Your “Little Bit of this, little bit of that” Saturday Afternoon Open Thread

Ostensibly this should be an NFL post but this is the holidays and there’s so much action going on. As Hippo noted, there be some college ball going on so we might have some hot crossed-streams action going on but that’s the chance one takes when a bunch of reprobates put together a specialty website for their own amusement.

Once again there’s collage basketball brought to you by The Estates of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. In this window ranked teams playing are #4 Michigan, #7 Auburn, #22 Indiana and a tilt between #19 Kentucky and #9 U*NC. Which teams will [snickers to self] ‘make the cut’? Watch and find out.

The NHL has 3 games going on with Calgary, Montreal and San Jose featured. Canadian nipples are hardening as I type this. Watch your eyes!

Finally…

TO THE GAME!

Potato Skins/Titans:

Washington is still in it playoff-wise but one gets the impression that Tennessee has found its way into a groovy groove-namely, giving the ball to a certain running back that may have been in a funk earlier. Or perhaps he wasn’t being used properly? All I know is that the free agent signing of Deion What’s His Name and his usage in the early part of the season seemed to hold Henry back. The Titans D is also rounding into form and the Potato Skins are ranked 29th in DVOA (whatever that is) against the run. Oh, and they’ve lost 4 of their last 5 and just put their 21st(!) player on IR. Advantage? Hmmmm….[pretends to math] I’m going with the Titans here.

Anyone need a hug?

 

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WCS

Army hasn’t rolled over an opponent like that since 1991.

King Hippo

Lot of fireworks in that Kuwait Bowl

herodotus450

Houston got embarrassed so bad they’re retroactively renaming it the Abu Ghraib Bowl.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Just landed on flight one of two today. I’ll take that hug.

Petronel

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Petronel

SSSR.’s velvet tie looks like it would be mildly painful to actually tie.

Oh and WTF Irvin

Don T

I turned down a free ticket to the theater to see this game. Fuck socializing WOOOO!

Petronel

Butler with the INT for the victory – this seems familiar…

rockingdog

what was the +/- for this game?

Mr. Ayo

TITS -10.5

King Hippo

Tits -10, so the new “don’t have to try the extra point” rule saved many push bets.

Mr. Ayo

Well, they already hit the over. No need.

Mr. Ayo

Woah, the TITS almost covered.

Never gamble, kids.

Horatio Cornblower

I hope Malcolm Butler dedicates that TD to Bill Belichek, in memory of last year’s Super Bowl.

Game Time Decision

Holy punt
Seriously

King Hippo

So, Tits/Humps will be SNF next week, so long as the Yinzers lose tomorrow (they will).

King Hippo

Redacteds’ Hook-and-7-Lateral play, coming right up!

Horatio Cornblower

Josh Johnson will have a better chance of playing in the NFL next year if he starts kneeling for the anthem.

King Hippo

Imagine how thrilling a Josh Johnson, Yo Gabbo Gabbo! OT period will be!

/oopsie doodle, never mind

Petronel

And now, the world may never know.

King Hippo

WE WANT A DRAW!

Mr. Ayo

YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE DRAW!

herodotus450

Army hangs 70 on Houston: 70 passing yards that is. And also 70 points.

Horatio Cornblower

You want passing, join the Air Force ya queer; we here in Army do our work in the trenches.

Game Time Decision

How does the Navy move the ball?

Mr. Ayo

Through the back door?

King Hippo

As the say in the United States Navy…there is no wrong hole. – George Carlin, RIP

Mr. Ayo

I thought it was any port in a storm?

herodotus450

In and out of their mouths, I reckon

Horatio Cornblower

They went 3-10, so I’m gonna go with “not well”

Viva La Tabula Raza

I like how cheap-ass NFL Network uses the same generic metal riffs that they use during their highlights shows on Sunday, instead of forking over some coin for some “real” music for the ad bumpers.

King Hippo

I like to think that pass was just to troll Pete Carroll.

Horatio Cornblower

Earlier tonight, at Casa de Cornblower:

Daughter: Tomorrow is Christmas Adam; it comes before Christmas Eve and it’s completely irrelevant.

Me: Adam always came before Eve. That’s why she left him for the snake.

Daughter: Oh my GOD!

Happy Holidays, from my family to yours.

King Hippo

QUALITY!!

