SinceThe70s

I was thisclose to starting that thread, but I was worried the thread police might come knocking on my door With that said, too many to mention, but it starts with anything by Tony Bennett for me.

An innocuous song from a timeless vocalist for a happy time of the year. I'm not getting the hate. This one was for the kids not the #9 crowd. Eurythmics butchering Winter Wonderland is nails on the chalkboard for me.

That was always my question and I don't think I ever heard an answer that made any sense. The QB makes absolutely no attempt at a pass but it gets called incomplete.

For the record, the NFL waited for Al Davis to pass away before changing the rule.

Not calling you out or putting this on you, but your statement made me wonder what the players association stance on Gronk/White is. Did they support Gronks appeal of the suspension? Or put another way, what's more important to them in this case, player safety or compensation?

Well put. The juxtaposition of these two events has bothered me all week. On one hand we have a potentially catastrophic outcome that's the result of the violent nature of the game, on the other hand a defenseless player went into concussion protocol due to a completely unnecessary blow to the head well after the whistle. IMO the NFL missed an opportunity to make a strong statement regarding their concern for player safety with Gronk/White. On a side note, a few years ago Belichik sat Welker for the first offensive series against the Jets after Welker's hilarious presser where he made multiple references to Rex's foot fetish. I'm not expecting it after the 1 game suspension but it would be a nice gesture to do the same to Gronk in his first game back.,

I've been reading through and Lesean seems like the obvious choice. But can I can package Clements with Winfield as an honorable mention?

Funniest Polish joke/moment for me was between two friends in high school: One kid starts telling a Polish joke and the other says "hey wait, I'm Polish". Without missing a beat the other kid says "OK, I'll tell it slow". We all laughed.

A silly statement. . Actually highly probable, but something you could easily claim about any rookie coach and most coaches in general. As per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_head_coaches_with_50_wins there are plenty of great coaches with less wins than Belichiks 127 losses: George Allen, John Madden, Sean Payton....not to mention Bill Walsh and um, Vince Lombardi.

Kill Da Wabbit? I'd go see that band on the name alone.

I recently had a dream where there was a flock of geese around me and one kept telling a knock-knock joke and I was trying to track it down to hear the joke. Didn't happen.

What's up Doc?....sorry for that...I'm a big Bugs Bunny fan and couldn't resist. I'm with you on this. Me and my concert bro regularly make our way towards the exit as the concert winds down. But far less likely to do so if we don't know what's coming.

Bad. I prefer the spontaneity of not knowing what song is next. And yet I check setlists obsessively the days leading up to a concert. For bands like Umphreys checking the setlist only tells me what they won't be playing that night. For a band that plays the same thing night after night it lets me know when the lull in the set is so I can grab another beer.

McAdoo's departure was probably a forgone conclusion by the end of the week. But if there was any chance he blew it when he told the media that he had no regrets about how the Eli benching was handled.

We go back and forth between real and fake. Looks like it'll be a real tree this year. How would I put a star or angel on top of an upside down tree? Do we need a Christmas light thread?

That guy was a die hard Cubs fan who got caught up in the moment and prevented a possible out. Moises Alou's reaction made it worse. The Cubs had a 3-0 lead in the game at the time (disclosure:I just looked that up) and completely collapsed. Bartman (a fan!) was crucified by the city of Chicago. Compare that to Norwood who missed the game winning FG, came back to Buffalo and was cheered by the city. Thumbs up Buffalo! As for the ring, the Cubs gave everyone rings...including past players like Ryne Sandberg. It was a nice gesture to players and at least one fan of a long suffering franchise. Personally I think giving rings to ex-players is too close to the participation trophy mentality, but for Bartman it was a nice gesture to a guy who took the blame for the teams failure.

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They shoot horses, don't they?

i like the way you think. But I like the way you think more. Very few (myself included) gave us much of a chance going into KC last week. Now we're home and the safe money is on NE. Except for the CoTers (that's Cult of Tankers!) this could be considered playing with house money. Lets go out there Sunday and shock the board!

Pressure up the middle works. Can't let him step up. But obviously it has to come quick

The Specials spawned some great ska punk. Not sure if the Scoflaws got much play outside my home town but they were great: And as I mentioned a few pages back I'm a big fan of Goldfinger who crushed a cover of Nite Klub:

Great song. If you like this, Aerosmith and/or Umphreys McGee you might like the following. Song starts about 2:20 in:

Classic Francesa. Shame he's leaving the station in a few weeks. I don't agree with everything he says and he can be arrogant to a fault, but overall extremely knowledgable and a great listen.

These are both good questions. Maybe ownership is done with Eli and more than happy to let McAdoo fall on the sword. I'd say two birds with one stone but really even before today McAdoo was a dead man walking IMO.

McAdoo lets Odell run wild including having no reaction to Odell saying he could care less for about his 15 yard unsportsmanlike after a TD. Two of his DB's get suspended for a game each ...and one gets to play the entire game against the 49ers with no effort (Jenkins). And now he sits a franchise legend and complete stand-up team guy who has started every game dating back to 2004 and who bested Tom Brady in the Super Bowl. twice (including the nearly undefeated season)...for GENO SMITH!! Nice job coach there will be some lovely parting gifts on your way out.