Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

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

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

This country desperately needs a functioning Fourth Estate.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson: the bland and smiling face of evil.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Come on, man.

This fight is for everything.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

“Cheese and Kraken paired together for the appetizer trial.”

“In the name of Zandar, I will fight the Stupid!”

A consequence of cucumbers

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

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  1. 1.

    PaulWartenberg2016

    I feel sad for Navy. if they won this day, they’d have gone to the Cotton Bowl, and the other American conference teams – GO USF BULLS! – could have moved up to more glamorous bowl invites.

    Now I’m expecting the Bulls to get another lousy invite to the stinking Tropiciana Field Whatever Sponsoring Bowl /headdesk

  2. 2.

    Schlemazel

    I’m painfully aware nobody here gives a shit but the top two womens hockey teams in the country are playing in about 5 minutes. I’m excited about it just like you guys get excited about your favorite teams play their top opponent

  5. 5.

    Schlemazel

    @PaulWartenberg2016:
    My ‘go-to’ in those cases is the Panama City, Larry’s Keys Made While You Wait Bowl
    Its played the Wed before Christmas at 9:30AM EST and you can watch the thrilling action on the Ocho!

  6. 6.

    Keith P.

    @PaulWartenberg2016: Bama didn’t really shut down Auburn’s offense; Auburn’s QB was out, and they inexplicably started Jeremy Johnson, who they keep trying to make into a decent passer (he was a couple of years ago, but something got into his head, so he’s terrible now)

  7. 7.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    Apparently no black women in the state of Alabama who can twirl a baton.

    ETA: Check correlation of baton-twirling gene with blond-hair gene.

  9. 9.

    jharp

    Just scored my Big Ten Championship game tickets. Upper deck on the 25 yard line.

    For $20!

    Disclaimer: Ohio State alum and big fan of the Buckeyes

  15. 15.

    Schlemazel

    @Betty Cracker:
    Minnesota and Wisconsin but it ain’t on TV! I’m listening to an audio feed off the Gopher web page.
    The only womens hockey game to get TV was last years NCAA Championship between MN and Boston College. It drew a bigger audience than the mens championship game but it was Easter Sunday afternoon and not much else happening I think.

  16. 16.

    trollhattan

    Huskies pantsed the Buffs while quietly thanking the football gods for those early USC losses. On to the championship round.

    Thank you.

    Also, too, been too long since the last capsule sculpture.

  18. 18.

    Bonnie

    My University of Washington Huskies won the PAC 12 Championship; however, it seems that the east coast bias is working overtime now–trying to find a way to keep Washington out of the National Championship playoffs. I would love to see your Gators beat Alabama. If they don’t, my DAWGS would like an opportunity to do so. We are so excited out here in the Pacific Northwest! It is a good, well-coached, young team.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcMD3LWUwD8

  22. 22.

    Shalimar

    Losing 16-9 despite holding Alabama to -6 yards of total offense might turn out to be the high point of the day for Florida. They were very impressive early on all the plays that didn’t result in a turnover.

  23. 23.

    Shalimar

    Alabama fans will always fondly remember those recruiting days when Eddy Pineiro was an Alabama commitment. What could have been …

  24. 24.

    jake the antisoshul soshulist

    My Hilltoppers won the Conference USA Championship game for the second year in a row. WKU 58 LA Tech 41. There is a conference rule against playing defense. ;-).

    On to Boca Raton. The way things are going, they may get USF again.
    Hopefully the coach won’t decide to double his salary to move to the cellar of the B1G. Purdue has money, but not much tradition.

  26. 26.

    trollhattan

    @raven:
    Crazy, right? They have three ways to beat you: Browning’s arm, the RBs and defensive scoring. Knew they were real after what they did to Stanford.

  28. 28.

    trollhattan

    @Bonnie:
    They went into the game #4 and as far as I understand only a loss or unconvincing win would threaten that but yeah, rules, what rules?

  29. 29.

    JPL

    @Bonnie: That would be unfortunate. I know there was concern about what to do if Navy won today, but that problem was solved by Temple. NCAA has always been more concerned about who will make them the most money.

  30. 30.

