American Sports Thread

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Fantastic finish here

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/central-michigan-upsets-oklahoma-state-with-hail-mary-l-1786479279

[Oraisteach]

Commentators are saying that by rule the play should never have been run.  Still, a terrific finish.

[ONeill]

Unbelievable choke from the Chargers.

[RealSpiritof98]

As a 49ers fan its so sad to see Alex Smith do his thing, what a 1st set of games. NFL is back baby, What a call by the Raiders.

[Minder]

Unbelievable choke from the Chargers.

And a season ending injury to Keenan Allen into the bargain

[Oraisteach]

Of course, Minder, since he's my top receiver.

[cadhlancian]

Patriots , different gravy! That's what sets them apart. On the road, a top 5 opponent , no Brady, Gronk, Solder or Minkovich.... The rest of the AFC East lost...

[cadhlancian]

Unbelievable choke from the Chargers.

McCoy is a ball bag . Went way too conservative in the second half , play calling was a joke. Stopped rushing Smith etc. Marty got ran out of town with a 14-2 record for being too conservative, this fool won 4 games last year...

[AZOffaly]

Patriots , different gravy! That's what sets them apart. On the road, a top 5 opponent , no Brady, Gronk, Solder or Minkovich.... The rest of the AFC East lost...

Not sure Cardinals are top 5. I'm very worried about that defense. They couldn't get the Pats off the field on 3rd down. Still missed a field goal to win it but they didn't really deserve a win the way the defense played. They've been lacklustre all pre-season, and all this talk about Superbowls is very premature.

Belichick is unreal though. I knew this would be a struggle as he had basically 2 weeks to prepare for the Cardinals, and he normally gets that sort of lead time spot on, a bit like Saban in Alabama. For the Cards, hopefully this is a wakeup call, and they up the workrate massively. Missed tackles would do your head in.

[cadhlancian]

Their tackling was very poor, and Williams is gonna get picked on all year....

[AZOffaly]

Their tackling was very poor, and Williams is gonna get picked on all year....

Agree. MAybe Revis will get cut

[Syferus]

See the officiating standard hasn't changed much in the NFL - some horrible hits on Newton last night - Good win for the Broncos though

That can't be true, otherwise Syferus would have been on slobbering all over him.

You're still walking funny after Newton ripped the hole off your idea of how good he can be last year I see..

[gallsman]

See the officiating standard hasn't changed much in the NFL - some horrible hits on Newton last night - Good win for the Broncos though

That can't be true, otherwise Syferus would have been on slobbering all over him.

You're still walking funny after Newton ripped the hole off your idea of how good he can be last year I see..

Yes, that's it. I care *that* much about how good Cam is our isn't.

[tyroneman]

JDR. Balls of steel.

On a road trip, in a hostile environment, against an elite QB and offence, with our big money CB playing like dung and eventually benched and Khalil Mack being anonymous, 14 points down going into the 4th.......yet we come away 1-0

Unbelievable.......

[gawa316]

JDR. Balls of steel.

On a road trip, in a hostile environment, against an elite QB and offence, with our big money CB playing like dung and eventually benched and Khalil Mack being anonymous, 14 points down going into the 4th.......yet we come away 1-0

Unbelievable.......

Thought that field attempt was good when I seen it first. Unbelievable 4th quarter