Your “Saturday Night’s Alright For… Watching” NFL Football Open Thread

We’ve reached the part of the sked where some Saturday games are played and that’s just fine with me. At the rate things are going, I’d like to see a triple header a week from now and maybe a midnight game as well. Call it The Full Moon Bowl. Lean into the shit, NFL, just blow it all the fuck up-maybe 24 straight hours of football the last Friday of the regular season? How ’bout it? I’m in!

Some Thoughts/Updates:

-I’m glad to read that Chargers tight end Parham is (relatively) fine-t’was a wee bit scary seeing his lights go out live.

-There’s another two-timing coach in the NFL! Ok, maybe I should be more specific about Sean Payton: he’s gotten Covid for a second time.

-TEAM, in desperate need of someone, anyone, to play on the defensive side of the ball on Sunday(?), Monday(?), Tuesday(?) has just lifted two difference makers in Allen and Sweat from the Covid list. Surely it’s just sweet timing but one must always give the side eye to Washington when circumstances appear a bit serendipitous.

To The Game!

Pats/Colts:

-I thought I had a league winner in rb Taylor but Old Bill is going to take him out of this game, isn’t he? The dude has been averaging 140 yards from scrimmage so even if he’s slowed down a bit he should get 100 and a TD, right?

-Speaking of being taken out of a game, Macaroon Jones has been taking quite the ribbing for tossing a mere 3 passes in the Windy Bowl last week vs Buffalo. Folks might want to be aware that in the three games previous he had a 6:1 TD/INT number, a 79% completion average and (somehow) an 8.8 ypa.

-Damien is out tonight so rook Rhamondre (Woo, spelled it right without even looking) gets the rock. Earlier in the year he got the “Robinson Treatment” in that he was benched for fumbling but he’s worked his way back into the good graces of The Hoodie.

-As opposed to the Pats stifling D the Colts are a bit up and down. Over the last 10 games they’ve held 6 opponents to under 20 points but in the other 4 the other team has gone for 30+.

Do some jibber-jabbering down below.

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LemonJello

What would be the halftime act?

Gumbygirl

Marilyn Chambers? Old skool!

King Hippo

I’d like the ads to stop foreshadowing what a barren hellscape I have to look forward to as I age, you know?

King Hippo

I mean, considering the alternatives? I like how you think.

Horatio Cornblower

Before or after your death?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

THERE’S A KOREAN VERSION OF LOVE ISLAND!

LemonJello

Strange recap of Squid Game, but ok.

Horatio Cornblower

GodDAMMIT, Lemon!

Gumbygirl

Borg.

Spur

There’s a North Korean Version of Squid Game. The locals call it life.

Horatio Cornblower

It’s called ‘Squid Game’, Rikki, and that’s not what it’s about.

The Maestro

Love DMZ??!

Doktor Zymm

If you ordered one cup of beer at said bowl, it would be served to you by two girls

Mr. Ayo

That’s not beer!!!

King Hippo

don’t order one of them choco-Yuenglings, though

litre_cola

G’devenin. We foar the Humps or the hoodie? I am facing Taylor so would prefer he not perform.

Doktor Zymm

Well, so far it is non-JTT Humps all the way!

LemonJello

Olsen wearing someone else’s suit?

rockingdog

Kinda looks like it.
Also, I think he and Kevin burkheardt are doing a rockin’ job with the announcing.

Horatio Cornblower

Domino’s is trash, but I’m 100% behind them on their campaign to stamp out restaurant delivery app companies. Fucking vultures. Pick up your own food or have the restaurant deliver it themselves, then tip heavily.

Fucking door dash vultures.

King Hippo

of course, their ad campaign is based around people ordering shit pizza less often because of the vulture delivery services

King Hippo

and TRUE HIPPO STORY – I was always too lazy to have an Uber account or Delivery Dash app, so I had to change no behaviours when the “but they’re EVIL” narratives developed.

The Maestro

Domino’s is trash, but they hold a special place in my heart… when I was in college, I spent $25 on one of their coupon books that gave us some awesome deals (tons of 2-for-1s, free sides/free dips/drinks… all kinds of shit). These coupons were SUPPOSED to be single-use only, but the deliver drivers never took them… so we reused them for years. Did the math once, and we saved about $700 in pizza deliveries for one year, as a house of six guys.

As an addendum, we once had the same delivery driver show up five different times in a single night as we all got home and got to partying as various times. He chastised me, the final recipient, with “So, like… do you guys ever talk to each other here? I’ve been back and forth from here all night.” Got my ass with that one… but still got his tip.

Horatio Cornblower

My “Domino’s is trash” stance does not apply to college. Late night Domino’s sessions in college fucking ruled, and you’re 100% on the coupon thing.

