Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

So many bastards, so little time.

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

“But what about the lurkers?”

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

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  7. 7.

    Amir Khalid

    There’s a very strange match going on right now in the English Premier League. Reading led twice against table toppers Manchester United and are currently down 3 – 4 early in the second half. Not so much brilliant forward play as shit defending from both teams, especially the supposedly far superior United.

  8. 8.

    Maude

    @JPL:
    They probably haven’t made the decision yet. There are contracts and tickets and all that to consider. The players might still want to play. It might be better to get some fan support for the team for a game.
    This was a murder suicide and that’s a really awful thing for the team. The coaches must be devastated.

  10. 10.

    Ted & Hellen

    @JPL:

    I can’t believe they haven’t canceled Sunday’s game yet.

    Empty gesture.

    I’m not sure cancelling a multi million dollar event which 80,000 people and more have planned their weekend around, is a necessary thing.

    Why not just have a moment of silence?

  11. 11.

    AnotherBruce

    @Maude: The Head Coach and the General Manager, Romeo Crennel and Scott Pioli were both there when he pulled the suicide trigger. It happened right as the police showed up.

    God stuff like this is just so crushing.

  12. 12.

    Amir Khalid

    @Maude:
    I’d have thought that a traumatic event like this would be an automatic cancellation. If I were a Chiefs player, I wouldn’t be in the right frame of mind for a game. And if I were a fan, I’d be in no mood for it either.

  15. 15.

    catclub

    I think Miami should be fined for a poor effort against the Spurs second team. Aren’t the guys on the court supposed to play their best?

  16. 16.

    ? Martin

    Well, I’m not getting my hair cut any time soon. My barber is a huge Chiefs fan and was already upset enough by their season.

    It’s always tragic. I’ve dealt with 3 suicides this year – 2 being coworkers. Didn’t see either of those coming. It knocks you out of body for about a week.

  17. 17.

    Amir Khalid

    @Maude:
    A year or so ago, a football match in the German Bundesliga (the top division) was called off after the match referee had attempted suicide in his hotel room. A sporting event, even if it involves the weekend plans of tens of thousands of fans, is surely not more important than the great tragedy that has happened here. Cancelling the match won’t bring back Belcher or the mother of his child, but it feels wrong to me to carry on as though the football were the most important thing here.
    ETA: I think Martin #16 explains why cancelling the match is the right thing to do.

  19. 19.

    JPL

    Should the fans decide whether or not the team play? I don’t think so. The coaches witnessed something, they can’t get over and shouldn’t need to prepare a team to play. The NFL needs to step it up and make the decision for folks who not thinking straight. The Panthers are on the way but they can also just fly back to Carolina.

    also, too nbc sports is saying the Kansas City mayor wants them to play. Maybe he should suit up.

  26. 26.

    JPL

    @Raven: I hope that a few Bama players are nervous nellies.
    I’m about ready to chop down some trees. When I first moved to GA, leaves were down around Halloween. Now I’m lucky if they have fallen by Thanksgiving. I figure I have another week because of a lovely oak tree.

  27. 27.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @Raven: Hell yes. If Murray’s on, and the O-Line can hold, we can win this God damn game. Whoever wins will beat the Irish like people used to beat their children.

  29. 29.

    ceece

    Yay Stanford, goin’ to the Rose Bowl!

    and (Andrew) Luck had nothing to do with it.

    John Elway didn’t go, Bill Walsh didn’t go, Luck didn’t go, but Coach Shaw and freshman QB Kevin Hogan are headed to Pasadena for New Year’s. Yay!

    never in my life did I think Stanford would get 3 BCS bowl games in a row.

  30. 30.

    Gordon, the Big Express Engine

    At MLS cup final tailgate. Flight in from Houston this morning. Go Dynamo!!!!

  32. 32.

    Raven

    “Little people can’t block big people,” Grantham said. “When you have big people, you don’t have to commit all your defensive backs to the run game. You can play what I call a seven-and-a-half-man box. You got the extra half guy in the secondary because your guys up front can seal off gaps and hold the point.

  40. 40.

