hey skins fans ....

[HoyaSaxa03]

you're going doooowwn ...
 
   <img src="http://www.buccaneers.com/media/photos/misc/111305_hovan21.jpg" alt=" - " />

[pj]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  you're going doooowwn ...
 
    <img src="http://www.buccaneers.com/media/photos/misc/111305_hovan21.jpg" alt=" - " />

Yeah!!!!! Go Bucs!
 
 Hey hey hey, We're the Buccaneers
 Ho Ho Ho, We're the Buccaneers
 Offense, Defense
 Now we're here to say
 Make the Redskins walk the plank
 Throw'em in Tampa Bay!!!!

[Barcelona]

quick question for you american football fans, this week there was the NCAAF final between the top two ranked teams. I don't recall the coverage and attention these games received when I was in the US, but from abroad I can see that it doesn't receive as much attention as the NCAA basketball finals. I am not talking about coverage in the foreign press, but from sites such as yahoo, nyt, espn... is it that the NCAAB is far more popular or is it the playoffs format?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  is it that the NCAAB is far more popular or is it the playoffs format?

The playoff format and the hype surrounding it make a large part of the difference.  March Madness and it's ease for gambling make even the uninterested, interested.  Smackette won't watch a single College hoops game all year, but she will fill out a bracket and watch any game where she has a team still alive.
 
 But I think ABC did a pretty good job this year with the BCS bowls and their ratings were way up.  Good matchups and good games.  The Final games are closer then you think: 34.66 million viewers for the Rose Bowl, 37.5 million for the NCAA Hoops final last year.  It's hard to compare the March Madness viewing to all the Bowl games because the early round hoops games feature prime teams, compared to the weak matchups of early bowl games.  Add the holiday time business and the ratings won't be close. But the 4 BCS games draw a comparable audience to the entire NCAA Tournament, which is surprising to most (both draw between 100 and 110 Million viewers).

[slappy]

You got the wrong photo...
   <img src="http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-16011356.jpg?size=67&uid={aedc2090-1292-4c69-be82-f6f1f43ae899}" alt=" - " />

[thatguy]

man, that was ugly.  fortunately, there's no column in the stats for pretty.  go skins!

[blinksaar]

skins won!!! ahahah sorry Buc fans better luck next time!

[definitivedoodle]

chris simms call daddy for the support son.

[Bags]

Originally posted by Alec:
  skins won!!! ahahah sorry Buc fans better luck next time!

Growing up with the Bucs in the 80s when they SUCKED and their colors were frickin' red and orange, I can accept any loss.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by slappy:
  You got the wrong photo...

nope, think you got the wrong photo, i can't believe a camera was around to catch one of the skins' 10 positive offensive plays
 
 that game came down completely to bounces and luck ... all the professional columnists and prognosticators are claiming it was the redskins defense, but they were pretty much picked apart in the second half, the bucs defense (on the other hand) put together one of the best performances i've ever seen ... the turning points were just lucky bounces (brown's, cooley's, and marcus washington's fumbles being recovered by skins players, the missed call on arrington's fumble after his INT, etc, etc) ... pretty shitty game overall

[vansmack]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
 
 that game came down completely to bounces and luck ...  

I don't think it was luck when Sheperd dropped the game tying touchdown, or when Simms overthrew him on the next play.  The Bucs just didn't execute, and when they didn't, the Skins capitalized.
 
 When the Skins didn't execute, the Bucs failed to capitalize.  
 
 Accept your loss like a man, especially after you started the trash talking.

[Chip Chanko]

Yeah. Don't be a Leinert.
 
 

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
 
 that game came down completely to bounces and luck ...  

I don't think it was luck when Sheperd dropped the game tying touchdown, or when Simms overthrew him on the next play.  The Bucs just didn't execute, and when they didn't, the Skins capitalized.
 
 When the Skins didn't execute, the Bucs failed to capitalize.  
 
 Accept your loss like a man, especially after you started the trash talking. [/b]

[chaz]

pretty shitty game overall

Not for skins fans.  Pretty great if you ask me.  I'd hardly call 10 points scored "picking them apart".  Sure the skins offense didn't do squat, but the D made the big plays when they needed to and your guys didn't.  End of story.

[chaz]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
 

nope, think you got the wrong photo, i can't believe a camera was around to catch one of the skins' 10 positive offensive plays
 [/b]

And btw, that photo is from the game earlier this year...skins were in all white yesterday.

[Frank Gallagher]

Do the Glazers own the Bucs? If they do then. HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA HA HAHAHAHA You fat ugly TWAT!!!!!!!!!!!!