Sunday Discussion: Superbowl Hot Stove
by BrendanOToole on Feb 5, 2012 9:00 AM EST
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PrintHappy Superbowl Sunday, all. Obviously everyone's focused on tonight's game between the Patriots and Giants, and it seems silly to try to fight that. On the other hand, if you're reading this, it means you're at least thinking a bit about baseball. So let's talk about that. Why, on this most footballing of days, are we still reading about baseball? What is it about baseball that keeps our attention, even in the middle of winter?
Hell, why am I writing about baseball (even while wearing my Gronk jersey)? A lot of it, I think, can be summed up by one word: summer. Every time I think about baseball, it's a reminder of warm days and sunny skies, two things which are in pretty short supply in New England for much of the year. As far as the sports themselves, I appreciate the long season in baseball. I enjoy the more laid-back atmosphere as you watch a baseball game. On a visceral level, I like that baseball isn't as brutally physical a game. I can watch it without feeling much guilt at the damage the players are doing to themselves. Not that I don't enjoy football, but that always bothers me.
Anyway, that's one guy's thought process. I'm going to leave the thread up for y'all. Talk baseball, talk football, talk about this week's Parks and Rec. It's Superbowl Sunday, have a bit of fun. After the jump, Superbowl picks from our panel of baseball experts.
Superbowl picks:
Marc: I will refuse to make a score prediction on the grounds I don't want to anger the football gods.
Ben: I'm taking Marc's way out, except with more terror involved.
Matt Kory: Pats, 34-24
Matt Sullivan: Pats, 45-34
Cee: Giants, 36-32
lone1c: No score prediction, but the Pats will make a strong showing for Mama Kraft.
Brendan: Pats, 35-27
Enjoy the game, everyone. In the meantime, chat it up.
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I had a dream with Heidi Watney in it last night
There was nothing dirty about it…but she was in it. She offered to give me some information on…something…if I ever needed it.
We talked in the snow.
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But she was very friendly to me
and told me I could call her. It was like the promise of dirty-ness to follow! ;)
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We'll never get back what we had.
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by Bloggy on Feb 5, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
There was nothing dirty about it…
Sounds more like a nightmare.
by The Name is Dalton on Feb 5, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
If I ever have to do a scavenger hunt, I want Lesley Knope to write the clues
And Ron Swanson at my side to help me solve them after I inevitably fail.
by Tarrsk on Feb 5, 2012 11:09 AM EST via mobile reply actions
+1
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
I was supposed to cook this super bowl
I had this overly elaborate plan, some awesome recipes and everything. And then people started telling me what food they were bringing.
Fuck, I guess I’ll make cookies or something.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
My Super Bowl party got canceled
So I’m sitting on a refrigerator full of party full and no one to help eat it. Good times.
I would definitely help you out.
Anything to get away from the old-person’s super bowl party going on here.
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-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
by TheLoneDavid on Feb 5, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
You'd think
bourbon chocolate chip cookies would be enough to stir a crowd, but you’d be dead wrong, LoneDavid. Dead. Wrong.
Clearly this is the wrong crowd
Because any combination of the words “bourbon” and “chocolate” is objectively good.
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by BrendanOToole on Feb 5, 2012 12:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
bourbon chocolate chip cookies?
I think I my heart just skipped a beat.
- Matt Sullivan
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So I'm on the road, where the fuck are you?
I want some fucking bourbon cookies.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
I want cookies.
Not sure about the bourbon part, but I want cookies, dammit.
I might have to go buy a bag of chocky chip cookies now.
Thanks.
DAMMIT!
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I'll make some
but they will be sorrow-cookies. I was supposed to make parmesan crusted sirloin, whipped potatoes with chives, and balsamic-dressed peas and corn today.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
Parmesean cru....
DUDE. You HAVE to send me that set of recipes :)
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I don't have a recipe yet, it was my first time making it.
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-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
Still.
Parmesean cheese and seared cow flesh.
My kind of meal.
