!

[libnnc]

32. Matt Hassleback meet Dan Morgan

:bounce:

[Ekirh]

34. Let see what Seattle does on their first drive N/T

[AKPacker]

37. About time Carolina's defense showed up!

n/t

[gratuitous]

38. Don't know why the Seahawks even bothered to show up

I saw all the commentators on ESPN all week long talking about how Carolina has the superior superstar, defense, special teams and coach, and it wasn't even going to be much of a contest. I wondered to myself if they hadn't rescheduled the game to the East Coast for some reason.

But after both teams have had a possession, the score is still 0-0. No idea how that happened.

[Catchawave]

39. I'm hosting a Pittsburgh-Carolina Super Bowl Party

...Just let me know if I have to tweak my invitations ...:hi:

[fishwax]

41. the Panthers aren't moving the ball at all

is that superman guy not playing, or what?

[SeattleGirl]

42. Maybe he forgot his cape

[fishwax]

44. haha, maybe so ...

:)

[vikegirl]

43. looks like a game of defenses. n/t

[vikegirl]

45. Seneca Wallace!

An Iowa State alum (my alma mater too)!!!

Hey, maybe I should root for the Hawks!

[Ekirh]

46. Now

That's a nice catch . .

[SeattleGirl]

47. Holy shit! What a catch!

:bounce: :bounce:

[AKPacker]

48. Wow

Nice catch!

[fishwax]

49. Great catch by Seneca Wallace

Haven't heard that name in a while. He was sure fun to watch in college ...

[vikegirl]

56. yep

Now if IA State could only win the Big 12 for once!

[fishwax]

72. jeez, they've been so close the last two years

well, to winning the division anyway, they probably would've struggled in either of those championship games. I went to OU, so I don't know if I can quite cheer for them to win the Big 12, but I always pull for them to win the Big 12 north, and if they play anyone other than OU in the championship game, I'll allow it ;)

[vikegirl]

75. Likewise!

:toast: Stoops coached at IA, so I cheer for them whenever they play anyone but my teams (ESPECIALLY when they play CO, ugh). I *think* Stoops played there too.

[fishwax]

78. you went to Iowa?

or to OU?

[vikegirl]

80. Iowa State

Born in MN, reared in Iowa, so I cheer for all MN and IA teams. :-)

[fishwax]

89. oh, i get it now :) I used to live in Atkins

Well, halfway between Atkins and Shellsburg, both of which are just outside of Cedar Rapids (lived there too).

I *loved* Iowa. I was mostly there in the summers, and I loved waking up and stepping outside with the morning fog/mist wrapping up those iowa hills up tight like ancient mysteries.

I've never really been to Ames, but I've heard it's a good college town, and now that it's one of the closer Big 12 locations to me, I hope to get there for an OU/ISU game, whether football or basketball :)

:toast:

[vikegirl]

100. I miss IA...

And good luck to your BOOMER SOONERS! :thumbsup:

[fishwax]

107. Back at ya for your Cyclones!

[gratuitous]

50. Touchdown Stevens

Touchdown Seahawks.

[Ekirh]

51. TOUCH DOWN

And Seattle strikes first. .

and listen to the crowd

[SeattleGirl]

52. TOUCHDOWN SEAHAWKS!!!!!

:woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause:

[AKPacker]

57. This could end up

being a blow out!

[SeattleGirl]

58. Maybe, but I am not not counting the Panthers out

They are a hell of a good team.

[AKPacker]

59. The Panthers need to do something soon

to get the momentum back!

[AKPacker]

64. And that last play is not going to do it.

Blow out coming!

[fishwax]

53. Seahawks strike first

and it didn't look particularly difficult ...

[sasquatch]

54. Touchdown Seahawks! Seattle 7 - Carolina *'s IQ

[tishaLA]

55. Something other than tennis is happening today?

Here I thought the whole world was talking about Martina Hingis' comeback

[vikegirl]

60. INT!

[SeattleGirl]

61. Interception!!!!

[fishwax]

62. Interception

Seahawks come up big on defense as well ...

