I’m still trying to get accustomed to Chicago being a player in the standings.
To The Game!
Bears/Niners:
-Despite being 11-4 San Franny is a -3.5 dog at home.
-Chi-town has greatly benefited from their 24th ranked D getting all kinds of turnovers. Their differential sits at +21, which is amazing.
-One of the contributors that you may not have heard of is db Nahshon Wright (questionable today) who has stuffed the stat sheets with 5 INT’s, 3 fumble recoveries and 2 forced fumbles.
-Purdy’s play keeps improving-he’s at 8TD’s-1INT in his last two weeks and has thrown for multiple scores in 5 of his 7 starts this season.
-A Niners rush D (ranked 3rd) that held Taylor to 46 yards last week faces off against a Swift/Monangai backfield that is ranked 2nd overall.
It’s all you now.
a punt and then a field goal THIS ISNT THURSDAY
With the OT rule changes this might actually end in a tie
if the bears get the ball 2nd, ben johnson is going for it 100000%
Dueling two-pointers!
If he went for 2 and made it on the first drive of OT, that’s a serious power move
Ties hurt both teams. Bears will the Top Seed and the Bye. San Francisco loses the division.
But I would enjoy it, and that’s more important to me
This game, LOL
Field Goals are for P_____. Go for it!
Points?
That was supposed to be a quote. Half alseep/drunk.
I bought a button tin but gotta eat all the cookies out of it first
Many years ago I ate a whole tin of those cookies in one sitting. If I tried that stunt now I’d probably die.
I sat down with it thinking “I’ll just have one.” Next thing I know that tin was empty.
This describes the last 46 years to a T
one of the best years of football is gonna get ruined at the very end by the predictable status quo:
-ohio st/georgia winning the natl title
-a kyle shanahan offense shitting the bed late in the super bowl
Brock Purdy was the last player taken in the draft? Next thing I know, Collinsworth is going to tell me Ryan Fitzpatrick went to Harvard.
Collinsworth: “He reminds me of a certain quarterback named Patr-”
(remote thrown through TV screen)
I wonder if Jerome Bettis is from Detroit?
Did Antonio Gates play another sport in college?
I think Lacrosse, could be wrong.
If he had, Pete Carroll would have drafted him as an Offensive Lineman.
…yep, dance is still dorky,
It seems incongruous with the fancy footwork he just showed in the pocket, but here we are.
Those are some Purdy moves
for the first time in 30 years the bears have a respectable offense
for the first time in 30 years the bears have a putrid defense
1995, when the bears had a quarterback, TWO 1000-yard receivers
…and failed to make the playoffs because no defense
…and a falcons(!) team with jeff george(!!!!!!) at quarterback made it in at the last minute instead of them
Not entirely true, the defense has sucked quite often in the past few years
mainly because the offense was non-existent
So, first to 56?
Unless it’s Extra Time, in which case the 2nd team might choose to go for 57.
Do you think DJ DMed DK about his DQ?
He owns a Dairy Queen, neat.
https://youtu.be/ssZNaqUDZXk?si=05DnkM33iUYtSMmj&t=18
There is an “Elway” series on Netflix. I know we are ALL as excited as Other Hippo to watch?
Is it a remake of “Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken”?
Only if there’s a guest appearance by the Charmslinger.
Or Tebow.
Got one of my favorite assignment desks for the night. Despite not getting here as early as I like, still got three of the four break times I like. Even got the kind of keyboard I like the most.
Fuck. I don’t want to go back to work tomorrow.
I almost made that mistake. Instead I took the whole week off so I can have this experience next Sunday.
Ditto, although I think I’ll be the only one there so it shouldn’t be bad
I’m off until January 5th. I’m afraid I’m going to forget exactly what I do.
I know. Sux. But it’s only for 2 days for me. Burning use or lose leave by the 10th of January = a 7 day leave starts Wednesday. Happy New Year indeed.
I have to work January 2
No PTO. Too many sick days. Fuck you
Sad.
/ Looks around for a “bright side” meme…
The bright side is that I have a job and a life and all my faculties and can figure out the sick time shit if necessary. I’m just a grump.
And running out of sick time really shouldn’t be a thing
This game is taking a long time, right?
Not really, we’ve just had a lot of super short games recently so it seems longer by comparison. Kinda like if Deanna Farve got an average side piece!
Instead of trash talk, players should just spread the rumoUr that they’re ill and then do really phleghmy coughs and throat clearings when lined up directly across from someone
That would’ve been my strategy in 2020.
Okay, time to see how boring the SNF game is holy shit.
Incredible! Incredible Ice Bears score in literally the last second of regulation! That literal last-second goal against the Ice Stillers to make score…
7-3, Ice Stillers. Oop.
Who knew this would be a shootout?
both defenses are held together by bondo and bailing wire
their depth can be measured in inches
but tbf i am still not used to this *checks notes* bears…offense…?!
