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#and also ross is a dick he gets a 0/10 from me
capcarolsdanver · 3 years
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I’m rewatching Friends because I’m just in the mood and gosh, this show isn’t really that good and it’s very overrated but I still enjoy it. Lmao. Definitely love Phoebe’s song “smelly cat” though. It gave me an idea too. If there’s even a chance that I meet Brie’s pups, I’m going to sing it to Bowie. It goes like this: “🎶 smelly dog, smelly dog, what are they feeding you? 🎶” 😌. There’s a good chance Bowie will lash out at me but it’s alright. He’s my king and Jonathan is sweet enough that I won’t mind Bowie’s antics. There’s also a good chance that Brie would step on me and choke me and that’s a dream come true. Uhaul gf can join in the choking and it would be a threesome fantasy of mine that would come true. 😌
Oof yes as much as I absolutely love the show, it’s one that unfortunately has not exactly aged well. A lot of the jokes and storyline’s they have wouldn’t be well received today I don’t think
Also lmao yeah that for sure would start a fight 😂😂 especially if it’s sung as badly as Phoebe sings Smelly Cat hahaha
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jean----ralphio · 3 years
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Ep 5 of BoB tiiiime <3
Episode 5: Crossroads, but I’m renaming it “Holy crap is this a whooper of an ep, guys. So much haaaappeeeeens. Also, I freaked out cos I thought it was Bastogne but now I’m like oh phew. That’s for Future!Laura to freak out about”.
Ready? Let’s go!
01:15 Johnny ‘unimpressed’ Martin pulling one of his patented bitch-faces in the credits, we stan.
02:31 OHHHHH IT’S IRL DICK! We love you!!!
03:45 God I love the technique they use with the shaking, ground-level camera whenever Dick is running. It’s so realistic. And how he’s gasping for breath. Not like in movies when people just seem to run forever so easily. This whole scene, the pacing and the setting, you don’t know what’s happened or what’s happening currently, all you know is he’s running and alone and breathless and it’s all so frantic and my heart just cannot take it with this fucking show you guys!
04:04 Oh God. The kid. He sorta smiles? He doesn’t get it at first. I can’t.
04:10 SCHOONDERLOGT??!! THIS PLACE IS CALLED SCHOONDERLOGT? I LOVE IT!!!
04:34 Wake up from your post-coital nap, Nix!
04:42 Genuinely thought Dick was slapping his butt LMAO
04:46 HOE DON’T DO IT
04:55 I love how Dick is horrified for exactly a split second and then he’s just like LOL. Real talk, when does he laugh around anyone but Nix? He smiles around others but not the same as when he’s with Nix, and he sure as heck doesn’t laugh. Except for maybe with Harry. But Harry’s Harry, it’s a given.
05:15 Nix has forgiven him quickly, it seems. Probably because Dick let him sit in the front seat.
05:22 They’re so married.
06:13 Don’t flirt with Dick’s husband, Hot Brit.
06:23 He just did it again, after I specifically told him not to! You’re on thin ice now, Hot Brit.
06:47 Dick hasn’t been doing his homework.
06:54 No Dick, Nix is busy with his new hot friend, go do your homework.
07:07 What happens if you make a mistake on a typewriter? Can’t backspace lol. Imagine all that typing, getting to like the last character and fucking it up.
07:26 DOGGIE!
08:00 OK I’m sorry which guy was it that just burst in screaming “PENETRATION!” I need to marry them even though I’m already married, and I don’t think it was Rich. Whoever it was, I want to shake their hand, at least.
08:17 No. Do not blame Lieb for anything, ever.
08:29 Roe in action <3
08:39 “Hey Alley.” “Heyyy.” I love them. My babies <3
08:53 The boys want revenge.
09:33 Lol @ Tab, “They’re not as smart as me and you?”
10:23 ISTG I need a translation or subtitles for the hand-signals. I would hard out be chillin at the back yelling “WTF MAN. DICK! HEY DICK! I. DO. NOT. UNDERSTAND. YOU.” And then we’d all die cos they’d hear.
10:26 RICH! IT’S RICH YOU GUYS!!!
11:22 RICH <3
12:14 LMAO Lieb is so excited.
12:33 Dick is so fucking smart, making sure everyone has a target to eliminate so they’re not outnumbered for long and the most immediate threats are taken care of <3
12:38 RICH <3 It’s so cool to see him doing his mortar thing, not just comic relief or providing me with dopamine by simply existing.
14:29 The gunshots and then crossing to the typewriter keys ugh this shooooooow
15:40 Enter?? LMFAO Who says that!! Oh look, Nix has come to apologize for encouraging the flirtatious Hot Brit. He missed you <3
15:52 Dick is in love with Nix. And Nix is in love with Dick. Husbands <3
16:15 This entire exchange is the most A+ flirting. I love how Dick just plants the thought and leaves it to Nix. He doesn’t push. He accepts Nix as he is and <3’s him
16:59 LOL @ Nix “That’s not literature… say ‘we’ a lot,” so supportive and helpful.
17:35 Nervous boys
17:41 Johnny ‘unimpressed’ Martin is starting to bitch-face, watch out…
17:52 Oh no.
