The Steelers defense is going to blow a 17 point lead to a third string QB. In normal years I would be having chest pains, but I called this on twitter about a half hour ago.
It would be a perfect end to a shitacular Steelers season, and would allow us to avoid being humiliated in the playoffs. I’ve never had less faith in a Steelers team than this one.
Good thing we let Bryant McFadden go…
*** Update ***
Calling everything before it happens.
Mustang Bobby
Yeah, okay, I usually jinx the Dolphins by watching the game, but down here in South Florida, I’m watching this collapse with wonder.
Nice interception, though, on the Steelers’ part.
Bubblegum Tate
Everything is going exactly as I thought it would. Right down to the fumble Ben just coughed up. OK, to be fair, my assumption was that he’d throw a pick, but…tomayto, tomahto.
JenJen
Gack! My Steelers-Dolphins stream just died.
Gravenstone
And here I was just looking in to check your angst status. Nice to see you’re being sanguine about it.
freelancer (itouch)
Cole, don’t get your hopes up about losing this abortion of a game. They’ll find a way to embarrass you yet.
gwangung
Aw, come on, John….you’re going to deprive us of the entertainment value of a massive freakout?
Tim F.
If Ben doesn’t put that arm on ice he could miss a lot more than the end of this game.
c u n d gulag
Try being a Giants fan this year. We unravled like a cheap suit made in a foreign country by unskilled workers.
Or, God forbid, a Jets fan. At least your team and mine have won since Nixons first term.
JGabriel
Ah, I find local sports contests anthropologically intriguing.
What game are they playing and what are the rules? Is this an actual contest, or is it more of a ritualized dualistic-Manichean aesthetic narrative where “Steelers” represents a sword-wielding war-mongering faction and “Dolphins” represents a peace-loving faction of dirty hippies who live in the same water they shit in?
Whichever the case, I sincerely hope your local athletic franchise is successful in their endeavors!
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freelancer (itouch)
Good lord, if they put up that “what they need to get in the playoffs” graphic again, I’m killing myself.
Edit: fuck (draws sword)
Mustang Bobby
Huh, c u n d gulag; try growing up as a Lions fan all your life. They haven’t won a championship since the Edsel went on sale.
CaseyL
Talk about winning ugly.
But hey, at least they’re winning. At least your team isn’t content to use the “old and failed” policies of Teh Suck like, oh, the Seattle Seahawks…
Corner Stone
@Mustang Bobby: What’s the “Edsel”?
Zach
Could’ve easily called PI on the interception that stopped the threat, too.
Miami would have 20-30 more seconds if they would’ve used their 3rd time out on the other side of the 2-minute warning. I have no clue why teams insist on not using every timeout they have between 2:00 and 2:30.
Cat Lady
My Pats are teh suxxor and Welker’s hurt, and figuring out which other suck ass team needs what rube goldberg thing to happen makes me want to lie down until baseball season starts.
Avatar was a blast though on IMAX, so the day wasn’t a total loss.
Morbo
Am I crazy or could Pittsburgh have sat on it and run out the clock?
…And that was just hilariously bad.
JenJen
Congrats, Cole! But now the Stillers need my Bengals to win, plus the Ravens must lose, PLUS the Broncos must lose. Houston screwed the pooch for the Stillers.
This is one Bengals fan who is breathing a sigh of relief.
Zach
@Morbo: No; clock stops on change of possession. Would’ve insured against a good kick return but allowed a field goal to tie.
Tim F.
Pittsburgh needs the Raiders, Chiefs and Bengals all to win today.
How hard can that be? They beat us.
The Claw
Ah, I find JGabriel’s douchiness intriguing.
freelancer (itouch)
That made me laugh out loud. “Now they are rooting for the Raiders, the Chiefs, and the Bengals.”
Pffffffff! Bwaaaaaaahahaha!
Maude
kinda OT, I’m used to seeing Tunch in a prone position. It’s odd to see him sitting up. It’s like a grand piano morphing into an upright.
demkat620
Well, now I get to watch my Iggles play the boys and have to listen to Joe Buck/Troy Aikmen.
Nothing like having a homer call the game.
Punchy
Cant comment on the Bungles and Chokeland, but there’s no way (as in, bet your grandma on this) that KC beats da Broncs. None. Zilch.
I watch them play every week, their coach has given up, and Cassel is too busy wondering how he’s stolen so much money from the Chefs. I suspect this’ll be a 20-pt diff by half.
arguingwithsignposts
And here is some smudge for those suffering through the football doldrums. Both the teams I care about made it into the playoffs last week, so whatever.
Punchy
@JGabriel: Sack up buddy. Your panties are showing.
Mike Kay
This is GREAT NEWS for McCain!
freelancer (itouch)
@demkat620:
Really? This next games going on mute. Go Iggles!
