Your Footy/Football Sunday Open Thread (w/bonus mini NFC Championship preview!)

I’m not gonna lie, no matter the announcers of the game between Brady and Rodgers (and really, that’s pretty much everyone that’s playing) the amount of ball-washing that’s going to take place just turns me off. They’re both unlikeable folk and it’s merely a matter of degrees. Aw hell, it’ll probably be on in the background and I’ll probably be right here because I can’t quit you guys.

So I guess while we wait for that to unfold the soccer dudes can fill the void. A very quick peek at the tilts on offer tell me that Cola’s Fulham plays Burnley, that rockingdog’s Chelsea is at Luton and ManU and Liverpool are going to go at it. Perhaps others could tell us what they’re watching on ye olde telly or what’s being read or done. Otherwise… [shoulders slump]

TO THE GAME!

Bucs/Packers:

-A.B is out for this one but perhaps more importantly (for Tampa) Vita Vea is in. Who’s he? He’s a man mountain space-eater guy that plays nose tackle and clogs up the running game. His contribution to stopping the run game is not insignificant and he can also get after the qb. He’s missed the last thirteen games so I’m not sure how many snaps he’ll get.

-Yes, the Packers have played well but they have done so against the league’s easiest schedule. They’ve only beaten three teams that ended the season with a winning record. (I don’t recall them moving to the NFC East though, huh)

-Much has been made of the first game played between these two-the end result being Rodgers’ worst game of the year by far.

-How did the Bucs do it? They blitzed. And blitzed. They went balls-out 21 times and the Packers averaged 1.9 yards per play. Everyone knows what Aaron can do from a clean, unobstructed pocket so the Bucs got it all dirty and such.

Have at it.

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Spur

haha old ass Rodgers cant run away

clint greasewood

I hope Terry Bradshaw get busted in a prostitute sting operation during Super Owl weekend.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’m sure it’s happened plenty of times before. But let’s hope THIS is the year he actually gets prosecuted.

King Hippo

Or shot and left for ded. You know, potato/potato pronounced wrong

WCS

A. A. Ron is in his 16th year?

I am very old.

King Hippo

I’m old enough to remember when you needed a VCR or even magazines to masturbate.

Horatio Cornblower

I usually just use my hand.

herodotus450

Almost as many years as spots fallen in the draft.

Brick Meathook

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Ooh, “explicit”!

Spur

Fuck Yeah!

Beerguyrob

Based on the number of fans in attendance, I guess we’ll find out in two weeks if Bud Light & cheese are effective COVID barriers.

King Hippo

It’s a clever ploy by Gov. Evers to kill off some MOAR of the GOP base

King Hippo

Very lively Cup tie at Goodison. FUCK JOE BUCK AND FUCK MRSA DREAMBOAT

oh, fuck’s sake, Lesser BLEERGH takes the soocer point off the board

ballsofsteelandfury

Who took the OVER?

Spur

Mike Evans catching footballs now? Packers in trouble

Beerguyrob

Dammit!

Fronkenshteen

I got Bucs/Bills in the Supe. WHO YA GOT?

ballsofsteelandfury

Chiefs/Packers but I wouldn’t mind Bills/Packers

LemonJello

I second this.

King Hippo

#MeToo

clint greasewood

Bills/Packers

bk109

Rooting for the ‘rona (Rats/Chiefs)

SonOfSpam

Rams/Jaguars

(I think we could win this one)

Beerguyrob

Nice to see Joe Buck’s completing his transition into Steve Austin.

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Brick Meathook

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Doktor Zymm

Tampa Bay and Tom Brady both share initials with Tuberculosis!

bk109

And the hull type for an obsolete class of naval vessels
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SonOfSpam

Also, tepid blowjobs

Beerguyrob

To be fair, Gisele’s an aggressive pegger.