18:12 Lol @ Lieb, you can see he’s yelling
18:35 Dick looks so BAMF
19:11 Hoob, it’s not a competition!
20:00 Web <3
20:08 Johnny, chill!
20:48 Oh Web. “Jesus Christ, they got me!” Rivalling Buck for being dramatic af, baby
21:24 Aw Dick
21:36 Lieb find some chill for once in your life. Are you upset Web got hurt?
21:42 Do not speak to your father that way!
21:59 You’re in time-out, young man!
22:17 Ross McCall is freaking hot omg. LMAO @ Lieb though, his Dad is not happy and now he’s grounded.
22:30 No, Web, no one believes much of what you say tbh, sweetie. Still <3 you though.
24:01 You can tell it’s Nix by the way he walks and his shoulders <3333
24:16 Nix doesn’t know who that is aw
24:34 Aw Nix trying to be comforting and supportive the way Dick was to him earlier. But his husband is too moody.
25:53 I love that Sink asks it that way, “How would you feel?” Rather than surprise bitch you’re doing it. I mean you don’t say no to that kinda thing but still. Sink = <3 He’s such a babe
26:16 RICH! EVERYONE STOP, NOTHING ELSE WILL EVER MATTER IT’S RICH. I was starting to miss him in case you couldn’t tell. Lol wtf is he doing to Penk’s ear, and why with a spoon??!!
26:26 Aw Dick. He wants to know his sons will be well looked after by their new stepdad.
26:35 ROE <3
26:47 Nix couldn’t stay away long
27:05 NIX! No!
27:14 LMAO bacon sandwich. Loves how Dick gives the report to Nix, not his orderly.
27:26 He missed you obvs
28:13 Moose, you look after his sons!
28:29 Aw Dick can’t let go <3
28:38 Nix’s resigned little sigh and shoulder slump aha
28:54 Bull! Missed you! As identifiable as ever by the cigar… but is now the best time to be smoking it??
29:31 Their code is Leicester Square! So cute!
29:46 Lieb is so eager for blood-shed
30:40 Aw they gave Moose a beret!
30:39 Dick is jealous he doesn’t get a beret! But he’s so happy his sons are safe.
31:17 I always scream.
31:50 Roe <3 “Mo’phine.”
32:11 “You oughtta. You are officers, you are grown-ups! You oughtta know!” ICONIC. My heart. His faaaaace. Shane Taylor <3333
32:19 The bloody handprint omg
32:46 The boss jacket returns <3
33:11 Nix is so proud.
33:41 We missed you Bill <3
33:48 Dad’s a busy man now Bill.
34:25 “I don’t wanna see another piece of paper!” Dick is always such a mood. Never change, Dick <3
34:20 Whatcha doing, Nix? About to propose? God I wish. You know Dick would say yes.
34:35 Don’t interrupt the proposal, Harry!
34:42 Dick and I are just both going to pretend we didn’t hear that, Nix. Canon not accepted.
34:59 Dick would rather be with you tbh
35:30 So they all just sit around in parade dress? Wait is that parade dress? It is, isn’t it? Someone @ me?
35:34 Rude
36:05 Dick. Don’t stare at the child, Dick.
36:52 Dick. Stop. Seriously.
38:05 Can’t tell if that’s cute or weird tbh
38:31 He’s moping cos he misses Nix
39:03 Unf
39:30 Joe/Charlie <3 Missed you
39:38 I don’t know what I love more, Luz being such a troll or Rich. Hang on, what am I saying. Rich.
39:44 RICCCHHHH
39:48 Iconic. ILY Rich
40:00 Easy Mum and Joe/Charlie are so mad lmao. The just wanna watch the movie, shut up kids.
40:17 Dad’s back, Buck, it’s OK now.
40:42 Oh Buck </3
40:57 Joe/Charlie is about to shank you, Luz, stop.
41:02 Iconic.
41:19 Who dis bitch?
41:23 All I see is Rich.
41:34 Rich! Dramatic af
42:02 Oh Buck </3
42:42 Dad’s not happy
43:09 Dad’s. Not. Happy.
43:54 Babe looking cute <3
44:09 Rich <33333333
44:40 Stop hazing the new kid, guys!
45:14 Rich LMAO “We can’t be in Hell, it’s too damn cold!” We <3 you
46:11 Strayer’s a bit useless, let’s be honest
46:31 Babe <3
47:50 LMAO JIMMY FALLON
48:00 Joe/Charlie just wants all the ammo
48:22 RICH
48:38 “We’re paratroopers, lieutenant, we’re supposed to be surrounded.” Dick you are an icon.
49:31 ITS RICH
49:54 Love that, Dick walking in the space between the rows of his men <3
50:19 So ominous 0.o
In conclusion, I love this show.
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altusfl · 6 years
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78. The 1990 season
The arrival of the 1990 USFL season was, by most USFL fan and media accounts, the most eagerly awaited USFL season of them all.
What would the league look like without Hershel Walker?
Would the 14 game season eliminate some teams’ late playoff pushes?
How would Tom Landry fare?  Would he have a losing season?
How many Yards would Barry Sanders run for this year?......
