Dungy: Fifth and sixth seeds not far from first and second

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  1. NewsGrabber

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    <em>Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky</em> <p>While the Titans clinched the AFC South title on Dec. 7 with a win over Cleveland, Colts coach Tony Dungy talked a bit Monday about how close Sunday's Titans-at-Colts game was to being a battle for the division crown and the No. 1 seed.</p> <p>I'm not generally big on talking about what could have been as opposed to what was, but Dungy touched on it and I think it worthy of a mention.</p> <p>He referred to the pass interference call against linebacker <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=9680" shape="rect" target="_new">Freddy Keiaho</a> on a fourth-and-1 play late in the Colts 23-21 loss to Jacksonville on Sept. 21. If no flag was thrown on that questionable play, the Colts win that game.</p> <p>And if the Colts won that game, Sunday's finale would have been for the division crown. A Titans win would have won them the division by a game. A Colts win would have left both teams 13-3, and Indianapolis would have won the division on the division record tiebreaker -- 5-1 for the Colts compared with 4-2 for the Titans.</p> <p>Dungy touched on that topic when he was asked if it's less daunting to win the Super Bowl as a wild card because the Giants and Steelers had both done it in the last three years.</p> <p>"I don't know that it's less daunting, but I think it just speaks to the parity in the league and how close it is," he said. "We're grumbling or however you want to look at it that we're a pass interference call away from that game [Sunday vs. Tennessee] meaning an awful lot. We would've had a chance to play for the No. 1 seed. We didn't win that game against Jacksonville so we end up the five seed.</p> <p>"I just think that's what you have, a lot more closer, tougher races and the five and six teams not being that much different than the one and two teams. I think that's what we've seen, and the healthy teams, the hot teams going in, have a chance to win it. San Diego, I think, is just as dangerous as anybody in this tournament right now. They're seeded four, but they're certainly playing well."</p>

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  2. Gunny

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    3 & 4 are definitely the weakest teams.
     
  3. guitarjunkie

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    :bsflag:, Kuharsky, can't ya find something better to write about?? *******. If it did come down to Sunday, we'd have played our starters and whipped their asses again.
     
  4. Fry

    Fry Welcome to the land of tomorrow!

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  5. GoTitans3801

    GoTitans3801 Forward Progress!

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    And yet, Dungy doesn't get criticized for giving us bulletin board material?
     
  6. Amishboy

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    Dungy is just pissed because he knows San Diego is going to win next week. LOL
     
  7. moose4now

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    But, that's who I'll be cheering for this weekend. :wink2:
     
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