Wow, did the Seahawks get hosed there by the jackass in the stands with a whistle, but they just got a touch of justice picking off the SF QB whose name I can not spell.
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Wow, did the Seahawks get hosed there by the jackass in the stands with a whistle, but they just got a touch of justice picking off the SF QB whose name I can not spell.
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Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader?
I’ve only been to one pro game and they didn’t give out hoses. But they gave some sort of award to Don Shula at the end.
Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader
That was the ’98 Steelers Broncos AFC championship game. I believe you were there too.
JPL
So I guess this means we won’t be having an open thread about Foyle’s War. If you like quirky, The Last Tango in Halifax is quite good. Derek Jocobi is excellent.
Yatsuno
Kaepernick. I think he’s used to it being wrong by now.
Felonius Monk
Cole, I’ll bet your Mom can spell it.
Yatsuno
FYWP.
And…shit.
khead
My earlier trip to DE will be a success if the Niners win.
Wally Ballou
Another Yanks-Bosox marathon at Fenway. 3-1 Boston in the last of the 2nd.
SixStringFanatic
Come on, man, it’s a German name!
Kaepernick K-A-E-P-E-R-N-I-C-K. Kaepernick.
raven
You can read the bible verses on his tats.
Barentw
Hosed by their own fan?
Helen
Open Thread? OK good. This is not a spoiler – it is a guess. So Hank and Gomez are dead. The Nazi’s and Walt and Jessie will bury them in the desert. And the Nazi’s will kidnap Walt and Jessie and make then cook.
Talking about spoilers: does anyone know when Sherlock Series 3 is going to be aired in the UK? Cuz my friend Bob put an ear worm in my ear tonight – he said “Hey Helen why don’t you just go to London to watch it “Live”‘
Good question, why don’t I?
Yatsuno
@SixStringFanatic: It really should be Käpernick, but English is allergic to umlauts. Or something.
Just ordered a pizza. Estimated delivery time: 90 minutes.
JPL
@Helen: New Years Day. Cumberbatch has been quite vocal in his desire about PBS airing it the same time.
edit.. New’s Year Day is not firm according to google..
Belafon
@raven: I want someone to get a Leviticus, Chapter 19, Verse-28 tattoo (“‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD”). When I mentioned that to my son, he suggested someone get a tattoo of a tattoo removal laser.
Helen
@JPL: I knew he was asking for that – but will they show it here at the same time?
Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader
BTW, John, I don’t know what you did behind the scenes in your inimitable dudebro fashion but the site has really calmed down over the last few days. I don’t see Martin and some of the other trolls riding roughshod over those of us that just want to swap recipes and talk about the war.
Thank you.
Also, your little drawing monkey seems to be learning how to play well with others. The other day, he had a positive interaction with another commenter and I remember thinking they can be trained!
billgerat
Lightning delay. Seattle needs a break to regroup their receivers.
Mike E
And, suspended play due to lightning. Gotta get some peanut butter, brb.
Belafon
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader: Now, if he would only take care of people that like to yell fire in a theater.
schrodinger's cat
@JPL: Can hardly wait! Has anyone seen Parade’s end? Lubs me the Batch!
JPL
@Helen: I can’t find a PBS schedule but they have been showing Downton during that time period, so it’s doubtful.
BD of MN
@Helen: Isn’t that about the same time Downton Abbey is supposed to be shown stateside?
(edit) Hi JPL!
Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader
@Belafon: B-rinng! B-rinng! B-rinng! Belafon!
billgerat
“….and safety of the fans….” Like where are the fans going to go? The whole stadium breaks to the concession stands while the players go to the locker room?
Yatsuno
@billgerat: EARTHQUAKE EVACUATION DRILL!!!
(okay that wasn’t funny)
Helen
@JPL: That’s what I think. Not that I don’t wanna see DA too.
JEEBUS I don’t think of myself as a TV person, but DAMN. Perhaps I am.
schrodinger's cat
@BD of MN: I don’t get the fuss about Downton Abbey. It is so soapy. The first season was good, after that, it has been pretty so-so.
MikeJ
@Yatsuno:
Went to the grocery earlier and it was packed. And then I realised that half of the people there were wearing Seahawks stuff. They wanted to get the shopping done before the game started.
Of course I had a Red Sox cap on and was there at that time for the same reason.
Who you getting delivery from? Serious Pie doesn’t deliver, do they?
