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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

All kidding aside, I do thank the creators of the internet. It is my main source for news, sports, work and for "meeting" people from all over this great country. I have learned more from talking to other fans than I ever will from the elite media. Below are a few of the many good football bulletin boards available: Local Boards

RavensNest2
(simply the best)
read the glossary

RavensTalk
(great local board, photo gallery)

Sunspot
(official Sunpaper board)


National Boards

Football Boards
(great national board)

MouthOffSports
(great national board)

ESPN's Board
(quick-moving board)


Rival Boards

Jaguars Board
(good board; loyal fans)

Titans Board
(good board with knowledgable fans)

Steelers Board
(my buddy Diamond Dave's board...better than the official site)

Dawg Talk
(surprisingly informed, yet slightly misguided Cleveland fans)

Bengals Board
(draws a bigger crowd than actual Bengals games)

Cleveland Rant
(the Jerry Springer Show of football boards....this one is just plain funny)




Review the highlights of Super Bowl XXXV in photos courtesy of RavensZone.net




Order the Official Super Bowl XXXV Game Program


Facts and Figures:

PSINet Stadium
2000 Standings
1999 Statistics
1998 Statistics
1997 Statistics

Shot heard 'round the world



Jermaine Lewis celebrates his 84 yard kickoff return for a
touchdown, immediately following a Giants score.


Jermaine's return:
Right on time


Touchdown run seals Super Bowl victory for Ravens


It was one of those plays in sports that stays with you forever. The Ravens seemingly had Super Bowl XXXV in their back pockets when New York's Ken Dixon returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown late in the third quarter, closing the gap to 17-7 and replacing Baltimore fans' feelings of jubilation with a eerie sense of nervousness. Then came the big bang. Up stepped the little man with the big stick . As the New York sideline was still celebrating their touchdown and their re-entering of the game, Jermaine Lewis took over. With one swift run, the smallest man on the field stepped up and slayed the Giants. Lewis' timely touchdown run was the mother of all Super Bowl tide-turners. In an instant, New York's fight was gone. As they stared at the Ravens players celebrating in the end zone, their thoughts turned to what could have been. The season of work that would go for nothing. Thus is the quick and harsh reality of a Super Bowl "big play". Lewis, who suffered through a season of personal tragedies, seized a moment in time and cemented his place in the NFL Films archives. As long as efficiandos of the Super Bowl watch this great sport, that single run by Jermaine Lewis will conjure up memories of how great the game can be.


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Billick has last laugh

Coach's media antics all part of the game


To watch Brian Billick's public relations technique is at times akin to watching Picasso at work. Michaelangelo. Nobody does it better. In only his second year as head coach of any team, the brash Ravens leader entered his first Super Bowl like the proverbial bull in a china shop. His first order of business? To scold the media on their "potential" handling of Ray Lewis. Whatever Billick's intention was, he succeeded in doing one thing: Escalating the situation, thereby rallying his team behind Lewis. Perhaps he didn't feel comfortable in the favorite's role, opting instead for the much maligned, under-appreciated and under-respected role that the Ravens have played so well. That "See, I told you guys, they're all against us" mentality that can only fire up a team and make them want to prove their detractors wrong. This is nothing new for Coach "Setup". Last year, before facing their first visit back to Cleveland, the coach came out and stated that it would be very difficult to get a favorable call from the officials, considering the emotions tied to the game and the league's partiality to the wronged Browns fans. The result was one of the cleanest games ever played by the Ravens and a sound 41-9 thrashing of the Brownies. Billick, for all of his reputation as an offensive guru, has a much greater talent as a leader: Motivation. It separates winners from losers. Champions from also-rans and men from boys. With a Super Bowl championship under his belt, he now faces the next rung of the ladder: Maintaining. Something tells me that Mr. Billick, all 8,000 plays aside, will find a way.


2000 SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Date Opponent Results ...........
Regular Season
Sep. 03 @Pittsburgh Won 16-0
Sep. 10 Jacksonville Won 39-36
Sep. 17 @Miami Lost 19-6
Sep. 24 Cincinnati Won 37-0
Oct. 01 @Cleveland Won 12-0
Oct. 08 @Jacksonville Won 15-10
Oct. 15 @Washington Lost 10-3
Oct. 22 Tennessee Lost 14-6
Oct. 29 Pittsburgh Lost 9-6
Nov. 05 @Cincinnati Won 27-7
Nov. 12 @Tennessee Won 24-23
Nov. 19 Dallas Won 27-0
Nov. 26 Cleveland Won 44-7
BYE WEEK
Dec. 10 San Diego Won 24-3
Dec. 17 @Arizona Won 13-7
Dec. 24 NY Jets Won 34-20
Post Season
Dec.
31
Denver Won 21-3
Jan.
7
@ Tennessee Won 24-10
Jan.
14
@Oakland Won 16-3
Jan.
28
N.Y. Giants Won 34-7


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