Your “Super Bowl Bye Week is the Worst Week” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Because there’s nothing going on. There’s even a lack of good rumours, partially because most job openings have been filled. It just means time for more “Peter King thinkpieces”, which isn’t good for anybody.

I’m not one of those “back in my day” types who thinks the break is too long. I do think the two weeks are good for healing the teams so a better game results. But it’s the interminable slog towards game week that gives people reason to question why they watch the game.

NFL Notes:

  • Proving nature & the media abhors a vacuum, Ben Roethlisberger mentioned “evaluate and consider all options” and now all outlets are talking about retirement and what happens to the Steelers.
  • I doubt it makes up for the sting of not playing for the Super Bowl, Browns linebacker Jamie Collins signed a 4-year, $50 million deal to stay in Cleveland.
  • Take from this what you will, but it’s John Elway & Tony Romo at a Trump inauguration party over the weekend.

Finally, Peter King is doing his master’s work.

I missed it yesterday, because why would I look for it, but the MMQB has a hagiographic long-form piece on how Roger Goodell helped convince Robert Kraft to not move the Patriots to Hartford and instead build a new stadium at Foxborough.

Long story short: just after Hartford lost the Whalers, the mayor set out to try and draw another major sports franchise to town, to both boost his popularity and to replace what had been ripped away. There was actually a letter of intent involved, but six days prior to commiting to Hartford, a group involving ol’ Rog managed to convince the good folks at the Foxborough council and state government to pony up some “improvements” if Kraft built the stadium himself.

So really, Pats fans, don’t boo this man you consider the devil. Petey is one of you, don’tcha know. Instead, worship him as your god, because without his sincere concern you wouldn’t have a Patriots to cheer for.

Oh, and FYI – don’t search “dismissive wanking gif” on your work computer. Trust me.


Rather than try and improve upon it, I’m just going to use this Pro Bowl Skills preview verbatim:

The Pro Bowl Skills Challenge, now called Pro Bowl Skills Showdown, returns after a 10-year hiatus this week. The reimagined version, which will tape on Wednesday and air Thursday night on ESPN, features a dodge ball game, a “power relay challenge,” a precision passing competition and a best hands showdown. But in its essence, the best part about the competition — athletes on vacation, letting their hair down but still unable to shed the fear of athletic humiliation — remains unchanged.

This is really all the excuse I need for a “Throwback Tuesday”, and reason to post clips & pics from the ancestor to this effort.

No, not the “Laff-A-Lympics”, but the “Battle of the Network Stars”.

The graphics!

 

The captains!

 

The stars!

 

And, of course, DFO’s mater familias, Lynda Carter.

Fun fact: in 1979, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders were part of the ABC team due to this fantastic looking movie.

The ad campaign couldn’t even get off the ground today. “A little cheesecake in a beefcake world.” Could you imagine the Jezebel screeds and Twitter campaigns? The volume of petitions would break change.org.

Look – it’s on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQRWRE5AEXI

Yessir – that’s the 70s.


Tonight’s sports:

  • NHL:
    • Blues at Penguins – 7:00PM | NBCSN
    • Red Wings at Bruins – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • NBA: Spurs at Raptors – 7:00 | Sportsnet1
  • NCAA: DFO probable choices:
    • Kansas at West Virginia – 7:00PM | ESPN2
    • Purdue at Michigan State – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN2
    • Kentucky at Tennessee – 9:00PM | ESPN / TSN2
  • WWE SmackDown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
    • the “go home” show before the Royal Rumble
  • Australian Open: Quarterfinals – 9:00PM | ESPN2
    • highlights:
      • Konta versus Serena Williams – 9:00PM
      • Raonic ?? versus Nadal – 3:30AM (Wed.)

I believe you have enough rabbit holes to look down this evening. WHERE WILL THE CONVERSATION TAKE US?!

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A Canadian man-child of indeterminate age, he stays young by selling alcohol at sporting events and yelling at the patrons he serves. Their rage nourishes his soul, and their tips pay for his numerous trips to various sporting events.
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WCS

Unsurprised

“I believe you have enough rabbit holes to look down this evening.”

I don’t call them rabbit holes, but maybe I should.

WCS

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Senor Weaselo

Oh shit, To Serve Man is on.

Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

GOD DAMN IT!!

Senor Weaselo

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Sorry, triple post when different songs were playing. Also no “Duplicate post” message ….. or in this case “Triplicate post, idiot.”

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Pictured; me trying to post a fucking video.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

The fuck?

Senor Weaselo

So… Oceania vs. UGC from Urinetown, what happens first?

