Let’s see if coach Tomlin can again bring the awesome power of Tennessee’s place kicker.
NFL thread.
***Update***
Rob Bironas is laughing right now.
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Let’s see if coach Tomlin can again bring the awesome power of Tennessee’s place kicker.
NFL thread.
***Update***
Rob Bironas is laughing right now.
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Max
Nice little brawl on the field in Buffalo. Fired up! Ready to go!
General Winfield Stuck
Go Browns!
Zach
Darren Sproles lives to crush my dreams. Played him when I was in middle school growing up and he scored about a dozen touchdowns singlehandedly. He destroyed my high school team after that. Now he just took that 80 yards and made Ed Reed look like a fool. It’s like he knows I grew up to become a Ravens fan.
IndyLib
@General Winfield Stuck:
Uh, no. Go Broncos (can you tell how excited I am about my team this year).
I’m in Wisconsin, our afternoon “regional” game is Seattle and San Fransisco. WTF, how exactly is that regional?
Max
Even as a fan, I’m going to admit those 3 points off that challenged interception were a gift. Referee gods are smiling on my Bills.
Jacksonville and Green Bay – you are dead to me.
The Grand Panjandrum
Giants playing the Cowboys tonight. I can think of few things as satisfying as beating a team owned by the John Boehner of pro football.
General Winfield Stuck
@IndyLib:
WE have it on CBS in NM, one of the few times during the season I get to see my team, though sometimes by fumbling with live net streams.
Go Browns!
IndyLib
@General Winfield Stuck:
Happy for you. I’m trying to follow the game on NFL Game Center, it’s a crappy way to watch football.
jeffreyw
Bah: football. The StL Cards torn out my heart when they moved to Arizona.
Oh-Fuck the Rams!
jeffreyw
Prepping a fish fry for dinner, made some slaw earlier, just finished the tartar sauce, beans are coming to temp. Have to wait for the missus to rise before I fire up the oil and mix the hushpuppies, she worked the 11-7 shift last night and read for a while before she crashed.
Morbo
Sigh… once again the Lions were painful, just agonizing, to watch. Even so, I would say it was closer than the final score would suggest, and at least they won’t be up against Adrian Peterson every week
Morbo
Sigh… once again the Lions were painful, just agonizing, to watch. Even so, I would say it was closer than the final score would suggest, and at least they won’t be up against Adrian Peterson every week.
Persia
@jeffreyw: Oooh, hushpuppies. I haven’t had those in years.
Morbo
…Aaaaand I didn’t hit “stop” in time.
MMM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sct9igr7wMA
J.
More importantly, the Jets beat the Patriots, 16-9! Take THAT, Mr. Gisele Bundchen! Jets are now 2 and 0, babies. Woohoo!
Demo Woman
@Morbo: Detroit is looking better.. I’m a long time NE fan and Brady just did not look sharp. That might be an understatement.
At least the Falcons won.
jeffreyw
@Persia:
Wouldn’t be a fish fry without them, wish I could reveal a secret special grandma recipe but I’m just using a box mix. In my favor, I am adding diced onion and peppers.
demkat620
Welp, the iggles got beat. Bad. At one point I couldn’t tell if I was watching a football game or a circus. I am about 5 years sick of Andy Reid and his gadget plays.
Just run the damn ball. And what did they have 5 billion penalty yards?
Pathetic.
donovong
WooT!! Falcons are 2 and Oh !!
Seasons’ over now, right? We can stop at undefeeted?
tufdaawg
Go Red Sox. Magic number now 7 to clinch the playoffs.
Joel
Pats looked pretty mediocre today. It’s a long season.
I’m hoping for a slaughter come the home game.
Joel
@Joel: Also, I’m expecting the USC alumnus will suck donkey balls like all of his NFL brethren. Save for that one that murdered a couple of people.
Svensker
@J.:
Yeah, baby! Oh, cry in your nasty sweatshirt, Mr. Bellislob.