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I was going to do an egg white wash and then toss the steak in a mixture of parmesan garlic and flour
then pan-fry it before topping it with mozzerella cheese.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
*drools*
I am, for the record, a member of PETA… the People for the Eating of Tasty Animals. :)
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Vegetarian meals creep me out
all that non-meat… just staring back at you.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
Ron White said it best...
“I didn’t climb to the top of the fuckin’ food chain to eat carrots!”
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Oh well, it's a moot point now
because instead of my incredible steak, we’re having frozen pulled pork and store bought apple-cinnamon muffins.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
That's terrible...
… I mean that’s like Carlos Silva as your potential fourth starter terrible.
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
Laugh it up
when I do eventually make this steak you are so not getting the recipe now.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
It's actually because I never write my recipes down
not because I’m pissed at you. Basically what I told you up there is as much as I will write down for the meal.
Whipped potatoes are just mashed potatoes that have been in a blender, and the peas and corn are peas and corn put in a bowl and stirred with about half a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar or a tablespoon of balsamic salad dressing.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
*grins*
I usually use a recipe the first time I make something new and then throw out the recipe and do it my own way from there.
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I'll take a look at a recipe to give myself a guideline of how to prepare something
from there I’m on my own.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
That's thinking you're going to have a perennial MVP candidate in LF
but getting Carl Crawford instead.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
I dated a vegetarian once.
Relationship lasted until she tried to serve me tofu telling me I was eating pork.I think I can tell the difference between a Tasty Animal and icky bean curd. :)
I did get a new laptop out of that relationship though, so it wasn’t all bad.
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See, I wouldn't have minded eating tofu
but don’t tell me it’s pork, that’s just being a bitch.
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-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
YEah, it was the lying about it that pissed me off.
I would have happily tried the tofu… if she’d TOLD me it was tofu.
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It's the lack of meat in their diet
makes vegetarians crazy.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
Must be.
MEat is just good.
In fact, I think I’m gonna go have prime rib tonight for dinner :)
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In theory...
… except watching football playoff always kills my appetite. It’s three weeks of the ninth inning of game seven.
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
Even for cookies???
Man…I don’t even know you.
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Actually feeling better...
… it just occurred to me that David Tyree is busy being an outspoken homophobe and not playing professional football. They’re screwed without that guy.
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
Huh...didn't know about the "outspoken homophobia" part.
If you gotta hate the gays to stay off the booze, well….
………um………….
You’re doing something wrong.
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Say what now?
Them’s good-soundin’ cookies.
How the @#$% does a Super Bowl party get cancelled?
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I'm waiting for the anaswer to this one myself.
AFAIK, the game is still scheduled for this evening, right?
Maybe everyone is gonna go to someone else's house
and watch what’s on the other channel.
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Well...
It was a small gathering because I’m new to the area. But, two party comers are sick, and two others are uninterested. But I’ve got cookies and crab cakes and bourbon all to myself now… so who’s the real winner?
Like Twitter? Me too. @CeeAngi
Cookies AND crab cakes?!
I’m on the way :)
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I'm thinking next year we have an OTM super bowl party.
All this food talk is making me regret the pulled pork even more.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
Assuming the Pats aren't in it
I’d be up for that :)
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We just went out to get some pulled pork
Except we were told we’d have to wait 45 minutes because of everyone picking up their massive orders for the friggin’ throwlump game. I was displeased.
Tomorrow: the longest point until there is more throwlump.
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damn right you'll make some cookies
that’s what we’ve been missing. How can you expect Cherington to do his job when you don’t cook any damn cookies?
SRSLY
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Apparently the cookies only work on Theo
I made cookies once this offseason, two hours later the Cubs signed Dejesus.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
my only interest in football
is when Brady plays, and that is because he is the Cliff Lee of quarterbacks. His ability to command the football and throw passes with such precision…I have the same appreciation for what he does as I do some of my favorite pitcher’s. With that being said I prob won’t watch a lot of the game, even though I live in the heart of Giants country. I’ve got a fantasy baseball season to prepare for! Ha
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That's an interesting take on it
And makes sense, now that I think of it watching Brady when he’s on is a lot like watching Pedro was. Just beautiful to see no matter your sports or team allegiance.
