Your “One More Week of Winter Vacation” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• Future LA Rams coach Rex Ryan was fired by the Bills.
  • Incoming coach Anthony Lynn said Tyrod Taylor will sit & EJ Manuel will start Week 17.
    • Not sure if it’s an audition or trade baiting.
• The Steelers are not happy with Terry Bradshaw over his calling Mike Tomlin a “cheerleader”, not a coach.
  • Expect a response from Bradshaw about “medication something something respect”.
  • Tomlin took his own shot via a “Hollywood Henderson” reference.
• The Lions have asked the worst call from the Monday Night game be reviewed.
  • While it didn’t really affect the final outcome, the crew’s marks might affect refereeing playoff assignments, so it’s nice to see a hint of Bill Belichick in Jim Caldwell.

For those of you unaware, the week between Christmas & New Year’s is Canadian heaven, because it’s World Junior’s season. For the uninitiated, imagine a tournament with each country’s Conor McDavid & Jack Eichel with two games a day over 7 days, just to determine a playoff round. It’s glorious, but the country spends 4 days mourning if we don’t win.

Dammit.

Who’d have thought Aykroyd would be last?

I guess that leaves a Star Wars IX plot hole.

Tonight’s sports:

• College Football:
  • Holiday Bowl: Minnesota vs. Washington State – 7:00PM | ESPN
  • Cactus Bowl: Boise State vs. Baylor – 10:15PM | ESPN
• 2017 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship: Canada vs. Slovakia – 8:00PM | TSN
• College Basketball:
  • Rutgers at Wisconsin – 7:00PM | ESPN2
  • Michigan State at Minnesota – 9:00PM | ESPN2