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The Panthers put their remaining 7000 playoff tickets on sale yesterday. They sold out in 3 minutes.
 
HUMPH said:
Nope, at 12-4, SF I the number 5 seed behind the 8-7-1 Packers. The NFL should go by record once the playoffs start. Even if 3 teams in a division make it in (as almost happened this year).
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I'm a traditionalist when it comes to this stuff. In the NFL every teams first goal is to win their division, generally against hated regional rivals. The second is seeding, the tiebreak procedures provide an entertaining several weeks at the end each season as where you have to go is constantly changing. If you want a home game, simply win your division. If your division was replayed 5 times Seattle would win it 4 times, so sadly for you, the best team won it.

Now one tweak I have pondered is, letting the conference winner pick their opponent for their game. So after this weekend, Seattle would select GB/SF winner or Philidelphia/NO winner. My reasoning was, the way theses seasons work out, often the Champion is seeded against a team that had an awful start, but really put it together later in the season and are a very dangerous opponent after a week off. The same, of course, works out where the second seed gets a team that lost heir way into the playoffs, so giving the choice to the Champion makes sense.

If seeding was by record why have playoffs? The best record is deemed the champion. One reason is the scheduling differences. If a team was lucky say like Green Bay, they would have been in one of the worst divisions in football, then they were assigned the NFC East another worst division, and the could have also had the weak AFC division North to boot. GB only played 3 teams all season with a better than 500 record and lost all three.

The Colts did have a weak division, granted, but they played the NFC West (SEA,SF,AZ, and STL) and AFC West (DEN,KC, SD,and OAK). That is 5 strong playoff teams in that list. So the divisional seeding tries to level things out. I do realize that the GB example can be used against my points but does clearly show how varied strength of schedule can be, but in your division all teams play the same competition for 14 games and 2 NFL selected games.

MM
 
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MonacoMike said:
If seeding was by record why have playoffs? The best record is deemed the champion. One reason is the scheduling differences. If a team was lucky say like Green Bay, they would have been in one of the worst divisions in football, then they were assigned the NFC East another worst division, and the could have also had the weak AFC division North to boot.
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Seeding can easily be by record. If the best record was deemed champion, the Seachickens would be the champs already. Regular season is to pick the 6 best teams in each division. Seeding based on record makes sense.
 
HUMPH said:
Regular season is to pick the 6 best teams in each division. Seeding based on record makes sense.
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The NFL says it is to pick the 4 division winners for a home game, I feel they deserve, and the 2 best teams that failed to win their division in each conference. (May soon be 3 wildcard teams.)

What of the choice idea?

MM
 
HUMPH said:
Seeding can easily be by record. If the best record was deemed champion, the Seachickens would be the champs already. Regular season is to pick the 6 best teams in each division. Seeding based on record makes sense.
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Not really, your division might have had an easier match up in non division opponents. For example it looks like your division was matched up against the AFC South. Houston, Tennessee and Jacksonville were pretty bad this year. All the teams in your division won those games except 1.
 
MonacoMike said:
The NFL says it is to pick the 4 division winners for a home game, I feel they deserve, and the 2 best teams that failed to win their division in each conference. (May soon be 3 wildcard teams.)

What of the choice idea?
MM
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Not really feeling the choice.
 
wish2fish said:
Not really, your division might have had an easier match up in non division opponents. For example it looks like your division was matched up against the AFC South. Houston, Tennessee and Jacksonville were pretty bad this year. All the teams in your division won those games except 1.
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NFC West and AFC West were the best divisions in the NFL this year.
 
wish2fish said:
AFC West also played.........wait for it.....the AFC South (Tenn, Jacksonville and Houston)

Not saying that SF and Seattle aren't very good teams, but Indy beat the 2 teams that made the playoffs from NFC west.
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They sure did. Luck will be a great one and I am sure Indy is back on the rise. I wish them luck in the playoffs.
 
Waiting for "Pitchers and Catchers"…. I married my Wife who came with 2 NY Giants Season Tickets!!!
 
I am amazed that GB is in the playoffs. We are a team that lost/lucked in. Hope SF gets cold feet otherwise GB is going to get their A$$ handed to them.
 
MonacoMike said:
I'm a traditionalist when it comes to this stuff. In the NFL every teams first goal is to win their division, generally against hated regional rivals. The second is seeding, the tiebreak procedures provide an entertaining several weeks at the end each season as where you have to go is constantly changing. If you want a home game, simply win your division. If your division was replayed 5 times Seattle would win it 4 times, so sadly for you, the best team won it.

Now one tweak I have pondered is, letting the conference winner pick their opponent for their game. So after this weekend, Seattle would select GB/SF winner or Philidelphia/NO winner. My reasoning was, the way theses seasons work out, often the Champion is seeded against a team that had an awful start, but really put it together later in the season and are a very dangerous opponent after a week off. The same, of course, works out where the second seed gets a team that lost heir way into the playoffs, so giving the choice to the Champion makes sense.

MM
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In my opinion (which doesn't matter) it doesn't really make any difference what team is played it's all about being prepared and playing up to your capabilities that day without making a lot mistakes with some luck. All the teams can beat each other on any given day I know our coach doesn't want to choose what team he plays he's stated that. You play good offense, defense and special teams your chances of winning are good.
 
sfergson727 said:
Superbowl prices are way out of whack too, but that's another issue.
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Are they? You are probably right Scott, but what is worth for a once in a life time opportunity to see your team in the SB if you are very passionate about your team?

This is my ticket from last years SB, the wife and I went. You would never score a ticket for that price (tickets were included in our package, I don't know the actual cost). Best I could tell they were going for $2,100. This was in the end zone about half way up. They were not nose bleed and were actually pretty good seats.

I would think just because the game will be played in New Jersey rather then New Orleans that tickets to this years SB will be more expensive..............think the NFL is holding their breath right now hoping there isn't weather like we are having now for the SB

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sfergson727 said:
Good article. As I said on another thread, I priced tickets for the four of us for this Saturday's game. The cheapest nose bleed tickets I could find were still over $500. By the time you add in parking, and concessions, the total bill would be well over $700 for about four hours of fun.

The prices for a game are completely nuts. The NFL should charge ½ face value of regular season's tickets for pre-season games, and keep the same price for post season play. Superbowl prices are way out of whack too, but that's another issue.
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I was on Ticketmaster last night and they had plenty of tickets under $90 each, but that is close to $500 for 4 of you.
 
The Colts are SOLD OUT!!!

Meijer bought 1200 tickets and are giving them to local military families!

Way to go Meijer!!!

MM
 
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