Reflections

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 15, 2021 Season

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December is a Glorious month for FITBAW, even with #TransformerNuAIDS trying to shit in the punch bowl.  The Shield's "don't ask, don't tell" policy sure cut that advance off! I am sure that the professional footballers of DUUUUUUVVVVVAAALLLLL are glad to see the back of Urban Meyer.  But it's still a

Subsequent GTD reflections

Game Time Decision -
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Hello there fellow DFO'er.  Hope you're well today.  And thanks for coming back to see last weeks comments of the week as decided by my brain.  There's no reason as to why some comments make it and others don't.   10 shipping days until Christmas. It's not like any of us

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 14, 2021 Season

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Man, is Scotchy's banner quote about the Clapton-ish window ever...evergreen.  At least with respect to the early games.  One keeps thinking "it can't get any shittier" and every week it does.  MOAR BLEERGH-centred as well. The game that stayed close-ish the longest was Truthers/500s, but Seattle broke it open late.  Russ

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 13, 2021 Season

King Hippo -
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Oh my cats, apologies to yeah right.  That had to be brutal to watch. Because the walk-off winner today belonged to...Baby Buster and the No-Fuck Lions, an 11-yard TD toss to Amon-Ra on the last play of the game.  The most unlikeliest of heroes, for sure.  It was a bonkers game

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 12, 2021 Season

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Welcome to the year's most depressing of Mondays! A strange JV Saturday presaged some oddball stuff at the varsity level.  And I guess we shouldn't be surprised that the helmet-less motorcycle rider that is Yinzburgh slammed into reality (h/t, Game Time Decision).  But doesn't it look weird to see...Cincinnati 41, Pittsburgh

2021 Afrikan-American Friday Mini-Hippo Thoughts (and JV Preview)

King Hippo -
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Congratulations on surviving another gluttinous holiday.  We will speak softly out of respect for the massively hungover. The Shield paired the traditional No-Fuck Lions with the Bearistocrats! this season.  You might expect hilarity to ensue, and the participants did NOT disappoint.  The game was close throughout, a fact overshadowed by its

Instant Hippo (Hazy) Thoughts – Week 11, 2021 Season

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Yesterday was Hippo Family Thanksgiving, so my attention was divided.  Plus, the games were kinda butt (third week running, DUE BETTER NFL).  Still, FITBAW things happened, and here are a few of those things. Speaking of doing better...Grumblelord finds hisself back atop the AFC East, thanks to the reeling Bills.  If

A Weather So Cold It Would Stare At You And Wave “Go” With Its Hand: Tuesday Open Thread

Don T -
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I spent most of last week until yesterday in the United States and got to experience cold weather AND daylight savings time in the flesh. As I now sit at home shirtless with the fan on, I can say in good faith: I Feel Ya I will never complain again about NFL games starting

Instant Hippo Thoughts

King Hippo -
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Fuck, was I ever in a salty mood to start this mid-November Sunday.  But thankfully, the NFL came to my rescue, with a truest of shitshows.  Thanks to a rash of blowouts throughout the window, we got to see quite a bit of Yinzers/Lions.  Forever, the game that knocked out

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 8, 2021 Season

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October, we hardly knew ye.  Be forewarned, I chose not to watch not-Dak! (water added) chucklefuck around the Bird Murder Dome on Sunday night, and also skipped the end of the Saints game.  RIP, Crab Leg (down to one), though. I am starting with my Donks, because ah CAN.  No Von Miller,

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 7, 2021 Season

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Welcome to The One Where Everybody Was On Bye. A challenging week for teevee coverage, given 6 squadrons on bye, and several...charitably-called less than marquee matchups.  But there were two that FITBAW enthusiasts had their eye on - and naturally, both games aired in the same goddamned broadcast window, and on the same