Your “I Know Exactly How Boring This Is” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

 

  • The Broncos have to rename their stadium, until they get a new sponsor who will rename it for them.
    • Broncos Stadium at Mile High is the chosen moniker.
    • The name is designed to be a temporary one until the team secures another naming rights sponsor, due to The Sports Authority going bankrupt in 2016.
  • In a move sure to upset Fantasy owners everywhere, Julio Jones is working out with Terrell Owens.
    • Falcons management is said to be “concerned” because they don’t want Jones’ mini-holdout to blow up into T-O sized crisis.
  • The ‘other’ offseason football league has added some quality coaching talent to its roster.
    • With the reported addition of Daryl Johnson yesterday, the Alliance of American Football now has him & Mike Martz, Brad Childress, Mike Singletary, Rick Neuheisel, Dennis Erickson, Phil Savage, Michael Vick, Steve Spurrier, Jon Kitna and Larry Marmie are among the former players, coaches and front office staff joining the fledgling league.
    • Meanwhile, the XFL has HODOR’s dad as CEO.

Finally, in news Gratliff & I will pour one out over, former Rams center Leon White – aka Big Van Vader – died Monday night at age 63.

  • He only lasted two years in the NFL, but played for the Rams in Super Bowl XIV against the Steelers.
    • A game my mom remembers as being the backdrop for the Warren Beatty version of “Heaven Can Wait”.
  • I’m speaking blasphemy, but the best tribute to his wrestling persona can be found under Brandon Stroud’s name over at With Spandex on Uproxx.

I’m including two video clips. The first is his WCW debut back in 1990.

The second is the match where he ripped off part of Mick Foley’s ear.

Dude was awesome. If you watch, have fun going down the rabbit hole.


Tonight’s sports & entertainment:

  • NHL:
    • NHL Awards – 8:00PM | NBCSN / Sportsnet
      • From Las Vegas.
      • Hopefully, Ovi’s still drunk.
  •  Beisbol:
    • MLB:
      • Mariners at Yankees – 7:00PM | MLBN / Sportsnet1
    • College World Series:
      • U*NC vs. Oregon State – 7:00PM | ESPN
        • On the official NCAA website, even the NCAA has asterisk’d the Tar Heels for tWBS.
  • AMC – Tombstone – 7:00PM
  • SCI / Discovery Science: BattleBots on Science – 9:00PM

It’s Opening Night at Nat Bailey tonight, so I’m off selling beer to the masses. Esteemed commentist knows what I’m talking about.

Beyond that, I’ve got nothing. ENTERTAIN YOURSELVES!

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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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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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theeWeeBabySeamus

She got what she deserved for those stupid pajamas.

theeWeeBabySeamus

EEEEEEEEELIMINATED.

Go suck your own dicks, Carolina. Oh wait, you always do that already soooo….CARRY ON YOU FUCKING CHEATING ASSHOLES!!!!!

I have an urgent phone call to make.

Nite gents.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
theeWeeBabySeamus

Jerkweed won’t answer his phone.
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And I KNOW he’s awake and was watching that game.

Unrelated: How do I set my phone up for auto redial every 2 minutes?

Meh, screw it. I’ll do it manually.

Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
theeWeeBabySeamus

I’m not generally one who is a bad sport or who rubs in losses. However, a friend of mine (at least for the moment, maybe not in an hour or so) who is a big Carolina baseball supporter, made sure to call me and rub it in when they swept us at home a month or so ago (which ended up sending our season down the toilet…we were ranked #2 at the time but tanked after that)…and then AGAIN after our ACC Tourney fail and our NCAA Tourney fail two weeks ago.

But I stayed quiet. Held my tongue.

Well, that fucker is getting a middle of the night phone call tonight if this holds up.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Mr. Ayo

Needs more air horn

theeWeeBabySeamus

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Sharkbait

You won’t record the call…

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Sports? I had that look, only redder and veinier when I passed a large kidney stone.

theeWeeBabySeamus

That’s a good goddamned idea right there. Now I know why I like you so much.

You doing ok, btw?

Sharkbait

Fantastic. I’ll be checking in from this weekend. Not to worry

Mr. Ayo

Yeah fine. I just need some mental bleach to erase the last two days. I was just a little late in getting it done.

