That’s what the deaf-tone Florio called this period of time before the Super Bowl week. Sportswriters gave it the name because nothing happens is what he was saying this morning. Wow. That wee brouhaha in Minneapolis must not have crossed his noggin.
Flotsam and Jetsam:
-Duker Sucks!: Close enough. The Jets have a new DC (Brian Duker) that won’t be calling the plays because Aaron Glenn wants to. So should his title be “Defensive Stylist”? As per the Jets regular way of doing things this fella was not on the list of the original 8(!) candidates. But you have to resort to someone when the octet runs away screaming after Woody’s sons ask you what your favorite Transformer is. By the by, they still don’t have an OC because two separate things can’t be done at once in an organization of this caliber.
-Surprise!: Were I the betting sort I’d lay serious DFO Bucks on Seattle’s fullback getting a carry or a catch. What’s that? You didn’t know they had a guy that played 25% of the snaps this year at that position and never touched the ball once? His name is Robbie Ouzts and he’s mere babe in the woods at 6’3″, 275lbs.
-He’s Getting The Bag Again: And a certain type of folk are going to be absolutely furious. The word is that the Colts love themselves Danny Dimes and are going to pay him despite him being more injury-prone than Wiley Coyote. He’s going to get 10’s of millions of uberpesos again. He’s done an admirable job of staving off his inevitable role as a change-of-pace backup playcaller.
-Play Nice: That’s what critics of Nick Sirianni are hoping he’ll do with his new OC Sean Mannion, former QB coach of the Packers. I guess he’s got a whisperer rep after helping develop Jordan Love and Malik Willis. Mannion only has to re-tool an offense that slipped all the way to 19th while at the same time avoiding that bus that Nick tends to throw his underlings under.
What’s On?
College Ball tells me that the only ranked teams playing tonight are #8 Ioway State and #9 Illinois. I did count and there are 108 mid-level teams also squeaking on the hardcourt.
There’s Women’s Curling!
Among the better hockey squadoos playing are the Bruins, Avs, Islanders, Sabres and Tampa.
Do your thing.
The Seahawks are in the Super Bowl and hosting flag football clinics on the Big Island this weekend.
The Arizona Cardinals are 3 weeks and a dozen candidates deep into their head coaching search.
https://www.kitv.com/sports/seattle-seahawks-to-host-2-girls-flag-football-clinics-for-high-schoolers-on-the-big/article_5e95e60c-26a5-49ea-a4d9-5e6c4a4c8490.html
Holy shit Alcaraz. What a finish.
Fucking hell I wish I’d stayed awake.
Whenever I go I hope it’s just a Death Second. A whole week sounds terrible.
At what point do the Raiders and Cardinals post their coaching vacancy on Monster dot com?
Bidwill wants Kubiak. Every move Bidwill had made since taking over — but for shutting up and lucking into Bruce Arians (who Bidwill then tossed out a few years later for having the gaul to demand more personnel control since all the FA’s came to play for that man and Steve Keim was a fucking drunk but all the students at George Prep are a bunch of rapist drunks so Lil Mikey was always gonna stick with Team DUI) — has failed.
Study clauses to embarrass your franchise qb. Who is generally minimally engaged since. And likely hates the organization but isn’t so stupid to give up the Bag.
Marvin Harrison Jr is a real life bust.
Getting a fine for ‘tampering’ to hire Gannon just to see the guy do absolutely nothing.
Bidwill has spent 15 years doing it his way. He inherited a team that made the Super Bowl and had since left his personal mark on this generation of Idiot Bidwill Family Leadership. Back to perennial bottom-feeder. Outclassed and out outsmarted at every turn.
Mike Bidwill is the risk of habit a spoiled child who never had the opportunity to find a ‘right’ path. Just an absolute waste of life.
BTW- esch semiconductor chip plants coming online will create “over one Super Bowl worth of economic activity each week”.
Death week?
It bugs me so much to see the #1 seed have to play the #3 seed in the semifinals. What’s the point of even numbering them if the #1 doesn’t get any advantage (i.e. playing the #4 seed) for being the top guy?
I don’t follow tennis much, but that stupid shit is very noticeable and very wrong.
What if they give the same level of indifference to placing the rankings in the first place? Let two wrongs make a right
Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine at the start of their beautiful romance filled marriage.
They divorced 32 days later.
Christ, it took The Poseidon longer to sink.
Yeah, but there he was bangin’ Stella Stevens
Thusly:
She was never the same.
There’s no business like show business!
Everything came up roses for the star of BASEketball, Ernest Borgnine.
They call it “Death Week?” Say, that gives me some ideas . . .
Local Facebook news suggests that my neighbors cattle are on the loose again. Personally I have my doubts, as cows in my experience generally don’t tend to wander through two feet of snow for the hell of it: I suspect someone with maybe a couple of drinks in them saw a couple of deer standing close enough to each other that he thought “goddamn, ol’ Eddie’s cows are on the loose again” right before he crashed into a snow bank.
Also, just finished watching the Bruins game. Beat the Flyers 6-1, and that one was a pity goal. The Flyers were good once, right? I’m not imagining that?
I always found the Flyers to be the most forgettable hockey franchise. Like if I had to name all the teams, they would be one of the last ones I would come up with.
