Two days ago, I had beers with some bid-ness acquaintances of mine. On tap were several beers from the delightfully named “Evil Twin” Brewing Company, which none of knew going in. Apt, because I am the father of twins, one broker is the mom of twins (2 years old, she needed a fookin’ drink), and the other dude is an identical twin.
Also aptly, I chose “The Only Thing I Know Is That I Know Nothing” IPA. Come at me bro, I like IPAs.
Getting to the footy I know fuckall about, Spurs visit Huddersfield Town to lead things off (7:25, NBCSN). Per ESPNFC, this will be the first meeting between the two sides. If that’s true, that’s pretty incredible (given all the Cups and whatnot). Huddersfield are 8th in the Table, so this is no walk in the park.
In the 10:00 window, NBCSN is continuing their string of Crystal Palace snuff films (Man United this week). Cruelly, no free alternative is offered. If you have NBC Sports Gold (spits on ground) or will brave the malware stream world, Bournemouth v. Leicester or Watford v. West Brom are much, much better options.
The 12:30 match is great this week, of course when my JV side plays (sigh). League leaders Man City invade Stamford Bridge (FULHAM) to take on the defending champs. On NBCSN, not big NBC for some reason, but it’s hot shit regardless. City is missing some firepower, so don’t be surprised to see Chelsea mount a real challenge.
You gets a Sunday Funday tripleheader, all on NBCSN. Arsenal/Brighton & Hove (7:00), Everton hosting Burnley (9:15), then the Barcodes hosting the Redshite (11:30). All fixtures of at least medium interest, though the last deserves a good suicide bombing. Everton need a convincing win in the worst way, and Burnley are not a good side to face when lacking form and confidence. Who the fuck knows what you will get from Arsenal, week to week?
Enjoy it, for another dumb fucking international break looms.
Vanderbilt at Florida (Noon, ESPN)
Florida is poop, but Vandy is Vandy. They find gloriously creative ways to lose, especially to the Gators.
Georgia at Tennessee (3:30, CBS)
This was the “dueling Hail Mary” game from last season, that damned near gave the elderly CBS crew a coronary event. And despite how shaky the Vols have been, UGA is due a letdown week.
Florida State at Wake Forest (3:30, ABC)
Just how bad are the Noles/stupid is Jimbo Fisher? Consider this an acid test of sorts.
Mississippi State at Auburn (6:00, ESPN)
The second tier of the SEC West battles amongst themselves. Cowbells really shat themselves last week, after a statement win the week prior. Aubie was crap against Clemson. Both could really use this’un.
South Carolina at Texas A&M (7:30, SECN)
You know, there are lots of middle-tier SEC fixtures that I find interesting for hard to define reasons. Or maybe the rest of the slate is just garbage. South Cakalaky has no offense, TAMU no defense.
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech (8:00, Fox)
Guns Up!! got past Houston last week, now they have to get past a pissed off (or just exposed?) Pokes squadron this week. But Primetime showcase in Lubbock? Very interesting. This is the best matchup of the week, by a long shot.
Cal at Oregon (10:30, FS1)
Calling all tweakers! Here’s your festival of scoring.
shit, Cuse noticed the secondary thingy. OR SCOTCHY SAID SOMETHING
Never trust Canadia.
Whoa whoa whoa.
OR a big butt and a smile
So that’s why people don’t trust me.
It’s hard not to see a black hole on the football field.
/not raycess
Well shit, I don’t even need to watch football anymore now that I found this. Or movies, or tv, or porn, or friends, I could read keep reading this list top to bototm all day everyday.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/players/_/position/k
what are…friends??
CCU kicker Masamitsu Ishibashi could tell you, I’m sure.
“Friends”: Folks that understand your sense of humour, leave you alone when you want to be alone, have similar interests, are not judgmental, understand the value of silence, etc.
/yeah, I had a few of those back in the day
“I really like the “D” section!”
-A. Rodgers
/yeah, it’s a tired joke
//no, I can’t help myself
ReggieDown? Holy shit….how drunk am I?
I haven’t seen a Dungey spin and defy gravity like that since….
Never mind.
well you had to expect he’d be able to hang around
See, that right there is why I love Hippo.
I’ll always have a friend in hell.
hell doesn’t want DFO to take over, so maybe we get a desert island in heaven, like the Marines
And now we reach the portion of our program where I want to murder a certain defensive coordinator.
Your secondary looks…vulnerable.
“Vulnerable” is a kind assessment. Thank you.
But they’re dogshit. But that little nickle and dime stuff could have been stopped if our DC had clue.
Could Jimbo Fisher figure that out, with quick throws to get the ball to his athletes in space?
No he could not.
My son made a request for lunch. THE EGG SALAD MUST FLOW!
Blandness is the mind killer.
My kids do that. “Go get it yourself.”
#FatherOfTheYear
Sounds like a job for me!
-Blaine Gabbert
The Foreigner: Asian Taken
Doh!!!!!
NFL THROW!!
Yep, took two shots, but the wheel finally rolled.
