BobbyWhioux

It perhaps goes without saying for me since I'm the guy always calling for the league-wide mandatory rollback of uniforms to 1989, but yeah the Blue and Yellow old Rams unis are sorely missed. The only decent new uni's were the Tampa Bay ones, and they fucked those up this season. Even so, Bucco Bruce had his charm. . .maybe the Pats. . . Even Bucco Bruce would probably be more fondly remembered if the Bucs themselves been not so terrible for most of its run.

It perhaps goes without saying for me since I'm the guy always calling for the league-wide mandatory rollback of uniforms to 1989, but yeah the Blue and Yellow old Rams unis are sorely missed.

Although, perhaps we did fail to allow for C] The Jets Offense kinda stinks

I'm one of the few people on the planet who might actually enjoy a good Punter's Duel

Woodson playing exceedingly well is making them more than the sum of their meager parts. So a little of both, as it often is.

I mean, I know punk songs have been used in car commercials for a while now, but still I am thrown by hearing Sid Vicious being used to sell a car.

The only silver lining to Seattle being good is it means more national broadcast games with bumper music I like.

All part and parcel of being a fan of the defending champ. I've certainly gotten my mileage out of it in baseball threads 'round the internet in recent years. It's finally your turn to puff out your chest in everyone's direction as much as possible (because deep down, who knows if it will ever be your turn again). And besides, the people you're thumping your chest at would thump their chest at you were roles reversed. Not necessary at all The more the Cowboys stink, the less they have to lose by promoting him to the 53-man and actually playing him. EVERYBODY WINS.

re: the NWO, I always thought that Luger did the stretcher job early in the match because he was the backup plan? Has that been debunked?

Over all these years, I had forgotten how much fun watching Sid destroy people is. Lovely thread.

This post reminds me of the last time I watched the clip of the ill-fated Shockmaster debut. In it, Sid is a consumate professional. Everyone is in danger of losing it (I think Davey Boy even audibly moans "he fell on his arse!") and the segment is about to bomb even more completely than it already has as nobody really knows how to play this off and proceed. But Sid does not miss a beat. Sid stays on script and just cuts the promo he was supposed to cut anyway. Like nothing is amiss. Treats the Shockmaster as seriously as he would any other adversary in a face-to-face war of words, and averts further disaster. Ah, here it is:

Also hasn't the Cubs' grounds crew been understaffed recently? Local morning radio mentioned something about there being a bit of local controversy in Chicago over cutting man-hours on the crew to avoid paying out overtime (which could well have contributed to the improper spooling of the tarp) ? Local expert knowledge would be appreciated.

The protested suspended game has now concluded. The Cubs have still won it.

Well, there's no way they'd even consider him for the job (let alone get 2/3 of the owners to vote to confirm him) unless he'd already demonstrated they can depend on him to be exactly this, right? Same for whoever else they might have confirmed. And same for whoever one day succeeds him.

Balon Greyjoy has won the war of five kings by default on the show and it never ceases to be hilarious to me. Unless his death is a deleted scene to come on Season 4 DVDs. I've long assumed they won't show his death until they're finally ready to go in on the Kingsmoot/Greyjoy Brothers stuff, which that "new cast" clip suggests won't be this year. A little bummed. Also a little bummed that there's no Randyll Tarly (at least not yet; he would be a fun shitheel to portray). Looks like Myrcella is recast as well. Too bad, the original had a funny little Vine post after the Purple Wedding episode. But this show hasn't really missed yet on a casting decision so I guess I'm cool with it.

It's gotta be either Randy Savage or Bret Hart. Bret Hart, especially when he first became WWF champion, came along at just the right time in WWF and in my personal development to be the sort of hero I would key in on. I never really got into Hogan as much as I was supposed to because he was like Superman, you know? Invincible, thus never really in danger, at the end of the comic book/30 minute episode/PPV cycle he was going to dominate and win and be bigger than life. Plus you can't "emulate" that, really. Bret Hart, on the other hand? Not larger than life. Not invincible, just really really good because he worked hard and fought smart. Much more like a normal (albeit talented) human being doing his best to win a sporting contest (he even argued with the referee -- AS A FACE! -- when his elbow of doom only got a two count. I loved little details like that, which not only humanized him but legitimized the spectacle presenting itself in the guise of "sport") instead of a superhero. Or if he was a superhero, he was Batman, relentlessly working to get every ounce of effectiveness out of himself, and winning with tactics and technique rather than just hitting the godmode cheat button and Hulking Up. And sometimes he LOST. He was fallible and human. And when he first won the belt he didn't just win with his finishing hold all the time. It created the aura of him taking what his opponent gave him, and using Plan B or C when A wouldn't work. And of course Bret took it and himself completely seriously which added to the "realism" of it all. As for Randy Savage.... come on dude it's the motherfucking MACHO MAN. I know "why" is the premise of the thread but I still almost can't explain why with Savage other than "just fucking watch/look at him." Larger than life done right. Savage seems almost self-evident or axiomatic. That's what you'd think a top-flight Pro Wrestler would be like if you knew nothing about pro wrestling and then just had the premise of it explained to you and were then asked to imagine a wrestler. In retrospect it's something like what Fowler said about Eddie being able to be any role in a match/feud and be completely believable and compelling in it. Face, Heel, Bully, Underdog, Avenger, so on and so forth. He just always made it fun to watch. And he, unlike seemingly everyone else, retired and stayed retired because he knew when it was up. He didn't hang on too long and "tarnish his legacy" with pitiable I Need The Money old man performances. His death still saddens me except for the silver lining that it was not a "wrestler death" in the manner we've gotten all too familiar with in the last couple decades.

Mount And Blade: Warband was dirt cheap on Steam last week, so I picked it up. It's tremendous. Is anyone else playing it/have played it?

Oh no not that, I mean the instant "1994" came out of his mealy mouth he should've been smote by a divine bolt of lightning and the resulting fire put out by a man in a Montreal Expos jersey pissing on it/him. I had no blood left to boil over his avoidance of the S-word

Bud Selig's answer to the "what was the one thing you wish you could have done differently" question was high quality trolling by the commish.

So Madison Bumgarner hit another grand slam.

Baggio missing for ITA to give Brazil the win is still the one thing I remember about the 94 Final. In terms of sports/competition, penalty kicks is probably my least favorite tiebreaker. In terms of televised drama, however, its probably my most favorite.

Well there's the whole Goalies = Protected Species thing, too, I imagine. It's just long standing habit to always give the keeper the benefit of the doubt that they even get it when they shouldn't

Replace Neuer with Triple H in the photoshop of that play

A bronze medal game without a bronze medal to award. It's like a riddle. Dutch are still playing RVP and Robben up front, so at least judging by lineup they'll care about this. Meanwhile Brazil finally benches HULK and Fred.

There is a certain irony in book readers apparently being unable to read the #BOOKS? NO! tag on this thread.