Two Feel Good Stories-Who Ya Got? An Open Thread

scotchnaut - January 18, 2025January 18, 2025

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Jayden Daniels has that "Wiser than his years" look that Mahomes had back in the day but methinks they're simply overmatched here vs a team of destiny. Let's take a look. To The Game! Commies/Lions: -I think that Washington needs to get to 40 points to have a chance here but they'll fall

Your Texans/Chiefs Divisional Round Playoff Game Thread

scotchnaut - January 18, 2025January 18, 2025

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Can I wishcast a Houston W? Can they actually string two above average games together for the first time this season? I've got some tids and bits regarding this tilt so here we go... To The Game! Texans/Chiefs: -Is this Reid's best coaching job ever? (and by extension, Spags) To lose only one

Sexy Friday – 20250117

Mr. Ayo - January 17, 2025January 17, 2025

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TGIF! We have three glorious days of footed ball ahead of us, so let's get to it. Survival - Personal Edition Let's talk about purifying water in the wilderness. There are four methods: filter, chemical, distillation, and boiling. Filtering This is a general first step and should be used on any source of

Sharkbaits Cocktail of the Week: Well Travelled

Sharkbait - January 17, 2025January 17, 2025

Well, it's that time of year once again. Maybe I have a mild case of seasonal depression but it seems like this time of year, I start longing to be somewhere else. Maybe it's because after the holidays, I would prefer to skip straight to spring, and the fact that

A Thursday Evening Open Thread

scotchnaut - January 16, 2025

Another Thursday, another football-less night. May as well start getting accustomed. Damn: What can you say about a guy that gave the world of entertainment Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks? I recall walking out of the movie theatre after seeing the former-my buddy and I retired to a patio and just didn't

Round Six: Your Vikes/Rams Open Thread

scotchnaut - January 13, 2025

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Welcome to Glendale, Arizona-home of the Arrowhead Town Center shopping mall! (seriously, that's the third sentence in their wiki bio) Guh... Fallout: -They're expected to fall to Detroit next week (as almost all have) but there's more good news for Washington-the amount of cap space they're expected to have this offseason? A

Round Five: Commies/Bucs

scotchnaut - January 12, 2025January 12, 2025

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Was this my pick for most low-key entertaining game of the weekend? Why would I bring it up if it wasn't? Why am I typing this at all? (side-eyes the word counter) To The Game! Commies/Bucs: -Fireworks Alert: Right here we've got two top five scoring offenses (Tampa 4th, Washington 5th) vs two

Round Four: Your Packers/Eagles Open Thread

scotchnaut - January 12, 2025January 12, 2025

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Here we go again. To The Game! Packers/Eagles: -Love has been removed from the injury report. (an elbow ouchie, "It still hurts when I throw") Speaking of Hurts, (status: concussed) word has it that a 'specialist' was flown in from the Dolphins medical staff and voila, he's ready and raring to go! -So the bad

Your Tamworth/Tottenham Open Thread + Broncos/Bills, Whatever

scotchnaut - January 12, 2025January 12, 2025

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You've been talking about this match all week so here you go! I see we've Arsehole/Man U as well-not a bad footy-related day! Would anyone care to wallow with me in the tepid bathwater of my Tub of Wrongness regarding the Chargers game? Herbert was the first qb since 1950 to

Round Two: Steelers/Ravens (Voodoo Edition)

scotchnaut - January 11, 2025January 11, 2025

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Wasn't that last tilt a keeper? (writing this at noon EST) They don't get much better than that! And the ending-I did not see that coming. Onward. To The Game! Steelers/Ravens: Flowers For None: Zay has been ruled out of the game. Ordinarily I'd think that a receiving corps whose best wr is Rashod

Round One-Chargers/Texans

scotchnaut - January 11, 2025January 11, 2025

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Welcome back one and all. We've got six playoff games and all have some sort of appeal. Let's get to it. Chargers/Texans: -Houston's only quality win was vs Buffalo and that was quite some time ago. There's just something missing from the team this year and I can't put my finger on

Sexy Friday – 20250110

Mr. Ayo - January 10, 2025January 10, 2025

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TGIF! Half the country is burning, the other freezing, and I'm stuck here with only clouds and rain. *pokes Mt. Rainer* Do something! Survival - Personal Edition Let's talk about champagne. Specifically, opening a bottle of said champagne. First lesson, don't do this: That's wasting champagne and removing the carbonation from what's left.