Joel
@Svensker: I’ve always felt that the Patriots versus Jets is kind of like the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, where the Patriots are the Yankees and the Jets are the Cleveland Indians.
linda
for those not watching football, tcm is playing one of the most timely movies ever about radio demagogues — a face in the crowd — and a true revelation is andy griffith, for those who only recall his sheriff andy/matlock roles.
smiley
@Persia: Look in the bread section of your supermarket’s frozen food section. The ones I get here are OK and better than nothing. Love the pups. (OTOH, they’re pretty easy to make if you’re into frying.)
Linkmeister
We interrupt this football commentary for important breaking news: the Dodgers have knocked Tim Lincecum out of the game and are leading the hated Giants 5-1 in the sixth inning.
smiley
@smiley: @demkat620: Go Saints! Didn’t see the game but 48 points is pretty damn impressive.
geg6
Thank you, Jets. Nothing makes me happier than the Pats losing. Now if the Stillers can pull this one out, it will be a great day. Which I’ll be ending with a nice, thick strip steak, some couscous with lemon, tomato, and green onions and a nice green salad with beets, bleu cheese, and sunflower seeds and dressed with homemade balsamic vinaigrette. Coffee frozen custard for dessert. A relatively inexpensive barollo (sp?) tops it all. Good day. Off to a conference at our main campus tomorrow. And the Clarks, a terrific ‘Burgh band (can’t link, but google them) plays a free concert on campus Thursday. Should be a good week. If you’re in the ‘Burgh and want something to do to avoid the G20 insanity in town, come on out to the western suburbs for a kick ass free concert.
Demo Woman
@Joel: Tis the problem. Matt Ryan has been playing awesome and since he went to Boston College, it’s a home game for him. I grew up in MA but have lived in the Atlanta area for 22 years. Normally I would cheer for NE but truth be told the Falcons looked like the better team today
Has anyone heard from John? Last night he was eating barbecue and slaw and now he’s gone silent. Hope all is okay.
geg6
Demo Woman: Or it could be that he ate and drank himself into such a stupor that it was he could do to exercise Lily and than plop down down to veg in front of the football on tv. I’ve been there.
Anne Laurie
@Demo Woman:
John put up the CBS Sunday thread at 8:53am, so the ‘cue hadn’t killed him… yet.
debit
@Morbo: If it’s any consolation, I fully expected the Lions to beat the crap out of the Vikes. I mean, they usually do. And your QB just has a little settling in to do. Ours is a couple of hard hits away from forcible retirement.
burnspbesq
@Joel:
I’m expecting the USC alumnus will suck donkey balls like all of his NFL brethren
That’s a remarkably ignorant statement. I could spend 20 minutes listing former Trojans who have had successful careers in the No Fun League, including at least ten Hall of Famers.
Name three former Trojans who have been busts in the NFL. I’ll spot you Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart. Name one more. Take as much time as you want.
geg6
Damn, I see an edit button but it doesn’t work. Damn. Well, I meant to say “it was ALL he could do…” and “then” rather than “than.”
Bill H
@Zach:
I trust you are feeling somewhat better by now. I am not usually a fan of that play, as it requires Sproles making someone miss a tackle. Of course when Baltimore obliges by putting no one out there for him to make miss the tackle, he gets to build up a nice head of steam to make everybody else miss tackles.
But don’t worry, San Diego can miss more tackles than Baltimore can, so you may be good to go. But we are wearing you out, so wait for the second half.
BP in MN
@burnspbesq:
One more? In the last few years, how about Mike Williams and Reggie Bush, and Matt Leinart’s not looking like he was worth a top-10 pick.
geg6
Holy shit! Mendenhall is suddenly breaking out and the O line is doing its job. And why does there seem to be such hostility from the Bears? It’s not like we have a huge rivalry or anything.
Laura W
@Demo Woman:
Last I heard, he and Fuckhead were going “hiking”.
J.
