Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

How stupid are these people?

Hell hath no fury like a farmer bankrupted.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

So very ready.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

We still have time to mess this up!

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

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  3. 3.

    KG

    I’m pretty sure it was an application of the old “that’s why we play the game” adage… It makes no sense, like the home key things on the f and j keys of my iPad on screen keyboard, but there it is…

  5. 5.

    sherifffruitfly

    TEH SEAHAWKS R AWESUMSAUCE THAT’S WUT HAPPENED!!!!

    WHO DAT??? SEAHAWKS DAT BITCHES!!!!!!!1

    aahahahaha

    drewBYEEEEEEESS!!!

  6. 6.

    jcricket

    I had to repeat the Marshawn Lynch run like 3 times to make sure I wasn’t being punked.

    Woot. Go Seahawks (even if they will probably be demolished on the road next week).

  9. 9.

    Kristine

    1) Never underestimate a team playing on their home court/field/ice.

    2) Never underestimate a better team’s ability to play down to the level of the competition.

  10. 10.

    stuckinred

    The Saints shot their wad against the Falcons. Pierre Thomas was crucial to their attack and there was no way Bush could take the pounding when he was gone. Seattle was able to emphasize stopping the passing game, it ain’t rocket science.

  14. 14.

    r€nato

    interesting stat from ESPN:

    Since 2005, the NFC West is a combined 9-5 and has won at least one game each postseason. Its collective .643 win percentage is the best divisional postseason record in the NFL during that span.

  16. 16.

    CaseyL

    I do think, in professional sports, the head coach has a huge influence over how the team feels about itself and how the players feel about one another, and I think it was just damn lucky the ‘Hawks hired Carroll.

    I could be totally wrong, since I don’t follow team sports, but from what I heard it seems Carroll blends Vince Lombardi’s competitiveness with a kind of EveryDad vibe: he encourages and supports his players into going above and beyond, rather than browbeat and abuse them into doing so. That’s a big change from Mora, who learned his coaching style from his own rather grim father.

    Mind you, the team could completely TTS in the next playoff game. I’m just going to stay in the moment and revel.

  17. 17.

    Andy K

    @stuckinred:

    I lost track of time because of the shootings in Tuscon, and missed the beginning and large cunks of the 2nd and 3rd quarters, but didn’t the Saints drop a few passes early in the game?

    Also, Julius Jones put up 120 yards (combined) on 21 touches…I don’t think they missed Thomas that much.

  18. 18.

    Cacti

    Called it yesterday, thankya very much.

    Saints were without their rushing game, Seahawks play an inspired game at home.

    I fully expect Seattle to get curb stomped when they play on the road.

  20. 20.

    r€nato

    I would LOVE to see a 7-9 team in the Super Bowl, but sadly the dream is going to come to an end next week in either Atlanta or Chicago.

  23. 23.

    Susan Ross

    Fuck everything about the Colts, I hate those pansy-ass wusses…unless they’re playing the obnoxious, overbearing Jets. Then it’s GO PEYTON!

  24. 24.

    Nina

    It’ll be a nice ride for the fans and teams who are slowly winding their way, playoff by playoff, to the gondor of the sports world that is Gillette Stadium, where they must face the bradynaut and his band of Patriots.

  26. 26.

    RareSanity

    @stuckinred:

    The Saints shot their wad against the Falcons.

    This. Unfortunately, they picked the wrong week to play like it was a playoff game.

    @Andy K:

    Also, Julius Jones put up 120 yards (combined) on 21 touches…I don’t think they missed Thomas that much.

    He also had a crucial fumble, that basically started the momentum shift, that eventually ended in a Seattle win.

  28. 28.

    Short Bus Bully

    Greatest. seahawk. game. evar.

    Don’t even care what happens next week, we just gave all those fuckers at ESPN a huge shit sandwich to eat after all the mess they were talking about how bad the NFC Worst is, etc. ad nauseum.

