All photoshops courtesy of Low Commander
Welcome to the fourth night of the Second Annual DFO Hate Week, brought to you by hypocritical Midwestern values, lutefisk, and the Plow King.
Tonight we discuss the worst aspect of the NFL experience – rabid fan bases.
Of course, any discussion of NFL fans must, legally, start with an overview of Bills Mafia, which I will happily let Deadspin portray.
Next, you have your delusional fans. The ones who – ahh, fuck it; it’s Seahawks fans.
You know the baby came from her thanking him for taking her to a previous game, right? She’s a Seahawks fan because he’s a Seahawks fan, and they’re Seahawks fans because he didn’t invest in a condom.
Remember – this is a fanbase that still has the time to argue about Super Bowl XL, as expertly recounted by Bleacher Report, even though the majority weren’t fans of the team at the time. Why, the bleating has remained so loud NFL Network devoted a segment of “Top 10 Controversial Super Bowl Calls” to it. [Which I’d embed, but NFL Network hates sharing as much as it hates the fans.]
Of course, you can’t forget Raiders fan.
The people of Oakland Los Angeles Oakland (Las Vegas) take their reputation seriously, even if no one else does anymore. You’re more likely to get stabbed in Santa Clara or Chavez Ravine than The Black Hole.
Now, we all know the stereotypes of the two fan bases taking part in Sunday’s Big Game™®©. FOX Sports has kindly provided a general breakdown of the two groups.
Patriots fans we are already familiar with, both in the wild
and in captivity.
And, under most circumstances, we’d be perfectly justified in going in on the behaviour of Americus stulte hospes, the American Travelling Masshole.
But today we’re here to talk about another type of fan, one that hasn’t been seen in great number since clock management wasn’t a sideline concern.
Eagles fan.
Eagles fan has a long history of being rowdy for the reason of just being rowdy. They just enjoy spite and hatefulness for the sake of spite and hatefulness. The famous Veterans Stadium court was invented in 1997, after a Monday Night game between the Eagles and 49ers resulted in 60 fights and a smuggled-in flare gun being shot off. Taking the idea from the New York invention of a “night court”,
then-mayor Ed Rendell & Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie came up with the idea because it would promote swifter justice than the old system of crowd control, either writing tickets that never got paid or simply ejecting fans onto the street. Having immediate responsibility for your actions had the desired effect of toning down the rampant behaviour, and having a judge that ran Philadelphia’s version of night court meant they had someone who understood the concept of swift justice. “Fans taken to Eagles Court would see a judge immediately. They were usually caught in the act and essentially forced to make a guilty plea that led to a fine somewhere between $150-$300 and/or community service. (The judge has some stories.) More serious crimes would lead to charges and court dates.” The court was actually in the Vet only one year – by 1999 it was working out of the police precinct house down the street.
Eagles court ended in 2003. [The judge, Seamus P. McCaffery, eventually moved on to the PA Supreme Court, until he was retired in 2014 due to an email & pornography scandal. In addition, his wife was his court clerk, and there were allegations she had collected referral fees while working for him. Because he resigned instead of being impeached, he got to keep his $134,000 pension.] When the Eagles relocated to Lincoln Financial Field, they did build a holding cell into the basement of the facility.
Why did they feel the need to retain a holding cell?
Well, beyond the obvious,
there’s Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Exhibit C:
(Some may say the true criminals are those who film in portrait versus landscape.)
Exhibit D:
and Exhibit E:
A one-bridge havin’, piece-of-shit city indeed.
Oh, and is there something else, something which could turn the above-average internet football fan against the Eagles?
The defence rests, Your Honour.
But they have taken to being the Super Bowl underdogs. Local businesses are taking shots,
the Pennsylvania Attorney General “conducted” an “investigation” into the Patriots,
Sometimes it seems the Patriots might just be too good to be true… So, I conducted my own investigation to find the truth before the Super Bowl. #EaglesNation #SBLII pic.twitter.com/eubQGwFbDb
— Josh Shapiro (@JoshShapiroPA) January 31, 2018
and the medical examiner’s office has seen an uptick in its auction of unclaimed Eagles memorabilia removed from corpses.
Make a bid, if you so choose. If this initial sale goes well, they hope to use the municipal auction process to reduce their inventory of abandoned property.
Otherwise, stay far, far away. One team will win the game, but neither fan base deserves the victory. Fuck the Patriots & their fans; fuck the Eagles & their fans.
Fuck ’em all.
tWBS: If you ever need a Sexy Friday theme suggestion, I’d recommend Layla El as a theme
As much as I’ve played with the Alexa thing (phrasing), I think it would be wrong not to do a wrasslin’ theme at some point for sure.
