Picked up some great Marvel Legends deals from Brent recently.  They arrived lightning fast despite shipping from Canada.  Great guy - don't hesitate to buy/trade with Morgbug. 

Guys you can get the new Secret Wars 2 packs at HTS.com right now.  Scheduled to ship in 1 day.

Thanks for the tip on these!  I only want two, so the $17 price after tax and shipping is still too steep for me.  If anyone has a current code that works on these, please post it!

Big props to Jay for nabbing me an el cheapo AT-ST AND coming out to meet me in the sub zero temps tonight.  As always, big thanks for the help Jay!

See, I like College OT.  It gives both teams a chance to score plus it adds some drama especially if you hold the other team to a FG or shut them out completely.  I realize that all the other team has to do in OT is stop them and they get a chance but it sucked to see the Vikes O on the sideline without a chance while the refs gave the Saints the W.

What I don't like about college overtime rules is that the second team to get the ball knows exactly what they need to win it.  If the first offense did not score, they just need a FG.  If the first team got a FG, they need a TD.  That is a clear advantage in knowing what you need that the first team doesn't get.  I also don't like the idea of second overtime or third overtime - let someone score and the game is over IMHO.

As for having a full extra quarter of overtime, I just don't see the advantage.  It makes the game longer I guess, which is good or bad depening on whether or not you like long games.  But it can still come down to whomever got the ball first if the two offenses are just ping-pong scoring back and forth and can still end up with no resolution forcing a second overtime.  Personally, I think extending overtimes is dangerous because everyone's tired and it's that's much easier to get a significant injury.

It may not be perfect, but I like the current overtime rules better than any of the proposed alternatives. 

Happy Birthday Jadesfire!  Hope you have fun plans!

I've said it before, but I really, really hate sudden death OT.  A fantastic game like that should not be decided by a coin flip.  Oh well.

What would you do differently?  It's not really decided by just a coin toss.  I think the stat for playoff overtime wins was 8-5 in favor of who called the coin - that's an edge, but hardly overwhelming.  I think the game was decided by dumb mistakes on behalf of the Vikings and a dumb throw by Favre - they were pretty equally matched outside of that.  And sorry, but those of you saying you're the Vikes are a better team because they hung in there despite more turnovers are smoking some kool-aid rolls.  The #1 seed Saints are a good team in their own right and deserve to be in the big game.  Best of luck to them.

And yeah, 12 men in the huddle in a game like this?  What!?  Pretty brutal mistake.

I'm still hoping we can get a group rate out of NCS this time around.