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[Grover Cleveland]

So if this is a knockout game, why is it in Houston and not some neutral location?

The teams were assigned seeds(1-4 are division winners sorted by W-L record and 5-6 are the two teams with the best records among non-division winners) before the Playoffs started. Since the Texans have a higher seed(3) than the Bengals(6), they get to play at home.

The only playoff game at a neutral site is the Super Bowl itself.

 

[Miguel]

?

moojito is just learning some of the intricacies of the game, they don't show many games where he lives.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

Ah right, cheers. That must be tough for those low seeders. Still, I'm sure they'll take it over watching on tv at home.

It's tougher for sure, but last year the Packers who had the 6th seed (the worst seed) in the NFC won the Super Bowl so it's possible.

 

[NihonTiger90]

So if this is a knockout game, why is it in Houston and not some neutral location?

It's based on playoff seeding. In each match-up, the team with the higher seed gets the home game. It's meant to put an importance on winning games once a team has qualified for the playoffs. The team in each conference with the best record has home-field advantage (that is, all their playoff games are home games) until they are eliminated or reach the Super Bowl.

However, it's not necessarily based on record: the top four seeds are automatically given to the four division winners. That leads to scenarios like Denver, which finished 9-7 and won the AFC West, playing a home game against Pittsburgh, which had a better record but only qualified for a wild-card spot.

The thought behind that is generally, it is easier to win at home than on the road, so it's a reward for the higher seeded team.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

Ah right, cheers. That must be tough for those low seeders. Still, I'm sure they'll take it over watching on tv at home.

In the last few years it's actually been wild card teams that end up doing really well (GB last year, Pittsburgh a few years earlier).

 

[TheLegendary]

lol bungles

 

[Milchjon]

Cialis and other ED med commercials are soooooooo weird.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

So if this is a knockout game, why is it in Houston and not some neutral location?

 

[NihonTiger90]

Ah right, cheers. That must be tough for those low seeders. Still, I'm sure they'll take it over watching on tv at home.

Yes, but it's possible to win on the road and win the Super Bowl. Both Green Bay and Pittsburgh have done that in recent years.

 

[Nemesis121]

Lions getting screwed by LSU marching band...

 

[GraveRobberX]

Ah right, cheers. That must be tough for those low seeders. Still, I'm sure they'll take it over watching on tv at home.

Look at the Pittsburgh vs Denver game tomorrow

Pittsburgh is 12-4, Denver 8-8, you would think the game takse place in Pittsburgh but nope

Denver won their division, Pittsburgh didn't Baltimore did, even though both have the same 12-4 record, Baltimore won against Pittsburgh twice, due to divisional rivals play against each other twice, one at home, one away

So a 8-8 got them #4 seed, and Pittsburgh was #5, flawed, yes, but hey that is how it is set-up

You missed last year when the Seahawks went in as 7-9 as Division Champs LOL

 

[Htown]

So if this is a knockout game, why is it in Houston and not some neutral location?

 

[Miguel]

So if this is a knockout game, why is it in Houston and not some neutral location?

fuck off

 

[Dragon]

Cialis and other ED med commercials are soooooooo weird.

I think the NBC in house ads are worse though.

 

[NihonTiger90]

Cialis and other ED med commercials are soooooooo weird.

That's right, you guys don't get those across the pond.

Most Americans don't really like them, either.

 

[eznark]

fuck off

Give him a break. Like 95% of texans fans, this is the first game he has seen

 

[NihonTiger90]

Look at the Pittsburgh vs Denver game tomorrow

Pittsburgh is 12-4, Denver 8-8, you would think the game takse place in Pittsburgh but nope

Denver won their division, Pittsburgh didn't Baltimore did

So a 8-8 got them #4 seed, and Pittsburgh was #5, flawed, yes, but hey that is how it is set-up

You missed last year when the Seahawks went in as 7-9 as Division Champs LOL

Yes ... but we would not have that run without it.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

Dalton slangin'

 

[Milchjon]

So if this is a knockout game, why is it in Houston and not some neutral location?

I know Chicago is pretty much Scotland when it comes to football, so:

Teams with better records throughout the regular season get homefield-advantage in the playoffs.

