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Thursday Night NFL Open Thread

by Betty Cracker|  October 8, 20158:45 pm| 44 Comments

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Don’t really care who wins this game, but I hope it’s a good one. Where are you, Mr. Clowney?

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  1. 1.

    redshirt

    October 8, 2015 at 8:46 pm

    Go 40 year old QB!

  2. 2.

    Citizen Scientist

    October 8, 2015 at 8:49 pm

    Traveling on the west coast, and it’s really weird seeing Thursday night football on at 5 pm.

  3. 3.

    raven

    October 8, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    @Citizen Scientist: Sunday morning there was a game on at 6:30.

  4. 4.

    raven

    October 8, 2015 at 8:52 pm

    Lil Bit is scheduled for ACL surgery Monday. . . we cancelled our Thanksgiving beach trip this afternoon.

  5. 5.

    Baud

    October 8, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    @raven:

    Ah man. Poor guy.

  6. 6.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 8, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    @raven: Best wishes for the pup’s surgery.

  7. 7.

    raven

    October 8, 2015 at 8:56 pm

    @Baud: Lil Bits be a girl.

  8. 8.

    trollhattan

    October 8, 2015 at 8:57 pm

    Don’t care about the Colts but really like Luck. And Dallas is permanently at the bottom of my dead-to-me list alongside Pittsburgh, so no internal conflicts on this one.

  9. 9.

    raven

    October 8, 2015 at 8:58 pm

    SC and Washington is on at 9.

  10. 10.

    lamh36

    October 8, 2015 at 8:59 pm

    BWHAHAHAHA…Please proceed Issa…

    Issa considering running for Speaker

  11. 11.

    Baud

    October 8, 2015 at 9:00 pm

    @raven:

    Poor girl.

  12. 12.

    bemused

    October 8, 2015 at 9:01 pm

    @raven:

    Hope all goes well. This on top of remodeling too. Seems like all the busy and/or stressful events decide to happen all at the same time.

  13. 13.

    Betty Cracker

    October 8, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    I was purchasing a book via iPad earlier, browsing titles via the NYT bestseller list, and I saw that Bill O’Reilly has a new book out, “Killing Reagan.” I’d rather read aggregated worldwide grocery lists than anything by O’Reilly, of course, but WTF, “Killing Reagan”? Is O’Reilly alleging that the doddering old fart died of anything other than natural causes, long after his brain had turned into tapioca pudding?

    @raven: Sorry to hear that. Hope the critter comes through with flying colors!

  14. 14.

    redshirt

    October 8, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    @raven:

    Sunday morning there was a game on at 6:30.

    West Coast time. Yes. Ridiculous.

    But so was 9:30 EDT. I gotta make homefries and quiche!

  15. 15.

    Betty Cracker

    October 8, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    @raven: Thanks for the heads-up — we weren’t aware of that.

  16. 16.

    raven

    October 8, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    @bemused: We are almost done with the house. It’s been 2 months since the siding guys bailed and the news crew put it up in one day!

  17. 17.

    raven

    October 8, 2015 at 9:07 pm

    @redshirt: I was out there for a wedding. Sold my UGA-Bama tix for $400 and, it turned out, I was happy I did!

  18. 18.

    PhoenixRising

    October 8, 2015 at 9:09 pm

    What a 24 hours it’s been.

    The neighbor who was always reliable taking care of my pets when we’re traveling, while continuing the process of drinking herself to death, completed that process last week sometime.

    The neighborhood busybodies who disapproved of her drunkenness called in a welfare check because she was letting her paper sit out in the drive. Resulting in a fire truck, ambulance, 4 squad cars and a boatload of paperwork to be filed in triplicate.

    The cops called animal control so I snuck the 50 lb standard poodle out over the fence into my yard. Because he had been through the trauma of 4-6 days alone in the house, without food or water, capped by the door kicked in and big dudes yelling about him guarding the remains. I got into gear when I heard them talking about tazing the dog to get him out of the way.

    Of course poodles are water dogs. We took down the pool fence in May, because the offspring and her buds are driving…but the winter cover can’t hold 50 lbs of poodle (ask me how I know). Had to smuggle him to the dog training lady’s shop, to await the next of kin.

    Has sniffing disapproval ever worked, once, to get anyone to feel that they are ready to address their drinking problem? I don’t dispute that she had a problem–she knew she was going to wake up dead one of these days but she couldn’t stop bringing the box wine in the front door–but there’s something irritating about neighbors who notice enough to put the paper up in the screen door while applying their share of the judgment about what she ought to have done.

    I’m probably just tired. That dog was not in good shape and didn’t sleep well.

  19. 19.

    The Sailor

    October 8, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    @trollhattan:

    Don’t care about the Colts but really like Luck.

    Luck is out with an injury, and its Houston, not Dallas.

    Starting QB is Hasselbeck, 40 years old. FG kicker is Adam Vinatieri, he’s 42.

