NFL News:
- Significant injuries from the weekend:
- Greg Olsen – broken foot – 6-8 weeks
- Vic Beasley – torn hamstring – 4-6 weeks
- If the Falcons season goes to hell as a result, DFO CALLED IT!
- HODOR – out for Week-3.
- The NFL was denied an injunction to relieve the injunction that blocked Ezekiel Elliott’s suspension.
- The League will now have to wait until after the judge has reviewed Elliott’s appeal before applying again.
And in case you missed it, the big deal in LA this weekend was the Trumpian argument about crowd size.
LA attendance:
Chargers – 25,381
Rams – 56,612
NFL combined – 81,993USC v. Texas – 84,714
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) September 17, 2017
And if you thought it was just an LA measuring contest, brother…
Chargers on Sunday: 25,381
Qualcomm on Saturday (SDSU): 43,040— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) September 17, 2017
The League is concerned enough that they are sending lackeys from nfl.com to write puff-pieces about the StubHub experience to counter actual facts:
Sampling views from all around StubHub. Not a bad seat in the house. pic.twitter.com/2ahLgJUu1H
— Marc Sessler (@MarcSessler) September 17, 2017
So all that equals the early, wild speculation about where this new LA experiment is headed. Mr. Florio?
Regardless, the question now becomes when/if someone will be making an exit from the L.A. market far sooner than planned. If the new, state-of-the-art, $2.6 billion venue doesn’t consistently attract capacity crowds or something close to it when it opens in 2021 (the same year the Raiders open a new stadium in Las Vegas), a league that spent 20 years trying to figure out how to put a team back in L.A. may need to start thinking about how to get one out, quickly.
Two games into 2017, and the carcass is not yet rotting but the buzzards are taking flight.
But at least there’s free tacos. El Pollo Grill in San Diego is offering free tacos the day after a Chargers loss. The secret phrase is “Spanos taco”. Misery loves company, and company likes the taco charro.
Game preview: Lions at Giants
It was an ass weekend of football, so no one expects that to change tonight.
The last vestiges of Eli Manning’s confidence will be on full display tonight, as he once again discovers he’s got no one to throw to, and his check-down option is on the sideline eating soup. As of 7 minutes before this post went live, OBJ’s status was still up in the air.
Meanwhile, Matt Stafford, fresh off watching his defence try & kill the only marketable players Arizona has, looks to prove his new contract means he can win when he plays outside. As long as he has capable running options, it should free him up long enough to outrun Three Fingers & the rest of the Giants defence. If they replaced the chalk at the Meadowlands with cocaine, that might be enough to lure Lawrence Taylor back to Jersey to provide some insights into how to actually tackle people.
Prediction: You’re watching something else after halftime. SPIKE has a COPS marathon…
Let me tell you, there wasn’t enough beer available to make me either enjoy or forget the Seahawks game yesterday.
The day started pleasant enough, albeit at 5:45 AM so I could cross the border by 8:00 with the buddy I had to pick up. The CBP agent gave us shit about not wearing our Hawks gear, but ceased when I pointed out “it’s in the back, because I don’t want to crease the 80 with the seat belt”.
We got to Henry’s Tavern a little after 10:00, with Mac & Jack serving as our sacramental wine.
Then, we meandered over to Pyramid for some Curve Balls, where we saw “guy who owns a jersey”. See if you can spot the outlier
Then, to Safeco for some…I want to say Lagunitas? Once inside the stadium, it was a Blue Moon on the “Touchdown City” concourse, and then an Elysian Immortal IPA once we got to the seats. Toss in an Alaskan Amber after the first quarter, and I was nicely toasted.
Which was good, because that was some dogshit football. The Seahawks deserved to lose. Proof of fan discontent?
#firebevell was trending after the game.
For some reason, we ended up at the Costco south of the stadium at 5:30. It got hit by lightning, killing the power & forcing management to close it early – but not let us out until the storm cell passed. Added sobriety time!
The rest of the evening passed uneventfully. The Customs guard debated a breathalyzer, but decided my timeline added up.
School today was a challenge, but probably bought me credibility with the students… until they rat me out to their parents.
Tonight’s sports:
- NFL:
- Detroit Lions at New York Giants – 8:15PM | ESPN / TSN
- en español a ESPN2
- Detroit Lions at New York Giants – 8:15PM | ESPN / TSN
- MLB:
- Red Sox at Orioles – 7:00PM | Sportsnet1
- NHLX:
- Leafs at Sens – 7:30PM | Sportsnet
- WWE:
- Monday Night RAW – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
- the “go home” show before the PPV / special event this Sunday
- Monday Night RAW – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
Of course, as Gratliff will agree, the squared circle lost one of its best speakers Sunday night, when Bobby “The Brain” Heenan passed away from complications due to the various cancers he’s had over the years. When I was a kid, his were the guts you hated, which was what made him just a valuable asset to the AWA & then the WWE. Please enjoy this compilation of his work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKRI6MfBKMU
And never forget this key piece of advice: “Now remember this, when a man sticks his hand out to you, you shake it. Then kick him really hard when he’s not looking.” SAGE WISDOM!
