Having moved to Rome when I was 4 and back to the US at 10 my footie team team is Lazio. Since I didn’t follow the NFL until joining a fantasy league 3 years ago I don’t have a favorite team, just players like Watson, Landry, Hopkins, and Ridley to name a few.
In the old forum we had an “America’s big 4 leagues,” and separately, “everything FIFA,” I never knew where to put my Formula One posts.
I can’t be very useful on association football stuff, but I follow gridiron football and I’m a giant formula one fan.
Currently watching the NO Saints vs TB Buccaneers. I’m a Bears fan so with them out of the playoffs I just cheer for good games and with whatever will mean I win my wagers. If New Orleans wins I hit two decent size parlays. The trick play the Saints ran for a touchdown was pretty fantastic.
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Watched the Browns Chiefs game and am now watching Buccs Saints game now. Goodwin’s catch was reviewed and stood as an incomplete pass.
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They change the rules on what is/is not a catch every year. It’s always being tweaked but it was a good call. You have to maintain possession through the end of the catch. So what that means is tuck the football and hold it all the way down or make a “football move” before you lose it. That “move” can be another step or something like that. Today he had 2 feet down inbounds but then lost the ball while he went to the ground. No tuck or other football move.
Old article but this explanation is way better articulated than I provided.
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Well, the Buccs tied it up and now The Saints are playing well. I’m rooting for the Buccs but my gut tells me it will be the Saints going to Lambo Field.
Turnovers will kill any offence though. Brady is a general. New Orleans can’t give him so many chances.
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That’s incredible. I wish I saw the fight. I haven’t seen a whole lot of fights in the last few years. I saw Tyson vs Jones Jr but no UFC for a while.
Anyone got thoughts on who wins the conference championship games this week?
For Packers vs Buccaneers I put my money on Green Bay moneyline parlayed with the under (51) although it’s moved to 53 now. I think the spread is GB -3.5
For Chiefs vs Bills I bet smart and took Kansas City but I would really, really, really, like to see the Buffalo Bills win and go to the super bowl next week. So I guess either my heart or my wallet will be happy with this game 
. This game is also KC -3.5*
Also, I am reminded that I can not stand this week off before the super bowl. It’s total nonsense. No one watches the pro bowl. They need to get rid of it.
Edit *forgot to put in the spread for game 2.
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TB v GB: Wel, it’s already 31 total points, so yeah, it will be a 50+ game. Also, it looks like Brady may be playing at home for the Super Bowl but it is only the half right now.
Bills v KC: My heart is also with the Bills, but my gut tells me it will be KC. Either way, it will be a monster game.
The Pro Bowl: I also don’t care. That said, I thought there was going to some sort of event with the players in place of the game due to Covid.
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First time that’s ever happened in a super bowl if they hang on to win it! That would be cool to see.
Over 50, yea probably my parlays are screwed
Pro bowl: there might be. My point was I hate the week off. They used to do pro bowl after the super bowl, but they still took the week off. Then then moved the pro bowl to the off week trying to get people to watch it. The all star games are really only fun in basketball bc no one plays defence and it’s a dunk/3 point festival and in baseball bc of HomeRun derby and it’s baseball. Although the “winning league takes home field in the World Series” is a terrible idea.
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Well since Tom Brady destroyed my 2 game parlay I’m now rooting for the Bills and the Under (54.5) in game 2.
Also, even though it destroyed my bets, I do think it’s cool that for the first time ever a NFL team will play a super bowl at their home field.
Good thing you didn’t bet with your heart on the Bills v KC game. That said, the smart money was always going to be on KC. Looks like the Superbowl will be a really good game of Brady v Mahomes. Also, The Weeknd doing the halftime show. Love him or hate him, he is only the 3rd Canadian to do a halftime show.
And that’s the game. As soon as I thought that, the announcer said that it was the knockout punch. So, it’s going to be KC v Tampa Bay in Tampa on February 7.
It’ll be a great game and the Weeknd should be excellent. He was at Lolla a couple years ago it was one of the best shows I have seen ever.
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So you raised some money?
Congratulations!
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Thanks it’s nice to win once in a while. I can’t wait for Formula One to start.
Speaking of fhat, Drive to Survive Season 3 comes out in a couple weeks. Right before the new season of F1 starts.
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Everyone saying Sterling faked it, it’s like what the fuck are you on about? Yan was winning and threw away his title, what a muppet.
Wasn’t surprised at Nunes absolutely dominating her opponent - Like Khabib I think we’ve got another unstoppable force there.
I really liked the main fight, at first I thought we were going to get Izzy Vs Romero 2 with just leg kicks, but I’m glad Jan took Izzy to the floor and showed some variety in the match. I love both those fighters and bet on both of them to win their last matches which they shared on the same PPV main card (Adesanya Vs Costa and Blachowicz Vs Reyes). Can’t blame Adesanya for tying to go up a class, and to be fair he did 5 rounds with the LH Champ so fair play to him. But Middleweight definitely works for him. I just hope he doesn’t drop to Welterweight because Usman will give him another loss.
Nunes and Islam Makhachev have won me some beer tokens for this evening though so overall I can’t complain about the fights.
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Holloway was on another level! To think he did practically no sparring in his training??
I should have checked this thread out earlier, didn’t know there would be UFC discussed!
I got into it a few years ago when I started training BJJ and Boxing at a local MMA gym. That’s mostly taken a back burner while I’ve been doing my degree but I have fight pass so I keep up to date with most of the fight nights and events. How long have you been into it?
I thought Cruz’ match was really entertaining, which is definitely the norm for him! I think he only has two finishes under his belt in the UFC, but I guess he was getting consistent wins up until 2016 so fair play to him. I saw him in an interview last week saying he didn’t mind the prelim spot as it meant more fans would probably get to see him as it was free, so good on him for taking advantage of it. It’d be interesting to see him go against Frankie Edgar, depending on where he is in the rankings after last night. Definitely better at fighting than calling matches, although he is a good laugh
Interested to see what is going to happen in the Lightweight Division now. Khabib needs to vacate his title and let the other guys mash it out. I really don’t think McGregor deserves an immediate title shot, but I know he is a money maker so chances are he and Poirier are going to go at it. I know last night there was talk of Islam going against Ferguson. I think Ferguson is past his prime unfortunately and he’ll just be cannon fodder for up and comers now. I thought Oliveira’s performance against him was outstanding and would like to see him vs either McGregor or Gaethje before going on for a title match.
In Welterweight I wouldn’t mind watching Usman break Covington’s jaw again and I think Wonderboy vs Masvidal would be a cracker of a match. Not sure if Chimaev is going to be able to come back soon, I know he suggested he was finished but if he actually gets some rest then he might be able to recover and come back later this year/early next year. It’s also possible that Belal defeats Leon Edwards for an upset in that division.
I’m looking forward to Stipe vs Ngannou and I think the winner will have a fun match against Derrick Lewis, but I don’t follow the Heavyweight division too much to be honest.
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