AmishBengalFan

Tomorrow we find out. The last two times the enshrinees both finished in our top 3, but they were NOT our 1-2 choices. Guess we'll see if that trend holds. This is also almost certainly the final year for enshrinees to be selected in this manner.

Math: WAS: 16 week season + 1 bye week + 4 preseason weeks = 21 weeks of football + wildcard + divisional + conference + off week + super bowl = 26 weekends of football If Regular Season Week 1 (the 5th football weekend) is the Sunday after Labor Day, the Super Bowl is the 1st or 2nd Sunday in February NOW 17 week season + 1 bye week + 3 preseason weeks = 21 weeks of football + wildcard + divisional + conference + off week + super bowl = 26 weekends of football Same as before FUTURE (without extra bye) 18 week season + 1 bye week + 3 preseason weeks = 22 weeks of football + wildcard + divisional + conference + off week + super bowl = 27 weekends of football Pushes Super Bowl one week to the right, making it the 2nd or 3rd Sunday in February FUTURE (with extra bye) 18 week season + 2 bye week + 3 preseason weeks = 23 weeks of football + wildcard + divisional + conference + off week + super bowl = 28 weekends of football Pushes Super Bowl two weeks to the right, making it the 3rd or 4th Sunday in February I agree that 18 games should add a 2nd bye.... but they're going to have to revamp the schedule to fit two extra weeks into the calendar. The easiest solution would seem to be the deletion of another preseason game AND start everything a week earlier. In fact, you could start the season on Labor Day Sunday, turning the entire 3-day weekend into a national celebration of football. For the current year, it might look like: August 15-17 weekend - Preseason 1 August 22-24 weekend - Preseason 2 (theoretically, they could also start the weekend before [Aug 8-10], play two preseason weeks then have an off week for final cuts and prep before season kickoff) August 31 (Labor Day Sunday) - Season begins Jaunary 11 - 20th regular season week (18 games + 2 byes) - Final football weekend January 17-18 - Wild Card Janunary 24-25 - Divisional February 1 - Conference February 8 - off week February 15 - Super Bowl I don't think deletion of the off week before the Super Bowl is realistic. Too much money to be made on the hype, too many people making last-minute travel plans if their team is going.... been there, the extra week is actually a net good thing. Anyway, that's my take on it.

By the way, I passed my FAA Medical Exam this afternoon. My flight status has been restored, I'm a pilot again. :)

FYI..... This might be a situation that's unique to MY season ticket account (since we have to square the books across different households), but in case anyone else is curious about the single-game pricing breakout for season tickets, here's the run-down for my seats in Section 104 (Lower Bowl, Field, ~10 yard line): Excluding preseason, there are THREE price tiers this year: Suck Teams Nobody Should Pay Actual Money To See: JAX NYJ NEP ARI - $166.25 per seat Teams That Bring Their Own Bandwagon To Paycor: PIT CHI BAL CFT - $183.75 per seat Local NFC Opponent With A Bandwagon That Might Also Be A Superbowl Preview: DET - $218.75 per seat ....and the preseason suck-show against IND is $131.25 per seat. Season Total = $1750 per seat. PRESEASON $131.25: 8/23 (Saturday 1pm) - Dolts REGULAR SEASON: $166.25: 9/14 - Jugulars $218.75: 10/5 (4:25pm) - Loins $183.75: 10/16 (Thursday 8:15pm) - Stealers $166.25: 10/26 - Jests $183.75: 11/2 - Da Bearssssk $166.25: 11/23 - Pathetics $183.75: 12/14 - Raisins $166.25: 12/27 (Sat) or 12/28 (Sun) (Time TBA) - Card-Anals $183.75: 1/3 (Sat) or 1/4 (Sun) (Time TBA) - Clones FWIW, There ya go.

Isobel Hamilton

Those under 40 might not know that at one time Saturday Night Live was funny and entertaining, rather than the cringeworthy mess it is today. Here are the Blues Brothers, Jake and Elwood, singing their version of the song we sang at Riverfront Stadium every time our TE caught a critical pass. The song is "Rodney Holman", which they changed to "I'm A Soul Man" for the NY-based studio audience.

For me, it was the holding penalty on the 49ers on the kickoff after Breech kicked the go-ahead FG with 3+ left in XXIII. SF was backed up to the 9 and our D had only allowed one TD to Montana, Rice, Craig and Taylor. It was in our hands.

Jeff Saturday is available if the Dolts need a QB.

Thanks to everyone who voted. Here's the final tally: 14 Lemar Parrish (1970-77) (b.1947) 11 David Fulcher (1986-92) (b.1964) 10 Bob Trumpy (1968-77) (b.1945) 10 Reggie Williams (1976-89) (b.1954) 8 Dave Lapham (1974-83) (b.1952) 3 Jim Breech (1980-92) (b.1956) 3 James Brooks (1984-91) (b.1958) 2 Max Montoya (1979-89) (b.1956) 2 Cris Collinsworth (1981-88) (b.1959) For the ties, I've arbitrarily ranked them in order by oldest age

Denver..... hmmmm..... I've only been to DSAFoFACMaICSMHSbtybPtcoang (Denver Sports Authority Field on Frontier Airlines Coors Mountain at Invesco Champs Sports Mile High Stadium, brought to you by Pepsi, the choice of a new generation), once. That was back in 2011, several naming rights sponsors ago. Okay, a few questions, as Denver has clearly changed in the decade since all the displaced Californians moved in: 1 - Is pot smoking optional or compulsory? I'm retired and no longer have random drug testing, but I like my few remaining brain cells and dont want to mess anything up. 2 - Since all of the apartment buildings are controlled by TdA, does that extend to all of the hotels or just most of them? 3 - Can I opt out of the LBGTQ stuff and instead enjoy a tasty GQ BLT? .... yummm Otherwise, sounds like fun. Am I crashing on your couch? :)

Season Ticket Holders: The Stripes are doing their annual Open House / Field Day events, starting next Friday. Attendees get access to the new locker room and weight room, on-field access and activities, etc. It's free, but tickets are required, and they're available to STHs - check your email for the link. Parking avaialble in the stadium lots for five or ten bucks (I forget how much, sorry). June 13 (Friday), 14 (Saturday), and 21 (Saturday) only. 10am - 530pm..... start times every 90 minutes I've done it more than once, it's cool. Even caught a TD back in 2012. Recommended. PS - If none of my households claim our tickets, I'll make them available here. I can get 4.

^ bump We are entering the final week of voting. If you have not voted yet, please hurry. There are three guys running neck-and-neck, plus two more who are just a couple of votes from being dangerous. Your vote will matter. Poll closes at midnight ET this Thursday night.

They need to ask me. Staying with the same original list of 17 players at some point would either run dry, or would result in those still on the ballot being passed over year after year. Also, making it 100% dependent on fan voting introduces bias. I would begin adding new names to the list, maybe add four at first then add another each year for a few years. Guys like AJ Green, Geno Adkins, Rodney Holman, Sam Wyche(!), or even Andrew Whitworth or Takeo Spikes. The point is, I believe there are many names deserving of consideration beyond the 7 that will remain after this years' voting. Further, I fervently believe that at this point fan voting should be deemphasized, allowing the team, players, vets, local long-term beat writers, and other enshrinees to weigh-in. Maybe even alternate... fans pick one player in odd years, "insiders" pick in even years. Or establish a minimum number of votes needed to be enshrined, and a lower minimum to remain on the ballot. Bottom line - the process has reached a point where the ballot AND the voting need revamping.