lunes, 20 de octubre de 2008
Las Defensas ganan campeonatos! Esto es un hecho que lo hemos visto, especialmente en los ultimos años. Un equipo con una defensa dominante puede tener una ofensiva promedio y aun así ser favorito a ganar el Super Bowl... Los Bucaneros ganaron en el 2002 con un par de touchdowns defensivos, los Ravens ganaron en el 2000 con una defensa dominante, los Patriotas lo demostraron en 3 ocasiones con una defensiva imparable y por supuesto los Gigantes lo hicieron la temporada pasada contra los mismos Patriotas y el juego definitivamente tuvo muchas buenas jugadas ofensivas, pero la defensa formó gran parte de ese importante triunfo.
Ahora tenemos a los Tennessee Titans quienes cuentan con la linea imparable que incluye a Albert Haynesworth, Tony Brown, Jevon Kearse y Kyle Vanden Bosch quienes juntos forman una linea pesadisima y poderosisima que muchos temen en la liga y lleva acumulados mas de 14 sacks, con Michael Griffin, Nick Harper y Cortland Finnegan cuidando los pases, ya acumulan 10 intercepciones entre los tres y además de eso tambien Keith Bulluck y David Thornton haciendo de lo suyo de Linebackers... Por si fuera poco, la ofensiva no anda promedio... anda superior al promedio, ya que entre sus dos corredores LenDale White y el novato Chris Johnson acumulan 860 yardas y 11 touchdowns...
Hasta ahora sigo impresionado con el desempeño del equipo quien lleva un record de 6-0 y parece ser imparables, sin duda alguna este equipo tiene calidad de ser un fuerte candidato a ganar el Super Bowl a no ser que las lesiones lleguen al equipo... por ahora, las pruebas dificiles empiezan a llegar para los Titans, la siguiente semana reciben a los Colts en Monday Night quienes deben ganar su siguiente juego si no quieren irse al fondo de la division y después de eso se enfrentarán a los Packers, en lo que yo veo como un 'preview' del Super Bowl... después de GB van a Chicago y Jacksonville para enfrentar otros dos rivales duros y después de JAX reciben a Favre y sus Jets.... Sin duda alguna vienen unas cuantas semanas duras para los Titans, pero no es nada que Jeff Fisher no pueda enfrentar, Fisher, es, en mi opinión, el coach del año.
- the Rookie
lunes, 7 de abril de 2008
The New York Giants unveiled the design of their Super Bowl championship ring on Tuesday, a white gold sparkler that will feature about 1.5 carats in diamonds.
The ring's top is covered in diamonds and features three Super Bowl trophies accented with marquise diamonds signifying the Giants' Super Bowl XXI, XXV and XLII victories. The team's "NY" logo is in bead set round diamonds, while "World Champions" is emblazoned in raised letters on the top and bottom bezel, with channel set diamonds on left and right bezel.
The ring's shanks celebrate the Giants' season, noting the team's "Eleven Straight on the Road," an NFL record; the NFL shield; and player name, along with player number in raised letters appear on one shank. The final score, "Super Bowl XLII," date and 'AZ' appear on the other shank.
Giants spokesman Pat Hanlon would not disclose the price of the ring. Tiffany has previously created Super Bowl championship rings for the Washington Redskins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The company annually creates the NFL Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy at its workshop in Parsippany, about 30 minutes from Giants Stadium. The rings will be presented to the Giants players and coaches at a ceremony later in the spring.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press.
- The Mentor
jueves, 27 de marzo de 2008
viernes, 14 de marzo de 2008
Have you ever wondered why the Super Bowl Trophy is named The Lombardi Trophy? How about it's size? How much is it worth? Here is a little explanation about it…
I didnt know about this, but apparently the NFL had a whole campaing surrounding this years super bowl, the official slogan was "Who wants it more?" and even in the super bowl trophy ceremony there was a banner behind the giants that said, "We wanted it more".
Well, this years campaign and super bowl logo are already out, and we already have them for you here on MR.
The new campaign slogan is "Believe in Now" im not really sure what they were looking for with this, but their marketing experts and they will know how to really exploit this... I guess with last years finish to the super bowl, they truly made honor to the Who wants it more slogan, and Eli simply did... maybe on this years super bowl the underdog will have to really believe...
Heres an extract of the article from the new nfl slogan:
“Believe In Now” is the season long theme for the NFL’s 2008 NFL campaign. The league introduced the marketing platform, along with the logo for Super Bowl XLIII, to about 300 licensees, team officials and retailers who gathered at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., last week for the sixth annual summit of “hard lines,” or non apparel, licensees.
"We decided to go with something new that focused on the emotion and passion of the NFL while dialing up the sense of urgency,” Jamie Weston said. “We want fans to feel like they can’t miss a moment, because there might be a ‘now’ moment at any time during the season.”
- The Rookie
