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Skins v. Seahawks Open Thread

by John Cole|  January 6, 20134:49 pm| 146 Comments

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Rooting for the Skins myself, because Oliver Willis has suffered publicly for so many years. Also, because I am so sick and tired of the whiny ass Seahawks fans bitching about the Superbowl they lost to the Steelers.

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  1. 1.

    Corner Stone

    January 6, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    Go #BandWagons!

  2. 2.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 4:53 pm

    i want to root for washington but i’m still pissed they left boston in 1937.

  3. 3.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    January 6, 2013 at 4:53 pm

    Touchdown WAshington Redslkins!

  4. 4.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    January 6, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    Touchdown Washington Redskins!

  5. 5.

    ulee

    January 6, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    I hope Oliver continues to suffer. No particular reason. I like him enough, but for whatever reason I want him to throw something at the tv screen. Someone’s gotta hurt in this world and it might as well be him.

  6. 6.

    Corner Stone

    January 6, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Nothing worse than someone who just can’t let something go…

  7. 7.

    JPL

    January 6, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    I’m cheering for the skins cuz I know someone cheering for the skins. Is there anyone on the site cheering for the skins cuz they actually like em?

  8. 8.

    Zapruder F. Mashtots, D.D.S. (Mumphrey, et al.)

    January 6, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    Not sports, but I think it’s worth pointing out that Jennifer Rubin of all people wrote something that makes sense. She dumps all over the shitty governor of Pennsylvania for trying to get the NCAA punishment of Penn State thrown out because it hurts innocent people who did nothing wrong. Well, yeah. It does hurt people who did nothing wrong. But so what? Every time we punish somebody for wrongdoing it hurts other people who didn’t do anything.

    I get so sick of the “Oh, dear, this will hurt so many people who didn’t do anything wrong” crap. Sure, some people will get shafted with this deal the school took. And I try to be a compassionate fellow, but in this case, all I can say is, Too bad.

    I mean, what the hell? Any time some criminal gets sentenced or some defendant in a civil suit ends up paying a big settlement, blameless people get shafted. When a killer goes to jail for life, there are often children left behind who grow up without a father. Do we seriously think about not prosecuting murderers because their children will suffer with a father in jail? I sympathize with the guiltless children, and I’m all for some kind of program to help such children overcome this burden; but we still have to prosecute and convict murderers.

    Or if some company dumps toxic sludge into a creek somewhere, and they end up having to pay out hundreds of millions in fines, it might lead the company into bankruptcy and throw hundreds or thousands of people who had nothing to do with the dumping out of work. Those people and their families will suffer because of an award like that. Do we then let businesses do whatever they want, since suing them to clean up their deadly messes will harm innocent people?

  9. 9.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    Can’t we find a player on one of the teams that we can bitch about and make us feel all morally superior?

  10. 10.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    @Corner Stone: right? it practically puts me into beast mode every time i relive that other thread.

  11. 11.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    @JPL: I liked Sonny, Billy and the Diesel! And my old man knew Shanahan when he played at East Leyden. Did you know they gave him his last rites after a practice injury at EIU?

  12. 12.

    Cassidy

    January 6, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    the Superbowl they lost that was stolen and given to the Steelers.

    Fixed for accuracy.

  13. 13.

    JPL

    January 6, 2013 at 4:59 pm

    @Zapruder F. Mashtots, D.D.S. (Mumphrey, et al.): Penn State is a member of the NCAA and they obvious took a chance by letting Sandusky on campus. The governor buried it also and is now worried about reelection.

  14. 14.

    Thatgaljill

    January 6, 2013 at 5:00 pm

    Hey, Cole, based on your success cheering for the Colts, I am thrilled to have you cheer for the Redskins. :)

  15. 15.

    JPL

    January 6, 2013 at 5:01 pm

    @Raven: but..but..RGIII..
    Nice throw btw

  16. 16.

    Yutsano

    January 6, 2013 at 5:01 pm

    @Cassidy: Ben. Never. Broke. The. Plane. No one has ever been able to convince me otherwise.

  17. 17.

