The NFL wastes no time chivvying its fans on to The Next Thing once the gratuitous bro-hugs-on-the-sidelines shots are finished- sometimes not even that long. I can't be certain, but within ten seconds of the game-clinching Tuaception Sunday night it seemed like NBC was blaring ads about HOT PLAYOFF ACTION.
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Stay On Target…: Tuesday Open Thread
Once again, it All Comes Down to This. And that's kinda awesome. By my count, there are eleven (11) games with meaningful playoff implications, including five involving a "win and in" scenario. I can't say I've ever looked forward to a Colts-Texans game, but here we are. Moreover, because the NFL isn't
Are…Are We Through?: Tuesday Open Thread
Simply Having A Wonderful Sh*tsmastime: Tuesday Open Thread
Many of you voiced whole-hearted- dare I say fervent?- support for my Modest Proposal regarding summary roadside executions of rubberneckers. "What is next, wise Reverend? What further Grand Plans for Cultural Improvement can you offer?" I hear you say. Well. I realized today that the American justice system- indeed, all Western juridical traditions,
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding): Tuesday Open Thread
FATHER, I CRAVE VIOLENCE!…Tuesday Open Thread
As long time readers of my barely-intelligible howlings will know, I generally have no love, patience or pity for "revenue generating sports" at the college level. The most charitable good-faith interpretation I can muster is that a relatively innocent but stupidly naive concept of the virtues of "amateurism" was corrupted
An Ant Has No Quarrel With A Boot: 2023 Buffalo Bills at the Bye (and Open Thread)
MAYHEM'S 2023 PREDICTION: "12-5, tied for AFC East crown. As always, the injury factor will be dispositive, but we have reason for Hope." HOW'S THAT LOOKING?: I mean, I was right. Injuries have decimated the Bills. Pro Bowl cornerback Tre'Davious White? Pro Bowler Matt Milano? Pro Bowler Dawson Knox? All of the Safeties (except
….. Tuesday Open Thread
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. -W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming So
FISH SPA! Tuesday Open Thread
Hi kids! Back from DFOCon 2023, and boy is my liver tired. We laughed, we cried, we watched one of our own basically have kittens during Eagles-Cowboys. It was glorious. Tough week out there for many in the pretender/contender category, with teams like the Bills, Dolphins, Seahawks and Cowboys all undermining
The (W)Omen (and Halloween Open Thread)
INTERIOR, REPUBLIC RECORDS LOBBY. A DESPONDENT RECORD EXECUTIVE SITS ON A BENCH, WITH A CATHOLIC PRIEST STANDING PRIEST: The relationship...is dead. RECORD EXECUTIVE: No. No, not again. Taylor's fans are rabid, but our research indicates another album of thinly-veiled spite songs will crash her brand. Swifties today want love. They want hope...not
Paradise By The Dashboard Light: 2023 Carolina Panthers at the Bye (and Open Thread)
“So Far, So Good” Said The Skydiver With No Parachute: 2023 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Bye (and Open Thread)
MAYHEM'S 2023 PREDICTION: "4-13. Look for Ryan Tannehill or Kirk Cousins to sign here next year if they don't have the draft position for a top-tier QB." HOW'S THAT LOOKING?: Not great, Bob! The Bucs are currently 3-1, and that is their best-likely-case scenario. Sure, a radioactive cheese steak could have