@Svensker, a great day in Jets history. Though Rex Ryan makes “Bellislob” look skinny. ; )
John Cole
@Demo Woman: I’m here. Just didn’t watch the shows this morning other thn CBS, and I hav e shunned blogs, so I have nothing to write about.
Also, football.
Throwin Stones
@Laura W: @Laura W:
The things you miss on a Saturday evening…
Demo Woman
@John Cole: We love you and were just worried about you and then of course there’s Lily and Tunch. Who would take care of them if you were to take ill.
burnspbesq
@BP in MN:
Bush stats here. Not HOF by any stretch of the imagination, but hardly bust. Especially considering that he gets the ball in his hands less than 20x/gm on average. I’d call that solid production.
http://www.nfl.com/players/reggiebush/careerstats?id=BUS294963
Max
I’m making a pre-emptive strike and asking please, for the love of all that is holy, NO Emmy’s Open Thread.
burnspbesq
@BP in MN:
Mike who? Oh, the idiot who left school long before he was ready for the NFL. A definite bust, but not one that should count against USC.
General Winfield Stuck
Can any of us really claim to be all here? Our thoughts are but digital ones and zeros and flow thru the veins of inter tubes that excites pixels into readable arrangements on mysterious rectangle boxes,. But is that really being here? Wouldn’t it more accurate to say we are there, or, are we all there, but some here AND there? BoB could answer this, if he weren’t being there locked in Cole’s digital dungeon.
Demo Woman
@Max: Tina Fey, Damages, The Office, Thirty Rock, did I say Tina Fey, Grey’s Garden are only some of the reasons that we should have an open thread for the EMMY’s.
The last thing that I want to talk about is Jerry Jones new stadium. Sorry Jones is a creep.
Cheryl from Maryland
Thank God for Chris Cooley and Chris Horton. Redskins escaped the Rams by the skin of their teeth (the shame!). Now for roast pork in milk ala Lydia Bastianich (great restaurant in Pittsburgh) with mashed turnips and sauteed spinach as I listen to the Ravens/Chargers game.
jeffreyw
Hey you guys! Pause the game and come and get it. Dinner’s ready!
Josh Huaco
@Demo Woman:
Living in Texas has cured me of being a Cowboys fan.
Max
@Demo Woman: Split the difference and a Curb Your Enthusiasm / Entourage Open Thread?
Demo Woman
@General Winfield Stuck: WTF are you drinking or smoking?
Max
I heart T.O.
Demo Woman
@jeffreyw: Yum!@Cheryl from Maryland: You can marinate pork in yogurt also.
Just Some Fuckhead
Bears got a clean shot to win this game.
BP in MN
@burnspbesq:
When you combine the fairly modest production with his propensity for injuries I think you can call him a bust, relative to contract and draft position. For the most part it’s not that the USC guys are useless, it’s that they end up overdrafted and fail to live up to the hype.
I don’t know if that’s because NFL scouts fall for the hype and ovverrate the players, or because the USC system is very good and makes the players look better than their actual talent.
PanAmerican
…to close to the football…
Phil Simms, analyst extraordinaire.
Comrade Darkness
@General Winfield Stuck: Is BoB really there or is he Elsewhere? Since he is merely a spoof troll, if we can’t read BoB, does he cease to exist?
barneyG2000
Miss field goals = 2? it is the Bears day!
barneyG2000
Miss field goals = 2? it is the Bears day!
Comrade Darkness
“Request Deletion”? What feature is this?
I am not worthy.
@Demo Woman: Recipe?
General Winfield Stuck
@Demo Woman:
Cole said he didn’t have anything to write about, so I stepped up and went deep. Maybe a little too deep.
Demo Woman
John, Do the Stillers really lean to much?
@Comrade Darkness: I feel like it’s the seventies again. Thanks.
Joel
@burnspbesq: ‘Squise me.
I should have said his current NFL brethren.
