Comments on: Blog Down Breakdown: CHI 20 ATL 22

By: Double Goose Egg and Frank the Tank’s Football Parlay - 10/17/2008 « FRANK THE TANK’S SLANT

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:13:40 +0000

[...] of days of football from the Illini and Bears. Therefore, I’ll direct you to Illinitalk and Blog Down Chicago Bears for their respective rants. Onto this week’s parlay picks (home teams in [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:09:59 +0000

I agree with Wes. What a nightmare. I’m so effing pissed off. Well, next week’s game is huge and the Vikings certainly didn’t look very good today. Stop AP like they stopped Turner and they’ll be in good shape. Hell, last year they took the game in OT at Soldier and AP ran for a billion yards.
I was running around screaming in excitement like I haven’t since the Bears beat the Cardinals in 2006 on MNF. 2 minutes later, wanting to puke. Unreal.

By: Orton's Lazy Eye

Orton's Lazy Eye — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:27:04 +0000

Good tip, Wes. Unfortunately, I don’t have the video so I can’t go back and look but it’s definitely an interesting thing to consider. If you come across any hardcore evidence, shoot it over here.

By: Wes

Wes — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:33:33 +0000

The best player on the Falcons team was the clock keeper. He saved some where in the neighborhood of 6-10 on the clock during the final minute of play. Watch the video. I first noticed it when the clock was inside 30 seconds to go. On one of the Bears plays only 1 second ticked off the clock, then on the final pass play the clock didn’t start until Ryan dropped back from his shotgun position (minimally 2 seconds or more saved). The clock should have expired before the receiver touched the ball, plus there should have only been maybe 2 seconds left before the final play meaning the Falcons would have had to go for it all on the final play. Check the game video if you recorded it. Another fan stated that the clock started slow on the kick off as well.