    To all the sportswriter bitches: “How’s that Dallas Cowboys home superbowl game prediction working out for you?”

    pwnt.

  29. 29.

    stuckinred

    Sure they dropped passes and they also got the crap knocked out of them by the Hawks secondary. When the Saints went for it on 4th down and when they went for 2 late in the game Thomas would have made all the difference in the world.

  31. 31.

    RareSanity

    @Cacti:

    Called it yesterday, thankya very much.

    You did, and we ridiculed you for it…I like my crow with hot sauce and bleu cheese dressing…

  36. 36.

    stuckinred

    Comment #15 on the previous NFL Thread

    “The Saints are hurting at RB. ”

    that was my story when the game started and I’m stickin to it.

  38. 38.

    Cacti

    @RareSanity:

    You did, and we ridiculed you for it…I like my crow with hot sauce and bleu cheese dressing…

    If only I were a betting man.

    …sigh…

  43. 43.

    RareSanity

    @Cacti:

    If only I were a betting man.

    When it comes to betting, I go back to a quote I heard, and I can’t remember who said it:

    “Do you think those casinos in Vegas are profitable because of what they charge for the rooms?”

  47. 47.

    hitchhiker

    Thanks, Seahawks.

    You made a crappy-dark day a little lighter for us in the great Pacific Northwest, and the bonus was listening to the ESPN genius commentators try to get their jaws off the floor.

  51. 51.

    Yutsano

    @Mark S.:

    I think the Colts Adam Vinatieri are gonna pull this out.

    Adjusted for accuracy.

    @asiangrrlMN: Hi hon. I thought there was only one Old Man Yells At Football. Peyton is a mere pup next to him.

  52. 52.

    RareSanity

    Protip:

    If you put the words kah-seen-oh, beht-ting and Veh-gus in the same comment, you go straight to moderation jail.

  53. 53.

    moe99

    Well, I can tell you what happened with the Seahawks/Saints game. I bet my son the Seahawks would lose, which meant they would win.

  54. 54.

    Steelers R Bradys Bitches aka 2liberal

    @Cacti:

    I rather enjoyed the last playoff game at the Gondor of the sports world.

    that was then. this is now.

  56. 56.

    Nina

    @Cacti: ‘Twas but a scratch! (Although it would have been fun to crush the Jets in the snow this year too!)
    ETA: We get to crush the Jets in the snow!

  72. 72.

    r€nato

    @Short Bus Bully:

    2 years back, Chris Collinsworth pronounced the Cardinals the worst playoff team in all of NFL history, right before they made their astounding run that fell just a bit short of beating the Steelers in the Super Bowl.

    if there’s one old boys’ group I really can’t stand, it’s sportswriters and sports broadcasters. A bunch of bandwagon riders who are incredible fanboys for every NY/LA/Chicago team.

  80. 80.

    burnspbesq

    This is interesting: Stanford has asked for permission to talk to Boise State head coach Chris Petersen.

  81. 81.

    BruceFromOhio

    @r€nato:

    if there’s one old boys’ group I really can’t stand, it’s sportswriters and sports broadcasters.

    It should be noted, however, that Collinsworth exceeds the craptacularity factor of nearly anyone breathing. I’ll forgive Al Michaels his political views in favor of his adequate commentary, and that he is forced to share a small space with Collinsworth to earn his green.

    And I enjoyed Tom Hammond’s play-by-play on the Saints-Seahawks game as well. Competent, informed and somewhat intelligent chatter can make a difference, just as inane fuckhead-with-a-mic commentary makes me want to break things.

  84. 84.

    Andy K

    @BruceFromOhio:

    It should be noted, however, that Collinsworth exceeds the craptacularity factor of nearly anyone breathing.

    “Nearly” being the key word there. I would jump at the opportunity to be locked in a musty mop closet with Collinsworth for eternity if the only other choice was listening to Phil Simms string together one word.

  85. 85.

