Gosh darn it, Scoob.
NFL News:
- The NFL’s taking people’s money:
- The Seahawks have been fined $100,000 for not properly observing the concussion protocol in Week-10 when Russell got popped in Arizona.
- coaching & medical staff will have to undergo “remedial training” on the procedures.
- Marshawn Lynch has been fined $24,309 for yelling at an official after Derek Carr’s fumble Sunday night.
- This, combined with the one-game suspension he got for bumping an official, has gotten him a “repeat offender” designation.
- Texans cornerback Johnathan Joseph has been fined $18,231 for a horse collar tackle against the Jaguars.
- The Seahawks have been fined $100,000 for not properly observing the concussion protocol in Week-10 when Russell got popped in Arizona.
- Speaking of the Jags, Blakes Bortles is unconcerned with Jadeveon Clowney calling him “trash”.
- Jacksonville’s fans, however, are having a delightful time with it.
The most wonderful time of the year 😌 pic.twitter.com/AuLJgafAqc
— HegeDustin (@DRHegedus) December 21, 2017
- The NFL has now declared Gene Steratore’s paper manoeuvre “against protocol”.
- Al Riveron said. “I will advise them not to use it again. I’ve already done that.”
- It’s now supposed to be “eyes only”.
- Good news:
- Bears TE Zach Miller began walking yesterday, as his physical therapy enters a new stage.
- Apparently, he still has one more knee surgery scheduled, but he has to build up leg strength first before they can operate.
- Bears TE Zach Miller began walking yesterday, as his physical therapy enters a new stage.
Better Know A Broadcaster – Bowl Game Edition
With Bowl games on the docket pretty much every night there isn’t NFL action between now & New Year’s, I thought I’d make #content quota by trying to figure out which C-list announcing teams are trying to climb the broadcasting ladder. I will rely on the American commentists to pass judgement on the quality of their work, as most bowl games aren’t shown on Canadian TV, and the Seattle stations only show the majors and games featuring Washington state teams.
The broadcast tandems are courtesy 506sports.com.
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl – Temple vs Florida International
Broadcast team: Anish Shroff, Mike Golic Jr.
Anish Shroff:
- Personal stuff:
- Born in Bloomfield, NJ
- B.Sc in Broadcast Journalism, Syracuse University (2004)
- Broadcasting history:
- 2004 – Was featured on the second season of ESPN reality show Dream Job
- Was one of the three finalists.
- Turned that into a job as an anchor, talk show host and play-by-play announcer at WHEN Radio in Syracuse, New York.
- 2005 – Sports Director at KNDO-TV in Yakima, Washington
- 2008 – Joined staff at ESPNews
- 2004 – Was featured on the second season of ESPN reality show Dream Job
- Signature play-by-play events:
- None
- Has given a TEDx talk about “Ethnic Identity and the Power of Being Undefined”
- about the cultural issues he faced pursuing his career.
- Previous bowl games called:
- 2014 Belk Bowl
- 2016 AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Recent Tweets which show level of commitment to Bowl Game accuracy:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc76idaFsih/
Mike Golic Jr.:
- Personal stuff:
- B.FA in Film, Television and Theater
- Football career?:
- Yes – O-line
- College: Notre Dame (2008-12)
- 2012 – Capital One Academic All-America Football Team
- Pro: 2013-15
- signed with Steelers, Saints, Alouettes & Rattlers; never played a regular-season down
- College: Notre Dame (2008-12)
- Yes – O-line
- Broadcasting history:
- 2016 – present: ESPN nepotism
- Previous bowl games called:
- N/A
Recent Tweets which show level of commitment to Bowl Game accuracy:
Your favorite bowl game’s favorite bowl game @badboymowers pic.twitter.com/WkZlRyTzpf
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) December 20, 2017
Prediction:
Ugh. Chucklefuckery of the highest order. Shroff will try and keep it professional, but Golic – based on the limited times I’ve heard him on the radio – will eventually want to BRO DOWN! on his first bowl broadcast and will drag the kid down with him.
Over/under on Golic’s famous references:
- His dad: +6.5
- His mom: +4.5
- Manti Te’o: +2.5
Tonight’s sports:
- NHL:
- Blue Jackets at Penguins – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
- NBA:
- Raptors at 76ers – 7:00PM | Sportsnet1
- Celtics at Knicks – 8:00PM | TNT
- Spurs at Jazz – 10:30PM | TNT / Sportsnet1
- NCAA:
- Football:
- Gasparilla Bowl: Temple vs. Florida International – 8:00PM | ESPN / TSN
- Men’s basketball:
- American at Marquette – 7:00PM | FS1
- Fairleigh Dickinson at Maryland – 7:00PM | ESPNU
- Connecticut at Arizona – 9:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN4
- Miami (Ohio) at DePaul – 9:00PM | FS1
- Kansas at Stanford (in Sacramento) – 11:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN4
- Football:
Last day of school for me today. TIME TO PUT THE “BEER” IN BEERGUYROB!