And yes, I’m talking about Carlson Palmer and Matt Leinart, the third being Reggie Bush.
Jury is still out on Keith Rivers and Sedrick Ellis.
mantis
Bears.
Demo Woman
uh oh John is not going to be happy
Just Some Fuckhead
Haha.. now just gotta hope Bal can hang on.
asiangrrlMN
@jeffreyw: Ohhhhhh, foooooh pooooooorn! That looks soooo yummy!
Cole! How you doing?
Vikes looked horrid the first half. And, Brett Favre can still bite me.
uncle rameau
choke
Joel
= Karmic redemption for “Sixburgh” fans to be rooting against the Patriots.
disappointedGOPer
Delicious Stillers tears.
Joel
It’s a long season, and it looks like an open field.
Good year to be an NFL fan, unless you root for the Browns.
JenJen
That was delicious. The only way this football Sunday could get better for me is if the Cowboys lose their opener at the new stadium tonight. :-)
I was thinking today that the new stadium will make a terrific Texas Capital building after the secession. (ducking)
Demo Woman
@Comrade Darkness:
1 cup yogurt
2-3 garlic cloves
2 T olive oil
1 T lime juice
1 t mustard powder
1/2 t pepper
1 t honey
2 t balsamic vinegar
marinate over night
Before you bake roll in bread crumbs and chopped almonds
Cook at 450 and then turn the over to 250 to finish cooking
It depends on what you are cooking as to the time.
General Winfield Stuck
@disappointedGOPer:
I’m saving some to savor later.
Comrade Darkness
@Demo Woman: excellent, thanks!
Demo Woman
@Just Some Fuckhead: It appears that you might get your wish
Josh Huaco
I love KO, but I could do without him and DP doing their Sportscenter reunion tour on NBC.
Persia
@smiley: I should look. I’m a New Englander, so they’re not something I think of making.
Persia
@disappointedGOPer: Yeah, enjoy it all you want. That’s another bad pick in my fantasy league.
PanAmerican
His career numbers are even with Rothlisberger. Do a career team switch and I suspect his would be a bit higher and Ben’s a bit lower. The Bengals are an absolute shyte organization.
Pete Rozelle’s worst move was giving Paul Brown that franchise.
Max
Bills Win! The AFC East is looking like a tough division. Hopefully, the fish lose tomorrow.
Corner Stone
Yeah, whoever said last week that the ‘Skins were a *much better* team than the Texans?
Eh, not so much.
Just Some Fuckhead
Haha.. Ray Lewis totally timed it right and murdered the ball carrier in the backfield.
Corner Stone
The Bungles beat the GB? Wha?
Just Some Fuckhead
Say hello to your second place Steelers.
Joel
@Just Some Fuckhead: Did he hide in the trunk of the injury cart afterwards?
Betsy
I just put some banana bread in the oven. Mmmmm can’t wait.
JenJen
@Just Some Fuckhead: That was beautiful. It reminded me of those old Terry Tate Reebok ads.
Corner Stone
@Betsy: Not a big “bread” guy. The only bread I love more than banana nut bread is Jack Almond bread.
WTS, my mom stole my over ripe bananas last week and made some deelish BNB.
Hope yours turns out as well.
Laura W
@Just Some Fuckhead: Not even the autumnal equinox and you’re already on your game.
Gonna be a long-assed season.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Laura W: My only regret is that John went offline before I could taunt him.
John Cole
I’m here, jackass. Losing by three points on the road in the second game of the season is hardly going to make me cry. Hell, I didn’t even throw anything this week.
Laura W
@Just Some Fuckhead: He’s prolly weeping on the faux-Aztecian throw-covered futon as we mock.
Be the change you want to see in the NFL, Fuckhead.
Just Some Fuckhead
@John Cole: Gonna have to figure out how to score more than 13/14 points a game to beat us. I can’t wait.
Corner Stone
I just love it when people break down film. Whether it’s war pr0n and missile strikes, or NFL defense blitz packages, I’m just happy to watch and learn.