    J.W. Hamner

    Oh… one question… is everybody’s radio broadcasters as unapologetic homers as the Colts team? I understand both that: 1) nobody listens to the radio and that 2) home fans want to hear a sympathetic opinion if they bother with it… but my goodness. They basically ignore the other team completely except to complain about how it should have been a penalty whenever the other team does something (offense or defense). It’s absolutely the worst radio play by play I’ve ever heard and it actively made me cringe.

  86. 86.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Not on topic, but this seems to be where the action is, and the news is good

    A family friends tells FOX 11 News Rep. Giffords woke up from anesthesia & spoke to people in her room & recognized her husband Mark Kelly.

  90. 90.

    BruceFromOhio

    @Andy K: I see you’ve given the matter some thought, and I respect that.

    @J.W. Hamner: Absolutely not. Jim Donovan in Cleveland does the play-by-play for the Browns, and does an outstanding job providing the whole picture. His diction will speed up and his tone goes higher when the opposing team executes, though he really gets wound up when the Browns do well (which is, regrettably, all to infrequent)

  91. 91.

    r€nato

    Giffords took a head shot, was given up for dead, but made a miraculous recovery…

    isn’t this in Revelations? I think maybe she’s the Antichrist.

  92. 92.

    SFAW

    Glad the Jets won, but WTF is it with half-witted Jets O-Cons? We had Hackett (lo, these many years ago) trying to turn Vinny T into a West-Coast-offense guy, now we got Li’l Schottenheimer having Sanchez (who hadn’t been on the mark tonight except for some quick drops over the middle) throw deep with less than three minutes in a one-point-game against Peyton Manning.

    Everything turned out OK in the end, but it almost didn’t.

    On the plus side, for Cole at least, the Steelers didn’t lose today.

  94. 94.

    FlipYrWhig

    @Andy K:

    if the only other choice was listening to Phil Simms string together one word.

    Phil Simms pronounces the word “him” as “eem.” John Kruk does the same thing. It’s distracting.

  96. 96.

    burnspbesq

    @SFAW:

    throw deep with less than three minutes in a one-point-game against Peyton Manning.

    I went batshit on that play. Freaked out the dogs.

  98. 98.

    Svensker

    @SFAW:

    now we got Li’l Schottenheimer having Sanchez (who hadn’t been on the mark tonight except for some quick drops over the middle) throw deep with less than three minutes in a one-point-game

    Worst coaching decision ever. Even if Sanchie had made that pass, it would have been incredibly stupid.

  101. 101.

    johnny walker

    Roman Harper happened — 21 of the Seahawks’ points came from going after him. Not sure how much of that had to do with the Malcolm Jenkins injury (I had read it was Sharper who would be in for Jenkins) but regardless of how the matchups came about, it was Harper getting picked on for 3 of Hasselbeck’s 4 TDs.

  102. 102.

    MoeLarryAndJesus

    @burnspbesq:

    Week 2, in New York, when the Patriots O was completely different and McCourty wasn’t on track yet?

    If that’s where your hope lies it’s a shallow, stinking bed.

  103. 103.

    SFAW

    I went batshit on that play. Freaked out the dogs.

    Yeah, my cat heard you, too. She was all “WTF?”, hissed, then went back to sleep.

    Edwards is tall, and he’s made some really nice catches this year, but he needed to be about 13 feet all to catch that one.

    Then, of course, you got Holmes pulling that stupid shit on the punt, and dropping one of Sanchez’s few catchable throws. (Yes, I know Sanchez completed over 50%.)

    And don’t get me started on Cromartie – although he had a nice runback at the end, thank FSM.

  104. 104.

    johnny walker

    @burnspbesq: I could agree with 45-3 being an outlier, but I’d also say Sanchez’s performance tonight was very representative. The Jet D is going to have to play lights out to keep the game close enough for Sanchez’s intermittent late-game bursts of competency to be enough, and the Pats’ running game is strong enough that I can’t see them getting away with the 6-7 DB sets they were using tonight to keep Manning under control.

