Team USA

[Hamartia Antidote]

What a weekend of football, culminating with one of the most incredible plays with time running out in Minnesota. That was insane.

Should be another fun weekend next week for both Championship games. It would be very wild if the Vikings win and end up playing in the superbowl in Minnesota. Not sure fans of either AFC team will be able to get tickets to that event LOL.

Look at this play with time running out to win it. The effort by that Saints corner was not exactly something that will earn him a pay raise.

https://twitter.com/x/status/952720106823602177

Jags it is..not feeling good seeing how that was such a high scoring game at Heinz.

 

[Gomig-21]

Murika baby!

 

[Gomig-21]

Here are the lines for this weekend's championship games, Pats favored by 9.5 against the Jaguars.
Funny how all the local sports stations are beating this one up and looking at a blowout by the Pats. I don't see that, but I can see them covering the points. Time to bet on this, Ant.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...puter-model-loving-under-in-jaguars-patriots/

I guess the big money is in betting who'd be in the superbowl and who will win it at the beginning of the season.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Here are the lines for this weekend's championship games, Pats favored by 9.5 against the Jaguars.
Funny how all the local sports stations are beating this one up and looking at a blowout by the Pats. I don't see that, but I can see them covering the points. Time to bet on this, Ant.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...puter-model-loving-under-in-jaguars-patriots/

I guess the big money is in betting who'd be in the superbowl and who will win it at the beginning of the season.

9.5? After the Jags performance against the Steelers I think we are in trouble.

 

[Gomig-21]

9.5? After the Jags performance against the Steelers I think we are in trouble.

And Brady hurt his throwing hand in yesterday's practice. Even CNN was reporting it and when CNN reports something on the Pats...you know it's more than the usual sports talk! Adversity man, but this year it's internal stuff and now physical stuff which both are things they've never dealt with before.

And you know that the Jags' president is Tom Cuoughlin, the only coach who's ever beaten the Pats in the superbowl TWICE with the filthy dreaded New York Giants. You know he's gonna be telling the Jags players to attack Brady in the pocket since that's the blueprint to beating them and what the Giants did in those 2 SBs.

WEEI and THE HUB are both predicting a blowout by the Pats. Not sure how they came up with that but if you think about it, you have 4 QBs left:

Blake Bortles
Nick Foles
Case Keenum
Tom Brady

Really? No-names, really, and then the GOAT lol! Pats have to get past the Jaguars first I understand, but what a matchup it would be if it were to be a Tom Brady / Drew Breese super bowl had the Saints not botched that last incredible play in that Minnesota game? Much more interesting IMO.

Success of Blake Bortles, Case Keenum, Nick Foles won’t end quest for elite QBs

Then the GIANT among men.

If these NFL playoffs have taught us one thing, it’s that you don’t necessarily need a franchise-caliber quarterback to compete for a championship. Although the only elite quarterback left in the tournament might be the one to raise the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the other three in Sunday’s conference title games offer a glimmer of hope for getting there.

Even if Tom Brady — he of the five rings — gets the Patriots to Minneapolis for Super Bowl LII, there will be a wildly unexpected quarterback facing him. The winner of the Case Keenum-Nick Foles matchup in Philadelphia will have a shot at winning it all Feb. 4 at U.S. Bank Stadium.

If either of those two, or Blake Bortles in the event the Jaguars pull off a monumental upset of the Patriots, wins the Super Bowl, it would be the first time in 15 years that an unheralded quarterback did that. (Brady reportedly jammed his throwing hand at practice Wednesday when a teammate accidentally ran into him, and Bortles’ chances will improve if Brady isn’t 100 percent.)

https://www.newsday.com/sports/colu...layoffs-brady-foles-keenum-bortles-1.16231930

 

[Gomig-21]

9.5? After the Jags performance against the Steelers I think we are in trouble.

The line has dropped to 9 now with Brady's unknown hand injury in practice on Wednesday and that seems to be the talk of the playoffs. A lot of people are picking the Jags now, using that hand injury as an excuse and also the Tom Coughlin factor but I think it's mostly because of the brutal level of Pats haters out there, especially ex-players on programs like the NFL Network and ESPN etc. You can really tell how much of a grudge they have hahaha the heck with them and they're just tired of seeing the Pats win all the time.

Over/under also dropped from 46 to 48.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...ds-nfl-playoff-picks-from-expert-on-16-4-run/

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

So @Gomig-21 what’s your experience with heated driveways? I’ve been eyeing one of my neighbors systems for years which I think may have recently failed (or they forgot to turn it on).
I noticed his cement started cracking about 4 years ago so I think they didn’t do a great job (~15 yr old house) with the base or poured it too thin. That’s the problem with cement you can’t cheap out on it or it will quickly look like crap. My parent’s house has about 250 feet of cement walkway probably poured in the 1930’s and only recently have I started seeing cracks in it. It’s held up like a champ. Of course there’s no cars driving on it.

I’m hesitant to touch my black top driveway because there’s no cracks in it. So if it aint broke no use trying to fix it. Some nice pavers near me too but every place water can get in is just a potential headache.

