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King Hippo - December 27, 2021December 26, 2021

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I hope everyone enjoyed their time with family this weekend.  And by family, of course I mean FITBAW! If we learned nothing else in 2021 (and we mostly didn't), it's this - don't go pissing Joe Burrow off.  Balmer was down to its third string QB, but Josh Johnson played fairly well. 

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King Hippo - December 20, 2021December 19, 2021

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December is a Glorious month for FITBAW, even with #TransformerNuAIDS trying to shit in the punch bowl.  The Shield's "don't ask, don't tell" policy sure cut that advance off! I am sure that the professional footballers of DUUUUUUVVVVVAAALLLLL are glad to see the back of Urban Meyer.  But it's still a

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King Hippo - December 13, 2021December 12, 2021

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Man, is Scotchy's banner quote about the Clapton-ish window ever...evergreen.  At least with respect to the early games.  One keeps thinking "it can't get any shittier" and every week it does.  MOAR BLEERGH-centred as well. The game that stayed close-ish the longest was Truthers/500s, but Seattle broke it open late.  Russ

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King Hippo - December 6, 2021December 5, 2021

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Oh my cats, apologies to yeah right.  That had to be brutal to watch. Because the walk-off winner today belonged to...Baby Buster and the No-Fuck Lions, an 11-yard TD toss to Amon-Ra on the last play of the game.  The most unlikeliest of heroes, for sure.  It was a bonkers game

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King Hippo - November 29, 2021November 28, 2021

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Welcome to the year's most depressing of Mondays! A strange JV Saturday presaged some oddball stuff at the varsity level.  And I guess we shouldn't be surprised that the helmet-less motorcycle rider that is Yinzburgh slammed into reality (h/t, Game Time Decision).  But doesn't it look weird to see...Cincinnati 41, Pittsburgh

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King Hippo - November 22, 2021November 22, 2021

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Yesterday was Hippo Family Thanksgiving, so my attention was divided.  Plus, the games were kinda butt (third week running, DUE BETTER NFL).  Still, FITBAW things happened, and here are a few of those things. Speaking of doing better...Grumblelord finds hisself back atop the AFC East, thanks to the reeling Bills.  If

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King Hippo - November 15, 2021November 14, 2021

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Fuck, was I ever in a salty mood to start this mid-November Sunday.  But thankfully, the NFL came to my rescue, with a truest of shitshows.  Thanks to a rash of blowouts throughout the window, we got to see quite a bit of Yinzers/Lions.  Forever, the game that knocked out

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King Hippo - November 8, 2021November 7, 2021

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Well, that was weird, yeah? I am quite happy not to deal with SurvivoUr pool the rest of the season.  The last few weeks have broken my brain.  But I get a mini-last laugh - when I switched my money pool entry to Brokeback's Bills?  I also ML bet the Jaguras

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King Hippo - November 1, 2021October 31, 2021

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October, we hardly knew ye.  Be forewarned, I chose not to watch not-Dak! (water added) chucklefuck around the Bird Murder Dome on Sunday night, and also skipped the end of the Saints game.  RIP, Crab Leg (down to one), though. I am starting with my Donks, because ah CAN.  No Von Miller,

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King Hippo - October 25, 2021October 24, 2021

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Welcome to The One Where Everybody Was On Bye. A challenging week for teevee coverage, given 6 squadrons on bye, and several...charitably-called less than marquee matchups.  But there were two that FITBAW enthusiasts had their eye on - and naturally, both games aired in the same goddamned broadcast window, and on the same

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King Hippo - October 18, 2021October 17, 2021

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Ugh, what a car crash of a Sunday.  Hey, my Wolven Sort managed a dominant win away to BC, I knew FITBAW gods would make me pay for that bit of pleasure. There was really only one good early game, and it was...LOLfins/Jaguras in London??  The theme of the week was