Final regular season standings
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Season Breakdowns
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Dick Coury’s team would see everything come together after several seasons of seeming misfires.  Doug Flutie and the league’s 4th ranked offense were seamless in their execution and the defense finally seemed to really jell. The Breakers would lead the league in turnover margin.  Even their failures worked out great.  Fighting back to achieve an inexplicable tie with the last place Generals would actually give the Breakers the division.
Barry Sanders and the league’s #3 offense would prove just as tough to stop in year two, generating a league best 1753 yards on the ground.  While the Knights’ defense was nothing to write home about, few teams could outscore them.
Martyball really started to take hold in Philadelphia under new QB Todd Blackledge.  The former Steeler Blackledge had won his fair share of games in the NFL, but his stats were generally poor.  Martyball called for him to just manage the passing game and only make passes as required. Hiring former Penn State offensive Coordinator Dick Anderson as Blackledge’s QB coach also helped unleashed a better Blackledge than was seen in the NFL. The team focused on what Blackledge did well.  A rash of retirements and defections had removed most of the players from the Mora era, but the new Stars played the same kind of smashmouth, never-concede-an-inch, style of play.
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Solid Veteran QB play and dynamic running by small college find Chris Warren had Ted Marchibroda’s plucky Thoroughbreds in most games. Marchibroda’s positivity and toughness bled over to the team. The late season acquisition of Perry Tuttle from Carolina gave fans hope for the following season.
Steve Young got knocked out for the year in the General’s second game and things went downhill from there.  The team would lose several veteran defenders as well from a thin roster, leading the team to finish dead last on offense and defense. Team owner Stephen Ross would own the collapse stating the team simply had not spent enough on depth and would promise to rectify the situation, but Michaels, after years of pushing for player acquisitions, took the season personally and would retire at the season’s end.
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The Southeastern Division would be a dogfight all year with the 0-2 last place Orlando team (after two blowout losses by a combined 15-86 total in the first two weeks) rallying to rip the division away from Tampa Bay in the season’s final game. The resilience of the “frozen 15″ (15 CFL veterans recruited by head coach/GM Don Matthews), the tough running of Emmitt Smith, the emergence of the Orlando defensive line, the clutch leadership and crunch time play of QB Steve Walsh would take Orlando to it’s first playoff trip and division title.
Fred Bullard’s Bulls were also finally able to exorcise some demons.  Finally having fixed the troublesome defensive end positions, Coach John Mackovic’s team was a handful for opposing teams. They would close the season with an easy win over New York to claim a wild card spot.
The Bandits would lead the division until the season’s last game when 8 point underdog Orlando would come back in the last 2 minutes to beat them 20-18 and knock the Bandits out of the playoffs.  After the game an enraged Chuck Long would have a private conversation with Steve Spurrier.  Two days later Spurrier would have confirmed season long speculation that he would take the University of Florida job, a position he refused to close the door on all season long.
Tampa Bay would not be the only south Division team looking for a new coach. Carolina’s Roman Gabriel would have spent the season under a “playoffs or you are gone” ultimatum and have done a yoeman’s job to get close, even winning the last three games with essentially no QB after Mike Hohenesee went down. Gabriel had won the fans back, but the ownership considered it a matter of protecting their credibility with the fans, so Gabriel was let go after the season. On the positive side, rookie WR Clarkston Hines was a sensation.  Initially viewed as a high profile but cost effective potential replacement for Perry Tuttle, Hines proved an upgrade opposite Sterling Sharpe. The rookie showed the same competitiveness he had in college in emerging as a full fledged star.
Last year’s division champs, the Spirits of Miami would enter the last game of the season in control of their destiny.  “Win and you are in!” A sign would read in the stadium, as they hosted the desperate and gutted Skyhawks.  60 minutes of game time later, an enraged Michael Irvin would storm off the field, telling anyone who would listen, “This is never going to happen again!” after Vinny Testaverde threw 5 interceptions in a 9-0 shutout home loss.  This cap on a very uneven season would be the last game QB Vinny Testaverde would play for Coach Howard Schnellenberger’s team.
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With realignment came a new kind of beatdown for the teams of the Deep South division.  Having built for years to control the veer running offense of the New Orleans Jazz, no team in the division could begin to compete with pass happy Warren Moon’s “Comets” receiving corps.  The Showboats would not only go undefeated in the division, they would outscore division opponents by an average score of 35-15 on their way to a league best 15-3 record.
Leeman Bennett’s Tribe would recover nicely from the week 3 loss of “Zombie Steve” Bartkowski to a career ending shoulder injury.  The team had tried hard to sign first round pick Richmond Webb to protect Bartkowski, but after Bartkowski’s loss, Bennett pulled the offer.  After a couple of games, longtime backup QB Walter Lewis found his game.  He showed he could still scramble and throw but displayed hard gained maturity to his decision making in leading the team to 5 wins in their last 8 games. “Walter has really made me proud this year,” Bennett would confide to the media after the season. “...His career hasn’t gone like he’d hoped and sometimes when a player falls into a backup role they let go of the edge to start.  He didn’t. As a coach, those are the players you covet having on your team.”
“How the hell did Charlie Pell win 7 games with this team?” was a constant refrain among local media in Birmingham.  The sentiment was shared nationally as Pell would win the coach of the year award, narrowly defeating Ted Marchibroda.  With no proven QB and an injured starting running back, Birmingham fans really couldn’t ask for more.
