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With that Eagles loss, Tampa has to win and hope for Philly to beat Dallas next week to clinch the last wild card spot. I don't even know if I want them to make the playoffs, to be honest. Even a one-and-done playoff appearance would assure us of another year of horseshit dink-and-dunk Chuckyball, and with Monte Kiffin going to Tennessee there's not even any guarantee that the defense will be any good.

Oh, goddamnit. Talk about salt in the wound. I'll take a 3 1/2 hour walk around the block rather than watching Dallas/Philadelphia next Sunday night. I CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER FUCKING DALLAS COWBOYS GAME.

Been snowing like a motherfucker here for about 24 hours. I wanted to jump off the roof after that miserable Tampa Bay game, but feared that the foot of snow on the ground would lessen the impact of my dramatic death leap.

Three straight losses basically end the season for Tampa. I hope that this late-season slide is enough to push Gruden out of town, as I'm finally convinced that his dedication to offensive mediocrity and reliance on ancient players will never allow this team to be anything better than pretty good. Even the defense has been uncharacteristically porous over the last few weeks. Just blow it up and start all over again, I say. Get a coach who will actually draft and develop offensive skill position players, rather than stockpiling over-the-hill castoffs from other teams. Fuck this fucking shit. This team was 9-3 three weeks ago!

Nice to see Texas Stadium closed with the same sort of gut punch that closed Veteran's Stadium a few years ago. Now if Philly loses tomorrow @ Washington and the Bucs win at home, Tampa's in the playoffs.

Throw Tigermilk in there, too. "The State I Am In" is still one of their best songs, and the cover photo always arouses me no matter how many times I see it.

"There's Too Much Love" is the best song on FYHCYWLAP, and even that could stand to be about 30 seconds shorter.

Yeah, it's awesome. I had sort of written these guys off after two mediocre albums (The Boy With the Arab Strap and Fold Your Hands, Child...) but the two since then have been the best work they've ever done.

The top 4 seeds are reserved for division winners, while the 5 and 6 seeds belong to the two wild card teams. So given that Tennessee has already won that division, Indianapolis couldn't possibly get a bye. Pretty basic stuff.

I think he'd look pretty good putting cleat to face in pewter, but I doubt it'll happen. Some guy on that wretched Tampa Bay Bucs offical message board even started a petition to demand that the front office sign Haynesworth in the offseason. I'd be shocked if he left Tennessee, personally. They'll give him his money, plus he has the chance to be on a team that should (it's the NFL, so who knows) be good for a while. If they can get a legit #1 WR and Vince Young can get his head out of his ass, that team could be downright scary.

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If you're ever in Seattle and need someone to share a bromantic evening with, you need only to ask. Don't worry, I won't pressure you into anything you don't feel comfortable doing.

This past weekend's snow event wasn't especially noteworthy, as my little corner of the world topped off at about 1 1/2 inches. My brother-in-law, who had spent his entire life in Florida prior to moving here, was a lot more enthused by the whole thing than I; he insisted on doing all of the snow-related things children generally do after much more significant snow events, like building snowmen, having snowball fights, making angels, etc. I was sort of embarrassed for the guy. We're supposed to get more tonight/tomorrow/Thursday, and then some more on Sunday. I'm told that this is unusual for this part of the country.

hahaha. I saw that earlier today. It won't get the sort of pub Ocho Cinco got, but it's just as ridiculous.

Clifton Smith makes the Pro Bowl! What the hell? I mean, it's awesome and I'm happy for the guy and all, but he wasn't even on the active roster until halfway through the season.

Yeah, but another game they could flex into would be Jets-Dolphins, which I'm sure would also draw respectable ratings. Anyway, Ich bin ein Ravens fan for one week only.

You're probably right, although if Dallas were to lose this week and ATL/TB both won, there's a very real possibility that the game would be free of playoff implications by kickoff. Were Atlanta to beat St. Louis and Tampa to beat Oakland in week 17, both Dallas and Philly would be out of the playoffs.

I hope Baltimore beats the life out of Dallas on Saturday night, just to spare us another goddamn primetime NFC East game the following Sunday. Were NBC to "flex" into week 17's Dallas-Philadelphia game, that would give Dallas six primetime appearances this year, in addition to the countless nationally-televised late games they've had on FOX, plus the Thanksgiving game. And this for a team that could easily miss the playoffs! It's too much, it's too much.

A pitiful 8-8 for the week. 138-86 for the season. Good thing I'm not putting money on any of these games.

Remember when a bunch of us were going to take a road trip to Washington, D.C. to hang out with Dr. Tom and Marney? Seems pretty ridiculous now.

Funny you should mention that show, as this thread gave me a PCI (potential cartoon idea) for something I'd call "TSM Kidz." It would consist mostly of frumpy, anti-social children in sweatpants torturing squirrels and scrawling curse words on their bedroom walls.

Hey, why doesn't anybody want to hang out with me? It's my acne, isn't it?

A quick guide to the current NFC Wild Card picture from buccaneers.com:

Tremendous work.

I broke 100 for the second straight week. It would appear that playing the "no respect" card has really gotten my players fired up, and we're peaking at the right time.