[Ekirh]

63. Seattle

Already back in striking distance once again

[libnnc]

65. I will contribute to the thread when....

I CAN STOP CUSSING!!!!!!!!!!!


DAMMIT JAKE!!!!!!!

!@###$^$%&%^&%^!!!!

[fishwax]

67. I feel your pain

my jake made quite a few mistakes today too :)

[MrSlayer]

66. The Panthers don't seem to have anything emotionally.

They're flat and they're going to get rolled unless they find a spark quick.

[AKPacker]

73. Your right

Seattle just wants it more!

[vikegirl]

68. Are playoff Jakes doomed?

Not game related, but I've passed 500 posts - yay - and most of them on these game threads! :o Thanks, guys! :)

[fishwax]

74. congrats on 500

:toast:

(and I think you may be onto something with the jake theory :))

[vikegirl]

86. thanks!

:-)

[MrSlayer]

69. 10-0 Seahawks.

Panthers need to score here.

[SeattleGirl]

70. Field goal!

But why in the hell didn't the Panthers get a penalty for almost ripping Matt's helmet off? :grr:

[sasquatch]

71. Field Goal! Seattle 10 - Carolina *'s IQ

The:kick:is good.

[fishwax]

76. oh man, what a hit!

ouch! :wow:

[texas1928]

77. Well he just got the boop knocked out of him.

Something broke on that collision.

[fishwax]

79. that was brutal

yikes!

[texas1928]

88. When I played Linebacker back ages ago...

I loved hitting people like that.

[fishwax]

81. Carolina gets a 1st down

sure, it was through a penalty, but it's a start ;)

[fishwax]

82. um, no it's not a start

they'd've been better off punting :wow:

[MrSlayer]

83. That was disgraceful.

I have to say this is over already.

[vikegirl]

84. indeed.

[SeattleGirl]

85. Another pick off!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[sasquatch]

87. Hey Jake, your guys are wearing white jerseys in this game!

:D

[MrSlayer]

90. Touchdown Hawks.

This is going to get ugly.

[AKPacker]

91. I predict

that a route is in the making!

[fishwax]

99. now, in the earlier game

I thought you might have been a little premature, but in this game, I think you're right :) Panthers haven't done Jake (er, I mean, haven't done Jack). They still haven't gotten a first down aside from penalties!

[AKPacker]

103. LOL

Like the way you put that :thumbsup:

[vikegirl]

92. ugly, ugly

for Carolina fans.

[fishwax]

93. 17-0

Seattle is rollin' :smoke:

[SeattleGirl]

94. Touchdown Seattle!!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Ekirh]

95. Well

So far the Panthers just seem so lifelss. Heck, that may be an understatement.

[MrSlayer]

98. They took a bad beating last week in the win.

I kind of saw this coming.

[Ekirh]

101. "nods" this is true

They did take a pounding in winning last week.

[fishwax]

102. The Broncos were absent, but the Panthers are ghosts

Yikes!

[vikegirl]

106. LOL!

Good one!

[Ekirh]

108. Well

I guess they accidentally opened that package of ass whooping that they were suppose to send to the other team. These things do happen.

[MrSlayer]

96. 17-0 Seahawks.

[texas1928]

97. And the ASSWHIPPING is on...

DAMN

[DemNoir]

104. HA! Take that red state scum

Let's hope Carolina continues to be humiliated into oblivion

[alcibiades_mystery]

111. LOL: Two red states for the price of one

And PA put the whooping on misguided Colorado earlier.

But no worries. The red staters will be crowing about the Longhorns for time immemorial.

[MrSlayer]

105. Nice catch.

They need a score to calm this thing down.

[fishwax]

109. Finally, a first down ...

[BlueJazz]

110. It will do my Heart good to see the Redneck Pathers get their....

Republican Pig-Fuckin'State stomped. :)

[DemNoir]

113. WooHOO

Yeah I say lets turn this political! I hope the fundie red state vermin are smashing their Wal-Mart TV's

[vikegirl]

112. sack

poor Jake. :-(

[SeattleGirl]

114. Woohoo!

Sorry, Jake, just can't cry for you!