    Zapruder F. Mashtots, D.D.S. (Mumphrey, et al.)

    January 6, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    @Zapruder F. Mashtots, D.D.S. (Mumphrey, et al.):

    Well, now that I think about it, that does have to do with sports. How about that?

    And I don’t see anything wrong with holding grudges, as long as it’s in sports, where it can’t really do too much harm to anybody. I’ll always hate the Red Sox for beating the Phillies in the 1915 World Series, and that was more than 50 years before I was born. Hell, my father wasn’t even born then, and he was in his 50’s when I was born. He remembers the game in the 1929 series when his A’s were trailing the Cubs 8-0 into the 7th and scored 10 runs in an inning to win 10-8. He heard it over the radio…

  18. 18.

    The Dangerman

    January 6, 2013 at 5:05 pm

    It’s raining in SoCal today, which pisses me off because the rain should stay in the Pacific Northwest (it was mid 70’s and sunny Friday and, yes, I feel entitled to that weather every single damn day)…

    …so I have to root for the Redskins (plus, Pete Carroll).

  19. 19.

    ulee

    January 6, 2013 at 5:05 pm

    Now I remember why I root aginst Oliver’s happiness. The last few times I went to his site my computer froze up and I had to do the unthinkable and push the button on the brain to restart so I finally stopped visiting his blog. Oliver has hurt me and now he and his team must go down.

  20. 20.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    January 6, 2013 at 5:05 pm

    Uhh Pete, where is the D????

  21. 21.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    i figure griffin has about one more year playing this way.

  22. 22.

    Corner Stone

    January 6, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Indeed. I was also concerned for your blood sugar level.

  23. 23.

    MattF

    January 6, 2013 at 5:09 pm

    We can’t even bitch about Dan Snyder anymore. He’s been behaving sensibly lately, strange but true:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/daniel-snyder-washington-redskins-owner-adopts-hands-off-role–and-team-wins/2013/01/04/5e258d18-55e3-11e2-a613-ec8d394535c6_story.html

  24. 24.

    Jon

    January 6, 2013 at 5:09 pm

    @Cassidy: Fuck Matt Hasselback and his fascist wife sister-in-law.

  25. 25.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Indeed. I was also concerned for your blood sugar level.

    thank you but no need to worry. when i’m beastmoding i sport a greatly enhanced glucose metabolic system.

  26. 26.

    The Dangerman

    January 6, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    i figure griffin has about one more year playing this way.

    Sadly true; undersized is undersized and he’s getting beat up (Wilson has the same potential problem).

  27. 27.

    Joel

    January 6, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    Fuck the Redskins. Richard Nixon rooted for them, right?

  28. 28.

    Joel

    January 6, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    It’s so nice, I want to hear the same song twice.

  29. 29.

    Cassidy

    January 6, 2013 at 5:12 pm

    @Jon: Different Hassleback.

  30. 30.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    January 6, 2013 at 5:15 pm

    @MattF: I think he may have learned from Robert Kraft, let the football guys run the team, then you can show your mug when you accept the Lombardi Trophy, a lesson lost on Jerry Jones.

  31. 31.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 5:17 pm

    @MattF:

    We can’t even bitch about Dan Snyder anymore.

    head of the class must have really fucked that guy up

  32. 32.

    PsiFighter37

    January 6, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    Even if it does anger the blogmaster himself, that Super Bowl was gifted by the refs. I’m not a fan of either team, but the Seahawks were the better team, no question. They was robbed.

    That said, Redskins are steamrolling, although the Seahawks are starting to move the ball.

  33. 33.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    if the football gods smile on us, seahawks will make it a game and then get screwed out of the win by officiating. then someday, we’ll have a ‘we wuz fucked’ story for every occasion.

  34. 34.

    Joel

    January 6, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    I’m just glad my team doesn’t feature a “classic” color scheme that makes the players look like Burger King employees.

  35. 35.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    @Joel: And George Allen coached em.

