Your “Ugh, Wasn’t 2017 The Worst?!” Black Monday Evening Open Thread

Hey 2017,

So, let’s see how 2018 is unfold–

  

Dammit! It hasn’t even been a whole day yet!


NFL Notes:

  • Friday announcements:
    • Seahawks CB Justin Coleman wasn’t fined for his leap into the Sally Ann kettle during the Hawks-Cowboys game last week.
    • Davante Adams signed a 4-year, $58 million extension with the Packers.
    • Andrew Luck says he’ll be ready to go in 2018.
  • This is delightful.

  • It’s “Black Monday” and we discovered which teams value employees over expediency in who and how they got fired after the season ended.
    • GONE!: (as of when I left Seattle Monday afternoon)
      • Chuck Pagano
      • Jack Del Rio
      • John Fox
      • Jim Caldwell
    • ”RETIRED!”:
      • Bruce Arians
      • Dom Capers
      • Dean Pees

I spent New Year’s in Seattle, visiting my brother & his wife after going to the Seahawks home finale. It sure was nice of the team to suck just enough that I didn’t have to worry about buying playoff tickets this year.

I will note the guy one section over from me who had a sweet hand-carved Seahawks helmet.

It should be fun watching the Seahawks  try to rebuild without imploding. I look forward to writing more scouting adventures with Pete Carroll & John Schneider.

  

Until then, I will entertain Twitter’s possible fates for Blair Walsh, who – if he was smart – just left the stadium in his uniform & never turned back.


Tonight’s sports:

  • NBA:
    • Raptors at Bucks – 7:30PM | Sportsnet
  •  NCAA:
    • Football:
      • Rose Bowl: Georgia vs. Oklahoma – 5:10PM | ESPN / TSN
      • Meteor Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Clemson – 8:50PM | ESPN / TSN
    • Men’s basketball:
      • West Virginia at Kansas State – 5:00PM | ESPNU
      • Texas at Iowa State – 7:00PM | ESPNU
      • Southern at Texas Southern – 9:00PM | ESPNU
  • WWE:
    • Monday Night Raw – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
      • the “Road to the Rumble” begins in earnest.

It’s nice that the Sugar Bowl and the “Anyone but ‘Bama!” mantra comes today, so I can get ready for the NFL playoffs & my prayers for “ANYONE BUT THE PATRIOTS!”

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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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ballsofsteelandfury

It’s not the wrong angle, asshole, it’s the wrong hole!

– my ex

Horatio Cornblower

OU really taking advantage of that field position their punter gave them.

King Hippo

yeah, who would have expected UGA to RUN there ,, amirite??

rockingdog

i’m too used to seeing a pac 12 team playing in the Rose Bowl. whatever, ill get over it!!

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King Hippo

Disappoint, Okies.

rockingdog

Just as a beautiful woman leans in to kiss me at midnight on NYE i disappear out of thin air. camera cuts to me meditating luke skywalker style, floating an inch above my computer chair, where i’ve actually been gaming all night.

Gratliff

My son just informed me he beat a game we were both playing through (Mario Odyssey) before I did. This is the first time that has ever happened and I’m tempted to make him go to bed without dinner lest he get the impression that it’s okay to outgame his father.

Horatio Cornblower

My kid has been whipping my ass at gaming for so long I don’t even bother trying anymore.

I just wait until he’s gone and then I fucking wreck his K/D.

Gratliff

It’ll all be worth it in a few years when he convinces a girl he’s been stalking in his World of Warcraft guild to come over and I’ll get to embarrass him with stories of how he never learned to properly 360 no scope.

King Hippo

31-14 at the half works

Fronkenshteen

You load up on this one?

King Hippo

Got like $720 at +1, then 500 MOAR on moneyline at +120….so net around $2,500 in a few hours if this holds. I really believed in this one.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I still can’t believe you laid that much out on one game tho.
Even my $500 moneylined was painful to click enter.

King Hippo

It was two passes, and I was on tilt each time. But the gut feel was strong.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I would concur.
But I still say you’re a bad influence on my otherwise pristine morality.

Senor Weaselo

Ahahahahahaha… oh man, that’s a good one.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Shush you.

litre_cola

So Boomers special teams are not very special.