The unfortunate turn of events with Reggie Collier’s off the field troubles would force the team to release him after the team’s second game.  An injury to Marcus Dupree a week later would doom the Jazz’s season.  The ownership was ready to commit to rookie QB Tommy Hodson of LSU as their new QB.  Hodson was not a Veer QB, so Bobby Collins was released after the team’s final game.  Collins could see the writing on the wall when the team released veteran RB Buford Jordan.
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With Memphis gone to the east, the assumption was Mike White’s Blitz would literally run away with the division.  While they did win the division, it wasn’t easy.  White’s team seemed to grow into a mature team this season, but the resurgent Mauler and Panther squads and the shockingly well coached Visogoth team refused to let the Blitz pull away.
For the first time since Jim Stanley was in town, the Panthers seemed on point. The offense, while still not producing at a level the talent would suggest, was consistent and the defense was, frankly, a little mean.  Percy Snow brought a toughness the league had not seen since Sam Mills left.  The new Panthers played a lot more like the old Jim Mora Stars.
What happens when you mix an upbeat QB whispering head coach in Hayden Fry with a small school star QB with textbook talent and a relentless runner with a deep gear?  You go .500 in your first season.  John Freisz would have a great rookie year, but Anthony Thompson would be the team’s featured player on ESPN with several very long runs.
White the Visogoths and the Blitz were some of the showiest teams in the league, Al Saunders worked to put his own stamp on the Maulers.  Primadonnas were shipped out. Saunders wanted a team as tough as the city and you could seen that thinking in the evolution of the team.   Like the team, QB Vince Evans wasn’t the best QB in the league, but he competed each week. The Maulers weren’t going to blow anyone out, but they weren’t ceding an inch anymore that the opponent didn’t earn.
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Jack Pardee would be delighted to see Tom Landry in the division. “Rivalries sell”  He would tell minority owner Jerry Argovitz when asked about Landry. “ I am going to enjoy beating San Antonio a lot more this year.”  The season opener against the Gunslingers would feature a hard fought first half with the teams going in to the lockerroom tied at 10, but the Gamblers would roll in the second half beating Landry’s team 45-10 after throwing deep to score with 30 seconds left.  The rematch in the season’s final week would have Landry’s team controlling the clock and grinding out a 32-27 win to finish at 500. That was probably the most drama Houston had this season, winning the division by one game rather than two.  Todd Fowler would be a welcome replacement for Ickey Woods.
Division newcomer Arizona was able to use their new rivals’ unfamiliarity with their personnel and schemes to earn the division’s second playoff spot.  The strengths of the team were the clutch play of Alan Riser and their defense led by a strong secondary.  The 5 back secondary was not that great of an asset in their old division, but in this pass heavy one, it threw off a lot of their opponents.
Tom Landry had been pidgeonholed as being predictable in Dallas, but his Gunslingers were an explosive mix of the familiar and the bizarre and new.  Offense coordinator Danny White brought back all of the Cowboys’ pre-snap motion and mixed it with elements from consultant Marv Levy’s old Chicago offense. Given the team’s personnel, it was trying as on each play you didn’t know if you were facing a split backfield, an I formation, or an ace spread set.  With the cerebral White calling plays proven veteran WRs Anthony Carter and Ray Alexander outside, dangerous TEs Dan Sharp and Doug Cosbie inside and Eric Metcalf, James Grey, and Johnny Bailey, three of the fastest, most explosive backs in the league all able to run from the backfield or shift to the slot, the Gunslingers were impossible to consistently thwart.  Defensively, Chris Speilman and James Frances were dominant. They were so instinctive that playing 3 CBs on most plays never hurt the team vs. the run.  Under tackle John Randle was as dominant as Randy White and the secondary was constantly aware of what their opponents were trying to do.  If only their QB’s were more accurate... Billy Joe Tolliver was a hard throwing deep ball man, which worked great at times with Carter, but his inability to consistent make the plays in short yardage was the team’s glaring weakness.  The team went with Veteran QB Craig Penrose for the most part.  He was still solid, but there was a general perception that his play was somewhat conservative and with it’s deep speed, the team was leaving points on the field.
June Jones coached the season under a “playoffs or you are gone” ultimatum.  Doug Spedding had no desire to do that, but his fans were starting to tune out.  Spedding believed in the Run and Shoot and had no desire to rebuild his roster for a new coach’s sets, but it was high past time the team should make the playoffs.   Spedding felt Jones had maintained the offense and his staff was building a surprisingly tough defense, but at the end of the season the Gold had once more missed the playoffs.  Jones was fired.  A week later Spedding called his minority owners in the Gold and offered them controlling interest of the team.  That would be the end of the Run and Shoot in Denver.
Doug Williams went down in week 4 with the Outlaws tied for first in the division with Houston at 3-1. Rookie backup Mike Gundy had a solid rookie year but the league’s toughest schedule cut the Outlaws no breaks.
