A Bored Murrika Turns Its Eyes to AFRIKA Open Thread!

King Hippo - January 27, 2024January 27, 2024

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Ugh, another dead/sunless Saturday. No NFL, no Prem. Just more stupid FA Cup ties, including the one I hope Everton loses to Martin Prince's Lutes (10:00, ESPN+) - because it's all hands on deck to keep hold of 17th position in the table. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B61XAN2Ujw Fortunately, the wonky coverage of BeIn has us covered,

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Divisional Sunday (2023 Season)

Reflections

King Hippo - January 22, 2024January 21, 2024

We close the Flacco-Free Flacco Eight, with two very good games. One winner more likeable than the other, but such is life. Fuck or Walk time is upon us, and the Lions? Well, they FUCKED. Was a slow burn, this game. Two heavyweight boxers feeling each other out. DET gets 3, MRSA

Void Remains, Week Two

King Hippo - January 20, 2024January 19, 2024

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Count down the hours until Scotchy heralds in our last full NFL weekend. Oy. Another weird Prem weekend, two fixtures per day. Arsenal will likely disembowel Palace for the early risers (7:30, USA), followed by a broadcast network-televised slap fight between Robins Hood and Praise Beesus (12:30, NBC). Only one watchable game

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Wild Card Sunday (2023 Season)

Reflections

King Hippo - January 15, 2024January 14, 2024

How mad do y'all think Jerral is, that he has to wait until after MLK Day to rage-fire Mike McCarthy? How much iced cream do you reckon the latter ate after the game? To infinity and beyond we goes. I have often scoffed at notions of "momentum" and over-thinking things like the

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Wild Card Saturday (2023 Season)

Reflections

King Hippo - January 14, 2024January 13, 2024

I don't really have much to say - but what the hell. A Sunday morning placeholder, I guess! NBC's matinee was a pretty compelling football match, for about 35 minutes of play. #ThePauls even led 14-10 in Q2! I know, it was cray. Back and forth, and it looked pretty even.

Wild Card Weekend Warmups!

King Hippo - January 13, 2024January 11, 2024

What tasty treats await us all - presuming one is staying inside watching TV. God help you if you are ATTENDING the Saturday night Chefs/Fins tilt. Your bollocks are likely to freeze plum off. Or, I suppose, your lady bollocks (sorry, TayTay). But first, Lesser Footy awaits. The Prem is thankfully

JV NFL Finale Open Thread

King Hippo - January 8, 2024January 8, 2024

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One last hurrah for Hippo's favoUrite banner pic! Washington (+5.5) v. Michigan (7:30, ESPN) Oh man, this line just keeps creeping up. I have a really bad feeling, and it's worse than the usual (gas). Polar opposites clash tonight. There's the smug superiority (undeserved) epitomized by the Michigan Man - of whom Lesser

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 18, 2023 Season

Reflections

King Hippo - January 8, 2024January 7, 2024

This is the end, my imaginary friends. The end. I mean, for the regular season. And of course, Happy Afrikan-American Monday, for all who celebrate (nods in Ron Rivera). Team WKRP will not be going to the playoffs, but (i) at least they didn't go winless in the division; and (ii)

Into the PeriloUs Void – Early Saturday Open Thread

King Hippo - January 6, 2024January 5, 2024

What, did you wake up and hope to see Premiership footy? And then JV NFL?? Too bad, you get nothing. Absolute fuckall. Well, there are FA Cup ties, though the draw was pretty uninspiring (though surely nothing can bottom out as badly as Everton's dreadful nil-nil away to Palace on Thursday, when

Raging JV Semis Thread (Also Open Monday Yada Yada)

King Hippo - January 1, 2024January 1, 2024

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Was everybody amply and appropriately bored with the appetizer games? #MeToo. Now, let's dig into that main fucking course. Alabama (+2) v. Michigan (5:00, ESPN) One might think this is hangover mercy, putting the better matchup/de facto championship game in the early slot. But apparently this is solely to satisfy the Rose Bowl

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 17, 2023 Season (Plus Final JV Exhibitions)

King Hippo - January 1, 2024December 31, 2023

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The roads to the Owl will run through Baltimore, MD and Santa Clara, CA. Congrats to the Ratbirds and Tomsulas for clinching their 1 seeds, even before the Week 18 schedule drops. Quality work, y'all. Such praise is especially earned by Balmer, who followed up their Week 16 humbling of Purdy

Your (Hopefully and Likely) Penultimate SNF Thread

King Hippo - December 31, 2023December 31, 2023

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It seems almost certain we get a Week 18 fixture, since Bills Mafia at LOLfins will be for the AFC East crown. But we take nothing for granted here at DFO. Eagerly await that schedule announcement, which is really the only good reason for watching... Packers (+1) at Vikings (8:20, NBC) Nobody