The Arizona Cardinals had not won a playoff game since 1988, when they played in St. Louis. They had not hosted a playoff game at home since 1947, when they were in Chicago.
That's amazing. Forty-one seasons without a playoff home game. And it's not so hard in the NFL. Look, even Detroit hosted playoff games during that span. (Although not this decade, I'm afraid.)
Showing posts with label NFL playoffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NFL playoffs. Show all posts
Monday, January 5, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
NFL Wild Card: home teams are 'dogs!
This is pretty amazing: oddsmakers have made the lower-seeded road team the favourite in each NFL Wild Card game this weekend. Is this a first for all four games?
Atlanta (-2) at Phoenix
Indianapolis (-1½) at San Diego
Baltimore (-3½) at Miami
Philadelphia (-3) at Minneapolis
BTW I like changing the names of teams' names to cities instead of states. Just because. More accurate.
Atlanta (-2) at Phoenix
Indianapolis (-1½) at San Diego
Baltimore (-3½) at Miami
Philadelphia (-3) at Minneapolis
BTW I like changing the names of teams' names to cities instead of states. Just because. More accurate.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
No chance of fans on ice at NFL games this weekend
The NFL schedule shifted two weeks behind what it was in the 80’s, so many years ago. The Super Bowl was often the third Sunday in January; now it’s in February, and the 17-week season starts after Labor Day. This leaves playoff fans in cold-weather stadia braving worse conditions than before. To make matters worse—colder—the NFL shifted its Saturday playoff games three hours later, putting the second game in prime time. The league pushed back the times on Championship Sunday as well, but only by two hours.
Fans became accustomed to bundling up to sit for 3½ or 4 hours in the January chill in Foxboro, Mass.; Green Bay; Philadelphia; and even Chicago a few times. Not so this weekend! The NFL controls game times but cannot decide where the games are. Playoff seeds determine home-field advantage. This weekend, the games will kick off in Phoenix, San Diego, Miami, and the Vikings’ rickety domed stadium in Minneapolis (completed 1982). Shirtsleeves in January—-what a concept! Next week, this weekend’s winners will travel to Nashville and Charlotte on Saturday. Will fans bring light jackets for temperatures in the 50’s? Next Sunday’s games may be more typical of cold-weather games: they’re in East Rutherford, N.J. and Pittsburgh. Brr.
Fans became accustomed to bundling up to sit for 3½ or 4 hours in the January chill in Foxboro, Mass.; Green Bay; Philadelphia; and even Chicago a few times. Not so this weekend! The NFL controls game times but cannot decide where the games are. Playoff seeds determine home-field advantage. This weekend, the games will kick off in Phoenix, San Diego, Miami, and the Vikings’ rickety domed stadium in Minneapolis (completed 1982). Shirtsleeves in January—-what a concept! Next week, this weekend’s winners will travel to Nashville and Charlotte on Saturday. Will fans bring light jackets for temperatures in the 50’s? Next Sunday’s games may be more typical of cold-weather games: they’re in East Rutherford, N.J. and Pittsburgh. Brr.
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