The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter The result: Win, 20–13 The commentary: “I’m not emotionally prepared to write about the state of my football team.” Lo, had I joined the loathsome rabble? Remain I there? Surely not, so long as ours is somehow a top-twenty defense. I’ve recently… acquired… […]
The game: Patriots at Giants The beer: Coronado Blue Bridge Coffee Stout The result: Win, 27–26 The commentary: It’s getting eerie around here. Undefeated (though not nearly so) as in 2007, visiting “New York” to play the Giants in one for the ages. And remaining undefeated through it all! Is this a sign of what’s […]
The game: Redskins at Patriots The beer: Smuttynose Rhye India Pale Ale The result: Win, 27–10 The commentary: I thought for awhile that announcers Kevin Burkhardt and John Lynch (sure, John, it was your decision to leave the Pats in 2008) were deliberately avoiding the name “Redskins.” With so many awkward uses of just “Washington,” […]
The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Ipswich Ruby Red India Pale Ale The result: Win, 36–7; Kelly Ashley, 4–0–0–0 The commentary: Halloween is a big deal in our new hometown. Our previous home was closer to Boston but also closer to madness and the exponential suburban shift has resulted, somehow, in a community more […]
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