{"id":218464,"date":"2017-01-20T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=218464"},"modified":"2017-01-23T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T21:18:08","slug":"rushs-championship-weekend-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/01\/20\/rushs-championship-weekend-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Championship Weekend Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Okay, the two championship games are coming up in the NFL this weekend. The three o\u2019clock game is the Atlanta Falcons hosting the Packers. I have thought the Atlanta Falcons are the dark horse in these playoffs since the wild card round began. They were not a wild card. They got a bye week. They manhandled their first-round opponent. Now they\u2019ve got the Packers coming in. The Packers have beaten them there. The Packers are on a roll. Aaron Rodgers is on a win streak.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/650-012017_NFL.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-218528 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/650-012017_NFL.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/650-012017_NFL.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/650-012017_NFL-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So the question is: Are the Falcons more diverse, confident, powerful, than the Cowboys were? Georgia Dome, last game there. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019ll have any sentimental value. But that\u2019s a tough one. Just picking straight up it\u2019s tough. But I\u2019m gonna go with the Packers. The Steelers and Patriots&#8230; Folks, I hate to say, the Steelers just cannot beat the Patriots there. The Steelers haven\u2019t beat the Patriots, I don\u2019t know how long it\u2019s been in New England. (interruption) Yeah, that\u2019s another thing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been reported that 15 Steelers players have had the 24-hour stomach flu this week, and some of them &#8212; most of them &#8212; have not practiced. You ever had that? That 24-hour intestinal flu? I mean, you can lose seven, eight pounds of fluid during that 24-hour period. I don\u2019t know. The NFL is mandatory that teams are honest on their injury report information, so I doubt that that\u2019s a tactic.<\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019ll see. I mean, upsets are possible, certainly hoped for. But, man, the Steelers have an impossible task. They don\u2019t beat the Patriots in Pittsburgh very much. And certainly&#8230; The Steelers have lost two championship games in Pittsburgh to the Patriots; now they\u2019re going to New England. Weather is not gonna be a factor. I think it\u2019s 48 degrees in New England. Georgia is in a dome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Upsets are possible, certainly hoped for. 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