  36. 36.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    @Joel:

    I’m just glad my team doesn’t feature a “classic” color scheme that makes the players look like Burger King employees.

    lolz

  37. 37.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 5:25 pm

    @Raven:

    And George Allen coached em.

    i’ll never forgive him for procreating.

  38. 38.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 5:26 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Do you know the story of him and Halas when he left the Bears?

  39. 39.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    @Raven:

    Do you know the story of him and Halas when he left the Bears?

    don’t tell me that george halas is really senator allen’s daddy.

  40. 40.

    Ron

    January 6, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    @Cassidy: Would you like some cheese with that whine?

  41. 41.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 5:29 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    “At the end of the 1965 season, Allen reached an agreement with owner Dan Reeves of the Los Angeles Rams to replace Harland Svare as head coach. He quickly faced a legal battle with Halas, who claimed that Allen’s leaving was in breach of his Bears contract. (Halas accused Allen and the Rams of “chicanery.”) The Bears’ owner did win his case in a Chicago court but immediately allowed Allen to leave, saying he initiated the lawsuit to make a point about the validity of contracts. Halas would not be so magnanimous in an NFL meeting soon after when he attacked Allen’s character. Upon hearing this, Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi joked to Reeves, “Sounds like you’ve got yourself a hell of a coach.”

    He “Allowed him to leave”, uh huh.

  42. 42.

    Haydnseek

    January 6, 2013 at 5:32 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: If he’s lucky.

  43. 43.

    burnspbesq

    January 6, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    @The Dangerman:

    It’s raining in SoCal today, which pisses me off

    If it’s raining here, it’s probably snowing in the Sierras, which means we might not run out of water next summer. Suck it up.

  44. 44.

    Culture of Truth

    January 6, 2013 at 5:35 pm

    I used to be a big Redskins fan. Looks like they’ve finally got good… but that’s ok, I’m a Giants fan now.

  45. 45.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 6, 2013 at 5:37 pm

    I am so sick and tired of the whiny ass Seahawks fans bitching about the Superbowl they lost to the Steelers.

    Go DIAF, Cole.

  46. 46.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    January 6, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    Beast Mode saves the play!

  47. 47.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    lynch is fully in beastmode now. he went after that loose football like it was an errant skittle

  48. 48.

    redshirt

    January 6, 2013 at 5:41 pm

    @Culture of Truth: How is this possible, without some kind of head injury?

  49. 49.

    Culture of Truth

    January 6, 2013 at 5:42 pm

    true, about Burger King, but the uniforms are distinctive. I like the Seahawks helmets, but the rest is kind of dull.

  50. 50.

    Haydnseek

    January 6, 2013 at 5:43 pm

    @Raven: I remember it well. His last coaching gig was at Cal State Long Beach, where I was a student. Our football program had sucked for a long time, laboring in the shadows of the Jerry Tarkanian coached basketball team. Allen had health problems and died before he could put his stamp on the program. The school dropped football shortly thereafter.

  51. 51.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 5:43 pm

    don’t really care what happens in this game but pete carroll is one of the really good guys.

  52. 52.

    Corner Stone

    January 6, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee: Beast Mode!

  53. 53.

    Culture of Truth

    January 6, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    @redshirt: I was a child in one place, and emotional about the home team, but then a few decades passed by….

    …but who said I never had a head injury?

  54. 54.

    Suffern ACE

    January 6, 2013 at 5:46 pm

    @redshirt: Marriage might do it. I’d start rooting for the Lions if the right man came along. Never the bears though, because be definition, Mr. Right can’t root for the bears.

  55. 55.

    Svensker

    January 6, 2013 at 5:50 pm

    I’m rooting for them both. Grew up in Seattle, and Pete Carroll and Leon Washington(Jets!) and, well, heck, Russell Wilson!

    But then the Skins have been so pathetic and then Santana Moss (Jets!) and, dang, RGIII.

    Gotta love the heart in both teams.

    Can’t it be like kindergarten where everybody wins?

  56. 56.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    January 6, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    RWTHREEEEEEE!!!!!!! :-)

  57. 57.

    redshirt

    January 6, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    @Culture of Truth: LOL. Go Skins! At least you’re no longer a Cowboys fan.