SonOfSpam

So…we can buy weed here now.

litre_cola

Truly a fantastic day for you.

ballsofsteelandfury

It’s… interesting…

SonOfSpam

Boots on the Ground post re: weed-buying?

Seamus didn’t like my last Boots on the Ground suggestion, so maybe this is better.

ballsofsteelandfury

Yes, I think that would be good. I honestly have no idea where to go though. I’m thinking this assignment has Yeah Right written all over it.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I kinda did one already in the Vegas post.
But not in detail.

Fronkenshteen

Just in dispensaries?

SonOfSpam

Dispensaries, local middle schools, my mom, whatever.

King Hippo

dropped balls making Hippo psychotic

rockingdog

psyched is an understatement when I learned 2018 is the year of the dog.

ballsofsteelandfury

The year of doggie style. Oh, it’s gonna be a GOOD year!

litre_cola

25 Questions?

ballsofsteelandfury

That’s an EXCELLENT idea!

ballsofsteelandfury

FYI, one of my New Year resolutions is to look like this by the end of the year:

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Deadpool underwear again?

ballsofsteelandfury

Wearing them now!

SonOfSpam

Underwhatnow?

SonOfSpam

Balls, every day in 2018:

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litre_cola

Canadian? Welcome aboard!

Beastmode Ate My Baby

Holy crap, Balls is
Gonna have to get
Huge

Mr. Ayo

A good Baker knows you can’t overcook Lamb.

rockingdog

so why did this baker guy win the hiesman?

ballsofsteelandfury

Why do I want to keep calling him Curtis?

theeWeeBabySeamus

Shit.
/mutes tv
//starts music

Gratliff

I just ate like 5 pounds of chorizo and eggs to start the year off healthy. I see this game has changed significantly in the last 15 minutes.

King Hippo

Make that first shit of 2018 COUNT

Mr. Ayo

We almost had Baker on Baker crime.

litre_cola

Just another day at the dispensary.

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Oklahoma: The giblets of America’s turkey.

Fronkenshteen

Ribs ded

litre_cola

Not a lot of parking around the Rose Bowl that’s why the Rams don’t draw well.

ballsofsteelandfury

Hee hee hee. Exactly.

King Hippo

you gonna RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAM IT!!! live Saturday nite??

ballsofsteelandfury

I’ll find out from my buddies that have season tickets if they’re going and how much they had to pay for them.

King Hippo

You know you wanna! YEAH!!!

/invite some starlets, too

ballsofsteelandfury

I’ll do it if you leave the house and go to a strip club with tWBS with your Rose Bowl winnings.

King Hippo

Sooners averaging like 25 yards a play. I hope UGA has some REALLY good onside kicks in their arsenal.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Yay foar new desk calendar, which is clean and currently unwritten on.

I should really shake the old one out over a pan or something tho. Probably perfectly good weed in there.
No, not joking.

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herodotus450

Not watching this game, but I assume that SEC speeeed is dominating?

Horatio Cornblower

The Oklahoma meth seems to have the early advantage.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I have a hard time believing that you’re gonna find better speed in the SEC than you will find in any parking lot behind any fast food restaurant in Oklahoma.

King Hippo

/blinks nervously

litre_cola

Just now it did.

herodotus450

That’s a genuine Sorny for ya

King Hippo

OU defense alternates taking off series.

LemonJello

We’ve secretly replaced the Georgia defense with the Browns…let’s see if anyone notices.

King Hippo

They haven’t faced a plus QB all season. Their “test” games were TN, FL, ND, GT, Auburn x2. This was an ideal setup for Okies.

Mr. Ayo

Both defenses apparently

King Hippo

make room on the Schooner FOAR a Hippo!!!!

Wakezilla

The Bills and Bengals becoming friends is basically watching a Bart and Millhouse origins, right?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I was thinking more of a Pi and Richard Parker thing.

Horatio Cornblower

Personally I’m hoping for a ‘Bridges of Madison County’/’Brokeback Mountain’ kind of mashup.

King Hippo

They should DEFINITELY fuck. Just drawing it out for the buildup now.

Horatio Cornblower

Trump just started rooting for Georgia after deciding that the Oklahoma student in that ad just now looked sorta “Messican”.

litre_cola

From Bills reddit v jags

They are because of their coaching and QB situation, but their defense matches up incredibly well against our offense. Tyrod is going to have to have the game of his life, and Shady has to play and play well. There’s not going to be any margin for error

Bills fans are confident but realistic, but they do believe that Bortles is really shitty.