SonOfSpam

Next year’s FFL is Gizzy’s Aggressive Peggers

Dunstan

So who are the quarterbacks in this game? I haven’t heard anything about that.

Gumbygirl

Discount double check and some guy who smells like a goat.

bk109

Some old underachieving bloke that refuses to call his momma vs some sort of football Methuselah on his like … second team

Don T

“Since the start of the Super Bowl era, these two quarterbacks are the two best ever at ghosting family members.”

Shoutout to Bridget Moynihan for NOT making it s stretch.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I’m choosing to skip kickoff for a little sunshine, so tell these guys not to do anything too exciting until the second half.

bk109

Just find an online radio that does play by play that doesn’t make you want to dropkick a woodchipper and still get that sunshine?

Gumbygirl

I’m going to shovel snow off my deck as soon as they start to piss me off. I should put my boots on now.

ballsofsteelandfury

People shit on him, but the Steelers were nothing before Chuck Noll put Terry Bradshaw at QB. Yes, defense built that team, but Bradshaw scored points to win games they otherwise wouldn’t.

Gumbygirl

Yes. I chose Bettis because there was a long ugly dry spell after the 70’s era,but the Steelers entire history before Bradshaw was…unfortunate.

Beerguyrob

Plus, he can spell “cat” & Hollywood Henderson can’t spell “rehab”.

Gumbygirl

For hockey, Mario Lemieux. Football, Jerome Bettis.

Cecil Rhodes

How about Warren Sapp? He single handedly turned the Bucs laughing stock defense into a feared unit that eventually guided the team to a Superb Owl.

TheRevanchist

Barry Bonds. We didn’t win a big one with him, but you knew he would do something special when he came to the plate.

SonOfSpam

Yes, he was awesome in the 2002 World Series and they almost won but they lost game 7 and I was there and it was grand haha fuck you Barry.

Spur

Tim Duncan. Spurs have been around .500 most of their existence just never elite. Duncan made the Spurs an elite team for 22 years.

SonOfSpam

Earvin “Magic” Johnson
Jonathan Quick

One got the shots without any aid, and, hmm

Fronkenshteen

Mark Messier to NYR.

Cecil Rhodes

Denis Potvin for the NYI. When a crosstown rival has an extra special chant for you whenever you touch the puck, you are doing OK.

Doktor Zymm

Because fuck CBS, I’ve been spending the last hour or so trying to make my ancient Miracast device work so I can watch the late game on my projector.

ballsofsteelandfury

Piggybacking off bk109’s dock question, how many HAVE a dick but don’t USE it?

Cecil Rhodes

Guilty as charged.

Spur

See Morari Patch video below

ballsofsteelandfury

So, I saw the video. Is that just for added stimulation or does it help keep the pecker up?

Spur

Let’s setup a gofundme for a review.

ballsofsteelandfury

How fucking expensive is it??

Spur

no price yet. But if you give my your number and duct tape your phone to your taint. i can text you a bunch of times.

LemonJello

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clint greasewood

premature ejection

ballsofsteelandfury

Erin Andrews lives on a golf course in Palm Springs???

Spur

Did you get a good look at her doors and windows?

ballsofsteelandfury

There was a really nice fake fireplace. Looked oblong, tho…

Spur

Am going for the Bucs. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Cant stand Rodgers and whole magically Lambeau field BS the lazy writers push ever playoff game. Fuck that and fuck Greenbay.

bk109

Then root for CoronaChan to cancel the game “due to an overabundance of caution”

Gumbygirl

It’s a dilemma. I hate Rodgers with every fiber of my being, but I hate Brady even more. How about this, Bucs win, but Brady has a gruesome, possibly fatal career ending injury?

bk109

Uhhh, can a mod/admin delete my article rating vote (misclicked on it while changing a battery), because the goddamn thing doesn’t allow me to do it myself?!

ballsofsteelandfury

We can’t either. Don’t worry. You live across the pond from Northern Ontario. There’s no trains for hobos to hop onto.

