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Monday Night Football Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  November 14, 20119:21 pm| 74 Comments

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Has been requested, so I’m assuming there’s at least one game tonight.

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  1. 1.

    debit

    November 14, 2011 at 9:25 pm

    Well, if you call the Vikings being utterly humiliated by the Packers a game…

  2. 2.

    MikeJ

    November 14, 2011 at 9:25 pm

    I’m sure there’s a game. I’ve been playing Glitch. And yeah, yeah, I will get around to skyrim.

  3. 3.

    burnspbesq

    November 14, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    Congrats to WVU on making the NCAA tournament in men’s soccer.

    Duke got a shit draw. Easy first round, but a potential second round game at number one ranked (but, oddly, tenth seeded) New Mexico.

  4. 4.

    The Dangerman

    November 14, 2011 at 9:28 pm

    @debit:

    …if you call the Vikings being utterly humiliated…

    I’m not sure we’ve reached utterly humiliated yet; ass kicked, perhaps, but not humiliated.

    As an Angeleno, can I just say “Please stay in MN”.

  5. 5.

    Cacti

    November 14, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    I think the most impressive stat for Green Bay so far is going 5-0 on the road through the first 8.

  6. 6.

    debit

    November 14, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    @The Dangerman: Oh, it’s a nationally broadcast game. Humiliation is almost certain.

  7. 7.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 9:32 pm

    Well, to the Vikes’ credit, they did kick a field goal…Before it was nullified by a penalty, and the subsequent attempt failed.

  8. 8.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    November 14, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    Have yet to figure out the rules to football … other than home runs … just thought this should be shared:

    http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/herman-cain-wife-interview-6560801

  9. 9.

    burnspbesq

    November 14, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    @The Dangerman:

    As an Angeleno, can I just say “Please stay in MN”.

    What, you’d rather have Jacksonville move to Farmers Field?

    There is a precedent for LA kidnapping Minneapolis-based teams that wear purple, yanno.

    Personally, I’d rather see the fucking Goats get their own ground. I’m tired of sharing Victoria Street with those wankers.

    G for the treble!

  10. 10.

    debit

    November 14, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

    ETA: Ahem. That was briefly exciting and then very demoralizing.

  11. 11.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 9:39 pm

    @The Fat Kate Middleton:

    Oh, come on, Little Richard? I think Esquerita is the more appropriate comparison: A lot less popular, but a lot crazier.

  12. 12.

    Loneoak

    November 14, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    Sooo … my first child is due any day now. If it comes tonight (unlikely at this point), I may be able to pressure my wife to naming him or her after a Packers player. WHO SHOULD IT BE?!

    ETA: Maybe Tremain for a girl?

  13. 13.

    robertdsc-iPhone 4

    November 14, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    The Patriots surprised me yesterday with their win. I are happy.

    The Modern Warfare 3 single player is complete. I liked it but had to laugh at the opening map: Wall St in full warzone mode against the Russians. I laughed to myself as I wandered through a trading floor asking “Do I really want to save this area?” So I destroyed a few more terminals just for the 99%’s sake.

  14. 14.

    Suffern ACE

    November 14, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    @Loneoak:
    Jermichael Loneoak
    Jennings Loneoak
    Raji Loneoak
    Lone Oak Son of Wood?

  15. 15.

    martha

    November 14, 2011 at 9:45 pm

    @The Fat Kate Middleton: Bar dice or even worse, euchre. We’ll fleece you every time. And yes, there is a game that has shut down most of the state tonight…

  16. 16.

    Spaghetti Lee

    November 14, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    @Loneoak:

    Zombo.

  17. 17.

    Gex

    November 14, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    @burnspbesq: One year during a finals with the Lakers, coming back from commercial they had a aerial shot flying over the area which showed some lakes. The announcers said, and I shit you not, “Now you know why they named them the Lakers.”

    Jaw -> floor

  18. 18.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    @Loneoak:

    Hmmmm….

