Your “I Guess I Volunteered Myself” Thursday Evening Open Thread

2b.jpgServes me right for asking, now I get to do it. Here’s the news!

-David Culley (Team Not Found) is fired after one season. Even though a nonexistent team went 4-13 with a nonexistent roster not expected to compete after their one good player was asked to not show up ever again, the coach was shown the door. P*ts LB coach Jerod Mayo is considered the frontrunner for the job.

-After a horrific bed-shitting against the Fulham Clowns, Colts GM Chris Ballard “won’t make a comment on who is going to be here next year and who is not going to be here next year. That’s not fair to any player.” That includes Dakota Jeebus after the shit he pulled.

N-GCP WR Amare Cooper was fined for breaking COVID protocols going to a Mavs game and not wearing a mask. He is unvaccinated. Please note that after the game against the Eagles, he said:

“You don’t want to get sick. This is the tournament. We train so hard in the offseason, OTAs, camp, to get to this point. We accomplished that goal thus far. We’re going to do everything we can do to not get sick. If that means isolation, then that’s what that means. Hopefully we can isolate enough to not catch it.”

Clearly he’s doing that. Speaking of COVID protocols…

-There are no plans to move the Superb Owl away from glorious Inglewood. I forget, did we have a nickname for that stadium?

-Injury news: Stillers WR JuJu Smith-Schuster participated in practice, starting the clock for him to return for IR, as did Packers LB Whitney Mercilus. The Packers are also hoping to get back Randall Cobb, Jaire Alexander, Za’Darius Smith, and Billy Turner, after David Bakhtiari and Josh Myers returned last week.

-NHL All-Star Game captains: Alex Ovechkin (WAS), Auston Matthews (TOR), Nathan McKinnon (COL), and Connor McDavid (EDM). I have no idea why they’re still playing the game because I thought that the Olympic break was going to be used for make-up games, but apparently it’s in Vegas. Also the unis are simple red vs. blue. And I regret not voting for Foxy the MSG Network Fox (or any other of the Ice Giants). Would it have done anything for captain? Probably not, but he does have his 1st All-Star nod regardless.

What’s on tonight?

Currently (all times DFO)

NBA Jam
GSW @ MIL (Now, TNT)
POR @ DEN (9:00, TNT)

JV Jam
Fightin’ Redshirts (OSU) @ Badger Badger Badger MUSHROOM MUSHROOM (WISC) (Now, ESPN2)
IU @ Fightin’ Clint Bartons (IOWA) (8:00, FS1)
Monald Muck (ORE) @ UCLA (8:30, ESPN)
Big Love (BYU) @ GONZ (10:00, ESPN2)
COL @ Bear Down for Midterms (ARIZ) (10:00, FS1)

BattleBots (7:00, Discovery)

I’m still hoping Cecil Rhodes is available for Afro Footy previews, wherever he is. I’m already working on my (fake) countries for World Cup previews later this year. No, we’re not doing Wakanda. Latveria, however…

Go do the thing!