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[The Rube]

I played a Little League game with bronchitis once. I damn near coughed up a lung on 3rd base, and that wasn't even pneumonia. Remember kids, "mild" is a relative term; it's not like salsa.

Truth.

[F Da Sue]

Which NFL team does Mauer play for?

[dxmnkd316]

I played a Little League game with bronchitis once. I damn near coughed up a lung on 3rd base, and that wasn't even pneumonia. Remember kids, "mild" is a relative term; it's not like salsa.

Yeah, I knew this guy once who had a mild case of the bubonic plague. It didn't end well.

[Tee09]

My personal best is mono and Lyme at the same time when I was in college. I went from running 5-10 miles a day at altitude over the summer to barely being able to stay awake for 6 hours a day. For you U of M chemical engineering grads, this was during the first semester of unit ops and design. Grades went from solid to "yes sir, I'd love a C- as long as I don't have to pay for another year of school".

I still caught every game, hit .300, and helped derail a crap ton of NFL threads on GPL.

[dxmnkd316]

JFC...

[gator]

I just notice on Green Bay's schedule...
@ Detroit (Thanksgiving)
vs. Chicago (Christmas Day)
vs. Detroit (New Year's Day)

I can careless about the Packers, but when was the last time a team played on 3 Holidays?

And had 3 gimmes on holidays to make them look better.

I'll take that bet. Green Bay will be lucky to win all 3. More like 2-1 or even 1-2. Detroit is no gimme this year and Green Bay's pass defense needs a lot of work. Drew Stafford might a hay day craving up Green Bay's defense.

[Beauner]

I just notice on Green Bay's schedule...
@ Detroit (Thanksgiving)
vs. Chicago (Christmas Day)
vs. Detroit (New Year's Day)

I can careless about the Packers, but when was the last time a team played on 3 Holidays?

And had 3 gimmes on holidays to make them look better.

I'll take that bet. Green Bay will be lucky to win all 3. More like 2-1 or even 1-2. Detroit is no gimme this year and Green Bay's pass defense needs a lot of work. Drew Stafford might a hay day craving up Green Bay's defense.

Drew Stafford is playing for the Lions AND the Sabres?
Talk about a double threat!

[gopherguy06]

Funny post from Kluwe about the new faking an injury rule:

[dxmnkd316]

Kluwe is a comic genius.

[gator]

I just notice on Green Bay's schedule...
@ Detroit (Thanksgiving)
vs. Chicago (Christmas Day)
vs. Detroit (New Year's Day)

I can careless about the Packers, but when was the last time a team played on 3 Holidays?

And had 3 gimmes on holidays to make them look better.

I'll take that bet. Green Bay will be lucky to win all 3. More like 2-1 or even 1-2. Detroit is no gimme this year and Green Bay's pass defense needs a lot of work. Drew Stafford might a hay day craving up Green Bay's defense.

Drew Stafford is playing for the Lions AND the Sabres?
Talk about a double threat!

. . Matthew Stafford.

[Orion]

Kluwe is a comic genius.

I can't wait until he retires and signs a deal as a commentator. He'd be great to listen to on MNF.

[dxmnkd316]

holy hell. Chicago with the play of the year and it gets called back for holding that utter bullsh*t.

[Tee09]

holy hell. Chicago with the play of the year and it gets called back for holding that utter bullsh*t.

Combine that with no PI call on what would have been a 95 yard TD to devin hester (he crossed up Woodson and got decked). You're welcome, Packers.

[dxmnkd316]

Man, that call is worse and worse every time I see the replay.

[Tee09]

Man, that call is worse and worse every time I see the replay.

I thought the Packers would win, but the refs must have had them to cover.

[Beauner]

Man, that call is worse and worse every time I see the replay.

Which play was it that was the "play of the year"

[dxmnkd316]

Man, that call is worse and worse every time I see the replay.

Which play was it that was the "play of the year"

The one where they had Hester run to the left side of the field and signal for fair catch while Knox is on the opposite field, catches the punt, and runs it for a TD.

[dxmnkd316]

Man, that call is worse and worse every time I see the replay.

I thought the Packers would win, but the refs must have had them to cover.

Absolutely right.

[Tee09]

Man, that call is worse and worse every time I see the replay.

Which play was it that was the "play of the year"

The one where they set up the whole punt return team to block for Hester on one side of the field, while Johnny Knox catches the ball all by his lonesome on the other sideline and runs it back 90 yards for a TD.

[dxmnkd316]

Definitely holding now that I see this:

[eddieshore]

Is that Morten Anderson quarterbacking the Colts?

[dxmnkd316]

Omar Epps did NOT look happy with that blocked field goal.

[JC65]

Is it bad that a small part of me hopes James Harrison has a concussion?

[JC65]

Did I just hear the announcers say Eric Decker has four touchdowns this season? (He just caught one.)

Wow.

[dxmnkd316]

I still remember when I was laughed at when I made the bold statement that Decker was going to be a regular name mentioned on Sundays.

