...NFL playoffs, a twelve-team single-elimination tournament that culminates with the NFL championship, ...layout of games played was changed when Divisional play began in 1969, so that teams...an unbalanced schedule which heavily favors intra-divisional play. In 1997, Major League Baseball introduced... season, anticipating the possibility of close divisional races and heightened fan interest. http://...

...NFL playoffs, a twelve-team single-elimination tournament that culminates with the NFL championship, ...layout of games played was changed when Divisional play began in 1969, so that teams...an unbalanced schedule which heavily favors intra-divisional play. In 1997, Major League Baseball introduced... season, anticipating the possibility of close divisional races and heightened fan interest. http://...

...17:23:38 -0800, dinoscop@gmail.com wrote: The fact that it's an "elimination tournament" has nothing to do with it; It did for me. Are you telling me it ... I dunno, but we're done, and based on the way the 2006 Seahawks played all year, a loss in a divisional game was not a surprising end result whatsoever for me. Maybe it was for you, and if so, cool. ...

...tears of the players when they lost or were forced to leave the tournament. We saw ugly moments when the players pushed and injured each other.... Bucs won en route to the Super Bowl title; before a divisional playoff game at Green Bay in January 1998; and at New Orleans... Bucs won en route to the Super Bowl title; before a divisional playoff game at Green Bay in January 1998; and at New ...

...Do you want to play them? So, other than win enough games to make the tournament, what must these people do to play in Miami on Feb. 4? “I don't...they were overwhelmingly better. But, not always. We only need retreat to January, to the AFC Divisional Playoff game between Pittsburgh and Indianapolis. Steelers tailback Jerome Bettis fumbled the ball near the goal line...

... exist. Do you want to play them? So, other than win enough games to make the tournament, what must these people do to play in Miami on Feb. 4? “I don't know,” ... they were overwhelmingly better. But, not always. We only need retreat to January, to the AFC Divisional Playoff game between Pittsburgh and Indianapolis. Steelers tailback Jerome Bettis fumbled the ball near the goal line....