  19. 19.

    burnspbesq

    November 14, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    @Loneoak:

    If you name it Aaron, it will have no acting talent whatsoever (have you seen Rogers’ State Farm TV spot?).

  20. 20.

    Loneoak

    November 14, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    @Spaghetti Lee:

    I’ve been saving Zombo for my next dog.

    @Suffern ACE:

    A friend on FB previously suggested I might as well go all in and choose Jermaine Jermichael to capture the Jackson Family in there too.

  21. 21.

    Loneoak

    November 14, 2011 at 9:52 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    No, I’m probably not in the right TV market for that commercial. It doesn’t surprise me—he’s a little wooden off the field.

    But if he goes 98 yards in 2:30 here I really wouldn’t care.

  22. 22.

    martha

    November 14, 2011 at 9:52 pm

    @Loneoak: Oh that’s easy: Aeron Loneoak for a girl or Charles Loneoak for a boy. Congrats!

  23. 23.

    Steeplejack

    November 14, 2011 at 9:53 pm

    I have long since resigned myself to football announcers yakking nonstop through the game, but, man, does Jon Gruden’s voice annoy me.

  24. 24.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 9:54 pm

    @Loneoak:

    Does it have to be a current Packer?

    @burnspbesq:

    I disagree. He’s no Peyton Manning (who’s a pretty good actor), but he’s no Brett Favre (cardboard cutout), either.

  25. 25.

    martha

    November 14, 2011 at 9:55 pm

    @burnspbesq: well, even as the spouse of a man currently wearing an Aaron Rodgers jersey and yelling at the TV set in the basement, I can’t totally disagree. His best ads are actually for Associated Bank. Local WI bank. Very funny, much looser.

  26. 26.

    jl

    November 14, 2011 at 9:58 pm

    I believe that Meathooks are playing the Northmen. Or something. A full 15 round match, counting the innings.

  27. 27.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    @Loneoak:

    Because, I mean, there’s always Curly, Johnny Blood, Iron Mike (Michalske, the original), Forrest, MacArthur, Kabeer…I know those are all pretty much boys’ names…But I do think Brockington might work for a boy or a girl…

  28. 28.

    Suffern ACE

    November 14, 2011 at 10:02 pm

    @martha: We’ll teach you sheepshead, but tell you to pick up the blinds on three kings.

  29. 29.

    Loneoak

    November 14, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again):

    No objection to the classics necessarily, but it seems appropriate to name the little bugger after the current roster of Super Bowl champs that I actually saw play.

  30. 30.

    Joel

    November 14, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    @Loneoak: I’m assuming “Jerry” and “Joe” are out of the equation, right?

  31. 31.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 10:09 pm

    @Loneoak:

    Then there’s Desmond (Bishop) and Charles Yaw (Peprah).

    Or, from the practice squad- ’cause they deserve some love, too!- there’s Sampson (Genus).

  32. 32.

    Steve

    November 14, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    Dude, if you don’t even know which player you want to name your kid after, this probably isn’t the greatest idea.

  33. 33.

    martha

    November 14, 2011 at 10:11 pm

    @Suffern ACE: LOL. One of these winters I need to learn how to play. But my liver might not be up to the challenge.

  34. 34.

    Loneoak

    November 14, 2011 at 10:15 pm

    @Steve:

    Why so serious?

  35. 35.

    Steve

    November 14, 2011 at 10:18 pm

    @Loneoak: You’re asking the wrong guy. When my kid was due on St. Patrick’s Day I suggested we name him Finbar.

  36. 36.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 10:24 pm

    @Steve:

    That would have been all sorts of wrong.

    Fionn, otoh….

    Hey, Loneoak, there went Jordy for six….

  37. 37.

    Steve

    November 14, 2011 at 10:26 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): I thought it had lots of authentic Irish flavor. The office manager told me she wouldn’t let us put him on my insurance if I did it.

  38. 38.