I bought two small air purifiers at Costco. They seem to work ok, but turning them on and off is a struggle. The buttons don’t seem to do anything, it’ s like they just randomly come on if you mash them hard and often enough. They aren’t really buttons, just little indentations on the top. So weird. The instructions are no help at all.
Costco has a friendly return policy for this.
Anyone ever seen Shen Yun?
I feel like it would be unsitthroughable, but that may just be bias against the commercials.
Fuck ‘em, they pay the musicians like shit.
(Also it’s a cult.)
Knew the second part, didn’t know the first. Fuck ’em indeed.
The Times did a couple of articles on them a year or more back. They sound like absolute psychos. I would not give them any money.
The stupid, IT BURNS!
Oh shit. One of my $1 picks that involves the first baskets that never hit actually hit. Anyone who knows basketball, how good are the Suns and Timberwolves or should I be breaking that cash out button?
@Redshirt please tell me you let this ride.
Can I use you as a reference?
Given how many times I’ve happily volunteered to serve as a witness/alibi on your behalf, I think you know the answer to that question is “yes”.
You’re overqualified for that job.
“SWEET MOTHER OF GOD LET THE BOY PLAN YOUR OFFENSE!!!!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXyW5w5RRFY
Calling this week Death Week is god damn cheap and hacky shit. And I say this as a 7th degree Morbid.
Every week is death week if you’re an Ontario vagabond
Connor Bedard of the Ice Bears with an absolutely sick wrist shot from the zone face-off circle. A brilliant goal that really was impressive! No wonder he’s such a hyped player. His laser beam makes the score…
6-2 Ice Pens
…is your final.
Nobody Could Have Ever Seen This Coming!
https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/2017015191628664907#m
https://youtu.be/uTgbUlUAmzE?si=1_vOVOTfvx2FK5jt&t=51
Were the Democrats promised a meaningless vote in exchange? Oh, I hope they got a meaningless vote out of it. They love their meaningless votes!
And if it’s not held promptly there will be a very stern letter
Cussin’ Chuck Schumer might drop another F bomb!
I like how the Dems don’t use this moment to quote some insurance hikes that were not addressed by the lady meaningless vote they got.
Hey, remember when the NBA players were striking against racism and such during 2020 until Barack Obama, as the Strikebreaker-in-Chief, conned them into giving up?
Anyway, I was just thinking about that for no reason. Certainly no reason having to do with anything here or in the real world.
https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2020/8/29/21406770/barack-obama-nba-players-lebron-james-strike-chris-paul-meeting-call
Ice Stillers have scored four answered goals in about five minutes. The Ice Bears are gonna need Ditka and Ben Johnson to figure this one out.
5-1 PGH 2nd intermission
Are yinz actually gonna playoff? And lose 4 games of 5, by a 6-3 scoreline like old days?
Hush, you
I have to get my SASSY ready, because PIT added enough that Dirt Stillers and #BFIB will wage a pitched battle for 4th place in the NL Central this summer.
The Bucs are so far in the cellar, one more shovelful and they’d reach China. Even before the season starts, they’re mathematically eliminated.
How will this affect the Leaf’s playoff chances?
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!
Hopefully poorly.
You better beleaf it! 5-2 for the good guys.
I realized earlier today that there is no football on this Sunday so I don’t automatically have plans. I guess I could take a walk or something
Be a good time to start a Blood Bowl league.
The Blood Gods sure would approve!
There is a chapter of Fulham in Chicago and they play Man Untied on Sunday 8 AM Chicago time at The Albion Manor!
Gonna catch a movie. Time to watch the best picture nominees. I’ve seen a few already.
Hall of Famer Terrell Davis played 4 seasons, IIRC. Maybe a game or two into a 5th somewhere, but his impact was four absolute monster seasons.
Washed at 27. What an incredible arc he was on before the injuries.
It was such a thorough washing, no less. No “fits and starts” or burst of the old beast. Just “holy shit, dude is done.” But what an impact he had, and it was a joy to watch him (biasedly).
The Rangers from now until the Olympic roster freeze and the trade deadline:
https://youtu.be/RLySXTIBS3c?si=LufhbFKYK8qMyQqb&t=60
No more Homestar’s Bread Singalongs is enough of a reason to fire Drury out of a cannon into a not-used-by-Dok volcano lair.
1000%.
Also small chance I’m in the City 2/28 for the matinee vs. Pittsburgh.
Buy me a ticket and I’ll go with you. Can’t beat that deal!
Carpool with my buddy from Pittsburgh and I’ll consider it!
Actually with the tank full on by then, tickets might be semi-affordable!
Damn, working all day (10-6:30) on the Island.
I was about to join in but realized I’m at a concert that night.
Goddamn having a social life.
One of my favorite guests ever was a guy who worked as a commodities trader. He was at the one in Chicago though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D6079M-KMs
I’m starting to read Nature’s Metropolis, which includes the story of how the Chicago Board of Trade began and created modern Chicago.
I’m reading Red River Seven, which is about a bunch of people who wake up on a boat with no memory of their past lives but given guns and stuff and told to perform some mysterious task in post-apocalyptic London.
Such a great movie.
Also Jamie Lee Curtis in peak form.