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(Philadelphia, Pa) — The 2008 NFL Playoffs Wildcard round is in the books and Thank Goodness unlike it’s poor little brother, BCS College Football, NFL postseason games are decided on the field and not paper. On a weekend where all four wildcard road teams were considered to be ...
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Baltimore Ravens
Philadelphia Eagles
Asante Samuel
Philadelphia Eagles (9-6-1) at Minnesota Vikings (10-6), 4:30 p.m., FOX
Broadcasting Team: Troy Aikman, Joe Buck, and Pam Oliver (Field Reporter)
Two teams that many left for dead around the 11-game mark of 2008 NFL season (Eagles were 5-5-1 and Vikings 6-5 at the time) will meet in a crucial ...
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Philadelphia Eagles
Minnesota Vikings
Baltimore Ravens (11-5) at Miami Dolphins (11-5), 1 p.m., CBS
Broadcasting Team: Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
Two of the NFL’s biggest surprise teams will be looking for “Respect” as they square off in a very interesting AFC wildcard match-up. When the season started if you had ...
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Baltimore Ravens
Miami Dolphins
Indianapolis Colts (12-4) at (4) San Diego Chargers (8-8), 8 p.m., NBC
Broadcasting Team: John Madden, Al Michaels, and Andrea Kremer (Field Reporter)
The two hottest teams entering the NFL playoffs face off in a crucial game that could have lasting organizational affects (i.e. Chargers head ...
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San Diego Chargers
Indianapolis Colts
Atlanta Falcons (11-5) at Arizona Cardinals (9-7), 4:30 p.m., NBC
Broadcasting Team: Tom Hammond, Cris Collinsworth, and Tiki Barber (Field Reporter)
Everyone will talk about the fact that the Cardinals are hosting a playoff game for the first time since 1947 when they were the Chicago ...
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Arizona Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons
Pro Bowl
(Philadelphia, Pa) — A wide-open 2008 NFL Season will continue this weekend with start of the playoffs. As Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb said, “It’s an exciting time right now, it’s the NFL playoffs! There are now 12 teams scratching to survive on the ...
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Tony Sparano
Mike Smith
John Harbaugh
San Diego Chargers
Indianapolis Colts
The 2008 NFL Regular Season is over and the lowly Detroit Lions (0-16) are on the clock. At least the Lions will have their options for the 2009 NFL Draft’s first player selected (Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford, Georgia QB Mathew Stafford, Texas Tech WR Michael Crabtree, USC LB Rey Maualuga, ...
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Detroit Lions
St. Louis Rams
Kansas City Chiefs
Green Bay Packers
San Francisco 49ers
(Philadelphia, Pa) — The curtain closed on the 2008 NFL regular season with a fast and furious Week 17. With the regular season ending, 20 teams’ dreams of moving on to the playoffs were officially closed. Leaving 12 teams (Titans, Steelers, Colts, Ravens, Chargers, Dolphins, ...
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The Lions lost their season finale to the Green Bay Packers 31-21 to complete the league’s first 0-16 season. I don’t know if champagne bottles were uncorked in Tampa Bay or not, but now the 1976 expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-14) are no longer the only team to complete an NFL ...
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Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Rod Marinelli
(Philadelphia, Pa) — Hard to believe, but the final week of the 2008 NFL season is upon us. With cries of “Where did the time go?” all around the NFL — except for places like St. Louis, Cleveland, and Detroit - the most exciting time in sports, the NFL playoffs, is ...
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New England Patriots
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
West Virginia senior quarterback Pat White shined in his final collegiate game as he passed WVU to a comeback win over North Carolina in the Meineke Bowl
For years I have heard that West Virginia 5th-year senior quarterback Pat White was nothing more than a glorified running back. Well to ...
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Antwaan Randle El
Pat Williams
It has become overwhelming apparent throughout the 2008 NFL season that this season’s Detroit Lions may absolutely be the NFL’s all-time worst franchise for one season. Last week, the Lions became the NFL’s first 0-15 team with a 42-7 home loss to the Saints — eclipsed ...
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Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
How many professional sports leagues can pinpoint the exact spot, the exact day, even the exact time they “arrived?” The National Football League can: Yankee Stadium, December 28, 1958, 4:51 PM EST. Fifty years ago this Sunday (December 28th), will mark the 50th Anniversary of the ...
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Indianapolis Colts
New York Giants
Baltimore Ravens
Super Bowl
NFL fans can put their minds to rest knowing that infamous refree Ed Hochuli will not be working the playoff eliminator Denver-San Diego game. To refresh everyone’s memory, Hochuli in Week 2 of the 2008 NFL season officiated the Chargers-Broncos game in Denver and was part of a huge ...
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Denver Broncos
San Diego Chargers
Jay Cutler
Green Bay Packers
Detroit Lions
(Philadelphia, Pa) - Like a thrilling Kentucky Derby race, the 2008 NFL Season has hit the final turn with cries of “And Down the Stretch They Come” in the air. By design or mere coincidence, “Parity” has caused almost every game in the final two weeks of this season to ...
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On the eve of the Tennessee Titans biggest game of the year against the Pittsburgh Steelers, I have a word of advice for Titans head coach Jeff Fisher— put in Vince Young now. I know it may sound crazy for a 12-2 team to be looking to make a quarterback change on the brink of [...]
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Tennessee Titans
Vince Young
Kerry Collins
Jeff Fisher
Pittsburgh Steelers
Tarvaris Jackson is back as a starter and the NFC North leading Vikings are thanking their lucky stars
Ever since Tarvaris Jackson was benched earlier in the season in favor of veteran Gus Frerotte, I preached just wait and we will see T-Jack get his chance again.
Jackson’s chance came ...
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Minnesota Vikings
Tarvaris Jackson
Gus Frerotte
Detroit Lions
Happy Heisman Day !!!
I have never had a vote for college football’s most prestigious award, but I was a credentialed member of the media for the event in 2005 and 2006. To me getting to attend in person the presentation of the marquee award from my youth, was like a dream come true. ...
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Tim Tebow
(Philadelphia, Pa) - The time is now for every team in the NFL looking to join the playoff race. Last week the Titans, Cardinals, and Giants got their tickets punched for the NFL playoffs, but nine coveted spots remain. The action on the field in the NFL is intense as teams like the ...
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The Lions continue to play hard for beleaguered head Rod Marinelli. But week 14 was another house of horrors for the NFL’s worst team as they could not hold on to a 6-3 halftime lead in route to losing a close 20-16 loss to the Vikings.
The Vikings needed backup quarterback Tarvaris ...
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