DFO Prediction Contests Update – Week 15

We have a new leader! DFO Spreads Wide (picking against the spread, Prize = A grab at OSZ’s bag of goodies) The king in yellow took advantage of sunrisesunrise's bad week to vault to the top of the standings!  He leads King Hippo, Warthog, and sunrisesunrise by one, Dok Zymm and Push

Your Wednesday Night Open Thread

I'm watching Anatomy Of A Murder. Jimmy Stewart is a proto-Stanislavskian beast wandering around a bunch of cardboard cut-out actors. The references to Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie and Blind River are the icing on the Tim Horton's doughnut. Tonight in the NBA the best battle of sub .500 teams features

Week 15, Broadcast Maps

Week 15 is here.  Let's go to the broadcast map:  Week 15, Broadcast Maps Primetime Games are as follow: TNF: Bucs @ Rams SatNF: Jets @ Cowboys SNF: Cards @ Eagles MNF: Lions @ Saints Jeff Fisher is doing his trademark mediocrity once again this year, while the Bucs have been a surprise this year.  Asshole

Your Tuesday Soir Open Thread

In order to fix a mess of my own making I drove pretty much non-stop for twelve hours today. Back in the day I did deliveries all day long. THANKS FOR THE FLASHBACK, BRAIN LAPSE! Sports-wise we've got a wee bit of Duke bullying Georgia Southern and Cincy doing same versus

Post Season Plans

From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 10:06 PM To: <2015 NFL Coaches> Subject: Cruise Gentlemen- Found a cruise on Groupon I'm gonna take in the offseason. If anyone's interested in going, looks like a lot fun and a great way to unwind from a long season. 4 nights in the Bahamas; leaves 1/9/16 from Miami. -Mike From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 6,

Mute ‘Em: Week 15 Music Guide

Last year I started to watch the Sunday games with the sound off, to let The Family put music. My hope was that they would tolerate 10+ hours of NFL on TV. (They didn't, and don't.) Still, I preferred watching games without SUDDENLY SO LOUD commercials, or narratives, tropes, and

Your Monday Night Open Thread

NYG @ Mia: Having lost 4 of their last 5 the Giants are sending notice to the rest of the NFC East that as far as the championship of the division is concerned, they're in this for the long run. The Fins are responding with, "Playoffs?, Playoffs?" Literally dozens of

Football Actually

For some reason, I always get inspired in the shower.  This morning, for some unexplicable reason, my thoughts turned to the worst movie ever made:  Love Actually.  I thought of all those despicable couples and how their stories are all intertwined and so lame and no one really stands out