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by BrendanOToole on Feb 5, 2012 12:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
yep
he’s one of those athletes that has to be respected no matter who you cheer for. I’m not discounting any other quarterbacks and what they do, but Brady stands out.
by Chris Buckley on Feb 5, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
A serious warning to the wise
Don’t trust in Brady. We’ve been down this road before, and have seen what hapens.
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A close game...
…to increase your hate.
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Just a perpetually negative douchbag
…who many of us wish would just shut the f up and keep his schleprock shtick to his miserable self.
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 2:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Who the hell are you?
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He capitalizes the "G"
Because he’s edgy.
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And honestly, who chooses a Vernon Gholston-based pseudonym?
Might as well choose “miserabledraftfailure6969”
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
Better than your ID
A lot of folks were pissed around here when the Pats didn’t get Gholston. I use it as a reminder that the sky didn’t fall, but it may not be up your alley and I’m sure I don’t care.
Now defend your ID, or lack thereof, and see if anyone cares.
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 5:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I accept your implied surrender
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
I would...
… but it would be rude to talk above your head. The sum total of your posts on OTM (minus one) are on this thread. They’re all moronic. You’ve selected a username of a colossal draft bust – allegedly to remind everyone “around here” that the sky isn’t falling, but you’ve never posted on Pats Pulpit and you weren’t even a member here until November. Nothing about this suggests you aren’t a colossal waste of time (or possibly Vernon Gholston himself, which is even more hilarious).
So when you talk about “us” wanting Sean to go away, really it’s you, and I’m afraid you don’t really count for anything.
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 5:47 PM EST up reply actions
Try putting a comma before it.
, * * * * * star execution, would read again.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
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I've got no idea
you have to put spaces between them too, or it comes up as one asterisk.
"There's something out there, beyond the horizon in the corner of your eye. I'm going to find out what it is."
-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
Is this supposed to be over my head?
Or is this the dumbed down version?
I would really like to hear the sophisticated version – if only to imagine you sweat while striving to produce something that would live up to your claim. Please indulge us all on that!
I obviously don’t take this as seriously as you and your self depreciating ID but if you think that the small amount of posts on this account are an indication of anything then you are the moron.
Now I’m turning my attention to the Superbowl and away from you and your buds.
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 6:18 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
It's an excellent indication...
… that you’ve not proved yourself worthy of the credence you seem to want.
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 10:04 PM EST up reply actions
Why do you use a capital B?
Seems silly to capitalize blog since it’s derived from Weblog… Or is that WeBlog?
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 5:19 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Proper name.
Basic grammar.
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..from Sean the sky is falling O's mom
Seriously are you his mom or what? The only thing more certaintapping here than Sean O’s whining is you immediately rushing to his defense whenever he gets called out for it.
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 5:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I get annoyed when assbags that contribute nothing to this site
all of a sudden decide they speak for the site.
There’s lots to disagree with in what Sean says, oft-times. So disagree with him. Debate him.
But when Johnny One Comment comes along and says “We aaaaaaalllllll wish Sean would go away”, it annoys me. Because it’s stupid. Stupid people doing stupid shit annoys me.
You’re annoying.
THERE. I SAID IT.
And I feel better for having said it.
Especially the “assbag” part.
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Misquotes your specialty?
Go check your facts. I said many of us want him to stop trolling which is true. I’ve seen him called out repeatedly for that and there is a record of this on this site if you care to debate.
Just because I don’t post a lot doesn’t mean what I’m saying is stupid and it’s you that looks the fool for suggesting as much.
by vGholston on Feb 6, 2012 1:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You think Sean is trolling
That’s how I know you’re so out of touch with the OTM community. This isn’t prison, you don’t have to beat someone up with your first comments on the site. Build some clout before you start calling out one of the most regular commenters on the site. Sean is many things, passionate, absolute, full of opinions, but if you actually pay attention over the long run, you learn he posts what he does because he actually believes it, right or wrong, not for the reaction. Not a troll.
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Well, in your case...
… I see one comment with actual content and 16 comments which bitch about another poster. I guess I just don’t think you speak for the community, and I’m not concerned that we might lose your contributions unless Sean is somehow curbed. It’s a sacrifice I think I’m willing to make.