    I assume the following fan tautology:

    Birth team – you must cheer for them forever
    Adopted team – if you live in another area for a long period of time. But you don’t forsake your birth team.
    Friend Team – got a friend who roots for some other team? You can root for them too, as long as it does not go against your favorite team.
    Team you love to Hate – or the NY Giants, in other words.
    Divisional favorites – teams in other divisions you can like as long as it does not go against your favorite team.

  58. 58.

    Opie_jeanne

    January 6, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    This game is better than we expected. We thought the Redskins would walk all over the Seahawks.

  59. 59.

    PurpleGirl

    January 6, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    As there are a number of regular readers/commenters who watch Downton Abby, can one of the front pagers put up a thread for it tonight. Series 3 starts tonight and PBS also has a show on Highclere Castle, where the show is filmed. TYiA.

  60. 60.

    Joel

    January 6, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    I can’t wait for Chip Kelly to make the Browns at least marginally interesting.

  61. 61.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    @Haydnseek: And then you played Georgia, folded and Terrell Davis came here!

  62. 62.

    CaseyL

    January 6, 2013 at 5:53 pm

    Well, I was busy putting together a lasagna for tonight’s memorial dinner party for my friend Dylan, who died last Sunday.

    I had the TV on, but couldn’t hear much from the kitchen. What I did hear didn’t sound good. Finished with the lasagna, sat down just as Wilson took the team down to the Redskin 30, so things are improving.

    Go, ‘Hawks!

  63. 63.

    Napoleon

    January 6, 2013 at 5:54 pm

    @Joel:

    I heard a little while ago (hour or 2) that they are not going to be hiring him.

  64. 64.

    Corner Stone

    January 6, 2013 at 5:54 pm

    @Joel: So you’ve got a few years then, is that what you’re saying?

  65. 65.

    Napoleon

    January 6, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    @Joel:

    PS, local news here in Clev will be on shortly and my guess is they will lead with that if its the case

  66. 66.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    @redshirt:

    Birth team – you must cheer for them forever

    Illini/Bears
    Adopted team – if you live in another area for a long period of time. But you don’t forsake your birth team.

    Dawgs/Falcons

    Friend
    Spouse Team – got a friend who roots for some other team? You can root for them too, as long as it does not go against your favorite team.

    Hokies
    Team you love to Hate – or the NY Giants, in other words.

    Michigan, Auburn, Florida

    Divisional favorites – teams in other divisions you can like as long as it does not go against your favorite team.

    NA

  67. 67.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 5:56 pm

    @Joel:

    I can’t wait for Chip Kelly to make the Browns at least marginally interesting.

    he made them as interesting as they can be. now he’s going to philly.

  68. 68.

    Suffern ACE

    January 6, 2013 at 5:56 pm

    @Svensker: hmmmm. If the nfl allowed everyone to win in a playoff game, would the Hawks have to play two teams next week? Would the two teams combine, alternate downs, or just double the number of players on the field? A game with two QBs and centers on the field at the same time might be kind of interesting to watch.

  69. 69.

    asiangrrlMN

    January 6, 2013 at 5:57 pm

    HOOK ‘EM, HAWKS! ::waggles horns left over from Vikes game::

    Thus, continuing my longstanding tradition of rooting for the team that inevitably loses.

  70. 70.

    Corner Stone

    January 6, 2013 at 5:58 pm

    First name Russell, last name Wilson.

  71. 71.

    Joel

    January 6, 2013 at 5:58 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: That’s fine, too.

  72. 72.

    Svensker

    January 6, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    @Suffern ACE:

    No, just allow the Skins and the Hawks to both win. Then kick out another team to make room. I’d suggest the Pats.

  73. 73.

    Yutsano

    January 6, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    @asiangrrlMN: Don’t hate dear. Oh and bat yer eyelashes at JC for us so maybe we can also haz pictures of His Lord and Tunchness.

  74. 74.

