The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: Two Roads Holiday Ale The result: Win, 37–16; Ravens win, 23–16; Ben wins, 5–2–1 The commentary: Completing last week’s poem: Wine before beer… Death, I fear! Wednesday was not so clean, as happens to the best of us in weaker moments. Weak, like Paul and Undefeated Tim trusting […]
The game: Patriots at Steelers The beer: Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale The result: Win, 27–24; Jaguars win, 45–7 The commentary: Survivor’s Jeff Probst, wisest of the wise, laid on the tribal-council empathy last week and—moments before Devon incomprehensibly voted out his lone ally, positioning Ben as his future destroyer instead of a possible swing […]
The game: Patriots at Dolphins The beer: Samuel Adams Winter Lager The result: Loss, 27–20; Bengals lose, 33–7 The commentary: You get what you ask for and this defense still blows. Phooey. Up next: Mike Tomlin oozes masculinity out of his pores. Cheers!
The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: Long Trail Ale The result: Win, 23–3; Chargers win, 19–10 The commentary: Nothing more about the knockout pool until people start getting knocked out again. Three straight weeks at eleven with the playoffs likely coming into play? Gimme a break. In the spirit of “nothing,” I’m a bad […]
The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Zero Gravity Little Wolf Pale Ale The result: Win, 35–17 The commentary: Discouragement looms over a new installment of “Beer and knockout-pool drama.” Six projected outcomes resulted in eleven wins: Katie, the third and final Mike, Robin and I went with the Pats; Andy and Dan with the […]
The game: Patriots “at” Raiders (in Mexico City) The beer: Boulevard Tough Kitty Milk Stout The result: Win, 33–8; Steelers win, 40–17; Brandon Kentaro wins, 4–0–0–0 The commentary: The Geeee Mennnn! Hal, Asterisk Jeff, Stephanie, the third and final Tom and the Kansas City Chiefs were no match for the Giants, G. and me at […]
Week nine (bye) The beer: Down the Road Patchwork Kilt Scottish-Style Ale The result: Saints win, 30–10 Week ten The game: Patriots at Broncos The beer: Lagunitas NightTime Ale The result: Win, 41–16; Seahawks win, 22–16 The commentary: Root for either the Saints or the Seahawks. Almost: root for both the Saints and the Seahawks […]
The game: Chargers at Patriots The beer: Murphy’s Stout The result: Win, 21–13; Vikings win, 33–16 The commentary: “Come on you motherfuckers! I’m supposed to win this goddamn thing!” Competition brings out the worst, particularly when your heavy favorite is settling for field goals and your wife and daughter are out of the house. Entitlement […]
The game: Falcons at Patriots The beer: Anderson Valley Fall Hornin’ Pumpkin Ale The result: Win, 23–7; Cowboys win, 40–10 The commentary: I thought the death blow was coming for us all. Given the reasons I listed last week, none more so than “watch your ass,” I suspected an overabundance of Steelers, Panthers, Titans and, […]
The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Ballast Point Dead Ringer Oktoberfest Lager The result: Win, 24–17; Texans win, 33–17 The commentary: “Recency bias is one of the trickier forms of bias that may interfere with an effective performance review. When managers RICO perps are affected by this they tend to over- or undervalue short-term […]
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