Brick Meathook

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Fronkenshteen

So how do you know if a back injury is muscles or spine? I’ve been offered muscle relaxers, but I’m not spasming. I need to work tomorrow, but like THIS, I simply can’t. The VA hospital is over an hour away, but it looks like my only option. Shit fuck balls. Don’t get fat, boys.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

It’s tough to tell; I’ve had both a bulging disc once and many times soft tissue problems. Both feel the same to me; severe pain, shooting sparks in the gluts and hamstrings type sensation, stiffness and muscles contracting on the injured side so that it looks like your are bending to that side. MRI is the real way to tell, but many times it won’t be covered or the appointment is so far off your condition changes. The disc will often need surgery. Soft tissue will heal with work, but is never as strong. Try to get two opinions if possible.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

tl;dr: it fucking sucks.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Wow; TSA is REALLY tough on the flight crews!

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Fronkenshteen

TWO-ONE-THREE!!!!
*whacks own haunch with rolled-up Racing Form*
GET INTO THAT TWO!!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Croooow

Some crazy upsets in college hoops tonight. That was fun to see.

Fronkenshteen

FUUUUUUUUUUCK!!! I threw my fucking back out again. The worst is knowing that no matter how bad it feels now, it’ll be x10 tomorrow morning.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

That sucks; been there done it, strain, rinse, repeat.

Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

And this comes from slave owners.

Croooow

Sigh. We are so fucked, aren’t we?

nomonkeyfun

I wish I were getting fucked.

BrettFavresColonoscopy
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nomonkeyfun

Can you imagine that show in HD on a 55″

Don T

I saw a guy with a Polamalu AFC red Pro Bowl jersey. The odds of that gotta be the same in Taipei and Pittsburgh.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Don T

I did not get an Autofill on “dissmissive wanking gif”. I apologize to the Internet for dereliction of duty.

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Senor Weaselo

Evening everyone. I see we’re on Day 5 and on the precipice of being incorrigibly fucked.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
nomonkeyfun

It could be wor-hahahahaja
Well Putin could actually be President.
Maybe he’ll accidentally insult Trump, by saying Russia has more land than the US.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
WCS

What’s up, shitdicks? Drumpf and his minions might be well on their way to destroy our republic, but, in the meantime, WVU beat #2 Kansas in Morganhole for the fourth year in a row, AND, Mr. and Mrs. WCS finished second out of 14 in our first-ever team trivia contest at our neighborhood watering hole.

http://www.theouthousers.com/forum/images/memegallery/albums/Well%20Played.gif

BrettFavresColonoscopy

OK, I’ve come to the conclusion that Trump is going to ruin us, so can’t we have a Bacchanalia and hurry up with WWIII?

Don T

That looks like a soulpatch, but I was rooting for a tumor.

Senor Weaselo

I had the over-under as March 1st, so there’s still time.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Senor Weaselo

What’s King Friday doing as a cornerman?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

The cut man?

Senor Weaselo

It’s been a while since the last Super Bowl orgy…

Brocky

Feels weird seeing the list of oscar nominees and knowing i didn’t see any of them, i used to consider myself a movie buff, but i’ve turned into one of those movie goers that only sees franchises.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Also most movies suck now.

/ties onion to belt

Spanky Datass

Rouge One For The Mother Fuckin’ Win!!!!111!!!1!
/might be drunk

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Farrah points the way to victory on “Battle of the Network Stars”.

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litre_cola

Went from Sherlock to watching a doco about witchcraft in Papua New Guinea, strange evening in the Cola residence.

herodotus450

Bruins, dirtiest team or dirtiest team? And before you answer, they were playing a LMFAIO song before the faceoff.

herodotus450

Tuuka Rask, done or finished?

Sharkbait

Hide your milk crates.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Col. Duke LaCross

Still not sure how he kept the hairpiece on.

nomonkeyfun

I love Kaplan’s face in that gif.
And of course Lynda.
May booze continue to bless you sir.

herodotus450

Speaking of Dr. Strangelove:
a clown interviews Peter Sellers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6uGe7p280

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Welp. I went to the whiskey anyway.

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Sharkbait

NHL skills competition>kick in the balls>coffee date with Peter King> Pro Bowl skills competition.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Good job, West ByGod Virginny.

Spanky Datass

WOOOOO ’70s!!!11!!
This post kicked ass! Good hustle Beerguyrob!
http://68.media.tumblr.com/290e145c0ad13ae0985d10ec5ef833a3/tumblr_mwp9ibVqQa1syvjuco1_500.gif

LemonJello

Dr. Strangelove is on – there goes my evening’s plans.

Shogun Marcus

Don’t fight in the war room.