Oh fuck. Dick Enberg died. So much a part of my So Cal sports influence. He announced for the Angels for years before he hit the big time.
Dammit.
He called a damn fine game, be it baseball or football.
Makes sense that Jacksonville’s fans are sending trash cans since trash is their city’s number one export.
Holy balls I’m tired.
Balls? Retort?
I guess I’m taking requests for next season’s Sunday Gravy.
I’ve got some ideas but I’m here to appease the masses.
So far I’ve got Sauerbraten, fish and chips, jambalaya, gyros and a whole lot of work in front of me.
Thoughts?
I love sauerbraten and would love to see it in Sunday gravy. For other ideas, what about an old school pot roast? And have you done a meatloaf yet? I don’t have the index memorized/know if there’s an index.
I’ve actually done both early on. My tag system wasn’t up to par back then but I think my yeah right tag should work.
Also check out my brisket recipe. It’s solid.
Hmmmm let me think then. Do you have your own Mac n cheese recipe you’d want to share? How about a good fish dish? I always feel like I’m just making salmon and should branch out.
If you want mac and cheese look for my Jamaican jerk chicken recipe and enjoy.
If I wanted to jerk off a Jamaican I’d go on vacation in the Caribbean
How about a nice crusted filet of halibut. Now I can do that.
Has Green Stefani ever sung last Christmas before 2017? Apparently it was released in September, but I could have sworn she sang this song years ago. Did she have a previous Christmas album with this song? I heard this song on the radio today and I made a comment about how it’s been years since I heard this song, and people looked at me as if I had 3 heads.
Hellooooooooo?
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire is on.
OJ is at it again huh?
So some lady “accidentally” put the Elf on a Shelf in the oven. I’m going to leave that as is and not quip about it.
My oven has a shelf in it. Seems legit.
Was this elf Jewish? Because that would be slightly worse.
So did anyone win the Gasparilla Bowl? I mean I know the answer is “no,” but it was worthy an ask.
Wakezilla- Hearthstone Brewery in North Van has their Graham Cracker Ale out again.
If you’re bored, Top Chef is on.
More interested in a bottom chef.
So I’ve been doing other things and not really paying attention to this game.
But it appears it must’ve kinda sucked so far?
Was the other thing you were doing also involving something getting sucked?
Sort of I guess.
Tomorrow’s TGISF.
Strawberry rhubarb Pie sounds nice rite now…
damn it’s short “in season” season
/also how fat and sometimes migraine-y it makes me
Here’s a little nugget to take away from the #meetoo campaign. Apparently, NDA’s don’t amount to a pile of shit.
Not when it turns into a criminal matter.
And when the timing is convenient.
Yeah, that too I guess.
Although I have to say, if you’re trying to hush someone regarding one’s own indiscretions with dough, you’ve already left the barn door open anyway (often in more ways than one) so I don’t have much sympathy.
well, they make one seem even creepier and less remorseful in retrospect. So that means sommet?
/this is an area of law-talkin’ guy stuff me no really get
Listening to some songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbHc5i4O2tc
Gotta do the last minute stuff tomorrow I guess.
I should probably save the booze shopping until last this year tho. No one wants a repeat of last year.
Whoa-Whoa-Whoa…..
Welcome to Portland!
Naming your kid Adonis just seems unfair. Why not more conservative, possible-to-live-up-to choices like Napoleon, Pharoah, or Shawndarrius?
/All names featured in this Temple game.
I too found myself strangely disappointed about the lack of the footballing tonight, especially considering how critical I have been about the quality of the preceding contests.
same here.
don’t know whatcha got till it’s gawwwwne
Can’t sleep? This Gasparilla Bowl has a healthy serving of Ryquell, it’ll put you right out. RB Ryquell Armstead.
Oh hey! Vacation reading recommendations! Need em!
I like the dictionary…all the other books are already in it.
SO MUCH PERMUTATION
“The Great Shark Hunt” by Hunter S. Thompson.
Already read that, but good call, rereading some HST is not a bad idea
Charlatan by Pope Brock about a doctor at the turn of the century was implanting goat testicles in men with ED.
“Death In the City of Lights” by David King.
Weirdly enough I’ve also read that one, I think it was an Amazon recommendation after reading Devil in the White City
“The Art of the Deal”, bet you haven’t read that one.