    Suffern ACE

    November 14, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Not much upside to that career, but if the unspeakable happens and he turns into a complete moral dud or Congressman or something worse, you can claim that you named her after your favorite Star Trek Chief Engineer.

  39. 39.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 10:33 pm

    @Suffern ACE:

    Wait, are we talking about Fionn or Jordy?

    Oh, wait, you’re talking about Geordi LaForge. At least I think that’s how it’s spelled and to whom you refer. For a second there I was thinking of Chief O’Brien. Then Chief Jay Strongbow.

  40. 40.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    @Steve:

    I thought it had lots of authentic Irish flavor.

    It does…And it doesn’t. First thing I flashed to was the list of Tolkein’s elven names. But Fionn…That’s unmistakably Gaelic.

  41. 41.

    Kathy

    November 14, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    @The Fat Kate Middleton: For the definitive response to all the crap going on at Penn State, run do not walk to Charlie Pierce’s column in Grantland. The man is a f*cking national treasure.

    http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7233704/the-brutal-truth-penn-state

  42. 42.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    November 14, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    @Gex: I am still looking for an album featuring the best Utah Jazz. Karl Malone and the sax, John Stockton and the vibes.

  43. 43.

    J. Michael Neal

    November 14, 2011 at 10:44 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    There is a precedent for LA kidnapping Minneapolis-based teams that wear purple, yanno.

    The Lakers moved to LA in 1960. They didn’t start wearing purple until 1968.

    The Vikings also have yet to win one world championship, let alone five.

  44. 44.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 10:49 pm

    Rodgers: 20 completions/8 different receivers

  45. 45.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 14, 2011 at 10:51 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): You expected something else?

  46. 46.

    Loneoak

    November 14, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    The Rodgers State Farm commercial was just on … not that bad really.

  47. 47.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    It’s that he hits 7 or 8 with regularity, game-in and game-out, that amazes me.

    ETA: I just want him to keep up this level of play for a decade, but I’ve got a feeling that this year will be the pinnacle.

  48. 48.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 11:03 pm

    That’s receiver #9.

  49. 49.

    Ron

    November 14, 2011 at 11:03 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Going to be very hard to replicate this season. It’s pretty much insane.

  50. 50.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 11:04 pm

    Andrew Quarless: Receiver #10.

  51. 51.

    Spaghetti Lee

    November 14, 2011 at 11:05 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again):

    It would be cruel to wish for some sort of debilitating injury, but I can at least hope his relationship with management grows acrimonious and he gets traded to the AFC.

  52. 52.

    Suffern ACE

    November 14, 2011 at 11:09 pm

    How did the line do that without holding?

  53. 53.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 11:10 pm

    @Ron:

    After all of those years I experienced through the ’70s and ’80s, with all of those crappy QBs- Lynn Dickey was good when healthy, but health was always the problem- and then Brett, who, at his pinnacle, I never thought could be topped- I’m appreciating the insanity so much that I want to take it behind a middle school and…Oh, wait, that’s too “old school” now, isn’t it?

  54. 54.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 14, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): He is still young. There is room for improvement. I don’t know where, but there must be.

  55. 55.

    Suffern ACE

    November 14, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    @Spaghetti Lee: Hmmmm. Why don’t the Bears fans find him a wife with Hollywood ambitions? A Janet Jones. Introduce him to a Kardashian or one of the Simpsons.

  56. 56.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    @Suffern ACE:

    Well, if George Steinbrenner was still alive, and if he was a fan of the Vikes, Lions or Bears, old George could pull a “Henson” and sign Rodgers to some ridiculously large and undeserved baseball contract.

  57. 57.

    suzanne

    November 14, 2011 at 11:21 pm

    Holy shit my brain hurts.
    Blah blah radius of gyration blah blah section modulus blah blah moment of inertia blah blah.

  58. 58.

    me

    November 14, 2011 at 11:24 pm

    @Spaghetti Lee: Then Flynn becomes the starter.

  59. 59.

