Minnesota and which other great lakes states would join Canada? Wisconsin and Michigan are pretty much frozen Alabama and Mississippi these days outside of Detroit, Ann Arbor, Milwaukee and Madison.

Ever see the documentary “Beer Wars”? It’s essentially a propaganda film for BBC and Yuengling, trying to portray them as being with the likes of Dogfish Head as small family businesses attempting to preserve the true art of brewing against the evil tasteless corporate onslaught of AB, Miller and Coors.

As a kid who loved the Hawks growing up in the Chicago burbs, I gave my dad the nickname “Wirtz” because he was so cheap. Drove an ‘85 Chevette well into the 90's when he could have afforded a much better car, for example. Would never pay for cable until 1994, then in the playoffs we ran into Hawkvision. Dad said we…

Or even running fans. The drop in the electric bill nicely coincides with spending more money on booze thanks to football season.

Truth. One of the memories I have of 9/11 is what a GORGEOUS day it was, both where I was living then and in NYC.

Ah, autumn in the Midwest. A nice 10 days between the hellish heat and humidity and the subsequent transformation into Russia for five months.

“Wait! Where are you going?? Why are you running away? Come back!”

-Alex Smith to his receivers, per Dan LeBatard

Paul Allen got tired of paying Texas A&M royalties for use of “12th Man”? Well, dude does need to watch every penny.

These people think MLS is relevant. Fuck them. And fuck this declining, boring team still having a chance at the Super Bowl thanks to playing in the NFL’s worst division.

It’s true. Hard to believe now, but in the 80's and early 90's the Coliseum was considered one of the finest parks in MLB. Granted, this was in comparison to the likes of the Astrodome and Three Rivers Stadium, but still.

They were once of the greatest franchises in all of professional sports. Even when the game started to pass Shula by, Marino made them still one of the most exciting teams in the league. Even after Marino, they had players that were fun to watch like Ricky Williams and Jason Taylor.

Yeah. That gets forgotten. Many thought the Lions would win the division going into the 2008 season.

I live in Toledo. I know a BROWNS fan that has gone from two fifths of Black Velvet a day to stone-ass sobriety since 2009, yet no Lions fan I know doesn’t drink at least fairly heavily.

Yeah. The only other Lions fan I’ve known that was as batshit insane as ZMF needed death (at age 53, from alcoholism, not a coincidence at all) to set him free.

Yes. I listen to Green Bay sports radio a lot (it’s a reliable stream for my favorite national sports show besides my being a Packer fan) and since the Nixon-esque rehabilitation of Favre by the Packer organization the past couple of years you always hear old farts bemoaning Rodgers being “too corporate, too concerned…

“I think I’m suck.” -Buckley on Chicago sports radio, ca. 1994

He was decent in Miami though.

Oh, but it’s coming. The 49ers post-Steve Young are our future if we’re lucky, the Dolphins post-Marino are if we’re not.

Shit, the decline may have even already started. The Pack got swept at Lambeau last year by the fucking 3 Stooges of the NFC North. Fortunately Megatron left Detroit and Bridgewater’s knee exploded,…

Patriots. They were completely irrelevant anywhere 40 miles from their stadium until 2001. But yeah.

+1. Tons of Steelers and Cowboys fans in the Toledo area where I live (that’s what happens when both local teams are putrid) and many act like the other team is their main rival instead of the Ravens/Bengals/Browns or Redskins/Eagles/Giants. A good chunk of both fan bases are so dumb that neither knows how NFL…

And during the Skins’ glory years he put George Allen, then Beathard and Gibbs, in charge, gave them an open checkbook and got the hell out of the way. Can’t ask for much more in an owner really, as weird as Cooke was.

I will give you credit for making a pro-Indy post without referring to Chicago as if it were Hill Valley in the “Biff stole the sports almanac” timeline of Back to the Future II. I don’t think that’s ever happened on the interwebs before.