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

115. Go Seattle! I want a Steeler-Seahawk SuperBowl. (Family implications)

My sister-in-law was born and raised in Seattle (some island that begins with an "M"...can't remember the name....too many celebration beers soaking my brain here in Pittsburgh).

Anyway, I think a Seattle-Pittsburgh match up would be great. Go Seahawks!

[SeattleGirl]

120. It was probably Mercer Island

Abd yeah, I could definitely go for a Seattle-Pittsburgh Super Bowl!

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

135. Thank you. That's it. Mercer Island. Her parents still live there.

My sister-in-law will have a tough time against my family, though...ALL Steeler fans...she's outnumbered big time.

Looking good, Seahawks....see you in Detroit (I hope):thumbsup:

[vikegirl]

116. Smith

flag :eyes:

[fishwax]

117. there's that superman guy

but this is coming back ...

[fishwax]

127. I guess it isn't coming back

I'll say it: the refs suck.

[Ekirh]

118. NICE RUN!

And a sign of life . . . but is it . . will it . . yep it's being brought back.


All well... nice try.


EDIT: NO PENALTY TOUCHDOWN!

[AKPacker]

119. Carolina can not get a break!

Spoke to soon!

[vikegirl]

122. NO FOUL!!!

:woohoo:

[Ekirh]

125. Welp,

check that mate, they just did ;).

[AKPacker]

129. I know

I had to edit that post as soon as I let it fly.

[SeattleGirl]

126. Uh, they just did

I hate it when officials start fucking things up, for either team!

[MrSlayer]

131. This time they got it right for once.

[SeattleGirl]

134. I'm not disagreeing with the final call

I just hate screw-ups, is all. But it would certainly have been worse had they stuck them with a penalty when none was warranted.

[MrSlayer]

140. No doubt. The refs have been terrible the past few weeks.

And looking at it again I'm not so sure they did get this one right. The guy might have pulled off but he did have both hands on the defender's back. Very iffy.

[SeattleGirl]

144. Yeah, they have done some big screw-ups

Especially in that one game last week (crap, can't remember which one, as I watched all for play-off games). These guys have to be so focused and so on point in playoff games.

[fishwax]

145. I thought it should have been a penalty

it probably wouldn't have effected the play, but you never know ... even if he could have just put a hand on smith and forced him to slow or change directions, it might have resulted in someone else making the tackle ...

[MrSlayer]

150. Yes, I retracted in my above post.

He did have both hands on the defender.

[MrSlayer]

121. Touchdown Panthers!

Superman does it again.

[libnnc]

123. Maybe now it's a game

[fishwax]

132. I dunno ... the panthers will still have to do something on offense

(shoring up the defense wouldn't hurt either :evilgrin:)

[Wapsie B]

124. Seahawks look pretty good.

They deserve a shot at XL. Shit they gave Smith the TD. No flag.

[SeattleGirl]

130. Hi bwa!

I think the Seahawks will win this thing!

[Wapsie B]

136. Hi SeattleGirl!

Yeah before the Carolina TD Seattle had the momentum. Hasselback looks good.

[AKPacker]

138. I don't know

Remember my first string beat your third string a few weeks ago :evilgrin:

[SeattleGirl]

141. Well, they say revenge is sweet!

And I wants me some revenge!! :evilgrin:

[AKPacker]

143. I think your going to get it

In Spades!!!!

[MrSlayer]

128. 17-7 Seahawks.

Nice call by the refs.

[Servotron]

133. Looks like Goings is going going GONE

And he was the backup for the other guy who was out injured.

That ain't good for the Karolina Kittens :evilgrin:

[MrSlayer]

153. Yeah, he knocked himself out on that play.

It's tough not having your full team. Down to the fourth stringer.

[vikegirl]

137. Put Seneca back in....

(Shameless Iowa State homer :-))

[Fox Mulder]

139. I couldn't care less who wins this game.

Seriously.