FTFC!
c u n d gulag
@Mustang Bobby:
Good God, you’re right. My condolences…
Thlayli
OK, that clears things up:
If Baltimore and NYJ win, they’re in.
If one of them loses, Denver is in if they win.
If one of the first two and Denver lose, Houston is in.
If all of them lose, the wildcards are Houston and Pittsburgh.
Morbo
@Zach: I know that; I’m more talking about when they had second and goal with 1:47 on the clock and Miami without timeouts. I admit I wasn’t paying full attention, so I might just be wrong on the details; maybe they had another timeout there for example.
Zach
It’s too bad the Colts left Baltimore; as a result, we have Redskins fans here and thus broadcast that NFC game instead of the good one.
John Cole
@freelancer (itouch): Steelers fans who live on the planet earth are not rooting for those teams. We’re firing up the Xbox and breaking out the Penguins jerseys.
Raiders beat the Ravens?
Chiefs beat the Broncos?
HAHAHAHAHAHA.
ajr22
Does this Packers/Cardinals game have any playoff implications? Because I’m not happy that the NFL is forcing me to watch it instead of the Eagles/Cowboy game.
Max
@John Cole – for those of us who don’t plan on firing up the X-box… can we have a White House Iron Chef Open Thread at 8pm eastern? Otherwise, I’m hijacking whatever is rolling at that time.
#fairwarning
Bondo
@Punchy:
You clearly don’t watch the Broncos enough. They are Jedi Masters of choke. They were four up in their division with four games to go last season and missed the playoffs. The Broncos winning today would be an upset.
MattR
@Punchy: Hmm, I went the other way.
Game the Broncos need to win + three to one odds on the Chiefs winning = obvious bet on the Chiefs
Gravenstone
@Tim F.: Gotta wonder if Ben takes Ward aside in coming days and asks if he wants to question his toughness now?
Tim F.
Please stop losing oakland.
Tim F.
@Gravenstone: I thought that was settled when he played the first two or three games of 2006 without his face.
Gravenstone
@ajr22: No. In fact, they play next week in AZ.
Gravenstone
@Tim F.: Ward apparently missed that memo, since he dissed Ben for sitting with a concussion a month or so ago.
Michael D.
You do know your team WON right?
I mean, maybe they’re not doing everything exactly the way you would like them to. But they’re working against a team that absolutely wants them to fail and will stop at nothing to make sure that happens.
Pittsburgh wants to win. But they’re not going to do it by flailing around doing everything John Cole and Pittsburgh fanboys want them to. They’re doing it step-by-step and will get there in the end. Yes, there’ll be some losses, but you have to take it in stride. As I said before, they are playing against people who don’t want them to make ANY progress.
You should encourage your team and stop criticizing them for every mistake or fumble they make. Criticize the other team. If they get everything they want, then you’re guaranteed failure.
Clutch414
Uh oh Cowboys fans. Looks like Romo is getting which team he plays for confused again.
ihop
on the plus side, it does appear that a disappointing and at times plain infuriating steeler season is still a buttload better than the same in many other football loving towns.
fire bruce arians and re-equip on defense. my football men are not far away from where steeler nation wants them to be.
and hells bells, it’s not like they are the pirates.
Michael D.
I predict Pittsburgh will win a Super Bowl in 2017. Until then, stop your whining!! ;-)
Max
Will be interesting to watch Black Monday tomorrow.
How many coaches will be tossed out? I hope my Bills are able to make a good grab, but there is a lot of competition for the good coaches.
Clutch414
Has anyone tried the “new” Domino’s pizza? I know, I know…mom and pop pizza joints are infinitely better, but I just saw a commercial where they said they changed their pizza. Just curious.
Michael D.
Clutch414: When you’re whole ad campaign is “Domino’s: Our sauce now tastes less like ketchup,” I’m not likely to race out to get it.
Edit: If you’re in Southeast Atlanta, you must try Grant Central Pizza. Very good.
AhabTRuler
Hines, why can’t I quite you?
AhabTRuler
quit, goddam it WP, quit! Why’d you take my edit NOW?!?
Zach
@Michael D.:
Unless they’re doing a really, really huge buy or pairing it with an awesome deal ($6/medium doesn’t really cut it) this is an incredibly stupid ad campaign. You don’t spend 20 seconds trashing your product and 10 seconds praising it in the end. That’s why there aren’t political ads pivoting from being negative about one candidate to positive about another… they don’t work because you’ve already conditioned someone to be negative about what comes next in the ad. If they buy the Dominoes spot in every commercial break for an entire game so the message sinks in… then it might be a good idea, but still not better than just pimping their new recipe for the whole spot.
This is also why AT&T’s ads tacitly admitting that their service blows in some places are incredibly stupid (and very expensive).