bk109

It’s the principle of the thing – the article deserves its original rating, so bringing it down even by accident feels as wrong as leaving a small tip 🙁

LemonJello

“Small tip? Brother, you’re singing to the choir!”
-Jenn Sterger and Deanna Favre

ballsofsteelandfury

You can make it up in the next article even if he mails it in and there’s no hobo murder story.

bk109

… having a bad dream… is a reason to call in sick and not a fireable offence? Welp, you learn something every day

Gumbygirl

Gumby had a guy call in and say he couldn’t come to work because his chicken’s feet were frozen to his driveway.

ballsofsteelandfury

I have one that calls me on Sunday nights asking if we’re open tomorrow.

Spur

She wanted you to come over and lay in your arms.

Cecil Rhodes

Good day, colleagues. ‘Tis a fine day to watch four exceptional quartered backs duel for the opportunity to participate in the season finale. For the first contest, I predict that the Green Bay Supply Chain Workers will prevail over those seafaring ruffians from Tampa Bay. It is only right that upstanding members of organized society prevail over scallywags.

ballsofsteelandfury

Huzzah!

Fronkenshteen

Hell yeah! Now bring it home, Toffees.

bk109

Unrelated – as I keep noticing that I’ve got a bit of a …blind spot for mass market computing, may I ask you lads and lasses a quick Q – how many of you have (not use, HAVE) a dock and/or a 3/4/CoronaChanG modem on yer laptops?

Spur

I have a dock at home for my work laptop. Had to expense for a expensive one that does

bk109

That’s odd, nowadays as long as a machine has USB 3.1 (3.0 is doable, but can get saturated) or Thunderbolt, it can use an universal dock (which is something quite amusingly not mentioned in the Dell, HP or Lenovo brochures 😀 )

Spur

Work issue docks dont provide enough power to 4k monitors.

bk109

Yeah, that was definitely an issue in some of the early ones, but that got fixed relatively quickly (also why I said 3.0 was doable and not good :D) – well that, or we’ve got a better budget (and more understanding oversight) to work with to procure stuff with an extended service life

Spur

we got old shit. for 99% of the office no issue. I have new shit I am the 1%!

bk109

lol – it’s the reverse for us – since we actually like repairable and maintainable machines, we’ve got some laptops going as far back as the Sandy Bridge days for general office work, because the keyboard is a joy to code on, unlike the current 0-travel abortions that people try to convince themselves are actually good 😀

Now, for more intentsive tasks we do use way more up to date gear (including VR/AR glasses, which got approved suspiciously quick, when we said that some units would be distributed “at random” to asses their general utility (I personally use mine to use to have essentially a sphere of monitors to keep an eye out on things to supplement my current (well, then current, most of us are work from home/tankbarn atm) 6 monitor setup 😀

Fronkenshteen

BRUUUUUNOOOOOO

Spur
bk109

I’ll take a “This movie will be such a shitshow that I won’t even bother” after the twin abortions that were Skull Island and “Charles Dance is yet again the only good thing in a shitty movie” one …

rockingdog

thats ROCKING

litre_cola

Conversation my buddies and I are having is.
Regardless of era, if you were starting a team which player would you take in their prime?

So far we have
Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, Mike Singleterry and it is ongoing.

Thoughts?

Spur

Jerry Rice played in the West Coast offense. All his passes were basically handoffs and he never went over the middle. Cowboys and Giants showed what a wimp he was, one smack and he quit. Replace him with Calvin Johnson or Randy Moss.

Fronkenshteen

That’s what I remember, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX4nOwHyi4A

hippofant

His career also started 10+ years before Randy’s. A WR going over the middle meant something different back then.

Spur

Larry Allen, clone him 4 times and Bruce Matthews can play center

ArmedandHammered

Dick Bukis.

Doktor Zymm

We’re taking them in their prime, but will they have the same length of career that they had historically?

