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King Hippo - December 29, 2025December 29, 2025

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Huzzah, last time my old arse has to think until 2026! Congratulations to #ThePauls, who were 7 yards away of Pauling away their game-long lead - but they prevail 13-6 and the Ratbirds will have to affirmatively lose the division in Week 18 (which they no doubt will).  Sanders and Q-aron

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King Hippo - December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

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This week, a personal first - ah don't recall a full slate of 1p window games EVAR all final before 4:05 kickoffs.  Shit, it's rare even Week 18, when all the late ones are 4:25. Not that anyone really was hoping for those cabbage farts to linger.  But STILL. Looking back at the

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King Hippo - December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

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Oh, so much chaos.  So many ded.  THE RETURN OF KING LASERFACE!!  This, this was our Week 15.  Let's peruse. That return?  Old Man Rivers DID manage to throw a TD pass!  As a literal grandpa!!  But it was not in triumph, sadly.  The Humps nailed a 60-yard FG inside the last

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King Hippo - December 8, 2025December 7, 2025

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On this last weekemd of byes, you have to truly appreciate the depth and breadth of Bring out yer DED!! across The Shield's domain.  God bless our violent, national obsession. That said, the Ratbirds suck and have no idea how time works (they also kinda got screwed, but they get no excuses),

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King Hippo - December 1, 2025November 30, 2025

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Welcome to The Shield's food coma weekend, where we all groan in sweatpants-clad regret.  A good portion of the competent (and even cromulent) squadrons played on Thursday or Friday.  Here's the poo-poo platter of what is left over. Black Panthers show promise, Black Panthers shit themselves, we all give up on them