    Opie_jeanne

    January 6, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    @redshirt: I moved to Seattle two years ago but the Rams moved away from LA too many years ago, and I hate the Raiders. Just noticed the Seahawks a few weeks ago, mainly because of Wilson.

  75. 75.

    Haydnseek

    January 6, 2013 at 6:01 pm

    @Raven: Well, we always were a basketball/baseball school anyway! (I can rationalize with the best of ’em.) Long Beach area high schools have been a farm system for big-time college programs for a long time, and still are to this day. Hell, Long Beach Poly could probably beat a few teams in some of these “mid-major” conferences.

  76. 76.

    MattR

    January 6, 2013 at 6:02 pm

    @redshirt: The real question is what conditions would it take for you to switch allegiance to your current team’s rival? How would you react if your best friend was drafted by the Giants? Or your son?

  77. 77.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    @Haydnseek: My sister went to Morningside when Harrick was there.

  78. 78.

    Napoleon

    January 6, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    @Napoleon:

    Lead with Kelly being out of consideration.

  79. 79.

    redshirt

    January 6, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    @MattR: Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug!

  80. 80.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 6:06 pm

    i’m from alleghany county, virginia and it was a steeler’s bastion when i was a kid. now it’s redskins territory. not sure when that happened, maybe when they connected 81 to dc via i-66. anyway, i can’t support a team for reasons as flimsy as geographical whim. that should just be one factor of many. a real fan will spreadsheet it based on 16 different criteria before making such a life-altering pledge.

  81. 81.

    mainmati

    January 6, 2013 at 6:06 pm

    @JPL: Born and raised in Pittsburgh so am a Steeler fan but now living in the DC area so do follow the ‘Skins so yes, I’m watching with rest of family.

  82. 82.

    MattR

    January 6, 2013 at 6:07 pm

    @redshirt: If my nephew-to-be were to be drafted by the Raiders in 21ish years, you might get me to root for them to win individual games, but only once they are pretty much eliminated from the playoffs or if they are facing a team that Denver needs to lose.

  83. 83.

    Culture of Truth

    January 6, 2013 at 6:09 pm

    At least you’re no longer a Cowboys fan.

    Ack! Never! I’ve always hated them!

  84. 84.

    redshirt

    January 6, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    @MattR: Situational ethics is a wonder! And it’s true too.

    I grew up a Steelers fan, but am Patriots born and bred. I’ll cheer for the Steelers when it means nothing for the Pats, but I defer to the Pats in any conflict, by default.

  85. 85.

    burnspbesq

    January 6, 2013 at 6:13 pm

    @Haydnseek:

    Poly has probably sent more of its alums to the NFL than any other high school in America.

  86. 86.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    In the history of the NFL, Long Beach Polytechnic High school has produced more NFL players than any other high school in the nation.

  87. 87.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 6:18 pm

    oopsie, beast mode returns to mortal form.

  88. 88.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    January 6, 2013 at 6:18 pm

    Beast Mode!!! OH F%$#K!!!! ):-(

  89. 89.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 6:20 pm

    A pickup truck with a fucking dial for a gear shift? Get outa town!

  90. 90.

    redshirt

    January 6, 2013 at 6:21 pm

    Does anyone know the statistic about the number of players from Samoa who’ve made the NFL as a percentage of their country’s population? It’s quite impressive.

  91. 91.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 6:22 pm

    shanahan always looks like he just woke up from a three day bender.

  92. 92.

    mainmati

    January 6, 2013 at 6:25 pm

    @redshirt: I like your taxonomy. Certainly works for me except that, instead of NY Giants, I substitute Dallas Cowboys.

  93. 93.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 6:28 pm

    @redshirt: Here’s an interesting web site.

    Samoan Athletes – Heart of Champions

  94. 94.

    zombie rotten mcdonald

    January 6, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    Birth team – Packers
    Adopted team – n/a
    Friend Team – n/a
    Team you love to Hate – All non-Packer NFC North.
    Divisional favorites – n/a

    No need to make life complex.

  95. 95.

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

    January 6, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    @mainmati:

    I substitute Dallas Cowboys Minnesota Vikings.

  96. 96.

