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Sue U · Post by **Sue U** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:09 am

Hey Guin, wanna go to Minneapolis in the dead of winter? Seems there's some sort of soup bowl folks are excited about,

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:19 pm

Well, I'm certainly no Eagles fan, (I was rooting for the Vikes in the playoffs) but since they meet two criteria:

1. Being the last team that stands in the way of yet another Superbowl ring for the insufferable Cry Brady

2.Not being the Dallas Cowboys

BoSoxGal · Post by **BoSoxGal** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:28 pm

‘Cry Brady’ - that’s funny!

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:45 pm

Fly Eagles fly, to the Gulf of Mexico... (I'm no good with these stupid lyrics.)

If the Eagles play with the same intensity they displayed last night I feel they will finally get their revenge on the Pats. I feel good about their chances, but what do I know? I still don't understand half the calls the umps make.

E..A..G..E..L..S... Yay!

Jarlaxle · Post by **Jarlaxle** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:08 pm

GO PATS!

That is all.

Long Run · Post by **Long Run** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:09 am

Even on this board with plenty of gray hair, the majority of posters were not alive, or, if alive were not aware of, the last time the Eagles won the NFL championship. They were led by Norm Van Brocklin, a hall of famer out of the University of Oregon. I suspect that history won't be much help.

Sue U · Post by **Sue U** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:20 am

So youse'll know fer Sunnay:

BoSoxGal · Post by **BoSoxGal** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:35 pm

All be rootin fer ya!

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:57 pm

Given where you live BSG, I'm going to recommend against putting one of those on your car bumper...

One good thing about this game...

Since it's being played well after Christmas, we don't have to worry about the Eagles fans booing Santa Claus off the field at halftime...

Sue U · Post by **Sue U** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:45 pm

Short doco (2 parts, 10 mins total) on Iggles fans: "Passionate and Hostile." That's it in a nutshell, although they left out "frequently drunk." Some of this is really pretty funny. "A true Philadelphia fan learns to boo before he can speak." "I've seen little kids who know only five words and two of them are 'Dallas sucks.'"

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:55 pm

"I've seen little kids who know only five words and two of them are 'Dallas sucks.'"

Burning Petard · Post by **Burning Petard** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:03 pm

After living on the edge of Philadelphia and listening to Philly radio as my audio choice since 1972, I appreciate the effort to help me speak properly. The three syllable vocalization of the word 'acme' is present here in Northern Delaware to identify the particular grocery store chain. I think for many residents, the ghost of Rizzo is still 'the mare'. It took the election of that black Schtreet guy to make clear to me the reason for the main thorough fair named the weirdly redundant 'Street Road'.

Edit addendum: On Jeopardy last nite (feb 1, '18) There was a football category.
ZERO contestants tried to answer any of the clues. "I Really don't care about Football' and I got the first one, something about what do you call the play where the quarterback has choices? The word choice told me the correct response was what is the option play. But none of the three contestants buzzed in on it or any of the others in that category.

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Sue U · Post by **Sue U** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:27 pm

Lord Jim wrote:
"I've seen little kids who know only five words and two of them are 'Dallas sucks.'"

What's funny is that as much as Iggles fans hate Dallas (and they really do hate Dallas A LOT), they hate the Giants sooooo much more.

Long Run · Post by **Long Run** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 7:27 pm

Burning Petard wrote:Edit addendum: On Jeopardy last nite (feb 1, '18) There was a football category.
ZERO contestants tried to answer any of the clues. "I Really don't care about Football' and I got the first one, something about what do you call the play where the quarterback has choices? The word choice told me the correct response was what is the option play. But none of the three contestants buzzed in on it or any of the others in that category.

Heard that funny bit, and you can watch it by following this link: https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2018/2/ ... i-will-die

They were all common knowledge, not even Football 101 terms: "option play", "fair catch", "offsetting penalties", except for "Purple People Eaters" where you have to know (or have lived through) a bit a sports history.

Crackpot · Post by **Crackpot** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 7:52 pm

I knew the first two the rest no clue.

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:19 pm

I agree LR, only the last (Purple People Eaters) really dealt with any football knowledge--the rest could have been easily guessed by anyone ever seeing a football game. I guess no one really wanted to risk losing any money.

Crackpot · Post by **Crackpot** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:56 pm

Btw LR you only gave 4 of the answers

Long Run · Post by **Long Run** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:13 pm

I was going off of memory from hearing the audio on a morning sports radio show -- Alex Trebek's reactions were the best part.

Joe Guy · Post by **Joe Guy** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:04 pm

Somebody should check to see if those contestants are here legally.

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:24 pm

The fascists at Time are waging a war on the free flow of information:

This video contains content from Time Inc, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.

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