Sigh.  I actually enjoyed watching that 1993 defense play the most.  I'm beginning to think Fisher is actually Marty Schotenheimer with a mustache.  Both are good at rebuilding teams from scratch and achieving regular season success.  But when it comes to the playoffs they always end up screwing the pooch somehow or another.

James, why did the Bills retain Dick Jauron?  That move confuses me; the man inspires no confidence.  He's in the good coordinator/bad head coach mold.  Was Ralph Wilson too cheap to fire him? Just wondering.

I am one dejected Titan fan right now.  Although it seems to run in the DNA of the franchise Oilers/Titans to have these devastating playoff losses.  I'm trying to figure out which one is the worst--there is a lot to pick from.  The 1992 playoff loss--that's the 35-3 lead that was blown.  How about 1993? They lost to an over the hill Joe Montana.  In 2000, they lost 24-10 when they clearly dominated the Ravens (gained 24 first downs to 7 for the Ravens) and lost because their kicker missed 3 of 4 field goals one of which was returned for the GW touchdown.  I'll probably watch some of the games tommorrow out of habit.

One thing though the Ravens are a cheap bunch.  They tried to seriously injure Chris Johnson in the first half on a run.  Ed Reed came by and as the play was ending he reached back and tried to  break his neck (at least that's how the analyst described it).  That's was uncalled for.  He has entered Rodney Harrison territory for me.  As for the loss itself, I can't totally blame the refs since they didn't make Alge Crumpler fumble inside the 10; or Lendale White fumble inside the 20 either.  I hope the Steelers or Chargers destroy these guys.  Time to root for the NFC teams again.  I really hope the Panthers win the Super Bowl.

Gran Torino--solid film.  I don't think it is as strong as Changeling though.  Like most Clint Eastwood films, it is heavy.  The film discusses several relevant social issues.  Clint plays an ornery old man quite well.  There were a bunch of great one liners from Clint.  The audience was laughing a lot. I'm going to keep this vague and spoiler free since I know some people on this forum want to see this film.

Thanks for the clarification on the Crush- Savage feud.

I don't remember these matches.  To be honest the only match involving Martel that I remember was that great match he had with Razor Ramon for the IC title on RAW.  Shawn Michaels had gotten stripped of the title for some reason and they held a tournament for the vacant title.  Ramon and Martel  were the final two and faced off on RAW.  Martel had Ramon in his finisher the Boston Crab and it looked like Razor was about to give up, but he fought out of it and hit the Razor's edge for the win.  I remember thinking wow they gave away this match on free tv.  But that happened in early 1993 and the Savage-Martel feud happened later.

What does everyone think about this development in pro wrestling?  I find it kind of annoying actually.  Most of these movies stink and we (the viewing public) gets this stuff shoved down our throat (the promos etc.).