Go Big Blue!
Just remember, Patriots fans: Lots of teams would kill to go 18-1.
UPDATE: I guess I just have an eye for obscure historical trivia. Turns out the last 4 NFC Championship games (04/05-07/08) comprise the first four-year stretch in NFC/old-NFL history -- going back to 1933 -- in which eight seperate teams have each played for a championship.
07-08: Giants-Packers
06-07: Bears-Saints
05-06: Seahawks-Panthers
04-05: Eagles-Falcons
See for yourself. Doesn't quite work for the AFC, though: It happened there in 98-99 through 01-02.
UPDATE 2: Okay, as it actually turns out, I'm too clever by half. The real historical occurance is that we've now gone seven years in the NFC with seven different champions:
07-08, Giants; 06-07, Bears; 05-06, Seahawks; 04-05, Eagles; 03-04, Panthers; 02-03, Bucs; 01-02, Rams.
Talk about parity. This has never happened in the history of pro football -- in either league.
Actually, I take that back. It happened once before: last year. Had the Packers won this year, the streak actually would have gone to eight, given that it's the Giants who won it in the 00-01 season. So... doesn't that kinda make the Giants the dynasty of the NFC, if only by default?
Just asking.
3 comments:
though if you are looking for any consistency, I think Seattle might be the only NFC to make the playoffs at least the past 4 years or so. Dont think any other team has been that solid, at least in the NFC, though definitely the Patriots and Colts have been good for a while on the AFC side.
John,
The idea that the New York Giants, while lead by a good and very underrated quarterback, will defeat what is, and will likely be for a long time, the greatest team the NFL has ever seen, well that my friend is simply a fairytale.
Go PATS!
Go Giants indeed! 17-14 whoo!
-Lina
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