NFL News:

• The Eagles parade is set for Thursday. It might actually be worth a liveblog.
  • 11:00AM eastern, so someone in the Eastern time zone will have to take care of that.

The excitement of the Eagles first Super Bowl victory is a once in a lifetime event. For this reason, we have decided to give our students, teachers & their families the chance to witness history. All @PHLschools schools & administrative offices will be closed this Thurs. Feb. 8

— Philadelphia Schools (@PHLschools) February 5, 2018

• Most talk this morning was focused on where the hell Malcolm Butler was during the game.
  • “I respect Malcolm’s competitiveness and I am sure that he felt like he could have helped,” Belichick said, via WEEI.com.
  • He must have done something to piss Grumblelord off, in what is the second-most glaring omission in Super Bowl history.

• Oh, and on the subject of the Pats defence, Matt Patricia is now officially the head coach of the Detroit Lions.
  • And just who are they considering as Matt Patricia’s replacement?
    • MRSA, MRSA Me – it’s Greg Schiano!

• On a personal note, one of my favourite players in the NFL finally gets a well-deserved ring.
  • It’s just too bad Darren Sproles couldn’t contribute more beyond coaching up his replacement, Corey Clement.
    • Mind you, the kid caught four passes for 100 yards and a touchdown.

IR guys working behind the scenes to make sure we’re right back here next year! @DarrenSproles @ChrisMaragos @JordanHicks #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/tqRpQTv9FN

— Carson Wentz (@cj_wentz) February 2, 2018

• With the Eagles victory, there are now only 12 teams that have never won a Super Bowl.
  • The Browns, Lions, Texans & Jags are the only teams to have never played in The Big Game™^®©

• Until Low Commander made me the awesome banner pic, I thought I had the perfect Sad Brady photo at the head. I still love it for all the bleakness & misery it contains. It wraps up “Hate Week” better than I could have written.

Finally, let’s check in on Philadelphia:

https://twitter.com/murphy818/status/960383848625393664

https://twitter.com/pixelyunicorn/status/960374566697791488

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Predators at Islanders – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • Rangers at Stars – 8:30PM | NHLN
• NBA:
  • Trail Blazers at Pistons – 7:00PM | TSN / NBA TV
  • Jazz at Pelicans – 8:00PM | Sportsnet1
  • Mavericks at Clippers – 10:30PM | Sportsnet1 / NBA TV
• NCAA:
  • Men’s
    • Basketball:
      • Syracuse at Louisville – 7:00PM | ESPN
      • West Virginia at Oklahoma – 9:00PM | ESPN
      • Hampton at North Carolina Central – 7:00PM | ESPNU
    • Hockey:
      • Beanpot Semifinal #2 – Boston vs. Harvard – 7:30PM | TSN2 / NESN
        • radio broadcasts found here.
  • Women’s
    • South Carolina at Mississippi State – 7:00PM | ESPN2
    • Texas at West Virginia – 7:00PM | FS1
    • Oklahoma at Baylor – 9:00PM | FS1
• WWE:
  • Monday Night Raw – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360

There were 2350 comments during the Super Bowl Open Thread, making it the most heavily-commented post in DFO history.

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