House Money Game?
by John B on Jan 21, 2010 7:00 AM EST
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PrintIt's an interesting question. How upset can Jets fans really be upset if the team loses Sunday?
Answer 1: The Colts have the best player on the planet and are at home. They didn't lose a game this year when they played their starters the entire game. The Jets have a rookie quarterback who was very mistake prone. At 4-6, wouldn't you have signed on to make the final four even if it meant a loss? This team is set up for the future very well with a strong foundation of talented young players and an excellent coach. You can't take a loss too hard.
Answer 2: It's been over four decades since we've seen a Super Bowl. How much longer can we wait? How often does a chance like this come? This is the NFL. There are no guarantees from year to year. Jets teams in future years may have more talent on paper but never get this far again. Think back to 1998. We all thought the team would be back after that bitter loss at Denver. Then Vinny Testaverde gets hurt in the first game of the next season, and all hope is lost. Think of all of the seasons that began with high hopes only to be shattered by Chad Pennington injuries. We never know what the future will hold. This team needs to take care of business now.
Both points seem valid. I lean more to Answer 2. It's been too long. Let's not wait another second.
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This is definitely a "house money" game, but...
like John B said, we don’t know when we’ll ever get back.
CARPE DIEM!!!!
i agree
and like i have told my friends, its very rare to see the jets make such a deep playoff run, and at 24 i wasn’t even close to being born when the jets last won a super bowl, this would be the second AFC championship game i get to watch, the last one was in 1998, thats about 12 years ago, i was in friggin middle school!!! so i guess im saying we have to take a shot at it, its not very frequent watching the jets play deep in january, but regardless the score, its been a great season, and im very happy with the team and the coach!!
GO JETS!!!!
Audentes fortuna iuvat
As long as we play our game, give them a good game, I will be happy. Obviously I want to win but looking at the bigger picture, this team is a hell of a unit, and I’m confident that we won’t be waiting 11-12 years to get back to this position. Will be disappointed as any fan is when their team loses if we do come away with the L, but at the same time this journey has only just begun, the Rex Ryan/Mark Sanchez era is still in it’s infancy.
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A bit of both...
I feel like its a combination of both answers. Whether or not we want to admit it, we are lucky as hell to be in the spot we are. I’m not saying we aren’t deserving or anything like that, but after tanking all those mid-season games, it’s crazy to think we were AFC Championship Game bound. That being said, I’ll only be upset if we shoot ourselves in the foot and lose it via bad mistakes/errors. If Indy goes out there and just dominates us, I’ll be at peace with it (though still a bit disappointed) because I’ll know that we got beat by a team that proved their worth. In the end, this season is one to be proud of regardless of the outcome.
No Such Thing
There is no such thing as ‘house money’ if you’ve won it, it’s yours to lose. If you walk away you can keep it, if you gamble it, you can lose it.
Obviously in football you can’t walk away and end on a positive note you have to keep playing until you win the big one or lose.
The truth, though, is if the Jets lose this game their season will still have been a success and if the Colts lose it will be hard to argue their’s was. Nonetheless, you get very few chances at the Super Bowl and you have to treasure each one.
Yes because of one number
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I think we have to win this game. We are already getting so much bullshit for our final 2 games were "given" to us.
We did win 2 ig games this postseason but everyone is on the “Jets shouldn’t even be here” bandwagon and it’s freaking annoying.
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Too much heartache for me!
I was 14 when the Jets won it all. Wanted to be there but I was a tad too young. I thought there would be so many chances down the road to eventually see them play in the Big One again.
It took 12 years to get back in. 1981 Re-Todd in the AFC Championship game threw an int. on Buffalo`s 2 yd line with 10 seconds left and we lose 31-27.
Not to be outdone and this one simply killed me. 1982 Mud Bowl AFC Championship game Re-Todd throws 3 picks to his good friend A.J Duhe and Dolphins win 14-0.
1985 – Lose to Pats in playoffs.
1986 – 2 unsportsmanlike penalties by Gastineau kills us..
1991- Lose to the Oilers 17-10. Our first playoff game in 5 years.
1998 Denver beats us in the AFC Playoffs. We were up 10-0.
2004 Doug Brien. Need I say more.
2006 Pats beat us badly 37-16.
Now mind you, the future looks great, but you never know. Injuries, tsunami`s anything can develop. We are sooooo close. Lets go for the f***kin’ jugular and don`t look back.
All the more reason for everyone to hate us. It is time for us to take over this town & country from the giants and the rest of the N.F.L !!!
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