Brett Favre, Mike Holmgren and Matt Hasselbeck are all reunited in this divisional playoff match up. Holmgren is 0-3 in his last three trips to Lambeau and desperately wants to avoid 0-3. To do that he’ll not only need Hasselbeck to have a huge game but also his defense needs to continue to be aggressive and cause turnovers.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Divisional Playoff Preview: Seattle Seahawks vs Green Bay Packers
Brett Favre, Mike Holmgren and Matt Hasselbeck are all reunited in this divisional playoff match up. Holmgren is 0-3 in his last three trips to Lambeau and desperately wants to avoid 0-3. To do that he’ll not only need Hasselbeck to have a huge game but also his defense needs to continue to be aggressive and cause turnovers.
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
New York Giants/Dallas Cowboys Playoff Q&A
Eli Manning did accomplished something last weekend that New York Giants’ fans have been waiting four years to see. He led the Giants to a win in the playoffs. Now Manning and company must travel to Dallas to take on Cowboys in this weekend’s prime playoff match-up. To help up gain some insight on the game and on the NFC’s top seed Dave from the outstanding Dallas Cowboys fan site Blogging the Boys agreed to answer a few questions for us. Thanks for stopping by, Dave!
It probably gives them a little confidence going into the game that they know they can beat this team but I wouldn't give it a lot of credence in determining the outcome. The playoffs are a new season, teams play and react differently to playoff pressure and we'll have to see who handles it better. The more important factor from those two victories was that it helped Dallas get home-field advantage for this game and that might play a role in the outcome. But the Giants are playing better than they have been earlier this year and they just won a playoff game on the road so they are pretty confident, too.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Final Blog Poll Ballot
Here’s how it all finished out in my book. Let me just say that I believe that this has been one of the greatest college football seasons in the last 40 years. I’m only 33 but I can’t remember more upsets in any one season than we saw in 2007. The BCS was a mess, which is what I was hoping for, sparking even more significant talk of a change in the system. Do we have a legitimate champion? No, but we have the best thing possible at this point.
1. LSU – There was no such thing as a perfect season this year in college football but the Tigers did win the strongest conference in the country before taking the sacrificial bait from the Big 10.
My Complete Ballot
As always feel free to leave your thoughts as to where I'm right or wrong.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Where Does the Denver Broncos Franchise Rank All-Time?
I recently read a statement about the Denver Broncos that I immediately disagreed with but it was one of those times when I wasn’t sure why I disagreed. The quote was that the Denver Broncos were only of the most successful franchises in the NFL. Now, when I think of the NFL’s most storied and successful franchises I think of the Dallas Cowboys, the San Francisco 49es or even the Pittsburgh Steelers but not the Denver Broncos. Is that fair?
Denver has won ten AFC West Division championships, six conference championships but only two Super Bowls. Any sports nut could tell you that is an impressive resume but my opinion is that it doesn’t stack up among the NFL’s elite. If you were to take a quick look at the greatest players in Denver Broncos history you’d find that that seven of the ten division championships, five of the six conference championships, both Super Bowl wins come during the era of one player, John Elway. Perhaps the answer to our questions is that the Broncos have produced some of the best players of all-time but don’t yet have the team accomplishments to be labeled one of the best franchises of all time.
NFL Playoffs Contest Standings
| Player | Wash/Sea | Jax/Pitt | NY/TB | SD/Tenn | Record | Points |
| Rob | Seahawks | Jaguars | Giants | Chargers | 4-0 | 100 |
| Dolphinfan | Redskins | Jaguars | Bucs | Chargers | 2-2 | 50 |
| Notafan | Seahawks | Steelers | Bucs | Chargers | 2-2 | 50 |
| True2OSU | N/A | N/A | Giants | Chargers | 2-0 | 50 |
| Babcbris | Redskins | Steelers | Giants | Titans | 1-3 | 25 |
Rob scored the perfect 4-0 during the NFL’s Wild Card Weekend giving him a 2 game/50 point lead over myself, notafan and true2osu who are all tied for second. Bringing up the rear is babcbris but with point values for the Divisional Playoff games increasing to 50 each it’s still anyone’s game. Feel free to jump in their and drop some knowledge on us with your own picks. The Divisional Playoffs picks thread is up in the forum.
Monday, January 07, 2008
NFC Wild Card Final Thoughts: New York Giants/Tampa Bay Buccaneers
An efficient Eli Manning – Who would have thought that we’d use the word efficient when describing Eli Manning in the playoffs?
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Saturday, January 05, 2008
NFL Playoff Game Threads in the Forum
Wild Card Preview: Jacksonville vs Pittsburgh
The Jaguars gave Pittsburgh their only home loss of the season three weeks ago and now face the task of heading back to Heinz Field to play again. The Steelers have the defensive advantage, led by James Harrison’s 76 solo tackles and 8.5 sacks, and will have their hands full with Jacksonville’s Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew who rushed for a combined 1,970 yards on the season. The key match-up to watch there will be the Pittsburgh linebackers against Jacksonville’s running backs.
Friday, January 04, 2008
Tennessee Titans Wild Card Q&A With Music City Miracles
Continuing in our playoff coverage we’d like to introduce Jimmy from the Tennessee Titan’s fan site Music City Miracles. The Titans are matched up against the San Diego Chargers in the Wild Card and will try to accomplish something on the road that they couldn’t at home, beat the Chargers.
Sunday’s game won’t lack any drama as these two teams obviously have a strong dislike for one another. Jimmy sheds some light on the Titans for us.