Helen
@schrodinger’s cat: Soapy is what’s good
billgerat
@Yatsuno: Might as well do a Chinese Fire Drill.
schrodinger's cat
@Helen: I am not fond of Lady Mary, she gets what she wants no matter how rotten she is to everybody else.
hilts
OT
Are there any classical music fans out there? I’d like to know the title of the musical composition playing at the beginning of this CBS Sunday Morning segment and the name of the composer who wrote it.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50154587n
Yatsuno
@MikeJ: Good Guys. Opted for cheap but still locally owned. And actually they’re not half-bad.
@billgerat: Well it’s not far from the International District. I’m always down for some good dim sum.
Villago Delenda Est
@billgerat:
There is a legitimate fear that lighting might strike the owner’s skybox for multiple offenses against FSM.
OGLiberal
@SixStringFanatic: Freaking Anglicized BS. Can the ae and use the umlaut, dammit!
Roger Moore
@Belafon:
There are a lot of people who think the pairing with cutting yourself for the dead means that refers specifically to getting tattoos as a memorial for the dead, rather than a general ban. So a Leviticus 19:28 tattoo would be just fine.
Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader
Saw Bashar el Assad on 60 Minutes earlier tonight and say what you will about History’s Second Greatest Monster but he has the most adorable lisp imaginable.
Villago Delenda Est
@Roger Moore:
Well, yeah, but some of those same people think that the camel passing through “the eye of the needle” refers to some narrow gate in Jerusalem.
JordanRules
Crazy ending to that Arizona State – Wisonsin game yesterday. Welp, my Devils are in the top 25 after that nap on the ball.
Roger Moore
@hilts:
“What’s this song” says it’s a Chopin Waltz, Opus 64 No. 2.
Wally Ballou
@efgoldman: It matters in that the Yankees are still fighting for a WC spot.
Southern Beale
This is sweet. Politico says it’s Obama’s fault Susan Rice wasn’t named Secretary of State. The headline is pricelesss: “Obama does friends no favors.” Trying to imagine the outrage if it were the other way around!
Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader?
@Villago Delenda Est: Some people think the verse “and they all left in one accord” means Jesus drove a Honda.
Yatsuno
@Roger Moore: I’m glad it could tell, because I really couldn’t hear enough of it to pick it out.
@Wally Ballou: Fuck The Fucking Yankees.
Helen
@schrodinger’s cat: Me either – but back then – that did that not matter. The oldest son got the estate and the oldest daughter got the best earl, who was not (kinda) related.
Who do I like? Cora cuz the money is hers. The Dowanger Countess, cuz, well, you know. Other than that? Whateva
schrodinger's cat
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader?: I am disappointed, I thought Jeebus would drive an American car.
Mr Stagger Lee
@Belafon: I seen guys with tattoos in Hebrew Alphabet, I assume they aren’t Aryan Nations, but do they miss the irony? Speaking of missed ironies, I just saw an CBS news story about Native America’s lawsuit against the Washington Redskins over the name, they just had an African-American fan blogger making pro-Redskins remarks that if this was Paula Deen and and Blackface she would be roasted, and has been roasted.
schrodinger's cat
BTW I am doing a Happy Dance because no Summers.
Wally Ballou
Speaking of baseball, I wonder if Mr. Cole might be persuaded to stir himself from his gridiron reveries long enough to note that the “tanking” Pirates are still tied for first and have won 6 of their last 7?
Villago Delenda Est
One of the items on Wiki’s main page tonight is this. Says it was published in 1902, in reaction to Teddy Roosevelt inviting Booker T. Washington to the White House, but could have been written in November, 2008.
Roger Moore
@Villago Delenda Est:
Actually, it’s the people who generally take a less literal interpretation who think it’s only about tattoos memorializing the dead, while the literalists tend to see it as a ban on all tattoos.
schrodinger's cat
@Helen: Peggy Smith rocks! Matthew was boring and Earl Grantham is an old foggy. I am not sure I will watch this season.
GHayduke (formerly lojasmo)
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader:
are you serious?
Villago Delenda Est
@Roger Moore:
Hard to tell with that crowd, as they’ll twist the words around to conform with their own bigotries in half a heartbeat.
hilts
@Roger Moore:
Many thanks for your response!
Ruckus
@schrodinger’s cat:
Jacked up 4×4 pickup. Big whoia-whoia tires and 6 sets of shocks. Brand only important to people with the tiniest of dicks.