[fishwax]

142. Note to the Carolina Panthers: Special Teams are essential

but it's still a good idea to play defense ...

[MrSlayer]

146. 38 yard field goal by Seattle. 20-7 Seahawks. 4 minutes left in the 2nd.

[fishwax]

147. 20-7 Seahawks

[SeattleGirl]

148. Field Goal!!!!

[Wetzelbill]

149. Booooo!

JK! :)

[SeattleGirl]

152. What do you mean, "Boooooo!"??????

:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :rofl:

BTW, nice to see you!! :loveya:

[Wetzelbill]

156. I deserved that spanking

nice to see you too. :)

[Wetzelbill]

151. Hasselbeck endorsed Bush

somehow I'm having trouble letting that go. :)

[vikegirl]

154. he did?

heh.

[SeattleGirl]

155. Lot's of professional sports dudes supported Bush

I'll root for Matt at the top of my lungs, but I guess I won't be talkin' politics with him any time soon.

[Wetzelbill]

158. sellout

I see you don't have enough hardcore Liberal Street cred, to join my Nader Boyz Gang. I was going to put you in charge of the Nader Girlz Chapter too. :)

Hey, Matt can get it done on the field, that's all that matters in this instance.

[SeattleGirl]

160. Aw, come on!

If I cuss a lot, can I join? Or would kicking your ass do it? :evilgrin:

[Wetzelbill]

165. a bit of both would get you in for sure...

we have hemp jackets and ride ethanol/electricity hybrid motorcycles. :)

[MrSlayer]

157. Most of the players and coaches are Chimp fans.

The NFL is a haven for fundies and the religiously insane.

[Wetzelbill]

159. I was surprised that

not many athletes signed the Bush endorsement letter than was sent out. I would've thought more, in all honesty.

On a brighter note, I was watching some NBA today and I heard Denver Nugget Coach, George Karl call himself a liberal hippie, haha.

[fishwax]

162. sweet!

:toast: for George Karl :)

[vikegirl]

163. yep

The Denver Post did a story on him a while ago and yes, Karl is a raging lib. :-)

[SeattleGirl]

164. It was all that time he spent in liberal Seattle!

[fishwax]

161. so true

The NFL is a haven for fundies and the religiously insane.

:rofl:

[qanda]

175. His freeper sister-in-law, Elizabeth Hasselbeck

Is a co-host on The View. She's married to the less talented quarterback in the family, Tim.

[Wetzelbill]

176. yeah

I used to get so sick of hearing her on that show. Ummm..... not that I have ever watched it. (whew, machoness intact) :)

[MrSlayer]

166. 49 yard field goal attempt missed by Seattle. 29 seconds left in the half.

[fishwax]

167. way to go Panthers!

they used their well-practiced powers of persuasive discourse to encourage that field goal attempt to drift to the right. Other than the kick return, probably their best play of the game!

:applause:

[AKPacker]

168. Good half for the Seahawks

[fishwax]

172. how did carolina keep it that close?

it seems to me they could barely stop them on defense and they didn't get anything going on offense.

If the Panthers can make the right adjustments at halftime and get their heads in the game, the Seahawks are really going to regret not slamming the door in this half ...

[MrSlayer]

169. Halftime. 20-7 Seahawks. Seattle gets the ball after Half.

[vikegirl]

170. halftime!

This game seems to be going slower than the first. At least for me. :shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

171. Halftime! 20-7 Seahawks over Panthers!

[fishwax]

173. should we do a new thread for the 2nd half?

the thread for the early game was pretty long by the end of the 3rd ...

[SeattleGirl]

177. I think that would be a good idea, fishwax

This one is pretty long already.

[Wetzelbill]

174. Seattle is looking pretty tough right now

Carolina should heat up a little I would think. Their offense played awful that first half. They're lucky they aren't down by more.

[SeattleGirl]

178. They probably would have been except for that

penalty against Seattle.

[fishwax]

179. A new thread for the 2nd half

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4632424