As I was watching today’s fixtures (trying to savoUr since there is NO FOOTY tomorrow), I came up with another of my good goddamned ideas.
In France and I think Germany, they add another wrinkle to promotion/relegation – the cross-divisional playoff. I love that shit, and I have an idea that would keep MOAR clubs interested deeper (PHRASING) into the season.
Start with a similar premise – the bottow two Prem sides go down, no questions asked. #18 goes into the playoff. Here’s where I like a twist – #1 in the Championship is promoted, like usual. #2 has a choice to make – they could (i) go into the traditional 4-way Championship playoff, as the highest seeded team; or (ii) go into the playoff against Prem #18 – but not over two legs. The Championship #2 side would get to host the one-off playoff. Extra Time and pennos, if needed.
If they choose option (i), then Championship #3 goes into the one-off playoff with Prem #18. But since they didn’t finish 2nd, they play AWAY to the Prem side.
OK, yeah right (and even Litre, should #WhiteSupremacy collapse into silver medal territory) – what do you choose? Home against Everton, winner takes all? Or do you say fuck it, I’ll chance the playoffs in the C’ship!
Fucking be GREAT for teevee, too. But if that were in place in 2022, it would surely kill me ded.
Otherwise, all I gots is music. I heard Destroyer on SiriusXMU this week, and recalled the very best song of 2018. Maybe the best song of the whole shitty decade.
Their new shit is pretty good, too. I just could nae find it. Not that I look very hard, I give up pretty easily.
Talk about whatever you like, perhaps see if we can summon Wakey by poking fun at Men Untied. Also, 2Pac’s moning picture deserves heavy promotion (lead image here, bellisima).
The Scruggs post earlier reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaGBIfUoB78
Here’s my Leica M6 TTL 35mm film camera. I bought this new with a 50mm Leica lens in 1999 for around $2000, at Samy’s Camera in Los Angeles. That was a big deal to me then.
Two weeks ago I decided I to sell the camera body but keep the lens. The camera I want (a Sony A7III digital) costs around $1900 new. I went to Samy’s and they offered me $1800 in trade-in for the Leica, which surprised me because I didn’t think it was worth that much. I declined, but I figured if Samy’s offered me $1800 it must be worth more.
It was. I researched it and put it up for sale on eBay for $3195 for the body only. I got a few offers for lower but I said screw it I’m holding out for full price because that’s how you sell a Leica. I even thought about raising the price.
It took one week to sell it. This morning I got an email saying it had sold and the money had been paid.
Who bought my Leica M6 TTL camera body off of eBay for $3195?
Samy’s Camera, that’s who.
That’s awesome
Viva La Tabula Raza? You out there?
Yeah what happened to him. Have not heard from him in a while.
We’ve been worried for a while.
Can’t you admins shoot him an email?
Done and done.
I’ve emailed twice. No response.
“Rest in Peace” is trending on Twitter.
It’s for Orrin Hatch.
(shrug)
I mean in the sense that I hope nobody desecrates his corpse (the way I hope someone would with Rush Limbaugh) I can honestly say that I share the sentiment.
Fair. Hatch doesn’t need to be skull-shitted, but I’m unemotional.
The security guard that tackled that protester is shooting up draft boards at the EDGE position.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bFhYvADjl4
That movie sucked
“Sure did.”
— George C, CA about Batman & Robin
Pretty sure I said you wouldn’t enjoy “Triumph of the Will”
You said the same thing when I started watching the Atlas Shrugged trilogy but I loved it.
I just realized that I’ve never taken any of my girls to see an NFL game. The former missus and I saw like 18 games.
She was a fantastic designated driver.
I’m going to have to fix that.
Maybe a Seahawks game next year.
Christ, don’t let littlest right turn into a Sea Chickens fan.
/ rethinking
Take them all to Sofi for a Rams game.
Of course, you’ll have to put off retiring for about 5 years.
Just renting 3 motel rooms on game day alone will be pricey.
Cuz I sure as fuck ain’t driving there on game day.
They might find it awkward when Dad starts chanting RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAM IT!!!
I can promise from this day forward that this particular thing will never happen.
I hate the fucking Rams.
Remember the late 70’s? Beating the Rams in the playoffs was an annual right of passage for this Vikings fan.
Yeah, I definitely remember that. And it still hurts, especially considering how many more Super Bowls you guys have won.
/ offers up the other cheek
I do remember watching a playoff game as a kid, and being really excited, and the Vikes won 37-7 and I was an upset little bitch for a few hours. Guessing I was about 7 or 8.
Remember the Mud Bowl? At the Coliseum? It had rained here in LA for days and it was a fucking swamp and the Vikings won. Without googling I’m gonna say 9-6?