    JPL

    January 6, 2013 at 6:34 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Is he friends with Boehner?

  97. 97.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 6:36 pm

    @JPL:

    Is he friends with Boehner?

    i bet that’s it.

    omfg

  98. 98.

    Elie

    January 6, 2013 at 6:39 pm

    Go Seahawks!!!!

    (I am ordinarily a Bears fan, but we live in northwestern WA and I am going to pull for my Seahawks)

    The only team I would NEVAH root for are the Stealers. Glad they are home…

  99. 99.

    peorgietirebiter

    January 6, 2013 at 6:40 pm

    @Raven</a. How bout them Jack Rabbits? I saw Buddy Rich's band play at Poly back in the day. Back when that part of Long Beach was considered dangerous after dark for nice white boys like me.

  100. 100.

    Svensker

    January 6, 2013 at 6:42 pm

    @Just Some Fuckheadomfg

    Now, why’d you have to post that? I’ve always liked Irish Mike. Some stuff is just TMI — such as details on genital warts and/or political views of Football Guys I Like.

  101. 101.

    peorgietirebiter

    January 6, 2013 at 6:43 pm

    @peorgietirebiter: Sorry, can’t edit on my ipad.

  102. 102.

    Cassidy

    January 6, 2013 at 6:43 pm

    @Ron: You say whine, I say be accurate and honest. Steelers fans are capable of enjoying any ill gotten win, but the loudest whiners if they “feel” cheated.

  103. 103.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    January 6, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    Birth team – Browns/Reds/Buckeyes
    Adopted team – Seahawks/A’s(Used to live in the Bay Area)San Jose Sharks
    Friend Team – Washington Huskies
    Team you love to Hate – Steelers/Ravens all NY and LA teams/Michigan
    Divisional favorites- N/A

  104. 104.

    CW in LA

    January 6, 2013 at 6:50 pm

    Bah, this is a good blog, but I guess some things are bigger than politics.

    Fuck the cheating, league-pampered stealers, and fuck John Cole. I’m out.

  105. 105.

    Mike in NC

    January 6, 2013 at 6:58 pm

    Left the party at halftime. Like us, most of the neighbors moved here from the DC area. Not a lot of happy campers with the score nearly tied.

  106. 106.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 7:00 pm

    rg3 v. wilson and lynch seems to be favoring seattle.

  107. 107.

    JPL

    January 6, 2013 at 7:01 pm

    If the game were to end now, the Falcons would play Seattle. I’d rather see the Redskins come to town but what ever.

  108. 108.

    sharl

    January 6, 2013 at 7:03 pm

    Beast Mode for Christ!
    … + …
    Jesus supports the Second Amendment!
    … = …
    Glory!

    {obligatory gun cultist thread derailment attempt, SharlTroll Inc., LLC}

  109. 109.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    January 6, 2013 at 7:07 pm

    rutro

  110. 110.

    Raven

    January 6, 2013 at 7:07 pm

    See if the doctor clears him again.

  111. 111.

    Jewish Steel

    January 6, 2013 at 7:07 pm

    that aint good

  112. 112.

    Vico

    January 6, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    Hawks getting the game in hand now.

    Looks as though Cole may be The Biggest Loser where football is concerned.

  113. 113.

    Thlayli

    January 6, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    This is Grady-Little-leaving-Pedro-in level shit right here.

  114. 114.

    RinaX

    January 6, 2013 at 7:09 pm

    I hope that knee twist with RGIII looked worse than it actually is.

    I still have to LOL at Cole’s football fortunes today, but hopefully RGIII’s injury isn’t serious.

  115. 115.

    JPL

    January 6, 2013 at 7:09 pm

    That hurts!

  116. 116.

    Comrade Jake

    January 6, 2013 at 7:10 pm

    Well that’s gonna leave a mark.

  117. 117.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    January 6, 2013 at 7:20 pm

    The Legion Of BOOM!!!!

  118. 118.

    Elie

    January 6, 2013 at 7:22 pm

    @RinaX:

    I hear you completely. It is really at the edge of ok to have had him in there anyway…. despite his desire to play.
    It is very hard to get the knee to perform the same on damaged ligaments — as much psychologically as physically.

