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 […]
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 beer: Samuel Adams Rebel India Pale Ale The commentary: Welcome back! Is your favorite team the reigning Super Bowl Champion? Is your favorite team-oriented podcast making “Highway to L” jokes? Has your daughter not yet outgrown her team apparel from two years ago? I’ll keep this short with kickoff a week away. Training camp […]
You say there was a game? The game: Patriots vs. Seahawks The beer: (See part 1) The result: Win, 28–24 The commentary: Specific memories of the play-by-play have fogged over but I can’t exactly have a “part 1” without a “part 2” and maintain my dignity. Who am I, Remo Williams? Fingers crossed that my […]
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