Wasn’t September Awesome? Saturday Night JV Thread

Arkansas (+2.5) v. Texas A&M at JerralWorld (7:00, ESPN) A specially scheduled game to serve one man's ego, in the temple to said ego.  Hope that it's compelling viewing, otherwise this be the nap window. Kansas State (+13) at Oklahoma (8:00, Fox) Remember, LOVE Unded Bill Snyders as a big underdog.  No matter

JV NFL Stands Alone (Early Sabado Open Thread)

Despite the calendar disruptions for the Slave LaboUr World Cup, Lesser Footy still works in a stupid window for international friendlies.  BLECH.  Hope y'all slept in. Clemson (-7) at Wake Forest (Noon, ABC) Meaningful ACC footy!  Say it ain't so.  I can't decide if I want Wake to win (for Atlantic tiebreaker

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 2, 2022 Season

One might have imagined a reversion to normalcy, after a chaotic-as-fuck Week One.  One would be wrong.  Better type this shit up before my brain melts. As y'all know, the transitive property doesn't work with football.  Otherwise, as Dok noted, Detroit was on pace to become the NFL's best squadron.  They

Partially Lesser and Fully (Early) JV Thread

Well, the stupid Queen is still fucking ded.  I still don't care, apart from this weekend's schedule being at least less fucked up (though note that "fashionable" Sky Six sides Chelski, Men Untied, and Filthy Redshite all get the weekend off after their European travels).  Partial fuckery beats full fuckery. No

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 1, 2022 Season

Holy mother of fuck, do I ever love football.  Even if this most glorious 9/11 opening slate broke my brain.  Which it most certainly did.  You say YOUR brain is still functional, and useable for billable work?  FUCKING LIAR. January was quite the roller coaster for Cincinnati.  But even coming in

Merry 9/11 Eve! JV NFL Night Thread

This week, it's worth doing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj08Ni3tklw Kentucky (+5.5) at Florida (7:00, ESPN) This game is always fun, this line is an overreaction to Week 1.  Wager accordingly. SillyCuse (-23) at UConn (7:00, CBSSN) Clubhouse Derby!  And a resurrection of one of the 1980s greatest rivalries.  Just in a sport that neither school much cares about. Southern

JV Saturday Thread teh Firstest

There's a fuckton of action (AND narrative!!) later tonight, so that will get its own thread.  But don't neglect the hors d'oeveres! NC State (-11.5) at East Carolina (Noon, ESPN) NC State should never, ever play these hillbilly Deliverance extras.  ESPECIALLY in Satan's taint (aka Greenville, North Cakalaky).  But, because our "leadership"

Shempions Preview – Los Stages de los Gropa! Saturday Morning Footy Thread

Boy howdy, is the futbol schedule ever crowded.  But the show must go on, so those Qatari slave workers won't have died in vain! The Athletic had a pretty comprehensive preview, a snippet of which I have posted below: Which group gets you most excited?  Raphael Honigstein: A little leftfield, I know,