That Thursday Open Thread You Were Wondering About

I guess it’s fallen to me for now to throw some garbage thoughts together in the name of content so I’m just going to “spaghetti to the wall” it and see what happens.

Stuff:

Injury Alerts:

Hurts hasn’t thrown a ball yet. Is the finger dislocated or fractured? I don’t know. But I do know that he has a built-in excuse for multiple balls sailing over the heads of his wr’s. Speaking of, A.J. Brown was a no-show at practice. Whatever. Denzel Ward hurt his knee at practice as well.

-Bill Gets The Boot: Of course you know by now that Belichick is a free agent and mark it here-he’s headed to The ATL. The shitty qb, (I say they sign Browning) the good defense and the tandem rb backfield are already in place. It’s a match made in curmudgeonly heaven!

-Kawhi Leonard just signed a three year 153 mil extension and he left money on the table! He didn’t go the full four years because he wanted to free up money for George and Harden. Whatta mensch!

-Have you come across this Cutter Gauthier story? After excelling at the Jr. World Hockey Champeenships he forced a trade from the Flyers because he didn’t want to play for them. The team and media types are in lockstep, telling everyone who will listen that he ‘ghosted’ the team, in that he and his advisers wouldn’t engage in discussions or return calls. Exhibit A in Coach Recycling, John Tortorella, in his best nasally voice said to Gauthier through a reporter, “Then we don’t want you”. The schoolyard reply is strong in this guy.

-Hey, there’s only one game in the NHL that features two teams under .500 playing against each other! Be sure to check out Buffalo/Ottawa.

-Coughlin Face Incoming: The weatherfolks are saying that Kansas City is going to be very crispy Saturday night and if they’re correct it’ll be the coldest game since that Giants/Packers game way back when. Tua is going to crack under (a cold front) pressure, isn’t he?

-Someone Died: Every once in a while I head over to the Wiki and check out the monthly lists of folks that have passed from this place, seeing how many I recognize. Today I saw Terry Bisson who made it to 81-he was a sci-fi writer guy and I recall reading a short piece he put together called “They’re Made of Meat”, which gave me a chortle back in the day. I looked through his works and he seems like the vast majority of writers out there that just plugged away and kept busy and never had a significant profile. He did some Boba Fett stories for the SWU, tons of short stories, novelizations of sci-fi movies (Galaxy Quest, Alien Resurrection, Fifth Element, etc.), that sort of thing. Goodbye, Terry Bisson.

-College BB: SillyCuse beat BC last night and there’s a wee bit of hope that new coach Red Autry has them on the right path. They’re beating the teams they’re supposed to beat but are getting their balls blown off by the really good squadoos. (losses to Tennessee by 16, Gonzaga by 19, Duke by 20 and Virginia by 21) Perhaps they’re catching teams by surprise because they’ve gone up tempo and there’s not a lot of game film out there just yet. Ranked teams playing tonight include Gonzaga, Florida Atlantic and Illinois.

Well, that’s it. Enjoy your evening whatever you choose to do.