It is official. It is now impossible for us to care any less about the Super Bowl (or, as some are calling it, “The Pot Bowl”) than we do now.
But we still have this week’s TMQ to get through after the jump…
Archive for the ‘TMQ watch’ Category
TMQ Watch: January 21, 2014.
Friday, January 24th, 2014TMQ watch: January 14, 2014.
Thursday, January 16th, 2014The playoffs have not been good to us. Our Saints are out. Our Packers are out. San Francisco is still standing. On the other hand, San Diego is gone, which means an end to the stupid “San Diego is destined to win the Super Bowl because they played Philadelphia in the opening game” meme. And our Patriots are still standing.
But enough about us. After the jump, this week’s TMQ…
TMQ Watch: January 7, 2014.
Wednesday, January 8th, 2014Ah, the promise of the new year. Ah, the promise of Gregg Easterbrook’s first column of the year. Ah, the promise of the playoffs.
After the jump, this week’s TMQ…
TMQ watch: December 31, 2013.
Friday, January 3rd, 2014More “we’re just not feeling the clever this week”. Might as well just open the box. After the jump, this week’s TMQ…
TMQ watch: December 24, 2013.
Friday, December 27th, 2013The heck with it. After the jump, this week’s TMQ…
TMQ Watch: December 17, 2013.
Thursday, December 19th, 2013You know that comment we made yesterday, about “Start writing or stop talking about it” being pretty good writing advice?
TMQ Watch: December 10, 2013.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013As noted last week, this is TMQ’s bye week.
Meanwhile, we have obtained a copy of The King of Sports: Football’s Impact on America
It probably will not happen today, but we do plan to have a review of King of Sports up between now and the next TMQ.
TMQ Watch: December 3, 2013.
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013Instead of a musical interlude, or random snark, we’ve decided this week to bring you something we hope you’ll really like: an interview with Gregg Easterbrook about The King of Sports: Football’s Impact on America
After the jump, this week’s TMQ…
TMQ Watch: November 26, 2013.
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013Over the past few years, we have come to the conclusion that the word “professional” is becoming the most abused word in the English language. “Professional grade” pickup trucks; as a dedicated amateur, can I save a few bucks by purchasing a non-professional grade one? “That’s not professional” has become a commonly used phrase in business; what that really means, as we see it, is “I don’t like it, but if I invoke the word ‘professional’, you can’t argue with me.”
What does this have to do with TMQ? Well, in this week’s edition, after the jump…
TMQ Watch: November 20, 2013.
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013There are no undefeated teams left in the NFL this season. The Kansas City Chiefs lost on Sunday.
We all know what that means, right?
Or do we?
TMQ Watch: November 12, 2013.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013When we were growing up in Houston in the 1970s and early 1980s, these were the rules:
- Root for the Houston Oilers over everyone.
- Root for the Dallas Cowboys over everyone except the Houston Oilers.
- After that, it was pretty much personal preference. At the time, we were fond of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, because we are suckers for underdogs, lost causes, and beautiful women. (Tampa Bay falls into two out of those three.)
Of course, that was a long time ago, in another country, and besides Tom Landry is dead. Jerry Jones runs the Cowboys. And, in this week’s TMQ, after the jump…
TMQ Watch: November 5, 2013.
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013Happy Guy Fawkes Day, everyone. Let’s just get into it, shall we?
This week’s TMQ, after the jump…
TMQ Watch: October 29, 2013.
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013Did you know that you can find much of the 90s British sitcom “Chef!” (it was all over PBS for a while) on YouTube?
What does that have to do with TMQ? We’ll find out in this week’s TMQ after the jump…
Norts spews.
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013- Jackson State is apparently considering suing Grambling. Good luck with that.
- Missed this until Lawrence mentioned it, but: the suspension of the Grambling college paper’s opinion editor has been overturned. And the termination of the online editor has been changed to a suspension, but he’s resigning.
- Miami loses scholarships, but does not get a postseason ban. I mention this here for one sentence in the ESPN story: “But about 20 percent of information that was obtained was thrown out because it was improperly obtained.” What ESPN is glossing over here is that the NCAA made a huge mess of the investigation, and that’s probably why Miami got off light compared to USC. (Edited to add: better story from the NYT.
- TMQ tends to hammer on teams that “run up the score” against weaker opponents. In that light (and because it’s a good post) I want to highlight Ken’s “What Does Mercy Look Like?” over at Popehat. (To be fair to TMQ, in the specific case that motivated Ken’s post, Easterbrook has not complained about the conduct of the team and coach.)
TMQ Watch: October 22, 2013.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013We were vaguely hoping TMQ would address the Grambling State situation this week. We know that sounds weird, but we were hoping he might have an original or interesting take on it. Or, failing that, something we could mock.
We also thought maybe he’d have something to say about Bum Phillips. Or Bud Adams. He’s usually pretty good about doing tributes to significant NFL figures who have passed away.
Nope.
So what does TMQ write about this week? After the jump…