Yeah, so what if we say that every night?
It doesn’t make it not true, does it? Does it?????
DON’T YOU JUDGE ME!!!!!!
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First Some Business
Many thanks to BallsofSteelandFury for subbing in for me for TGISF last night. I need(ed) a break from it for various reasons. None of which matter to anyone but me. But I do appreciate his willingness to jump in on short notice. Not that I’d expect any differently from him.
Yes, that has two meanings.
Next week, you’ll have another guest host for your Friday night. Am I gonna tell you who yet? No, I am not.
But tonight, I happen to be subbing in for the lovely and talented CervezaChicoRoberto , who is currently mobile and hoping for a good outcome in Seattle. Which also might have two meanings. Or even more than two, I suppose. Depending upon how open minded Mrs ChicoRoberto is this weekend. I’m certainly not judging.
Touchdown Seahawks?
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What 2 Watch 2Nite
NHL
Dammit NHL, this is getting old. I know there’s holidays and bowl games etc., but still. No national games, check your locals, yada yada yada.
NBA
- Philly @ Denver – 9:00pmEST – TV: NBATV
NCAAB
Top25 on TV Tonight:
- (5)Tejas A&M @ Alabama – 6:00pmEST – TV: ESPN2
- Lipscomb @ (14)Purdue – 8:00pmEST – TV: B1GN
- (3)Arizona State @ (17)Arizona – 9:00pmEST – TV: PAC12N**
** Our very own Blaxabbath will be in attendance at this one. If you see him beating up ASU’s head coach, I had nothing to do with it.
(I’ll send the money soon Blax…honest, I’m good for it.)
NCAAF
Bowl Games all day. The lovely and talented King Hippo already has you covered on today’s earlier games here.
Imma talk about Wiscy/Miami for a little while now. A very little while.
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The Orange Bowl
(6)Wisconsin v (10)Miami, FL – 8:00pmEST – TV: ESPN
(Miami +6.5, o/u 45.0)
Much like USC/tOSU last night, this one features two sides which had legitimate playoff dreams. Thus something similar could happen tonight. Which is to say one side could show up to prove themselves, while the other will be just going thru the motions during their trip to LOLphinville. Given what the ‘Canes did in the ACC Championship Game, which was nothing for those who have forgotten (and those South Beach assheads cost me money on that one, btw); and also considering that the ‘Canes trip to Miami isn’t exactly a vacation…ie they live there already…
Hell, I dunno. I suspect Miami’s D will try to play for pride. Mostly because of this ugly as hell thing…
No, I’m not calling Sheldrick Redwine ugly. But rather, the Turnover Chain. This is the most god awful piece of “jewelry” ever to hit the city of Miami. And there is a lot of god awful jewelry in Miami, trust me.
Yet they take it seriously and this will be their last shot at wearing it for this season. Soooooooo…. I expect that they’ll be taking some “inadvisable” chances more than likely, which will cost them. Penalties and/or blown coverages in an attempt to take that shot. Mark my words.
Miami’s bigger problem however, is that Wisconsin’s defense is better than theirs. It’s better than anyone they’ve faced. Mostly because it’s the best in the country. And they don’t rely on flash. Wisconsin’s offense is also better, though not by much. But I do expect them to be able to control the ground with ease and wear the ‘Canes out.
Will it be a curb stomping? Dunno, that’s a tough call. Mostly because it depends upon how many stupid mistakes happen early. It could happen, and in either team’s favor.
But Wisconsin is better than their ranking, Miami is worse than theirs. That’s the bottom line for me. Though as I said, anything could happen in these games.
Right USC? At least you guys still have this tho…
But I digress….
Personally, I wouldn’t touch this game from a betting standpoint.
But my best guess would be: Wisconsin 23, Miami 14.
Which should make a lot of white folks happy later.
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BONUS: here’s a game you can play while you’re waiting for this one to start…
Where’s Waldo (in this case, Waldo is the black guys). You see ’em? They’re in there…
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Enjoy your evening folks.
Drink heavily and don’t forget to talk about it down there in the comments.
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Bland sideline reporter, uninteresting coach and players, corporate stiffs… I LOVE postgame trophy presentations!
….I don’t think the DFO limo is coming
let’s pitch in for an UberXL
Is that a fat joke?
how many seats do we need?
For my ass? 1.5
I think it is a “we’re cheap” joke.
We had to divert funds to bail bonds. Sorry, not sorry.
Tough but fair
No late night tweaker bowl? I bite my thumb at you ncaa, I bite my thumb at you!
liveblog Ghost Adventures on Travel Channel?
Not sure I get that channel, so it’ll be like a conversation with the wife: lots of “haha”s and “yeah, right”s
What’s with the faces of meth tonight?
I for one appreciate Moose’s commitment to a theme.
I, too, stand with Moose
Brick started it…. also I believe I have spanned a plethora of criminal charges which they have not been convicted of yet.
I shoulda went to law school n junk.
No, you’re better off where you are.
Damn you Brick!!
Charge; murdering my heart!
OK, this one is probably just regular murder.
*sexy* murder
Stupid sexy murder.