Horatio Cornblower

Does Kate McKinnon have a spinal injury, or is she just walking like that for whatever phone company that is in an effort to appeal to the “spinal injury needs new phone” dempographic?

Mr. Ayo

To clarify her acting range, she’s allegedly walking on ice.

Gumbygirl

It’s the shoes.

Gumbygirl

Woo, craziness!! What is it with Special Teams shenanigans this year?

The Maestro

FACK

King Hippo

As long as you beat the Dingleberry Bills again, y’all should be fine for the 1 seed, yeah?

Doktor Zymm

HERE HE COMES, HERE COMES SPEED RACER

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Im joining in progress and just saw Trevor Lawrence’s Subway commercial and am confused and the opposite of aroused.

Horatio Cornblower

Think how Urban Meyer feels.

LemonJello

I hope he feels humiliated and ashamed, but I believe he isn’t that self aware

King Hippo

What do you mean by “feel?” – Urban M. Columbus, OH

Horatio Cornblower

Urban is very capable of feeling ill whenever he needs an excuse to get out of a bad situation.

Horatio Cornblower

Oh, he absolutely feels he did noting wrong and has been “canceled by the woke mob” or some such bullshit. Just a horrible human being who deserves every bad thing coming to him, and then some.

Gumbygirl

That’s because you’re not a lockdown jailbird.

King Hippo

TRUE WOLVEN SORT STORY – Jakobi Meyers and Nyheim Hines were frequently both lined up deep on kicks. So you couldn’t kick away from both.

rockingdog

Yes or No 😬

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Doktor Zymm

No, I Like ding ding just fine, but chocolate beverages are gross in any form

Horatio Cornblower

Yuengling is trash, so I would say no.

I have read reviews from people who like it, though. I’d try one, but no way I buy 12 of ’em.

King Hippo

Think I have a migraine just from the picture.

Mr. Ayo

I’m good, thanks.

Doktor Zymm

Do Mac’s ears really stick out like that or does amazon just hate him and want him to look silly?

King Hippo

YES. He looks like he has a shrunken head, in general.

The Maestro

Some days he looks like he belongs in a Far Side comic.

King Hippo

Real sales jerb for HBO there – you can see boring-ass Frank Reich have a boring-ass conversation with boring-ass Dakota Jeebus. While they WATCH FILM!

Horatio Cornblower

Honestly leaning towards canceling HBO, and that ad is not swaying me otherwise.

King Hippo

I mean, the Q-anon documentary was really good. And McMillions. They have no current shows that appeal to me, though.

Horatio Cornblower

True, but why am I paying $15 a month, or whatever, to occasionally get a good show, while all their good stuff is on HBO Max and requires more effort/$$$ money for me to access? I’ve got Netflix and Hulu and free porn on…I mean, uh, ESPN for sports, why do I need them?

King Hippo

True, could probably just buy individual seasons off Amazon Prime like I did for some show or another.

Horatio Cornblower

Of course Jim Irsay is paying a guy named ‘Speed’ to be on his team; of course he is.

LemonJello

Ever since “Reefer” Smith retired, Jim hasn’t been the same

Horatio Cornblower

Irsay joining DFO right now just to laugh at me.

ballsofsteelandfury

Hee hee! It wasn’t him.

Horatio Cornblower

It’s about time that a team, knowing that Darth Hoodie will take you best offensive option away, decides to use that best option as a decoy and use the other 10 guys.

Doktor Zymm

WHERE WAS THAT EARLIER THIS SEASON WHEN YOU WERE ON MY FANTASY TEAM NYHEIM?

Horatio Cornblower

He’s still on mine, in case Taylor gets hurt.

After that, of course, the deluge.

Fronkenshteen

Mute button smashed. When did Madison cawthorne start calling games? smgdh

Spur

ADA Tyranny

Horatio Cornblower

I mean, it’s not like he can play them.

Spur

Rodgers playing on Christmas was by request. He didn’t have any family to be with so he figured why waste the day.

Doktor Zymm

My right nostril generates consistently stickier snot than my left nostril.

ballsofsteelandfury

Call it an overachiever.

Spur

Evening Folks

The Maestro

DeBorest Fuckner remains a deadly threat out there.

Gumbygirl

I haven’t been paying attention, is the Grumblord over there? Or is he a Covidiot too?

LemonJello

Das Rona holds no power over a Sith Lord

Doktor Zymm

Do reptiles get covid? I know deer do, and cats

King Hippo

they told me cats couldn’t? I was worried about that when I had it.

Horatio Cornblower

Apparently it’s possible.

https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/covid-19-frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=We%20currently%20don't,with%20COVID%2D19.