    We’ll see. Its terrible to have this issue come up with a rookie superstar quarterback. Russel Wilson will also have to watch out — and he is much smaller…

    Still — its the head thing. Bad problems with the joints is bad — but the head thing is paramount and absolutely devastating.

  119. 119.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    January 6, 2013 at 7:23 pm

    @RinaX: If I was Little Danny I would be wondering who are the top college Offensive Linemen? I would hate to see RGIII becomes a one year wonder.

  120. 120.

    West of the Rockies (formerly Frank W.)

    January 6, 2013 at 7:23 pm

    Oh, I’m lovin’ it! Go Seattle!

  121. 121.

    trollhattan

    January 6, 2013 at 7:26 pm

    Loving this. Did not expect the comeback after Q1.

    Hope Griffin is okay–he’s an exciting player.

    And the Steelers can suck Cartman’s balls.

  122. 122.

    Poopyman

    January 6, 2013 at 7:27 pm

    Criminally bad QB management by Shanahan. RGIII shouldn’t have been in after halftime. Cousins would have had a better chance if he hadn’t been thrown in such a hole.

  123. 123.

    James E. Powell

    January 6, 2013 at 7:30 pm

    @Poopyman:

    There is a great deal of merit to what you say. I am not sure that head coaches make good decisions during games, and in particular on the “should I pull my starting QB” decision.

  124. 124.

    Yutsano

    January 6, 2013 at 7:31 pm

    And that’s ballgame. GO SEACHICKENS!!

  125. 125.

    Geoduck

    January 6, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    They beat the Racial Slurs! Woot!

    Hope RG3 recovers, and that they fix up that putrid field for next season.

  126. 126.

    Elie

    January 6, 2013 at 7:37 pm

    YAY Seahawks! Overcame early difficulty and stayed centered…. Good for them!. Look forward to seeing them in the next round… Young Russel Wilson has the “goods”

    Jay Cutler (Chicago– take a look. Do you have the “leadership” to model either of these teams? Do you even know what that IS?

  127. 127.

    Schlemizel

    January 6, 2013 at 7:38 pm

    Thank Gawd. I work with an inflamed asshole who happens to be a huge fan of the Washington Racially Insensitive Stereotypes. He has been honking about that team for weeks now & we are all terribly tired of it. Unless he whines that they got cheated tomorrow will be blissfully peaceful.

  128. 128.

    Nerull

    January 6, 2013 at 7:39 pm

    @CW in LA: I always wonder about people who are unable to read the 50 other political posts put up today, but expect their lack of intelligence to be missed by anyone else.

  129. 129.

    Poopyman

    January 6, 2013 at 7:41 pm

    @James E. Powell: It was obvious he couldn’t avoid a rush or outrun it for the whole second half. Cousins has played very well when he’s had to come in, so you’d think he Shanahan might want to avoid ending his rookie QB’s career.

  130. 130.

    ulee

    January 6, 2013 at 7:43 pm

    Skins are down and out. Sorry, Oliver. Maybe next year.

  131. 131.

    ulee

    January 6, 2013 at 7:48 pm

    Patriots will skin the Texans. Brady will take them apart, play by play.

  132. 132.

    Fluke bucket

    January 6, 2013 at 7:53 pm

    @Poopyman: Agree completely. But the owner may have been the one making the call to play him. An injured
    knee screws up passing as well as running. Any coach that decided to play him long after it was clear he was not able to perform should be dealt with severely.

  133. 133.

    gene108

    January 6, 2013 at 7:55 pm

    @Zapruder F. Mashtots, D.D.S. (Mumphrey, et al.):

    The only positive thing I have seen about the Corbett suit, is the cesspool of cheating at UNC-CH is at least getting some attention.

    From Corbett’s lawsuit:

    (d) A recent internal investigation at the University of North Carolina revealed massive academic fraud, including unauthorized grade changes by forged signatures, and classes in which no instruction took place; approximately forty percent of the students enrolled in these classes were football and basketball players. In August 2012, one month after sanctioning Penn State, the NCAA took the public position that none of the alleged conduct violated NCAA rules.

