Your “PAWWWWL, I THINK BAMA COULD BEAT THESE GUYS” Monday Night Open Thread

The Maestro - September 26, 2016September 26, 2016

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We got ourselves a presidential debate tonight! In teeny tiny little Hofstra University, a liberal arts college on Long Island, we have some of the greatest minds of our generation Donald Trump and Hillary Rodham Clinton duking it out tonight for millions of Americans to watch and converse lively about,

Instant Hippo Thoughts FOAR Week 3, 2016

Reflections

King Hippo - September 26, 2016September 25, 2016

Week 3 brought us multiple safeties, and multiple fat guy TDs. It was fun that way. It was also plenty surprising, as we will discuss below... Holy shit, Philadelphia. I very smugly dismissed you in the late games preview, and you done showed me fer what. More

Late Night DAK! vs. Hoyer Country Game Thread

Game Preview

King Hippo - September 25, 2016

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Well...who ya got? Unlike any QB ever before him, nor any QB who will ever come after, DAK! has an affinity for his mother. That has to give him an edge, unless it has made him kind of a sissy ,, no ofence. The Bears...continue to shit in the woods AND

Pinch Hitting Late Games Post

Game Preview

King Hippo - September 25, 2016September 25, 2016

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Apologies for the brevity and the lack of scotchy-level humour and insight... Rams at Bucs (4:05, Fox) Rapey Jameis and palz host the team that cannot offense. RedZone will surely show at least 5 plays from this thriller. 49ers at Seahawks (4:05, Fox) So far, the SeaTruthers have looked awful shitty. That

Your “Sunday of The Troubles” NFL Open Thread

DFOing Good

scotchnaut - September 25, 2016September 25, 2016

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Kudos to all you folks that have stuck it out through "The Troubles". Your patience will be rewarded with the issuance of bottles of single malt scotch to your respective residences.

Everton on City’s Heels? BUHLEE DAT!! /plus bad JV “action” smh

King Hippo - September 24, 2016September 23, 2016

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I had two more macro observations on the EPL season. First, if'n you take a gander at the table, everyone is right where a purist would say they should be. That is, nobody is higher in the table than a side with a better goal differential. I

Your “Rejoice, For The Weekend Is Upon Us” Friday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 23, 2016September 23, 2016

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NFL News: Finally, it's been 15 years (September 23, 2001) since the hit that changed the NFL: Thanks Mo Lewis. Putting Drew Bledsoe in the hospital brought on the rise of The Dreamboat, The Hoodie, and the start of most Patriots fans fandom. So, in the past I've done a "Malt of the

CFL Beat: Week 14

The Maestro - September 23, 2016September 23, 2016

With almost every team having now played 12 games in the season, we are now into the home stretch of the CFL season! Based on how terrible the East Division has been so far, come time for the playoffs, we may see the Crossover Rule invoked for the first time

Week 3 NFL Broadcast Maps

DFOing Good

His Right Honorable Lord Lordship the Lordly - September 23, 2016

Week 3 is here, and once again the 506 sports gives us advance notice/warning of the Sunday broadcasts. Here's the link: http://506sports.com National Games: TNF: Texans @ Patriots, whoever the P*ts QB is, could JJ Watt murder-death-kill him? As always Fuck the Patriots. SNF: Bears @ Cowboys. Sunday Night Football is supposed to be

Power Rankings of the Best of the Worst of the 0-2 Teams

scotchnaut - September 22, 2016September 22, 2016

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There are plenty of ways to lose. There are macro reasons (meddlesome ownership) and micro (lousy use of timeouts, injuries). Let's explore the eight teams burdened by a win-less start to the season and dig deep or not so deep into the derp. Not all reasons will be looked at

Bonus BattleBots Recap: Rumble Edition!

Senor Weaselo - September 22, 2016September 21, 2016

So they finally posted all the rumbles (the last one took a week to repost because they fucked up the sponsor stuff in post or else this would have been up in a timely manner dammit), so hell with it, let's do one last write-up! Not only that, but you

“Summoned by BOLTMAN” – A Boots On The Ground Chargers Game Experience

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers - September 22, 2016September 22, 2016

It's not every day that one of us gets a call to greatness; it's even less often that we actually answer. At 9:15am on Sunday morning, I was roaming the aisles of a grocery store about a mile from my ziggurat, in search of a few missing items for my hosting