Bob Lobel: The Greatest Win in New England Sports History?

By Bob Lobel (@boblobel)

Just moments after that ill-advised Seattle pass on the goal line was intercepted, I began contemplating both arguments in many peoples' heads.

You know, the arguments we all had right after that play. For us, are Brady and Belichick the best ever, and for Seattle, was that the worst play call ever?

Let me clarify a couple things: First, now you know why you should be happy that Pete Carroll isn't coaching here anymore. Number two, it will never get any worse for Seattle.

Also, consider this; Just two weeks ago, Seattle put one of those "can't get any worse than this" losses on Green Bay.

Really? Really!

New England's Improbable Super Bowl Win Cements Brady & Belichick's Legacies

By Andy Dougherty (@AndyDougherty)

What a finish to the 2014 NFL season!

The Patriots thought they played the game of the year when they erased two 14-point deficits against the Ravens to reach the AFC Championship Game. Then Seattle outdid them with an improbable comeback against the Packers to book a place in the Super Bowl. But when the Patriots and Seahawks met on Sunday, they managed to produce an even more memorable game that will go down as one of the greatest Super Bowls ever played.

Bob Lobel: Belichick vs Carroll and the Super Bowl Media Circus

By Bob Lobel (@boblobel)

There have been hundreds of press conferences over the years.

From the Olympics in Sarajevo, to Lake Placid and being in the locker room a week before they became the Miracle on Ice. 

True. 

From the America's Cup in Newport, RI with the Australians, to the Curtis Strange US open and then the Ryder Cup at the Country Club in Brookline where Justin Leonard, wearing one of those horrible shirts/uniforms, rammed in a putt for the cup on 17.   

That only scratches the surface of places and memories… Only the surface! 

Bob Lobel: A Super Letdown

By Bob Lobel  @boblobel

Never has so much been made about so little. 

Let that be the tag line to describe, for future generations, what Super Bowl XLVIII was all about. In the third quarter I wanted the people that came over to just go home. 

Was that so wrong? I was just living up to my wife’s opinion that I am one of the most anti-social human beings on the planet. Ok, last night I was. Not rude, just unsocial. 

NFC Championship Game Preview: 49ers-Seahawks, Round III

Expect a lot of running and a lot of physicality when Seattle hosts San Francisco Sunday night.

 By Jeremy Conlin (@jeremy_conlin) and Joe Parello (@HerewegoJoe) and featuring David Lombardi (@DavidMLombardi)

[For our preview of the AFC Championship Game, click this conveniently-place link] 

Sunday marks the fifth meaningful game between the 49ers and Seahawks in the last two seasons, no other duo in the league can match that figure. The previous four games have followed a pattern - the 49ers win close games at home (winning by seven last year, by just two this season), while the Seahawks blow the doors off a seemingly overmatched San Francisco team when the location moves north (they won 42-13 in Seattle last year, 29-3 this season).

Is this sample size large enough to draw the conclusion that Seattle will win by three touchdowns and that will be that? No. But is it a large enough sample size to draw the conclusion that Seattle is (probably) the better team and playing at home plays to their (assumed) superiority? It just might be.