[Beauner]

I still remember when I was laughed at when I made the bold statement that Decker was going to be a regular name mentioned on Sundays.

He's got the size, speed, and hands to be a big-time player. His biggest issue for the Gophers was staying healthy.

[gator]

Did I just hear the announcers say Eric Decker has four touchdowns this season? (He just caught one.)

Wow.

Now he has 2 TD's today.

[The Rube]

Saw this a few days ago. I was watching the Dallas game today, and used it as a reference guide. It's pretty much dead-on accurate:

[dxmnkd316]

Except for the part where Witten was barely targeted today.

[The Rube]

Except for the part where Witten was barely targeted today.

Um, it sure didn't seem like it. On the last drive alone he had 3 consecutive catches.

Edit: 8 catches, 94 yds, TD, targeted 10 times. Source: MyFantasyLeague(dot)com live scoring.

[dxmnkd316]

It just seemed like the first half he had one or two thrown his way

[Beauner]

It just seemed like the first half he had one or two thrown his way

In the 1st half he was basically absent, I agree.
Second half he tore it up.

[dxmnkd316]

Did they just stop in on the two inch line?

[Dances With Gophers]

Should've been marked at the 2 yard line, though (where they first made contact with the ball...)

[gator]

ESPN pulls Hank Williams Jr. after he compares Obama to Hitler

[JWG]

ESPN pulls Hank Williams Jr. after he compares Obama to Hitler

meh... I say pick up Pink who was let go by NBC Sunday Night Football in season 1 for Faith Hill...
That way you can keep rowdy and I can enjoy watching the opening.

[Chris83]

ESPN pulls Hank Williams Jr. after he compares Obama to Hitler

When he'd come on at the beginning of the broadcast I always thought he was asking "Are you ready for some MUTEball?". I always acquiesced and was rewarded with blissful, glorious silence.

[gopher6]

AL Davis Passes away at 82
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/70743 ... is-dies-82

[Tee09]

Poor Jay Cutler is not going to last the year.

[gator]

Ravens’ Birk fined $5,000 for refusing to wear a microphone

Serious... Come on man.

[dxmnkd316]

F that sh*t. If he doesn't want to mike up, fine. Either that or I would mike it sound like morse code to the viewers.

[Dances With Gophers]

Reminds me of this movie scene... (:50 mark)

[The Rube]

F that sh*t. If he doesn't want to mike up, fine. Either that or I would mike it sound like morse code to the viewers.

Let's put aside the audio strategeries, the possible inside info that may be broadcast over the mic, the profanity, whatever. What's the harm?

Mic'ed? It shouldn't be a forced issue.

[streakygopher]

Had to crack up over the coach's spat today. Lion's coach, who does the double fist pump like a fan after each win, gets a back slap from Harbaugh that almost knocks his front teeth out Then he goes after him like a paparazzi trying to get an interview...probably lucky he didn't catch him.

[gopherguy13]

[SouthTexGopher]

AJ Hawk of the Packers has evidently enrolled at North Dakota.



Video: Packers’ A.J. Hawk gives middle finger after sack

[Bushwood Gopher]

Carson Palmer to the Raiders for a 2012 1st round pick and a 2013 conditional pick which could be a 1st also. I'd like to invite whoever the interim GM is for the Raiders into my fantasy football league. Yikes.

[psych]

Damn, if only we could have traded for McNabb, got him pissed off to the point he didn't want to play for us, and then traded him away to another team for a 1st-round pick next year and a 2013 conditional pick without him showing the league how terrible he is.

[sec 16 row16 seat 16 17]

i dont think spielman is that smart to trade mcfailure soup.

[Snowcool08]

The trade of Ronnie Brown to Detroit and Jerome Harrison plus a pick to Philadelphia was voided yesterday because Jerome Harrison failed a physical. Word comes out today that during the physical, it was discovered that Jerome Harrison has a brain tumor. The trade and pending physical may have saved his life.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/71271 ... ource-says

[dryfly]

The trade of Ronnie Brown to Detroit and Jerome Harrison plus a pick to Philadelphia was voided yesterday because Jerome Harrison failed a physical. Word comes out today that during the physical, it was discovered that Jerome Harrison has a brain tumor. The trade and pending physical may have saved his life.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/71271 ... ource-says

Wow.

[dxmnkd316]

Vick against the Cowboys or Newton against the Vikes?

[gopherguy06]

Newton against the Vikes. Their pass D is nothing to write home about, especially without Cook and Winfield.

[psych]

Newton against the Vikes. Their pass D is nothing to write home about, especially without Cook and Winfield.

It was nothing to write home about even with them.

[gopher6]

so?????? with the NFL and so many weak teams this year who will fire there head coach first??????

[dxmnkd316]

Depends on the team. THis may be the first year we see a team not fire their awful head coach as we race to the bottom.

[sec 16 row16 seat 16 17]

who will be desperate to pick up TO.

[Orion]

Wasn't SD supposed to be interesting at the very least?