Horatio Cornblower

Later on she called me a libtard and told me to find a safe space when I complained about being triggered by ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’

King Hippo

Good thing you kicked the FG on 4th and 2, dumbasses

King Hippo

Christ, these fuckshits keep winning, I’mma have to cheer for the Non-Gendered Cowpersons.

Horatio Cornblower

One of us! One of us!

Brick Meathook

God bless petroleum pipelines.

Game Time Decision

Jokes on you Ha-Ha (Clinton-Dix)

rockingdog

It went right thru his hands. That slo-mo replay was cool…

Game Time Decision

I assume that’s why he’s a db and not a wr

Sharkbait

Here’s the result of the cookie prep the wife did last night.
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Mr. Ayo

I’d eat that.

Horatio Cornblower

Dude! That’s his wif…Oh, the cookies. Yeah. Yeah, I’d eat those.

rockingdog

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King Hippo

Fantasy query – I have an inkling that RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAM IT!! will sit Gurley Man, and use tomorrow’s game w/Birdcano to try to get Baby Buster right again (ie, throwing a fuckton). I mean, Patrick Peterson can only cover one fucking guy.

Also, he turtled so badly v. Philly that he could have gotten me bounced in the semifinals (except that everyone else’s stars were even worse, and I won by 90+), so those are the kind of benchings that come back to bite you the following week.

My alternatives ain’t so hot – LAMAR! tonight in the West Coast home game v. Clippers du Merde, or Bollo de la Verdad in a tricky “possible team hangover” game at Santa Clara. Really want to eke this one out, since a 3-peat would deffo be a first in the vaunted history of my auction league. Plus an extra $100 or even $150 in prize moneys differential.

Game Time Decision

Thought Gurley was out

Mr. Ayo

He’s questionable.

King Hippo

Has not practiced all week, and my roster/waivers are locked. Only choices to replace Gurley Man are Breida or Golden Tate (since I currently have 2 other RB and 2 WR in the lineup). Have Breida in now, since his game also kicks off the 4p window, so can put Gurley back in if he’s surprisingly active.

Horatio Cornblower

I’m never quite sure who you’re talking about, if LAMAR! is Lamar Miller I thought I saw an ESPN crawl that said he was out.

I strongly recommend double-checking that.

King Hippo

nah, was talking LAMAR! the QB. Who is really a RB, but only qualifies at QB (sadly).

litre_cola

This game is just like Chefs v RAMMIT

King Hippo

srsly! So compelling, y’all.

King Hippo

I haven’t seen Tits shit all over themselves like this since Two Girls, One Cup

rockingdog

Josh Johnson vs YoGabbaGabbert!
bahahahaha!
NFL Football!!!! Yea!!!
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King Hippo

Johnson just completed a NINE YARD float to pick up the 1st down.

WHY THE FUCK didn’t I bet against the Tits +10?

King Hippo

also, I would listen the fuck out of a Gervais, Merchant, and Pilkington NFL announcing tandem

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Wait. Why the fuck is Yo Gabba Gabbert playing?

Mr. Ayo

He’s so Blaine, he probably thinks this game is about him.

Sharkbait

Oh that’s good.

Game Time Decision

Not really watching the game but why is go-gabba-gabba playing

Mr. Ayo

AFLAC! is broken

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THIS WASHINGTON/TENNESSEE GAME I CALL IT THE TUMBLR BOWL BECAUSE EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT HOW IT’S TITS/REDACTED

Horatio Cornblower

Your post has been submitted for banner consideration.

Wakezilla

MSNBC’s coverage of Syria’s withdrawal is absolutely sickening. They sound like Dubbya’s neo-conservative drones mixed with Tom Clancy’s Soviet spy conspiracies. Ridiculous.

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Yeah, the Democratic Party is barely even pretending to left of anything but the Republican Party nowadays.

King Hippo

this is just NOT TRUE. What’s being sworn in this January will be the most progressive the Demmy-cratic caucus has ever been. We aren’t going off the rails left at the same speed they is going right, because (1) we tend to be more thoughtful and cautious by nature; and (2) we have a bigger tent that we need to lead leftward in a steadier, more sustainable fashion.

The Syrian stuff is just criticism of “leadership” by whim (90% of the criticism is not saying being involved in a Syrian Civil War is a good idea per se), and not having an actual, logical plan by which the USA really should conduct ALL its foreign policy. It made the last Secretary of Defense resign in protest, because despite being pretty far right himself, understands what kind of unintended consequences get muddled when you act like a 7-year old in the sandbox.

