This is how lame the Seahawks are

[nolanfan34]

Check this (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/206643_ticketsales05ww.html). They need a fricken extension from the NFL to sell out their playoff game, so it isn't a local blackout. This town has no confidence in them, for good reason, so no one wants to spend the cash.

I don't blame them.

[ThaSaltCracka]

its so expensive though. I wouldn't pay that price for any game other than the Super Bowl or a game 7 in any other series. Absurd prices for a 1st round game.

[wayabvpar]

It is also gonna be colder than hell, with a chance of snow. The way this town panics and shuts down when a solitary snowflake is spotted, it doesn't surprise me. I just hope it doesn't snow Friday night and [censored] up my hockey tickets!

Oh, and the Seahawks being totally unpredictable and generally crappy thing holds some water too /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[liquidboss]

I saw this earlier today and almost crapped my pants... if the Hawks first home playoff game in 20 years isn't on TV cause it can't sell out I'm going to cry.

[stabn]

I'm going to laugh. They should have just had it in st lou anyway. Having it here is just a home game for st lou that we can't watch on tv unless it sells out.

[plaster8]

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I saw this earlier today and almost crapped my pants... if the Hawks first home playoff game in 20 years isn't on TV cause it can't sell out I'm going to cry.

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The Hawks had a home playoff game a few years ago, when the great Dan Marino came to town and beat them. (Then, of course, the Dolphins lost the next week to Jacksonville 63-7, but it was nice to see Marino play in person).

[Hack]

What bullshit. Seattle is in the easiest division in the NFL and they can only go 8-8. The Bills beat them handily and yet Seattle is in the playoffs and the Bills are not.

The Bills could beat Seattle, Minnesota, Green Bay, and probably Atlanta as well. Yet all those teams are in the playoffs and the Bills are not.

The wild-cards at least need to be league wide instead of conference wide.

Minnesota lost 7 of their last 10 for christ's sake. And they still got a wildcard.

What bullshit.

[Jman28]

Maybe you should tell the Bills about the criteria for getting into the playoffs.

-Jman28

[Hack]

What do you mean?

I know they should have beaten the Steelers. But they still finished 9-7 and are not in, while two teams with 8-8 records in the NFC are. Up till the last week, it was possible that a 7-9 NFC team could get in.

Having a team with a losing record get into the playoffs is just wrong.

It is not the Bills fault that they play in the toughest division in football.

[Jman28]

What I mean is, if you want the Bills in the playoffs, they have to either win their division, or be one of the two teams in their conference that did not win their division but have the next best records (and tiebreakers).

It's as simple as that. It's an entirely objective system that everyone knows about at the beginning of the season. So I really don't think it's unfair.

That's all I was saying. Do you have a proposal for a better system?

-Jman28

[Toro]

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Do you have a proposal for a better system?

-Jman28

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I do. Keep the 6 divisions as is but get rid of the Conference labels. Then seed all the teams by record and let em go at it.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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What bullshit. Seattle is in the easiest division in the NFL

[/ QUOTE ] I don't by this per se. I think SEA was probably overrated, and ARZ was probably underrated this year. Also, the NFC North is pretty damn weak too.

[IndieMatty]

What's hockey?

[wayabvpar]

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What bullshit. Seattle is in the easiest division in the NFL and they can only go 8-8.

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Hmmm. And here I thought they went 9-7.

[PhatTBoll]

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I do. Keep the 6 divisions as is but get rid of the Conference labels. Then seed all the teams by record and let em go at it.

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Best use of TMQ! But there are 8 divisions.

[Hack]

The NFC in general is weak as hell. The Bills could beat every team in the NFC save for Philly.

[Hack]

I meant they could conceivably go 8-8 and still win their division, haha.

Meanwhile the Bills with a record of 9-7 and third in their division.

There are no other third ranked division teams that are 9-7 this year. Lot of 6-10's.

[Hack]

The NFC North is nowhere near as weak as tbe West.

The West has two god awful teams in San Fran and Arizona, and St Louis and Seattle are merely average.

Green Bay is a very decent team.

[ThaSaltCracka]

- Green Bay won one more game than SEA.
-The NFC East has one team that is 13-3 and three teams that are 6-10.


when I look at each division in the NFC, every single one looks like it sucks, with the south being the best of all 4.

[Demana]

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It is also gonna be colder than hell, with a chance of snow. The way this town panics and shuts down when a solitary snowflake is spotted, it doesn't surprise me. I just hope it doesn't snow Friday night and [censored] up my hockey tickets!

Oh, and the Seahawks being totally unpredictable and generally crappy thing holds some water too /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Don't be such a pussy. Just buy a damn ticket and come enjoy the game.

I look forward to seeing my first non-sunny game at QWEST field.

Go Hawks!

[Hack]

NFC North:

NFC North
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road AFC NFC DIV Streak
y-Green Bay 10 6 0 .625 424 380 4-4 6-2 1-3 9-3 5-1 Won 2
x-Minnesota 8 8 0 .500 405 395 5-3 3-5 3-1 5-7 3-3 Lost 2
Detroit 6 10 0 .375 296 350 3-5 3-5 1-3 5-7 2-4 Lost 1
Chicago 5 11 0 .312 231 331 2-6 3-5 1-3 4-8 2-4 Lost 4

NFC West
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road AFC NFC DIV Streak
y-Seattle 9 7 0 .562 371 373 5-3 4-4 1-3 8-4 3-3 Won 2
x-St. Louis 8 8 0 .500 319 392 6-2 2-6 1-3 7-5 5-1 Won 2
Arizona 6 10 0 .375 284 322 5-3 1-7 1-3 5-7 2-4 Won 1
San Francisco 2 14 0 .125 259 452 1-7 1-7 0-4 2-10 2-4 Lost 3

Ok. Let's compare these two now.