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 6, 2012 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
Yup. I do look pretty dumb there, Johnny One Comment.
Like the lads above say…you haven’t contributed JACK SHIT to this site. Sean, in spite of his negative ways, contributes a great deal to this site. He has opinions, he backs them up with evidence. Up until this particular off-season, I disagreed with him a great deal. But that leads to counterpoints and debate, and that’s what this site is about. Fans discussing Red Sox.
Which you would know, if you ever spent a day in your life.
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I love you guys
Everything Must Go.
by Sean O on Feb 6, 2012 7:32 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Of course you do. I'm your mom.
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Look in the mirror and ask yourself: "Am I a hater troll?"
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Reality
Brady chokes when it counts. Ever since he met Gisele, he hasn’t remotely come through in an important game.
Everything Must Go.
not at all.
its just saying brady hasnt come through in a big game because he married a supermodel is so nonsensical that its sole purpose must be to piss someone off
Wow
You’re dumb.
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-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
ya im dumb
because im the guy saying tom brady hasnt stepped up in a big game since he met gisele. what does that even mean? what counts as a big game? only the ones when the patriots lose? he threw 6 touchdown passes in a playoff game this year… id say that was a pretty big game. according to football outsiders he had the best game of any qb in the championship weekend when you adjust for degree of difficulty. so id say those are 2 pretty big games.
Who are "football outsiders"??
I’d agree with the point that the fact that he’s made it to the Super Bowl means that he’s won a few “big games”.
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They're like football SABR
They’re also dead to me, since Aaron Schatz and Bill Simmons decided that they would jinx the Pats the last time they were in the Super Bowl (which, incidentally, is something Simmons has continued to do with every New England team at every possible opportunity – very definitely nursing a slow-roasted, finely-aged contempt and sports-journalist-hatred for that guy).
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
In a playoff game
against a dreadful, dreadful team. My theory is that, since 2004 or so, he has stopped putting in the effort, and the results have shown.
He cannot be trusted.
Everything Must Go.
Or, possibly, that's how he feels
I may disagree with his feelings, but that doesn’t mean he’s saying it to piss me off.
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
Spot on
As if there were no big games during 2007 except for the Superbowl that Brady did enough to win if not for a dropped interception and a freakish act of God in the form of David Tyree.
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 6:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Well if a nonsensical thread in a baseball board
about football pisses you off – then you might want to get your priorities in order
You were right
And your douchebag comments make it that much more painful for New England fans.
Enjoy.
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 10:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Like yours does
On the bright side, you’ve now been exposed as a hater and a troll so your mom can stop with the ’he’s really a fan on the inside’ defense.
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 11:03 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Wah wah.
Also, I’m not sure you know what “cachet” means.
"I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it."
-JD Salinger.
by TheLoneDavid on Feb 5, 2012 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
Ok, then - explain why Sean O's name has cachet
He said my ID doesn’t have any cachet and he’s right. So what? Neither does his. Who cares? No wonder you’re alone, David.
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 11:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Cachet, Noun
superior status; prestige: The job has a certain cachet.
Sean is known and respected around here, you are not. His name has cachet, we all know who he is. You are nothing, a nobody, a fly on the wall we’re all too lazy to swat.
Run along back to PatsPulpit. Oh wait, you’re a nothing there too.
"I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it."
-JD Salinger.
by TheLoneDavid on Feb 5, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
And I suppose you are something
What’s so special about you? Wait, don’t bother.
by vGholston on Feb 6, 2012 12:11 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
TLD is entertaining, passionate about the Sox
and an excellent contributor to the site.
Everything Must Go.
Wait, I am confused
I was ridiculously right about what transpired tonight, and in fact predicted exactly what would happen during the Giants / Cardinals wild card game several weeks back. In turn, I’m a troll for being about as close to right as any person can be?
For all the shit some people give me, I’m right an awful lot of the time.
Everything Must Go.
I'm giving you credit for being right
Uncannily right.
But since you wanted the Pats to lose and are on a Boston sports site rubbing it in the faces of real fans means you, sir, are unequivocally a troll.
