Your “All Aboard The Band Wagon!” NFC Wild Card Game Open Thread

I’m only human. Well, that’s the excuse I use when I screw up. Not really though but I use that to explain why I almost always cheer for that team that comes out of nowhere and against expectations, plays well or has some sort of uphill battle. Yeah, I’ve cheered for Gonzaga. I’ve cheered for Boise State. Hell, in the early 80’s I cheered for Duke. Look, I hated UNC and Dean Smith that much. The Rams got off to a very quick start this year and I waited for their house to cave in as I knew it inevitably would. Not so fast, dicknugget! They turned out to be an 11-5 team after all. So now I’m all for ’em until they lose and next year I’ll move on to another team that can make me feel as though I can feel. Enough of that let’s head off…TO THE GAME!

Falcons/Rams:

Atlanta seems a wee bit scary to me. After they stumbled here and there they finished up the season at 6-2 with the only losses being against Minny and New Orleans. The O isn’t what it was last year (but still among the league’s best) but the D became a top 10 unit. They also ended the year as #1 in third-down conversions. That’s gonna come in handy today against a L.A. D-line that makes lesser qb’s stain their jorts. The Rams? They’re fun to watch because of a.) Gurley’s talent and b.) their love of the deep ball. This one is a coin flip to me.

If you’re not a football fan there’s oodles of other stuff going on including-

NHL-

The Kings, Bruins, Leafs, Senators (ugh!) and others are icing it tonight.

College Ball-

Oklahoma, (check out Trae Young) Duke, Villanova, Kentucky, Kansas and Gonzaga are on the hardest of courts.

NBA-

Houston and Cleveland and some others can bore you if that’s your thing.

If you’re not into any of that just post pics of girlies or gifs that make you smile. Don’t worry, the commenters are high but the bar isn’t. Go Get ‘Em!

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Horatio Cornblower

I have never seen ‘This Is Us’ and I have no regrets at all about that.

Pretty much every decision I’ve made other than that, yes, but not that one.

Romonobyl

The Dame is watching The Lion King. I totally did not tear up during “that” part the first time I saw it.

I’m totally fucking lying about that.

Beastmode Ate My Baby

Same here, except during Road Warrior, and “that part” was Max totaling his car.

Horatio Cornblower

I cried during the new version while watching Tom Hardy try to emote.

Romonobyl

That was me when the Shelby Cobra was crushed in Iron Man. I know it was a replica, but still…

Beastmode Ate My Baby

There’s some things you don’t even crush a replica of.

LemonJello

Anytime an Aston Martin dies in a 007 movie, I weep a little bit.

Doktor Zymm

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clint greasewood

Boltman?

LemonJello

In his larval state, maybe?

Unsurprised
Unsurprised

She brings up the rear well, too.

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Romonobyl

The gif that keeps on giffing.

Romonobyl

Lily seems to have vanished, now I’m starting to warm up to Toyota Jan:

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

WOULD BANG WITH MY FREE OIL CHANGE!

Dunstan

Hell yes. But let’s also pour one out for hot redhead Wendy’s girl

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Horatio Cornblower

This is fantastic

Doktor Zymm

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theeWeeBabySeamus

That’s gonna take a big razor.

Unsurprised

Or we can melt down a Trump wax figure. That’s a ton of wax. Maybe literally.

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Fat fuck.

litre_cola

Needs a shave

Unsurprised

Mexico is weird as fuck.

clint greasewood

The California Raisins have let themselves go.

Doktor Zymm

Why are fast food mascots all so damn creepy?

theeWeeBabySeamus

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Forgive me Hippo, I had to look in.
But the fellating of “how great a win this would be for our program” caused me to switch away quickly.

Maybe take care of bidness against UNCG at home assholes…then we’ll talk.

King Hippo

right after losing by 30 to ND. State has beaten Duke many, many time (including last year) and the program went NOWHERE. Single games mean fuckall in college hoopsball.

theeWeeBabySeamus

My point exactly.
But we’ll still blow this one. I have confidence.

King Hippo

24-16? Also covers the spread. WOULD ACCEPT. Minny/RRRRRRRRRRRRAM IT!! would be a worthy Divisional Round matchup.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

I think she’s asking the same question.

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Horatio Cornblower

Glenn Howerton and Patton Oswalt together in a TV show?

Yes. Yes I will watch the fuck out of that!

King Hippo

what show??

Mr. Ayo

A.P. Bio. Premiere on 2/1

Horatio Cornblower

“AP Bio”, coming soon to NBC!

According to the commercial that just ran while you were on the phone with your bookie

Mr. Ayo

Have to give that one a try

clint greasewood
herodotus450

Rams kicking duo sounds like they were named by an oversheltered suburban mom who can’t swear.
“We had a Hekker of a good time down at the fish fry!”

Doktor Zymm

Are you a FIGGIN FAN!?

WCS

I’m not exaggerating when I say the WVU-OU game started at the same time as this game. One’s been over for 15 minutes, the other isn’t at halftime yet.

fleshwound_NPG

we have a game, an actual game at the half

Spanky Datass

NFL SUX …
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King Hippo

The NFL is my favourite aspect of life (even with its sucky aspects) but There Is No Catch indeed. The key that unlocks the universe.

Dunstan

I miss Lily.

King Hippo

she is not my type. Come at me bro!

Dunstan

Nah, it’s cool. One fewer person to compete with for her affections. Just a couple billion to go!

fleshwound_NPG

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god bless that lady

Unsurprised

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Where was this during the early game?

Unsurprised

Occupied.

