2010 Season - Week 19

Both the number one seeds crashed out to six seeds as Green Bay demolished Atlanta 48-21 while The Jets upset The Patriots 29-21. More to form, Pittsburgh beat up and beat Baltimore 31-24 and Chicago crushed the upstart Seahawks 35-24. So that leaves the championship games as NY Jets @ number two seed Pittsburgh in the AFC and Green Bay @ #2 Chicago in the NFC. In week 15 (just last month) the Jets went into Pittsburgh and upset the Steelers 22-17 when Ben Roethlisberger’s pass from the Jets 10 yard line fell incomplete as time expired. One of the greatest NFL rivalries (Packers/Bears) has only been played at this stage of the season once before. In 1941 (just one week after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour) Chicago defeated Green Bay 33-14 before defeating The Giants 37-9 to win the NFL Crown. More recently Chicago had a chance to knock Green Bay out of the playoffs in week 17. Had Chicago won Tampa Bay, not Green Bay would have made the postseason but The Packers prevailed 10-3 on Donald Lee’s catch with 12 minutes to go. That split the season games as Chicago won 20-17 at Soldier Field back in week three on Robbie Gould’s field goal with just 3 seconds left. Hope this Sunday’s games are as close. All-BUMS Voting Time to vote for your favourite players of 2010. Attached are the top scoring players at each position. As per usual I need (in order) your top 3 Running Backs and top 3 Receivers plus your number 1 & 2 Quarterbacks, Kickers and Coaches. These should be with me by Thursday February 3rd so that the votes can be counted and the team can be announced at the BUMS Superbowl Party on Sunday February 6th , this year at Concession King Andy H’s in Perivale from around 10:30pm. BUMS on Seats And then there were four. The Championship games are late on Sunday night so we are splitting them over two nights. We are at BUMS HQ at 6pm Sunday to see ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown followed at 8pm with the live NFC Championship game as The Bears host The Packers and then at Johnnie’s from 6:30pm on Monday to see As-Live the AFC decider as The Jets travel to The Steelers. As always all are welcome so please call us if you are planning to come. SO DESPITE BEING GRIPPED WITH SUPERBOWL FEVER PLEASE REMEMBER NO EMAILS NEXT MONDAY until we see the AFC Championship Game. The newsletter will be sent out on Tuesday.