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Why The Eagles Will Win The Super Bowl
A lot of these theories are bunk, but this one is true: The NFL is rigged. It’s the only major sport that uses radios. Referees have a lot of leeway about what calls to make. People gamble a lot of money on it. Come on, last year’s Super Bowl? No way Eli Manning leads a game-winning drive to beat the 18-0 Patriots. No way. Now that I’ve given you this mountain of circumstantial evidence (and not even, really), I hope you’ve come to agree. But don’t fret! It’s like pro wrestling: The actors have a lot of leeway, and it’s still pretty fun to watch. And there’s an added bonus: Since the NFL is rigged, this football season has only one logical conclusion. The Philadelphia Eagles are going to win the Super Bowl. Think about it: There isn’t a much better story than Andy Reid and the once-benched Donovan McNabb rallying the Eagles to finally win the big one. Even if it’s not the NFL has to be worried about this city embracing the Phillies after winning the World Series. (The NFL saw only two football moments on that 100 years of Phillymag piece and was totally concerned.) I hope the NFL doesn’t mind my suggestion here for a way to end the regular season. If things fall as they might, the Eagles and Cowboys’ final regular season game could be a “play-in” game for the playoffs. The Eagles would be 9-5-1; Dallas 9-6. The game goes to overtime. Nobody can move the ball… and the game can end with Donovan McNabb kneeling out for the tie that puts the Birds at 9-5-2 and puts them into the playoffs. The rest is easy: Beating up on a bad division champ in the wild card round, beating the Giants at the Meadowlands again in the divisional round, et cetera. Now that I’ve mentioned it, doesn’t it all just seem to fall into place? |
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Every sports fan has a conspiracy theory about his favorite sport. Juiced baseballs. Collegiate referees betting on games and making a killing. Forced steroid injections.
Science!
So how exactly will they crush your hopes in this scenario?
Seems plausible, but would the league really risk pissing off Skeletor, er, Jerry Jones this way? I suppose they could promise him a Super Bowl next year to go along with his new stadium.
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Hey, so far soooo true! I never lost the faith and when I first read this weeks ago I told my whole family about it. When I went looking for this article again after we blew Dallas out of the water last Sunday I found links to ALL kinds of conspiracy theories about the Eagles. Some very similiar to this, but they were basing alot of it on the rescheduled time of the Eagles vs Dallas game. Go Eagles! I am loving this!
I picked the Giants last year to win the Super Bowl and I picked the Eagles this year.
The Eagles will win! I am sure of it!
i have to say the Eagles got the Edge for the SuperBowl this year because i use to like Terell Owens on the Eagles so Mcnabb will be the MVP this year but my dolphins lost the first round to Baltimore and the Oakland Raiders kicked out my Bucs too with Jeff Garcia as Qauterback for the Bucs
So far so good…. (except for that second tie)
Wow!!! Go EAGLES