    Maybe the Jets can pull it out w/ the same kind’ve gameplan the Packers used, but you’d figure the Pats would be more alert to the surprise onside and honestly, I have a hard time seeing Sanchez as equivalent to Matt Flynn. As a Packer fan I might just be biased… but in fairness Sanchez really sucks.

    Should be a fun game. I picked the Pats to go to the SB before the season, so I guess I’ll be rooting for them in the interest of continuing to look like I know stuff.

  106. 106.

    SFAW

    burnspbesq, Svensker –
    I want to believe, but I think MoeLarryAndJesus is closer to right. The 45-3 was a bit of an outlier, I agree, but not as much as would make me think the Jets have a reasonable chance next week.

    I hope I’m wrong, but the Pats’ D is somewhat higher quality than the Colts’ was tonight.

  109. 109.

    burnspbesq

    @SFAW:

    I think MoeLarryAndJesus is closer to right

    You do understand that your admission is going to make him reach for a new high in insufferable.

  110. 110.

    SFAW

    johnny walker @ 104 –
    Except for the “but Sanchez really sucks”, I tend to agree. I don’t think he really sucks, but he’s looking more and more like Pennington as the weeks go by. And in case my shot at Hackett/West Coast didn’t already make it obvious – I didn’t think a lot of Pennington, even when his rating was 105+. And when some of my fellow Jets fans were comparing him to Brady, I figured they had pulled a Jerry Ford.

    I guess we’ll find out next Sunday if the Jets are for real.

  111. 111.

    BruceFromOhio

    @SFAW:

    …but not as much as would make me think the Jets have a reasonable chance next week.

    Oh, no worries. They don’t have a snowballs’ chance in hell. The Jets D is flying into wicked ack-ack disguised as the Pats offense. Flaming wreckage is the only reasonable outcome.

  113. 113.

    Yutsano

    @Cat Lady: You’ll have to get in line behind wifey I’m afraid. And she definitely would not be eager to share that toy. Watch out for rusty pitchforks is all I’m sayin’.

  114. 114.

    SFAW

    You do understand that your admission is going to make him reach for a new high in insufferable.

    It hadn’t occurred to me, sorry. If you knew I was going to write that, why didn’t you stop me? I thought you were good (as in “know what you’re doing” good, not “be a good boy” good).

  115. 115.

    Svensker

    @BruceFromOhio:

    Flaming wreckage is the only reasonable outcome

    .

    Probably. But it’s possible Sanchez may remember how to play football. He has occasional flashes. I think the overthrows and high throws today were him trying to compensate for the many bat-downs he’d been getting. The Pats are clearly the better team, but you never know what’s going to happen.

  116. 116.

    SFAW

    Flaming wreckage is the only reasonable outcome.

    No need to be a dink about it – especially since the game hasn’t been played yet.

    But I’m pretty sure there’s no way that Randy Moss will catch any against Revis, so it won’t be a total loss.

  117. 117.

    burnspbesq

    @SFAW:

    If you knew I was going to write that, why didn’t you stop me?

    I was distracted. I’ve been trying all day to get some work done, but it hasn’t been happening.

  119. 119.

    SFAW

    The Pats are clearly the better team, but you never know what’s going to happen.

    Your comment reminded me of a comedy routine – maybe it was Carlin? – from years ago. Something about sports cliches.

    Anyway, I don’t think it was the phantom bat-downs that caused the problem, I think it was more his mechanics. Don’t know how his sore shoulder factors in there. Collinsworth (I think) had an interesting comment about Sanchez’s overstriding/overstepping, but I don’t know if that’s a legit phenomenon, or Collinsworth doing some rectal extraction.

  121. 121.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    My cat just died. Dammit. Spot was 17, had a good long kittylife and went quietly in his sleep. I’m wrecked. I know it doesn’t hold a candle to the horrible news from Tucson, but I loved that critter.

