As long time readers of my barely-intelligible howlings will know, I generally have no love, patience or pity for "revenue generating sports" at the college level. The most charitable good-faith interpretation I can muster is that a relatively innocent but stupidly naive concept of the virtues of "amateurism" was corrupted
Author: The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem
An Ant Has No Quarrel With A Boot: 2023 Buffalo Bills at the Bye (and Open Thread)
MAYHEM'S 2023 PREDICTION: "12-5, tied for AFC East crown. As always, the injury factor will be dispositive, but we have reason for Hope." HOW'S THAT LOOKING?: I mean, I was right. Injuries have decimated the Bills. Pro Bowl cornerback Tre'Davious White? Pro Bowler Matt Milano? Pro Bowler Dawson Knox? All of the Safeties (except
….. Tuesday Open Thread
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. -W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming So
FISH SPA! Tuesday Open Thread
Hi kids! Back from DFOCon 2023, and boy is my liver tired. We laughed, we cried, we watched one of our own basically have kittens during Eagles-Cowboys. It was glorious. Tough week out there for many in the pretender/contender category, with teams like the Bills, Dolphins, Seahawks and Cowboys all undermining
The (W)Omen (and Halloween Open Thread)
INTERIOR, REPUBLIC RECORDS LOBBY. A DESPONDENT RECORD EXECUTIVE SITS ON A BENCH, WITH A CATHOLIC PRIEST STANDING PRIEST: The relationship...is dead. RECORD EXECUTIVE: No. No, not again. Taylor's fans are rabid, but our research indicates another album of thinly-veiled spite songs will crash her brand. Swifties today want love. They want hope...not
Paradise By The Dashboard Light: 2023 Carolina Panthers at the Bye (and Open Thread)
“So Far, So Good” Said The Skydiver With No Parachute: 2023 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Bye (and Open Thread)
MAYHEM'S 2023 PREDICTION: "4-13. Look for Ryan Tannehill or Kirk Cousins to sign here next year if they don't have the draft position for a top-tier QB." HOW'S THAT LOOKING?: Not great, Bob! The Bucs are currently 3-1, and that is their best-likely-case scenario. Sure, a radioactive cheese steak could have
URSA MAXIMA!…Tuesday Open Thread
So as usual, political news is a mixed bag. For example, the extremely-short-term Spending Bill that passed Saturday night to keep parts of the government open for another 45 days has some pros and cons Pro: essential social services continue! Con: no new Ukraine aid Pro: exposed the "Freedom Caucus" for not holding
TayTay Tuesday…Tuesday Open Thread
Can't stop. Won't stop. Taylor Swift Fever has swept the NFL, as Pennsylvania's Sweetheart gave creedence to rumors that she and Master of the Masturbatory Mime Travis Kelce are An Item. Swift and potential-future-ex-potential-future-mother-in-law Donna Kelce looked on from a suite at Arrowhead as the Chefs demolished the Bears, and then she
Bring Me Cop Speed …Tuesday Open Thread
LemonJello’s 2023 Jacksonville Jaguars Season Preview
REV'S NOTE: Longtime commenter and multi-time Komment of the Week/Banner Quote winner LemonJello bravely volunteered to brave the murky-stadium-pool-water of Northern Florida to bring us the following Team Preview. Please enjoy DUUUUUUVVVAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!! Recap of Last Season: 9-8, AFC South Champions (4-2 in division, 8-4 in conference) Matriculated to the Divisional Round of
Burdened with Glorious Purpose: 2023 Buffalo Bills Preview and Tuesday Open Thread
2022 PREDICTION: 9-8 2022 REALITY: 13-3! (No record for Cincy game, on account of Damar Hamlin temporarily dying) From last year's Preview: There is nothing more depressing to a Bills fan than an expectation of success. We can't cope with it, because of our near-religious faith in The Narrative. The Narrative has taught us