[Joe Buck, very stentorian] "battle for our pleasure"

Happy birthday with many more good ones to come!

But he's so tasty and sweet!

20 Year Grudge Match! The California Department of Transportation VS The Inevitable March of Geology

I believe that they have chosen not to score as a blood sacrifice to Ditka

Tremendous Eagles fandom right after the TD. Go birds

"If you look at the BMI I think I'm technically obese . . . morbidly." Jason Kelce, keeping his commercial appeal high

"Are the Jags good?" and "Are the Jags fun?" are related but separate questions.

Reviewing a virtual measurement

Mic was getting feedback and spoiled this a little, but a season highlight ref statement.

I miss Rich Eisen calling these morning games. He was looser than three usual guys and it was nice.

Some excellent Steinbeck to start Sunday

Yeah, me too. And NIL has made it worse in this regard because where once these were "just kids" now he's a the $10 Million Dollar Man (who is two years shy of being able to buy a beer for himself).

Where does this stuff come from? Is there a hardcore of message board weirdos somewhere that just ratchet each other up until the coach has to be fired every week? Is it Portnoy being an ass in Michigan gear all the time? It's so discordant with a) reality, and b) everyone I talk to in real life.

I am emphatically not a ball knower and I can look at my TV and see that Bryce isn't even on the top ten list of problems with the offense. He's fucked up here and there, sure, but he's also played great for stretches and he's a 19yo true sophomore in a first year scheme with tons of problems.

The closest exposure I have to sports talk is the MGoBlog roundtable where I hear Sam Webb and this week he was talking like he was being held hostage. He prefaced everything with "I'm not saying Bryce isn't a problem...", like he had to say that to point anything else out.

The Last Taarakian!* (*For a little while)

"You're not supposed to be here until the next time the Yankees win the pennant. That's nearly a century from now. "