[Bushwood Gopher]

so?????? with the NFL and so many weak teams this year who will fire there head coach first??????

Tony Sparano has reportedly put his house up for sale already so he's probably the Intrade favorite at this juncture.

[The Rube]

So first there was tebowing.com, and now due to the flooding of ESPN comments saying "x > Tebow" there is this:

http://occupytebow.com/

ESPN is getting FLOODED with "x > Tebow" comments on the article about "Elway Should Think Post-Tebow." My God. Set the comments to "live," grab some popcorn, and enjoy:

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post/_/ ... post-tebow

[dxmnkd316]

Cool moment on Fox NFL Sunday.

[Beauner]

Cool moment on Fox NFL Sunday.

What was it?

[dxmnkd316]

Cool moment on Fox NFL Sunday.

What was it?

They surprised Terry Bradshaw with his daughter singing the national anthem before the cowboys game. SHe had just signed a national recording contact.

[sec 16 row16 seat 16 17]

fox pregame is funnier then caliendo bits are the best.

[Dances With Gophers]

fox pregame is funnier then caliendo bits are the best.

My wife and I got a kick out of "it's an epic matchup, like Pittsburgh - Baltimore....Yankees - Red Sox...Howie Long - teleprompter"

[Chris83]

You know, someday Aaron Rodgers has a chance to be a decent NFL quarterback.

[Bushwood Gopher]

You know, someday Aaron Rodgers has a chance to be a decent NFL quarterback.

I wonder if PA has moved him up a bit in his rankings. With 3 or 4 games left in the 2010 season, he said Rodgers was the 8th best QB in the NFL. What a clown.

[dryfly]

You know, someday Aaron Rodgers has a chance to be a decent NFL quarterback.

I wonder if PA has moved him up a bit in his rankings. With 3 or 4 games left in the 2010 season, he said Rodgers was the 8th best QB in the NFL. What a clown.

Considering PA is like the 32nd best home team announcer in the league - not a bad call.

[streakygopher]

You know, someday Aaron Rodgers has a chance to be a decent NFL quarterback.

I wonder if PA has moved him up a bit in his rankings. With 3 or 4 games left in the 2010 season, he said Rodgers was the 8th best QB in the NFL. What a clown.

Considering PA is like the 32nd best home team announcer in the league - not a bad call.

I consider Paul "fresh four!" Allen un-listenable.

[Bushwood Gopher]

You know, someday Aaron Rodgers has a chance to be a decent NFL quarterback.

I wonder if PA has moved him up a bit in his rankings. With 3 or 4 games left in the 2010 season, he said Rodgers was the 8th best QB in the NFL. What a clown.

Considering PA is like the 32nd best home team announcer in the league - not a bad call.

I consider Paul "fresh four!" Allen un-listenable.

Football play-by-play is the best thing he does. His radio show is unlistenable and his sports opinions, nearly across the board, are worthless. I shouldn't say worthless--someone could repeatedly take the opposite line of anything he predicts and make a small fortune.

[Zwak]

Great tidbit from Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback column today.

Prior to Sunday's road game against Washington, the 49ers had their Saturday morning walk-through practice at a field at the Marine Barracks in southeast Washington. After practice, coach Jim Harbaugh told the players to break the huddle down by saying "Semper Fi.'' A few players wondered, "What's that?'' They were told it was the Marine motto and means "Always Faithful.''

And so, with Marines lining the field and watching, the players yelled, "One, two, three, Semper Fi!''

Then Harbaugh had the team buses take a detour on the way back to its Pentagon City hotel -- to the Tomb of the Unknowns. Most of the players and staff had never been there. They spent about a half-hour getting a history lesson and then, silently, watching the solitary guard pace slowly in front of the tomb.

Now that's the way to spend your Saturday morning on the road in the nation's capital. In the words of Mad Dog Russo, "That's a good job by Harbaugh!''

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/w ... t=hp_wr_a2

[dxmnkd316]

You know, someday Aaron Rodgers has a chance to be a decent NFL quarterback.

I wonder if PA has moved him up a bit in his rankings. With 3 or 4 games left in the 2010 season, he said Rodgers was the 8th best QB in the NFL. What a clown.

Considering PA is like the 32nd best home team announcer in the league - not a bad call.

I consider Paul "fresh four!" Allen un-listenable.

Football play-by-play is the best thing he does. His radio show is unlistenable and his sports opinions, nearly across the board, are worthless. I shouldn't say worthless--someone could repeatedly take the opposite line of anything he predicts and make a small fortune.

His one redeeming quality? He's a great horse racing announcer.

[gator]

Personally, Indy is tanking the season. They can't be that bad without Manning.

[streakygopher]

Oh Yeah! Always wondered who would win in a fight, a lion or a bear!

Stafford completely loses his cool, starts melee.

[Tee09]

The Lions perfectly represent Detroit: a bunch of dirty, whiny thugs who haven't been worth a damn since the middle of the last century.