Your AFC Championship Game Open Thread

The countdown has begun. Only two more games after this one. Well, I’m sure people started counting down before now but I’m not able to handle anything beyond three so this is when I start. Both games today are rematches and the googler tells me that when teams meet again in the playoffs the winner of the first tussle is 22-14. Make of that what you will.

TO THE GAME!

Titans/Chiefs:

-Many on this site have adopted the Titans as their squadoo for the playoffs, forgetting The Ancient One’s prophecy regarding Mahomes being a multiple Super Bowl winner. It starts here.

-That is of course if they can stop the run. Another 30+ carries, 125+ yards rushed seems to be a mortal lock for Henry because the Chiefs give up 4.87 yards to opposing rb’s.

-And then the play-action passing game kicks into overdrive. Will it actually involve A.J. Brown though. He’s disappeared to the tune of 4 total targets the last two games. Perhaps Tajae Sharpe and his 70% catch rate (highest of all remaining wr’s) is the player to look for.

-One other mathy tidbit to keep in mind-Tennessee is 4-0 in games this year when they’ve been 4 or more point dogs.

-But ya gotta think that the Chiefs just have far too many weapons. They hung 51 points on the Texans last week and Tyreek didn’t even get involved. And conventional wisdom dictates that Kelce will keep on rolling against a team that gives up the 4th most scores to the tight end spot.

-Prediction Time! The Titans will score but the Chiefs will score more-they’re far healthier than they were the first time around. 35-21.

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King Hippo

Mike Vrabel’s dick has to be feeling pretty anxious now.

bk109

Evening pervosaurs… How are you this godawful evening? 😀

King Hippo

your wife a wee bit upset today?

bk109

We’re still at the airport in Liverpool. Her parents (lifelong ‘pool fands) didn’t help (including her mom dousing her in beer for the second goal) 😀

Spur

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Nap over, football already begin apparently. I need to start setting an alarm.

Whut I miss?

Viva La Tabula Raza

To the B-2 and SR-71 comments below:
Seen the SR-71 take off when I was at Kadena once. Very cool. I have some projects up at Beale AFB, got to go into a hangar where they were doing the 1000-hour teardown on a U-2 and sit in the cockpit and check the whole plane out, just as they were pulling the engine. For an Air Force brat and aircraft nut, it was like swimming with dolphins. Next trip I’ve been promised a ride in one of the chase cars when a U-2 is landing, am looking forward to that.comment image

BrettFavresColonoscopy

This guy plays linebacker for the Titans?
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LemonJello

Dean Pees on the field or Dean Pees in the booth?

King Hippo

Starting to feel like destiny, ain’t it?

Spur

Destiny has Sundays off.

Redshirt

Vrabel: “What do you think we should do?”
Tannehill: “We could throw the ball instead of run it.”
Vrabel: “We have a Quarterback?!”

Gratliff

“No.”
-Ryan Tannehill

King Hippo

KC gets a Hardman down!

Old School Zero

Tough to see the Titans go for a FG there. Every Super Bowl-focused Tennessee team knows they have to fight for every last yard.

Brocky

So…..

Do we have an actual chiefs or titans fans on this site?

/pours one out for Otto

Gratliff

Don T is putting in for a liver transplant as we speak

King Hippo

DonT!!!

King Hippo

/also new guy Revanchist is Chefs supporter

Spur

Revanchist is NOT Ottoman. I asked

Gratliff

They call themselves Turkish now

BrettFavresColonoscopy

We have a lot of fans of Andy Reid jokes

Gratliff

Tannehill threatening to become Tannehill

LemonJello

Contingency Plan: Wildcat to El Tractoricito

Spur

The Battle of Burnt Ends

King Hippo

TIIIIIIITTTTTTTSSSSSS!!!

Viva La Tabula Raza

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Watching this game on network tv means political ads up the wazoo. I miss my illegal stream.

Gratliff

I occasionally get nostalgic for random English rugby dude and Cecil Martin or whatever from my non-cable days

Spur

A Brady-free AFC Championship is already awesome.

LemonJello

“17 but feels like 5”? Paedos everywhere are really confused by their emotions and their erections right now.