Only fair. I’ve gotten Lyme or other tick-borne diseases 3-4 times from these little bastards. And don’t get me started on how many times they’ve given me howling cases of poison ivy.

King Hippo

oh yeah, I have to do a steroid course about every 12 months because of the “cat rubbed” arm rash

Doktor Zymm

Even big cats, but I haven’t heard of any feline deaths from Covid
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/lioness-at-belgian-zoo-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ar-AARQkHo

Doktor Zymm

Except for the one mentioned in this article, but I am not convinced

LemonJello

Why does the turf at The Gravy Boat look like cheap 70s shag carpet?

Gumbygirl

Paging Shogun!

Horatio Cornblower

Irsay feels more comfortable with a 70’s vibe, if you know what I mean.

Cocaine. I mean cocaine.

NotShogunButShogun

It was installed incorrectly, and they won’t pay to fix it. True story.

Doktor Zymm

Recycling!

The Maestro

Just put in two boxes of cheap generic chocolate for a Dirty Santa exchange and walked away with a sixer of nice local Euro-style beer. I remain undefeated at this game.

ballsofsteelandfury

Can you explain this “Dirty Santa” game more?

I am… curious.

Horatio Cornblower

I am… curious…yellow
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The Maestro

It’s another term for a White Elephant exchange; everyone brings a gift… names are put in a hat and drawn at random to determine order… when your name comes up, you can choose to open one of the gifts, or you can steal one that’s already been opened. (There are a few other minor rule variations out there.)

ballsofsteelandfury

I like the Dirty Santa name better.

Horatio Cornblower

We call it a ‘Yankee Swap’, but same thing. The key is to either go last, or leave right after your pick and screw everyone who goes after you.

King Hippo

that name wouldn’t work around these parts, suh!

Horatio Cornblower

If you put the beer between the generic chocolate it’s a sandwich.

The Maestro

CORRECT

Doktor Zymm

So, at a hotel, I take the remote out of the plastic baggie. I figure most people just use it through the baggie, and it’s all stupid anyway, so normal remote it is

King Hippo

I think you have a moral duty to rub your ass on it now.

Doktor Zymm

If I am going to make it insterile, it will be SO INSTERILE

King Hippo

I really need to bribe a film editor to get The Legend of White Mac on the screen for those graphics.

Spur

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Redshirt

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rockingdog

Found a funny;

[trying to climb out of beanbag chair] Divorce?

Gatoraids

Unfrozen Caveman Announcer on the nfl network

ballsofsteelandfury

Greg Olson looks straight out of The Lego Movie.

Gumbygirl

I dunno, he’s not, annoying the shit out of me, so I guess he’s doing ok? But…

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Fronkenshteen

Break out Rod & Todd!

https://www.rawstory.com/2656067722/

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Oh, my. That’s the guy who caught it in El Salvador and had to be airlifted to Florida. Impressive job for a hoax virus, right Doug?
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Horatio Cornblower

“Missing for three weeks”

Just like Queen Elizabeth II!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’m not going to mince words, it’s fucking AWESOME that this piece of shit is dead. Like, champagne-level awesome.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Call it The Full Moon Bowl.

More like the Disgusting Act Bowl amirite, Joe? And have it on a chilly night so when a player gets a traumatic brain injury their twitching can be described as “shivering from the cold”.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=00Spb_STNU8

Horatio Cornblower

UConn just dropped a men’s basketball game to Providence and UConn twitter is taking it well. Dan Hurley can’t coach, everyone but RJ Cole sucks, everything’s on fire and we’re all gonna die.

It’s nice to be back to the era of reasonable expectations. I’ve missed them so.

King Hippo

Is Providence even that shitty? I can’t keep track.

Horatio Cornblower

11-1, likely ranked after that win. That said, UConn looked bad, and they have some things they need to work on.

Making shots, for one.

King Hippo

These Team Secular Big Love State DBs, I don’t call ’em Ward because they’s not being even a little bit hard on the Beaver tonight.

TheRevanchist

“Thanks. I just had it stuffed.”

Horatio Cornblower

Taylor is leading my FF team as well, and Bill will almost certainly force the Clots to rely on Dakota Jebus, (look, being fluent in Hippoese just takes time, people: time and a certain amount of alcohol), but fortunately this week I’m on a bye, so I’mma sit back and watch.

/Taylor breaks ankle in 3rd minute

FUCK!

rockingdog

LOL
Wait Johnathan Taylor Thomas???

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King Hippo

After pledging solemnly to retire from fantasy football, I am now debating whether to give up my replay sim-league baseball franchises, that I’ve run for 33 or so years.