    The NCAA, UNC System BoG, UNC-CH BoT and the NC state legislature should be flogged for not doing more to address what is the largest case of academic fraud in the UNC System and probably in modern college athletics.

  134. 134.

    billgerat

    January 6, 2013 at 7:57 pm

    Hopefully Cole will be rooting for Atlanta next Sunday.

  135. 135.

    Allen

    January 6, 2013 at 8:06 pm

    Note to self: Always hope that John Cole roots against the team that you want to win.

  136. 136.

    redshirt

    January 6, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    @ulee: From Giselle’s lips to Godell’s ears, it shall be so. I’m predicting a Patriot’s victory, 38-20.

  137. 137.

    Heliopause

    January 6, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    Also, because I am so sick and tired of the whiny ass Seahawks fans bitching about the Superbowl they lost to the Steelers.

    If you didn’t have a guilty conscience you wouldn’t care.

  138. 138.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 6, 2013 at 8:39 pm

    My childhood team is the Rams. Because of the cool helmets, let’s be honest.

    However, being a Pacific Northwesterner nearly all my life, I’m a Seahawks fan first and foremost now. Even when they play the Rams, which they do twice a year now thanks to that moronic NFL reorganization a few years back.

    College, of course, it’s the alma mater, despite becoming the Fighting Fashion Nightmares who do runway stuff for Phil Knight.

  139. 139.

    Liquid

    January 6, 2013 at 8:54 pm

    Cole, as a Seattleite that was in Michigan for our Super Bowl (taking the field to Bittersweet Symphony was a bad omen) I will fucking hunt you down. I won’t use a gun…oh no…guns are for pussies.

    I’ll bring a second-place steak knife and footage of that ****sucker *****lisberger placing the football over the line six seconds after he was down.

    In short I hope *****lisberger rapes something you love.

    And there was actually an article in the Times about some mother and her 14-year old son surprised at just how ‘profane’ football fans were. Shocking.

    Cheers!

  140. 140.

    julie

    January 6, 2013 at 9:24 pm

    I really wanted the skins but what do I know

  141. 141.

    Liquid

    January 6, 2013 at 10:18 pm

    @julie:

    If that’s an abstract comment then I doubt you’ll find anyone that disagrees.

  142. 142.

    Brendanyc

    January 6, 2013 at 10:32 pm

    If we’re looking for a target fir ‘sports hate’ i don’t hink we could do better than Shanahan. disgraceful.
    if he had not lied about Dr. Andrews’s report on this same knee in the previous game, it might have been possible to think he left RG# in there just out of the excitement of the moment…..or something. But this is obviously a calculated policy choice by him–to throw his team members, is rookie star no less–under the bus.
    i sure hope he hasn’t ended the kid’s career.

  143. 143.

    Brendanyc

    January 6, 2013 at 10:32 pm

    If we’re looking for a target fir ‘sports hate’ i don’t hink we could do better than Shanahan. disgraceful.
    if he had not lied about Dr. Andrews’s report on this same knee in the previous game, it might have been possible to think he left RG# in there just out of the excitement of the moment…..or something. But this is obviously a calculated policy choice by him–to throw his team members, his rookie star no less–under the bus.
    i sure hope he hasn’t ended the kid’s career.

  144. 144.

    burnspbesq

    January 6, 2013 at 11:42 pm

    @gene108:

    Cheating in Chapel Hell is old news. Ask any Duke or NC State fan; bullshit grades for no-show classes have been an open secret for the last decade. The NCAA”/ response will probably be … nada.

  145. 145.

    taylormattd

    January 7, 2013 at 6:30 am

    OMG, I’m just seeing this.

    Seriously, you are going to be a bitch about the Superbowl you fucking stole from us?

    *slap*

  146. 146.

    feckless

    January 7, 2013 at 11:55 am

    Yes root for the lobbyist team. Nuthun but welfare thieves from MD to N VA

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