    Suffern ACE

    November 14, 2011 at 11:26 pm

    @suzanne: Hope you acerd the test. A moment of inertia sounds like fun.

  60. 60.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 14, 2011 at 11:30 pm

    Rodgers’ QBR this week: 140.3

  61. 61.

    Paul

    November 14, 2011 at 11:41 pm

    Can we please and finally retire the cliche “storied” when discussing football teams? Plus “tasty” guitar licks, I’ve heard that ONE TOO MANY TIMES, too. And but also, Go Pack! By which I actually mean Go Pack!

  62. 62.

    JCJ

    November 14, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again):
    Only 140.3 – weak sauce.

    That offense with Rodgers is amazing. If the defense can start remembering what they did last year we’ll be set.

  63. 63.

    burnspbesq

    November 14, 2011 at 11:47 pm

    @Kathy:

    Pierce is having a very off day. That’s no better than his abject stupidity about the Supreme Court and the PPACA cases.

  64. 64.

    S. cerevisiae

    November 15, 2011 at 12:03 am

    I can only hope that Rogers gets a gigantic contract that cripples the Packer’s ability to sign anyone else. Hopefully the Vikes can draft Kalil next year along with CB’s LB’s and get Bowe from KC in free agency. Hell, I am even down with trading AD if we can get a boatload of draft picks for him, unfortunately running backs are almost worthless now in the NFL.

  65. 65.

    suzanne

    November 15, 2011 at 12:07 am

    @Suffern ACE: I’m not taking it until February, so I have plenty of time to study. Blah.

    I’m watching the Gabby Giffords interview, even though it’s porn. She is just such a great lady. I hope a million good things for her and her husband.

  66. 66.

    Yutsano

    November 15, 2011 at 12:40 am

    @suzanne: The whole wanting the bebehs part right before she got shot just tears me apart.

  67. 67.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    November 15, 2011 at 12:45 am

    @Kathy: Thank you so much for this. Exactly what needs to be said, over and over and over.

  68. 68.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    November 15, 2011 at 12:48 am

    @burnspbesq: “abject stupidity”. How very apropos.

  69. 69.

    FlipYrWhig

    November 15, 2011 at 12:48 am

    @Paul: How about a tasty football team backed by some storied guitar licks? Badass!

  70. 70.

    burnspbesq

    November 15, 2011 at 2:07 am

    @Yutsano:

    Are you dyin, dude? Down four with the ball, 48 seconds to go.

  71. 71.

    burnspbesq

    November 15, 2011 at 2:11 am

    @The Fat Kate Middleton:

    When you start having something to say, I’ll start paying attention.

    Same for Pierce. A clever writer with nothing to say is a waste of time.

  72. 72.

    Yutsano

    November 15, 2011 at 2:43 am

    @burnspbesq: Losing by 8 to no. 23 in the country is no shame. And there will be a next year.

  73. 73.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 15, 2011 at 3:23 am

    @JCJ:

    The D looked alright today.

    I’ve been saying it for about 2 years now: The Packers hav a bend-but-don’t-break defense. They’ll give up yardage and scores, mostly in garbage time, but when they need it, they make the big stops. The ’85 Bears they are not. But the ’85 Bears’ offense couldn’t hang points like this on a regular basis, either.

  74. 74.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 15, 2011 at 3:38 am

    @S. cerevisiae:

    …unfortunately running backs are almost worthless now in the NFL.

    I dunno…A team with a good D and a suspect QB/receiving corps (I’m thinking of Baltimore here) can still grind it out and eat clock with that consistent 3.34 y/c, 30 c/g RB. The concern I’d have about Peterson in this regard is that I’m not sure he’d be happy playing the Ottis Anderson role for anyone for too long- at least not while he can still be a flashy superstar. I can only think of one superstar running back in his prime who was happy to do so- Walter Payton. That guy, imo, could have easily broken O.J. Simpson’s single-season rushing record in ’77, but the Bears would have missed the playoffs if they hadn’t depended on Sweetness to chew clock with short runs up the gut.

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