  20. 20.

    trollhattan

    October 8, 2015 at 9:11 pm

    @The Sailor:
    I guess we can tell I’m not watching… ah well.

    So go Matt!

  21. 21.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 8, 2015 at 9:16 pm

    @The Sailor: that Hasselbeck is the bro-in-law of the awful reality show/Foxbot who sits between the Dooceys, right?

  22. 22.

    The Sailor

    October 8, 2015 at 9:17 pm

    @trollhattan: I turned 58 yesterday, I’m enjoying watching the old guys play. (It’s not the years, it’s the miles.;-)

  23. 23.

    redshirt

    October 8, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    Pagano will be fired with a loss and another loss.

  24. 24.

    Betty Cracker

    October 8, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    @raven: Southern Meth and Houston are also playing! Vacation has put me out of the CFB loop…

  25. 25.

    JPL

    October 8, 2015 at 9:24 pm

    @PhoenixRising: I’m glad that you were able to rescue him. Hope he’s okay.

  26. 26.

    The Sailor

    October 8, 2015 at 9:25 pm

    @redshirt:

    Pagano will be fired with a loss and another loss.

    No, he won’t. And he’s already quitting after this season. The front office is fucked up, Ryan Grigson has destroyed the team in the last 3 years.

    If you have a QB like Luck, you hire offensive linemen to protect him.

  27. 27.

    Mike J

    October 8, 2015 at 9:26 pm

    @PhoenixRising:

    she knew she was going to wake up dead one of these days

    Who isn’t?

  28. 28.

    redshirt

    October 8, 2015 at 9:34 pm

    @PhoenixRising: I don’t think this will end well for you. Sorry.

  29. 29.

    redshirt

    October 8, 2015 at 9:37 pm

    @The Sailor: Yeah he’s getting fired for the reason you mention – he’s gone next year unless the colts win the SB.

    So why not fire him after 2 more losses?

  30. 30.

    The Sailor

    October 8, 2015 at 9:41 pm

    @redshirt:

    “Yeah he’s getting fired for the reason you mention”

    No, he’s quitting. He’s been proven to be a great coach, but after all he’s been thru the front office has fucked him. If you can afford to leave a bad job, you do it.

  31. 31.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    October 8, 2015 at 9:42 pm

    @raven: Go Dawgs!!!

    ETA: …and best of luck with your pup’s surgery.

  32. 32.

    JCJ

    October 8, 2015 at 9:45 pm

    Holy crap. In futbol Ecuador is ahead of Argentina in a World Cup qualifier 2 – 0 in the 85th minute. Brazil is losing to Chile. Germany lost to Ireland in a Euro 2016 qualifier earlier today.

  33. 33.

    redshirt

    October 8, 2015 at 9:47 pm

    Hoyer should be the starting QB of Houston.

  34. 34.

    raven

    October 8, 2015 at 9:47 pm

    @BillinGlendaleCA: Thx

  35. 35.

    Corner Stone

    October 8, 2015 at 9:50 pm

    Bill O’Brien needs to go back to the NCAA.

  36. 36.

    Corner Stone

    October 8, 2015 at 9:53 pm

    Good Sweet Babby Christ.

  37. 37.

    Corner Stone

    October 8, 2015 at 9:55 pm

    My son just real time called that. He said, “What, we can’t throw the ball here? What do we have to lose by throwing it?”
    Holy shit.

  38. 38.

    SoupCatcher

    October 8, 2015 at 10:05 pm

    @raven: I hope Chris Petersen has a long tenure at UW. He did a good job elevating Boise State into the national conversation.

    And it would be nice for the Huskies to hand Steve Sarkisian a loss after he ditched them for the SC job.

  39. 39.

    PhoenixRising

    October 8, 2015 at 10:16 pm

    @redshirt: Nah, we’re okay. Dog is with his known, loving, firm person who is the only person he knew well during his Person’s life. What more can a dog need? He had a couple of very bad days but will make a full recovery, I’m sure.

  40. 40.

    Corner Stone

    October 8, 2015 at 10:53 pm

    What a bunch of bullshit.
    Hey, fucking zebra. Call that one also, eh?
    FUCK YOU.

  41. 41.

    The Sailor

    October 8, 2015 at 11:27 pm

    Yeah, redshirt, I guess the Colts suck. Except for the facts.

  42. 42.

    The Sailor

    October 8, 2015 at 11:47 pm

    @redshirt:

    So why not fire him after 2 more losses?

    What losses?

  43. 43.

    SoupCatcher

    October 8, 2015 at 11:57 pm

    What is that? Three roughing the passer penalties against Washington?

    Neither team looks good tonight. USC definitely doesn’t look like a ranked team.

  44. 44.

    Geoduck

    October 9, 2015 at 12:22 am

    @SoupCatcher: The Huskies are still doing better than in recent years. Maybe in a season or two they’ll finally claw their way back to “good”. And yay, they won!

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