The line has dropped to 9 now with Brady's unknown hand injury in practice on Wednesday and that seems to be the talk of the playoffs. A lot of people are picking the Jags now, using that hand injury as an excuse and also the Tom Coughlin factor but I think it's mostly because of the brutal level of Pats haters out there, especially ex-players on programs like the NFL Network and ESPN etc. You can really tell how much of a grudge they have hahaha the heck with them and they're just tired of seeing the Pats win all the time.

Over/under also dropped from 46 to 48.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...ds-nfl-playoff-picks-from-expert-on-16-4-run/

Belichick had a news conference the other day saying the Jags don’t have many weaknesses.

 

[Gomig-21]

So @Gomig-21 what’s your experience with heated driveways? I’ve been eyeing one of my neighbors systems for years which I think may have recently failed (or they forgot to turn it on).
I noticed his cement started cracking about 4 years ago so I think they didn’t do a great job (~15 yr old house) with the base or poured it too thin. That’s the problem with cement you can’t cheap out on it or it will quickly look like crap. My parent’s house has about 250 feet of cement walkway probably poured in the 1930’s and only recently have I started seeing cracks in it. It’s held up like a champ. Of course there’s no cars driving on it.

I’m hesitant to touch my black top driveway because there’s no cracks in it. So if it aint broke no use trying to fix it. Some nice pavers near me too but every place water can get in is just a potential headache.

I've done it twice in the past 10 years or so and no issues. It's a pain in the neck but apparently it works for these people who built new homes. I think it's better and more feasible to have it done if you're either building a new home or adding a garage addition where you will be disturbing the existing driveway. If your current driveway is fine, I wouldn't bother to be perfectly honest with you. If you have the need to repave your driveway because you have cracking issues, then I would consider it. But like you said, if it ain't broken, don't fix it.

We just finished a 2 car 3-story and put radiant heating in the garage. That's a good thing to do but only if you're starting from scratch. To rip up the concrete and have that done is not really a good idea unless you really want it.

I look at it this way; we deal with snow and ice a handful of times a year, so something like that is really more of a luxury than a necessity.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

SerpentZA (a famous South African Vlogger who has lived in China for the last 10+ years) is on his 3rd US trip. He actually liked it here so much last time he had to make a special video afterwards to tell his fans he wasn't going to move here (not because he doesn't want to but because his chances of getting an immigration visa are slim)

Link to his 2016 trip

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

The line has dropped to 9 now with Brady's unknown hand injury in practice on Wednesday and that seems to be the talk of the playoffs. A lot of people are picking the Jags now, using that hand injury as an excuse and also the Tom Coughlin factor but I think it's mostly because of the brutal level of Pats haters out there, especially ex-players on programs like the NFL Network and ESPN etc. You can really tell how much of a grudge they have hahaha the heck with them and they're just tired of seeing the Pats win all the time.

Over/under also dropped from 46 to 48.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...ds-nfl-playoff-picks-from-expert-on-16-4-run/

Geez we made it. Things can never be easy.

 

[Gomig-21]

Geez we made it. Things can never be easy.

What a game that was, wow! Didn't look like the rumored 17 stitches in Brady's hand had any effect on his play, but what another comeback and another superbowl appearance. How spoiled are we?

 

[Gomig-21]

Noticed 1 member with a Philly cheese steak Eagles logo for his avatar...not happy about that....sooo....
take this, @KAL-EL !!!

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Noticed 1 member with a Philly cheese steak Eagles logo for his avatar...not happy about that....sooo....
take this, @KAL-EL !!!

I’d switch mine to the above but I don’t know what I did with the original animated gif I use now.

 

[cloud4000]

Another come from behind victory for Patriots. Is there any doubt God is a Patriot's fan?

 

[Nilgiri]

What kind of Americans are there here when I haven't read a single post about the NFL, except from @Hamartia Antidote & @Nilgiri (who's Canadian!) about last year's superbowl? Where are you lots? What a bunch of sorry members when not a single mention of any of the major sports from the whole lot of youz!?

An Egyptian/American is more into American sports than all you slackers? Unbeleibable!

The NFL playoffs just started and what a game yesterday by the Tennessee Titans, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs, @F-22Raptor how could you not be glabbing about that game? They were down by 21 starting the 2nd half and came back and won it. What a performance by Mracus Mariota wow! The play @2:15 was out of this world lol! He threw it, KC defender blocks it with his hands and it bounces right back to him and he has the presence of mind to take it in, reaching for the pylon for a TD. That was the highlight of many in that game including a great block he made @5:00 lol. You don't see QB's making great blocs that often.

Not really watching NFL this year around....i might catch the superbowl just to see if patriots win yet again (and all the friends etc that will be watching)....and well because nothing else really on TV that day lol. Have any of the patriots (ironic if so heh) or eagles taken a knee for the anthem btw?

Hockey is pretty much only thing I watch semi-closely now....and even that Habs and sens are not gonna make it to playoffs and my fantasy league did so chit so bleh. But the good news is more time for other outdoor and indoor activities coz of all this lol..