MikeJ
@schrodinger’s cat:
God the Father dove them out of the garden in his Fury.
Ruckus
@GHayduke (formerly lojasmo):
You do remember that JSF likes to poke at pretty much everyone just to get a rise, don’t you?
Helen
@schrodinger’s cat: Ditto. I was in London for my 50th birthday, last Sept 13. The day before I Ieft the next season started. ALL OF LONDON WENT CRAZY. There was party after party.
I don’t care but I wanna know what’s gonna happen.
Ruckus
@MikeJ:
I like yours better than mine. Too bad there isn’t an html code for black sharpie.
Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism
@OGLiberal: Actually, either is correct, and the non-umlaut spelling is the original. The umlaut evolved from the custom of writing the “e” above the vowel it accompanied.
Belafon
@schrodinger’s cat: Do you mean Maggie Smith?
geg6
@Wally Ballou:
Fer reals. Bucs are tripping me out this year. And Cole only ever notes when things are not going swimmingly with them. Of course, if he notices them, that may jinx them. You may not have noticed but Cole’s luck is not what we’d want it to be.
the Conster
Breaking Bad is just…. holy fucking shit.
Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader?
@Ruckus: If you are here to cause trouble, I will confront you. There’s no need for a ruckus.
schrodinger's cat
@Belafon: Yes that’s what I meant to say.
cc
@Helen: Fuck you.
zzyzx
Storms like this are so rare here. I’ve lived in Seattle for 18 years and I can’t think of another time where we’ve had this much thunder/lightning in a storm. Usually it’s one or two blasts a year, not dozens in a night.
Gravenstone
@GHayduke (formerly lojasmo): He’s Fucky being Fucky. Although Martin did lament the general decline of commentary quality, and having noted he’d been on the end of a couple of John’s capricious bans, suggested he might not be long for the blog as a result.
sb
@Helen: Bullshit. You knew what happened and you couldn’t wait to share/spoil.
Hope you feel great about yourself.
Helen
@sb: Shut up asshole. Are you watching? I was wrong. Go get another drink.
Geoduck
@zzyzx: We in western WA aren’t getting hit as hard with climate change as a lot of folks, but it’s happening; thunderstorms are becoming a far more common occurrence.
Yatsuno
@Geoduck: Climate change for the Pacific Northwest is projected to be a net positive as we would get some of the effects that would benefit much of Canada as well. But there are a few trade-offs.
Linnaeus
@Geoduck:
I’ve noticed that myself in the 13 years I’ve lived in Seattle. We’ve had noticeably more thunderstorms this year especially. Heck, we’ve had more in the last few months than in the previous several years, as far as I can remember.
MikeJ
@Geoduck: When I hear the word “rain” I think drizzle from October to May. We’ve had three thunderstorms in the past two weeks.
sb
@Helen: So sorry to hurt your feelings, you poor little thing. Bless your spoiling little heart.
The Dangerman
@Yatsuno:
The Hoh Sunshine Center?
Ash Can
I’m not liking the idea of climate change bringing more thunderstorms to Seattle. Thunderstorms can make hail, and hail and the outdoor exhibits at the Chihuly Museum do not go well together.
Dolly Llama
@Roger Moore: Yes, but what if you got it tattooed under a picture of your dead mother?
Mr Stagger Lee
@Linnaeus: Driving from Tacoma to Sumner a couple weeks ago I was entertained with a great lightning show.
Ruckus
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader?:
Je ne suis pas d’accord, there is always reason for a ruckus. Especially this one.
If there wasn’t you’d seemingly have no reason to exist.
Long Tooth
His name is spelled: “R-e-a-l-l-y-g-o-o-d”.
Roger Moore
@Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism:
Which makes more sense if you’ve seen an Old German script ‘e’.
zzyzx
How did they miss that offsides? Oh yeah. Seahawks fan. I keep forgetting.
schrodinger's cat
Thread needs more kitteh and kitteh needs a translator to read Friedman’s columns.
Helen
@sb: OMG Darling aren’t you cute. I can guarantee you that I am twice your age. The greatest thing about being old is that I can rest assured that I am twice as smart as you are. Please do the zen thing. Accept it. And decide that TV programs mean NOTHING in the overall scheme of the world. Arguing about them? FUCKS UP YOUR KARMA.
nineone
Baseball score in a football game… Drink! Two nil.
sb
@Helen: I was wrong. You were right. I don’t drink but I was acting like an asshole upthread and I apologize.
All the best.
