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Building on all of this, the Pats are one of 5 teams with 10 or more Championship Game appearances. A win on Sunday ties them with the Cowboys and Steelers for most wins overall (8) AND ties the Patriots with the Cowboys for most road wins in Championship Game history (4) Steelers - 15...

There's definitely some good stuff in here. Two of my favorites are below. Yes, I know, nothing we don't already know... Ten-Point Stance: Mike Freeman's NFL Notebook Heading into Title Games | Bleacher Report

Not national media, but local, pretty much summing it all up - Peyton's got a lot more to lose here... With every advantage, Peyton Manning's legacy is at stake Sunday, not Tom Brady's - Touching All the Bases - Boston.com ...and from this article (a bit off-topic but still so true) - This:

Re: Weather will be ideal on Sunday in Denver - 58 and Sunny With at least one significant difference regarding the conditions - our opponent won't be able to deliberately turn up the heat in the stadium as was likely done in the then "RCA Dome." ;)

Speaking purely in the hypothetical realm, because this is where it shall remain, it's hard to put these in any particular order but it would be right up there with the following: Both Super Bowl Losses to Giants 2010 Season Division Game vs. Jets 2006 Season AFC Championship Game @ Indy...

Thanks, Ian - seems to be working fine now.

I have already moved on to next year. While this was not the desired outcome for me, no outcome other than the Pats winning it all is truly satisfying. Although seeing the Peyton and then the Steelers lose in consecutive years was a nice consolation prize.

I will watch too. The only Super Bowl I've missed since 1974 was the Niners-Bengals classic in 1989 (88 season). I was on a bus coming back from a ski trip.

Congrats to the classy Baltimore fans. To the trolls, well bite me. Same goes for Pollard. Time for Cobra Kai to step in.

Hey all. I have no brilliant analysis to offer. I can't add much to what has already been posted except to provide this quote from Hemingway: “life breaks us all but in the end we are stronger in the broken places”

Yes, near Portland and signal at in-law's has become spotty so alternate plans are being made. Like I need this added stress!!!

Yes, losing my mind for a different reason. At my in-law's house in Maine for the weekend. No superstition issues with this place, watched the 2001 AFC Championship in the room I will be in today. No, my problem is this - father-in-law just got DirectTV. Yesterday the NEW main box in a whole...

EXACTLY! Ridiculous to proactively complain about the officiating.

THIS (running) is how I keep myself sane during "the long wait." The morning of the game (as I always do the morning of ANY big Pats game) I will run...and the jitters melt away. Big games calls for big runs, so this Sunday I'm thinking it's a double-digit day.

Pats 34 Ravens 23 Add another Lamar Hunt Trophy to pile...