Clutch414
@Michael D.: Too funny. The commercial just reaks of desperation. “Try our new pizza! It’s not ketchup on cardboard anymore! We promise!”
freelancer (itouch)
@Michael D.:
Lol, we’ve put oregano in the Heinz, give it a shot. Won’t you?
gbear
@Clutch414:
They’d have to change owners before I’d even try one. Big time christian conservative activists run the company.
Michael D.
@freelancer (itouch): Yeah, and we added more fat by soaking the crust in oil!!
@Zach: I could comment on the whole AT&T commercial crap, but I (honestly) have a conflict of interest. Having said that, if “I” was doing a major national TV campaign, I would visit BriteSmile first.
Clutch414
@Michael D.: Thanks for the suggestion. If I ever make it back down to the dirty south I’ll give it a try. If anyone is ever in the Syracuse, NY/Central NY area you gotta try either Pavone’s Pizza or Twin Trees. Excellent pizza. Pavone’s is your typical NY style pizza and Twin Trees is just 100% happy goodness.
If you’re ever in Rochester, NY–Salvatore’s pizza is the bomb.
MattR
@Michael D.: Are you talking about the Luke Wilson campaign? I have honestly started disliking him solely based on that whole series of commercials.
Zach
Last thing on AT&T/Verizon. Verizon should do a promo in Times Square wherein they give a free year contract and phone to anyone whose iPhone drops or can’t connect on a call and then make ads out of it. Wash, rinse, repeat in DC and elsewhere where the AT&T network is failing. Or they could make an ad pointing out that one of the apps AT&T is so proud of is one that tells them how bad their service is.
I have Sprint, which has worse coverage than both, so I have no actual opinion on how good the service actually is.
Face
They’ve made it more palatable for Jesus. They’re using manna crust, hummus sauce, and their new toppings include communion wafers, aborted fetuses, and hymens.
gbear
Clutch414, here’s the kind of stuff that the owner of Domino’s Pizza is into (via wikipedia):
kommrade reproductive vigor
@Michael D.: Well played sir. Very well played indeed.
demkat620
Well, looks like my Iggles have decided they want to play in Dallas two weeks in a row.
Zach
Back to football; Willis McGahee just threw the best stiff arm I’ve ever seen live.
Little Macayla's Friend
@Maude:
@John Cole:
Rather than waiting until the end of 2010, and making it a herculean task for Laura W. or someone to compile a list, maybe BJ could have some sort of suggestion box for best ‘Tunch Is Pleasingly Plump’ (or something) comments on the front page?
Likewise, if John is going to do Comments of the Year again, a second suggestion box for same at the start of the year?
Michael D.
@kommrade reproductive vigor: All I’m saying is that yeah, I know there are a lot of people out there who thought that Pittsburgh was a perfect team who would do every single thing their fans wanted, keep all those promises to have a perfect season. I always knew they weren’t perfect. I never thought they were going to win every game and give every Steeler fan everything their collective fanboy hearts desired. And no one who has watched these players during their careers should have thought that either.
They just aren’t perfect. There are rules to the game. Can the quarterback do everything he wants? No. He has to do what the team is capable of. Roethlisberger is a good quarterback. But he can’t do everything.
And anyone who thought he could – or who is having a hissy fit now about the team’s perceived failures – just wasn’t watching.
Stop yer bitchin! ;-)
Michael D.
I love how a football thread has turned into a Domino’s/AT&T post.
smiley
I’m pretty sure I’ll be the only one posting this here: Florida player just hit a 70 foot 3-pointer at the buzzer to beat N.C. State, at N.C. State, 62-61. I’ve never seen an arena empty so fast.
JenJen
@Michael D.: This, my friends, is pizza. Rubino’s in Columbus, Ohio. Perfect since 1954.
@smiley: Now that’s a highlight I look forward to!
smiley
@Michael D.:
I live in a part of my city where the big three pizza chains are practically the only options (other than driving 30 min each way to get something “local”). I usually go with Papa John’s. Verzion has a Gateway netbook on sale today, and today only, for 49.99 if you commit to a 2-year broadband plan (ranging from $15-$59.99 per month). No, I don’t work for either Papa John’s or Verzion (but who knows what the future holds).
Linkmeister
@smiley: Take that, Lowe and Whittenburg!
I will admit that watching Valvano race around the court that night really was a hoot.
JenJen
In addition to NFL/Pizza Day, it is also Glenn Reynolds Is An Idiot-Asshole Day. But then again, isn’t that every day?
Glenn says that photoshop of Palin getting her shoes shined by Obama isn’t racist! Heavens, no. Wanna know why? Because Rush Limbaugh was once a shoeshine boy, and stuff.