Roger Moore
@zzyzx:
I have not been impressed by the refereeing today.
The prophet Nostradumbass
This has been one shitty football game.
Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism
@Roger Moore: Heh. True dat. For someone accustomed to Roman letters, German letter shapes are fascinating, in a Spockish sense of the word.
zzyzx
Usually the home team gets the close calls. Not tonight. I like this 5-0 score though.
Helen
@cc: Wow – there’s a bunch of babies here.
zzyzx
Games that have ended with a 5-0 score:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_scores_find.cgi?pts_win=5&pts_lose=0
Ash Can
5-0? Who’s on the mound for the Seahawks?
Mike E
@Roger Moore: And, specifically, Arthur Rubinstein at the piano, according to teh google.
Helen
@sb: Thank you
zzyzx
@Ash Can: Obviously Felix.
Morbo
Just go with “Kap” and call it close enough.
nineone
@zzyzx: I knew Our Lions would come up once Seattle kicked the FG. Detroit doesn’t get to the playoffs often, but when they do it always ends in a tragic, dramatic fail. Don’t look, they’re hideous.
MorningtonCrescent
I had no idea chicory tasted so good. I just made a stew which basically turned out to be chicory stew, and the broth tastes good. I had never bought chicory before but decided to try some. Supplemented with a two small cans of beans (chickpeas, soy beans) and a small amount of orzo, and chopped up some mint which has made the place smell nice. A small discovery for future reference. It’s moments like these…
hilts
@Roger Moore:
Hi Roger,
I have another piece of classical music I’d like to identify. Unfortunately, it’s harder to hear because the conversation between Carmela and Meadow is much louder than the music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP2sxsssXBY
The prophet Nostradumbass
That was a nice bit of douchebaggery by that Seattle player.
Jane2
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader: That’s no way to talk about Cassidy.
Jane2
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader?: LOL (probably not a BJ response, but appropriate).
Mike E
@hilts: My droid cannot discern what the harpist is playing.
ETA What ep is that…maybe it’s mentioned in the commentary on the disc set.
ETAA or in the end credits
Morbo
@zzyzx: Of course the Lions are on the losing end of one of those.
Jane2
@Yatsuno: Speaking as a Canadian, there are no benefits…last winter, we got the Michigan ice storms, eastern snow dumps, and prairie cold.
Ash Can
@hilts: That’s Handel’s Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major.
burnspbesq
Five-nil! What a performance by the Sounders!
Oh, wait …
Mike E
@Ash Can: I doff my cap to you, well eared.
different-church-lady
Boston Massacre in reverse.
MikeJ
@hilts: HBO is usually pretty good about IDing music in the credits, but they have the shittiest web site ever built by humans for the Sopranos. I found the page for that episode, and apparently they don’t count diegetic music. The super stupid shitty website won’t allow me to copy and paste the name of an artist I was interested in.
Jesus fuck, anybody who uses flash on a web site should have their reproductive organs cut off/out.
Ash Can
@Mike E: Thanks. Hilts was right; the conversation covered a lot of it up, but I was able to pick out a couple of telltale measures.
hilts
@Ash Can:
Ash Can,
Thank you very much!
I ask for the titles of 2 pieces of classical music and in minutes I get the answers
This blog continues to kick ass and never ceases to impress me.
Ash Can and Roger,
Have a great night and thanks again for your help!!
different-church-lady
@zzyzx: Seems like there’s been more safeties in the past 2 weeks than there have been in the last 5 years.
different-church-lady
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader: Lord man, where is your pride?
MikeJ
@different-church-lady:
No lead is safe at Fenway. I’d feel better if they put up nine more in the bottom of the 8th.
different-church-lady
@MikeJ: The way this game is going, I wouldn’t be surprised to see just that.
YellowJournalism
Hubby and I plan on starting Season 1 of breaking Bad soon. Do you know how hard it is to avoid spoilers, and how much worse it will be when the show is over?! All I’m reading in my Twitter feed is a steady stream of “Oh, my God, Breaking Bad!” (And a really surreal conversation between Ally Sheedy and ABL.)
doug r
@Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader?: Seattle Fans are still fuming about Super Bowl XL.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/08/06/four-years-later-bill-leavy-apologizes-to-seahawks/
Ash Can
@hilts: Anytime. :)
PaulW
The Tampa Bay Bucs are coached by an inept coach unable to discipline players for on-field screw-ups (notably failing to coach players on how to tackle without head-butting), leading to unwanted penalties and losing games. Also terrible clock management and an overly conservative gameplan once the team gets a 2-point lead. The problems with Freeman at QB are minor compared to the f-ckup that is Schiano.
hilts
@Ash Can: @MikeJ:
The first time I heard this music was some years ago in Penn Station, NY when it was being played over the PA system around 1:30 am. I’ve never been able to get it out of my head since then. I’m glad I was able to find that Sopranos clip that had it playing in the background.
doug r
@schrodinger’s cat: Almost all Accords are now built in Ohio.