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The Hawaiians would capture their first division title behind a relentless pass rush and nearly error-free ball by QB Robbie Bosco.  “Lorch’s Torches”, the fans’ name for the Hawaii front four, would again lead the league, this time with 56 sacks, 4 more than the runner up. Jason Buck and Al Noga would combine for 32.  Some would point to the fact that division foes Sacramento and Portland both had suspect offensive lines, but no one could argue with the results.  Bosco’s play was reminiscent of his play in college as he would chip away at opponents with pinpoint passing.
Oakland had thought they would win the title, but as usual with George Allen teams, they were statistically dominant (sporting the league’s best defense and 10th ranked offense) but would lose games they shouldn’t from time to time in the regular season.  “George Allen teams say ‘Wake us when the playoffs start’” an Oakland sports reporter wrote to calm distraught Bay Area fans. “Don’t panic.”
Don Coryell would miss the playoffs largely due to his own failures.  Sure Christian Okoye did miss 5 games, but that’s football.  The real story in LA was the downgrade at QB.  Coryell had decided Rick Neuheisel would never be happy with the money the team should pay him and that Neuheisel was not significantly better than his backup Rodney Peete anyway.  So to eliminate that disruption and save some cap space he shipped Neuheisel to Baltimore. Peete was ok, but the pass rush of Hawaii got him off his game as well.  He wasn’t intimidated, but after a few shots, his mechanics and decision making atrophed. NFL Vet Marc Wilson was looked at as a much more talented player, and he was statistically better, but didn’t do well under pressure.  The team had gone 0-2 vs. Hawaii and that was the division. Coryell had hoped to just win a title and walk away vindicated for his struggles in San Diego.  Now he was haunted by the thought that he had duplicated the trade that had skunked his Chargers team---he had traded away an irreplaceable part of his machine.  He decided he could not walk away until he fixed the problem.
Year one in Sacramento was rough on the field.  The defense was undermanned.  Well...so was the offense...but at least there were bright spots.  The team played well together. While teams like Houston, Denver, and Memphis destroyed them, less potent offenses did not.  David Archer flashed leadership and rookie Mike Pringle appeared to be a legitimate feature back.
Portland also had a rough season. Gary Hogeboom looked great in Norv Turner’s Air Coryell Variant, but he still missed a few games due to his reckless style of play.  Still, he had by far his best season as a pro.  Dennis Brown and Junior Seau were a great 1-2 punch in the pass rush. While Portland didn’t have the personnel to cover anyone yet, the team unleashed Seau as a passrusher and he lead the league in QB hurries by a large margin. Rookie Derek Loville out of Oregon surprised as the team’s leading rusher.
Playoffs
Wild card Weekend
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It was a disappointing day for fans in New Jersey as Philadelphia bottled up the league’s leading rusher, Barry Sanders.  Sanders would only run for 97 yards on 30 carries. “They were so displined, man...there were just no lanes today.  They did a great job controlling our offense.” Sanders would say after the game.
The Bulls exploded in Orlando scoring 2 defensive TDs on their way to a hanging 60 points on the division champion Thunder.  After the game coach Don Matthews could only speculate. “I worried a little that we kind of were treating it like we accomplished our big goal in making the playoffs. I guess I was right to be worried.”
Oakland would be the third home team to lose in the playoffs opening run as Alan Risher threw a 6 yard pass with no time left. George Allen, Risher’s former coach, spoke to Risher after the game in an episode that the media caught. Risher laughed exuberantly. The press would later ask Allen wha he told Risher. “I told him, ‘This is why we don’t invite you to the playoffs.’ “ Allen would later say. “That kid has a little Joe Montana in him.”
Hawaii would have no trouble with Michigan.  Their defensive line would harass Jim Harbaugh and control the Michigan running game.
Divisional round
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Jim Kelly would face all cameras after yet another close loss in the teams’s opening playoff game. A reporter would ask if Kelly was surprised by the fact Alan Risher engineered the winning drive and Kelly would immediately shoot that down. “Alan is one of the best in the league in close games. No one likes playing Alan.  Arizona had a great gameplan for us.  Credit to them.”
Another week, another Hawaii playoff win.  The Hawaiians defensive line lead by Al Noga simply dominated the the Blitz offense.
Warren Moon was ready for a shootout.  “I watched the game last week and saw what Ed Luther did to Orlando.  That defense is loaded with veterans and he just carved them up.  There is no quarterback hotter than Ed right now. I told my guys that this will be a shootout and if we don’t play our best we were going to lose.  Luckily we came to play.”
Boston’s defense totally shut down the Stars offense as the Breakers rolled to a 28-0 win.
Conference Round
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The matchup between the league’s best two regular season teams would live up to it’s billing as the lead would change five times before Doug Flutie would put the game away with 3 minutes to go.
Hawaii would have no answer for Alan Risher’s short passing attack or for Arizona’s defensive scheme.
Championship Game
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With 2:18 seconds to go it appeared that Boston had put away Arizona, going up 17-10...but Alan Risher had other ideas.  In front of a decidedly Pro-Wrangler crowd in Anaheim Stadium, He lead his team 62 yards in 131 seconds to tie the game up.
Arizona received the opening kickoff  in OT and Devine caught the Breakers napping.  Risher unleashed a bomb to a streaking RB Kevin Nelson for a 72 yard TD on his first play to win the game.