Spur

Seeing a B2 up close is magical

Gratliff

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Brick Meathook

I filmed the NASA SR-71 at Edwards Air Force. We watched the crew suit up, and then get the aircraft and the start-up (awesome), and then the take-off, and when they came back they did three fly-boys for us. I still have a souvenir pin the pilot gave us with their speed/altitude. I should write a BOTG.

LemonJello

Please do.

King Hippo

which we MUST. The #Content machine tends to go fallow between the Owl and March Madness.

Viva La Tabula Raza

B-2 pilots only get to live at Whiteman AFB in Knob Noster Missouri. Or Diego Garcia when they deploy. That’s gotta suck.

King Hippo

Was that suggesting that doofus dude would prefer having his dog in the bathtub with him??

King Hippo

ok, Chefs fans insert team chatter into their anthem. FUCK OFF AND GO TIT MEN

Redshirt

The “Inch by Inch” speech in Any Given Sunday is better than the “Always Be Closing” speech in Glengarry Glen Ross. While both are motivating, “Closing” does it by just insulting you to do better. “Inch” does it by saying you have the potential to be great, but you to fight for it and want it more than the other guy.

Brocky

I honestly think any given sunday is hella underrated.

pats self on back for using “hella”

Gratliff

I don’t hate the flag in non-standard forms. They should do non-mega flag anthems more often

Spur

What kind of flag is that?

LemonJello

One that hates law enforcement.

Don T

START ALREADY GODDAMMIT

Spur

/waters raising

Redshirt

Don T outside the Fireworks Factory (artist’s conception)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raTts-iGixU

King Hippo

Man, this Navy dude is slaying the anthem

Gratliff

Go Chiefs, I guess. I want to see Andy win, but if Green Bay also wins, I’m going to regret this rooting choice

LemonJello

You have Andy Reid’s attention.

Spur

What’s up Romo!

Col. Duke LaCross

Did ladypuncher just do the dog-pee thing?

That’s a finin’!

Gratliff

We are far past the point where making big slow epic pop music covers for video packages should be a capital offense. It was cool for like a week 5 years ago.

Gratliff

This popped up on my timeline right after I posted this and it really speaks to me
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LemonJello

Poor turnout for the Magic: The Gathering tournament?

Spur

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King Hippo

FAKE NEWS wear is TRUMP??

Old School Zero

Just finished up watching the 4th episode of Chernobyl (animal patrol/roof duty), and boy howdy am I ready for some goddamn exciting football. DON’T LET ME DOWN CHEFTITS!!!

Spur

Sierra NV Hazy IPA. i plan to be shitfaced by the 49ers game. Good chance i get banned for the 49ers liveblog

King Hippo

What the holy tittyfuck is going on with Pheeeel? How do you let him on screen looking like that??

LemonJello

His producers hate him. Only answer that makes sense.

Spur

Dan Marino paid off the makeup artist.

King Hippo

have to give them mad props for that

LemonJello

Just switched over to CBS and Jim Rome is on my teevee.

I want him to get trucked by El Tractoricito while standing there spewing his verbal diarrhea on the sideline.

King Hippo

/also had this reaction

//blame BeIn for going to commercial

King Hippo

Famed raycess biter Luis Suarez has knee owie, out for the season. Such a shame.

King Hippo

Muy contentamente with whoever represents the AFC. Great story either way.

Reasonably upset if Bay of Green beats the beloved Tomsulas (who are basically NFC Donks WOO!!! with Baby Shanny and John Lynch)

Spur
Spur

44-41 Chiefs. Tennessee goes Tits up late.

litre_cola

I want to bet the over but I think El Tractorcito burns a bunch of clock.

King Hippo

NEVAR bet the under. It’s like watching a loved one die slowly.

King Hippo

I was gonna credit Hope Solo for being a good analyst, but then she said soccer, FFS

Spur

Last week’s Chiefs game was the worse thing to happen to the Titans. The Chiefs had an “Andy Reid Meltdown Game” and they still won. Now the Chief players all know to do the opposite of what Andy Reid wants.

King Hippo

Yep, if I were betting this fixture, I take the over. But I am nae.

/also, I consider the Superb Owl more of a “football-themed event” so I count Championship Sunday as the last real FITBAW day

Spur
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