Turns out his liver was failing, and at 20 years old it was time. This was him 30 minutes before his appointment

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Still looks pretty regal. Dignified. I suspect I won’t look that good when the time comes, so good on him.

And you too. Stop beating yourself up.

Sharkbait

Oh. That really sucks. Sorry man.

WCS

He lived a long and happy life. We should all be so lucky.

Hang in there.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Ah, the memories of last year’s hail storm; internet at work slows down noticeably whenever “those” clouds appear.

Mr. Ayo

What a lucky asshole

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Mr. Ayo

Blair Walsh doesn’t understand this

theeWeeBabySeamus

Hehehehehe. Suck it, Carolina.
Plus they’re all getting wet as hell too. Rain motherfucker, rain.
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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theeWeeBabySeamus

D’awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Thought you would have said that about the trampoline ball crusher gif.

Sharkbait

Carolina:

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Sharkbait

The hot tub didn’t suck. Now for a g&t

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Holy shit. Looks like this ump has some money on this one.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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We no why they get along so well.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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WCS

Punishment fits the crime.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Revenge of the Beaver.
Suck it, Carolina.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Ha ha.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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At least they tried.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Sad/disappointed Carolina fans are the bestest Carolina fans.

A 3RBI double here would really make them sad.

Shit, never mind. But still, walking in the go ahead run is priceless if it holds up.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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WCS

“It just came out of nowhere!”

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

“HEY! LOOK AT THE CAMERA!”

theeWeeBabySeamus

That’ll buff right out.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

“Do ya got a tube of Bondo??”

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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WCS

The off season…
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Fronkenshteen

Clocked out, baby! Holy shit we were busy. If it’s any sort of economic indicator, we have been selling TONS of steaks Mon thru Wednesday, which are usually burger/sandwich/pasta nights. Schedule is clear tomorrow morning for coffee, THC, World Cup, & little man. My wife had a sonogram and got to see the little nipper moving its arms in utero, there. She’s 12 weeks. We’re telling Young Fronkenshteen in another week or so. Nice humid evening in the Shenandoah Valley. No complaints here.

litre_cola

Congrats to all the Fronkensteens!

Fronkenshteen

A very heartfelt thank you!

blaxabbath

Hey! I got five more weeks on my FIRST! Don’t be all moving in on my thunder!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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WCS

Close enough.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Lawn’s done. Think I’ll cool off.

scotchnaut

I’m so far past my bedtime…someone burp me so that I don’t have to cry myself to sleep.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Yeah, I’m not falling for that again.
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Redshirt

I just love watching the new season of BattleBots and seeing the same losing bots coming back with no changes in design or strategy.

scotchnaut

the same losing bots coming back with no changes in design or strategy

“I’ll take ‘The Cleveland Browns’ for everything I own, Alex.

Redshirt

“Correct. You’re now up to $14.04 and six bottles of Bud Light.”

WCS

It’s the Cincinnati Bengals Method.

Senor Weaselo

Now for Senor to play “Guess that robot!”

Spanky Datass

Three hyphenated names in the Dirt Cowboys line up tonight.
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From Rangers Twitter

herodotus450

Those Profar-ers will do anything to promote their agenda!

SonOfSpam

Lots of lesbians in the lineup too.

herodotus450

Gallo is good, but he’s a bit winey

SonOfSpam

The leadoff hitter is a sneeze.

herodotus450

Probably the result of some noxious Odor

theeWeeBabySeamus

Tell me about it.

– Jose Bautista

(never gets old)
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Redshirt

Excellent fighting strategy. Hands down. Face presented.

herodotus450

Nomar name jokes, Nomar!

herodotus450

Is “Isiah” a typo? Is it pronounced is-ee-ah ?

SonOfSpam

That’s how the Pistons’ old point guard spells it too. Pretty annoying.

herodotus450

Yeah looks like he’s Hawaiin, so, you know those people.

litre_cola

Canadia recreational weed is open for business in October!

/won’t change much for me, have a script and get it delivered to my door.

LemonJello

Did they think April was too long to wait? I mean, 4/20 was right there.

SonOfSpam

Would be rude to the people celebrating Hitler’s birthday.

LemonJello

What do the Argentinians have to do with any of this?

