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John Madden on my TV means Football Season is really here!

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by GridironGoddess

Ah there are the sights and sounds and smells and rituals and traditions that we all have that mean football season to each of us.

For me, one of the biggest, is John Madden’s voice coming out of my tv. Welcome back to my (ungodly hot) living room John, I’ve missed you so since last season ended.

Fewer broadcasters in the game have such an impact on the sport. Keith Jackson did for NCAA broadcasting. But Madden is in a class of his own. He’s been a student of the game his entire life and has a mastery of both the game, the coaching and the pure entertainment levels of the sport that no one else can touch. His humor is broad and light enough that is does not distract from the broadcasting of the game and he can be politically correct without seeming like he’s being politically correct. John Madden is Santa Claus for us football fans. He brings our favorite sport into our homes once a week gift wrapped in just the right way.

When John Madden is on my TV, all is right in my world.

-Your Gridiron Goddess


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JuTMSY4Legend
840 days ago
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Even Maddenisms are welcome right now....Maddenolidy is only 2 days away
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Only Madden could get away with "Brett Favre is Brett Favre...."
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Davis21wylieMVP
840 days ago
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"If you cut off both of Brett Favre's arms and legs, he'd still have the best torso in football."
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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If you cut off his head, he's still have the best blood in football.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Breaking News: Madden to Propose to Favre on Monday.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Madden rubs Tinactin on Favre's feet...
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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He would still have the best blood in football. Anyway, Favre and Madden to star in next Brokeback Mountain.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Gosh, these guys are dreadful.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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ha ha ha you guys are cracking me up!
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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"ArmchairGMGoddess"
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Scottduk1Waterboy
840 days ago
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Is Crazy Olbermann on the show tonight? I've been watching the braves-phillies.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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I love Keith. And it's good to know that people are still watching the Phillies.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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I suppose SOMEBODY should be watching...
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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That would be Ju.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Too bad he cannot blog/post and watch the Phills simultaneously.
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JuTMSY4Legend
840 days ago
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I really can't...
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Madden has made me turn off the TV with his umpteen anecdotes tonight.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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The lady likes Madden. That means WE like Madden. Get it? (slow realization begins to sink in...)  : )
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Keep it in your pants Tyrone.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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LOL!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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That means YOU Sean Salisbury.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Trust me, Salisbury's got nuttin' compared to me!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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I'm Chris Hansen, Dateline NBC and....
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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his anecdotes and tangents crack me up, it's like way to ramble on and on John!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Al Michaels is just making it worse. The game has to be interesting for these guys to actually talk about the game.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Would you rather hear Tirico and Kornheiser?
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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At this point, I want to have games with no announcers.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Solution - Dennis Leary
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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But Madden going on and on is better than Hi I'm Bryant Gumbel.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Gumbel must have major dirt on the NFL to land that broadcasting gig.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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I can't believe the people around him haven't told him that the shot clock doesn't exist in the NFL.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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LOL John: "Is the Hotel Del still there?" Oh John, the senility is getting worse/...
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Rumor has it that Madden used last year's turkducken drumstick as a Q-tip before eating it.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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Leary and Jon Stewart would be pretty interesting experiment. lol
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Jon Stewart and Dennis Leary with special guest...Tucker Carlson.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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ArmchairGM - solving sports broadcasting woes 1 sport at a time.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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ArmchairGM, we don't like Mariotti either.
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JuTMSY4Legend
840 days ago
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me's thinks john stewart is smart enough not to try to broadcast football...however most likely we'll end up seeing him "interviewed" by a slightly confused mike tirico as tony kornheiser makes bad jokes...
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Agreed. We hate Him*. Endless bitching about us "Internet Creatures" in the Sun-Times.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Then Stephen Colbert manages to confuse Tirico and Jaworski with his interviews.
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JuTMSY4Legend
840 days ago
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the thing with with colbert, is you have to be smart enough to work with his interviews...and some people are not...
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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and some most people are not...
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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Agreed SS Gumble is like a Zombie. And Madden going on and on is better than Theismann.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Anything is better than Theismann......except Bryant Gumbel.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Paul Maguire?
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Better than Theismann.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Maguire sitting in that tower bucket gizmo for that college game last season was priceless.
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JuTMSY4Legend
840 days ago
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McGuire can incredibly make Theissman even more...their whole is much better than the sum of their parts...(and by that i mean its even worse when they're together)
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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"I think the best way to celebrate the release of Madden 2008...is to have some enchiladas" then Madden goes on to give us the anatomy of an enchilada. This isht is PRICELESS!
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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Or ha ha soon comes the day when I am the sideline gal and I will be snarking on madden and michaels when they cut to me on the field. HEE
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Petition to make that happen gentlemen?
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JuTMSY4Legend
840 days ago
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I second that...
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Keep it in your pants Tyrone.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Somebody's jealous?!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Yes, it is me, Jerramy Stevens.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Is that code for the "Hedgehog"?