PaulW
@YellowJournalism:
This is all you need to say about Breaking Bad:
Holy.
Sh-t.
You will be saying that at the end of every other episode up until the Season Four finale, at which point you’ll be saying it every ten minutes during that episode and then every episode thereafter.
hilts
@different-church-lady: @MikeJ:
Go Red Sox!
Cassidy
@Jane2: I haven’t even said anything in here, so no idea what that’s about. I’ve got the shitstain pied anyway.
Jane2
@Cassidy: I was being totally sarcastic. Sorry!
doug r
@nineone: Last week they won 12-7. Must have got a couple of grand slams.
Roger Moore
@Helen:
If you don’t like the criticism, stop posting spoilers for a show that hasn’t even shown everywhere in the country yet. It’s obnoxious, and you deserve to be blasted for it.
Cassidy
@Jane2: No biggie. I don’t much care for him so I don’t see what he writes.
Mike E
12-0. What is that, like 4 FGs?
Just Some Fuckhead, Thought Leader
@doug r: As they should.
hilts
@MikeJ:
The best thing about a NY Yankee loss is watching Michael Kay on the Yes Network on the post game show. The post game show following the Yankees being eliminated in the playoffs is fucking priceless. Michael Kay looks like someone who just watched a guy shoot his dog.
Cassidy
@Roger Moore:
Did everyone miss that part? Or how about this one:
Relax people. It’s a TV show. Everyone dies in the end.
zzyzx
I want another safety so we can get to 14 the weird way.
Villago Delenda Est
@Mr Stagger Lee:
“Sumner…gateway to Orting!”
MikeJ
@hilts: One thing I like about MLB network is seeing the games on NESN or YES instead of having national announcers. I like to hear the home town guys, even when they’re cheering for the wrong team.
Helen
@Roger Moore: But it wasn’t a spoiler. It was a Guess. JEEBUS. I WAS WRONG. Are you dumb?
Helen
@Cassidy: THANK YOU. Can they read?
Wally Ballou
@hilts: Suzyn Waldman on Yankees radio is great for that, too.
Jane2
@Helen: I’m just wondering why they’re reading “spoilers” on BJ when they should be watching the show.
jl
Something is wrong.The 9ers are behind. That is impossible.
I’m watching some fake game. Some evil doers hacked the broadcast.
jl
@Jane2: Sherlock always solves the case.
Cassidy
I think this clip is a perfect metaphor for this place.
doug r
@jl: Must be last year’s game ;)
Villago Delenda Est
@jl:
Probably some bored MicroSerfs.
hilts
@Wally Ballou:
I get a big kick out of Suzyn Waldman’s over the top hysterics when things aren’t going well in Yankee land.
Yatsuno
@zzyzx: I can live with 19-3.
different-church-lady
@hilts: Nothing… NOTHING beats the moment Clemens announced his come back.
The fact that he went something like 0-17 in 12 starts just made it sweeter.
nineone
Coach Harbaugh seems troubled. He may have said a bad word.
Oh, another score. They’re toying with ’em now.
GregB
Breaking Bad spoiler: Vladimir Putin announces he’s going to bomb Walter White’s stockpile of chemicals but Barack Obama cuts a deal and allows them to be taken by the Muslim Brotherhood.
hilts
@different-church-lady:
“Clemens announced his come back”
I thought Suzyn was going to drop dead from a heart attack. She was hysterical.
Cassidy
@GregB: You. Bastard. Life. Is. Over.
Helen
@Roger Moore: I will repeat what I said upthread. I can guarantee you that I am twice your age. The greatest thing about being old is that I can rest assured that I am twice as smart as you are. Please do the zen thing. Accept it. And decide that TV programs mean NOTHING in the overall scheme of the world. Arguing about them? FUCKS UP YOUR KARMA.