ELI: It’s funny Coach Ben said that ’cause right then DOINK showed up…
Life is like a box of chocolates, I only eat the creamy ones.
Them kids be trippin’ balls.
Am cranking this hotel room’s AC to 50. Lady Spur can’t bitch now…..
Oh, she will find a way.
See, you say that, but….
“Assistant cleaner? I’ve never got him to 50!”
– Aaron Rodgers
very odd Giants didn’t call timeout, would have had great field position had he missed it
that’s our Murrika!
MOOSE!
is this the art for the updated Turner Diaries?
Oh man, this is such an underrated comment.
The woman had an “experimental phase” in college; she’s not going to make it.
Kind of over kicked it there…
that’s more emotion than when Caldwell’s kids were born
SHANK – wait, never mind…
I think I found an IPA I like. Just pouring the Ale Smith it smells great. Tasty pretty good for an IPA.
Eli doesn’t trust Brandon Marshall yet. Brandon’s mom hasn’t met Eli’s mom yet.
Is there still regular lego blocks? Not all the specialized stuff that can only build 1 thing.
They’re almost more expensive that way
I know, right? I sometimes wonder why the new stuff bothers having pieces at all when they could just make it with one big lump of plastic.
I used to have a suitcase full of blocks as a child and fucking loved it. The build one thing in my mind is a toy you do yourself which can come apart, no imagination.
I built an X-Wing fighter from the basic blocks in the early ’90s, because I’m a nerd.
That is good hustle.
I’m still shocked at how well designed the pieces were when I was a kid (80’s) – you could get those things to fit together all kinds of ways.
I think so, yeah. I haven’t bought LEGO in like 15 years though.
There are. One of the local malls has a Lego Store and you can go in there and buy shitloads of loose blocks. Did it for my niece last Christmas.
Was it one of the ones with a legoland behind it? As a person who never got into Legos and has spent just an unacceptable amount on them for his kid, the Legoland store is the shit.
No, I guess not. The back wall is where the loose blocks are tho. So many pretty colors.
Well, that’s one way…
They’ve never shown that episode in full after 9/11 right?
I thought that was only for a few years, but I’m also not sure about that.
It was on last week.
Giants bar is angry that Eli went down so easy, continues to gripe about O-line and ruining it up the middle
I was always afraid of that happening when I rassled. /nohomo
Question for the Group. What’s your internet speed and what do you pay.
me – 60 bps, $60
Same, more or less.
Let me check with my neighbor. BRB.
Hmmmm… it’s good, although I have Verizon for Cable too.
I made sure the router is within distance of my computer though so it doesn’t use WiFi. That way the Amazon stick works better.
15 MB, but not sure how much we’re paying.
Ha; 60 bps, that’s pathetic; I LAUGH at your peasantry with my nearly 56 THOUSAND bps; look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair!
4.6 Mbps (Just ran the on-line test)
Price? Well it’s part of a bundle but I’m quite sure it’s embarrassingly expensive.
Thanks for making me feel better, Spanky.
LCSS is gonna get faaaaaaaaaatttttt
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/09/18/san-diego-restaurant-offering-free-tacos-for-chargers-losses/
“Spanos Taco” was also the code for getting into the only Greek themed strip club in Imperial Beach.
Uncle Ed used to say, “There’s two things that aren’t funny in life: poverty and Janeane Garofalo”
3rd and 16…. just the way McAdoo likes it.
I don’t know why these anti-vaxxers are so terrified of having their kids develop autism. It’s totally the new hotness these days.
Because then they can’t be a dumb helicopter parent they’ve aspired to be their whole lives.
There are so many questions
Dude! Spoilers i had to DVR last night.
Oops.
Meh. It’s the highlight of a bad episode of a terrible show.
3rd and 23? NFL BLITZ!
There we go!
where’s WCS?
NFL BLITZ!!!
“You’ll poke your eye out!”
– Deanna Favre’s friends, after she asked them for advice on “technique”.
Spur is in the big scary city. Anaheim is a silly place.
“Light treason” update:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/making-sense-of-the-manafort-fisa-report
Between this and two WH attorneys just shooting the (legal) breeze within earshot of a NYT reporter, it’s gonna be a bad week in Trumpville.
They did it because they don’t care. Nothing will ever happen to Trump.
Aside an aside, the standards and double-standards for bar discipline are fucking bullshit everywhere.
If the Democrats win the House and Senate, Trump will be impeached every week.