Horatio Cornblower

Walter Payton, only because it hurts too much to say Tom Brady.

clint greasewood

I’ll take Ronnie Lott and Ed Reed as safetys. Maybe Jack Tatum if you want to send a message that crossing route will not be tolerated.

Fronkenshteen

Anthony Muñoz?

Horatio Cornblower

Nate Newton. Great blocking and an alternate source of income for the franchise!

Gumbygirl

Joe fucking Green.

Cecil Rhodes

Lawrence Taylor. He was the highest on the list of great defensive players. Honourable mention to OJ Simpson. He murdered opposing defenses.

Gumbygirl

A slashing runner, that OJ.

Spur

Noticing a trend on the morning News programs. Nothing about what illegal or unethical actions the current did this week, just conversations on what actions the current President needs to do to improve things.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It’s crazy, right? So soothing.

bk109

Ironically, doing basically that line (on a loop) is what got Erik Nielsen (his brother) sacked in ’86 from Mulroney’s cabinet

Spur

Decided to make the full package of bacon today. I stand by my choice.

Weight loss program will resume tomorrow,. Tomorrow is1st day back at work in more then a month, I had holiday vacation and then Covid. I’m looking forward to it, getting some routine in my life.

Redshirt

Yeah, this weekend has been a bit cheat-ish for me, too. Not completely off the diet wagon, but leaning over the side to enjoy the breeze on my face.

Spur

Morning Folks.

Doktor Zymm

Good morning! I just slept 11 hrs and 46 minutes and could go back for more. How are the rest of y’all?

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bk109

Well, wifey is raiding my desktop for parts, my kiddos are giving themselves PTSD by flying over Stalingrad in a WW2 VR combat flight sim and 2 of my dogs are howling atop a WW2-vintage tank destroyer

So, ’bout average here 😀 Glad to hear that someone not only can but does in fact enjoy more than a couple hours’ sleep a week (I’m averaging about 12 a week these days)

Redshirt

Now BUF/KC and TB/GB can’t arrive at the city until two days before the Super Bowl. This is gonna be a shitty title game.

Dunstan

Going shopping for ingredients for chili. This is the biggest adventure I’ve had in weeks.

bk109

Don’t forget your MOPP and your clubcards, those points don’t collect themselves y’know 😀

Fronkenshteen

I was a Kid Hustle fan. Kareem Cheese, too.

Horatio Cornblower

My personal favoUrite, other than Otto of course, (pours out a 40) (onto a sheet of politically oriented graphs), was Future Mrs. Rick Ankiel.

Just shooting her shot with every comment.

Redshirt

When I personally depose Trump and his minions of Spider People in World War IV, I’m going to mandate that all NFL teams must play in natural grass and they cannot cover their fields in tarps.

If our brave troops can handle fighting in muddy and snowy grass while retaking Palm Beach in the Third Battle of Mar-a-Lago, so can the NFL players.

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Redshirt

What in the hell happened to Le’Veon Bell? Did he get the injury bug or was it all the Steelers O-line?

King Hippo

he has a shit ton of miles on him and is likely cooked

bk109

Also, the Jets were a thing

Fronkenshteen

Steelers O-line.

King Hippo

A.A. Ron is a semi-recluse who hates most of his family, loves athletic brunettes. What exactly is not to like??

/join Hippo on ESPN+ for Everton FA Cup MAGICK! at 3p EST, I was already boycotting the MRSA Dreamboat fluffery

Redshirt

Members are quitting ‘sad’ Mar-a-Lago after Trump loses – CNN

I never thought there was a schadenfreude sweeter than Steelers, Patriots and Michigan, but here we are.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Why couldn’t they have caught covid and died?

