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I flew through Dallas yesterday. The white helmet was on display at the front of the team store in the airport alongside the regular helmet. Take that for whatever it might mean.

Hell, I will be celebrating with a bottle of Heinz next month. Youngsters

I knew you were old, but that's OLD Good catch. I remember it, too.

Notre Dame QBs have now lost 24 straight starts in the NFL - 4 by Brady Quinn - 4 by Jimmy Clausen - 15 by DeShone Kizer - 1 by Ian Book That is the longest losing streak by starting QBs from a particular college since 1950 (h/t @EliasSports)

Adding to this - Fiserv Forum is laying an ice sheet for the first time for a weekend college hockey tournament. I have heard it can lay ice for essentially 'one offs', but it really isn't designed to host hockey long-term.

OK - I'm being 'that guy'. There's no leeway, or if there is, please point it out (are you confusing which penalty was called - that's all I can come up with): ARTICLE 5. KICKING TEAM PLAYER VOLUNTARILY OUT OF BOUNDS. During a scrimmage kick that crosses the line of scrimmage, and prior to the end of the kick, it is a foul if a kicking team player goes out of bounds voluntarily (without being contacted by a receiving team player) to avoid a block by a receiving team player. Penalty: Loss of five yards. If a member of the kicking team is forced out of bounds, or goes out of bounds voluntarily, and does not attempt to return inbounds in a reasonable amount of time, it is a foul for Unsportsmanlike Conduct. (12-3-1-v) NOTE - the penalty called was NOT for the citation in 12-3-1-v, which would have been a 15 yd penalty as opposed to 5 - (v) If a member of the kicking team is forced out of bounds, or goes out of bounds voluntarily, and does not attempt to return inbounds in a reasonable amount of time.

It was Packer-Bear talk (or Bear-Packer talk, depending on which side you are on ). No apologies needed. Again, the penalty was correctly called. A player on the punt team can't go out of bounds of their own volition, because they can't be touched/blocked by the receiving team while they are out of bounds. If they are blocked while OB, it's a penalty on the receiving team. This isn't something that happens often, and therefore it isn't called often, but it's a real easy call to make when it happens. Put another way, what makes you say that call could have gone either way?

Sorry if that was how I came off. It was not my intent. Much like the Bear fan behind me in the stands last night, I don't care if you hate the rule and therefore hate the flag, or if you only hate it because it was called for the Packers/against the Bears. When a penalty is appropriately called, THEN I hate that it's being called out as a benefit the team who gains from the call (be that the Steelers, Patriots, Packers or Cowboys - probably the Big Four who get called out as being 'favorites'). Put another way, this penalty was appropriately called. If there's a complaint about a non-call that the Packers were handed, I'm happy to agree when they shouldn't get called (like the Roughing the Passer when Rodgers' facemask was lightly brushed, leading to the Hail Mary in Detroit -- horrible call that many/most QBs don't get). So, if my gripe about a non-call that should have been made, as evidenced by an injury suffered in connection with what should have been a call is seen as being one of the dopey Packer fandom nonsense, I can't help it. Yes, Rodgers has gotten calls that other QBs haven't gotten. That's not to say that we haven't been the victim of similar calls. I'm of the opinion that NFL officiating is subpar, as opposed to evil.

OK. I guess it sucks when rules are enforced, like the blow to the head of EQ on the punt return that negated that long punt return TD, which caused his concussion that took him out of the game. Wait - that didn't get flagged? But ... we always get the calls?

How so?

I dunno. I've never seen you and Junior in the same room. Frankly, you'd be unlikely to admit it if you WERE him.

Most definitely not the outcome I am rooting for, but wholeheartedly agree with your assessment.

I'll try to do my part. On the serious side - the old saying about 'you can't fire the owner' is true in both Chicago and Detroit. Does Ted Phillips have pictures of someone, or is he related?

Sounds more like the Iron Sheik

How the eff did the ref not throw the facemask flag that started that? Thank goodness New York fixed that!

Got it. Then you shouldn't say 'How the bleep is that taunting' if you know that it's taunting. Say you hate the rule, not that it's a bad call.

Have you read the rule?

I like that post on the whole

If Iowa wants Beloit, they can have it

Can someone mock this up saying "Sweater", please?

Well, @Discrim and I both live in Wisconsin and have never heard of it, so maybe it isn't a thing in the Midwest.

As @See Red said, you can't sell or trade it. It's a donation that is called stock.

If only you might make an appearance there in Week 17 and have a chance to "pony up" in person???

Understood. You can choose not to use it.

New York made that correct call. Wilson was short of the first down (you can't tell me he wasn't, can you?). This is the unofficial use of replay that happens when they announce 'After discussion...'.