Times have really changed when Charles Johnson ends up one of the saner posters on the internets, no?
Corner Stone
God. I have to root for the Raiders?
I feel more debased than an actress in the ghetto gaggers series.
freelancer
@demkat620:
Better to lose today and win next week than the opposite.
Corner Stone
The Colts are done. Mark it. They will not be the AFC Champs this year.
Chuck Butcher
As a Browns fan I have to laugh at this season ending. A four game win streak with Stillers at one end and Jags at the other end. When it’s the Browns you take what you can get; 5-11 does suck.
demkat620
@freelancer: I hope so. I knew going in that the center play was going to be an issue but they are just really off today on both sides of the ball.
Notorious P.A.T.
I can’t get over the majestic horribleness of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1ebJZRn2Lw&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-1-HM
Someone here linked to the Village Voice’s “Why This Decade Sucked” series, where I found this.
smiley
@Linkmeister: I failed to mention that it was at the buzzer in overtime. Close game. Gators got lucky.
mcd410x
Got kicked in the side of the knee playing soccer about an hour ago. Let me tell you: it hurts.
Face
@smiley: Lemmie guess. It was Tebow, right?
demkat620
@Notorious P.A.T.: Holy. God.
That is a flat out crime. No wonder my eight yo loves that song, its awful.
Notorious P.A.T.
Same here. The owner, Tom Monaghan, gives a lot of money to Operation Rescue so my sister said Dominos’s motto should be “We make YOU deliver”.
If you’re ever in the metro Detroit area and want some pizza, look for a Buddy’s. You’re welcome in advance.
Corner Stone
Oh, Camila Alves. I want to have your babies.
burnspbesq
@smiley:
Gators got lucky when the scheduled the Wuffies. Program is a slow-motion train wreck. It’ll be decades before they are any good.
JenJen
@Corner Stone: Are you basing that on Curtis Painter starting in the playoffs, or something?
That being said, it’s pretty pathetic, if you ask me, that the Colts started Manning, Wayne and Clark today just until they could reach season milestones, and then promptly benched them. I do hope that karma bites the Colts in the ass, but they do have talent, and they probably know what they’re doing, even if it pisses off NFL fans like me, everywhere.
Michael D.
@JenJen: Did you know Slavery was not a racist policy? It really wasn’t. Seriously. Once there was a white guy who had to work for no money for 17-20 hours a day. I believe he was a conservative, also.
There was a white guy once who wasn’t allowed to sit at a certain lunch counter I hear.
Also, lynching wasn’t racist because white people were lynched as well.
Glenn Reynolds is a fucking tool. I used to like him.
Elie
The Bears have sucked for the last three years but we can count on the McCaskeys to retain Lovey Smith and the incompetent GM, Jerry Angelo to make sure we have one more year of complete futility…
The Bears cannot coach quarterbacks either. We have screwed up more than a few. We used to have a decent defense, but Lovey’s Cover 2 covers nothing..
The Bears have not been decent since Ditka left over a decade ago. Sure he was crazy and lost some of his touch at the end, but he always had the Bears ready to play and always brought excitement onto the field. Since then, the Bears have hired a series of custodians who have taken this proud franchise into the worst possible category — sheer boredom. THAT to me is unforgivable…
burnspbesq
@mcd410x:
If it’s still swollen tomorrow, get an MRI.
JGabriel
@Punchy:
Ah yes, the time-tested tactic of effeminizing those with the audacity to express their next to negligible interest in spectator sports. And I wasn’t even mean about it, just bemused.
So refreshing.
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Notorious P.A.T.
@demkat620:
Jeez, I hope she grows out of that, or we will have to stage an intervention.
burnspbesq
@Corner Stone:
“Oh, Camila Alves. I want to have your babies.”
You are going to have her babies? Did you buy a uterus on eBay?
Corner Stone
@JenJen: Nope, just saying that IMO they’ve lost the plot.
I think they’re done and I’m tossing out a marker to call it.
AhabTRuler
Can I explain just how little I care about or trust Dennis Leary’s opinion on Trucks?
No, I don’t think I can. But it’s a very small amount.
freelancer
@Notorious P.A.T.:
Oh, Fuck You SO much…
that was godawful.
Corner Stone
@burnspbesq: I’m a post-partisan, post-modern man.
We’ll have our babies together.
Corner Stone
@AhabTRuler: But the new F-150 can connect to the internet! And find your lost tools! And floss between that back molar you can’t reach!
Corner Stone
Dooood…the Chiefs??
Joel
Aside from the obvious downer of losing Welker and the game, the Patriots game had some unsettling subplots:
1) Brady coming back after Belichick pulled the starters. Who do you think made that call?
2) Bernard Pollard bitchslapping everyone in sight.
3) No running game.
4) No pass rush.