LemonJello

I will also protect my essence and precious bodily fluids.

Col. Duke LaCross

Mention the words “Randi Oakes” and “Dunk Tank” to any dude in their early 40’s and erections sprout. It’s like a reflex.

/Okay, maybe just me
//Charlene Tilton too

ballsofsteelandfury

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Here’s a pretty thorough take on how Wisconsin flipped from blue to red. The article itself is quite good in that people reveal a lot of what they think, but skip the comments as they are predictably garbage.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/blue-red-state-democrats-trump-country-214647

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Also, I can tell the people who commented but didn’t read the article. You have one guy quoted as wanting gays to stay in the closet and secondhand comment referring to Obama as “that nigger” while commenters saying “we don’t have hate in our hearts.”

Yeah, sure.

herodotus450

tl,dr:
Poor, prejudiced, uneducated people worried about losing their unskilled jobs don’t like being called poor and uneducated. Voted for the soundbite generator who promised them more of what they wanted.

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I mean, I won’t defend their decision due to being inexcusably unaware of their bigotry, and I don’t have any pity for them when they get fucked over by Trump and team, but they aren’t wrong about the out-of-touch liberals who move to their town and presume they’re better automatically. I want to keep smacking liberals over the head that think they can bludgeon people into self-awareness. They’ve done their own cause a huge disservice.

herodotus450

Prettly stupid of Hilary not to campaign in the entire state (?), apparently. But even stupider to me, is people getting butthurt that one billionaire politician made empty promises to you but the other one didn’t.

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Even if you read the “reasons I voted for Trump” from the wealthy and educated, you see the same dumbfuck reasoning. These rural folks aren’t wrong in that they shouldn’t be considered dumber than the urban ones but that’s only because the urban ones are pretty dumb too.

herodotus450

I think I stopped reading by that point. I don’t even want to know the reasoning behind voting for trump, or how they answer the question of, “How much government experience does he have? Oh, NONE? Then he cannot be qualified for the job.”
To me that should have been the end of any trump discussion. I don’t care what he said about a wall or muslims or women, he probably doesn’t even know how an amendment to be gets ratified. But oh right, neither do 90% of the population…

Senor Weaselo

“How does an amendment get ratified?” Never, considering the state of politics currently. An amendment saying water is wet would fail.

Col. Duke LaCross
ballsofsteelandfury

God, I miss Battle of the Network Stars!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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ballsofsteelandfury

Awww, no octopus?

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I think I watched a very different Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader movie

herodotus450

In Capitalist Texas, Debbie does you!

litre_cola

Is Sherlock from the BBC any good? Mrs. Cola and I are looking for a Netflix binge.

herodotus450

I think I only watched it because I loved the stories. According to the internet it’s fallen off dramatically since the first season or two. Have you seen Damages? Great for binging I thing.

Shogun Marcus

This last (possibly literally) season was a little off. Expectations I think got the better of it.

Shogun Marcus

Yes. Watch. Good modern take that beats that cbs version.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I like both; the CBS producers do instruct “We need you to put [X] in for our American audience…” does detract. The BBC version has a much bigger budget per episode. Both can go over the top on the characters. But then I like nearly all incarnations of Holmes (what up?) I’ve seen so GoS.

ballsofsteelandfury

I consider the BBC version to be movies instead of a TV show. My favorites are the early ones because they were so new and innovative. I just finished the last season and I enjoyed it although it was different from the others. Definitely a good watch, but each episode is 90 minutes so think about it in terms of binging a movie series like Star Wars.

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Remind me not to read any more “Why I voted for Trump” articles. After following the news today and reading those, I’ve become almost homicidal.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-health-officials-cancel-climate-conference-dont-say-why/ar-AAm9lrv?OCID=ansmsnnews11

HEY! Inanimate Carbon Rod Marinelli! Do not to read any more “Why I voted for Trump” articles!!!!!

Shogun Marcus

Laff-A-Lympics was the shiznit. I always rooted for the Rottens, knowing they’d never win. Back in the 80’s this made perfect sense given all the sprots teams I liked.

Shogun Marcus

Further research reminds me they did in fact win twice and had a tie.

Col. Duke LaCross

Muttley was the shit!

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Definitely a shit week so far. I picked a bad time to abstain from booze.

King Hippo

1) FUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKK. Doc Quinn, Medicine Woman CAN FUCKING GET IT!!!!

2) Consider the season over, start planning your suicide and/or line up and start reading lengthy books. I recommend alternating fiction and non.

herodotus450
ArmedandHammered

I always liked the Venture Brothers version – Dr. Quimm