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 11:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No, actually
If you had read my original post, I was warning Boston fans, as I have been for weeks (and, frankly, years now) that Brady and the Pats cannot be trusted when it counts. I’ve been trying to temper expectations while others have been planning the parade.
The only people for whom I’m twisting the knife are you and RM for flying off the handle earlier. I feel really bad for all the regulars around here who have had their hearts broken, AGAIN, by this team.
Simple solution: stop following throwlump, life improves.
Everything Must Go.
You know, as a Lions fan who is too young to remember anything but the final years of Barry's career
all I have to say to any Patriots fan who has “had their heart broken” either this year or in 2007 is “eat me.” Your team has made the playoffs more than any other team except the Colts in the last 10 years, you’ve played more playoff games, played in and won more super bowls than any other team in the game. Since the last time the Lions were even in the playoffs the Patriots have won three super bowls and played in two others.
So yeah, no pity whatsoever. And I actually like Brady and the Belichicks.
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-JD Salinger.
by TheLoneDavid on Feb 5, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
But here's the thing
I also grew up with godawful teams in every single sport in the early 90s, when friggin’ Umass Amherst being in March Madness was the closest we came to success. I would gladly take the 2-14 Patriots seasons to the first Giants SB loss. Being terrible is forgivable, understandable, but going 18-0 and then blowing it massively in the Super Bowl? That was a brutal gutpunch.
I would’ve gladly taken a 2010 Red Sox season when we were just terrible with poor roster construction to the 2011 September collapse.
Everything Must Go.
There's something deeply wrong with that sentiment
If you’re too jaded to hope for your team then… well I don’t know what to say except that I feel sorry about that.
Good night.
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 11:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
It's not my team
I saw through Tommy Boy’s bluster after the first Super Bowl.
I would simply rather the team not be devastating. If you actually prefer the gutpunch of 2011 to the mediocrity of 2010, well, more power to you I guess.
Everything Must Go.
I understand that being really close to success and having it fall apart at the last second hurts
But you know what? You still made the super bowl. It’s been nearly 60 years now since the Lions last did that, it’s the second longest streak in American sports history, next to the Cubs. And as brutal a punch the 18-1 season was, the 0-16 season was far, far worse.
This isn’t like the Red Sox streak, the Sox still made it to the World Series multiple times between 1918 and 2004. You can count the number of Lions playoff victories since the 50s on one hand and have room to spare.
When you lose the super bowl it hurts, I get it, but you can say “wait until next year.” With the Lions, especially during the Millen era, you knew nothing was going to happen, it was never going to get better, and you were always going to suck.
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-JD Salinger.
by TheLoneDavid on Feb 6, 2012 12:15 AM EST up reply actions
To play devil's advocate
The only hope that Pats fans have at this point is to get to an important game, only to have Brady completely F it up. They no longer can reasonably have hope to ever win another ring as long as he is QB, because the game will be blown late.
It’s a total cocktease.
Everything Must Go.
On the other hand
High draft picks blown on guys like Mike Williams.
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by TheLoneDavid on Feb 6, 2012 12:20 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, right
Your posts are self serving.
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 11:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
"Self Serving?"
I really can’t see how.
Awesome O'Clock!!!
by Boston Red Sox on Feb 5, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
He wants to post the negativity
So that he can say “I told you so.”
by vGholston on Feb 5, 2012 11:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No, I post what I want
negative or not, and then I take my lumps whether right or wrong. When I’m right, hey, it is what it is.
Everything Must Go.
Hater Troll
I think I’ll use that.
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As an Eagles fan...
Today is just another day. Nothing to see here, two teams may be playing football, but I’m just cheering for Eli’s elbow to explode. And for Bill O’Brien because I have to now. This was like, the crappiest Superbowl for me since the last time this happened.
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This
Although I am wearing my “Megatron is my homeboy” t shirt.
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-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
I'm breaking out my Brian Westbrook jersey for the occasion.
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Probably sucks
To be a Jets fan today, huh? There’s no way to win today for them.
