“Keep It Moving, Keep It Moving”-Your Very Next NFL Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - September 10, 2023September 10, 2023

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To The Games! Raiders/Broncos: Though Denver's wr room is nothing but a collection of tensor bandages, scotch tape and plaster casts, it would behoove them to have someone (Mims perhaps?) take a few shots downfield vs a Vegas secondary that gave up the 4th-most passing yards last year. I'm embracing the notion

Guttersnipe

BC Dick - March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

The last one. Sweet mother of god am I ever eager to get this league over with. A night at the alley with friends while luring meeting lady tourists? Great time. 4 months of league bowling? Sure, that’s swell. I can do those things and enjoy them. But almost 7 full months

Round Three? It’s Another NFL Football Open Thread

scotchnaut - October 30, 2022October 30, 2022

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Let's keep Balls' balls rolling. To The Games! Titans/Texans: A perfectly cromulent tilt that will be watched by dozens of folks. Dozens, I tell you! Bye weeks being what they are, I'm playing Davis Mills and the Tennessee D-something's gonna give and I'll end up with a big fat L. If Jacobs ran

America: Love It or Change It

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - November 3, 2020

Is it stupid and jingoistic to play the national anthem before professional sporting events? Probably. Is the Star-Spangled Banner an agrammatical piece of doggerel? Yeah, a bit. Is this clip of a scared 13 year old girl losing her way in the song during an NBA Playoff game, only to have NBA Hall of

25 Questions! SexiMexi edition!

litre_cola - June 3, 2020June 2, 2020

Good day to you! Usually when drunk I fire many random Mexican queries to Balls. I always get a response even though I know it should be why are you bothering me internet stranger. Instead of drunkenly asking I grouped them in to his usual 25 questions format. As most of

Tucson, Ch. 2: Six Shootin’ Yerself in the Foot

blaxabbath - February 27, 2019February 26, 2019

So last week we talked a bit about the detail-free Alazona proposal being pitched by leading cites of industry, Birmingham, AL and Tucson, AZ to split hosting duties for the Location-Off Raiders domestic home games in 2019. Not to oversimply the situation but this proposal offers absolutely nothing for the

Tucson, Ch. 1: Why the Mark Davis of Cities May Not be the Best Choice for Mark Davis

blaxabbath - February 18, 2019February 17, 2019

Hello. Sebastian Blax here. As many of you may have noticed, I've been away from the NFL HOT TAEKS game for a couple months now. So, first off, large ups to LCSS for holding down Quotables for the regular season finale and through the postseason. [Hold for applause; close eyes and

NFL Dead Files: Oakland

blaxabbath - July 18, 2018July 17, 2018

In an effort to revive the ratings of its stagnant paranormal series, The Dead Files, The Travel Channel's brain trust has piloted a partnership with the National Football League to boost ratings for the show as its airs its 10th season. In return, this deal will introduce the NFL to

Show Some Respect

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers - May 24, 2018May 25, 2018

INT. FOX BROADCASTING BOOTH - NRG STADIUM, HOUSTON, TX - NIGHT JOE BUCK: Good evening, folks! Welcome to Thursday Night Football, here in downtown Houston, as we wait to watch the 2-6 Texans take on the 1-7 Miami Dolphins, in what is sure to be a thrilling kickoff to Week 8!

Hope Clicks Eternal – the New York Giants

Beerguyrob - September 21, 2017September 21, 2017

So, it's the start of Week-3 in the N. F. L. The articles are already starting to come out of the journalismism factories and fans who aren't from Cleveland are already starting to realize they may have backed the wrong pony this year. There is a list of impressive candidates for analysis

Your 4th of July Evening Open Thread

laserguru - July 4, 2017July 4, 2017

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Happy 4th of July everybody! I imagine that around this time most everybody has been properly lubricated and has consumed the proper ingestibles, overindulged on grilled proteins and have applied various intoxicating substances of choice to lighten the mood and to better prepare you for the evening fireworks display. That's good! It is

White Men Deserve a Break

Don T - July 4, 2017July 5, 2017

Happy Fourth of July. During lunch at work, I came across Roland Merullo's "In Defense of The White Male", published in the Boston Globe yesterday. It's reproduced below in normal font, commentary on italics. EVERYWHERE I TURN these days I encounter the term “white male,” almost always used in a pejorative