As Hippo always reminds us, this here tilt is MANDATORY and full credit to those sleepy, weepy West Coasters for participating. My alcoholic beverage of choice is some salted caramel espresso that weighs in at 7% ABV. Tasty.
What do we know of Dublin? The name can be translated as “Black Pool” and it was ‘founded’ around 988 although fishing traps that have been discovered date back over 6,000 years. (suck it, Bible!) Apparently the place experienced real growth in the 12th and 13th centuries as a slave-trading center run by, you guessed it, Vikings. So there’s your cultural tie-in. I would suggest that the Vikings should fully embrace their heritage and play in Stockholm at some point. Strawberry Stadium there can seat 54,000+-do I have to do all the thinking for The Shield? smgdh…
To The Game!
Vikings/Steelers:
-Not that it’s particularly relevant but this is designated as a home game for Pittsburgh. What?
-Might this be a defensive tussle? Both teams forced 5 turnovers last week.
-The Steelers don’t have a viable run game and rook rb Caleb Johnson has been making mistakes on special teams and sat last week. As well, Warren is listed as questionable with a wonky knee.
-So your super sleeper is Trey Sermon who has been lifted from the practice squad and is active.
-One of the best forward-thinking moves that Minny pulled off was aquiring Jordan Mason who acquitted himself quite well in Aaron Jones absence last week.
-The book on Wentz last week was that he did what was asked of him although his rating by both PFF and ESPN was not that great. Don’t get a big head there, Carson.
-Jordan Addison is back in the fold after serving his suspension so another piece of the Vikings offense is now in place.
-It’ll be interesting to see what DC Flores has concocted game plan-wise for the increasingly immobile Rodgers. (did you see the presser where he called himself a(n) ‘historian’? He really is so far up his own asshole)
Breakfast and football-two great tastes that go great together!
Rodgers fumbles & it bounces right into Jones’s hands, man…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFfnlYbFEiE
No amount of Voodoo can fix that O line, though. Sheesh…
Nawt the score I wanted to wake up to. Alas.
My phone always picks the weirdest times to do updates. But I’m all juiced up now!
Holy shit, that was Tomlin Voodoo insanity.
We now know that grouse blood will do in a pinch.
“Aye, tis passing strange, but I’m to deliver 3 pints of chicken blood to Carton House tomorrow. I mean, I enjoy a bit of blood sausage, but I’ve never heard of using chicken blood for it.”
-Overheard in Dublin butcher shoppe
DK Metcalf with four catches, 122 yards, and a touchdown.
That’s high end talent.
Dakota Jeebus hath been forsook.
HIGH END TALENT
Deanna F. nods sadly.
Dakota Jeebus doesn’t go through progressions (or he would have seen JJ wide open downfield). He checks his initial read, then panics.
The Vikes have a guy named “SKULE”?
That’s pretty metal.
That’s it, I’m going to church.
My best to the Rev. LaVey
They’re showing the game there? Cool.
STILLER GAHNTA DAH SUPERB OWL
Irish…
Greg Olsen needs to talk less.
Outside of SKOL’s first drive, I have kept it muted
In honoUr of the auld sod, i’m going to have a traditional Irish breakfast- Cap’n Crunch!
I went with the green can of Monster.
Vikes are also on mandatory next week? I really hope JJ McCarthy takes advantage of Old World, under-21 drankin laws.
I regret to say…YES
Vikes starting left guard questionable with ankle owies.
Is it too early to drink, or is Sunday Morning Football a loophole in the Alcoholic Rules?
This is an awfully hard watch sober.
Isn’t it like breakfast pill time, anyway?
I am trying to make it to 11, for reasons I can no longer fathom nor remember. Simple self-flagellation, probably.
It’s 15:04 in Dublin, so roll with that.
Is The Shield aware of how filthily sexual “Landing Zone” sounds??
“You can either aim for the turf just outside or just go full force and deposit it in the endzone.”
SEE what kind of influence you are, Balls!!??
It’s early of course, but it would appear both all-world receivers are going to go nuclear in this game.
Here!
dress out, you is needed on defense…
What booze goes in a canned salted espresso? And does it have that Covid-handsanitizer taste that shoes up in all the cut waters now?
Grain alcohol.
And yes.
She’s a vodka-based drink.
If you pour them into a glass and let them air for a couple minutes it helps with the sanitizer taste
Redshirt, reporting as ordered.
Late 15 minutes. Give me 20 pushups!
(lifts coffee cup) One!
A splendid way to introduce this game to an international audience: refball!
Shit!
lol
Pick 6. Better than the Jags under Tom Coughlin!
fackin’ SKOL really testing Hippo’s commitment to teh rules-based order
Ramsey doing better than the Jags under Tom Coughlin there.
Buenaaas. Caribbean delegation reporting for Mandatory. French stream today, plus the usual Rus viruses 😝
“Ivermectin can cure those, too,”
-RFKjr, while swimming in raw sewage
Woooooooohoooooo!
The only thing that stat shows is that if you want your offense to get right, just play Cincinnati.
I drank the last two nights.
No more drinking for mojo.
Gentlemen, and ladies.
Fourteen hours of mandatory uninterrupted FOOTBAW bliss, begins now.
Qaaron sacked already?
Nice.
I see AA Ron isn’t immunized against sacks.
“Whe you’re sacked once as a kid, your body learns to not get sacked again.
It’s like signing with the Jets.”
Qaron potentially becoming the all-time winning quarterback against the Vikings would be kind of hilarious…
…is immediately sacked.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115279524184169598
Here’s an AI video Trump posted pushing another Qanon fantasy. Medbeds. AI is going to give him everlasting life. He has found his own Heaven.
I officially have no idea what constitutes a hand ball anymore.
Recordatorio
Top o the mornin’, ya filthy animals!
Gumbysquirrel made it!
Who’s taking attendance? I don’t want to be marked absent from the 1st Mandatorium of the season.
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I’m up early for this game-it better not suck.
Ya hear that Shield?
/I’ve got Mason involved fantasy-wise so that’s my hook.
Doesn’t matter, it’s MANDATORY.
Art Rooney was Ambassador mention: 1
oh wow, had almost forgot. I have to actively root for DAKOTA JEEBUS. JUST GREAT
Anyone else get their GAMBLOR! in on Kenneth Gainwell last night before Pitt shut down Jaylen Warren this morning?
guh, I knew I should have been streaming that
They flew the guy all the way to Ireland to rule him out. Insane.
Hey! There’s a nice start for the clubhouse. Litre’s Fulham already up 0-1 at Villa.
I’ve just learned Don T saw Die Hard for the first time last night.
Wha? How? Huh?!
I had my reasons—K? Ignorant, shitty reasons. What a movie ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
smh
I am just here so I can proclaim my enduring hatred for the Pitssburgh-based NFL squadron. SKOL.
Also, don’t get fined yada yada
So my espresso beverage was in a can and it says to shake it (to get the sediment off the bottom I suppose) but it does not mention that it is a partially carbonated drink. Funny that.
Joke’s on you, I already expect to lose!
Is all of Pittsburgh people Yinzers or is the term specific to Steelers Nation?
It’s derogatory for Western PA in general.