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by Marc Normandin on Feb 5, 2012 1:15 PM EST via Android app reply actions
...and a Dolphins fan
but I so dislike the Giants and Coughlin that I took a $$$ on the Pats….
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by BigSpearDiplomacy on Feb 5, 2012 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
Can't be any worse
than being a Colts fan today though, can it? …Not that I would know anything about that.
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Another Dolphins fan here
Giants were the clear team to cheer for last time. Now? What ta do, what ta do….
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TEA!!!!
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Since I won't be watching the SB
The Pats will win.
Let’s break it down, shall we?
Pats have been in 5 SBs before today. I’ve watched two. Wanna guess WHICH two? :)
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No problem, wolf
I have a tin of fudge riding on the game, so I’m DEFINITELY not watching ;)
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Brady
didn`t play badly in that game against a pretty good Giants defense. Led them to a go-ahead touchdown late. Just left too much time on the clock.
If by "didn't play badly" you mean
“repeatedly missing Randy Moss, who could catch anything within 15’ of him”, then I agree.
Everything Must Go.
He
came up big when it counted and they were on the verge of winning. He was under a lot of pressure from the defense throughout the game, after all. Just because he didn`t dominate doesn`t mean he didn`t; play well. His opponents were playing well too…but still gave up a go-ahead touchdown late.
Part of why I'm so Anti-Brady
is because he ran his mouth that week about how many points they were going to score on the Giants. If you’re going to talk shit, you better be prepared to back it up. And when it counted, he and the team imploded like a dying star.
Effectively the same reason I can’t stand Beckett: don’t run your mouth and then put up a 5+ ERA. At least Pedroia backs up his bluster.
Everything Must Go.
Anyway, good luck Pats fans
I truly hope you aren’t devastated like the last Super Bowl.
Everything Must Go.
My fault
I turned on the Game channel thingy on Yahoo…
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So, going forward from this year, name your top 5 quarterbacks to build a franchise around?
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-Thomas Solomon, Gentleman Adventurer.
But Tebow isn't a QB, he's a Tight End with a girly arm.
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-JD Salinger.
Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow
Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow Tebow
/ESPN’d
Everything Must Go.
Colts fan?
"I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it."
-JD Salinger.
As a Lions fan, I know how it feels
and having a great young quarterback will make everything better. I hope Luck is everything you hope for… But I want Stafford to be better.
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-JD Salinger.
Brees, Rodgers, Stafford, Newton, Roethlisberger
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Very similar to my list
I have Dalton/Manning over Roethlistberger though.
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-JD Salinger.
by TheLoneDavid on Feb 5, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
Forgot about Dalton, quietly had a very good year for a rookie.
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Yeah, he and McCoy are going to turn the division on its head very soon.
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-JD Salinger.
by TheLoneDavid on Feb 5, 2012 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
Only things I'd build around Roethlisberger
are coffins and prisons.
Everything Must Go.
by Sean O on Feb 5, 2012 10:42 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Rec'd
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I would put Matt Ryan
Over Big Ben.
by The Name is Dalton on Feb 5, 2012 10:53 PM EST up reply actions
I went with experience over potential there. He knows how to win it all. Career might not be much longer
But I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if he won one more at least.
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That intercepted long pass on 1st and 10...
… is becoming the Brady Special. It works every once and a while, but still…
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
Might be the hair
falling into his eyes and throwing off his aim. He should go back to the haircut he had in Michigan.
"I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it."
-JD Salinger.
by TheLoneDavid on Feb 5, 2012 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
Fuck Collinsworth
“LB on Gronk, you take that everytime.”
Not when he has half an ankle and is 40+ yards down field in a 2-pt game. What the christ.
by The Name is Dalton on Feb 5, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
This, exactly.
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by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 5, 2012 11:04 PM EST up reply actions
Great, this season I had to hear about how great Tebow was
And now I get to hear people talk about ELIte for the next year. Fuck Eli “Idontwannaplayfortheteamthatdraftedmebecausemydaddyisfamous” Manning, the shittiest QB to win 2.
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This isn't about Vick at all
It’s about how Eli is a whiny little bitch and how I can never respect the little snot for it.
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