{"id":567,"date":"2013-01-24T20:32:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T02:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travway.net\/?p=567"},"modified":"2013-01-24T20:32:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T02:32:22","slug":"playoff-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travway.net\/index.php\/2013\/01\/24\/playoff-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Playoff Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post has been about three weeks in the making. \u00a0It kept getting put off due to my frustration over the outcomes of each week. \u00a0So I am going to try to encapsulate my thoughts on the whole thing with out getting to angry. \u00a0Good luck to myself!<\/p>\n<p>Wildcard Round<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 12px;\" data-mce-mark=\"1\">Bengals vs Texans: \u00a0Well this one hurts the most. \u00a0I could easily dedicate an entire post to this one, and I might. \u00a0However I will just say it is nice that the Bengals defense showed up in Houston, not sure where the offense was. \u00a0Texans earned this one and honestly I am not mad at them (for this round).<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Vikings vs Packers: \u00a0Packers quickly squashed the evil Purple. \u00a0However the Vikings didn&#8217;t exactly make it easy. \u00a0Not sure why the Pack let the Vikings roll them the previous week. \u00a0I assume to keep the Bears out of the playoffs (or the Cowboys). \u00a0Either way I approve<\/li>\n<li>Colts vs Ravens: \u00a0Fail Andrew Luck. \u00a0This could have been the first last time (makes sense now) that Stabby could have been retired. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t watch this game, as I was still a bit bitter about the Bengals game.<\/li>\n<li>Seahawks vs Redskins: \u00a0Terrible field conditions along with some terrible calls (which will be a\u00a0reoccurring\u00a0theme here). \u00a0I predict that Robert Griffin will have a career ending injury if he keeps playing the way he does, which is sad because I like him 100k times more than Cam Newton. \u00a0He just is not built like Cam. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t watch this one either and was pretty indifferent with the outcome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Divisional Round<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 12px;\" data-mce-mark=\"1\">Ravens vs Broncos: This is where the real anger started. \u00a0Peyton had a great season and he went Jay Cutler on us. \u00a0Poor Peyton was tired and cold. \u00a0Taking a knee with less than a minute in the fourth quarter to send it to overtime?! \u00a0Blown\u00a0defensive\u00a0coverage that allowed the score to be tied. \u00a0Congrats Bronco&#8217;s you are back on my list of teams I want to always lose. \u00a0As a good friend would say&#8230; Expletive you John Elway! \u00a0Guess the Ravens got their revenge for that botched draft trade two years ago.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Packers vs 49ers: \u00a0Was pretty mad about the Ravens winning so I didn&#8217;t watch this. \u00a0But I think I can sum it up like this. The \u00a0Packers offense as a team vs the 49ers Offense, Defense, and special teams as a team. \u00a0The Pack&#8217;s defense should be a lot better than it is considering some of the players they have. \u00a0Very\u00a0disappointed\u00a0with the Pack, this could have been the first exit for\u00a0Jim\u00a0Harbaugh.<\/li>\n<li>Seahawks vs Falcons: \u00a0I didn&#8217;t watch this but I will admit that I was happy with the outcome. \u00a0That is all I have to say<\/li>\n<li>Texans vs Patriots: \u00a0This team came down to who did I think could beat Baltimore. \u00a0Part of me want the Texans to win, but it became pretty clear right away that it was going to be the Patriots. \u00a0I wish I could have seen the outcome the other way, perhaps it would have changed things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Championship Round<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-mce-mark=\"1\">49ers vs Falcons: \u00a0So the Falcons dictated the first half and took the rest of the game off. \u00a0I knew once this game was over, I had to pull for the Patriots all the way. \u00a0(I&#8217;ll explain the 49er hate in abit). \u00a0I also knew know that it was pretty much fixed (which I could have brought up in the Broncos and Colts games against the Ravens) so that Stabby