The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Castle Island Keeper India Pale Ale The result: Win, 31–24; Panthers win, 46–27 The commentary: My discovery of another hometown triumph may soon be chronicled on Google Street View. As the three of us crossed the old-timey bridge on our way to the newish culinary shop—now able to […]
Week one The game: Patriots at Cardinals The beer: Harpoon Sticke Altbier The result: Win, 23–21; Texans win, 23–14 The commentary: Whoops! Well that wasn’t supposed to happen. Dry those tears, thirty-one other teams. Meet the new boss, etc. Such hubris! It’s a win and one that may not even matter much in the long […]
The game: Patriots at Texans The beer: Clown Shoes Coffee Pecan Pie Porter The result: Win, 27–6; Jeremy, 10–0–0 The commentary: Leave it to fantasy origin stories involving turkeys to reclaim first place in the AFC. These past few weeks have become awfully meta around here: repeated self-referential links to a year-old post about the […]
Week four (bye) The beer: Oskar Blues Pinner Throwback India Pale Ale The result: Raiders/Jarrod lose, 22–20 The commentary: Jay Cutler, of all people, has made me a better father. The Pats were off and my gambling hopes rested on, rested all over, the Silver and Black Attack. Or, precisely, rested against the Bears of […]
The game: Jaguars at Patriots The beer: Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout The result: Win, 51–17; Seahawks win, 26–0 The commentary: Returning to my roots, I beckoned Samuel Smith from oversea adventure among the whores and skyscrapers of southeast Asia in order to lubricate a week-three, buy-back Seattle victory. Thank god those guys are checked off […]
The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: Ipswich Route 101 India Pale Ale The result: Win, 40–32; Saints lose, 26–19 The commentary: “You guys mind if I run back inside for the last minute of the game?” With my mom visiting we retired to the back yard, the Pats seemingly in control with eight minutes […]
Week one The game: Steelers at Patriots The beer: Samuel Adams Brick Red Ale The result: Win, 28–21; Dolphins win, 17–10 The commentary: Where were you when Tom Brady’s suspension was overturned? I was working from home so diligently that four hours went by before I broke for a late lunch and skimmed headlines on […]
The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Northampton Humbug Ale The result: Win, 41–13; Natalie, 4–2–1 The commentary: Nine o’clock: I knew something was wrong when I queued up Patriots Game Day, which I only record for its three-minute segment with Mike Reiss. “OK, fast-forward through this Steve Burton crap. Fast-forward through Dan Roche’s fantasy […]
Week thirteen The game: Patriots at Packers The beer: Smuttynose S’muttonator Double Bock Lager The result: Loss, 26–21; Colts win, 49–27 The commentary: Super Bowl preview? Perhaps. I’m curious how this game would have turned out on a neutral field, but the Packers played better than any Wisconsin advantage provided. I never understood the Aaron […]
The game: Lions at Patriots The beer: Lagunitas Imperial Red Ale The result: Win, 34–9; 49ers win, 17–13 The commentary: The world will surely end if the 49ers and the Steelers meet in the Super Bowl. The last two weeks all I needed was for each of them to win a single game and, taking […]
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