Dont u think the raiders got cheated by the patriots in the playoffs in 2002. When they won there 1st SB???
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Gawddddd, I hope the Seahawks' whiners aren't still asking crap like that in 2010
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Okay, just because you don't like a call doesn't mean that the call is less valid.  According to the rule book, it was the correct call.  If you don't like the tuck rule, start a petition to get it changed.  The Patriots won three titles in four years in an era where free agency is designed to prevent such a thing from happening.  Yes, it's a dynasty.
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Now I cant name ever team that's done it but is has been done. One team to do it was the Cincinnati Bengals and they have done it twice The Frist time was 1980/81 season the year before they had a 6-10 record. The next year the had a 12-4 record had home Field advantage and won the AFC Championship over the Chargers in which the temp was -59 with the wind chill( I know this because I lived there at the time) by a score of 27-7. Going on to lose to 49ers in Super Bowl XIV (16) 26-21. The next year was 1987/88. The year before they had a 4-11 recored in a strike year. The next year they again had a 12-4 recored and home Field advantage and beat the Bills for the AFC Championship by a score of 21-10. And again went on to lose to the 49ers again in Super Bowl XXIII (23). On a drive of 92 yards by Joe Montana to John Taylor with 34 sec left and a score of 20-16. As I said I may not be able to tell you every team that's done it but I do know my Bengals history and the near misses we have had
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Dolphins have only had 1 season where they werent 500 in the last 15 years.  and have only missed the [playoffs 3 times so I think they will either this year or next year.
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*Raiders Rule*\n\nSteeler's will not be gone this year i hate to see someone get hurt but they still was not going to be good.\n\n   *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*\nRaider Super Bowl Bound \n   *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*
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first superbowl for patriots was in 1986 (85 season) and the qb was Tony Eason\nTHATS IT I'M DONE!
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mattrobertso...\nis right, they did roughhouse them(colt&pats)...i seen em...i dont think the refs did for spite though but it makes you think ..whats called and what isnt called for spite of the other teams(since we're on this subject dont you think it wierd that the NEW YORK yankees won the WS right after 9/11??..also the PATRIOTS won that year too??hhmmmm
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Money Money Money is your answer\n\nThe first time the Super Bowl was played in February was 2002, following the 2001 season.  There was a week that was cancelled after 9/11, which pushed the Regular season back a week, therefore pushing the playoffs back as well.  \n\nMore recently, the NFL has shyed away from having their opening weekend be the same weekend as Labor Day.  That way, the NCAA can have their own big opening weekend bash, then the NFL can follow suit a week later.  Both of which allow for more money to be made by each organization.  That pushes the start of the NFL season more towards mid September, throw in the 17 week schedule, and your regular season takes you right up to, if not into the new year.  They tinkered with cutting out the week between the conference championships and the Super Bowl, but again, that didnt leave them enough time to get things together for the teams or fans, not to mention that it allows the NFL to make more money off the event.  \n\nHope this helps!
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New england was the only other team to win the super bowl.  Others have made it (carolina and oakland) but they havent won it.
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Actually it kind of sums up the Raiders season so far.  Out of control with an owner who has let the game pass him by.  Before the knee event I was keying in on Randy Moss and Art Shell.  Moss looked like a guy who wished he was in a thousand other places last night rather than being at the game.  Shell looked like a deer in headlights, not knowing what to do next.  Pretty sad to see a once proud franchise who based everything on "excellence", as Al Davis use to say, drop completely off the football map.
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No, Marino lost the only Super Bowl (SB 19) in which he played to the San Fransico 49ers.  It was Marino's second year in the NFL.  His rookie season was 1983, SB 19 was the finale for the 1984 season.
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I think the Bucs might have had a better overall defense.  They won all year long off defensive TD's cause they didn't have a strong running game to say the least.  Michael Pittman ended the year with about 850 yards or so and 10 TD's.  And Brad Johnson did just enough not to loose.  They dominated the Raiders form start to finish in the Super Bowl putting on what was one of the best performances by a defense in a championship game.
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They have had success. I hate the Patriots because they won three Super Bowls with sissy players who couldn't make any real team.
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It's about time somebody asks this!!  I watched that game as if I were studying a map- it was pure, unadulterated bullsh*t how the refs completely sided with the Steelers as if they were getting their wood off by ignoring penalties and such!!  Never have I been so disgraced and ashamed of the National Football League!  The Seahawks played a damn superb game and deserved to win!!!
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I don't believe there are two teams that have been around that long who haven't played each other. If there is, I'd be very interested in knowing. We're talking NFL, right?\n(Packers played Bills in 2002)
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PATRIOTS. They cheat and git away with it.  The d-backs grab jerseys, hold players, hit beyond the five yard line, and play nasty.  The O line holds on nearly every play.  They are so over rated and teams that played them were always winning until the end of the game and end up loosing buy a dam field goal.  The other teams were scared so they micromanaged the game and blew it playing conservative.  \n\nLet's remember the first sign of cheating.  The playoof game against the raiders in the snow.  Charles Woodson sacked Tom Brady and Brady fumbled the ball.  Tuck rule my ass.  If that play is called correctly, the radiers play the rams in the superbowl, the rams win, and the patriots never win one, and the rams are the dynasty, not the cheaters from new england.
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He was Superbowl MVP the year of 2001-2002 and 2003-2004. He should have got it again against the Eagles but Deion Branch got it instead.