It’s like being an eccentric millionaire trying to give away all his favourite toys before he dies.

ballsofsteelandfury

You know, just to help the process, you wanna forfeit your fantasy playoffs matchup with me?

I mean, you could at least sit Jonathan Taylor….

King Hippo

that’s TOTES not me! I am losing to Spam the Mahomes owner.

ballsofsteelandfury

My bad! For some reason, I thought it was you. I think it’s Scotchy!

King Hippo

well, we IS spirit animals

Horatio Cornblower

Is that the one where you have to submit weekly line-ups on a disc?

King Hippo

Even Ben Wyatt from “Parks and Recreation” would call it painfully complex

King Hippo

Greg Olsen’s head just doesn’t look right, does it?

ballsofsteelandfury

Repost from previous thread:

If I may point out that DFO is 2-0 today as The Revanchist’s Fresno State Bulldogs and Gumbygirl’s UAB Blazers both won their bowl games.

ballsofsteelandfury

WELL DONE FIGHTIN’ GUMBYGIRLS!

Gumbygirl

This is such a big deal! We lost our team in 2015 because of fuckery by the University of Alabama board of regents. Not only did we get it back in 2017, we have been competitive from that day on. We even raised millions to build a new stadium close to the campus, compared to the ancient crappy Legion Field we used to play at that is nowhere close and is in an absolutely terrible neighborhood. Goooooo Blazers!!!

King Hippo

Yeah, State played an old Papa John’s bowl game at Legion Field, sounded like walking to the stadium was like cruising through Beirut.

Gumbygirl

It was terrifying, not gonna lie. And so decrepit, there were always chunks of concrete falling off, and the bathrooms were disgusting. The only good thing about it was it was city owned, not affiliated with the NCAA, so you could get beer at the games. The new stadium is a partnership with the city, so same thing.

King Hippo

Louisville’s stadium (back in like 94) had beer already, that made for an awesome road trip.

Legion Field as a structure sounds like Wallace-Wade in Durham (Duke FITBAW)

Horatio Cornblower

Just like UCoHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh, man. Almost got that out, too.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

THIS LEGION FIELD I CALL IT “I AM LEGION” FIELD CAUSE IT IS SITUATED IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC WASTELAND.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Oh wait that’s I am Legend but then the joke doesn’t work so I guess I’m leaving it as is.

Horatio Cornblower

Shocking that his first interview was with hard-hitting “journalist” Ian Rappoport.

Mr. Ayo

Meep meep!

Horatio Cornblower

I’m with you. Tried to pick him up in our league, but Rikki already had him. I think Duuuuuuuval is gonna put up 45 this week and spell “Fuck Urban Meyer” through interpretive ballet in the end zone after each score.

King Hippo

Spark a doob FOAR Gumbygirl’s Blazers! Winning one for us Gentiles*!

*in Mormon parlance, even the MoT Clubhouse folk be Gentiles

Mr. Ayo

Blaze it up!

Gumbygirl

Hell yeah! Rolling a fatty as we speak! Bill Clark is an outstanding coach!

Mr. Ayo
TheRevanchist

Was going to see the Fresno State WBB game today, but the wife had a coupon for 40% off at Kohls. New dishes, shoes, clothes. So, I plan to go to their next home game on a Saturday, which is on my wife’s bday. It could fly?

Mr. Ayo

Can’t believe I’m going to miss this tilt so I can watch the Kraken get their ass handed to them by McDavid.

The cherry on top is the COVID I’ll meet on the way.

King Hippo

Ittttttt’s beginning to look a lot like #NuAIDS!
Evvvvvverywhere you go!!!!

Fronkenshteen

I love when my weekly fantasy football conundrum is instantly solved by Scotchy’s choice of banner pic.

[lights cigar with $100 bill]

[realizes cigar and money are actually cat’s hairball and Covid shot record]

[simultaneously vomits and punches self repeatedly in own head with flaming document]

[recovers]

[smiles bravely]

[gives “thumbs up” with trembling hand]

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rockingdog

I figure RB Stevenson is RRRRocking tonight and not Fumbling da ball.
Gooooo Pats!!! 🏈

Doktor Zymm

I just want to point out that NOWHERE on nfl.com did they say a single word about Parham. No mention of his injury, treatment, diagnosis, status, or hospital discharge. What a bunch of bastards.

Fronkenshteen

Agreed. On the bright side though, we now have a fantastic video to show our kids when they demand to know why they’re not allowed to play football.

King Hippo

pffffttt, he was just COLD duh

TheRevanchist

I was looking yesterday and just had to go to Google and find out myself. They don’t want to tarnish their company, like the assholes they are.

Doktor Zymm

I did the same thing. SO MUCH TARNISH

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