Bengals!!!

 

[Dutch Gronk]

So if this is a knockout game, why is it in Houston and not some neutral location?

If he asks a normal question, why are you such a douche?

 

[GraveRobberX]

fuck off

Calm down guys, he's new, Jesus

Some of you need to read the pages in the thread, seriously

 

[Miguel]

I know Chicago is pretty much Scotland when it comes to football, so:

:jnc

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

wow mayock is a moron

"might as well throw it in bounds"

wow, no shit?

 

[Matrix]

Love that pressure!

 

[Miguel]

Calm down guys, he's new, Jesus

Some of you need to read the pages in the thread, seriously

cuevas isn't new. lol

 

[weekend_warrior]

Crazy blitz.

 

[Htown]

dat Texans D

 

[Duki]

lol @ 56 leapfrogging

 

[cajunator]

how many sacks is that now?

 

[brentech]

wtf cushing...trying to jump on the pile way late.

 

[Dragon]

If he asks a normal question, why are you such a douche?

We need more NFL-Gaffers. Unless this guy decides to root for Pittsburgh.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

We need more NFL-Gaffers. Unless this guy decides to root for Pittsburgh.

ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US OF US OF US OF US

edit:

omg this jets commercial....this is fucking hysterical :jnc

 

[GraveRobberX]

cuevas isn't new. lol

I know lol, was trying to make it look like he just came on board

Just like Chicago, here one day and gone the next, forgotten forever

 

[NihonTiger90]

I know Chicago is pretty much Scotland when it comes to football, so:

Not quite. At least Scotland's won a title in the last 15 years.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

I know Chicago is pretty much Scotland when it comes to football, so:



Bengals!!!

You missed the joke.

 

[Wes]

Jets ad lawl

 

[Miguel]

Not quite. At least Scotland's won a title in the last 15 years.

lmfao

 

[Doorman]

Having the Jets in an ad during the playoffs is just bad form, NBC.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

We need more NFL-Gaffers. Unless this guy decides to root for Pittsburgh.

If that happens, then fuck him.

Spoiler

J/K Luv Ya Steelers-GAF hehehe!!!!

 

[weekend_warrior]

And that's why the Jets are sitting home right now. :jnc

 

[Milchjon]

You missed the joke.

So did you.

Edit: Maybe we're both just really not funny

 

[eznark]

Not quite. At least Scotland's won a title in the last 15 years.

BOOM

 

[GraveRobberX]

Oh Shit Ricky!

Please be drunk, please drunk... for Golden Globes

 

[Spectral Glider]

wow mayock is a moron

"might as well throw it in bounds"

wow, no shit?

Mike's having a bad game. My favorite was when he said Dalton should take himself out of the huddle so that they don't have 12 men. Yeah, that's a great fuckin idea.

 

[Nemesis121]

NEW ORLEANS -- This is why teams want home-field advantage.

Lions players arrived at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome just three-plus hours before the kickoff of their wild-card game with the New Orleans Saints. Several Detroit players -- including the team's quarterbacks -- tried to take the field to warm up, but were moved to the sideline to allow the LSU marching band to rehearse their pregame and halftime performances.

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford stood near a wall by the end zone close to Detroit's locker room and opted not to throw in the limited space on the fringe of the field. He told me he'd been waiting for more than a half hour to take the field. Stafford was good-natured about the delay, but he didn't appear happy about it.

He told me every time the marching band appeared to be wrapping up, it dipped back into its rehearsal session.

The band cleared the field at about 4:40 p.m. CT, and the Lions' quarterbacks immediately went near midfield to throw -- only to have to navigate around military personnel rehearsing flag maneuvers for the National Anthem.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000...-lsu-marching-band?module=HP11_headline_stack

 

[Dragon]

I like this announcing duo. A pleasure watching the game.

 

[cajunator]

arian foster initiating beastmode.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

I like this announcing duo. A pleasure watching the game.

They could of both been all pros.

 

[GraveRobberX]

Damn NO trolling DET

Would be funny if the top 2 seeds troll NO if they win lol, hell do it again to DET hehe