That there is a wildcat.
RARAAAR!
Hey. where’s my wallet?!?!?
worth the risk, posting bail.
Do they make Cheese curds in South Beach?
Yes, but they don’t call them that.
Wiscy very bad at Gatorade dunking.
ok, the race to possible backdoor cover is on
(very unlikely)
/Ron Howard voice
I’d race to cover her backdoor
Yes your honour, her offense was minor and not of her own doing.
I’ll serve as her court appointed guardian.
/tWBS stabbed later that night
//totally worth it
We took up a collection; bail: POSTED.
Rewatched Brockmire on the flight and now I really want to be….drinking a beer!
Miami won’t even get the ball back. NEVAR bet on Mark Richt.
He looks like he’s got prospects.
Maybe real-estate,advertising……
A sneak peak at next season’s “Turnover Train” from Perdue.
Binocular vision not an asset.
SERPENTINE BABOU!!!!!!
Mugshot could also be used for Farmersonly.com ((TM) profile pic.
1st and goal, you run 3 plays like that. What a fucking moe-ron.
-Blair Walsh
oh just fuck off Miami
Whatever you say good sir.
– A. Rodgers
Visiting T_D, were we?
His eyes; he’s more baked than threatening unless you took his desert. Sneaking weed into jail; DANK.
You’re supposed to huff it, not get in a bag with it.
“Ribbit”
http://img.izismile.com/img/img5/20120521/640/the_collection_of_really_insane_mugshots_640_09.jpg
LMFAO
I need to go check on the ice.
Looks like Snoke
Capitol One commercial would be better if librarian yelled “Holy Fuck!”
“I’m sorry, what were you saying? I was distracted by your man chin.”
Touched Down
Every time I look at the box score of this game I see “Jonathan Taylor rushed for no gain” and yet wisc is winning. Also I see my failure at having yet to com up with a Home Improvement joke about that guy.
Hey! This game is close and entertaining!
Get the fuck out of town!
-Blair Walsh
— Other Blair Walsh
-Trent Green
I just want to say that I love your work on the Sexy Friday post and other Open Threads. You have excellent taste in ladies, good sir!
Trent Green, is that you?
Yeah, Blair has good taste
Go on…
If it did, I’d have shown the rest or linked to it.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
He’s not wrong in the sense that journalism is dead.
not dead, but certainly in a bad state. Josh Marshall and his crew at TPM do a great job in a changing, challenging media landscape.
The idea of an unbiased media was always a pipe dream sold to the American people by the media to make themselves important.
Everyone has a slant. The best we can do is gather different sources to try to gauge in what direction the truth is closer to.
There is a high degree of difference in outlets; making mistakes is a given; being unabashedly biased with no regard for truth is a whole different ballgame. There was a time when being that way was looked down upon by consumers when there were less sources, and the competition was faster accuracy instead of controversy. Now many sources cater to what their particular base audience wants to hear.
There was also a time when people could read books and had an attention span longer than 2 minutes.
There is another one; many good journalistic books where people researched for a much longer time span and added perspective through hindsight.
What he doesn’t seem to grasp is that he is his own worst enemy on social media.
That just implies that social media is important, and something that could damage him (or anyone). His real danger is willfully partaking in obviously illegal activities and not even trying to hide the evidence.
It’s not dead, it is changing radically. While in certain sectors the traditional ways of fact-checking , reliable sources, proper use of data, coherent balance, etc. are unimportant, in others they are even more important.
It doesn’t help that we are so short-sighted that we forget that this era of benevolent media titans financing serious journalism without that quarterly profit-motive so important now was never really that significant in scope and it only existed for about 50 years bookending WW2.
I should have clarified “traditional” to more or less that time period.
Also important in your statement; investigative/ multi-sourcing budgets have dwindled so that even the better outlets have a harder time competing..
I’m just bitching.
Still, the financial point is huge in the current market.
although I detest Bucky Badger, I would grudgingly accept this final score.
-Blair Walsh
to be fair, he’s about 2.4-2.5 Blair Walshes.
TURNOVER BRAT!
A brat in a turnover? Sign me up!
Would like a side of melted cheddar with that?
almost like re-run of the 1st half now
Just saw the new Star Wars movie. Very entertaining. There was one segment that I won’t spoil that was one of the coolest fucking things in the entire Star Wars universe. Still crowded as fuck too.
somebody mentioned teh anal already ,, smh
Throne room fight? That was cool.
Shannon Elizabeth is 44 and single, you guys. Someone get me the conversation note cards!
“How are your fake tits holding up, baby?”
*Might not work.
You know why, right? Her husband pranked her by convincing her he’d made a sex tape and it had gotten stolen.
Of course he hadn’t made such a tape (or if he had, he was suitably careful with it) but she was SO MAD when she learned it was a prank that she divorced him. Imagine blowing up your marriage over a bad prank?
Considering that I almost had a relationship end cause one time I tossed a cup of cold water on my girlfriend while she was in the shower…I could have warned him.
women: may not share your sense of humour. This may or may not result in a stabbing.
