NFC Championship Game Thread

[rnr_honeybadger]

Yes.
But that was ages ago, in a different era....
:-(

That was when this team was the Dallas Cowboys. Before it became the circus it is today.

 

[triplets_93]

That was a Michael Irvin-like catch!

 

[Buzzbait]

Oh Noooo. TD GB.

 

[Shane612]

He's a baaaaaaad man!

 

[Red Dragon]

Where abroad if I may ask? Parcells is still my favourite Cowboys coach just for us beating the Eagles in 2003 and the Texans in 2006 haha. Seeing us beat the Eagles in the playoffs is a fond memory too haha. Seeing us finally win a playoff game.

I was born in Dallas but spent age 7-17 abroad in Taiwan. As you can imagine, TV coverage of the NFL/Cowboys is essentially nonexistent there. I only got to follow Cowboys games first by reading an English newspaper after the game results were over, and then, later on, in the primitive days of NFL.com where one watched the little helmet icons marching downfield on a drive. Due to time zones, this also meant having to get up at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning.

Since I never got to watch a football game on television until the 2002 Super Bowl (Bucs-Raiders,) and only had books or magazines to describe the game, I had to mentally envision what a football play looked like in my head. I turned out to be surprisingly accurate; the game on television quite closely resembled what I had imagined.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I don't recall much about the refs in 2016 but I do remember our defense getting torched.

You've never seen a Cowboys team with a championship-caliber defense. 31 points is more than enough to win.

2016 was the one where there was that penalty on the WR on a substitution that hadn't been called in ages. Also, David Irving got absolutely tackled on the play that set up the GW FG. If it had been called, we probably go to OT. And the closest I've seen to us having a good defence would probably be when we had Parcells and Phillips coaching us.

 

[Red Dragon]

This is almost like the Packers-Steelers Super Bowl a decade ago, in the sense that the referees don't know whom to favor. Rodgers or Brady?

 

[InTheZone]

just turned the game on thinking it started at 3:30, watched the packers go 99 yards, not sure I want to keep the game on

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I was born in Dallas but spent age 7-17 abroad in Taiwan. As you can imagine, TV coverage of the NFL/Cowboys is essentially nonexistent there. I only got to follow Cowboys games first by reading an English newspaper after the game results were over, and then, later on, in the primitive days of NFL.com where one watched the little helmet icons marching downfield on a drive. Due to time zones, this also meant having to get up at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning - all just to watch the Quincy Carter-led Cowboys get humiliated.

Since I never got to watch a football game on television until the 2002 Super Bowl (Bucs-Raiders,) and only had books or magazines to describe the game, I had to mentally envision what a football play looked like in my head. I turned out to be surprisingly accurate; the game on television quite closely resembled the speed and form of what I had imagined.

Ah yes. That would make that difficult.

 

[Jake]

First time in my life: I’m rooting for the GB Packers

There will never be a first time for me concerning that.

You guys rooted for the Steelers when they played in the SB at Jerryworld?

 

[Shane612]

Oh Noooo. TD GB.

No. Oh YES!

 

[Gameover]

25 people just put you on ignore.

There will never be a first time for me concerning that.

Desperate times

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

You guys rooted for the Steelers when they played in the SB at Jerryworld?

I rooted for natural disaster. Never happened. Didn't even have the heart to watch that game.

 

[Shane612]

I see a 38 - 34 Green Bay win.

 

[Techsass]

Y'all are making me feel old.

Don't blame them...we are kinda old

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

First time in my life: I’m rooting for the GB Packers

In fairness, I did pull for them in the SB in 2010 when they played Pittsburgh. Mainly to try to keep the Steelers from getting 7 rings. BUt I hated cheering for either team.

 

[Motorola]

I don't recall much about the refs in 2016 but I do remember our defense getting torched.

You've never seen a Cowboys team with a championship-caliber defense. 31 points is more than enough to win.

Must not have been around during the time of Doomsday.

 

[Ranched]

just turned the game on thinking it started at 3:30, watched the packers go 99 yards, not sure I want to keep the game on

Why? It took them to the 2nd quarter to do so.

 

[Shane612]

just turned the game on thinking it started at 3:30, watched the packers go 99 yards, not sure I want to keep the game on

Why not. It looks like it'll be a good game.

 

[mrmojo]

Packers always have big guys in middle of defense