'Magic Number' is 1

[1959Colts]

Andrew Luck’s 12th Career Game-Winning Drive Completes Comeback Win In Cleveland

Posted 13 minutes ago

Kevin Bowen Colts.com Writer

 

http://www.colts.com/news/article-1/Andrew-Luck%E2%80%99s-12th-Career-Game-Winning-Drive-Completes-Comeback-Win-In-Cleveland/39bb06da-2b8c-48ed-a1d0-3fd2db64226b

 

...It was victory No. 9, preserving the Colts two-game divisional lead and shrinking the magic number in the AFC South to just one game with three weeks remaining.

[TKnight24]

Win....... And in

Now, how the team will play next week is a HUGE ? but we'll see

[ponyboy]

Not sure the magic number is 1.  If beat Dallas but lose to Texans and Titans (and Texans win out), then Texans will win the tie break for best division record (5-1 vs. 4-2, second tie breaker).

[TKnight24]

Not sure the magic number is 1. If beat Dallas but lose to Texans and Titans (and Texans win out), then Texans will win the tie break for best division record (5-1 vs. 4-2, second tie breaker).

If we win next week, that's it. It's that simple

[ponyboy]

If we win next week, that's it. It's that simple

 

That's different than saying the magic number is 1.

[dw49]

Not sure the magic number is 1.  If beat Dallas but lose to Texans and Titans (and Texans win out), then Texans will win the tie break for best division record (5-1 vs. 4-2, second tie breaker).

 

You are correct. What is true is a win over EITHER  Tenn or Houston gives us the division as the 3rd tie breaker is common games. With today's win , we have that tie breaker. 

[TKnight24]

That's different than saying the magic number is 1.

It is ONE!

We WIN ONE GAME NEXT WEEK..... WE'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS!

ONE GAME

[ponyboy]

It is ONE!

We WIN ONE GAME NEXT WEEK..... WE'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS!

ONE GAME

 

Guess you don't understand what magic number means.  That's okay just keep yelling.

[jvan1973]

It is ONE!

We WIN ONE GAME NEXT WEEK..... WE'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS!

ONE GAME

MAGIC NUMBER MEANS WIN ONE MORE GAME AGAINST ANY TEAM, NOT JUST NEXT WEEK AND NEXT WEEK ONLY.

Perhaps learn the lingo before going full caps on a topic you aren't familiar with

[Smonroe]

Not sure the magic number is 1.  If beat Dallas but lose to Texans and Titans (and Texans win out), then Texans will win the tie break for best division record (5-1 vs. 4-2, second tie breaker).

You're correct. If we lose to the Titans we don't deserve to be in the playoffs.

[chad hugo]

we are at home and pretty sure andre johnson isnt playing (concussion) 

[New Zealands #1 Colts Fan]

It is ONE!

We WIN ONE GAME NEXT WEEK..... WE'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS!

ONE GAME

   

[1959Colts]

I started this post, and I just took it for granted that Kevin Bowen of colts.com had correct information.

[GoColts8818]

I started this post, and I just took it for granted that Kevin Bowen of colts.com had correct information.

well he sorta is, if we beat the Texans next week we are in. That's the simplest path right now. If we don't then we can't clinch until week 17 without help.

[jskinnz]

It is ONE!

We WIN ONE GAME NEXT WEEK..... WE'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS!

ONE GAME

 

Do you ever get tired of being just flat wrong?

 

I think the appropriate thing to do here is, after seeing others reasonsing on why what you are yelling is in fact not correct, come back to the thread and say - "you know what, I got this wrong.  I did not grasp the concept - thought I did but found out otherwise.  Thanks Colts Forum members for the education."

[1959Colts]

Now Mike Chappell is saying "Magic Number" is 1

 

Mike Chappell @mchappell51  ·  3h 3 hours ago

#colts magic number at 1 to clinch AFC South. 1 win in final 3, or 1 loss in final 3 by Houst. Texans visit Indy Sunday, where they're 0-12.

[1959Colts]

well he sorta is, if we beat the Texans next week we are in. That's the simplest path right now. If we don't then we can't clinch until week 17 without help.

 

But almost everyone who follows sports knows what the term "Magic Number"  means.

So he sorta isn't right.

[GoColts8818]

But almost everyone who follows sports knows what the term "Magic Number"  means.

So he sorta isn't right.

thats the thing magic numbers are different in football than say baseball or basketball if the Colts do win on Sunday they do clinch. So it sorta is a magic it sorta isn't, I think that's why you don't hear magic numbers referenced to football very often. Most people just talk about what you need to clinch.

[dw49]

 

Now Mike Chappell is saying "Magic Number" is 1

 

Mike Chappell @mchappell51  ·  3h 3 hours ago

#colts magic number at 1 to clinch AFC South. 1 win in final 3, or 1 loss in final 3 by Houst. Texans visit Indy Sunday, where they're 0-12.

 

 

 

He's just plain wrong. A Colt win over Dallas would be "1 win in the final 3" and it DOES NOT clinch the division.

[Narcosys]

If we win next week, that's it. It's that simple

Ponyboy is correct. Go to the playoff machine. Texans would take 4th with the better division record.