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Written by JarrodSaturday 8/23/2025Saturday 9/6/2025

Beer and football XVI — the condensed-replay preseason

Il Guardiano: “Tell us the last thing you got excited about” The beer: Battery Steele Batella Mexican Lager The headline: “I try to fill it with gold, fill it to the top.” – Cat Power, “Great Expectations” The commentary: “Tell us.” Are we so familiar, WordPress community that doesn’t read my blog? I can’t say […]

Written by JarrodSaturday 9/7/2024Saturday 4/26/2025

Beer and football XV — training camp/the condensed-replay preseason

Paging Stanley Morgan: “Name the professional athletes you respect the most and why” The beer: Peroni Lager The headline: “I wanna be your favorite dog, baby.” – Andre Williams, “I Wanna Be Your Favorite Pair of Pajamas” The commentary: Today it’s “Day One” asking about respectable athletes, at training camp in early August it was […]

Written by JarrodSunday 9/10/2023Saturday 11/11/2023

Beer and football XIV — the condensed-replay preseason

The beer: Earth Eagle Good Helmet Schwarzbier The headline: “This history lesson doesn’t make any sense.” – Built to Spill, “The Plan” The commentary: At Canobie Lake Park, a teenage boy with an alarming chest rash gathers among friends and wet towels. Nearby—too near, by accident—a man approaching fifty kills time on his phone while […]

Written by JarrodThursday 9/9/2021Friday 10/17/2025

Beer and football XII — training camp/the… all-important?… third preseason game

The beer: Stella Artois Pilsner The headline: “She saw the MAC-10 and the bitch got the shits.” – Ice Cube, “Gangsta’s Fairytale 2” The commentary: Is Ice Cube out here puffing his chest on a victory tour? He predicted Mac Jones would beat out Cam Newton almost thirty goddamn years ago. Newton was three years […]

Written by JarrodSunday 9/9/2018Wednesday 10/22/2025

Beer and football IX — training camp/the all-important third preseason game

The beer: Montauk Session India Pale Ale The commentary: “Bitter? Nah.” A little, actually. We almost missed training camp and that would have been a shame. The Patriots only release the open-to-the-public portion of the schedule a few dates at a time with little notice (shocker) and the lack of joint sessions with another team […]

Written by JarrodThursday 9/7/2017Wednesday 10/22/2025

Beer and football VIII — training camp/the all-important third preseason game

The beer: Ipswich Blueberry Shandy The commentary: I dreamed I was Julian Edelman. On the goal line leading 4–2 (!) over the Buccaneers in the Super Bowl or the opening game—there was tension beyond what the scheduled week-four matchup deserves—“Julian” went in motion behind Brady and told him “I want a touchdown!” I/he scooted past […]

Written by JarrodSaturday 9/10/2016Wednesday 10/22/2025

Beer and football VII — training camp/the all-important third preseason game

The beer: Founders All-Day India Pale Ale The commentary: Good lord, is it time already? To post every week? These are the problems I create for myself. Instead of keeping the old bloggo muscles in shape—writing about, I don’t know, Captain Fucking Beefheart—I’m thrown into the white-hot cauldron of wordsmithing with no sign of a […]

Written by JarrodThursday 9/3/2015Wednesday 10/22/2025

Beer and football VI — training camp/the all-important third preseason game

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 […]

Written by JarrodWednesday 9/3/2014Tuesday 10/21/2025

Beer and football V — training camp/the all-important third preseason game

The beer: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale The commentary: G. and I relived last year’s agenda and visited Foxborough the first Saturday of training camp, bringing along my father this time. It was more of the same: minimal football viewing, excessive scampering, one diaper change and a lot of fun. She even wore the same dress—sign […]

Written by JarrodThursday 8/29/2013Tuesday 10/21/2025

Beer and football IV — the all-important third preseason game

The beer: Northampton Daniel Shays Best Bitter The commentary: New England, as a region, is comprised of six states: 1. Maine 2. New Hampshire 3. Massachusetts 4. Half of Connecticut 5. Pawtucket, Rhode Island 6. My own self-importance Despite rumors to the contrary, Vermont is not one of them. Northern New England (Maine and New […]

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