Your “Just the Hobo Facts, Ma’am” Sunday Night NFL Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

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-The term 'hobo' came about in the northwest United States in the late 1800's. -Strictly speaking, a hobo is a homeless person that travels from place to place to find temporary work. The Spanish word for hobo is obrero temporal. In Arabic it is almutasharid. -Hobos tended to avoid the South because they

Your Sunday Afternoon NFL Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

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Will we even get 100 comments on this thread? Usually the later afternoon games are treated like a Dalton-headed stepchild relative to the early games and the nighter. Maybe I'll just flood the place with petty gripes, obvious observations, hot takes and anti-Giant vitriol. Okay, maybe I'll just stick to

Your “Language is a Virus Also” Sunday Afternoon NFL Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - October 4, 2020

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I laughed way too much at my dumb joke. TO THE GAMES! Jags/Bengals: Do you have A.J. Green sitting on your team, mocking you for your draft decisions? Yeah, he hasn't even caught 50% of the balls headed his way yet but Fear Not! He's been covered by cb's Hayward, Ward and

Your “My Eyes, My Freakin’ Eyes!” Thursday Night Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - October 1, 2020

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I quote from a synopsis of Oedipus Rex, "His self-punishment (blinding himself) reveals that he believes his suffering is deserved". That sounds about right, doesn't it? Perhaps that's a bit dark and melodramatic but on the other hand I might be preaching to the choir. (snorts) Well, this is where

Your Monday Night Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

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It's hard not to be excited for this one, isn't it? But first, let's do Fallout: -Foles is in and we've likely seen the last of Truth Biscuit in a Bears uni, barring injury. Looks like he becomes just another backup that floats around and you hear his name and say, "He's

Your Hobotastic Sunday Night Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - September 27, 2020September 27, 2020

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Where were we? Okay, Dead Johnny, a WW2 vet (though he is only 24 years old or so) and hobo, wears a red bandana for 'good luck' and as a reminder of his dead war buddy. He's headed to New Goshen, Indiana for a meetup. Let's let another character in

Your “I’ve Got Your Round Two Right Here, Buddy” Sunday Afternoon NFL Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - September 27, 2020September 27, 2020

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Five games to choose from! Let's do this! TO THE GAMES! Jets/Colts: "WILL COACH GASE MAKE IT TO WK. 8?" I mean, he's gotta be the first guy shown the door, right? Between his own gase-ness and the injury bug taking up residence at the training facility he's got a hard kettle of

Your “Talk Amongst Yourselves” Early Slate of NFL Games Open Thread

scotchnaut - September 27, 2020

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Because there seem to be so many of them we'll go directly- TO THE GAMES! Rams/Bills: Rook rb Moss is out with a toe ouchie so the problem for Coach McDermott now becomes, "How do I limit Singletary to under 20 touches? Hmmm...". He'll find a way. Raiders/Pats: I was thinking Pats for survivor because

Your “It’s A Facial Hair Foofaraw!” Thursday Night Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - September 24, 2020

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A special/limited edition Pepsi can goes to the winner! That strikes me as a half-decent marketing gimmick-good job soul-less international corporation. I wasn't too happy drafting 5th in a couple of leagues this year but it turns out it was one of a few sweet spots this year considering who has

Your “Sin City, Here We Come!” Monday Night Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - September 21, 2020

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Look at that shiny new machine! Them Raiders are going to take it for a spin tonight but without the delightful characters that usually inhabit the stands. I think that's a minor victory for you and I, the average viewer. I've a few observations but I think we should first

Your Sunday Night Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - September 20, 2020September 20, 2020

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It's not often you get a whole boxcar to yourself but the thing is you can't very much enjoy it. The rocking motion puts you to sleep, over and over again. I was headed west on the Pennsylvania 'cause I heard there was a get-together around New Goshen, Indiana-never heard

Your “And Then There Were Three” (as always) Sunday Afternoon NFL Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - September 20, 2020September 20, 2020

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I complain but I shouldn't, really. The usual circumstance is that there's a toss-away tilt that is of no interest to anyone but the respective fanbases. Today we've got Kyler vs. Team that got a surprise result last week. Of course the Chiefs are always a treat and dare I