    CaseyL

    Sorry about this, but I’m taking advantage of the Open Thread to let the Seattle BJers know I’m going to be a bit late to tonight’s meetup. A dear friend is in the hospital with total kidney failure, and he’d rather I stopped by after his daily dialysis rather than during. I likely won’t make it to the meetup before 8:30, and possibly later than that :(

  41. 41.

    madmommy

    Roll Tide! No one but a die hard Irish fan thinks ND has a snowball’s chance against either of these teams.

  42. 42.

    Ben W

    6-6 record? Check.
    Blown out last week by Georgia? Check.
    Miami self-eliminated themselves from the postseason? Check.
    Tech playing tonight for the ACC title? Priceless.

    GO JACKETS!

  43. 43.

    aspasia

    In re first post: some of us out here are NOT bored by the prospect of the Big Ten championship game, no matter how hard ESPN has worked to ignore the conference.

  44. 44.

    madmommy

    @efgoldman:
    Yeah, I know. But ND just did not look that good to me in their last game. They don’t play as tough a schedule either. Of course this is only my opinion, and you know what they say about opinions :)

  45. 45.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    On one hand I and tired of the SEC pwning the BCS(playoffs NOW!!) but with big media’s overt flogging of Notre Dame. I will either ROLL TIDE or Go Dawgs in the BCS championship. Oh BTW, that was a weird scene in Columbus, last week, Jim Tressel being cheered, yet he was responsible for the Buckeyes not even being considered for the BCS,they are on probation. Oh BTW(part two) Tressel is being considered for the Tennessee job

  46. 46.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Mr Stagger Lee: Yikes, That first sentence should have read

    On one hand I am tired of the SEC pwning the BCS (PLAYOFFS NOW!!!)
    mea culpa
    mea culpa
    mea maximum culpa.

  47. 47.

    Dee Loralei

    My beloved Sooners managed to win today against the Horned Toads. And wow Georgie just scored against Bama.

  54. 54.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    @Raven: @Raven: I really am reluctant to whine about “roughness”-type penalties, but that no-call was grievous. I’m glad it’s dominating the halftime chat.

  59. 59.

    Felonius Monk

    @aspasia: Not so much bored as disappointed that Purdue didn’t do better this season and that Ohio State is allowed to play for the Big 10 championship.

  65. 65.

    Hill Dweller

    Alabama’s special teams have been awful. The got a delay of game penalty on their fake punt; blew the coverage/missed the eligible receiver on Georgia’s fake punt; and gave up a blocked field goal.

    Also too, their heralded O-line hasn’t been able to consistently pass protect thus far.

  67. 67.

    Felonius Monk

    I’m sure that now that the Mountaineers have kinda humiliated Kansas, our dear Mr. Cole has gone back to sleep. Pleasant dreams, John.

  71. 71.

    JPL

    I’m pretty sick of these bama players that think they are a bowling bowl.. They are still losing though.

    also, too.. maybe not losing

  73. 73.

    Mary

    Georgia’s mascot is an abomination of dogdom and whoever bred him should be jailed for animal cruelty.

  77. 77.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    Is there a sportsradio station in Atlanta with good smack talk?
    I would love to hear the comments.

  79. 79.

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

    @Raven:

    Like the Packers in the ’60 title game, the Bulldogs didn’t lose- they just ran out of time.

  82. 82.

    Raven

    “If you love anything about competitive sports, anything at all, you had to love this game. “That was a great football game by both teams, and they could have won today the same as us,” said Nick Saban, the hard-driving Alabama coach. “It came down to the last play.”

  83. 83.

    Ron

    Right now I’m watching Nebraska get their asses whupped by the Badgers. My wife is from Wisconsin so that makes her happy.

  84. 84.

    4jkb4ia

    Pitt salvaged the season, and is going to a bowl. I will watch it even if it is the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

    OK John, this is more important than you driving me crazy, or vice versa. I’m worried about you. Remember that even if you lose today, if Roethlisberger comes back you still have a good chance at a wild card. Also too, the line is even. If you have to, call your girlfriend on the phone.

  85. 85.

    4jkb4ia

    This year it’s the “Meineke Car Care of Texas” , matching Big 10 and Big 12 teams. That looks like a new iteration of the Texas Bowl.

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