would make it to the\u00a0Superbowl. \u00a0Getting ahead of myself here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Ravens vs Patriots: \u00a0Found it funny that Pollard is a Patriot killer (Gronkowski, Brady, Welker, and now Ridley). \u00a0Once it became clear the the Ref&#8217;s were going to allow the Ravens to win and Bill was not going to pull his camera out, I stopped watching. \u00a0I really was hoping for a Patriot comeback to enjoy the looks of\u00a0disappoint\u00a0on the Ravens players, but I was deluding myself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So now we have a Harbaugh\u00a0Superbowl\u00a0 \u00a0Pretty sure that this was rigged from the get go, only to be amplified by Stabby&#8217;s aspirations to retire when at the end of the season or when the Ravens lose. \u00a0Lets go over the reasons I hate each team, the Pro&#8217;s and Con&#8217;s of each team winning.<\/p>\n<p>49ers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 12px;\" data-mce-mark=\"1\">Reasons for hate: \u00a0Well the two obvious reasons are Superbowl XVI and XXIII. \u00a0A friend of mine pointed out that me being upset about this was sorta like being upset at the British for the War of 1812. \u00a0I had a nice comeback for him, but when your team goes to the Superbowl twice and loses to the same team there is a bit of bitterness there. \u00a0Just ask the Buffalo Bills. \u00a0Then there is Jim Harbaugh and his days as a Raven. \u00a0Mr. I cannot keep my cool pat you on the back with an attitude. \u00a0I can only imagine the fits he will through when his other brother lays the smack down. (read on)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Pros: \u00a0None really. \u00a0Except to spite the Steelers fans who didn&#8217;t want the Patriots to win because Tom Brady would tie Terry Bradshaw. \u00a0This way the 49ers can tie the SixBurgh status. \u00a0Another pro would be that the Ravens lose.<\/li>\n<li>Cons: Angry Harbaugh would get a Superbowl win.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ravens<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 12px;\">Reasons for hate: \u00a0Where to begin? \u00a0Probably by them being the\u00a0illegitimate step child of Cleveland. \u00a0Stabby&#8217;s stupid dance and stat padding his way to the hall of fame. \u00a0Any given Raven fan who thinks that the NFL is out to get just them and just them. The fact that it seems to be a step to retirement for Bengal players (TJ Houshmandzadeh, Bobbie Williams, Willie Anderson, Shayne Graham, Jeff Blake, Kelly Washington, Deion Sanders (ok he was a Reds player, still counts) ). \u00a0Then there is Joe Flacco who cries like a girl when he is hit. \u00a0And then there is big brother John Harbaugh who agrees with the fans that the league is out to get just the Ravens, when the complete opposite seems to be true. \u00a0Cleveland hates Baltimore for obvious reasons, and the Bengals and Steelers do not respect the Ravens.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Pros: None. \u00a0Except to maybe see the look on Jim&#8217;s face when John lays the smack down and he is beat by the team he used to play for. \u00a0Another stretch would be the fact that the QB drafted right after Dalton would not have a ring, but honestly there are no positives here.<\/li>\n<li>Cons: Everything. \u00a0A win would only embolden the Ravens and somehow make them feel like they are more legit, when they are not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the outcome, it will be Stabby&#8217;s last game which by its self is a positive. \u00a0It is possible that Ed Reed might retire as well if the Ravens win, but that is unconfirmed.<\/p>\n<p>As I stated before I intend to boycott the\u00a0Superbowl\u00a0and watch the puppy bowl instead. \u00a0I said at the get go of the playoffs the worst possible combo would be a Harbaugh\u00a0Superbowl\u00a0and that is what we ended up with.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post has been about three weeks in the making. \u00a0It kept getting put off due to my frustration over the outcomes of each week. \u00a0So I am going to try to encapsulate my thoughts on the whole thing with out getting to angry. \u00a0Good luck to myself! Wildcard Round Bengals vs Texans: \u00a0Well this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coffee-shop","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/travway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}