  122. 122.

    SFAW

    I was distracted. I’ve been trying all day to get some work done, but it hasn’t been happening.

    OK, thanks for the explo. My apologies for only thinking of myself, I should be more attentive to stuff like that. (You’re not thinking of Going Galt!, are you?)

  123. 123.

    SFAW

    Comrade Colette –

    Deepest sympathies. It’s always tough losing a pet you love, even more so when you’ve had him for so long.

    Best wishes from me and my cats.

  126. 126.

    handy

    @r€nato:

    if there’s one old boys’ group I really can’t stand, it’s sportswriters and sports broadcasters. A bunch of bandwagon riders who are incredible fanboys for every NY/LA/Chicago frontrunning team.

    Fixed.

  129. 129.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Sports broadcasters are paid to play to the audience, because the audience is what their corporate masters are selling to the corporate masters who are the advertisers.

    So they’ll go for the overdog and/or the big market teams every single time.

    It’s all about the benjamins. Always.

  135. 135.

    Svensker

    @SFAW:

    But I’m pretty sure there’s no way that Randy Moss will catch any against Revis,

    That would amount to pretty much 100% impossibility, for sure.

  138. 138.

    burnspbesq

    @Svensker:

    Getting rid of Moss was the turning point in the Orcs’ season.

    Did you see that the combined record of the Orcs, the Vikings, and the Titans for the portions of their seasons that they had Moss was 5-11?

  139. 139.

    burnspbesq

    @SFAW:

    (You’re not thinking of Going Galt!, are you?)

    Nay, alas. I still have a kid to put through college, and regrettably failed to win the $330 million MegaMillions jackpot last Tuesday.

  141. 141.

    burnspbesq

    @Yutsano:

    And with a potentially favorable legal ruling, a possible wedding to pay for. Also.

    That’s a check I wouldn’t mind writing.

  142. 142.

    Shinobi

    Had anyone heard anything about htis Obama looking into an Internet ID? thing? Because I just got a forward from my dad’s new Fox News app.

    (In other news, WHY FOX NEWS WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? )

  143. 143.

    morzer

    The Jets are going to be annihilated once they get to Foxborough. Don’t confuse the result they squeaked out against a very dinged-up Colts side with evidence that they have what it takes to make a real run, either in terms of the quarterback, or the coach. I despise both sides in the upcoming match-up, but if you even think of betting on Sanchez against Brady in Foxborough, much less Ryan against Belichick, I’ve got a couple of very nice Saudi Arabian bridges for sale, and at least you’ll get something for your money.

  145. 145.

    Origuy

    Here’s a story that makes me feel a little better about people:

    Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light vigils held outside. From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had offered their bodies as “human shields” for last night’s mass, making a pledge to collectively fight the threat of Islamic militants and towards an Egypt free from sectarian strife.

  148. 148.

    SFAW

    morzer –
    Depends on the odds, don’t it? But what about betting Ryan against Brady and Sanchez vs Belichick? Didn’t think of that one, didja? The outcome just might be a little bit different, then.

    Condolences on the loss of your cat, I hope the hurt eases over time. Bast wishes.

  149. 149.

    SFAW

    Come what may, it’s all good football. May the best team win.

    What’s this being-a-good-sport shit? This is Balloon Juice, dammit! They don’t do that here!

    Don’t make me stop this car and come back there!

  150. 150.

    morzer

    @SFAW:

    The odds? Well, I daresay the bookies will gladly take your money, but I still recommend taking the Saudi bridges as a more reliable investment.

    Anyway, Belichick has a better arm and more pocket presence than Sanchez, while Brady, the wretch, has been unlocking defenses since little Rex sat at his mother’s… feet.

    Your condolences are genuinely appreciated, by the way.

  151. 151.

    Yutsano

    @burnspbesq: The Five Hebrew Love Song is enchanting and festive. Listening to Lux Arumuque right now. And checking out the audition requirements for the Virtual Choir. If anything comes of it I’ll let y’all know!