Horatio Cornblower

“they do believe that Bortles is really shitty.”

I’ll bet they also believe that the Sun is going to rise in the East tomorrow.

litre_cola

We are dealing with Bills fans here.

Wakezilla

/crawled out of bed 20 minutes ago.

Hey guys, do you mind dimming the light?

LemonJello

Can you type a little softer?

King Hippo

I don’t drink on NYE as a matter of principle.

/also I have three asshole teenagers, always worried I will have to drive to the po-po station

Horatio Cornblower

WHAT?

King Hippo

on drive #3, that was Okie’s FIRST THIRD DOWN of the game

King Hippo

/yes Hippo expects $2,500 MOAR in his Sportsbook balance in about 3 hours. Even if the under fails spectacularly.

King Hippo

BOOMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/really fucking dumb, only 4th and 2 and you try a 49-yarder FROM THE HASH??

theeWeeBabySeamus

A Baker that starts ahead of schedule….

Take it RTD!!!!!!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

If you know you’re going to have to perform with a large audience watching, it’s a good idea to Chubb it up first.

Viva La Tabula Raza

At this rate they’ll hit the over by halftime.

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I’m happy for Bills fans that they’ve made the playoffs, so I hope they don’t have delusions about getting past the Patriots.

litre_cola

They do. Head on over to Bills reddit.

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Well… at least the tailgate will be fun to watch.

LemonJello

Did both defenses get ejected for targeting already?

Mr. Ayo

Everyone knows offenses win championships PAWWWWLLL

King Hippo

wut say yeeeeewwwwwww???

theeWeeBabySeamus

Soooo, that under bet is looking safe early.
Yeeesh.

King Hippo

all bets looking….oopsie doodle

litre_cola

That is why I now only bet on Professional basketball in the Philippines and luge.

Senor Weaselo

Come on man, skeleton or nothing!

Mr. Ayo

The over is going to hit before halftime.

Senor Weaselo

What was the magic number?

theeWeeBabySeamus

61.5

King Hippo

I tossed another bill down when it went up to 62.5. SMRT!!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

BRETT VEACH: Lot of misspellings on your offseason wish list, Andy, but anyway…Matt McgLoin, Jay Cutlet, Jacoby Briskett, Baker Mayfield…how many quarterbacks are you looking to have on the roster?

ANDY REID: Those guys play quarterback too?

herodotus450

I bet Tracy Sprinkles is pretty high on his draft board. His torus-shaped, deep fried draft board.

LemonJello
King Hippo

ESPNU also has K-State v. Cousinfuckers in “first one to 40 wins” hoopsball

King Hippo

GAMBLOR BE PRAISED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

King Hippo

OOOOOOHHHHHHH YEAH!

litre_cola

Hello all, I do enjoy this Baker Mayfields fuck you attitude. Could you imagine if he played for Alabama? He would be Grayson Allen level asshole.

King Hippo

complete with douchebro headband! How he got away from the SEC I will never understand…

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I hate Georgia but I hate Oklahoma much, much more.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Wait. You’re telling me he’s a baker *and* he won the Heisman? I MUST HAVE HIM!”

– Andy Reid

King Hippo

ah repeat, BOOMER SOONER!!

LemonJello

So, when does the B-2 make a second pass and actually drop some ordnance on the field?

Or does it have to hit the tanker over Kansas in order to stay on time to drop a B83 on Clemson/Alabama?

King Hippo

the easy answer is YES but GAMBLOR requires me to choose Door #2

theeWeeBabySeamus

There’s something very wrong with gravity in Seattle apparently.

King Hippo

“Probably the Jews again” – Pete C.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Hey ohhhh!!!

Gratliff

Gary Sinise has been 50 for 30 years

ballsofsteelandfury

Those Seattle Photoshops are awesome. I can’t wait for this year’s posts.

JustStopDude

Holy shit so many angry reviews…

“Please stop talking!!!! Can’t hear any of the bands. You say listen in and keep talking. Perhaps your nice are still on and don’t know it? We want to hear the bands not you two. I really don’t care that you are afraid of horses.”

Senor Weaselo

I saw the ads and I thought it was a mockumentary a la Best in Show. It wasn’t?

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