At least the Colts got smoked. Plus with the Giants out, that’s one fewer team that I have to root against.
freelancer
@Corner Stone:
But does it have a Brawndo Dispenser?
Corner Stone
I need the Raiders to win this thing. I will now light myself on fire*.
*H/T ESPN Sports Guy
demkat620
@Notorious P.A.T.: I’m trying but she also wants to be Hannah Montana.
Honest to god, I don’t think I will survive her being a teen.
MikeJ
@Notorious P.A.T.:
Monaghan sold Dominos in ’98. The pizza still sucks as far as I know. In theory it could be better, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
To recap, freedom isn’t a reason anymore to not eat Dominos, taste is.
geg6
Max @35: I am with you. How cool to have Mario Battali, Emeril, Bobby Flay, Chef Comerford, Michelle Obama, and the White House garden all in one show? Not to mention the food porn. Food porn makes me hot. ;-)
smiley
@Face: Can the Tebow bashing stop now that he’s done? I’m an atheist and I don’t give a shit what he says. I get the impression, on the other hand, that some of his religious stuff really gets on the nerves of people here. Who cares about his religion? I don’t. Like him or not, he was a great college football player.
Joel
@geg6: I’m all over that Iron Chef tonight.
Never used to watch Iron Chef America until I started watching The Next Iron Chef to tide me over between episodes of Top Chef.
But the quality of Top Chef has been declining since season 4 and now I’ve turned into a full Iron Chef junkie. It’s too bad Mario Batali stopped doing regular challenges, though.
JenJen
@Michael D.: This one time, I sat in the back of the bus, too. I’m white, so this is a matter of great significance, although it may not seem that way to you.
I swear, Conservative Idiots 2.0 are so much worse than they were when they were in charge.
AhabTRuler
@Notorious P.A.T.: That was wretched garbage, but this should act as a palate-cleanser.
Elie
@geg6:
Girl, I am completely with you on this and plan to watch…what fun! I wonder what the “special ingredient” will be?
Max@ 35 – thanks for the reminder
Kobie
My Bills certainly put the Colts’ backups in their place today. Huzzah.
Corner Stone
@smiley:
Agreed.
Undoubtedly he was an awesome college player.
But I am happy I’ll never have to watch him take another snap.
It’s like a lot of things – I respect you for your ability to do X very well. But don’t shove your beliefs down my throat just because you can and networks are compelled to show your team playing.
geg6
Joel: I’ve met Mario IRL. My ex-bf from high school is a purveyor of food porn (pro photog specializing in food) and shoots all the photos for Mario’s cookbooks and marketing materials. When I was in NY 2 yeats ago, he took me to Babbo for a chef’s tasting where we ate at a table in the kitchen. It was awesome and Mario is exactly as much a showman in his own kitchen as he is on the show. He’s always been my fav Iron Chef. Now even more. You csan’t imagine how well I ate that night.
MikeJ
@Elie:
Stuff picked from the WH garden. Or stuff exactly like it, since they went back to NY after shooting the bits in the garden with the chefs picking stuff. They got a locavore/organic place in New York to give them what they picked.
Corner Stone
Max?…Max!!
Can you sneak into the BAL-RAI game and sedate a half dozen BAL players?
Hmmm?? Maybe?
Punchy
Gotta help this blog maintain its rep for verbal indian burns. mild comment noogeys, and the tried-and-true practice of going below the threshold of one’s snark detector.
Corner Stone
Ooooo – 1 pt game in OAK.
Clutch414
Crap. Looks like I’m going to have to deal with the unbearable smug emission from my brother the Cowboys fan. Ugh.
JGabriel
Punchy:
Heh. Touche.
.
Corner Stone
Playing Mario Kart worldwide on the Wii.
It’s pretty freakin cool to dust people half a world a way.
Corner Stone
@Clutch414:
Being from TX I don’t personally know any true Yankee fans. But if they are anything like Cowboy fans I’m surprised they don’t wake up choked to fucking death.
mcd410x
@burnspbesq: Thanks. I think it’s ok. It didn’t buckle. I kept playing, but I did after I broke my collar bone, too.
I’m book smart, though!
Joel
@geg6: I’ve not met Mario, but his Dad owns an awesome deli here in Seattle. Lines out the door every lunch time and his dad and sister provide loads of free samples.
freelancer
@Clutch414:
I would stay away from “emission” when speaking of your brother, or Cowboy fans in general. Just Sayin’.
Face
I hope you call your grandma soon, and let her know she’s moving out of the home and into a bookie’s basement.
KC about to complete the upset, and have at least 3 teams send them thank you cards.
Corner Stone
JaMarcuss Russell with the pick.
You know who else threw a pick to BAL? Yep, Hitler.
