Eleven

That''s Ratner from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Yep. I have no problem with that. I'm not judging Trump's fate; I'm judging his actions and words. He does not get the benefit of the doubt.

It shouldn't get another game in the regular season. If the NFL wants credibility, it needs to hold refs accountable, which it doesn't. This would detract from the "human element" that is necessary for the NFL to do what it apparently wants to do, which is at LEAST remain controversial. Play clocks aren't even reviewable. We're talking about a league that still uses chains, moved by people who sometimes cheat with them, to measure ten yards. I'm familiar with Hanlon's Razor. I am now stating Eleven's Razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can adequately be explained by avarice.

Trump doesn't get the benefit of the doubt. Not with his record. No way.

Yes, let's.

This doesn't exactly fit with a policy of non-intervention.

And who started it, 311? The Iranians? (Who missed their marks.) Or YOUR Donald. He started it. You know it. Look inside and admit it. There was no reason for any of God's people to be hurt. Trump did this,

Even Hulk Hogan lost once in a while. Gotta keep eyeballs on screens.

You're quoting the portion of the US criminal code that deals with acts of terrorism for your definition of an act of war? Killing another country's general, unprovoked, has been an act of war for a lot longer than that definition, or even the United States, has been around. I suspect you know this. I think you may have some self-deception going on since Friday morning. Your boy is trying to do the one thing that you swore to yourself he wouldn't do.

Earl Campbell: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/super/2017/01/31/earl-campbell-super-bowl-li-51-houston-oilers-texas-running-back-pain-gain-pro-football-hall-of-fame/97258738/ In fact, Campbell compared current play in the NFL to professional wrestling. “And we all know now that we’re grown men that wrestling’s fake,” Campbell told USA TODAY Sports. “Well, football is not played like it was when I played. Joe Thomas: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/13494837/joe-thomas-cleveland-browns-backs-tom-brady-rips-nfl-witch-hunts "I'm glad that he's fighting [it]," Thomas said. "Because it's good for the game. It's an entertainment business. It's turning into the WWE really. It's like the Vince McMahon stuff. Basically Goodell is like Vince McMahon." Chris Borland: https://abc7news.com/sports/why-former-49er-chris-borland-is-the-most-dangerous-man-in-football/949515/ "It's like a spectacle of violence, for entertainment, and you're the actors in it. You're complicit in that: You put on the uniform. And it's a trivial thing at its core. It's make-believe, really. That's the truth about it." Now, am I saying it's definitely scripted? No. But is it beyond the realm of possibility? Also no. Would that explain all the strange calls that happen EVERY Sunday? Yes. So would incompetence, I suppose.

IIRC, aren't you former military? And if so, you must know that assassinating the general of a foreign army is an act of war.

It's a fair argument. Now let's quit screwing around and have the Sabres hire Laviolette already.

It might be the only thing that *saves* his position. Please don't get me wrong--I've nothing against Krueger. I've just got nothing FOR him, either, anymore. I liked the unconventional hire, and I like that he's a leader. The results aren't there.

It's never the right timing, is it? It wasn't the right timing for the Cheatriots because Belichick was the Jets' coach. Until he wasn't.

International cricket is bigger than the NFL and there are all sorts of shenanigans there. In other words: agreed.

Still not as big as Houston.

Houston is the 4th largest city in the country. It is Houston that survived, not Balto or KC. The league has at least a competency problem, probably a cheating problem (a certain team has been caught three times now), and a scripting problem is not out of the realm of possibility. And this.

I mean, it can't be harder to fix than a birth certificate, right?

So is it like "birther"?

Yeah; what even is that?

We all were pretty mad at him 14 years ago. It's natural. Like his beautiful Lego hair.

Are you kidding? He's Lindy Ruff but with Lego hair. Of course I want him here.

Not sure what "refs truther" is, but I changed this season, during the second Pats game. I've seen enough. If it looks like poo and smells like poo, well, it's poo. Something is, indeed, rotten in the state of Denmark. I didn't watch enough of those other two games to see if they were susceptible to manipulation.

When Krueger brings three teams to the SCF that have little business being there (ok, I'll give in on Nashville), let me know.