Flyover Open
by coldwarrior ( 51 Comments › )Filed under Open thread at October 31st, 2017 - 1:29 am
NFL Wake 8 – “And to the Republic for Richard Stans…..”
by Crackerbox Palace ( 48 Comments › )Filed under Uncategorized at October 29th, 2017 - 12:45 pm
I’m not going to talk about the NFL this week – why report on an organization that’s hell-bent on being the architect of its own destruction.
It is my practice on Friday to give the office denizens a break from my Monday-Thursday playing of pretentious contemporary jazz and throw a 60’s dance party courtesy of Pandora. This week, they played “Groovin'” by the Young Rascals (they would later drop the “Young” from their band name, no doubt having reached the untrustworthy age of 30). In the song, one lyric always bugged me:
“Life would be ecstacy…you and me and Leslie.”
I always wondered where the hell LESLIE came from and that such an implied threesome was a bit risque for the 60’s. More importantly, why is a.m. radio promoting it? Of course, some years later, I realized the lyric was actually “you and me ENDLESSLY” …
Thanks to William Safire and his most excellent book “On Language” (I STILL have my copy), I would later learn (1) that I was not only the only one who heard these lyrics incorrectly, but (2) there was an actual name for such a thing – a Mondegreen. And there are hundreds of them. So let’s have some fun today. What ones do you recall? You may not use an example of anything from “Blinded by the Light.” The whole song is one long Mondegreen.
In the NFL, these people will be working today:
Vikings @ Browns
Raiders @ Bills
Colts @ Bengals
Chargers @ Patriots
Bears @ Saints
Falcons @ Jets
49rs @ Eagles
Panthers @ Bucs
Texans @ Seahawks
Cowboys @ Redskins (I STILL remember that Landry commercial…..)
Steelers @ Lions
Monday’s Game
Broncos @ Chiefs
These people will not be working today: Cardinals, Packers, Jaguars, Rams, Titans and Giants. Many will not care.
In the World Series, Game 5 of the tied up 2-2 is at 8:00 p.m. on Fox – at Dodger Stadium
In the NHL, three teams are up – check your local listings
Ducks @ Hurricanes
Penguins @ Jets
Capitals @ Flames
NASCAR is at short-track Martinsville this week, as the final four races to decide this year’s champion wind down the longest season in sports.
As per usual, it’s our Sunday OPEN thread, so feel free to yell FIRST! or go off topic right away.
NCAA D1 College Football Week 9 2017 Open
by coldwarrior ( 22 Comments › )Filed under College Football at October 28th, 2017 - 5:30 am
Welcome to the Week 9 Open. The big game is PSU at The Shoe in Columbus, so let’s get started:
 #2 Penn State |
 #6 Ohio State |
3:30 PM |
PSU is a full touchdown dog at OSU. These two teams are evenly matched and this should be a Classic Big 10 matchup. That said, a touchdown dog? PSU? nope, they beat that spread on the road.
 #14 NC State |
 #9 Notre Dame |
3:30 PM |
NC State came out of nowhere this year, the Wolfpack are on the road at the Golden Domers for their biggest test of the season, The Wolfpack are 7 point dogs in front of the Touchdown Jesus. If ND can keep it to one loss this year they should make the playoffs due to strength of schedule, they ALWAYS have a tough schedule. I think they can beat this spread and make a statement.
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7:15 PM |
The Bulldogs are 3 point favorites on the road at College Station. I see no reason why they can’t beat that spread.
 #21 USC |
10:45 PM |
USC’s injuries have really destroyed their promising seaosn, well look out, ASU is a tough team and can win this game. USC is only a 3 point favorite on the road. I think ASU can beat this spread and upset the Trojans on the night where they will honor a real hero, Pat Tillman.