SonOfSpam

They’re good, but “Hold Your Head Up” is pretty fucking repetitive.

blaxabbath

I’m stoked to see how this goes. Hopefully you all are mature about it and then we can get a normal government down here and join in a coup to the dying boomers.

Sharkbait

Arrived at house we rented for wedding weekend. It has a hot tub. Sharkbait might pass out in the hot tub

SonOfSpam

It’s a solid plan with minimal downside.

Sharkbait

Brother in law has weed, we’ve got plenty of beer.

SonOfSpam

Where is this exactly, and what time should I be there?

theeWeeBabySeamus

/waits to hear answer
//pulls up booking.com

Sharkbait

Rhode island. Open bar wedding

Redshirt

Trump being proud for fixing the problem he created is like me being proud of unclogging the toilet that I clogged.

scotchnaut

Maybe you shouldn’t have clogged it in the first place. Maybe your diet should have been more balanced. Perhaps your diet should have included a large number of other foodstuffs. I’m just pretending to ask questions.

Redshirt

On the other hand, if you don’t know what is going into your mouth, just blindly reaching for stuff because all the cool, popular kids say you should, you risk eating something spoiled and harming all the organs that live in your body. Not to mention all the food that followed the rules and waited in line on the plate gets a bad wrap because its associated with the shit you gobbled down.

LemonJello

I thought Redshirt clogged the toilet disposing of drugs before the police raid.

/shows what I know

scotchnaut

“I. But. Okay. When do I…? Is it safe to eat? Gobbled? Is there turkey involved? Organs? Which animal? I’m tired. But there’s still food coming, right?”

-A. Reid

theeWeeBabySeamus

Damn you, Oregon State.
Never trust a Beaver.

Redshirt

Has Oregon State University and the University of South Carolina ever played each other?

scotchnaut
theeWeeBabySeamus

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-avoid-a-life-of-regret-1826928609

….people aren’t as bothered by the failed actions of their ought self because it’s easier to take actions to rectify such problems. Most mistakes can be fixed, or at least apologized for.

But you can’t fix what was never done in the first place. You see, inaction, the utter lack of trying, is what will truly haunt you.

litre_cola

Told my boss I could concentrate more at home without people flying constantly in to my office. I was asked to do something above and beyond, my only caveat was I get to stay home the next 2 days, and next week office in morning then I work from home during the late kickoffs.

Result.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Well, I can’t afford a FANCY sex robot like all y’all.

LemonJello

I think this one needs an OS update.
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Redshirt

I took today off work. I have a garage that needs cleaned, weeds that need pulled, clothes that needs washed, and groceries that needs gottened. It is the end of the day and…

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LemonJello

Sounds like a day well spent.

scotchnaut

Most under-rated NBA’er of the 80’s? Gotta be Sidney Moncrief.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ADAo3W4Hos

blackroseMD1

Severely underrated.

#WooPig

litre_cola

Evenin, how is the commentist party today?

LemonJello

Enjoying some robot fighting before they rise up and send us all to the old people’s medication mines to feed their voracious appetites for fuel.

scotchnaut

Most under-rated NBA player of the ’70’s? It’s Bobby Dandridge. He has 2 champeenship rings-one with the Bucks and another with the Bullets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MuVB6Gi1TQ

litre_cola

Dandy Bobridge was all flash and no cash.

LemonJello

Guys! GUYS! The first recruiting video for the Space Force has been released!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AUXpnB065o

I’m holding out for powered armor like the Mobile Infantry have in Starship Troopers (the book, not that late term abortion of a movie).

herodotus450
Redshirt

I’m holding out for the Klingon Empire or Vulcans.

LemonJello

Gotta be better than going on a bug hunt for Xenomorphs in the Colonial Marines

herodotus450

In case you were wondering, or worrying, the Canadiens are still the epitome of a laughingstock clownfraud of an organization. Followed closely only by the Senators… sorry Scotchnaut.
/Not sorry

scotchnaut

Geez hero, it’s not like I’m going to go balls to the wall to defend my team. They are what they are under this ownership.

herodotus450

You see that latest trade though?

scotchnaut

Sure. And Kkaarrllssoonn is leaving and the owner is out of touch and the fan base has lost faith and they’re failing as a small market team and season ticket prices are out of reach and the downtown facility is an on-going joke. But aside from that, things look to be on the up and up.