John Cole
@Just Some Fuckhead: We should probably figure out how to run the ball, too.
Laura W
Too much yang on this blog right now. I’m with Demo Woman. Can we please have an Emmy thread? We need to talk about hair, clothing, shoes, boobs, make-up, cute boys, and who is the most drunk.
Betsy
@Corner Stone:
Thanks! It usually does – it’s one of the easiest baking recipes I have.
I’m going to enjoy it, too, because as soon as my partner and I finish some perishable foods that don’t meet the criteria, we’re going to start a 2-week long no-refined-carbohydrates experiment. I think it’s the right thing to do, because I’ve been unable to resist having sweets constantly recently, but damn – I’m a vegetarian, so things like bread and couscous and pasta are a substantial part of my diet. And baking (cookies, cake, bread, muffins, etc.) is one of my favorite hobbies. It’s going to be a challenge.
Betsy
@Laura W:
I just talked about diet – surely that must count for something.
JenJen
@John Cole: See you in Cincy!
Demo Woman
@John Cole: Do you raise your voice during a game and if so how does Lily react? I figure that Tunch just gives you the eye and rolls over.
For some reason the Moxie reacted to the loud voice today and I’m hoping that it’s just because she hasn’t been outside as much because of the weather.
Max
@Demo Woman: When I clap at my team because they do something good, my dog thinks I’m calling him and comes over to me. I’m going to have to come up with another way to celebrate good football.
asiangrrlMN
No Emmy thread! More football! All the time sports! Get me a beer! Uh, scratch the last one. I guess I have to turn in my woman card because I prefer football to the Emmys. Though, I hate both the ‘boys and the Giants, so I’m going to go take a nap.
Demo Woman
@John Cole: You ran the ball better than Chicago. It seemed that the Chicago’s defense would give so much and then stuff it.
Svensker
@J.:
Yes. Gotta work on that gut — I think we want him around for a while and that is a walking heart attack. But I am lovin’ me some Jets today.
wheaton pat
Bears win. I am glad….so glad so glad. But when has pro football offenses become so reactionary. Crazy Simms talking about “pass options” on running plays, after the snap. Cannot be done without O linemen playing belly rub with d line or else the inleigible downfield comes back. My idea is of smaller O line firing out and scrambling each running play. The “pad level” drops at least 8 inches and tailbacks will not be more than 4 yards back of the los and line backers will have to be within 3 yards.
I am now removing my leather helmet
2liberal
as a cardinals and patriots fan, so am I.
also, rex ryan is fat.
Mousebumples
@asiangrrlMN: I also tend to prefer football to the Emmys. The only reason I’m watching the Emmys this year? Three words: Neil Patrick Harris.
(his opening song was awesome … wrong thread, I know … )
Mark S.
Test
Comrade Kevin
Frank Gore is The Man.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: If you have to turn in your woman card, I have to turn in my gay one! Could give a flipping frack about the Emmys (Neil Patrick Harris being the fantastic entertainer he is notwithstanding) and am watching the Giants-Cowboys at work as we speak. We threatened our boss with open rebellion if he didn’t get us a TV so he got us two plasma screens (!!) (Have I mentioned my job is pretty cool?) and the channel has been on football all day. It might change when the shift changes at 9 pm, but for now the yang is definitely in charge here.
Tim F.
@Yutsano: The late shift will probably watch Project Runway.
Yutsano
@Tim F.: The night shift tonight consists of a Latina female, so the channel could end up wherever. I’m just happy John got at least one of his wishes tonight and the Cowboys just got beat (albeit barely) by the Giants. Seachickens lost though, so I’m taking that as a slight consolation.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: I actually did take a nap. Now, I am doubly-tired. I didn’t think sleeping worked that way. I wish I had seen the last few seconds of tonight’s game. Nothing sweeter than the taste of Cowboy fans’ tears.
Your boss is awesome. Are you a techie guy?