Throwdowns > Closed

Nickb23 - Holland has arrived! said 12/03, 06:05 PM
1. Cowboys vs. Redskins - Even though this is as one sided as Porkins against an all you can eat buffet with Dallas winning 18 more than the Skins. It is also the very obvious and right choice by CCC, so I will stick with it.

It reminds me of CCC and Cassidy's rivalry, we all know who is winning that but we still show up with a cold beer in hand to check out the carnage.

2. Steelers- Raiders- Don't get me wrong an 86 year rivalry is nice and it can take title of longest but biggest, no thanks. Who can forget the immaculate reception, heck, how bout the night before, some Raiders players beaten up in the streets of Pitt. How bout the '76 title game, they hated each other so much, Madden compared the anticipation to soldiers going to war. That game also had the near career threatening cheap shot layed on Swann.

3. Colts-Pats- The length of this is as short as a Peachy win streak, but the importance of these games between the two constants in a supposed era of parity is massive. Both have taken turn laying their blows but every game has held importance in the big picture. They fear and respect each other to the extent that both have unfairly aided their homefield advantage.

Nickb23 - Holland has arrived! said 12/03, 07:04 PM
A GREAT rivalry is not built on repetition but on the heat of the battle. What brings that out more than battling for something important? The fact that teams are division rivals is not a good enough reason. The Jags-Texans play twice a year, yet Monday's game brought forth little passion or hate. A Pats-Colts game on the other hand is big no matter how little it happens, same with the 70's Steelers and Raiders

The Packers may be hated by the Bears but they have been even more beloved than the Colts throughout Brett's time

The Bears brought so much hate and passion that they took a 37-3 drubbing early this year to the Pack (I thought it was a Porkins vs. Peachy TD)

The Pats-Colts have played each other in more games of significance in the last 4 years than the Raiders-Chiefs have played each other in the last 25 years

The Steelers-Raiders rivalry brought out more passion than Pitt at a petting zoo. They had more hits in a game than a pic of Kim K's rear gets in a week. I myself am under 30 and long for a league that has a rivalry as strong as the one those two had in the 70's. If the Raiders ever return, Pittsburgh will be ready to reignite the rivalry, pistols in hand

Nickb23 - Holland has arrived! said 12/04, 05:33 PM
I know when I am defeated, so I will just sound off on a few things....

Since '03 the Pats and Colts faced off three times in the playoffs, two of which were for the right to go on and win the Super Bowl, but whatever...

The concept of throwdowns were meant for good two sided debates, which even the vets of this site have all but thrown down the crapper. My opponent jumped so far out on a limb that he used the exact same list, that just happens to be located on this website, WOW!

So I decided to debate the undebatable (I thought the point of TD's was to debate things, not make an obvious list and see if your opponent can defeat it), I initially was gonna go for the easy and just attack his horrible, almost copied arguement (Look below) for the Oak-KC rivalry. Guess I should have.

Not to single out just CCC, but the highly respected stowe picked a topic of MLB against DJ, then he picked a very obvious one with 3 unarguable rivalries, did he want to zing him or have a well thought out debate? Can we not do both?

I get people earned a seeding YODA, but as you can see thanks to the zing, even with faced with a good opponent, people prefer the easy route.

Good day.....