I would rather read “The Dart of the Eel”
Wait, what? Okay, that’s 100% on the list
I guess that’s better than the other way around.
Carter Beats the Devil? It was recomended many moons ago by someone from this one football blog dick joke site…
Ever read any Ian M Banks?
Not always sure about author names, but don’t think so
Excellent SF. “Player of Games”, “Consider Phlebas”
I thought this was cool. A digital Republic: Estonia
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/18/estonia-the-digital-republic?src=longreads
Looks good, but that’ll go in my work reading category (Kindle = vacation, internet = work)
My Master’s thesis?
see below, but everything by Emily St. John Mandel if you haven’t already
Anything by Alan Furst.
I just finished Radium Girls. Depressing as fuck all but a good read.
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!
I’m not aware of both the neighbor above me *and* the neighbor below me fucking just feet from where I sleep.
Just finished watching A Charlie Brown Christmas, don’t even try telling me that’s not the penultimate animated Christmas special. That show still stands the test of time, very few productions that are almost as old as I am can make that claim. It respects the origin of the holiday without being heavy-handed about it, and no cartoon dog will ever come close to Snoopy, don’t even bother arguing…you’ll lose.
Sacrilege!
ppl forget he’s a six year old bald kid who gets picked on all the time,,,, maybe if hed had a safe space hed still have hair
It was the cancer.
YOU ARE COMPLETELY RIGHT BASED ON YOUR SUBJECTIVE OPINION; DON’T EVEN ARGUE!!
So then what’s the ultimate animated Christmas special?
Dan Archibong sacks Maurice Alexander and does NOT call him a smoker or a toker.
Who is the Space Cowboy?
This Florida International team I call them Beth Emmanuel because they are coming after Temple.
One of the few pics that I go out of the way to show The Dame, CUZ CHICKS LUV TEH BABY PICTURES!!!11
After drinking a bottle of Bourbon County I’m ready to do something crazy like order some stools.
I could use some stools.
have a mango/kale/spinach smoothie instead, that’s how I orders stools!
Last time I talked about stools I ended up getting a colonoscopy.
Last time I did, it was because I almost fell off mine in a Vegas bar.
What???? It was all wobbly.
That hooker didn’t even volunteer to break your fall.
And one for Dok
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nicholes_elephant.png
(Because of statistics?)
Booky Books!!! Too bad Scotchy went to bed even MOAR old-manlike than I plan to, for I have found a good one. “The Last Policeman” series, by Ben H. Winters. Basically a rookie detective in Concord, NH, a conscientious introverted type, doing his best as the world dissolves around him (a giant asteroid is on collision course with the earth, 100% likelihood of catastrophic impact).
Mystery, dark humour, end of the world triple threat. Heavenly.
And yes, I found from yet another list of “Books similar to Station Eleven.” Emily St. John Mandel is QUEEN of all literature.
But I am closer, fwiw.
Someone called for sexy elephant gifs?
better than sexy elephant gilfs!
Elephant: You’re a strange trunkless. small eared creature but I still love you!
Usually that’s $50 extra
SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!
I learned recently that elephants view humans as humans view puppies which means TAKE ME TO THE NEAREST ELEPHANT I WANT TO BE CUTE.
/I would be rejected and stamped flat immediately
Some elephants just have no maternal instinct…smh
That’s what the elephants WANT you to think!
They are both smart and tusky.
NOT TO BE TRUSTED.
Down with Big Elephant!
soooooooo cute, but that thar a lot of poo to pick up and put in wee baggies
So I really ramped up my Silicon Valley Asshole levels this week. I got my smog test done at a discount while I worked, used the complimentary laundry service, created my equity account and accepted my RSUs, and had my first meeting with a nutritionist (24 sessions/year are covered on our insurance).
Oh, and I mailed a package from our shipping center, using our discount, and booked a hotel using the our discount code, cause we’re allowed to use that for leisure travel.
Six months from now Dok Zymm is fired for actually using these services and not working herself to death in a gilded cage.
many things about that sentence confuse and frighten Hippo
*prolonged fart sound*
They have some excellent brussels sprouts at the BBQ shack that could cause that
you see, here’s the thing, nutritionists of the world – I know what’s healthy. I just tend not to like it. Also, personal trainers? I know how to exercise. I just don’t want to. And I can not want to exercise and hate myself for free, thanks very much.
*stains underwear deep brown color*
I was kinda in the same camp re: nutritionists, but I also like free stuff so I said what the heck? It actually wasn’t like that at all, it’s more about getting you to be aware of what you’re doing, and then giving you little tips and tricks and things to think about to help you make little changes. Plus the dude is super nice and it’s a fun sort of chat.
