Beer and football XI — weeks sixteen and seventeen

Week sixteen The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: True North Wee Swally Scotch Wee Heavy The result: Loss, 38–9 Week seventeen The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Lakefront Eastside Dark Lager The result: Win, 28–14 The commentary: Where were we? Right: sub five hundred, no playoffs, Brady wins, Newton re-signs (not “resigns”). Sallah […]

Beer and football VIII — week seventeen

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 […]

Beer and football VIII — week six

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 […]

Beer and football VII — week twelve

The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Two Roads Roadsmary’s Baby Ale The result: Win, 22–17; Seahawks/Jarrod lose, 14–5 The commentary: Fourteen to five? Five? In which our hero tests whether or not “There’s nothing I can do about Russell Wilson having an off day” is a philosophy he still trusts. I am. Hard to […]