The AFC South put three teams into the play-offs. Is this the toughest division in the NFL?
Jimmy - I think so. You have the perennial power in the Colts, a Jaguars team that appears to have finally made all that potential payoff on the field, an up and coming Titans team, and an up and coming Texans team. The AFC South is one of only two divisions in the entire NFL where everyone was at least .500 (NFC East), and the AFC South's winning percentage was better than the NFC East's (.657 to .625).
Complete Q&A
Seattle Seahawks Wild Card Q&A With Field Gulls
With the NFL playoffs set to start on Saturday we’re doing our best to bring you great coverage on key match-ups and players from some of the best bloggers on the net. Joining us today is Seattle Seahawks blog Field Gulls.
Seattle will get the NFL playoffs rolling on Saturday by hosting the Washington Redskins, who may be the hottest team in the NFC. The writer of Field Gulls shares some insight with us on the Seahawks and their match-up with the Skins.
Do you have any fear that division strength is going to hurt Seattle's chances for a playoff run?
FG - I think you mean, am I afraid that Seattle is not a real contender because they fattened up in a weak division? Not really. They stomped the guts out of a number of NFL teams, many bad, but there's no such thing as an Oberlin in the NFL. Even bad NFL teams are relatively strong. There's no proof that a team has to beat quality opposition to be a playoff contender. Now, I don't think they will win the NFC - they might. And I highly, highly doubt they'll win the Super Bowl. Beating New England would be among the all time upsets in history. I fully expect a triple digit positive playoff point differential for the Pats. 103. 109.
Complete Interview
Chris Armstrong Discusses His New Ideas About the 'Fremium Model'
Chris Armstrong, Wired editor-in-chief and Long Tail author, recently did an interview with 123-reg blog. In it he discusses the concept of the Fremium model where businesses and corporations give something away in order to attract the attention of advertisers.
Armstrong points out that Google is leading the way with the Fremium Model because every product they put out is either free or comes in a free version. “It started with search and then software and services of various sorts and now they’re rolling out telephony and communications. They’re a sort of tsunami of ‘free’, which disrupts every industry it touches,” Armstrong said.
You can read the entire exclusive interview at 123-reg blog.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Wild Card Preview: Redskins vs. Seahawks
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Working to Build the Perfect Sports Community
Hi, I’m Matt and I’m crazy about football. It doesn’t matter what level of football either. If the put on pads and a helmet than I am a fan. I also follow basketball and baseball intently and have a slight lean towards college teams over the pro game. By the way, I love talking sports.
That’s me and I know that there are thousands of people out there just like me. You love talking sports and have an opinion and My Opinion on Sports provides you the platform to share it. We don’t have an agenda and we’re not going to bribe you with prizes and referral bonuses. What we will do is share a passion for all things athletic and engage you in intelligent conversation. So give us a try. It’s all free and all fun!
Leave your comments on any of the opinions posted here on the site or start your own conversations in the forum.
Also you’ll want to make sure to check out our NFL Playoffs Picks Contest.
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NFL Play-Offs Picks Contest

All picks must be made in the forum and must be posted before that weekend’s play-off games begin. Following the Super Bowl we’ll announce the winner and they’ll receive a team logo hat of their choice.The Wild Card Weekend picks thread is already up in the forum. Good luck!
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
College Bowl Threads
Current Bowl Threads
Not talking about the game you're watching? Start your own thread in the forum!
Ifbyphone Releases revolutionary Phone-Me-Now:
Ifbyphone - free click to call and custom voice mashups could change the way bloggers communicate with their readers and the way businesses connect to their clients. Check out the press release and then definately give the product a look. Who knows, maybe it will change your blog or business relationships.
Chicago, IL: December, 2007 - Ifbyphone, a voice infrastructure and applications development company providing enterprise class services to Small and Medium sized Businesses (SMB’s), has just released a solution destined to revolutionize the web to voice space: Phone-Me-Now, a zero configuration click to call application. To introduce Phone-Me-Now to hundreds of thousands of businesses that will be able to use it as a sales tool, Ifbyphone is making it available free of charge for 6 months and providing the first 100 minutes per month of usage for free as well.
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Using Phone-Me-Now is as simple as typing: www.phone-me-now/your-business-number into any web site, Word Document, Powerpoint Presentation, Spreadsheet, PDF or email. When a reader clicks on the link they are prompted for their telephone number and the Ifbyphone systems call your business, calls the reader and conferences the call. Phone-Me-Now works with any telephone number you register on your Ifbyphone account.
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All Ifbyphone solutions work with any telephone system and are fully portable if a company moves from one telephone transport vendor to another.
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Ifbyphone is a hosted voice application and platform company with a simplified approach to the deployment of stand-alone and web-integrated voice services for small and medium sized businesses (SMB). Combining advanced telephony and web services, Ifbyphone's web-integrated voice applications turn the small business telephone into a powerful tool, increasing lead generation, improving sales conversion and enhancing the customer experience. Ifbyphone makes it easier for customers to connect with you from online and off. All of Ifbyphone's applications are accessible via a click on a Web site, an inbound call to a toll free number, an outbound call or with the help of a programmable API. Our configuration and deployment tools look and feel just like Web applications, and require no previous knowledge of telephony programming or terminology. Previously available only to large enterprises, Ifbyphone is delivering these converged voice and web solutions at affordable monthly fees, with no major upfront costs. The company's services are available online and through a network of SMB value-added resellers.










