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King Hippo - September 30, 2024September 29, 2024

95

Strange happenings were indeed afoot at the Circle K.  Read on/ Some things, one can NEVAR unhear.  Like the match commentator comparing The Gospel According to Fatthew to...Magic Johnson?  Uh, ok then.  RRRRRRRRRRAM IT!! have been doing it with smoke and mirrors, but the Chi**** held them in check, and forced two

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King Hippo - September 23, 2024September 22, 2024

58

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of King Hippo - my Loser Pool re-set on Friday, and after much hesitation, I sent in my fee Sunday morning and submitted my pick. The goddamned Donks, of course.  So not only did I feel like the idjit donor in imaginary GAMBLOR, but it also removed

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King Hippo - September 16, 2024September 15, 2024

125

After the chaos and near-chaos of Week One, one might have expected a return to form.  But outside of Arrowhead Stadium (soUrry, Redshirt), it ain't really happen. We had a whopping TEN games in the early window, which is asking an awful lot of Scott Muthafuckin' Hanson and his RedZone crew. 

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King Hippo - February 12, 2024February 11, 2024

95

Well, was that a classic or a shitshow?  Really, it was both.  For 3+ quarters of footy, only the kickers really did anything.  Nothing really happened with either offense. Then...everything happened.  Except we were 1 second on the play clock away from entering Q6. Two turnovers each way, but only the Chefs

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King Hippo - January 22, 2024January 21, 2024

85

We close the Flacco-Free Flacco Eight, with two very good games.  One winner more likeable than the other, but such is life. Fuck or Walk time is upon us, and the Lions?  Well, they FUCKED.  Was a slow burn, this game.  Two heavyweight boxers feeling each other out.  DET gets 3, MRSA

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King Hippo - January 15, 2024January 14, 2024

45

How mad do y'all think Jerral is, that he has to wait until after MLK Day to rage-fire Mike McCarthy?  How much iced cream do you reckon the latter ate after the game? To infinity and beyond we goes. I have often scoffed at notions of "momentum" and over-thinking things like the

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King Hippo - January 14, 2024January 13, 2024

65

I don't really have much to say - but what the hell.  A Sunday morning placeholder, I guess! NBC's matinee was a pretty compelling football match, for about 35 minutes of play.  #ThePauls even led 14-10 in Q2!  I know, it was cray.  Back and forth, and it looked pretty even. 

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King Hippo - January 8, 2024January 7, 2024

48

This is the end, my imaginary friends.  The end.  I mean, for the regular season.  And of course, Happy Afrikan-American Monday, for all who celebrate (nods in Ron Rivera). Team WKRP will not be going to the playoffs, but (i) at least they didn't go winless in the division; and (ii)

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King Hippo - December 25, 2023December 24, 2023

25

HO, HO, HO!!  Santa Ginger Hammer saved the big goodies for this festive Monday, but we still got to open some socks and cartons of cigarettes Christmas Eve. Maybe more like "hats and T-shirts that won't need shipping to sub-Saharan Afrika after all" for Detroit, who finally got their Division title

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King Hippo - December 18, 2023December 17, 2023

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Oh my.  My, my, my.  Every game can't be a Van Gogh, but we will always have Lake Effect Bearsenschiesse (h/t LemonJello). Because our DUUUUUVVVVAAALLLL imaginary pal very much sent the best prayer ever into the universe, asking how they could produce the most Bearsenschiesse ending to their near-comeback (which followed their