Ryan Finley is just a beautiful, beautiful man. A truly worthy successor to Black HODOR!
Wow, i thought the zebs were gonna swallow the whistle on the PI.
Yes, I yelled at them before the hailed bleergh.
I helped.
I will burn that campus to the ground if they take out J-Sam too
Lamical Perine sounds like sounds like the name of your 4th rib bone. Or a species of krill that is native to the south Atlantic Ocean.
Now you’re just making words up. Krill? That? Give us a break.
I think the “correct” pronounciation is like LaMichael, and not like “Lamb-ical.” Very dissapointing if true, and proof that the
illiteratesdicto-anarchists have won.As an old-ish white guy, I don’t like having to suss out the pronunciation of anyone’s first name.
WHAT DO WE WANT? AN ONION BELT! WHEN DO WE WANT IT? NOW!
Henry, James, John, and Richard are the only names anyone ever needs!
Nicknamed Hank, Jimmy, Jack and Dick.
So what is the best regional fried chicken chain in the US?
It sure as shit isn’t this one.
They’re horrible. I’m not even certain it’s chicken.
http://www.marylandfriedchicken.net/directory/categories/restaurants
Churches chicken is pretty solid. When I lived in the Midwest we had Brown’s Fried Chicken, which was real tasty and out West there are still a few scattered remnants of Pioneer Chicken.
Any of you LA folks remember Pioneer Chicken?
I’m still partial to Popeyes though.
There’s a Popeye’s outside of Toronto that a buddy of mine drives 5 hours to get to every other month. I kid you not.
Popeye’s. Worth the gastrointestinal distress.
That’s 5 hours one way, btw. He crazee.
Even in Canadian, that a long way
There was a Popeye’s at Bagram Air Base when I was in Kabul. Every time I had to go out there (about a 50 mile drive IIRC), all my contractors would chip in and I would have to bring back a couple hundred dollars worth of chicken, red beans and rice, and biscuits. Damn near filled up the back of the SUV; those guys/gals loved that stuff and I was their hero for several days after a trip.
It must have been real difficult driving what with all that grease on your fingers.
Nah, we had a couple Afghan kids with AKs driving and riding shotgun. They were pretty funny guys; we’d tease them that could be the Kings of Afghanistan and take over for Karzai if they learned how to eat pussy.
that, sir, should get you a medal of some varietal
Church’s Chicken is also the surest way to noe you are in the black part of town ,, no ofence
He ain’t lyin’!
It’s also true of Popeyes. You definitely have to drive to the, how you say, more downtrodden parts of the municipality in order to partake of these humble victuals.
/ the previous sentence is best read in your best Foghorn Leghorn voice.
This is a safe space for white guys, right?
[whispers] First Nations folks in The Canada love, LOVE! KFC.
I had some KFC a few months back and it was very tasty. One thing I will give them credit for is their consistency. I hadn’t eaten there in a decade and it still tasted exactly like it always has.
In San Antonio back in the day, Church’s was always co-located with a burger stand called GW Jr.’s. Pretty good burgers, but I guess they couldn’t hang. Plenty of Church’s still around though.
one still exists on Soto in east LA. I drive by it every day.
Popeyes if you can’t get bojangles.
Works for me.
THANKS OBAMA!
Help me out. Is the current Cuse qb the one that decided that he could live with the views of his ghoulish cadaver of a dad?
[twirls in a circle a few times] Anyone like my new haircut?
It’s simply stunning!
You’re gonna make me blush!
Is Bojangles any good? More importantly, in what way is the name racist?
Indeed it is good.
And the name being racist never occurred to me. Hmmmmmm…
Tea isn’t as good as chick fil a, but awesome chicken
I could literally eat their dirty rice until my ass exploded.
And have, on occasion.
I can’t remember if their fries are as good as a guy I knew would constantly say they are, but I would bet they are underwhelming if I tried them now.
Dammit, now I want me some Bojangles.
I’ll guess I’ll catch some Cuse football for the first time in forever. Is Donovan McNabb still quartering the backs there?
I am confused. NC State seems to be taking care of business against ‘Cuse so far.
Nine U of Florida players suspended for the year. Please! Based on what I hearing and reading, we may have nine NCAA Basketball teams death penalitied for a year once we’re all done.
I have to say, I really hope Adidas doesn’t get investigated much further.
/nervous wuffie
Thanks to Boots on the Ground, we know just how outrageous a lie/slander this is:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-true-moment-of-national-disgrace
follow-up and the correct nexus to the racial BS of the NFL screeds:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-primary-text-of-trumpism
If it does become Cure day…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50wYE7ogsTk
I hate missing mah stop to ,, smh
– Ziegfried
Hey GT, the play action thing works a lot better if the back is still actually in the backfield.
Hope you enjoyed earning that sack and making U*NC look good.
Jeebus…gonna be a long day.
2 bad QBs (ok, more than that, UF rotates), 2 plus defenses, wet field conditions. #ShitShow on ESPN!
Go Jackets!! Kick some Tar Heel Hiney.