/yer just one of those Negative Nellies

LemonJello

Blink twice if you’re being held against your will.

herodotus450

At least they’ve got that cup from [squints harder] 1927 to be happy about. A series they won by a game score of 2-0-2 !?

scotchnaut

Show me on the Ron Tugnutt doll where the Senators touched you. It’s time we started the healing.

LemonJello

A few members of Congress got nervous reading that last comment.

herodotus450

There’s just something about Canadian teams flailing that’s very entertaining to me. Fun question, would the Sens be better off pulling a New York and just moving to Toronto as a second team?

scotchnaut

If they moved to Hamilton I’d splorch all over the place because the Toronto-centric media hates-HATES-that city with all of their being. If that supposed ‘second-rate’ town acquired an NHL franchise the Shade And Freud A from the Toronto Sun and the other rags would be required reading for anti-anti-contrarians.

/I might be full of booze
//yeah, I’m full of the good stuff

herodotus450

Must’ve been a strange new feeling for trump to sign a legal document to keep a family together instead of split it apart.

scotchnaut

The youngest son has his 8th grade graduation ceremony tonight-

Son: “I don’t want to go-it doesn’t matter at all.”

His Uncle: “I skipped mine too.”

His Aunt: “I skipped mine as well.”

His Granny: “Me Too.”

Step Grandfather: “Ditto.”

Me: “Yup.”

Wife: [she skipped as well] “THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MILESTONE. YOU SHOULD GO.”

/guess who didn’t bother to go

LemonJello

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scotchnaut
Wakezilla

Seriously, a graduation for every grade is some bullshit.

Redshirt

The only graduations that should count should be Kindergarten and 12th. An argument can be made for a ceremony for 5th grade and 8th grade because it is the end of Elementary and Middle School and it should be considered a milestone.

But the DARE Graduation Ceremony should be outlawed. And it will be when I am appointed Evil Overlord of the World after I save the Earth from Emperor Trump and his army of Mutant Spider-Monkeys.

ballsofsteelandfury

I had one and there was a reception afterwards. It was a dress up deal so the guys wore ties and the girls dresses. I spent the entire afternoon tossing jelly beans into my neighbor’s cleavage.

LemonJello

Dramatization:
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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Broncos Stadium at Mile High is the chosen moniker. The name is designed to be a temporary one until the team secures another naming rights sponsor, due to The Sports Authority going bankrupt in 2016.

How much money would be needed (via GoFundMe) so the naming rights can be assigned to High Times Magazine?

LemonJello

Some multiple of 420, and some Arby’s coupons would be my first guess.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“No no, honey, the executive order ending family separations has nothing to do with OUR family.” – Melania Trump, consoling a visibly distressed Baron

scotchnaut

[Door Flies Open]

“She’s right. Come with me, son.” [extends hand to Barron]

-Ivanka

scotchnaut

The young ‘uns once called this an earworm. I haven’t been able to get this tune out of my head for 5 days now so I’m going to share it with you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRRXg1yhsEk

WCS

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ballsofsteelandfury

That is an absolutely horrible haircut on Andi.

ballsofsteelandfury

I’d forgotten the sheep shagging…

ballsofsteelandfury

He meets Andi McDowell by saying, “Great hat!”

Take notes, Weaselo!

ballsofsteelandfury

Four Weddings and a Funeral is on.

I miss cursing Hugh Grant

scotchnaut

God The Damn! If only I had your same channel I’d be knuckles deep in this running commentary.

ballsofsteelandfury

One of these days, I’ll write up a proper post on this.

Gratliff

Once upon a time, Mastodon Dad was wrestling Ken Shamrock, MMA legend and roid monster. Shamrock was working stiffer than Vader liked, and he tried to get him to pull back. When Shamrock continued to work stiff, he communicated the urgency of the request with an attempted decapitation.

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blackroseMD1

That is one of my favorite gifs of all time.

I grew up watching him and was always amazed at how nimble he was for a big man. He definitely deserved more respect from the WWF/E than he ultimately got. I’m sure they’ll enshrine him in the HOF next year, though, since he’s gone now.

Also, the mask he wore for his WCW debut was both amazing and terrifying to me at the time. I always wanted one after that.