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Post by mrcommissioner on Oct 27, 2009 9:45:49 GMT -6
my problem with the media is....
in the old days they were pro america for the most part. They focused on positive events and tried to keep people's hopes up about the future etc.
around the time of Vietnam, and the true advent of television, where every household started to have tvs, they became more concerned with ratings and how to increase them. Somehow, they figured out that more people seemed to watch when they showed the bad things, and cast as much as possible in a negative light.
That mentality unfortunately also crept into sports, which is why if someone happens to show their ass, it will be blasted all over the world with everyone trying to say they broke the story first.
I hold the media in the same light as I do the closet Titan/Cowboy/bandwagon fans on the .com. They suck. Period.
I just hope the Texans carry on their tradition of class that they've been building. That way the media has no choice but to either focus on the positive, or resort to fabrication or trying to create things from non issues.
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Post by HWood82 on Oct 27, 2009 14:24:32 GMT -6
Power rankings at ProFootballTalk.com has us at 15...not bad but I love the blurb that went with it!!!!
15. Houston Texans (4-3) (Last week: 17). If they make the playoffs, there will be no more dangerous team than the Texans.
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Post by S.Ringrose on Oct 27, 2009 14:51:28 GMT -6
Excellent find. Karma +1!
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Post by number34 on Oct 27, 2009 15:02:09 GMT -6
Power rankings at ProFootballTalk.com has us at 15...not bad but I love the blurb that went with it!!!! 15. Houston Texans (4-3) (Last week: 17). If they make the playoffs, there will be no more dangerous team than the Texans. We are dangerous even if we don't make the playoffs. We could hurt a lot of teams on the way.
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Post by thegoat on Oct 28, 2009 5:10:48 GMT -6
signed, the 2008 Bears
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Post by HWood82 on Oct 28, 2009 6:53:51 GMT -6
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Post by ab on Oct 28, 2009 12:40:07 GMT -6
The only teams season we will be hurting is whoever we play in the 1st round of the playoffs.
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Post by number34 on Oct 28, 2009 15:38:46 GMT -6
The colts winning actually is worse than the 49ers winning but either team winning drops our playoff chances. Maybe we need to root for a tie in this one? Unfortunately we will have lower odds because I don't see the Colts losing until next week. I'm just hoping for an upset or two and, of course, us pounding the Jills. We keep winning and we will make it somehow.
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Post by thegoat on Oct 28, 2009 17:14:14 GMT -6
how could the 49ers winning hurt us, they are in the NFC.
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Post by mrcommissioner on Oct 28, 2009 22:46:27 GMT -6
another reason SF winning (besides the obvious) is good for us is that one of the tiebreakers is strength of schedule and records against common opponents.
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Post by thegoat on Oct 29, 2009 6:44:19 GMT -6
they dont explain how the 49ers winning hurts us though, or at least Im not seeing it. I cant understand how that could be a bad thing.
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Post by ab on Oct 29, 2009 9:25:13 GMT -6
yeah b/c the 9ers winning this weekend wouldnt hurt us at all!!!
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Post by number34 on Oct 29, 2009 10:43:33 GMT -6
Looking at a tie breaker situation, would we want the Niners, who we have beaten, to have a higher power rank or the Colts, who are a division rival which we may or may not beat?
Since Indy should win the division, I would lean toward having the Colts go semi undefeated with us beating them at least once for more impact in a possible tie breaker.
Not sure how all the % chance works based on team records but at least one team in the AFC with a 4-3/3-3 or worse record has a 100% chance of making the playoffs. Could be us. Also a lot of those teams that are in the hunt have to play each other so there will be some losses that will help us. We just need to keep winning and let our record speak for itself.
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Post by HWood82 on Oct 29, 2009 10:53:51 GMT -6
Yeah, I didn't see how that works either...
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Post by number34 on Oct 29, 2009 13:59:52 GMT -6
But does anyone really believe the 49ers will beat the colts? Hehe. No. Guess we will have to take the hit for a Colts victory. Thats okay. It will make it sweeter next week if we can give them their first loss.
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Post by thaschaub on Oct 29, 2009 15:13:25 GMT -6
I'm unhappy about our loss to the Jets, because that might come back to bite us since they look to be potentially battling us for the #2 spot.
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Post by SMC-22 on Oct 29, 2009 15:32:03 GMT -6
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Post by hydroshock on Oct 29, 2009 20:21:14 GMT -6
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Post by mrcommissioner on Oct 30, 2009 4:38:39 GMT -6
Go Texans.
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Post by HWood82 on Oct 30, 2009 5:04:47 GMT -6
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