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King Hippo - January 8, 2024January 7, 2024

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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

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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

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King Hippo - December 4, 2023December 3, 2023

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December is here, the temperature is 75F inside the HippoLair.  Almost had to put the a/c on, but I worried my dead father would haunt me. When Grumblelord goes into the Hall of Fame, the 3 December 2023 Clippers/P*ts game needs to replay in full.  24/7 on NFL Network.  Yes, there

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King Hippo - November 27, 2023November 26, 2023

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Oh man, it just hit me - does a SeaTruther loss in Week TWAAAALLLLLVVVE hurt worse?  Like time and a half? But that was Thursday's mess, let us talk of SUNDAY. The early schedule looked a bit shit, and boy howdy did it ever live up to the hype.  Light a candle

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King Hippo - November 20, 2023November 19, 2023

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For real, y'all.  It's getting late early.  Maybe for those who love life in general, all year round feels like FITBAW season.  But that ain't me. Preparing me for disappointment, The Shield crammed 8 into the early window, leaving 3 absolute dogs late.  But early did bring us some chaos, starting

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King Hippo - November 13, 2023November 12, 2023

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Yes, I am angrily pilled to the gills.  Let's see how much Hippo can remember about these past 14 hours! Oh dear God, did The Shield EVAR test Germany's schiesse porn limits.  P*ts opened with a long drive and FG, Humps responded with an even longer TD drive.  Then...nothing.  A whole

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King Hippo - November 6, 2023November 5, 2023

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We'uns approximately 50% of the way through the NFL regular season.  Week 9 brought pills, thrills, and bellyaches - just maybe not exactly where you expected to find them*. *Grandson Bronco REALLY likes to knock Precious Pill Bottle off the nightstand.  Good thing the little maniac is cute (pay no attention

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King Hippo - October 23, 2023October 22, 2023

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Look, it's not like I see everything being ok in the world just because the Donks (WOO!!) finally won a FITBAW match.  No, it's because (i) Donks won; (ii) U*NC lost to 1-5 Wahoowa AT HOME; and (iii) NC State didn't play. Plus, I don't have to worry about my Loser

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King Hippo - October 16, 2023October 15, 2023

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Well, looky-loo.  We have waded one-third of the way through the regular season.  With one turd of a Week 6 slate. Closing out this year's London series, you had Ratbirds and Tits - seemingly a pretty interesting matchup.  You know, on paper.  In reality, Balmer ran out to an 18-3 halftime lead,

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King Hippo - October 9, 2023October 8, 2023

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What a time to be alive, eh?  Some things happened yesterday, and here is what I discrened about a subset of said things. We get a near-perfect lineup, in terms of spacing.  1-6-4-1, with each "1" being intriguing enough to serve as a stand-alone option.  But with the NFL, every matchup/window