After the game Risher finally spoke to the media after about the controversy about the merits of his play after being silent on the matter throughout the playoffs. 
“Alan after all the criticism that has been levied against you, how does it feel to be the league’s only two-time championship game MVP?”  
“You know, I do have something to say on that.” A jubilant Risher said, “My wife asked me to tell her co-worker Ed Zimmerman that I am....NOT.... the 24th best starting QB in the league.  ...I am at least 23rd!”
With that controversy resolved, the grinning  QB returned to his teammates to celebrate the win.
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2016/17 Premier League Post-Match Thread Season Review via /r/LiverpoolFC
2016/17 Premier League Post-Match Thread Season Review
I've had a look back on the highs and lows of our Premier League campaign by skimming through the raw emotions on display in the post-match threads. Many thanks to /u/DatGuyDench for doing most of those threads and to any other users who looked after them. I've selected three or four of the higher rated comments in each thread to give a brief summary of the sentiment after each game. Any feedback is appreciated!
1 - Arsenal 3 Liverpool 4
Klopp must have given the team the world's tastiest orange slices and Capri-Sun for halftime. /u/ErkeyfromTurkey
Klavan is a monster. /u/conchobor
If someone asked me, "What is it like to support Liverpool?" I would show them this match. Confusing setup, asinine defensive mistakes, one of the best goals you'll ever see, amazing and confusing goalkeeping, a stretch of breathtaking offensive play, memorable goal celebrations, a worrying injury, a complete defensive collapse, a match thread that disappears, final twenty minutes of ass-clenching anxiety, hamfisted timewasting, and ultimately a good enough performance to prompt a million arguments about how good we could be. /u/Pipes_of_Pan
2 - Burnley 2 Liverpool 0
Look for the positives lads. If we miss out on Europe again this season we'll have nothing to distract us from our 2017/18 title push. /u/superfish1
Serious question, why doesn't every team just park the bus against us? It's pretty much a guaranteed result. If every team parked the bus against us we'd probably get relegated. /u/HUGE_HOG
Never rated football anyway /u/Sun_Is_Hot
3 - Spurs 1 Liverpool 1
Alli is a prick /u/KloppYourHands
That Mane goal... /u/ratmftw
Thought we played well today. Klopp has said before that football takes a bit of luck, and today Tottenham had all of it. Probably should be leaving with all 3 points, but that’s football. The referee was a prick though. /u/johncosta
4 - Liverpool 4 Leicester 1
My favorite part of the game was after the first goal when during and after everyone was done celebrating with Firmino a couple of players, including Firmino himself, were congratulating Sturridge. He was the one who tracked back and stole the ball to start the move and then made a run wide to give Firmino his space. /u/ErkeyfromTurkey
When we play good, we're fucking great. /u/DatGuyDench
Mane is worth £60m /u/Reddits-Reckoning
5 - Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2
This is probably the cleanest match we've ever had so far with Chelsea. Great result - and the best part? Diego wasn't a total cunt, (except from scoring a goal of course)! /u/Capt_Awkward
Nobody talking bout Gini but boy, that man is very gradually improving game by game. /u/KayJayA7X
Did Liverpool just defend a 1 goal lead for more than 30 seconds? Oh my /u/The_Backseatsman
6 - Liverpool 5 Hull 1
We should play one man up every week. That was fun /u/uRhombus
I wonder if anyone has ever won the league with no clean sheets... /u/MackerLad93
James Milner is my hero. /u/The_Sassinator
7 - Swansea 1 Liverpool 2
We should still look to sign Hector to be James Milners understudy /u/shaunsocca
Our left back has as many goals as Zlatan /u/JWL1092
That big fuck off Lovren volley into the away end at the end is the highlight of the game and I don't care what anyone says. /u/UtterShite
8 - Liverpool 0 Manchester United 0
Fuck you Real's fax machine. /u/ratmftw
CLEAN SHEET BOYS /u/HUGE_HOG
Jose Mourinho is on a mission to kill any excitement that might come from Liverpool vs ManU. /u/iSalt
9 - Liverpool 2 West Bromwich Albion 1
By the tone of this thread you would think we fucking lost. Cheer up we are joint top of the league. /u/germibobi
CAN I GET ONE FUCKING GAME WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO CLENCH MY ARSE HOLE. /u/Reddits-Reckoning
Should be top of the table but for FUCKING SET-PIECES. Gini is cursed. Studge has resting bitch face. Can was gassed after 65 minutes. Karius wasn't bad, but wasn't convincing. Firmino is bae. That is all. Edit: Could have gone top of the table for the first time since May 2014....ouch, that hurts. /u/iiEviNii
10 - Crystal Palace 2 Liverpool 4
No idea why, but I felt weirdly comfortable throughout that game. Never doubted us for a second. Used to have a similar feeling in 13/14 /u/Reddits-Reckoning
We scored 2 goals from corners. Let that sink in. /u/wontwont