I actually really like personal trainers though, I’m a fan of exercise but I’m shitty at self-directing. I end up doing like, three things then getting distracted and wandering off. I can get myself to the gym, it’s nice to not have to make a plan and then try to stick to it. Plus, again, they’re usually super nice, and they really do know their shit, so they’re fun to chat to while doing stuff.
Ha, I have no breath whilst I exercise and am in no mood whatsoever. Must have sports or a very good documentary to take my mind off it.
well, at this this low-budget NFL methadone is a barnburner…
FOR I HAVE BECOME SPRAYOR – SLAYER OF ANTS
Can you get rid of Ian Miles Cheong for us? Plz?
THIS DOK ZYMM I CALL HER KAISER WILHELM BECAUSE OF ALL THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS BEING DEPLOYED
It’s 8:41 and I’m done.
/see ya!
This is the 10th edition of this game. They’ve now had 7 different names.
It has been magicjack St. Pete’s, the St. Pete’s presented by Beef O’Brady, the Beef O’Brady, the Bitcoin St. Pete’s, plain old St. Pete’s, and now the overcompensating lawnmower mythical pirate game.
I guess we’re living Idiocracy now.
Nah, that’s just what unadulterated capitalism looks like.
You’re both right!
NC State played in the “sell grandma’s expired medication money” bowl!
That made me laugh like an idiot.
Well done.
all I can think of is that scene in Mad Men where they cut off part of that guy’s foot
#Drunk60sOfficeFuckery
Not regretting EVEN MORE my decision to bail on that show
guh…dunno if we can be imaginary pals no more, I can get past the tOSU thing, but no likey Mad Men??
I’m not in the nostalgia window for it and got sick of the 60s stroking after a few seasons. And I hate all things advertisement SO MUCH that it bleeds over.
Isn’t that Roots?
#TobyShudBeenQuietsmh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XG1B_7r4y8
If you will excuse I must go bite some ankles at the White Horse Tavern.
(don’t make Rex Ryan Joke…don’t make Rex Ryan joke….don’t make Rex Ryan joke)
Hey the Trop is in its bowl best! So, still a turfy shithole.
The only stories I want to hear from Golicito are about his Uncle working with our fearless internet Dad.
/Senators are up 1-0
“Golly, how will they fritter away this lead?”
Is anyone showing up to work tomorrah?
I gots to go in to do some inventory and get some commodity pricing. Otherwise, she’s a really short day.
I should be ashamed because I’m only playing one Christmas Mass. And I’m doing double duty and have to sing. But it’s for a friend, and she’ll owe me for this, which will put me back in the single digits of what I owe her I think, non-food division.
— Andy Reid on Wednesday mornings after hitting the all you can eat buffet on Tuesdays?
No, that would be a half-day for Andy. But I will be in oversized red clothes (we get church robes, she promised to wash mine).
sigh…YES. I actually have a big deliverable
I bet you do, big boy.
Oh, this bowl game is gonna be good. Okay, good is not the word. But, something. But I’m watching Rangers-Devils. Which has been the good kind of something.
Here’s my “I’d like to stay longer and see how this story ends, but I’m way too tired” story from last night:
Kid (18 year old guy) takes girl’s (18) cell phone and won’t give it back. So, teacher grabs his phone and refuses to give it back. Guy gets mad so he somehow logs into the girl’s phone that he stole and starts watching porn in class. He was in the office with the principal, teacher and some admin when I decided to bail. I look forward to hopefully finding out what transpired when I left.
Sounds like the beginnings of a porn flick.
Whatever those are.
Blue Comment Bar gone? I hope he didn’t take my attempt to destroy him too seriously…
It’s the what bowl?
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small batch simple syrup?
When did developmentally-challenged small people get into the maple syrup game?
The rich kind I expect; I’ve seen a similar thing at the store for like $15.
Oh wait, I just got the joke. I guess we know who’s simple now.
STOP TALKING ABOUT ME!!!!!1
The war on Christmas is real! Look at this Christmas internment camp happening in America right now.
Time to go to Starbucks and make a worker earning minimum wage say Merry Christmas. #ThankyouGodbless
Thought that banner was gonna say “Prepare your Anish” for a second.
“Got A Small Dick? Can’t Afford A Corvette? Have We Got A Riding Lawn Mower For You!”
https://www.badboymowers.com/
Why not have both?
http://www.superchevy.com/news/1511-corvette-ls-engine-launches-viking-lawnmower-to-134-mph-record/
“Little Dick Corvette” is the closing number of Bret Farve’s Prince cover band.