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King Hippo - January 27, 2025January 26, 2025

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It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.  See early in the nightcap thread for Rikki's backstory on the wondroUs banner pic. First, though - the "meh, I'm fine either way" battle of semi-likeables, Commies at Iggles.  Lenin's men took the pitch on offense first, and slowly

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King Hippo - January 20, 2025January 19, 2025

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Last Days of Disco, indeed.  And even in matches where my preference is only mild - all *my* sides take it up the poop chute. Pour one out for the 500s, boned by The Narrator in Kansas City.  Then the poor Fuck LioUns, where Baby Buster did some...unfortunate things, both before

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King Hippo - January 13, 2025January 12, 2025

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YEEEHHHHHAAAAAWWWWW, Wild Card Weekend means SIX games now, not that they all lived up to any sort of billing. Very briefly recapping Saturday, the 500s started horribly, then flipped on a dime and ass-blasted Clippers du Merde, 32-12.  A Scorigami and everything!  Houston springing to life could have maybe inspired the Yinzers

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King Hippo - January 6, 2025January 5, 2025

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Well, this here is the last marathon, until next season (absent the heat death of the universe, which I think we'd all welcome). As a departure, let's start with the ending - the only game with real stakes, Minny at Detroit.  I honestly didn't know what to expect.  Vikes have the

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King Hippo - December 30, 2024December 29, 2024

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Do you like terrible, no-stakes FITBAW?  Boy howdy, did the last NFL Sunday of 2024 have a treat in store for YOU! How shitty are the Cowpersons, really?  Tanner Motherfucking McKee outscored them on this balmy afternoon.  Saquon stayed in until he broke the 2000 mark, as the N-GCp went dirty to

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King Hippo - December 23, 2024December 22, 2024

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Whew, Uncle Teddy is back.  I know y'all missed his handsome mug. JV fixtures were all bad, and the NFL proper slate looked...less than promising.  Oddly, Black Panthers/Qards was maybe the most competitive (while still resembling professional FITBAW) early matchup.  As Balding Spiritually noted, Charlotte's finest led 20-3 and 30-20, and

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King Hippo - December 16, 2024December 15, 2024

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Another week of cray-cray, let's get right into it! Ideal 7/5 window is marred by the raw sewage quality of those early seven.  But as always, some entertainment to be found in odd corners of the FITBAW-verse. 500s/LOLfins was the one game with two decent teams and reasonable stakes.  Did you know

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King Hippo - December 9, 2024December 8, 2024

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I hope everyone enjoyed their December FITBAW.  I ended up sleeping a lot, so mind the gaps (PHRASING). Almost all of the quality early came from the AFC East.  Q-aron finally had a throwback statistical performance, leading his charges to 23-15 and 26-23 Q4 leads that his defense could not, would

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King Hippo - December 2, 2024December 1, 2024

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Meh, I slept through the entire 4p window.  No regerts. Did anyone predict an 82-point game in Cincinnati?  With the Stillers on the other side??  But that's what you got, a 44-38 Yinzburgh win, with Charmslinger topping 4 bills (3rd time in career).  Stick a fork in the Bengals, for reals

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King Hippo - November 25, 2024November 25, 2024

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A bad/light slate on paper, it didn't have any qualms about going plaid.  HARD. Naturally, with the path to success wide open and with a bed of rose petals...the Commies face planted.  Not only did they struggle to get the offense untracked, they also gave up 27 to the goddamned Cooper Rush

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King Hippo - November 4, 2024November 3, 2024

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Holy cats, there was SO MUCH FITBAW.  At least it felt that way to my poor, leaky brain.  Like the Greatest Living American reminded us, after today we've gone halfway through the regular season.  Anticipatory depression can go ahead and start blueprints, at least.  The banner pic is because all