LAST CALL! Pats – Iggles #SB52 Open Thread

Well well… WELL. This being a Sunday afternoon, Hate Week is no more. Via reactiongifs.us And yet, the Patriots are in the Super Bowl, again. No. 1 seed in the AFC against the Iggles, No. 1 seed in the NFC. Philadelphia is riding a weekend high, after the Hall of Fame selection

Saturday Fútbol and Elephant In The Room Open Thread

It’s Saturday morning and there’s fútbol! Huh. Looks like a slate for the hardcore, in La Liga and the EPL. And, c’mon: it’s mid January. Even if Liverpool were playing Man City for the top of the table, with the losers getting full body waxes after the game… I’d still

It Ends Tonight! Titans @ Patriots Divisional Open Thread

2015 was Mariota’s rookie season and the Titans finished 3-13, being shredded by Johnny Manziel in the process. How times change; now Tennessee stands to be destroyed by Tom Brady on his ascension to Unparalleled Excellence. That’s forward progress even Jeff Tripplette can’t deny. Last Saturday the Titans won its first

A Clásico and EPL Saturday AM Open Thread

Well of course I signed up for spot duty here. I love top-flight football, in many ways the opposite of the NFL. The NFL is micromanaged, start-and-stop lawyerball with armored athletic specimens banging into each other—all under the watch of a dozen officials on the field and the ether. Fútbol is the

What’s The Point: LA-B @ Chefs ONLY on NFLN Open Thread

You’d think a Saturday divisional game for the playoffs would warrant the broadest audience possible. Who the hell knows anymore. The NFL does not seem concerned with bringing the game to the widest audience, or at least enjoys—much more—petty turf wars with TV-signal providers who refuse to indulge the league with

Monday Night Feast! Colts @ Titans Open Thread

Both teams are 2-3, and fill the bottom half of the lowest wattage division in the NFL. Luck is out. Mariota (hamstring - questionable) says he'll go--i.e., Cassel is definitely in the mix. But enough table-setting. This is my  position on "Pfft, baseball's on" taeks: Artist's lesss handome conception via lolafilms.com IND-TEN is

Boots On The Ground: Hurricane María

On Sept. 20 María, category 5 (the highest), tore through Puerto Rico with winds over 175 mph. I took this picture when the storm was leaving; both 25 ft. palm trees were uprooted to the left, and fronds are blowing to the right. Hurricane María parked, in the middle of Puerto

NFL Week 1 Bettors’ Guide

Ted Kaczynski: Gambling is the prime dehumanizer of the monetary system! I will NOT-- Door Flies Open: SHHH! Let me do the intro. [clears throat] I’m on Skype with the most notorious inmate of the Colorado Supermax. He's the only PhD on this site to have 100% accuracy predicting NFL games. Ted