Wildo7

I've read the OP 3 times now and I honestly don't even understand what he's trying to say.

Disco Volante

Well in support of this topic...

It's, by definition, impossible to control "destiny" or "fate".

Destiny may very well have the Jets winning next Sunday, the Dolphins can't control that.

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billdog3484

youre right. instead of knowing that if you win your games you make the playoffs, Id much rather know that i had to win my games PLUS I need help from another team...come on, you sound like Bob Costas

PatSunday

Thank you for your reply, but putting words in my mouth by saying something like that is not true, unlike what I had posted. Of course clinching the division by now is better. I'm not sure where I indicated otherwise. My point, as I repeat again, was to say that although people were complaining that the Cowboys lost, which sucks for us, there is a silver lining in that they demonstrated that having control of one's destiny is NOT actually controlling one's destiny; they have to win games first, and they failed. The Jets then confirmed my point, though they didn't have to win to show I was right. My point was that although we're not in an ideal situation, having non-awesome teams . Sure, we had something like only a 20% chance of winning, but that assumed that each outcome was as likely to happen as any other. Of course, Jets, Cowboys, and other teams are just not as good as the Patriots in December, so the Patriots had more than 20% chance of winning all along.

I had forgotten my password for 9 months and so I was unable to post up until a few days ago, so I have to apologize that my posts didn't make sense, because I couldn't post them at the time I actually thought them up. And I have been following the conversations, but again, couldn't post until a couple of days ago when I gained access to the e-mail address I registered with. Thanks!

PatSunday

In the Matt Matt thread, I predicted their Matt would play by the third quarter (I think.) So I was correct there too.

By the way, thanks for running the predict-the-score contests. I won 2 of them last year, and will try win again to this upcoming week.

brdmaverick

The OP may as well have said........."Don't count your chickens before they hatch."

Maybe that's why the Pats play it "one game at a time"

I'd much rather be in control than scoreboard watching

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TruthSeeker

It's called emotion. In case you haven't noticed, it runs rampant here.

mb6592

and you think this explanation justifies a "Why having control of destiny not a factor" thread title?