King Hippo

porque no los dos amirite??

herodotus450

Time to depreciate the property and sell it for a “loss”

Redshirt

I should’ve won that lottery. I would’ve turned it into the Donald J. Trump Memorial Central American Refugee Shelter and Food Bank.

bk109

… people are fleeing basically warzones (and countries with literal century+ of US-induced political instability and economic woes) … and you’d resettle them in fucking FLORIDA?!

Now, the Donald J Trump Hazardous Waste Disposal and Jet Ski Rental … that I’d get behind

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ArmedandHammered

Section 8 housing, you know for all the poors.

bk109

How about a new federal penitentiary … y’know, to hold the influx of new inmates from a certain …”administration” that we’re all hopin’ for 😉

Viva La Tabula Raza

So sad. I picture it all ending like this, but instead of “Rosebud” Trump will say “Ivanka” as he drops the snow globe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4mQqVqRB7I

Redshirt

BS. He’ll say his own name. Its the only thing he really loves.

Horatio Cornblower

Personally I don’t care what his last words are, just so long as they’re recorded for history soon.

Fronkenshteen

First two legs of my four-team footy parlay look to be home. Now comes the tricky bit; ManUre over Liverpool and Everton over Sheffield Wed.

litre_cola

You’re back in the good books. I seriously am glad Fulham lost today. Less games going forward.

King Hippo

y’all should embrace your Whiteness and go hipster. An FA Cup run is just TOO MAINSTREAM

Horatio Cornblower

Hey guys. Bet my 401K on Conor McGregor lost night, but then ESPN+ had streaming problems.

Anyone wanna tell me what happened and just how rich I am right now?

litre_cola

Welcome to your own potato famine!

Horatio Cornblower
Horatio Cornblower

Also there’s a museum about the potato famine down in Hamden, CT, with a very good reputation. And I never intend to go there, because short of the actual Holocaust I’m not sure I can think of a more depressing subject for a museum.

Redshirt

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montythisseemsstrangetome

“Evade Attention”, “Ignore Other People”, “Sulk in the Corner by Yourself and Don’t Look Up from Your Phone”. These are the Sunday shows the silent majority is craving.

Redshirt

For the silent majority (and this is for both parties), I think the shows they want are “Smugly Superior”, “Let Me Explain Why We’re Right” and “Saving the Nation”.

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litre_cola

Scotchy you were one of the good ones until that comment.

litre_cola

It will take me awhile to get through the list and Northern Ont is way outta the way.

montythisseemsstrangetome

Which former Cowboys quarterback will cause me to mute the teevee more today, Aikman or Romo?

litre_cola

Fuck, I never realized that was what was happening again. I would rather hear coked up Scott Hanson on redzone.

Redshirt

Aikman. At least Romo knows what he’s talking about and genuinely seems to be enjoying the game.

Spur

Everyone Loves a Romo

rockingdog
rockingdog

found a funny:

becca: *fries beans*
rebecca: *refries beans*

litre_cola

It would really start my day properly of Luton Town beat Chelsea. Luton Airport does not have any chairs without arms. If you plan to sleep at the airport you are floor bound should you wish to stretch out.

bk109

What really matters is that EGGW’s got a tonne of easily accessble wall sockets for weary travellers, so a 13 hour Starcraft sesh while waiting for your connecting flight (gawd, how I do NOT miss flying student class) is still fun’n’feasible 😀

litre_cola

Agreed. Outlets and chairs with no arms are #1. Bars being open past 10 pm are a help too (lookin at you Denver)

bk109

Another thing that helps is .. well, if you’re travelling with enough people to look up VLJ/LJ hires – with all the baggage and other surcharges it may be cheaper than low-cost (per passenger) and unlike Ryanair and Easyjet, you don’t start to sympathize with that Germanwings pilot midway through a flight XD
Alternatively: Overwork yourself enough that one of the over-bosses takes pity on you and donates you (as a tax writeoff) his old Citation (to help you work yerself even harder ofc) – then you get to fly yer arse around whenever you feel like it (within reason / 3000 miles … whichever comes first)

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