I assume that Bill Belichick is fine without Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel? It is business as usual for the Patriots Thursday night, as New England opened the 2005 season with a 30-20 win over Raiders.
Oakland took the opening kickoff and went for a TD, the first time New England had allowed the opening TD drive an opponent in 37 matches! However, the defense settled down thereafter, allowing only one touchdown bomb to Randy Moss 73-yard 'in the second quarter andTD Price (leading 30-14) with three minutes remaining in the game. As for the offense, Brady from 306 yards and two touchdowns (no interceptions) and Dillon took two touchdowns, despite operating for only 63 yards.
New England has won 35 of last 39 games (counting playoffs), including 21 straight at home! No team in Super Bowl era has won three consecutive titles in the history of the NFL, Lombardi Green Bay Packers have won three consecutive titles. Green Baywon the NFL title in 1965 and then won the first two Super Bowl after the NFL title game won in 1966 and 1967 seasons. Can the Pats go three times and four Super Bowls in five seasons?
I think so, but it is not easy these days to make the playoffs year after year. New England won three Super Bowls in four years, but in 2002, the Patriots have not reached the playoffs too. Only three franchises have made the playoffs in each of the last threeyears. Philadelphia leads the list with five consecutive playoff appearances, followed by Green Bay (four straight) and Indianapolis (three consecutive).
The Eagles finally broke out his game as the NFC last year, beating the Falcons 27-10 in the NFC championship game, where he had lost the previous three years. The Eagles are by far the best team in the NFC this year, but face the fact that four of the last six games and five Super Bowl losers did not get the recordThe next year!
The Bengals own the longest playoff drought, after the recent series in 1990. Enter the 2005 season with a stretch of 14 sets less consecutive years. Cincinnati is a native of Arizona, with six consecutive seasons without playoffs. Buffalo, Detroit, Jacksonville and Washington have each lost the playoffs in the last five years.
San Diego Chargers ended the playoff drought of eight years last season, improving to 12/04 in 2003 to 12.4 in 2004. Changelike last year and Chargers did not exactly become the norm, but it is not a rarity either.
During a period of five years (2000-04), 25 groups of 60 participants (41.7 percent) are the teams that were 0500 or worse the year before. With San Diego last year, Atlanta (5-11 to 11-5), the New York Jets (6-10 to 10-6) and Pittsburgh (6-10 to 15-1!) They won the next series season without a victory. Who will be the surprise team this year?
Week 1 continuesThurs tent Sunday with a visit to Baltimore Colts play the Ravens. For those of us who grew up with Johnny U, the Colts should not be the visiting team playing in Baltimore. A week ends with a rematch of the NFC Championship game between the eagles and hawks. However, this time, the game is in Atlanta, not Philadelphia.
College Football
Three former college football games of the second Saturday. No. 2 Texas will travel to Columbus, OhioNo meeting 4 Ohio State, Michigan, No No 3 20 hosts Notre Dame and No. 5 LSU, displaced by Hurricane Katrina, will play in Tempe against Arizona State No. 15 (rather than the Sun Devils organization in Baton Rogue.)
Texas, Ohio State
Texas, scheduled this game for years and now may ask: "Why this year?" After the spectacle the pathos of Oklahoma opened the season against TCU, 2005 could be the Sooners beat the Longhorns last year. A victory over Oklahoma, October 8Texas are a prohibitive favorite for a spot in the Rose Bowl this year, but if the Longhorns lose to Columbus. Ohio State is 6-1 against Tressel your top 10 teams, and this will be the seventh game of the night school in Ohio Stadium history. In six previous games "under the lights," OSU is 6-0 SU and ATS! As for Texas, the Longhorns have not lost a "real-games on the road since he lost 42-38 against Texas Tech in Lubbock in 2002 (eight straight wins).
Notre DameMICHIGAN
Talk about a low range? The dog is amazing 02/01/1914 ATS when Notre Dame and Michigan for the hook. Notre Dame opened with a 42-21 victory at Pitt, the Irish more than 500 yards of offense with 33 SDS defense in the early days of Charlie Weis. Michigan did not play well after the eighth game of the team last year. Since then, Michigan has allowed only 37 points in the State of Michigan, Ohio and Texas, while two other teams, Northwestern and Northern Illinois (last week), more400 meters. Votes in favor of Michigan is a great scandal of their own and a record of 14-0 SU in the "Casa Grande" to install the artificial surface.
LSU at Arizona State
Hurricane Katrina forced a change of venue for this game, as LSU is scheduled to host the Sun Devils in Baton Rogue. Then the game Pac-10 last "case" when it comes to climate change related to the game! In 1998, a hurricane postponed the game with Miami since Sept. 1 at UCLA early December, when Miamiteam much more polite. loss to UCLA in December this year, the cost of undefeated Bruins a chance to play in the BCS title game before. Again last year, requires a storm in Miss Southern Cal game until the end of the season and more than expected margin of victory in this game could have cost the journey takes in the Rose Bowl.
And 'this year, which is fixed in the Pac-10 please? LSU is loaded and would be a solid favorite at home, but playing time, the game is.ASU now has its two biggest challenges of the years at home against LSU on Saturday night and the date of October 1 USC.
Endnote
Akron was the only team not to play last week and MAC Purdue was the only major non-10 team in action. Akron has the distinction of being the only team bowl eligible in 2004 (not suspended) for bowl bid NO. Purdue has only 7-5 in 2005, but the team came up with five losses for a total of 14 points! After opening the 2005 season 5-0, theBoilermakers Wisconsin lost consecutive games (three points), Michigan (two), North-West (two) and Iowa (two). Purdue has won the last two games in the regular season, but then lost to Arizona State Sun Bowl, 27-23.
If the results of last week are any indication, Purdue should not be too worried about having a close game Saturday. MAC teams 10-10 (3-6-1 ATS) last weekend, the only victory coming in Toledo I-AA Western Illinois (62-14). The 10 losers allowed an average of38.3 PPG! Regarding last week the Great-10, the conference was a perfect 10-0 SU and 7-2-1 ATS.
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