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King Hippo - November 7, 2022November 6, 2022

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Deep sigh with the realization that we are now MOAR than halfway through the regular season.  Nothing gold can stay, Pony Boy. Q-aaron sure served up some delicious Schadenfreude, though.  Not one, not two, but THREE pickerceptions (two in the redzone) against the worst goddamned defense in the NFL.  Apparently, his

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King Hippo - October 31, 2022October 30, 2022

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Hippo and Other Hippo wish a Happy Halloween to our myriad child-age readers, as well as y'all over-enthusiastic adults.  Git off-a mah lawn. I don't think anyone will lament over a lack of scoring or fantasy stardom THIS week.  I mean, except That's Rikki's Raiders! - travelling to the Bayou and coming back

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King Hippo - October 24, 2022October 23, 2022

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Things happened yesterday.  Let's discuss some of them! Remember how competent Matty Ice was last week?  Well, fucking forget it.  Don T's Suddenly Quite Perky Tits harrassed the fuck out of him, with two back-breaking first turnovers digging a hole the Humps would never climb out of.  Pretty much all of the

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King Hippo - October 17, 2022October 16, 2022

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Holy bananacakes, even if you expect the unexpected...Sunday was quite the surprise.  And mostly in a good/fun way, for once! At 1-4 and staring into the abyss, most of us were wondering "how low can it go" for the Yinzers.  Turns out, the trip to Buffalo was rock bottom, and they

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King Hippo - October 10, 2022October 9, 2022

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So, what did everyone think?  Seems like the day really peaked early (apparently Q-aaron had a bitchy little fit in the locker room, even), then quickly ran out of steam.  Or maybe my hellscape nightmares are just beating me down.  Who fucking knows? That said, nobody remains winless (seems early for

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King Hippo - September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

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The first two weeks of an NFL season always seem kind of random to me (even if 2022 has taken that to a way higher level), but Week 3 has always been nut-cutting time.  The 0-2 can get off the mat, the "Week 1 winners that go 1-2" (ahem, cough...Commies)

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King Hippo - September 19, 2022September 18, 2022

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One might have imagined a reversion to normalcy, after a chaotic-as-fuck Week One.  One would be wrong.  Better type this shit up before my brain melts. As y'all know, the transitive property doesn't work with football.  Otherwise, as Dok noted, Detroit was on pace to become the NFL's best squadron.  They

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King Hippo - September 12, 2022September 11, 2022

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Holy mother of fuck, do I ever love football.  Even if this most glorious 9/11 opening slate broke my brain.  Which it most certainly did.  You say YOUR brain is still functional, and useable for billable work?  FUCKING LIAR. January was quite the roller coaster for Cincinnati.  But even coming in

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King Hippo - January 31, 2022January 30, 2022

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Yes, at long lost, the AFC and NFC have set their champions.  4 seed against 4 seed.  Deliver us from emptiness, oh Great Sportsball Entropy. The oft-repeated, and seemingly quite logical refrain - surely Championship Sunday would be a reversion to the mean, after all the balls-to-the-wall excellence of the Divisional