    Betty Cracker

    @raven: Sadly, yes.

    WTF is up with Danielson polishing Kiffin’s knob all the time? Jesus, you’d think he was his fucking agent!

  32. 32.

    Keith P.

    All that talk I made about how bad a QB Auburn’s Jeremy Johnson is, and I’m treated to the spectacle that is Florida’s Austin Appleby. They’re going to have to switch to an option offense at this rate.

  35. 35.

    Steve in the ATL

    @raven:

    Looks like my excuse for not going to the party is a goner.

    No way. You have to see if they cover the spread! Nick Saban is a great coach, but Bear Bryant always covered the spread.

  38. 38.

    Keith P.

    I’m trying to understand the thinking behind throwing a 30 yard pass after throwing picks/near-picks all afternoon. Does Florida think that the odds will eventually catch up and they’ll make a completion?

  39. 39.

    Shalimar

    @Betty Cracker: As an Alabama fan, let Danielson talk Kiffen up enough that he gets another head coaching job somewhere else. He’s probably the best offensive coordinator Alabama has had under Saban, but Kiffen has been bad as a head coach. Absolutely do not want him staying long enough to take over when Saban retires.

  46. 46.

    Keith P.

    @raven: I’m chalking that last minute and a half to prevent defense (I wasn’t even paying attention enough to whether or not they were playing it), but that’s what it seemed like.

  48. 48.

    Bonnie

    @JPL: The announcers for the game kept talking about the Wisconsin vs. Penn State game being the game that could knock Washington out of fourth place, which caused me to throw things into an empty chair. The announcers seemed to think Colorado should win. I think the Huskies have the potential to beat any of the top three; thus, I hope we get the opportunity to least play.

  49. 49.

    Gator90

    @Betty Cracker: Will Grier (the idiot) gave us a tantalizing glimpse of what a McElwain offense might be like with a talented QB. As it stands now, though, McElwain is likely to be unemployed by 2018 if he can’t either turn one of the current freshmen into an SEC-level QB right quick, or pull off a major recruiting coup this off-season.

  50. 50.

    Shalimar

    @Gator90: McElwain has made the SEC Championship game 2 years in a row with no quarterback to speak of. Why would the school not have patience with that record considering the offensive talent Muschamp left him to work with?

    If his job may be in jeopardy, what does that say for the 6 SEC East coaches who have lost the division the last 2 years?

  55. 55.

    SiubhanDuinne

    There are many times m glad I don’t follow college football, and this is one of them. My ex was a Florida alum, so I am kinda-sorta-by lethargy, inertia, and default a Gators fan (and who doesn’t love a good upset?) — but I have a good friend (in whose company I currently am) who is a rabid ‘Bama person.

    Not unexpected, any of it.

  56. 56.

    J R in WV

    @Schlemazel:

    Ya know, you could provide a few more details about this big game, because it probably is available on one of the sports networks, and some folks might watch if they knew who was playing.

    But if you would rather pee and moan about no one else knowing what you know, that’s OK too.

  57. 57.

    Gator90

    @Shalimar: McElwain was hired primarily to breathe life into the UF offense, which he has thus far failed to do. He definitely needs one (preferably more than one) SEC level QB. If he has that within the next year or two, he’ll likely be fine, but if he doesn’t, winning a pitifully weak division before inevitably being humiliated by FSU and Alabama in consecutive weeks is not going to satisfy Gator fans for very long. Who wants to anticipate a conference title game with hopeless dread rather than excitement?

  59. 59.

    J R in WV

    And WVU, after an amazingly bad call on the field is reversed on further review, finishes an OK game against Baylor or to complete a 10-2 season, which should result in a decent bowl bid.

    May be the Liberty Bowl vs Florida, after looking at the bowl listings.

  64. 64.

    Erick

    @Bonnie:

    Yep, stole this from twitter

    #3 barely held on to beat #23
    #4 thrashed #8 by 31 points

    Everyone frantically arguing that #7 should pass #4

    And here is some more good data, Saragin division rankings:

    1) SEC west
    2) PAC 12 North (UW 5-0 vs)
    3) Big 10 East
    4) PAC 12 South (UW 4-1 vs)

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