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Titolo: [OT - NFL] Due fatti

Come è noto, i Raiders vincendo nell'ultima settimana contro Kansas City,
otterrebbero non solo il bye nelle wild cards, ma anche il primo posto nella
AFC avendo vinto lo scontro diretto contro Tennessee (unica squadra oltre ai
Raiders a poter ancora arrivare ad un record di 11-5).
Paolo Leopizzi ha invece sostenuto quanto segue alla fine della telecronaca
Oakland - Denver:" I Raiders, anche vincendo con KC, rischiano di non avere
il bye la prima settimana... - pausa con un Bebo Nori che si sente dalla
voce, è alquanto perplesso - "devono vincere e sperare nei risultati
negativi degli altri"
Ora io chiedo agli avvocati difensori di Leopizzi presenti in ispa, che so
essere numerosi, come giustificano un errore così pacchiano. Si tratta di
incapacità con la matematica, malgrado i numeri fino a 11 non mi sembrino
cosi complessi, o è proprio che il nostro è irrimediabilmente carente quanto
a professionalità?
Se il sig. Leopizzi legge queste mie righe, e mi pare che qualche volta il
personale di tele+ sia intervenuto nel ng, mi rivolgo direttamente a lui, e
gli chiedo di placare questa mia insana curiosità.
Buone feste.
Poc
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  NFL playoff scenarios
Through games of Monday, Dec. 23.
12/24/2002
Associated Press
NFC
East
Philadelphia has clinched the division title and a first-round bye.
Philadelphia can clinch homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with
win; OR a tie and Green Bay loss or tie.
N.Y. Giants can clinch a playoff berth with a win; OR a tie and a New
Orleans loss or tie; OR a New Orleans loss.
. . .
North
Green Bay has clinched division title.
Green Bay can clinch homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with a win
and Philadelphia loss or tie; OR a tie and Philadelphia loss.
Green Bay can clinch a first-round bye with a win or tie OR Philadelphia
loss or tie.
. . .
South
Tampa Bay has clinched division title.
Tampa Bay can clinch a first-round bye with a win and Green Bay loss.
Atlanta can clinch a wild-card with a win or tie; OR N.Y. Giants loss or
tie; OR New Orleans loss or tie.
New Orleans can clinch a playoff berth with a win and N.Y. Giants loss or
tie; a win and Atlanta loss; OR a win and N.Y. Giants loss.
. . .
West
San Francisco has clinched division title.
. . .
Arizona, Buffalo, Carolina, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston,
Jacksonville, Minnesota, St. Louis, Seattle and Washington have been
eliminated from playoff contention.
AFC
East
Miami can clinch the division with a win or tie.
Miami can clinch homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with a win,
Oakland loss, Tennessee loss, Pittsburgh loss and Miami wins strength of
victory tiebreaker over Oakland and Tennessee. Note: "Strength of victory"
is the season-ending winning percentage of all the opponents a team has
defeated.
Miami can clinch a first-round bye with a win, Pittsburgh loss and Oakland
loss; OR a win, Pittsburgh loss and Tennessee loss; OR a win, Tennessee
loss, Oakland loss and Miami wins strength of victory tiebreaker over
Oakland and Tennessee.
Miami can clinch a playoff berth with a N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Denver
win; OR N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Kansas City loss or tie. Note: There are
other scenarios in which Miami can clinch a playoff berth if it is
determined that after this week's games they will own the strength of
victory tiebreaker over the teams they are tied with.
New England can clinch the division with a win and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie.
New England can clinch a playoff berth with a win, Cleveland loss or tie,
Denver loss or tie and Kansas City win; OR a win, Cleveland loss or tie,
Denver loss or tie and San Diego loss or tie; OR a tie, N.Y. Jets loss,
Cleveland loss, Denver loss, San Diego loss and Kansas City loss or tie.
N.Y. Jets can clinch the division with a win and a Miami loss.
N.Y. York Jets can clinch a playoff spot with a win, Cleveland loss or tie
and Denver win; OR a win, Cleveland loss or tie and Kansas City loss or tie;
OR a tie, New England loss or tie, Cleveland loss, Denver loss or tie,
Kansas City loss and San Diego loss or tie.