  154. 154.

    burnspbesq

    @BruceFromOhio:

    and your cheerleaders are ugly like your momma.

    Yeah? My momma said that when she saw your dick, it reminded her she needed baby carrots from the store.

  155. 155.

    SFAW

    since little Rex sat at his mother’s… feet.

    Growing up, I always thought that putting a foot in your mouth was not desirable.

    Maybe that’s why Woody Johnson never picked me to be Jets Head Coach. Also

  158. 158.

    jk

    Fuck the NY Jets. Mark Sanchez isn’t fit to carry Peyton Manning’s jock strap. The Jets struggled to beat a Colts team that was decimated by the injuries. The Patriots will kick the Jets’ asses and finally shut up Rex Ryan.

  159. 159.

    morzer

    @jk:

    Bit lacking in bi-partisanship there. One might even surmise you had strong feelings about this.

  161. 161.

    SFAW

    @158

    Mark Sanchez isn’t fit to carry Peyton Manning’s jock strap.

    Frankly, based on tonight’s performance, neither is Peyton.

    The Jets struggled to beat a Colts team that was decimated by the injuries.

    Yes, and the refs jobbed the Clots, and that wicked cross-wind really messed up Reggie Wayne’s timing.

    The Patriots will kick the Jets’ asses …

    As the saying goes … “We’ll see”

    … and finally shut up Rex Ryan.

    If only that were true. But that’s as likely as Rushbo shutting up if he ever realized he was wrong.

  165. 165.

    jk

    @burnspbesq: @morzer:

    The NY Jets are a bunch of scumbags who will reach the end of the line next week when the Patriots kick their motherfucking asses. Rex Ryan is the most obnoxious and repulsive blowhard to ever become a head coach in the NFL.

    Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are first ballot Hall of Famers who will go down in history as 2 of the greatest QBs to ever play the game. Mark Sanchez is a barely literate beach bum who’ll be forgotten minutes after he retires.

  167. 167.

    Yutsano

    @morzer: I’m half-tempted to ask show me on the doll where Mark Sanchez touched you. But I thought it was too obvious.

  168. 168.

    jk

    @morzer:

    I’m definitely not a Jets fan.

    PS – Fuck Fireman Ed and fuck the tv networks for always airing cutaway shots of that asshole during Jets games. Fuck Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts, the 2 biggest assholes to ever host a sports talk radio show.

    To paraphrase Al Pacino in Heat, the Patriots are taking the Jets down brother.

    Fuck Sarah Palin too.

  169. 169.

    morzer

    @Yutsano:

    Well, he did get a bit pouty when Rex was looking at my cute little toes… but other than that, it was all just one big pump-action fake…

  170. 170.

    morzer

    @jk:

    You’ve got an awful lot of fucking to do there, dude. Still, I guess it’s one way to show what you’ve got in your playbook.

  171. 171.

    Adrienne

    @Andy K: David Akers, maybe?

    I’ll admit to being somewhat biased bc I’m a die-hard Eagles fan, but Akers is damn good. I can’t recall ever losing an important game b/c Akers missed a FG. He’s one of the best in the league, hands down.

  173. 173.

    jk

    @morzer:

    Fucking makes the world go round. If you’d ever heard Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts, you’d feel exactly the same way. It’s easy to root against the Jets because they are such obnoxious, low class scumbags.

  177. 177.

    Yutsano

    @morzer: It was throwing Rex Ryan into the mix that did it. Seriously. If I wanna play around with a whale I’ll drive north and go dive with the orcas.

    An FWIW I had this odd crush on Old Man Yells At Football. It washed away when I heard he had trouble with the respecting the wimmins thing. That shit don’t fly with me.

  178. 178.

    Andy K

    @Adrienne:

    Not to knock Akers, because he is good, but Vinatieri is as good as has ever been at the position. The more clutch the situation, the better he is.