we are finally beating bogey teams /u/tweedeh
11 - Liverpool 6 Watford 1
NO CLEAN SHEET NO PROBLEM, TOP WE GO /u/TheLastofish
LIVERPOOL FIRST, ARSENAL BACK IN FOURTH, UNITED NOWHERE!!!!!! BEST FUCKING WEEKEND!!!!!!! /u/TheRedCormorant
So happy Gini finally scored. /u/DatGuyDench
12 - Southampton 0 Liverpool 0
Shit Fact: 2 International Breaks followed by 2 draws… /u/BTS_1
What a frustrating fucking game. /u/racistfetus
bus wankers /u/iG8
13 - Liverpool 2 Sunderland 0
Woodburn had a worldie /u/RideOrDieRemember
Klopp's influence as the 12th man on the pitch cannot be overstated. /u/TheLastofIsh
Fuck your double decker bus you pale cunt. The klopp train makes no stops. *No offence to pale cunts, one of which, I am. /u/Psychotic_Bear
14 - Bournemouth 4 Liverpool 3
Ah, good. I almost forgot what it was like to feel like a Liverpool fan for a while this season... /u/ DaEvil1
This whole "as long as we score more goals it's fine" thing is a lot less fun when we don't actually score more goals. /u/Deathbybunnies
Matip died for this. /u/BTS_1
15 - Liverpool 2 West Ham 2
I feel like I saw the same attack plan fail 78 times. /u/darian66
fucking sick of conceding with every shot great fucking run of easy fixtures in december huh /u/EpicRageGuy
Great game from Mané. Ran the show from the start. /u/Jambo234
16 - Middlesborough 0 Liverpool 3
What a performance by Lallana, MOTM for sure followed by Origi. Klavan is an absolute mountain at the back and Mignolet too has done well. Oh and cleansheet is back on the menu lads! /u/satanlikesyou
Klavan should always play over Lucas /u/GreatJakeUmber
SIMON "CLEAN SHEET" MIGNOLET /u/Reddits-Reckoning
17 - Everton 0 Liverpool 1
Sturridge is actually incredible, for him to get that shot off was incredibly difficult with that type of accuracy. /u/ErkeyfromTurkey
I enjoyed the part where we won but also enjoyed the part where Everton lost. /u/CurrentlyComatose
Ross Barkley can fuck right off for that challenge on Hendo. How was that not a straight red? /u/Jiro_Dreams
18 - Liverpool 4 Stoke City 1
40 POINTS WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN LADS!!!! /u/the-londoner
Lallana is England's best player. /u/Viper711
Henderson is a fucking boss /u/h4k01n
19 - Liverpool 1 Manchester City 0
Guys, we held on to a 1-0 lead for 86 minutes. This is so unheard of from our team. I'm proud. /u/malis-
"No." -- Ragnar Klavan, 2016 /u/HUGE_HOG
Lallana has still got the biggest dick in Anfield. /u/hot-cakes
20 - Sunderland 2 Liverpool 2
Bournemouth, West Ham, Sunderland. All games we were leading in, yet at the end of all 3 we've only came out with 2 out of 9 points. Devastating that. /u/JaydenSnow
Sunderland is truly the shit that just won't flush. /u/arterius23
Our midfield was kinda poor without Hendo. /u/Crypt9n
21 - Manchester United 1 Liverpool 1
Migs saved us. Played out of his mind /u/SgtPatos
brilliant defending all match ...and then an offside goal? /u/kuu-uurija
Herrera is a fucking cunt /u/edubbleg
22 - Liverpool 2 Swansea 3
Gonna go down my local park and knife a swan. /u/McGoohanno6
Fight for the top four from now on. Fucking terrible performance. /u/the_horn_of_gondor
We just lost against a side that has the worst PL defensive record of the CENTURY. Let that sink in for a moment. /u/logicspock
23 - Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1
We were unlucky not to steal the win at the end, but man we were lucky to not lose this. A point against the league leaders is very good, considering the form we're in. It's all gonna be good I think. I hope. /u/ur_mum_was_a_hamster
Henderson absolutely bossed it both ends of the pitch /u/decentpants
Kante is unbelievable /u/IL_ya_Un_jour
24 - Hull City 2 Liverpool 0
Last 10 games: DDLDWLLLDL Includes 2 Losses and a draw to teams battling relegation, a loss to a team in the Championship and a draw to a English Football League 2 team. EDIT: Our only win in the last 10 games was against the same team we drew with in the English Football League 2, with a winning goal from Lucas. /u/Cookeh_
LFC 2017 but every time we play, the worse it gets /u/mwright_13
The traveling Kop singing ynwa at the end there are the real MVPs, always amazing, it's a shame the team didn't give them much to enjoy /u/agpleezdeddy
25 - Liverpool 2 Spurs 0
Wij and Lallana played out of their minds! /u/Chitmonster
WE'VE DEFENDED A LEAD LADS! /u/okaysian
Very few players will get ever get a reception like Mane got when he came off. He's brilliant. 30m, even in this day's market was truly a steal. /u/JaydenSnow
26 - Leicester 3 Liverpool 1
(Match Thread Only)
Typical Liverpool. We play a shitty team, table-wise, then we play a lazy shitty game. It has been this way for the past few years. I don't understand how we can play the top of the table very strong, but crap the bed against lower teams. /u/Krypto_dg
I just want it to be next season already. Can you really be arsed watching this team struggle its way to a 6th place finish. /u/HUGE_HOG
Cant really blame this on a congested fixture list now can we..... /u/Ellni
27 - Liverpool 3 Arsenal 1
A double over Arsenal is a rare occurrence. /u/BTS_1