Heh, that’s some good reconnoitering. I’ve got the perfect opening line:
“Hey there, I use SHA-256 encryption on ALL my protected files. I don’t think I need to tell you what ‘SHA’ stands for.”
WOMP WOMP
I keep telling people that pranks are fucking stupid. He deserves it. Fucking asshole.
10 comments in and no pics? Wtf
Im out. gonna try to do some reading.
1) Did anyone “watch the tape” and see what put the sand in Richt’s vajayjay?
2) Why the fuck did those weiners not go for 4th and 2 at midfield, down 10??
1) Holding non-call
2) Game theory
This cameraman gets confused more than Trent Green.
Who is Trent Green?
— Trent Green
Do the Badgers always play like this?
The world may never know…
I’m not allowed to talk to you, but yes. Bye friend.
Master’s ads in December?
Fuck everything and let it all burn.
Hello, friends. The azaleas are in full bloom here in Augusta.
ESPN is Deep State, they want to keep Trump busy.
Want a pimento-cheese sandwich? It’s only a buck-fitty.
Since I saw a college playoff proposal earlier:
– 12-16 teams
– Every conference champion included
– Staggered bracket similar to old Big East basketball tournament
– Remaining 2-6 teams allocated based on pre-determined calculation of conference strength; extra participants are determined by respective conference
– Seeding determined based on conference strength
– NO RANKINGS because they are the source of the problem and ought to be destroyed
Yes, independent teams are left out. Fuck Notre Dame.
I’m not gonna pretend I understand anything about this other than “Fuck Notre Dame”, but based on that alone I am all in on this.
Staggered bracket means some teams get byes? So you need 2-3 more games?
I think the bye-way could work to temporarily expand to 6 teams; all conference champs plus one at large. Two byes.
Yes. If you had 16 teams, 1-4 would get a double bye, 5-8 a single bye.
We know some conferences are far better than others, so it makes sense to make their path shorter.
Basically, college football should work the way the European Champions league works because that’s the best analogue.
Hey, that night I spent in Kansas had an effect!
I’m not sure this is accurate; some of these states don’t know how to stream movies…….
hahaha
Maybe people who have to travel there for work.
Also, West Virginia and Virginia, you guys should just hook up again.
New Mexico would have Cloud Atlas.
Also, This confirms my theory that Arizona is stuck in a time vortex 15 years behind the rest of the world.
Also, Purge Florida? Yes please.
Crap, I can do better:
I didn’t know Floridians loved documentaries so much.
Love the Bermuda Triangle joke
I thought it was PR post hurricane…..
Only if trump drew the map
Sucker Punch? Really? Goddamn this state.
It figures Utah streams The Hangover.
“This new guitarist is fucking amazing.”
“Oh yeah? Fuck you, asshole”
By way of the transitive property, if Wisconsin wins this game I think it means Arkansas should’ve made the playoff instead of Clem-zon.
For all of you who wonder what Twitter is like:
Shanley is the platonic idea of every totally fucking insane woman who ever lived.
Plato never bargained for this.
will she fuck me if I praise her book?
No. But she’ll try to make you think she will while she shills her paypal account.
Odds are she’d block you.
Has Shanley gone full Dominatrix yet? She’s teased it in the past.
She’d do a fine job but I think she genuinely loathes the idea of other humans so much she’d never be willing to serve them sexually.
If you dominatrix right you don’t serve anybody sexually.
Well, I read that somewhere; no firsthand experience whatsoever., nope.
yes, that is definitely supposed to be right out. I knew somebody who was considering going into bidness that way (inflicting pain on men for money seemed pretty awesome to her), and I suggested that if anyone came during a session that she force them to eat it. She LOVED that idea.
I mean, I don’t know anything about the business…. or the porn genre associated with it…. no ball torture siree, nope.
I saw this and laughed my ass off. I seriously have no ass now. I’m going to buy her book and use it to replace my ass.
I had to stop following her; the occasional batshit insanity entertainment value just got outweighed by the crazy.
…What is this book about that we can’t laugh at it?
Shaq-Fu tried to hold him back, but Mark would NAWT be denied.
how dare he be curt with Molly like that!!
Mark Richt, (absent ladies) and gentlemen!
Making Hornibrook look like a good quarteredback? That’s harder than winning.
ACC! ACC!!!
Blax has not been kicked out for court storming at UA v ASU, yet….
MIA’s pass defensing is really, really bad.
Taking off. Hope one of you is picking me up at DIA tonight.
The DFO limo will be waiting for you.
Given how far away it seems to be from the city, DIA may be close enough to Portland that I could.
Say hi to the Illuminati for me while you’r there.
Just ask for Sill.
well, 5-for-6 ain’t bad. Stupid Hurricanes.
Didn’t this happen during DFO Vegas? Sorry, dude.
1) No worries, I wasn’t there
2) I also have a firm NO PARLAYS rule
You’re far from out of this one. I figured daU’s 14 would come mostly in garbage time. They ahead of teh curve so far big time.
Raiders are going after Gruden? Oh my.
Why?
It’s a vast conspiracy to merge PF Changs with Hooters.
That doesn’t make any sense.