Oh relax, Alexa. We can feature others. You’ll always be my princess.
That’s my girl. Please don’t hit me.
Judicial corruption in Pennsylvania? This is unheard of!
My only surprise was that there were no mob connections.
Well played tWBS!
Seems like everyone’s gone to bed. Better end the programming day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye7s4ybA7h4
Nah, I’m still up. Just distracted most of the night tonight, and now trying to get TGISF done on short notice mostly due to procrastination all week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg
Cool. I’ve got Saturday night’s open thread taken care of.
I’m up but out of fucks
So has America burned down with the latest deportation, or is all that support the troops stuff rhetoric to hide the racism.
“ICE has arrested a U.S. army veteran who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan and has two U.S. citizen children. His name is Miguel Perez Jr. and he has lived in the U.S. since he was 8 years old “
“Thanks for helping, now fuck off. MAGA!”
I found a funny:
When you compare the size of a gummy worm versus a gummy bear, it starts to paint a horrific picture of the gummy universe.
…..Now to bed.
But, one goddess rules them all:
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Oh hey. I didn’t realize uproxx was good again. Really, you guys really just blew the whole bud light tie in thing out of proportion. Haha, dilly dilly, am I right, chums? Ah, we like to have fun here. Good, clean, commercial-friendly fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MDXFiMMGQ
Plus one for the word “chums”. Criminally underused.
You still seem #UpForWhatever.
“It Might Get Loud”, the documentary with Jimmy Page, the Edge, & Jack White is pretty damn good.
Good to know.
It’s the only thing that never gets deleted from my DVR.
It’s a shame #ThePauls are cheap because they could really revamp their team this offseason if they spent money. According to Clayton, the Hox would trade Earl Thomas for a high second round pick. So if they were to do that, go defense with their first round, a QB free agent and another piece or two on defense (maybe Michael Bennett), they’d be a playoffs team next year.
Alas, they are ThePauls for a reason
The Paulristocrats!
The entire Seattle defense is built around Earl Thomas. Trading him would necessitate a complete defensive scheme overhaul, so it’s not a move they could make unless they saw someone of similar talent in the draft (or FA, for the short-term).
I agree. Apparently the Hox may not want to pony up the cash to pay ET3, which is where this all came from, which to me is fucking insane.
I dunno. There might be some Olympic bobsledder that strikes John Schneider’s fancy. Pete Carroll can convert any athlete into a football player, right?
“Right…’convert’.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yzY2Q43ZsA
What is up, degenerates?
I want to hit “What’s a computer?” girl with a sock filled with nickels.
I’ll bring the sock! And the nickles! And a nailgun!
Then I would snap her computer over my knee and cackle loudly.
**grumble grumble Don’t forget to bang her mom on the way out. ** grumble grumble
Grumblelord used to look like a smaller version of the actor who played Jaws.
Darth Hoodie can’t bend a seven-iron, though.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UxsqX824kxw
She seems fun.
Also: Good evening.
They really like their sharp provolone, don’t they?
Dying laughing. Spotted in the wild?
What should I do Sunday instead of watching those shits from Boston win another Super Bowl?
Sacrifice a goat to Cthulu?
Cthulhu doesn’t want to be fed. Cthulhu wants to hunt!
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Don’t worry internet friend, it has been written that Nick will win.
If that happens, I’ll log on just long enough to post “My Foles are filled” and nothing else.
I have decided against going out because if I fly off the handle then it shouldnt be in public.
Evening commentists I hope you are all well. I won’t throw batteries or beer at you if Coach Tomsula taught me anything is to never throw anything away. It is all currency.
Oh, Effie.
That Burr rant should be posted on any and every conversation about Philly. That’s one of my favorite clips ever.
Nine minutes to go, AND I WILL BE SELLING MERCHANDISE AFTERWARDS
I love the Frazier/Rocky bit. That’s maybe the sharpest cut from the whole thing.
“With yer fackin’ Harold Carmichael jerseys…”
It should be the city anthem.
“I’ll take ‘Why Society Sucks’ for $400, Alex.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRdGHqh2RsM
(buzzer) Time’s up. Here’s the correct answer: Angry, Hungry, Silly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsaEmZWal6I
You know what you need? Good, ol’ fashioned cocaine.
“Dennis Teaches High School”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKFIDLMliHo&ab_channel=ALLNEWSUNNY
So have you seen that series yet?
Just finished the pilot. It’s literally Dennis in a Toledo high school.
It wasn’t bad. Needs a few more episodes to see if it’ll play out.
I did use the salary cap to teach a kid how to balance a budget.
Time to play “Guess Redshirt’s Mood”.