JaMarcuss Russell is worse than Hitler.
Midnight Marauder
JaMarcus Russell is just an absolutely terrible quarterback. And of course, the Ravens and Broncos are on the verge on punching it in thanks to turnovers from their opponents. I cannot believe I have to cheer for JaMarcus Russell and the Oakland Raiders in order for the Texans to get into the playoffs. Just gross all around.
Common Sense
Russell and Cassell threw almost simultaneous picks. This is a helluva way to watch the late games.
smiley
@Corner Stone: But don’t shove your beliefs down my throat just because you can and networks are compelled to show your team playing.
What I don’t understand is why anyone would think a college senior, religious or not, can shove anything down anyone’s throats. Haven’t we been mocking the “Obama is shoving health-care reform down our throats” meme? Just ignore it for FSM sake.
Corner Stone
@smiley: We’re just going to disagree on this I think.
Tebow was an awesome college athlete. He kicked ass on the NCAA level.
I disagreed with everything he stood for outside of the field, and the way he was fellated non-stop by the national media/sports media.
I’m just happy he’s done. That’s all. Good luck to the kid in his life moving forward.
Corner Stone
@smiley:
I honestly don’t know what this means.
mcd410x
Can’t wait to see Philly at Dallas and Packers at Arizona again next week. That’s teh awesome.
Elie
@MikeJ:
I can’t wait.
The thing that I love about Mario Battali and good Italian cuisine is the simplicity of it and its dependent on fresh, local ingredients. The simple garlic and whatever, pesto over a plate of beautiful linguine that highlights excellent olive oil, and the greens selected for the pesto, whether basil or whatever. Another example that I love is pasta with young spring peas, a little reggiano, garlic, best olive oil…
I was just slayed in Italy with the incredible simplicity but sophistication of the food. We enjoyed eating out but my hubby and I also cooked and watched my cousin cook simple, wonderful meals, quick as you please with a minimum of fuss, depending on the foundation of wonderful ingredients.
I am REALLY making myself hungry now…
Corner Stone
@Midnight Marauder: Get your bowl ready.
Clutch414
@Corner Stone: Umm…*kicks dirt–looks around suspiciously* I am a real Yankees fan. I have been my entire life.
Not to go all “no true Scotsman” but I’m not one of THOSE kinds of Yankee fans. During my formative years (born in 1977) of the ’80s and early ’90s the Yankees stunk out loud (other than Don Mattingly and Dave Winfield). So I appreciate every big Yankee win like it will be their last. The Yankee fans who think winning is a birthright suck balls and are super annoying.
So…now you can say that you know a real Yankee fan. Yay!
Corner Stone
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Elie
Another favorite is pasta with cuttlefish or squid ink…
Lordy, I thought I had died and gone to heaven in Venice the first time that I had THAT.
Just dont get any of that ink on any piece of clothing…its permanent and the basis for sepia…
Again, very simple but not at all simple in the flavors and delectable results!
Corner Stone
@Clutch414: Nah, I “know” lots of Yankees fans. But in my real life I am blessed to not “know” any one who is a Yankee fan.
You can stick it out there, and good on ya.
Midnight Marauder
@Corner Stone:
It’s just so deflating watching JaMarcus Russell “play professional football.” A wholly disheartening enterprise. And yes, I am packing a bowl right now. At least the Chiefs are taking care of business. Pick six for a 37-24 lead. Hells yeah!
Corner Stone
@Midnight Marauder:
But he can throw 60 yards from his knees!!
Yeah, well while he’s down there he can take of something else too.
Common Sense
Derrick Johnson has two INT’s for TD’s tonight. KC up 37-24. He and Jamaal Charles are saving the Texans — ironic considering the shit they took for skipping on a certain other Longhorn.
Oakland ain’t gonna do this with Russell steering the ship. All I can say is GO BENGALS!!! Maybe Ced Benson can make UT even bigger for Houstonians.
kommrade reproductive vigor
@Michael D.: Don’t you DARE speak to me in that condescending tone you sellout!1 [Blub!]
[snerk]
Clutch414
@Midnight Marauder: I’m right there with ya, MM. Pack it up, Fuckers! Woo!
Corner Stone
@Common Sense:
JenJen!
We loves ya JenJen!
let’s go Cardiac Cats!
Midnight Marauder
@Corner Stone:
Well, here’s his big chance to end the season on a high note. 3:43 left to play, ball on their own 41, and a chance to lead his team downfield and tie the ballgame (with the deuce). Let’s see what the kid can do. If your initial reaction is “Not much,” you are probably in safe territory.
Corner Stone
@Common Sense:
I thought he died in a car wreck.
…
Too soon?
Corner Stone
Hahahahahaha!!
Phil Sims just busted a funny!
