Week sixteen The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Berkshire Cabin Fever Ale The result: Loss, 26–20 The commentary: Shades of Nausea! The Jets game was disjointed in that G. and I suffered through the ugly first half at home, then ran off to the local toy store and café before I was to meet […]
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 […]
Week sixteen The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Stone Coffee Milk Stout The result: Win, 17–16 The commentary: It’s rarely easy with these teams. I spelled it out after the Pats won in October’s first meeting, and adding this one to the pile the Pats come out three cumulative points ahead from 2013 to […]
Week six The game: Saints at Patriots The beer: Cambridge Sgt. Pepper Saison The result: Win, 30–27 The commentary: G. was on fire today. First we went to A&J King where she hammed it up in mom’s sunglasses. Outstanding. Later, when she wouldn’t nap, I took her out to run a few errands. She rode […]
Week two The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Maine Peeper Ale The result: Win, 13–10 The commentary: What’s the sound of grown men crying for a solid week? All I remember from this game is four hours of Mike Mayock talking about Geno Smith’s lousy “internal clock” and how the Patriot rookie receivers “can’t […]
The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Mayflower Winter Oatmeal Stout The result: Win, 49–19 The commentary: What a laugher! That was the most fun I’d had since… well, probably like a half hour before when G. was still awake. But you get the idea. Also, this happened, which was pretty funny: A.: “Did you […]
Week four The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: Unibroue La Fin du Monde Triple Fermentation Ale The result: Win, 52–28 The commentary: Hello friends! Hoo boy, this game was over a month ago now. It was one of those multimedia affairs for me because we were entering phase one of our trip to Florida, […]
Week eight The game: Patriots at Steelers The beer: Cambridge Great Pumpkin Ale The result: Loss, 25–17 The commentary: My favorite pumpkin beer, marred by repeated long completions down the middle of the field to a wide-open tight end. Hey, that’s what the Pats are supposed to do! I would love another shot at these […]
The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Pretty Things Hedgerow Bitter The result: Win, 30–21 The commentary: My little girl knows what’s up. She doesn’t get all bothered the way her dad does over how poor a defense a 4–1 team might have. Here she is, really taking the time to weigh all sides of […]
The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Cody Unz Ya Altbier The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: I know nothing about football. Spending a week away from the game is a good way to deal with the end of your team’s season. I don’t know what I would have done without the Golden Globes—A. was all […]
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