OT: Thursday Night Football Open Thread
West Virginia taking on Virginia Tech on ESPN currently tied 0 - 0
Costal Carolina is up 14 - 0 on Georgia St on ESPN2
Illinois takes on Chattanooga at 8:30 on btn
Pittsburgh vs Cleveland coming up on Amazon's Thursday Night Football. I think that Amazon pregame team is the best in the biz. Ryan Fitzpatrick is an American Treasure
September 22nd, 2022 at 8:22 PM ^
When the edibles kick in?
September 22nd, 2022 at 8:29 PM ^
The best part of the day
September 22nd, 2022 at 9:31 PM ^
Brownie doesn't look as grumpy as the old days.
September 22nd, 2022 at 8:31 PM ^
I'm watching the Browns and the Steelers.
Both of these teams play the game of football
Maybe not very well
September 22nd, 2022 at 8:34 PM ^
That logo in the middle of the Browns’ field is the ugliest thing in the history of ugly.
And the downside of Amazon carrying the game is, its way harder to flip between games bc I need one remote to switch feeds (Roku to FiOS box) and another to switch FiOS channels. I know this is a 3d millenium 1st world problem, but golly dangnab it, someone in authority needs to do something about this.
September 22nd, 2022 at 8:42 PM ^
Touchdown scored by the team soon to be led by the massage enthusiast
September 22nd, 2022 at 8:49 PM ^
Pickens makes a fantastic catch and the commentator sounds flat and unenergetic. Just horrible announcing.
September 22nd, 2022 at 9:23 PM ^
To me, that is the greatest catch of all time. Better than ObJ. Better than Tyree.
September 23rd, 2022 at 10:19 AM ^
Recency bias. Pickens catch was unbelievable. But go back and watch the OBJ catch again. It was a much longer throw (longer route, more ball momentum to corral) it was higher and more behind his head (degree of difficulty) requiring him to jump and bend his body backwards to a greater degree, and was in the endzone in a high leverage situation. He also had tighter coverage to deal with. In fact the defender drew a PI flag. Pickens didnt have to jump and wasnt being interferred with.
September 22nd, 2022 at 10:02 PM ^
That commentator was Al Michaels, but yes I agree.
September 22nd, 2022 at 8:50 PM ^
Why doesn't West Virginia play in the ACC?
September 22nd, 2022 at 10:04 PM ^
Good q, seems like a more natural fit for them than the Big XII, certainly geographically. They were in the Big East for a time which made some sense. They were pretty good back in the day, so was VT and Miami was of course, great. Even Syracuse and BC were nothing to sniff at. RIP old Big East.
September 22nd, 2022 at 9:44 PM ^
Illinois looks pretty good even if it is Chattanooga. Probably a 8-4 type of team.
September 22nd, 2022 at 10:01 PM ^
so how does someone get 'prime video'? if you're an amazon prime member does that qualify you?
September 22nd, 2022 at 10:35 PM ^
thank you. i may have to once again engage the children of the house to help me to overcome some tech mystery challenge.
September 22nd, 2022 at 10:52 PM ^
I've never watched anything live on Amazon TV, but it looks like it shows up right away if you go to amazom.com.
September 22nd, 2022 at 11:59 PM ^
All the episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer now await you.
September 23rd, 2022 at 6:06 AM ^
Some excellent TV on Prime. “Marvelous Mrs Maisel” has won Emmys for best comedy and IMHO is definitely on the short list for best TV shows ever. “The Boys” is a superhero satire with violence, sex and humor that also has Emmy noms and is eminently watchable. Prime’s TV shows and original movies are not quite as good as HBO (GoT/HotD, Succession) but close, and overall way better than Netflix, Apple or Peacock. (Leaving Disney+ aside cuz you can’t compare MCU or Star Wars.)
Also, Prime lets you rent just about any movie ever made, and their rental prices seem as low as any other service.
September 22nd, 2022 at 10:19 PM ^
Anyone see the idiot who just flipped the double bird to the camera from VT? Then realized what he did and quickly retreated?
Moran.
September 22nd, 2022 at 11:55 PM ^
What's Marcus Hall doing at VT?
September 22nd, 2022 at 11:13 PM ^
Why wouldn’t the Steelers have gone for it on fourth and one on the 15 yard line? It seems like a no-brainer. The field goal is the easy part. getting out of the 15 yard line and only having to go 1 yard is much tougher
September 23rd, 2022 at 7:12 AM ^
Michigan ends their home season.. Senior Day.. hosting Illinois.
Any thoughts about Illinois’ play? Will they pose a serious challenge to Michigan when they visit on November 19th?
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:03 AM ^
Like any Bret Bielema team, Illinois is going to find a workhorse running back and run him until he can't run anymore. Chase Brown, who is their starter and from my understanding is one of the better backs in the conference, will definitely pose a challenge but is likely going to have a lot of mileage on him by the time Illinois comes rolling in. He's already got 95 rush attempts on the year, so he's getting the ball just under 24 times a game.
I haven't watched an ounce of Illinois football this year, but if Michigan can stop or put a big dent in their run game, Illinois probably won't have much of a chance.
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:29 AM ^
Perkis, good point. He may be one of the national rushing leaders - and - the Illini's trip to Ann Arbor is still about seven games away.
September 23rd, 2022 at 11:24 AM ^
I remain very concerned with what Burt is building in Middle Earth with the I-LLINI of Sauron. Our almost 90% winning in football head to head fuels their hate.
September 23rd, 2022 at 12:13 PM ^
A conversation with a former coworker
Her: "So I know that Ohio State is Michigan's top rival, but who's second?"
Me: "Michigan State for sure."
Her: "Anyone else?"
Me: "Notre Dame some years. Minnesota I guess."
Her: "Really? Because at Illinois we think of Michigan as a pretty major rival..."
Me: "And WE think that's adorable."
September 23rd, 2022 at 8:55 AM ^
Thought drafting Najee Harris would be a good idea.
Looking like a dumb decision on my part thus far.
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:12 AM ^
Yeah, man. No OL and a crappy QB will do that. Maybe you can get some scraps in a PPR league.
September 23rd, 2022 at 9:28 AM ^
It's Friday now, so I've had a chance to cool off.
But the way that Al Michaels talked about the Deshaun Watson case really boiled my blood. Like his CONTRACT was the problem. Like what he did to the OWNERS was the crime. Oh, and never mind that Michaels never actually mentioned what the accusations against Watson actually were... Just that, hey, he's going to counseling, and he only gets to use team-approved massage therapists now. That'll TOTALLY solve the issue.
The whole situation is a disgrace to the NFL. I'm still hoping that something in the legal system forces their hand, and that Watson never plays again.