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King Hippo - October 4, 2021October 3, 2021

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Ooof, some of us met the cold, hard face slap of reality this week.  Fortunately for Teddy Ballgame, he probably doesn't remember any of it! Yes, despite trailing 17-7 at the half, there could be no Mile High Magic, with Teddy Ballgame out with a head owie.  And how annoying was

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King Hippo - September 27, 2021September 26, 2021

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September ended with several FITBAW happenings.  Here is a brief description of some of those things. Everybody likes to see a record set, unless you live in Detroit.  Yes indeed, a confluence of events - including a converted 4th and 19 (wide-ass open) and a blatant, and blatantly ignored, delay of

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King Hippo - September 13, 2021September 12, 2021

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Oh my goodness, wan't that just divine?  Lots of good games, lots of interesting strategy - and of course, surprises.  Always with the surprises, that National Football League. I will hit you with my own surprise up front - I found the "all broadcasts" 12 September intro to be tasteful and

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King Hippo - January 18, 2021January 17, 2021

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This is going to be very succint.  Eh, it is what it is. Let me first congratulate my translator, and the rest of the Bills Mafia on their AFC championship.  [WOOOOOOO...wait, wait, wait] Nobody can say y'all didn't earn it, even though your bye week is coming awfully late. You see, #ThePauls [Browns]

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King Hippo - January 17, 2021January 16, 2021

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I hope all y'all are well, and staying sane-ish. [Why give up on madness now, when it's brought me this far?] Saturday gave us the two fixtures that I cared most to watch.  As usual, the NFL playoffs did a great job of confounding pre-kickoff expectations.  I had zero faith in

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King Hippo - January 4, 2021January 3, 2021

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What a week, if one likes entropy.  And since you're here, you most certainly do! But first, a tip of the cap for the players, staff, and behind-the-scenes personnel who enabled all 32 teams to play all 16 fixtures.  This was predicted in these pages, but remember that I do tend

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King Hippo - December 28, 2020December 27, 2020

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Did y'all have a most lovely and festive Plaguemas weekend?  I surely do hope so. [Closed captions for the Hard-of-Hippo provided by the Church of the Immaculate Deception, Rev. E. Mayhem presiding] One also hopes that Son de Clem's Prison Girlfriend [Trevo(u)r Lawrence) didn't have Noo Yawk on his mind.  [Only as

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King Hippo - December 21, 2020December 20, 2020

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Welcome to a pretty bleak Week 15 recap.  I guess the fraudulent Irish (but National Fanbase!!1111) making the JV playoffs wasn't quite enough to serve The Narrative. Yes, that's right.  Atlanta had MRSA Dreamboat dead to rights (17-0, 24-7) yet again, and decided to take the 2nd half off.  Announcers and

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King Hippo - December 14, 2020December 13, 2020

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It's Festive Fixtures time o' year, when the Premiership plays seemingly every day, and we get Sabado NFL (Donks AND Black Panthers next week WOO!!!!).  But no matter whether one worships Sha'nkhor, Shan'khor, or even Shank'hor [Official Church Doctrine is Shan'klor- bloody schismatic wars have been fought over less] you

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King Hippo - December 7, 2020December 6, 2020

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Greetings and salutations, Imaginary Friends!  I hope all of you got that fantasy playoffs-calibre performance (or strategic fuckups elsewhere) that y'all needed. To that end - God bless Taysom Hill!  Though I wasn't super happy with his "empty hand" Q4 fumble (which Sherman's Ashes almost turned into a manic comeback) -