Green Bay is clearly the best team of the 8. Minnesota is second best.

Detroit and Chicago are pretty bad, but Detroit is better than Arizona, and the Bears are better than the 49ers.

[Oski]

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Do you have a proposal for a better system?

-Jman28

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I do. Keep the 6 divisions as is but get rid of the Conference labels. Then seed all the teams by record and let em go at it.

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I would do something similar:

Keep the 8 divisions AND the conference labels. Everything stays the same, except the wild cards are open to both conferences (4 teams).

If there are, say, 3 teams from the AFC as wildcards, the lowest seed goes over to the NFC bracket.

Thus, this year the Jaguars would be playing at Seattle; the Ravens would be at Green Bay. Everything else would stay the same. (If this system was in place, Jax would be 3rd rated Wild Card, Ravens 4th; both at 9-7. Bills out by losing tiebreakers. Minn. and Stl. out by having 8-8 records.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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Ok. Let's compare these two now.

Green Bay is clearly the best team of the 8. Minnesota is second best.

Detroit and Chicago are pretty bad, but Detroit is better than Arizona, and the Bears are better than the 49ers.

[/ QUOTE ] How are you comparing? This makes no sense.

Minnesota is second best? The Seahawks beat the damn Vikings, or do you forget that.

This should be the correct order
GB
SEA
STL
MINN
ARZ
DET
CHI
SF


Just for the record, I want you to state again that the Vikings are better than both SEA and STL, because 90% of the people on here think the Vikings are the worst team in the playoffs.

[wayabvpar]

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It is also gonna be colder than hell, with a chance of snow. The way this town panics and shuts down when a solitary snowflake is spotted, it doesn't surprise me. I just hope it doesn't snow Friday night and [censored] up my hockey tickets!

Oh, and the Seahawks being totally unpredictable and generally crappy thing holds some water too /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Don't be such a pussy. Just buy a damn ticket and come enjoy the game.

I look forward to seeing my first non-sunny game at QWEST field.

Go Hawks!

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Oh, I am not worried about it- my wife has a 4WD, so it is all good. I just don't want to ruin my hangover with a trip to Qwest /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Section 113 and 114 are where it is at at the Key- right by the Green Club cocktail lounge. Good times.

[B Dids]

Short answer, per Mitch Levy in the morning.

This happens to every city in this situation, with an early Saturday playoff game. It's not notable and there's no way the game is blacked out. It's just a stupid NFL rule with stupid timing.

[Hack]

Yea and the Bills beat the damned Seahawks. What the hell does that prove. I do think that the Vikings are a better team than Seattle, because they had to play harder teams.

[jstnrgrs]

I think this is a good idea. I'm also gald to see that no one had proposed expanding the playoffs to 14 teams. (I think this would be terrible, but I think the NFL may do it soon.)

[Shajen]

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I think this is a good idea. I'm also gald to see that no one had proposed expanding the playoffs to 14 teams. (I think this would be terrible, but I think the NFL may do it soon.)

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HELL NO.

Then it would be just like hockey. Jesus, I swear half the damned league makes the playoffs. (Except the Blackhawks...goshdamnit.)

[Hack]

Seattle is one of the worst in the playoffs. The Bills beat them and they are not in.

No justice. The Bills are the best team not in the playoffs, no question about it. They're also better than Seattle, St. Louis, Green Bay, and Minnesota.

And I know the Bills are better than Seattle and St. Louis because the Bills beat Seattle 38-9, and St. Louis 37-17. The Bills would likely beat the Vikings by a similar margin and Green Bay by about 10.

[ThaSaltCracka]

jezzuz crist man, you are arguing with me and I didn't even reply to you.

The Bills may be good, but so what, they didn;t make the playoffs, so tough shi[/b]t.

deal with it.

[jstnrgrs]

NFC W -14
NFC N -6
NFC S -2
NFC E -2
AFC S +2
AFC W +4
AFC N +8
AFC E +10

[Hack]

Bills are in the toughest division.

TSC can proclaim all he wants that Seattle is an awesome team, but it's still BS.

The wild card picks need to be league wide, and maybe change the divisions around a bit too. Seattle got to play easy teams like Arizona and San Francisco a lot more than the Bills did.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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Bills are in the toughest division.

TSC can proclaim all he wants that Seattle is an awesome team, but it's still BS.

The wild card picks need to be league wide, and maybe change the divisions around a bit too. Seattle got to play easy teams like Arizona and San Francisco a lot more than the Bills did.

[/ QUOTE ]You reading comprehension is so poor. Damn. This is literally the last time I respond to you. In fact, you are about one more idiot post away from being on my ignored list.

Later bro!

[Hack]

My reading comprehension is not poor. You yourself stated that you thought Seattle was a better team than Minnesota. I laughed at it.

And I don't give a [censored] if you put me on your ignore list. I don't like you anyway.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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My reading comprehension is not poor. You yourself stated that you thought Seattle was a better team than Minnesota. I laughed at it.

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Yes, you laughed because you are an idiot. No one on here agrees with you that Minnesota is better, no one.

Thanks for the one last dumb post, I am now ignoring your idiocy.

[wayabvpar]

Hack, can you show us on the doll where the Seahawks touched you?

[Hack]

No, but maybe you can show where your dad touched you?