    Remember, there’s only one guy in the Hall of Fame who’s only position was placekicker: Jan Stenerud. When Stenerud was playing, nearly everyone would say that, yes, indeed, he was the best ever (up until then, anyway), but no one ever went out of their way to make a case for him to enter the HoF. But I don’t think there’s anyone now with a sense of the history of the game who doubts that Vinatieri will be enshrined. He won’t be voted in the first year he’s eligible- that’s an honor reserved for that pretty elite class of legendary players- but I’d be surprised if he wasn’t voted in after his fifth year of eligibility.

  179. 179.

    jk

    @Andy K:

    It sucked in the worst possible way seeing the Colts give up that great return by Cromartie after Vinatieri kicked what should have been the winning field goal. Fuck the Jets.

  180. 180.

    Andy K

    @jk:

    Sorry, but I have to pull for the Jets until they run into the Packers. Jets LB David Harris is the only guy- of whom I’m aware- from my high school to play in the NFL. He’s 20 years younger than me, but us inner-Rust-Belt-city-public-school kids gotta stick together…Up to a point, anyway.

    But, yeah, that was a real letdown in kickoff coverage for the Colts, a team I don’t hate, either.

    Thinking about it…There isn’t a team in the playoffs this year that I hate. I don’t even hate the Bears. Dislike ’em, sure, but…

  181. 181.

    SFAW

    It’s easy to root against the Jets because they are such obnoxious, low class scumbags.

    Does that mean it would be hard if they were high-class scumbags? Or if they were low-class scumbags, but not obnoxious?

    Just trying to get an idea of your boundaries, so I can put a few states between me and them.

    Shorter jk: “We hates the Jetssss! We hates them forever!”

  182. 182.

    SFAW

    It sucked in the worst possible way seeing the Colts give up that great return by Cromartie after Vinatieri kicked what should have been the winning field goal.

    Remember when that happened? That was cool.

    So if the Jets happen to win – not likely, but still – what’ll you do then? I mean it was bad enough that godlike Achille Peyton looked all Boehner-like (without the added orange) after Folk’s FG, will you be able to live with yourself if the Pats lose?

    Of course, the only possible way the Jets could win is if the ref crew is in the bag, or Tommy gets a haircut and his strength is sapped, or because of the vicious downdrafts in Gillette, or because of the total lunar eclipse from a few weeks ago. So you’re pretty safe. But still ….

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    jk

    @SFAW:

    You’re a funny guy.

    The Jets WILL NOT get past the Patriots. The Pats will grind the Jets into sawdust. Mark Sanchez is a putz who will get his ass kicked next week.

    John Boehner doesn’t belong in the same paragraph or time zone as Peyton Manning.

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    morzer

    @SFAW:

    Comparison of anyone in the NFL to Boehner is definitely roughing the passer. Even Favre, loathsome old toad that he is.

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    SFAW

    morzer –
    You’re right, and for that I apologize. It’s just that Peyton looked like the waterworks were going to start, and that reminded me of the new Weeper of the House.

    But speaking of roughing the passer – that “running into the kicker” thing was cool. Ryan and Li’l Schottenheimer probably sacrificed a goat (as an offering) when we weren’t looking.

    jk –
    Any particular reason you have this over-the-top hatred of the Jets? Is it because you’re a Pats fan? Or is it some free-floating hatred for all-things-Noo-Yawk? Or perhaps some other issue about-which-we-dare-not-speak – you know what I’m talking about.

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    jk

    @SFAW:

    “Or is it some free-floating hatred for all-things-Noo-Yawk?”

    FYI, you couldn’t be more wrong. I WAS BORN IN NY and LIVE HERE and love the arts and culture. Check out “Here is New York” by E.B. White if you want to know my true feelings about New York.