Joel
@Elie: I think simplicity is the essence of most cuisine.
For example, French food is basically roux (flour cooked in butter)
What is a bechamel? A roux with milk.
What is a mornay? A bechamel with cheese.
So on. What about French bread? Flour, yeast, salt, and water.
Similarly, foods like sashimi and ceviche are simple preparations with minimal (or no) cooking.
Now, some foods are inherently complicated: mole negro from Oaxaca jumps to mind. You really can’t cut anything out of that.
Corner Stone
Ray Lewis didn’t cause shit. Russell couldn’t hit a fucking barn from the family tractor.
He’s about as accurate with his throws as Cole is with his political insight. Which is to say, not very.
Max
@Joel: This past season’s Top Chef had the best chef’s evah. I wish Kevin had won.
Good to see so many Iron Chef viewers. We’re taking over a thread, if John doesn’t put one up @ 8E/5P.
@Cornerstone – I walked my dog a little bit ago and can see the Oakland stadium from my route. I gave it the finger in your honor.
Corner Stone
@Max: Well, I appreciate the effort.
Corner Stone
OAK is just a really, really bad professional football team.
Zach
I don’t get the Russel hate; if there was someone open on either of his turnovers, they would’ve shown it, and his arm was hit on the INT. Obviously his inexperience is an issue with both of those plays, but he hasn’t made any bad decisions. Given the quality of his O-line and receivers, it’s not so bad. He appears to be pulling punches now because he’s afraid of screwing up again… that doesn’t help, but at least his coach is actually letting him compete unlike when Pitt stopped calling passing plays for a quarter and a half for Dixon in exactly the same situation (although with the Steelers, there’s a better chance your defense or special teams can win the game for you).
Joel
@Max: I just thought the lineup, top-to-bottom, was much stronger in season 4 than any other. The first two cuts the past two seasons were absolute gimmies — I could cook better than them — and the strength of the top guys/gals was off the charts in season 4 (Richard, Stephanie, Antonia, and Dale. Even that douchebag Spike was pretty good).
Corner Stone
Does it make it any better that PIT gets knocked out before HOU?
Ummm, no. No, it doesn’t.
Come on Bengals!
General Winfield Stuck
@Max:
LOL. I saw what you did there. clever lady!!
Zach
@Max:
The top four chefs this year were better than every chef in every earlier season except for one. I thought the challenges were weaker this season and the drama-of-choice (everyone hates Robin) was played out before it began… the last episode was pretty bad – gave very little clue of what the food was like.
Corner Stone
@Zach: WTF? Have you ever actually watched JR attempt to play in the NFL?
God in heaven.
Punchy
@Face: I cant believe what I’m seeing. What a stunning upset.
Kobie
@Corner Stone: That was Derrick Thomas, brah.
Midnight Marauder
I should have known better than to have any faith in
Grover Fucking Norquistthe Oakland Fucking Raiders to come through in the clutch. But oh boy, are the Chiefs spankin’ that ass in Denver right now. Jamaal Charles is a monster: 25 car., 259 yards, 2 TDs. Best wavier wire pickup of the year, hands down.And now, a lonely city turns its eyes to you, Cincinnati. Will your pummel the J-E-T-S, JETS! JETS! JETS! and make the dreams of Houstonians everywhere come true? We can only dream, us Texans’ fans. We can only dream…
+6
Kobie
@Zach: You don’t get the JaMarcus Russell hate? Have you watched him play? He’s the worst quarterback in the league, BY FAR.
Corner Stone
@Kobie: I know. Just trying to have a little fun while crying over JaMarcusss Russell.
Midnight Marauder
@Zach:
Clearly, you have never watched this man “play professional football.”
Zach
@Corner Stone: Yeah I’ve watched him a few times… the Giants game was particularly bad. Just seems like there are other issues with the team of equal concern that the boos every time JR comes into the game or screws up are somewhat misplaced. Frye couldn’t play the second half because the OAK O-line is so bad.
Edit: JR’s QB rating is exactly the same as Frye’s.
Edit 2: And his best WR is a 4th-round rookie.
Max
@Kobie: He has a really bad attitude also. Late for signings, pain in the ass in general, yada yada.
Common Sense
@Midnight Marauder:
Bernie Pollard is a close second. And the Chiefs gave him to us.
Violet
@Midnight Marauder:
It’s a beautiful thing, isn’t it?
MattR
@Midnight Marauder: As someone who has grown up surrounded by the New York Jets and their fans, I am fairly comfortable saying that they will choke tonight.
Corner Stone
@Zach: Listen. JR has the worst fundamentals I’ve ever seen. He consistently misses, overthrows, underthrows open receivers.
There can be no debate about this. He is god awful.
asiangrrlMN
TUUUUUNCH! That is all.