I knew they weren’t great, but didn’t realize they were Bengals-tier
Hey, we showed up the past two weeks. Okay, it was against the Dolphins and the Cardinals, but it still counts!
Chicago is involved, after all
LAX takeoff, December 10, 2025, Runway 24L
https://vimeo.com/1149910197
Here’s a video post since Vimeo seems to have issues. This is the same video but posted from YouTube:
https://youtu.be/6sbDCd0AtSQ
Oddly, the Vimeo video works, but you messed up the YT video.
Working on that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sbDCd0AtSQ
if purdy attempted that pass during that sack, that was gonna be the montana injury in the 1990 nfc title game
caleb williams is what rex grossman was in his dreams in 2006, minus the orgys
Loveland was also on my fantasy team and sucked during the regular season
I apparently built a great playoff team just forgot about that not coming in last during the regular season thing lol
RUN CMC
There you are.
https://bsky.app/profile/cjzero.bsky.social/post/3mb3qs4xxys23
I’m impressed he doesn’t get helmet hair
Maybe…that is his helmet hair!
Oh I hope you are right!
Baby Shanahan needs a defense. And to remove his own curse.
sexy rexy lives on in caleb (horrible comp%, unleashes dragons anyways)
Will be some Deja Vu if the Bears somehow win the NFC conference title
Lookit Caleb with the Big Boy throw!
Stopped at a bar before going to a different bar for a futbol supporters evening. It pays to leave your place too early.
Are there any video games where you can play as a bear?
Leisure Suit Larry may involve a *kind* of bear…
Kuma. Tekken
I meant more of an adventure type game like Ecco the Dolphin or Squirrel with a Gun. Like you get to be a bear and wander around a neighborhood and eat Libertarians and jump on trampolines and stuff.
This is a recurring dream of Vladdy Putin.
Me, ruminating before that play: Wonder if, after all these years, we’ve finally gotten away from dorky QBs…
[sees Purdy’s TD dance]
…never mind…
There is no world where Purdy has had so much as a nanosecond of non-dorkiness. He would LARP if he had time after practice and could talk his linemen into it
Hunter Renfrow is being left out…
PURDYMANDOWN!
CMC Classic
I realized the other day, this is the first time in recent memory the Owl is being held in an uncovered stadium. It could RAIN on the Super Bowl!
and what if PHIL COLLINS was singing at halftime???
/assuming he is still alive
//tho maybe better as zombie?????
Purdyman watching Eli standing in that truck, thinking “Hell, if he can learn to do ads…”
I like watching football, but I will never understand people putting so much emotional effort into watching a game that they jump and scream about.
So this is fun. I have a couple of Haiku ceiling fans (from BigAss Fans, their app has a no ass mode) which have built in lights that can be controlled via remote, motion sensor, app, or linked to a smart speaker (in this case Amazon) but they don’t have an integration with IFTTT and Amazon pulled their integration a while ago. I wanted to make the fan lights work with a programmable Tapo button, and Tapo does integrate with IFTTT. The way to do this is with Voice Monkey, which is an Alexa skill that sets up a virtual doorbell device that you can press from IFTTT and which you can use to trigger an Alexa routine that turns on the fan light. I was feeling very accomplished getting that all set up!
However, since it uses a fake doorbell device, the fake doorbell was ringing on my parents’ devices so I got a call from my Dad asking me why they kept getting announcements that someone was at the bed light. I did figure out how to turn that off, but pretty funny unintended side effect of a hacky solution for Amazon being obnoxious and pulling their IFTTT integration!
Me, trying to understand (artist’s rendering)
This is why she’s a Doktorb, folks!
/opens 2nd eye
Ufh. Game
/opens 3rd eye
OMG. Game.
Lookit Toonces go! Driving all the way into the end zone.
That’s better
Woo go ninerz FUUUUUUUU-
Aight, let’s try that again
WELCOME HOME WOO!!!!!
THANKS HIPPO! 🙂
Hi! Long time no see!
Hi Zymm! Long time no watch much footy; glad to be back. 🙂
Well then…
Well . . . that happened.
My brain is confused, as both of these squadrons are as close as possible to “purely neutral” on the Sliding Scale of Hippo Love/Hatred. So dunno who to root for.
I mean, just a good game and maybe a GlorioUs tie?
SUDDEN DA CHANGE!
I hope all our Clubhouse supporters have been balancing their beef and pork fats. I’d hate for them to have a cardiac event and miss any of the game.
LMAO
How often do you think Mike Tirico watches Cris Collinsworth masturbate? I have the TV on but muted, and it crossed my mind pre-game.
how often has the chiefs been on snf the past few years
The whole time Cris is mumbling Oh Al
Al is still such a hot piece of trim, inshallah
likely a niners win
bears have little chance at the 1 seed and will likely face the packers yet again in round 1. plus plenty of players sick this week (luckily they are wearing their dark blue pants this week…)
it is indeed the time of year for the succubus for her annual tease of kyle shanahan during an impressive run, just before she destroys his soul very late in the playoffs
yet again