Entries from January 2009

January 27, 2009

NFL FAN IN ENGLAND’S 5 Super Bowl XLIII ‘Under the Radar’ players

We all know that this is a game featuring two previos Superbowl winning quarterbacks (not sure how many times this has happened before  – maybe Superbowl XIII Roger Staubach v Terry Bradshaw) but we all like to root for players that have the potential to make the Superbowl the best game in their entire career [...]

January 25, 2009

Super Bowl XLIII – The NFL FAN IN ENGLAND Quiz

I love statistics and I love watching Super Bowls. 
It will in fact be my 23rd consecutive Superbowl that I will be viewing on tv in England.
To celebrate the game and to make the week leading up to the Superbowl a bit more personal to you all I would like you to post answers to twenty [...]

January 22, 2009

Ten months to go but I have my Patriots v Buccaneers tickets already

We haven’t even reached the 2008-09 Superbowl yet here I am sitting here in my living room safe in the knowledge that I already have two tickets paid for to see the New England Patriots v Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Wembley Stadium in October (25) 2009.
It was a bit of a traumatic experience mind you [...]

January 19, 2009

Pinch me please I must be dreaming the Cardinals are in the Superbowl

Kurt Warner walks on water – he was divine against the Eagles

I must be unconscious, I must be drunk, and above all I must be dreaming because the Arizona Cardinals are in the Superbowl.
Keep saying it – THE ARIZONA CARDINALS ARE IN THE SUPERBOWL – it sounds like it is unreal, but when the likes [...]

January 17, 2009

NFL FAN IN ENGLAND predicts NFC and AFC Championship games

After two rounds of hitting and high fives I have managed to get six out of eight playoff winners correct, and this means I did predict the Ravens, Eagles and the Steelers to reach the final four.
Where I messed up and where I suspect the rest of the world messed up was not giving enough [...]

January 10, 2009

NFL FAN IN ENGLAND DIVISIONAL NFL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS

I went 3 out of 4 in the Wild Card weekend and even got an exact score (Falcons 24) so I have a bit of pressure on for the divisional playoff round.
There are usually less upsets this round than in the Wild Card week but I have a feeling that the home teams will take [...]

January 3, 2009

NFL FAN IN ENGLAND 2008-2009 NFL Wild Card playoff predictions

This is where it all matters, where all the effort means death or glory, over four or maybe even five quarters.
I for one did not expect to see the Atlanta Falcons, Miami Dolphins or the Minnesota Vikings in the post season.
As for the Eagles, Colts, Chargers and Ravens – I thought they were capable of [...]