Kobie
@Corner Stone: JaMarcus Russell makes Trent Edwards look like Joe Montana.
Kobie
What’s the over-under on how many picks Mark Sanchez throws to essentially give away the Jets’ gift-wrapped playoff berth? Seriously, how are the J-E-T-S a playoff team? They lost to the Bills. That should disqualify them right there.
Elie
@Joel:
I hear you and totally agree… I just got carried away on the Italian because that was the type of food that I “awakened” my buy local, fresh awareness…
I love and respect all excellent food traditions and recognize how important the quality of the food is in the results.
I heard recently that some of the French feel that their food quality has diminished some with the increasing prevalence of prepared foods and the movement towards larger, more corporate type food growing than what they used to have…They have certainly taken more to our horrible “fast food” model, though still are way less than us
Also, appreciate your shout out to amazing asian food of all stripes, simple, fresh greens and locally available content..I adore sushi as well and have experienced the artistry of japanese cuisine as well beyond sushi and tempura
Your comment is well noted…
Too much food, too little time is what I say!
Corner Stone
I love, love, love Rodney Harrison as an analyst.
Dude is awesome.
Corner Stone
@Kobie: JR is a fantastic athlete, he just can’t play QB in the NFL. Period.
Elie
@Max:
I loved this Top Chef as well and also wish that Kevin had won…
I frequently try to think and “taste” the food as I see them prepare and explain about it…
What a joy if I had the skill and time to do that more…
I have always wanted to go to cooking school
Kobie
@Corner Stone: I’ve always wanted Harrison to give analysis on the best way to break someone’s arm in a pileup.
And yes, Russell is a great athlete. He’s big, he’s fast, and he’s got a cannon for an arm. And he is just a godawful quarterback.
Zach
@Corner Stone: Fair enough; I haven’t seen him play that much. However, as bad as his QB rating is relative to others, his sacks/attempt is out of the ballpark… almost 40% higher than Ben, even (he’s in second). Plot QB rating vs. sacks/attempt and you’ll see a high correlation. Kerry Collins did worse than Russel if you compare performance to the amount of pressure they were under. Collins had a 65.5 rating with fewer than 3 sacks per 100 attempts. Russel’s league-low 49.6 rating came with over 13 sacks per hundred attempts.
Corner Stone
@Kobie:
The guy is a perfect bookend to Dungy’s “nice guy” shtick.
RH tells you when people are sucking wind. I like that as a refreshing commentary compared to all the rest who feel like they have to say “so and so’s the best evah” at XYZ.
ETA – He may have done some dirty things, when he played. I don’t know the incident you’re referring to. He’s good at this job and no one gets hurt.
Kobie
@Zach: And Collins was shit-awful, which is why he got benched. You’re also assuming some formula of rating/sacks per hundred directly correlates to effectiveness. Collins was terribad, but you can’t honestly say he was worse than Russell simply because he didn’t get sacked as much. Many times (and as a Bills fan, I can attest to this), sacks are the result of the QB just holding the ball too long.
Russell had 232 attempts and was sacked 31 times this year.
Bruce Gradkowski had 150 attempts and was sacked 11 times this year. Same team, same line.
Russell’s problems are threefold:
1. FUMBLES. FUMBLES, FUMBLES, FUMBLES.
2. His obvious lack of production.
3. His complete lack of leadership skills. When he’s on the field, nobody knows what’s going to happen.
Kobie
@Corner Stone: Oh, I agree that he’s good. Not denying that.
He was, however, the dirtiest player in the league for a looooong time.
Zach
@Kobie: I agree with all of that. QB rating doesn’t perfectly correlate with sack frequency (see Ben), but there’s better correlation than I was expecting.
Corner Stone
Folsom Prison…I hate you.
Corner Stone
I was trying to explain to my dad who Dhani Jones was recently.
Not exactly a smooth deal.
Andy K
@gbear:
What you fail to note is that Monaghan sold 93% of the company to Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital in 1998 (Bain took Domino’s public shortly thereafter), then he retired from the company.
I call fail, though not epically so.
Ron
@Punchy: I’m glad I don’t use your predictions as a way to bet on the NFL!
Lisa K.
@Corner Stone:
Tony Dungy is a right-wing-boot-licking, gay bashing Limbaugh suckup, not to mention the biggest phony on the planet.
Glad to see Jim Caldwell left Manning out there long enough to get Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clarke their meaningless individual contract bonuses, er, 100th season catches.
Poor Wes Welker :-( My Pats weren’t going anywhere this year anyway, but definitely one and done without him.
Lisa K.
@Clutch414: @Chuck Butcher:
That is all they deserve for firing Romeo and hiring Mangidiot.
Lisa K.
@Clutch414:
“Real” and “Yankee fan” are a contradiction in terms.