Also? Learn to read before you spout your shit. OOOOO you think I “don’t like criticism..?” Bwa haha that would suggest that I care about what you think about me. Surely, YOU JOKE.
Yatsuno
@nineone: He mad bro?
The prophet Nostradumbass
Are the 49ers actively trying to lose this game?
Gin & Tonic
@hilts: Have to admit that the Red Sox’s farewell to Mo was very nicely done. What a class act that guy is.
Keith P
Wow, 49ers getting torn apart tonight. Glad to see last year’s read option golden children having a rough followup season. RG3 throwing picks and going 0-2 does my heart good (goes back to how different the press treated Cam Newton after his rookie season…the RG3 handjobs were a stark contrast)
different-church-lady
I swear I’ve seen uglier uniforms than the set the ‘hawks are wearing tonight, but I right now I can’t remember what any of them were.
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodinger’s cat: Mary is appalling; honestly, I cannot stand her. The only truly decent human being living upstairs is the Earl (who is entirely blinkered by class but a decent person). Matthew was a self-righteous prig. Edith has a chance of becoming decent person. The dowager is a wonderful character but a terrible person – I would enjoy drinks with her but only if I knew I would never need her influence and she would never need anything from me.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@Keith P: Seattle runs that as well, you know.
Jane2
@schrodinger’s cat: I’m trying to watch it…the first episode was “good” but awfully long.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@different-church-lady: Go watch a University of Oregon game.
James E. Powell
@different-church-lady:
I swear I’ve seen uglier uniforms than the set the ‘hawks are wearing tonight, but I right now I can’t remember what any of them were.
They were all worn by the Oregon Ducks.
Suffern ACE
I’m kinda of glad the packers won’t have to face the Seahawks until the championship game this year.
different-church-lady
@James E. Powell: Mommy, I’m scared!
Mike E
@different-church-lady: Here’s one, but it’s a doozy.
different-church-lady
This game is brilliantly bad. All we need to make it a masterpiece is a buttfumble.
Omnes Omnibus
@Mike E: Mmmm, creamsicles.
srv
Bob Newhart finally wins an Emmy for that nerd show.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@different-church-lady: The sheer number of penalties has been amazing.
Mike E
Wow, Seattle is taking the wood to SF. Yikes. What a game atmosphere, though.
Mike E
@Omnes Omnibus: Yep, the rest of the league found the Yuckaneers to be soft and delicious.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@Mike E: Pete Carroll appears to still be fuming about that Stanford-USC game from years ago.
Keith P
@The prophet Nostradumbass: I do know they run it, but ESPN isn’t giving Russell Wilson blowjobs on their halftime recaps, either. My issue isn’t with the read-option; it’s with the god-like status that RG3 and Kaepernick received for running it. They both did well, but I think they should really have multiple seasons like that under their belts before having specials run about them and a constant stream of feature articles in the offseason. With Newton, the big talk of the 2nd season was whether or not he goes through a sophomore slump (he did); with RG3, even when he loses, there’s an article saying “his legend grows”.
taylormattd
EAT IT NINERS.
Also John, screw your Stealers for taking a superbowl from my team via the refs.
More importantly, FUCK YOU HARBAUGH, YOU WHINY DOUCHEBAG.
/mic drop
James E. Powell
@Keith P:
They both did well, but I think they should really have multiple seasons like that under their belts before having specials run about them and a constant stream of feature articles in the offseason.
Completely agree, but then those articles crowded out Tebow articles.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@taylormattd:
This, in a thread involving Pete Carroll. Snicker.
billgerat
@The prophet Nostradumbass: Yeah, but Pete is my whiny douchebag, so he gets a pass.
Console
@YellowJournalism:
The upside is that Breaking Bad is almost spoiler proof. And by that I mean that the spoilers you’d get wouldn’t really detract from the show. The show is about the how more than the what. The show foreshadows alot and tends to play things out to their narrative conclusion so the plot never really comes at you sideways. The suspense and tension is mostly built on a morbid certainty instead of unpredictability.
But that’s not to say there isn’t any genuinely shocking moments in Breaking Bad. I would hate to have known what happened in the Season 4 opener before I saw it. So I definitely wouldn’t seek out spoilers. I’m just saying that the world won’t end if you know what happens, so don’t be too afraid to hang out with those of us that have seen the show.
captnkurt
Jeebus. Sorry I beshitted the end of Cole’s last Open Thread with like 42 duplicates.
Stupid Kindle Fire + Stupid User = Stupid amounts of repeat comments.