The Holes are so bad. Gonna hurt when they beat us in that “nothing to lose” way at the end of the year.
Oh, it’s not as if that’s ever happened before. (/s)
with us overconfident from the year before…
Crap.
Now I gotta watch sports again
Why do I do this to myself?
Also, how the hell is VT ranked #12?
it will not last, didn’t make the preview for a reason
Do i need to post that Cure song again?
Yeah, no. I’ve avoided that one.
No ofence.
maybe today should be the Cure day?
Meh, fine.
Why the fuck not, at this point?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8UR2TFUp8w
Would eat. Followed by 2 hour nap
Watford equalize on the last play of the match
We can’t have another London team go down if Palace already is and Fulham comes up. Balance.
West Ham woo!
Get me some ham.
And Ferrari all but guarantees Mercedes and Hamilton the championship.
“Mercedes? Lewis? It’s a conspiracy!” – P Carroll.
I really want a Mike Leach DFO interview. And for him to be a recurring NFL rivebrog participant.
Pretty sure he’s Pirate Sloth.
I’ve never seen them both at the same time.
https://www.barstoolsports.com/chicago/pardon-my-take-8-9-with-washington-state-head-coach-mike-leach/
Leach starts at about 25 minutes, right after an ad.
wait…are YOU Mike Leach? You do drop in lots of historical miscellany…
Hmm I do get called a “leach” quite frequently…
Morning boys! Judging from the supporters’ attire, it looks downright chilly in England. Whoops! 3-0 Man. U
Hey guys, I don’t want to speak too soon but I think Crystal Palace is gonna get relegated.
Yes, and teh mighty Fulham to come up!
To SHAME teh Chelsea!!
Even Everton might be able to manage a draw against those jammy fucks.
Let’s not say things we’ll regret later.
+1 Ashley WIlliams OG
/Warily eyes Moose. I thought I was alone.
Moose is always watching. Just not always saying anything.
Anyone up for a haircut? If there’s no one else in the shop my first generation Polish barber recounts to me how many of the older gents whose hair he cuts complain about immigrants. We have a good laugh.
You are in Northern Ont right? You would think he would complain about the natives like in Winnipeg.
Oh, there’s no end to that as well.
/Overheard a while back
“What is it with those Indians driving nice cars? Back in the day they all drove pieces of junk. They’re getting too much money from the government!”
“Perhaps those people you saw are working and making a better living for thems…”
“THEY’RE TAKING OUR JERBS!!!”
I do need a haircut…
Sadly, I have a very strict policy against having a heterosexual male cut mah hair. It truly is the only (arguably) plus physical feature I have.
Once the lady who has cut my hair for the past 24 or so years finally retires or dies, will probably just go full Unabomber. Hippo does not like change.
I have also been getting my hair cut by the same woman since the late 80’s. Lately, however, she has been getting more and more racist/homophobic and I think it might be time to find someone new.
And no, I don’t challenge her on it directly. It turns out that my tolerance for those sorts of comments is directly proportional to how close the person making those comments is holding a pair of scissors to my ear.
One’s inner ear probably bleeds a lot ,, ppl forget that. Fortunately, my stylist is a super liberal Lebanese lady.
Do you still have an awesome mullet?
Any North American who complains about immigrants really ought to have a strong sense of irony going on.
I too have a female barber. She’s young and quite spunky and we can talk mad smack when it’s just her and I.
Hi Tatiana!
Alas I’m pretty sure I’m not her gender of preference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXIeOJ1CFe4
Just cuz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHYA-Wl_Myo
Now that the Moose-Hornets have pulled one back, I can switch back to that and off this dire Cherries/Foxes match. It is killing my non-soul.
Oh, didn’t see you there, got on a bit of a roll.
I appreciate the defense Bournemouth but how about a fucking goal you tossers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJEzEDMqXQQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWIclC4_hyc
This is a song about being by yourself….
Well if I am here all by myself I am going to fire on some Celine Dion and rearrange the clubhouse.
ALL BY MYSELLLLFFFFFFF
LITRE!!!!
Too fucking easy for Man U there.
at least I predicted the snuff film properly ,, smh
2nd goal was very pretty.
Is Everton Man U’s feeder club?
We wouldn’t let them have Bainesy or Coleman. But they got Sideshow Bob in addition to Big Rom, yeah.
They did give us Schneiderlin, who helped last year, and Tim Howard, who was good for a few years before turning into a giant poo.
Everton’s refuse pile is Sunderland.
Tottenham walked in the park like when you were 14 and wanted to fingerbang your gf. Huddersfield being your gf you see.
3-nil before I woke up
Halfback to center?
Very NSFW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsLwzXxeBe8
Is much too early to be commenting and yet…
At least you slept. Fucking showoff.
Deci and oxi-pug gave me a solid 4 hours. Now Mrs Cola sleeps while I drink Baileys and coffee
2 demerits for missing our late night fun on teh Paloose. Speaking of…
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20847734/two-days-palouse-washington-state-coach-mike-leach