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Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 16, 2025 Season
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…
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Random Night Open Thread – for a rainy day Part Quatre
I’m doing a quick fill-in (PHRASING!) for Senor Weaselo as he is stuck dealing with random IRL crap. As we head into Week 16,…
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Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 15, 2025 Season
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…
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Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 14, 2025 Season
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…
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Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 13, 2025 Season
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…
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Micro-Hippo Thoughts, Week 12, 2025 Season
Games can has a Hippo angry. Thusly, my teevee box went off around 4:30 and stayed that way. The saving grace of the afternoon…
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Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 11, 2025 Season
Wasn’t a great slate in JV ball, but The Shield made up for it, with a heavy hitting Sunday. OK, didn’t start out aces,…
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Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 10, 2025 Season
A day filled with many games, a few of which were eveb mildly compelling! Let’s dive in. Der Fuhrerbunker Klassiker came at us bright…
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Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 9, 2025 Season
With this week, we cross the halfway threshold. One feels the existential dread, knowing it will too soon be not-FITBAW season. To the fixtures!…
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Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 8, 2025 Season
A remarkably condensed FITBAW day, what with no Euro-fixture, plus a non-mandatory puppy abortion SNF that I will not even mention in passing (I…
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