Your “If I Have To” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

DFOing Good

Beerguyrob - September 18, 2019September 18, 2019

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NFL News: Even though he's requested it, Jalen Ramsey is unlikely to be traded before the Jags Thursday night game against Tennessee. Although it's a bold move to talk about helping the team you're under contract with "right now". Get ready for another few weeks of this: Colin Kaepernick's agent

Your “Never On Your Terms” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

NFL Nuggets: One door closes; another door opens. https://twitter.com/Giants/status/1173962105340551168 In other QB news: THE BEN is done for the year, and in response the Steelers are bringing in (*checks notes*) Paxton Lynch as a backup to now-starting QB Wilma Mason Rudolph. Drew Brees is out 4-6 weeks with his torn thumb

Your AM Gold Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 14, 2019September 14, 2019

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Good evening Commentists & Commentettes, It's your old pal Beerguy with another easy listening Saturday night for your enjoyment. Tonight, in honour of Peter Cetera turning 75, we're going to be working our way through the early Chicago catalogue. Formed in 1967 as "The Chicago Transit Authority", the original lineup was made up

Your “Gonna Avoid Puns Today” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 11, 2019September 11, 2019

NFL News: Tyreek Hill - he of the spousal & child abuse allegations - will be out for 4-6 weeks due to a broken collarbone. They didn't put him on IR because that's a mandatory eight weeks, and they are hoping he gets back sooner than that. Not as lucky

Your “More Like ‘Sneakers At The Beer Garden'” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 10, 2019September 10, 2019

Banner photo by Daniel Berman/www.bermanphotos.com NFL Nuggets: First game of the season, and the first officiating error against the Saints. As most of you watched, prior to the half the refs pulled an accounting error in calculating when to do the 10-second runoff, forcing the Saints to hurry their field goal

Your Saturday Evening NFL Prelude Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 7, 2019September 7, 2019

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The first week is over and boy-howdy am I ready for some hard drinking. I so far have registered 30 at-risk students in my program. That's more than double last year's first-week total, and is already close to the point where I will have to close registration because I don't

Your Wednesday Evening “Dollar Dollar Bills, Y’All” Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 4, 2019September 4, 2019

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NFL Numbers: today's news brought to you by the numbers 16, 21, and 84, and the numbers they received from their associated teams. Zeke got PAID! A six-year extension worth $90 million. Taking into account the two years he had left on his rookie deal, it's $103 million over eight years,

Your “I Don’t Think Any Of Them Will Become Iron Man” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 3, 2019September 3, 2019

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NFL News: If the rumours are true, Ezekiel Elliott should have a new contract by the end of the day. He has left Mexico & flown back to Dallas. One would think this is on the advice of the agent negotiating for him, which means it has to be close.

Your LaboUr Day Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 2, 2019September 2, 2019

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Like most of you, I'm wrapping up the three-day weekend in advance of resuming life as a teacher on Tuesday. But a new school year will bring new students, returning headaches, fresh challenges, and it's eventual completion brings me one satisfying year closer to full retirement. So I trundle on, hoping I

Your Sunday Evening, Mid-Holiday Weekend Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 1, 2019September 1, 2019

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First off, I wanna thank Balls for covering Saturday night so I could enjoy the day with WineWife. Now, on to the more important point: this is the last Sunday for me until the end of the season. We are entering the most glorious part of the year at [DFO] for me -

Your Thursday Evening, “Wait – Who’s That Guy?!” Final Preseason Games Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 29, 2019August 29, 2019

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Hi everyone, It's your old pal Beerguy, filling in for Scotchy tonight. He'd love to be here with you, but he's having to take care of some relatives that came into town unexpectedly. So, I'll dispense with my usual news/notes/nuggets format and instead get right into some quick, pithy analysis of tonight's

Your “Calm Before the Storm” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 28, 2019August 28, 2019

NFL News: Colts fans demand refunds rejoice: Brock Osweiler has been brought in for a tryout. Because otherwise, the options after Jacoby Brissett gets hurt are rookie Phillip Walker and second-year player Chad "Not Uncle Jim" Kelly. Kelly is also suspended for the first two games for violating the league's personal