ARSENAL FAN TV AND CHILL HERE I COME. /u/tanvirh5
I think the Premier League should copy the Scottish PL and split the league in half mid way through so we'd only play the top sides for the second half of the season. /u/NamaNamaNamaBatman
28 - Liverpool 2 Burnley 1
In a season in which we've beaten Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, City, and Everton, Burnley is our biggest win of the season. /u/TheLittleBiki
I think this game showed better in game management from us, 2-1 up and we’re not being arrogant like we have this season we’re dropping deeper as a unit looking to use the counter attack against them. We smartly held onto the ball more and moved the ball into better areas than the panicked crosses of the first half. Klavan and Matip dropping a couple of yards also gave them more of a chance in defending attacks. /u/Thesolly180
Actually impressed how little out of place Woodburn was. /u/B1GsHoTbg
29 - Manchester City 1 Liverpool 1
That lallana miss literally hurt my soul /u/Fellbird
It's encouraging that we're not satisfied with a draw at City /u/Goulders
Shoutout to Emre, who’s had a rough couple of weeks in terms of form but really showed up and had one hell of a match today. /u/logicspock
30 - Liverpool 3 Everton 1
I wanted Trent to score so much /u/byGriim
The lads played great today but I still can't get over the Mané injury. Looked very nasty, just hope he recovers well. /u/JWL1092
Just want to send a public thanks to Lovren and Matip (especially Lovren) for pocketing Lukaku like he was spare change. The entire team was immense too. Cheers /u/Chitmonster
Lukawho? /u/xHawkins
31 - Liverpool 2 Bournemouth 2
Ruined my entire night that, don't even care if we gain one on City. Top 4 should be home and dry, but we just can't stop BOURNEMOUTH from scoring late goals. /u/JaydenSnow
Hate to slate Klavan but god damn man. /u/Chitmonster
Klopp' game management was just what I'd want to see. Take a lead? Let's grind it out and try to get the W, don't care how pretty it is. It's the players that bottled it. Squad lacking in depth/talent in certain areas. Couts picked up a knock or was gassed - went straight down the tunnel. Forced his hand into the sub/formation he had to go with from that point. No real midfield options and not going to put on Studge a goal up. /u/The_AjaX
32 - Stoke City 1 Liverpool 2
Migs MOTM no question. /u/Laesen
I'm gonna go ahead and thank our twelfth man, the traveling kop, for this one. Class! /u/ynwa94
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN DANIEL STURRIDGE WAS SUBBED ON AND SAVED OUR TOP 4 HOPES?!? /u/PenguinCowboy
33 - West Bromwich Albion 0 Liverpool 1
If only we had Lovren / Matip available week in, week out. Migs saving us again the beast. /u/h4k01n
Mignolet was fucking ace. /u/gin0clock
First time we have ever beaten a Pulis side away in the league! /u/The_Backseatsman
34 - Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 2
Galling that Coutinho was basically penalised for staying on his feet, but ultimately all our fault. So, so sloppy. 4th is going to go right to the wire. /u/thisisashameofme
I would have preferred if Liverpool won /u/You_wot_m8_
God I fucking hate Crystal Palace /u/chefboyardee001
35 - Watford 0 Liverpool 1
Mignolet was so decisive in his actions today, great to see. Can is a beast and Lallana is mesmerizing. Hopefully Coutinho isn't out for too long. Happy to see Danny get a few minutes, so wish his shot went in :( /u/h4k01n
Did our job in the best way possible. Other top 4 rivals won't stop hearing about that goal all week. Up the fucking reds! /u/The_Backseatsman
WE TIME WASTED LIKE LITTLE CUNTS I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT! /u/BTS_1
36 - Liverpool 0 Southampton 0
origi shouldn't have started. /u/halalcornflakes
Not one shot on target for Southampton. /u/OWSucks
My boy Grujic was good. Glad to see him get some game time and almost a goal /u/BossCevap
37 - West Ham 0 Liverpool 4
When was the last time when we enjoyed football? When was a last time when we watched highlights after the match? What a good game. Coutinho world class, Sturridge too - when he is fully fit. One more good match and we can enjoy summer. /u/My_dog_is_red
Sturridge hugging Klopp, smiling and being happy 😌 /u/L33TF0X
http://ift.tt/2rKkZtv /u/_cumblast_
38 - Liverpool 3 Middlesborough 0
Can we just take a moment to appreciate SIMON MIGNOLET. The guy has had a shaky past and cost us a lot of points but he stepped up massively and his confidence stabilized the entire defence often. Really solid finish to the seaso from thr team! /u/bacary_lasagna
me saying bye to the europa league: http://ift.tt/2t3vGLv /u/ChickenNuggutz
MOTM was the new kit cos it's sexy as fuck /u/ShadowRock9
Sure the win was swell, but what I'm most excited about is that, despite Lucas and Moreno playing, we finished the game with 0 cards, meaning… WE WON THE F***ING FAIR PLAY TROPHY /u/Rasta_Jack
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Edit 2: Cheers for the gold anon! Would've liked to have put it towards the new CB fund but I'll take it!!
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