BRH

1. It was the Pats. 2. It was in New Bruschi (We're not worthy!). Seems pretty clear to me why Dungy wouldn't challenge unless he had rock solid reason to do so, and even THEN it would be a risk.

Exactly -- if he takes a timeout and loses the challenge, he burns two timeouts right there, doesn't he? I was ready to go off too when they said "down by contact" and the announcers added that it wasn't reviewable. Took the refs long enough to get together and make the right call.

Not sure if this was mentioned elsewhere but did y'all catch the announcers muttering about Reggie Wayne's touchdown catch in the second quarter? "Oh, I don't know if that was a catch... you can see the ball still moving... he brings it in but where is he in relation to the end zone?... Oh I'm surprised that one didn't go upstairs..." Christ. That was a catch, easy. And yet Al and John were practically begging Belichick to challenge it. Not like last week when the ESPN guys declared Branch's catch legal and showed all of one angle. I fell asleep in the second half, so I didn't see Troy Brown's "touchdown" live. Did the announcers express as much doubt about that one as they did about Wayne's? Did they express ANY doubt? I was surprised Dungy didn't challenge it, but I guess he had enough confidence that his offense would score again to put the game away for good, and they did. One other thing. It's obvious that ABC/ESPN took enough flak over The Tedy Bruschi (We're not worthy!) Show last week that they totally downplayed it this week, isn't it?

Thanks, man. We've been very impressed with the staff at Kennedy Krieger so far. The ironic thing is that my mother was a blue baby and had her surgery at Hopkins in the early 1950s (done by Dr. Alfred Blalock, whom Alan Rickman played in Something The Lord Made). So if it wasn't for Hopkins, my mom wouldn't be here, I wouldn't be here, and my daughter wouldn't be here. Weirdly it closes the circle, as it were. And we have no connection to Baltimore other than Hopkins. I will give a shout if I'm ever able to get out for a game. Thanks again!

That's most generous! To be honest the reason I'm going to be in Baltimore the next several weekends is that my daughter is in the pediatric feeding disorders clinic at Kennedy Krieger (Hopkins). She has multiple food allergies and is doing quite well but we are looking for every avenue that will help her to eat what she isn't allergic to ... My wife and son are with her. I have to work to pay the bills (and keep our insurance) but I will fly down every weekend. So you can see why (1) I was looking for a place in the city and (2) I will probably not be able to see any games live anyway. I will most likely DVR the games, stay away from televisions and radio, and watch them when I return home late Sunday nights. Thanks all for the info, and thanks R.Rich for the offer!

I'm looking for a place to watch the damn game, not to TALK to these people.

I know, I know, I could look at the Bills Backers Forum. I did. I only saw the one about the BB of Central Maryland. Is there any place in B'more proper where folks get together to watch the Bills? I will be there just about every weekend between now and the end of the year. Any info much appreciated. Rico? Thanks!

You bastard.

Of course, you may end up needing one of these, particularly if you're on a flight to DC and they make you stay in your seat for the last 30 minutes.

For me it's the landing. Particularly here in Rochester, where (1) there's always low cloud cover and (2) half the time you have to swing out over the lake, come in low over downtown, and land from the north. Sometimes the ATC guys will swing you out over the lake, come in from the north, and then change their mind and tell you to land from the south instead. Man does that suck, especially when you're 1,000 feet up and still can't see the ground.

And, as Moulds said, the New England player (Samuel) even admitted to him that they "got away with one there." Give Samuel his props for saying that, at least. Six years later and Brett Hull still isn't admitting that it was no goal.

Not Rob Schneider's Makin' Copies guy on SNL? "Randeeeeee. The grreat Randeeenoooooo. Rrrrrandomly selected for your listening pleasuuure." "Hey, that's a new one, I like that." "Randeeeeee. Liking the new oooone."

They were probably upset that the announcers weren't blowing Brady as much as their contract says they have to.

What a crappily written blurb too. His "rein"? No mention of his time with the Redskins and his return to RWS in those colors, either. RJ=RJ

was he an owner who changed the world? Seriously, though, RIP. A good guy whom I wish had half as many Super Bowl rings as he did.

When TD hired Cowher, he was a neophyte without any head coaching experience.

Run-DMC should be eligible in a year or two... and aren't they the King of Rock?

I saw Def Leppard play a gig at the State Fair in Syracuse a year ago (the State frickin' Fair... how the mighty have fallen). I was in the front row and it rocked. They started with the entire A side of "High And Dry" and then, of course, played everything else. As far as I'm concerned, Def Leppard was the only good thing about junior high.

What recourse do we have if JSP fails to post the BOTD by 2 pm?

The worst NFL stadium I have ever been to is Texas Stadium, hands down. That place is a complete dump. And the frickin' hole in the roof is just stupid. Of course, I have only been to Arrowhead, the Meadowlands, FedEx Field (or whatever it's called now) and the Ralph for football games. I've been to the Stick, the Oakland Coliseum, the Vet, Three Rivers, RFK, the old Cleveland Stadium, the Kingdome and Busch for baseball though.

Which team plays in a market five times larger and has a stadium with five thousand fewer seats?

Fifteen posts and not one link to an actual screenshot from the ad that sparked all this drooling? For shame. By the way, I'm with Gavin. It's the shirt.

Have you forgotten that he beat the Jets 30-28 with a last-second field goal (albeit a chip shot since Bledsoe got the Pats down to the Jets' 6 with three seconds left) in the 1999 opener? Or that he beat the Colts with a 35-yarder with 23 seconds left in the next game, leading to his being named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September? Or that he set a franchise record with 25 straight FGs during 1996-97 with Bledsoe at quarterback? Or that his FG% in the five seasons with Bledsoe at the helm was 80.5, surprisingly close to his 81% career average? Or that he beat Jacksonville with a 40-yard kick in OT in 1996, his rookie year? Or that he was AFC Special Teams Player of the Month in October 1998? Or that in 2000 he beat the Bills with a 24-yarder in OT? All of this happened before Brady set foot on the field. The man has been clutch pretty much from the get-go. You can argue that his greater recognition of late has been due to Brady arriving in 2001, but I think it's more that Belichick arrived in 1999 and made the team better, giving Vinatieri the chance to kick meaningful FGs deep into the playoffs instead of just during the regular season. Can you honestly tell me that -- completely excluding the quarterbacks -- the Pats of 1996-2000 were as talented (particularly on defense) as the Pats of 2001-2004?