>>>>>Tis the night before the Playoffs begin for the Panthers....
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>>>>>Checked out weather.com..... weather for Saturday night's game at Charlotte, NC....
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>>>>>from 8pm to 11pm the temps will drop from 49F to 47F (feels like 46 to 44F) with a 60% chance of rain and the wind will only be 8mph.
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>>>>>So.... not quite as bad for the Birds as I thought in terms of the wind.... but it will be Cold for the Birds with a miserable rain on top of that.... might be tough for an indoor-dome passing-attack desert team, but maybe they will arise to the occasion.
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>>>>>Also... I love how the media is overlooking this game for the other 3 glamour games this weekend. All I've seen and heard is New York this, Eagles that, Steelers this and Chargers that, Ravens this and Titans that..
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>>>>>Panthers who??? 'cuse me.... Cardinals...??? who????..... when??? uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...... they in the NFL????
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>>>>>So, I'm hyped-up for the game but peeved at the media in general and their glossing over the Panthers (and the Cardinals too).... like we don't exist or something!
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>>>>>Come Saturday night, they will know who the Panthers are!!!
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>>>>>GO PANTHERS!!!
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>>>>Whoops....
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>>>I'm sure hoping yesterday's games set a trend. Either for the road team to win, or for the birds to win. <g> (Actually, if the Eagles win, I'll be rooting for the Steelers, hoping to set up an all-PA SuperBowl.)
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>>>Tamar (already in my Eagles sweatshirt)
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>>Your lucky shirt must have worked for them ;-) Great job by the Eagles.
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>Yeah. We enjoyed it.
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>>Funny that the Giants and Panthers were the class of the NFC all season long, then they both laid eggs at home in their first playoff games. Truly miserable performances by both teams. And the much-maligned Cardinals are not only in the conference championship game, they will play it at home. Wacky!
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>For sure. And, of coure, if the rules weren't that conference champs are seeded ahead of wildcards regardless, the game would be in Philly.
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>Lots of confidence here, given the Eagles drubbing of the Cards on Thanksgiving.
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>Tamar (still thinking all-PA SuperBowl)

I'm sure they will both be favored next weekend. Not that being favored did anyone much good in this round.

What's even stranger to think is that if the Bears had managed to knock off the mighty Texans (cough, cough) in the last game, they would be in the playoffs instead of the Eagles. It worked out for the best IMO. The Eagles are a much, much better team than the Bears were.

I saw a funny line somewhere (espn.com?) about the Steelers' game. It said they won despite the disadvantages of playing at home and not being named after a bird ;-)