Read Josh Marshall, he puts everything in a larger context way better than I ever could.

And Herr Fuhrer is compromised. Period. All his actions and background point to this. He is so corrupt that you can point at 3-5 possible DIFFERENT types of angles that could apply.

Wakezilla

Most Americans were all in for Hillary until they came across “LGBT-positive sex toys and many variants of triptych and 5-panel artwork featuring traditionally conservative, patriotic themes,” on Instagram at which point they became balls to the walls Trump supporter.

https://qz.com/1498265/instagram-was-a-massively-important-tool-for-russian-operatives/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

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2020 is gonna rule because no one is going to accept the election results as legitimate because the core voters of both parties will be fully immersed in unhinged conspiracy theories. This rules lol

Brick Meathook

Only a small fraction of American voters were “all-in” for Hillary. Most wished she would go away and when it came to the election they held their nose and voted for her. Slightly more people held their nose and voted for Trump.

herodotus450

Well, slightly fewer…

King Hippo

and in a case like that, when our support was broader but not nearly as “deep” as the Trumpists, then a de-motivational “information war” campaign very well could be the difference. Trump had to hit an inside straight, since he couldn’t win anything close to a majority. And he hit it. With Russian help. He may or may not have hit anyway, there’s no way to know.

We can’t just let it go, or let our vigilance down against such bullshit in the future. Because it de-legitimizes democracy.

Redshirt

If the Republican Party won’t do anything unless Trump and the Democratic Party agree on something, then why do we even have a Republican Party?

WCS

That’s a question I’ve been asking since 1994.

herodotus450

1972*

Viva La Tabula Raza

So what exactly is it that little Stephen Hawkings Jr. does that has all the neighborhood kids so excited? It appears that he presses a button. I don’t get it.

King Hippo

Damn it, Senor Weaselo, why u no start Mariota in the DFO-ball finals?

King Hippo

Prepare Your Anus…FOAR TEH FLOW!!

Mr. Ayo

Go go Gabbert!

herodotus450

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Mr. Ayo

Rulers of the north!

Brick Meathook

Let’s not forget that this is CHRISTmas, dedicated to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as we celebrate his birthday or something. REPENT!

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King Hippo

what, no extra nails included?? THAT is how they getcha.

WCS

MURICAN JESUS
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King Hippo

Inshallah!!

King Hippo

someone in Heritage NAWT Hate Dress celebrated that TD pretty happily down Nashville way…

litre_cola

I can’t take any one with the last name Sprinkle seriously.

King Hippo

sounds like a porn name for someone who specializes in piss videos

WCS

I guess we know Trump’s Secret Service code name.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Google “Annie Sprinkle.”

litre_cola

Do I trust the internet imaginary man from Texas?….

Fronkenshteen

Who is this penis trying to be a comedian in the booth?

Mr. Ayo

Washington [*Redacted] s @ Tennessee Titans (NFL Network) Announcers: Curt Menefee (play-by-play), Nate Burleson (analyst), Steve Mariucci (analyst), Melissa Stark (reporter)

Jeebus, give me Joe Buck over this group.

King Hippo

/or just have Melissa tell us her thoughts on teh match

//especially EROTIC thoughts, amirite??

Mr. Ayo

Up top, bro!

King Hippo

NAILED IT!!

– Mr. Ayo, pulling high five hand away at last moment

Wakezilla

AP hitting the Tits’ d-line as if they’re his children

Wakezilla

This Tits/Redacteds game is boring as shit due to the commercial breaks. It feels like this game has been on for hours

WCS

Well, it’s also Tits/Redacteds, so….

herodotus450

Becoming less and less likely that I’ll be able to make a “Army lost this game so suddenly I thought it was Syria” joke.

Sharkbait

I forgot there was footed ball. The Henrydown reminded me.

litre_cola

I totally forgot about this game.

theeWeeBabySeamus

The ball was snapped before the officials were ready for play.

THEN GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER YOU ASSHOLES!!!!!

ballsofsteelandfury

GO TITS!!
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King Hippo

huzzah!!

theeWeeBabySeamus

Holy hell.

litre_cola

I like her for her big brain.

King Hippo

Derrick Henry sez: Fuck yo’ mother!

Brick Meathook

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Don T

Aaaah!
Sorry. I got the PTSD, imagined a swarm of one-hop incompletes.

Don T

Back when he toured with Fleetwood Mac
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WCS

Jake Locker hasn’t aged very well…