know who to pull for: week 8

The New York Giants and the Washington Redskins played to a 7-7 tie in 1997, the last time divisional opponents tied. {The link leads to the Gnat's schedule for that year. Look at Nov. 23}

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyg/1997.htm

So unless the rule has changed since...:shrug:


Anyway, I don't understand why anyone would root for a tie within the division or conference. Ties do not count as losses. Look no further back than the 2002 season to see where a tie by the FowlClowns helped them to rob us of a playoff berth, and that was the season we'd already beaten Tampon Bay twice. Had we gotten to the playoffs, who knows...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2002/

The tie that IceHot wishes for could bite us in the butt in the same way...let's say that the Saints go 14-2, and by some miracle the Favrelings go 14-1-1. Who do you think gets home-field advantage? In that scenario, Minnesota does, because they have one less loss. Minnesota's record is still way to close to ours to contemplate rooting for them to tie at this point.

Yeah, I know, it's stupid to worry about. The Saints would still kill them in the comfy, dry, 70 degrees of an H.H.H. Metrodome January game. But still...let's not go there...