If they get around 60, then they’ll find 7 Republicans sick of Trump to get 2/3rds.
The Democrats aren’t going to win back the House, most of the Senate seats up next year are already Democrats who won when they got their shit together that one time in 2006 (Even then it was more of the Republicans shitting the bed every possible way).
So, no. There won’t be any impeachment come 2018. And at this rate, not in 2020 when Trump gets re-elected.
Nah, Trump will overplay his hand and the GOP will convince him to declare victory and retire.
Tempted to bet live savings that e.e. cummings will catch the next touchdown pass.
Folks
How were the Texas sportsradio stations today? I bet the callers were cool, measured and not at all angry.
The fire Garrett stance peaked my interest
I may mosey on over to Cowboys reddit to have a look see.
KTCK Dallas has something called The Crow Line (The Cry Line after a loss). It’s basicaly a voice-mailbox where angry drunks can whine and spout off; then the hosts mock them. Most popular rants seemed to be “STICK TO THE GAME PLAN!!!!1!” and “ZEKE JUST DON’T CARE RABBLE RABLE RABBLE!!!!11!!1!”
Wrasslin’s wrasslin, but Lucha Underground is…something else…
Oh Eli
No Strawberry Quik for him at halftime…
Was that a finger to the eye? No hit to the helmet call? Blech.
GOD ELI, can you even WAIT for me to finish commenting?!
Football is stupid.
Jesus Christ.
Ded Fat Stafford?
he get a nubbin in the eye? eeeeewwwww
Just some bologna rind that got shook loose from his teeth.
Dammit, that’s my “Chicken n Biscuits Spottin'” eye.
I haven’t seen a hyphenated Cromartie miss someone so badly since Antonio Jr. found out that his dad wasn’t going to be able to make it to his birthday party this year.
Bravo sir, bravo.
Banner this man!
I assume Zodiac Motherfucker learned to make the buzzard lunch from Stafford. https://twitter.com/ZODIAC_MF/status/904036356061634560
This is amazing, but I’m gonna need some context on this one.
I’ll see your Kemonito and raise you a glitched Matrix
Hey
How many teams started this season with 5+ quarters without punching it in? Seems like more than usual.
Evan Engram is a good footballist. Keep giving his ass targets, with Gronk ded I shall need him next week. Just picked him up in DFO ball too.
SEE?
– Evan Engram
He was there just hanging on the FA list when Olsen contracted foot AIDS yesterday. Had to snag him.
That’s Kerry von Erich, isn’t it? Poor sumbitch…
Yeah I think so…
Replace Kerry with literally any first name
This oatmeal stout is damn good.
When you said “stout” I thought you were saying that Stafford had lost thirty pounds.
Miracles aren’t real.
I suppose you don’t believe in guardian angels either, Mister Man??
Big story coming it out of ice football: Ice Argos players accussing their team of saying they failed their fitness tests in order to cheat the salary cap. Of course, even if true, Lou Lammerello has donky pics of Bettmen? Do nothing will come of this
I want anything that fucks over the Leafs. I hope this is true, but I also have no idea how he’d ever hope to go about proving it, because Lou will kill Lupul in his sleep before letting another doctor check him out, ever.
THESE COACHES I CALL THEM FACES BECAUSE ONE CAN’T CHANGE HIS AND THE OTHER LIKES SITTING ON THEM ON THE CAMPUS GREEN
Jim Caldwell, the last time I saw a black man this unimpressed, Janice Dickinson was enjoying a spiked cocktail.
Fiona Apple can’t cover for shit.
He’s been a bad, bad boy.
Yeah but she does have that great song she does about Pacman Jones.
Jim Caldwell looks concerned?
Pissed?
Constipated?
Ecstatic?
Fat Stafford Sanders? Lookit that boy run.
It’s like watching a bunch of farm boys wearing mittens try to catch a greased pig.
Fuck this. I’m not making gifs.
http://pa1.narvii.com/6512/9ddcbf630b82684aa22c1de30a28c69b42180c06_hq.gif
Damn it. Why do my favorite gifs exist on unencrypted hosts?
DET still has fat, drunk kicker, yeah?
So I’m gonna be in Singapore for the Raiders game next week. It’s the Sunday night tilt, so it should come on at 8:30 a.m. – how do I lay the groundwork so that I can watch it without my wife divorcing me?
hey, it’s not like you would otherwise be doing something super cool and couple-y at 8:30am on a Sunday anyhoo
Not sure if it will be Sunday or Monday a.m. International Date Line and all that.
Just make sure you fuck on Saturday night, then.
Say you bet your life savings on the over.
It will be Monday AM. Either A find a Sports bar that has N. A. food or maybe something she craves. Or release her in the shopping district while you watch. In Bali my wife liked both ideas.