The game: Jaguars at Patriots The beer: Gun Hill Void of Light Foreign Style Stout The result: Win, 24–20 The commentary: Complacency is a bitch but also a defense mechanism and that’s how a fourth-quarter, two-score deficit keeps the terror-sweat at bay, however barely. You’ve got it good when your six-year-old declares with certainty—in the […]
The game: Titans at Patriots The beer: Mayflower Oatmeal Stout The result: Win, 35–14 The commentary: I would never have read Rachel Joyce’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry were it not for the Ladies. From the book club’s first meeting—back when the Pats had won a game more than it lost—and nominations were flying […]
The beer: Maine Mean Old Tom Stout The commentary: In honor of the MBTA refusing to look forward—with excuse-ridden complaints of “last week’s historic tidal surge” delaying and outright canceling countless commuter trains ever since—and also of Commissioner Rico finally paying out, here is the closing set of knockout-pool statistics that interest only me… and […]
The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Down the Road Wolfgeist Dunkel Lager The result: Win, 26–6; Lions win, 35–11; Jarrod/Dan/Katie/Oren win, 4–53 The commentary: With apologies to Commissioner Rico, we knockout-pool participants who remain after seventeen regular-season weeks of entertainment—Dan, Katie, Asterisk Oren and myself—have copped out and agreed to split the dough four […]
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 […]
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