    My favorite opening movie scene takes place in NY
    youtube.com/watch?v=uyaj2P-dSi8

    Why I hate the Jets
    The Jets are incredibly cocky for a team that hasn’t accomplished shit. Their buffoonish swagger and obnoxious blowhard head coach rub me the wrong way. Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts are the 2 biggest assholes to ever host a sports talk radio show and they’re diehard Jets fans.

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    SFAW

    Check out “Here is New York” by E.B. White if you want to know my true feelings about New York.

    Does he have a blog? Is that where I can find it? Does it contain all the elements necessary for me to understand your feelings? And how is the style?

    The Jets are incredibly cocky for a team that hasn’t accomplished shit.

    Yes, because getting to the AFC Championship last year was all a bag job.

    Now, I have no love for Ryan, and I think their record was not indicative of their level of play during the season – they probably should have been 8-8, given how they barely beat teams like the Bungles. But they’re here, they’re not total patsies, and their defense (except for Cromartie) did a pretty good job on Manning. It would have been nice if they had sacked Peyton more, but since the strategery worked out, I’m OK with that.

    None of us (burnspbesq, Svensker, me) thinks the Jets are better than the Patriots, but if you want to keep fighting an enemy that ain’t there, be my/our guest.

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    SFAW

    None of us (burnspbesq, Svensker, me) thinks the Jets are better than the Patriots,

    Gents –

    I hope I wasn’t giving you stuff that isn’t yours. If I was wrong, I apologise.

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    burnspbesq

    @jk:

    The irrational hatred of The Jets, I can live with. The irrational hatred of Sanchez? Not so much. All the kid does is win. Did Brady or either Manning win three road playoff games in his first two seasons in the NFL? Don’t think so. Did any of them graduate in four years with better than a 3.0 GPA in a reasonably difficult program at a good school? Did any of them ever make a huge political and social statement on national teevee at age 20?

    Sanchez is not a finished product, but he gets it done. Yesterday he was mostly awful, but the one throw he absolutely had to make was on time and on target.

    So which is it: do you hate Californians or Mexicans, or both?

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    morzer

    @burnspbesq:

    It’s possible to find Sanchez annoying and over-rated without nursing a rabid hatred of Mexicans or Californians. It’s also reasonable to point out that NFL trash-talking is not an exact science and is not carried out under oath.

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    SFAW

    Did Brady or either Manning win three road playoff games in his first two seasons in the NFL?

    Actually, Brady might have, since they won the Super Bowl his rookie year. Don’t know about his GPA, though, but I’m assuming he’s reasonably intelligent, as is Manning.

    I do get tired of Manning’s all-audibles-all-the-time, though. (Or whatever you want to call them – I don’t think anyone uses the term “audible” any more.) After awhile, it becomes equivalent to Nomah’s OCD thing with his batting glove(s).

    But a Communications degree from USC? “Reasonably difficult program”? That’s like saying the Lions were a “reasonably good” team in 2008 and 2009. I mean, really …

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    SFAW

    It’s possible to find Sanchez annoying and over-rated without nursing a rabid hatred of Mexicans or Californians.

    Careful! You’re getting dangerously close to the BJ-proscribed stance of equating criticism of Obama with racism. (Or is it NOT equating the two? I can never remember.) Or something like that. Also, too.

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    burnspbesq

    @SFAW:

    Unlike most football factories, the communications program at USC is anything but a joke. Any program at USC that has anything to do with the entertainment and media industries is either good, very good, or awesome.

    annenberg.usc.edu/

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    SFAW

    Re: USC Commo prog: Who knew? I sit corrected. Thanks for edumacating me.

    And, just to be annoying to someone (can’t imagine who): a little while ago, I was recalling The Greatest Super Bowl Game In The History Of The World, a/k/a Super Bowl III. I seem to remember people saying that there was no way the underdog – who was that again? I forget – would even make it close, never mind win. Of course, at that time, they only had a loudmouth QB, not a loudmouth coach, and the coach was a dWeeb anyway. If only I could remember the name of that team, i.e. the winner.

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