1959 Nfl Championship Game Puns

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Bank of America Stadium - vs Clemson

TIAA Bank Field - vs Florida

Mercedes-Benz Stadium - SEC Championship vs Alabama

Hard Rock Stadium - Orange Bowl CFP Semifinal vs Michigan

Lucas Oil Stadium - CFP National Championship vs Alabama

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The viewership of ESPN’s MegaCast presentation reflected the excitement surrounding the Alabama-Georgia showdown, with 22.6 million viewers tuning in across ESPN networks.

The Dawgs’ thrilling 33-18 victory over the SEC Champion Crimson Tide was up 19 percent from last year’s national championship contest between Alabama and Ohio State. The matchup peaked with 25.4 million viewers.

The main ESPN telecast of Monday night’s showcase is the second-most-viewed non-NFL telecast (sports or non-sports) on a single network since February 2020. ESPN’s presentation of the action from Indianapolis is the most-watched TWDC telecast since the 2021 NFL Wild Card Game.

Quarterbacks who topped (or jointly topped, in italics) all four statistical categories:

(The NFL only started keeping track of statistics in 1932.)

The 2003 AFC Championship Game between Indianapolis and New England famously led to a defensive rule change after the Patriots defensive was all over the Colts pass-catchers, knocking them down and maing life miserable.

Aftewards, Bill Polian famously went to the competition committee and there were a lot of changes.

Illegal contact, cracking down on pass interference, taking away true physical corners that could put a clinic on how to stop WR's getting to their routes, less clutch and grab, a tactic to open up the passing games.

It led to a boom year for QB's in 2004, notably Daunte Culpepper/Donovan McNabb/Peyton Manning (although ironically in 2005, year 2 of these rule changes, only Trent Green and Tom Brady eclipsed 4000 yards)

But let's say it wasn't the Colts playing in that AFC-CG at frosty Foxboro.

To get to that game, Indy had to survive a No Punt offensive battle at Arrowhead against another high-scoring team: Dick Vermeil Kansas City Chiefs.

Had a few things in that game gone differently (Chiefs win the coin toss and receive, Priest Holmes doesn't fumble near the redzone, Morten Andersen doesn't miss a short FG), we get a KC/NE AFC-CG.

Vermeil's Chiefs played the Pats tough- OT in 2002 at Foxboro, a 1-score game in 2004, beat them outright in 2005.

I believe if a run-first KC team led by Priest Holmes and that legendary offensive line was going into the bad weather of New England, win or lose, I don't see a similar thing.

KC's pass-catchers may have still gotten roughed up, but with Priest and that O-Line, cold-weather outdoor Kansas City seemed better equipped to deal with the Pats, their defense, and the bad weather than indoor pass-happy Indy.

Plus, I can't see Trent Green getting picked off 4 times, let alone 3 times by Ty Law (who fought the Law and the Law won)

I don't think then-Chiefs GM Carl Peterson would have been the type to complain to the competition committee ala Polian considering KC was a run-first team rather than pass-first and a team built not so much with a QB and prolific WR's ala Indy?

What if we don't get those rule changes? Do we still have illegal contact? No 5 yard contact window? Do defensive players still make contact with WR's 5 yards downfield?

Considering the future passing boom- more 4000 yard passers, 5000 yard passers, high TD pass totals, the 400-500 yard pass games, a new golden era for the QB's.

What if there's no Ty Law Rule? What if we still have physical styles of defenses ala those first f