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fleshwound_NPG

can’t even remember the last time i’ve seen her, dammit at&t

Unsurprised

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Unsurprised

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Horatio Cornblower

For fuck’s sake that’s like putting up the bat signal for undesirables.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Shhhhhh….be cool man.

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Too late. I’m already up in your shit.

Col. Duke LaCross

Kinda miss Lil.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Holding, refs are going to make sure Rams don’t get a touchdown here.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Yup

Horatio Cornblower

Hochuli could have explained the Uniform Commercial Code to the crowd in less time than it took to get through that replay and explanation.

Unsurprised

And not just Article 2. All of it.

blaxabbath

Nice UCC gag

Horatio Cornblower

There’s got to be at least two of them.

fleshwound_NPG

Guns Hochuli doin work, take notes Triplette

fleshwound_NPG

or maybe I’ve seen too much Triplette tonight

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Hoculi you moron you can’t have offsides without a fucking snap!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

You can have encroachment but there is no such thing as offsides before the ball is snapped.

King Hippo

Kinda loving Al tonight, angry drunk to Cris’ company man.

Horatio Cornblower

Al’s got money on the Falcons, and he can see where this is going.

King Hippo

I like Al, because he always has more ACTION than me

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I picked out good wine today. It’s nicely relaxed me.

Doktor Zymm

`For DFOcon next year, how about we tailgate the Bills home opener?

theeWeeBabySeamus

They’d murder us.

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All of us in a pile of broken folding tables and crushed Labatt cans.

Unsurprised

And on fire. All that butter in wing sauce just makes us extra flammable.

Senor Weaselo

“Hey Senor, we have a wing sauce situation, can you come help?”

clint greasewood

Just bring a 6-pack of penny cream ale and a 6-pack of labatt blue and you’ll be find.

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Go to New Orleans.

Beastmode Ate My Baby

I’m asking again: If any of you create an incident & make the papers, please be wearing your HRTN shirts.

Doktor Zymm

Are there HRTN Zubaz?

Beastmode Ate My Baby

There really should be.

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Horatio Cornblower

I would wear the shit out of HRTN Zubaz!

King Hippo

How ’bout Hippo stays holed up in his room? SOUNDS GREAT, Other Hippo!!

Unsurprised

All things being equal, I’d rather it be in Denver or New Orleans.

JustStopDude

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I got one of these for Christmas…

I have been drinking nothing but fruit smoothies since the year started.

LemonJello

Daiquiris and margaritas count as fruit smoothies?

herodotus450

A different kind of magic bullet could have you making a different kind of magic smoothie.

fleshwound_NPG

NFL last two minutes = 30 min
NBA last two minutes = 45 min
NASCAR last 20 laps = 1 hr

litre_cola

nawt a catch

theeWeeBabySeamus

Hochuli: Seriously…we’re allowed to do this. You can trust us…we’ll be right back assholes.

herodotus450

Wait why can they review? If the next play was played.

King Hippo

Because NO PLAY due to penalty

King Hippo

big break for LA when this is ruled incomplete

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Travestius really milking his time in front of the camera here.

Mr. Ayo

INCOMPLETE!

Spur

Run it in

JustStopDude

Seriously….this is why the fucking instant replay review shit needs to fucking go away.

This half is now going to drag on for fucking ever. And its a 50/50 shot if its a catch or not.

blaxabbath

Seriously, the product is no better with the time added for all these reviews. Just have competent and sincere officials – and let them use a skybox official to help- and just live with the calls on the field.

King Hippo

go for 6!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Doktor Zymm

NFL OFFICIATING COULDN’T TELL IF THEY HAD CAUGHT THE DAMN FLU

Senor Weaselo

The flu did not complete the illness. It is an incomplete pass.

Horatio Cornblower

Ray Rice stunned people too, and you don’t hear Cris praising him.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Oh jeez, here we go again with this shit.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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herodotus450

We’ve replaced the fieldturf with the grass from Heinz Field, let’s see if anyone notices.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

The grass at Heinz field is coated with motor oil?

Horatio Cornblower

No, ketchup.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Ketchup isn’t slippery.”

– Bills fans who have tried to use it as a lubricant

Unsurprised

Too much acidity.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Ooh, could this be our first official appearance of Travestius?

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I keep reading that as Trestivus and I flash back to those terrible Bears years.

Horatio Cornblower

The fuck are they looking at the sideline for the call for? You’re at the 7 with 35 seconds to go.

Give it to Gurley twice and kick the PAT

fleshwound_NPG

no timeouts, tho

theeWeeBabySeamus

Screen to Gurley, pls

theeWeeBabySeamus

No, not like that you assholes.
FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doktor Zymm

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if you want to make a floor super slippery, cheesecake and beer is the way to go

Beastmode Ate My Baby

That reads to me as “death” and “death,” so no.

litre_cola

Those also can be used to spice up the bedroom!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

[licks floor]

Unsurprised

I didn’t know you were a— Oh, floor. I thought that said ‘window’.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I love the comedy effect of all the players looking like they’re wearing roller skates.

Spur

Matty Put on Ice Ryan

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Matty Ice Skates

King Hippo

Ryan ded?

Mr. Ayo

Matt Schaub time!

King Hippo

PRAISE GAMBLOR!!!

Doktor Zymm

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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LemonJello

Ed been skipping arm day?

Beastmode Ate My Baby

His glutes were feeling neglected.

Horatio Cornblower

I was thinking Ed looked a little smaller. At his age his doctor probably told him to knock of the heavy weights; your heart doesn’t need to be working that hard just so you can look good making a holding call.

Unsurprised

But old skin is less elastic, so now he’s going to have enough loose skin to cosplay as Rocky the Flying Squirrel.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Cooper has been getting absolutely destroyed returning kicks tonight.