After a long day, I came hope to my mom calling me to check on my spends every day in his room angry at the world but not doing anything to better his life brother who just found out that his opposite sex friend hasn’t be talking to him because she found a boyfriend and I know how that feels because that’s how you lost your very first friend from elementary school. I’d like to note for the record that I don’t have a girlfriend or pretty much start my life, mostly because I have to help out around the house because my spends every day in his room angry at the world but not doing anything to better his life brother doesn’t help out around the house.
So guess my current mood.
I’m going to go with… gassy?
Acutely run on-ish?
Ook. OOK! Has anyone picked stabby? Cause I’m picking stabby.
I believe he’s planning for a trip to Canton.
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Well that’ll perk me up.
Overdue to get you and yourself drunk? Oh, and get your brother drunk as well.
Horny?
I’ve been in a similar situation. I hope you go into fuck it mode soon so you can start your life and not worry about your family. Good luck.
OK, time to quit screwing around and get something done.
You guys are a bad influence.
(Kay? Call me, hon)
Nice ass.
Hey, she’s got a friend.
Just saying….who wants to double date?
Like I always say, “Unless it’s Katie Nolan, I ain’t a-goin.”
“BAH GAWD…THAT’S…THAT’S LEMONJELLO’S MUSIC!”
/door flies open
/record scratches
/Lady LemonJello glares balefully at me
“Nah, not interested, nope, not at all.”
/cries self to sleep on basement couch
I KNOW I can kick Amendola’s ass.
You could kick him in the shin and he’d get a concussion.
But could you hit him hard enough Wes Welker gets a concussion?
Only one way to find out.
/Grabs a lead pipe and googles his home address.
Yeah, you or a 16 game schedule. He’s been unable to withstand that assault either.
NFL Network isn’t nearly as interesting when Kay Adams isn’t on.
She’s so goddamned cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And smart, and little…..and cute!!!!!!
I could probably kick Nate Burleson’s ass, right?
(I smell a new restraining order)
It’s like someone looked at Giada DeLaurentis and thought, “needs a bigger head.”
/I keed I keed
But does she encourage you to make your own special sauce?
She will when I’m done.
I mean, yes, if you snuck up behind him quietly, you probably could give him a swift hard kick to the backside. I shudder to think what would happen to you, specifically the soft tissue parts of your face, subsequent to that, though.
LOL
Sure. If you spray him with horse tranquilizers and DMSO first.
I happen to have both of those things!!!!!!!
I didn’t pick them at random.
Don Jr doesn’t know his father is a teetotaler?
God damnit Ice Giants.
Ed Rendell is a turd. He brought fracking to PA, and thinks it’s useful because the U.S. going 100% renewable won’t be until 2040-45. Just for comparison, China and India want to be 100% renewable by 2025-30. How are we getting smoked by those fucking countries?
Oh, right. All the corruption and incompetence.
Well, proceed. I guess it’ll be easier when Miami, New Orleans, and New York are underwater and we don’t need to power them.
He actually had an op-ed in the Yinzburgh Post-Gazette last Sunday, dubbed, “In Defense of Eagles Fans.”
Was it just a blank page?
I believe it was this:
To be fair, China is plenty corrupt. The difference is that they also realize that it’s hard to be corrupt in a society that has completely collapsed, so they tend to think things through a little better.
I should have clarified “corruption” because, yeah, China’s gains are squarely ill-gotten and even more ill-distributed.
China is kind of the dream for corrupt teachers. You can receive some sweet bribes from rich families in order to ensure their dipshit kid gets an A
I feel like I shouldn’t expect FUCKROXX to be better than this, but at the same time…
I refuse to give the #UpForWhatever group page views, so what are you referring to?
I follow Danger/Brian on Twitter, so that’s how I found out.
This is the hatiest edition yet. Great job.
Stephen, the fourth McPoyle:
And yet, he’s somehow the fourth-worst lawyer on the show, behind The Lawyer, Uncle Jack, and Charlie.
How big are his hands though?
Tiny. He’s a tiny piece of shit. One of those little flecks that you wipe off.
And the least sexually attractive of the bunch.
Should we hope for a repeat of the Philadelphia Experiment?
A meteor is just cleaner.
Ohh OHHHHHHHHHHHH
These lawyers – his, Trump’s especially, and others – have been so stupid that it’s probably because counsel is under investigation themselves. At least, one can dream.
That would happen if the client were to, say, make a deal with the prosecutor.
That’s what I’ve seen. Gates’ newest lawyer – I believe his name is Flippy McFlipperson – is still representing him.
“You’re a mass of intolerances” Give it to ’em, Kate!
/excerpt from The Philadelphia Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQC2guz8oGc