Then the Raiders beat us for Superb Owl loss number 4.
I was a junior in high school.
[Official edit: I googled and it was 14-7]
Yeah, sure do. Rams in the 70s were good-not-great and it sucked. Vikes were almost-not-quite-great and hoo boy that must’ve been shit.
Tell me about it
Apologies, the 37-7 loss was to Dallas, which is worse. The Vikes win was 14-7.
Bills’ fans know that feeling, too.
/Rev has sudden, traumatic nightmare
Don’t get me wrong now, every single one of both generations have seen multiple MLB games and all 3 granddaughters are real life baseball fans.
It’s a lot cheaper.
And easier and more kid friendly.
Shit both of my daughters have been to Wrigley.
The crowd scene at baseball games is a bit less intense generally speaking.
My youngest fiance is a Tampa Bay fan. He played linebacker in an Italian league. I’m going to take them up to Munich to see the game this season if all pans out. That will be my first time taking my kid. A bit late, and I suspect I’ll spend the entire game splainin stuff… but I do look forward to road tripin Munich again.
Sounds like fun.
We have so much more in common with our daughters once they enter the adult world. It is a real treasure for a Dad. I hope you guys have a great time.
I took my wife once. Raiders-Seahawks back when they were both in the division (always hoping both teams could lose somehow). She got bored and kept poking me in the butt when I stood up, laughing at me after she had a few. Love that woman, but never again.
“She got bored and kept poking me in the butt”
Middle granddaughter The Wahini got a prize for her academic achievements. Her prize? Tickets to the LA Kings hosting the Anaheim Ducks. Her and Eldest right are there right now.
I’ve seen this rivalry live myself and it’s quite spicy.
Very cool
They’ll have a blast. The first NHL game for the Wahini.
Lady BFC just asked if I was ok to go from wine to scotch to beer. I asked if she’d never heard wine to whiskey to beer, you’re in the clear?
It’s science.
Yeah, as long as you finish with beer, you’re in the clear. Or gin, in which case you win. Or brandy, where you’ll be fine and dandy.
Or Everclear then you get it in the rear.
“Oh is that what my son was drinking?” – Coach Reid
/this isn’t a tasteless joke about prison rape, it’s actually a tasteless joke about how Britt Reid rear-ended a stopped car and gave life-threatening injuries to a little girl
To be fair, once he was drunk and high, he didn’t have any options other than to drive.
Except for Uber, Lyft, taxi, a friend, a player, another coach, his dad, his mom,
his brother Garrett,or to just stay where he was.Just ask Sharky after he’s had a cocktail with each of the 4 different base spirits of his drink of the week… (finish with whiskey, and you’ll be all frisky)
It appears the hardwood Gigantes were properly seeded after all.
If it’s the weekend it means Banana Cream Pie!
THIS GUY BLAKE GRIFFIN I CALL HIM A LOBSTER CAUSE A GUY FROM BOSTON IS LITERALLY COOKING HIM ALIVE.
Baker thinks he should’ve popped that shirt off. No way does he drive a Transporter of Gods – The Golden God.
Last funny;
love the vet. love to hear the staff keep saying “the patient” and it’s a lizard.
Ok done with that. On to scotch, cupcake, and The King’s Man
One scotch, one cupcake, and one Ralph.
Sounds like the working then revised title of a John Lee Hooker song…
“Yes, I’d like tickets to the John Lee Hooker concert, please.” – Bob Kraft, trying to talk in code to a very confused Chinese restaurant employee
Hahaha
Pritchard hitting a couple big 3s
Celtics are kinda Rocking
There’s a girl sitting courtside that is sitting so primly it looks like she’s straight out of finishing school. Jason Garrett is intrigued.
The girl like 3 down from blue hat guy?
Yea she seems Rockingggg
You mean Spike Lee? I just tuned into early 2nd half. I’ll keep an eye out.
Yo
Ayo. Mr. Ayo
What’s up?
Finished the leftover white wine in the fridge, kinda just want to hit the hay at like 9.
There’s an app for that!
WCS: I have to say, the USFL hasn’t been awful.
Rest of DFO:
Any football is good football.
Word. Kinda like scraping the bowl & smoking resin when you can’t find weed (yeah, I’m old). Not great, but it’ll get you through the day.
Found a funny;
Doing a stand up set that’s just impressions but of people I know personally, the audience has no idea how good my Craig impression just was
I would take Everton. If we’re home by the seaside? I like it.
Nets vs Celtics 🏀
Hopefully this game is Rocking!
Not to be THAT GUY, but Hippo’s proposal gives the chance for the lower league 2nd and 3rd to screw over the others and give them no chance to go up.
I see suitcases being exchanged…
Jazz vs Mavs is indeed rocking!!!