. . .
North
Pittsburgh has clinched the division title.
Pittsburgh can clinch homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with a win
and losses by Tennessee and Oakland.
Pittsburgh can clinch a first-round bye with a win and Tennessee loss; OR a
win and Oakland loss.
Cleveland can clinch a playoff spot with a win, Denver win and N.Y. Jets
win; OR a win, Kansas City loss or tie and N.Y. Jets win; OR a win, Denver
win and Miami win or tie; OR a win, Kansas City loss or tie and Miami win or
tie; OR a tie, N.Y. Jets loss or tie, New England loss or tie, Denver loss
or tie, San Diego loss or tie and Kansas City loss; OR a loss, N.Y. Jets
loss, Baltimore loss or tie, Denver loss, San Diego loss, and Kansas City
loss. Note: There are other scenarios in which Cleveland can clinch a
playoff berth if it is determined that after this week's games they will own
the strength of victory tiebreaker over the teams they are tied with.
Baltimore can clinch a playoff berth with a win, New England loss, N.Y. Jets
loss, Cleveland loss, Denver loss, San Diego loss and Kansas City loss.
. . .
South
Tennessee has clinched the division title.
Tennessee can clinch homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with a win
and Oakland loss or tie; OR a tie and Oakland loss; OR a Pittsburgh loss,
Miami win, Oakland loss, Tennessee wins on strength of victory tiebreaker
over Miami and Oakland.
Tennessee can clinch a first-round bye with a win or tie; OR a Miami loss, a
Pittsburgh loss; OR an Oakland loss, Miami win; and Tennessee wins strength
of victory tiebreaker over Miami and Oakland.
Indianapolis can clinch a playoff spot with a win or tie; OR a New England
loss or tie; OR N.Y. Jets win, OR Cleveland loss or tie and KC loss or tie;
OR Cleveland loss or tie and Denver win; OR two Pittsburgh losses and KC
loss or tie.
Note: There are other scenarios in which Indianapolis can clinch a playoff
berth if it is determined that after this week's games they will own the
strength of victory tiebreaker over the teams they are tied with.
. . .
West
Oakland has clinched the division title.
Oakland can clinch homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with a win;
OR a tie and Tennessee loss or tie; OR a Pittsburgh loss, Tennessee loss and
Miami loss; OR a Pittsburgh loss, Tennessee loss and Oakland wins strength
of victory tiebreaker over Miami and Tennessee.
Oakland can clinch a first-round bye with a tie; OR a Miami loss or tie and
a Pittsburgh loss; OR a Miami loss or tie and Tennessee loss; OR Tennessee
loss and Oakland wins strength of victory tiebreaker over Miami and
Tennessee.
Denver can clinch a playoff berth with a win, Cleveland loss or tie, New
England loss or tie, N.Y. Jets loss or tie; OR a win, Cleveland loss or tie,
Miami loss, N.Y. Jets win; OR a tie, New England loss or tie, N.Y. Jets
loss, Cleveland loss, Kansas City loss or tie and San Diego loss or tie.
Kansas City can clinch a playoff berth with a win, Denver loss or tie and
New England loss or tie; OR a win, Denver loss or tie, Indianapolis win or
tie and N.Y. Jets loss or tie; OR a win, Denver loss or tie, Indianapolis
loss, N.Y. Jets win, Cleveland win; OR a tie, New England loss, N.Y. Jets
loss or tie, Cleveland loss or tie, Denver loss and San Diego loss or tie.
Note: There are other scenarios in which Kansas City can clinch a playoff
berth this week if it is determined that after this week's games they will
own the strength of victory tiebreaker over the teams they are tied with.
San Diego can clinch a playoff berth with a win, Denver loss or tie, Kansas
City loss or tie, New England loss or tie, N.Y. Jets loss or tie and
Cleveland loss or tie; OR win, Denver loss or tie, Kansas City loss or tie,
Miami loss, N.Y. Jets win and Cleveland loss or tie; OR a tie, Denver loss,
Kansas City loss, New England, N.Y Jets loss and Cleveland loss.