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Maybe. Breaking News: Brett Favre's butt and John Madden's lips have eloped.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Its gonna be awfully hard for Favre to scramble with Madden's head up his ...
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Breaking News: Favre rushed to hospital for colonoscopy...finds the heads of Joe Theismann and John Madden.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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heh hence the launch of my site with my pics, to take over the world of female sportscasters cause none of them know anything when compared with me. HAHAHAHHAHA Oh and YAY for the silly Horse trailer being back!
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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If you turn out to be some dude named Jamel or Manny Stiles, I'm gonna be majorly pissed off!  : )
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EroosterMajor Leaguer
840 days ago
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Amen, Tyrone!
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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LOL I am not. Check my site out, I am for real. Have an IMDB profile too that also lists my site as one of my accomplishments. And Armchair GM user SportsBrethren and Nacho Friendly can vouch for me as are IRL friends lol
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Welcome aboard. Have the strangest feeling that the number of registered users to this website are about to go up! (How about that for Freud?)
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EroosterMajor Leaguer
840 days ago
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I will vouch. I have seen the blog and the IMDb page.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Good enough!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Chargers 16 Seahawks 14...I magically hate Seneca Wallace. Passing game looks good though.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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I magically hate Seneca too. Might be going to the Bears @ Chargers season opener w my dad and brother in a few weeks though. :)
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Bad coach and a good QB vs. Good coach and an awful QB...that's a tough one.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Hawks 17 Chargers 16...Josh Brown potential hero.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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Come on Chargers! tho--is pre-season so... meh. LOL
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Secretly Madden is mystified to why Favre has yet to appear in the game...
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Silencer76AAA-er
840 days ago
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At least the joy of preseason games is that we know the regular season is right around the corner, and let's face it...this is really as good as it gets for teams like the Lions. Once the regular season starts they are merely counting off the weeks like a guy on death row.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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We can't keep playing as if we need Josh Brown to win the game for us.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Although that first down helped us.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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I LOVE YOU MARQUIS WEEKS!
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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Exactly SS. And when hated teams lose, it is just as sweet in pre season as reg season. heh.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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Anyone else LOVING this Reggie Bush-Peyton Manning commercial as much as I am ?
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EroosterMajor Leaguer
840 days ago
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I laugh every time.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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I laugh everytimne as well ERooster, esp when they bring the cow into Peyton's room.
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EroosterMajor Leaguer
840 days ago
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"Oh, it is SO ON!"
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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EXACTLY. LOVE THAT commercial more than I should admit. lol
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WizardmanRed-Shirting
840 days ago
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I'm disappointed. ay for John Madden being back, but Frank Caliendo's departure from MADtv a while back means I don't get my satire anymore :/
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Just watch the NFL on FOX pregame show to see him.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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The only commercials I follow are Bud Light commercials. I'm not old enough to drink (nor will I), but that won't stop me from laughing at Bud Light stuff.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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heh. my ex boyfriend has been in a few coors light spots, now everytime I hear "love train" i cringe. lol
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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WEEKS!!!! 24-16 Hawks over Chargers!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Crap, they need 72 yards to tie.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Argghh, at their own 42.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Incomplete pass.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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28 yard line!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Come on, hold em for 2 more downs.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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DAMN!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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YEAH BABY! One more down!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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NO!!! How'd he catch that?
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhh COME ON BOLTS!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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STOP EM FOR 2 MORE DOWNS!
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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Oh that was weak.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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4th down again.
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EroosterMajor Leaguer
840 days ago
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This banter between you two and the actual meaning of the game is pretty funny.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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A win is a win.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Crap.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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EEEK!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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26 yards, 14 ticks.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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GOOD LAWD. 26 yd line, 14 seconds?!
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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APIOJHDFOUIHYGURTYRE&UJND BJHFB *YTUISO):KMNKJHBGFH(OUPI{: SL:LA<K |DAMN IT.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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YEAH BABY!!! PICKED!!! GAME OVAH!!!!!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Now it's on to Green Bay.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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COngrats SSreporters.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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You guys looked sharp, but it's a win for us...if only it were the regular season.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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24-16 final. 1-0 start to the year.
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EroosterMajor Leaguer
840 days ago
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SS - Congrats!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Thanks.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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Well at least my Bears won. heh
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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To the lowly Texans.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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A win is a win and does it really matter in exhibition anyways?
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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It wouldn't matter if it were a scrimmage.
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EroosterMajor Leaguer
840 days ago
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Tyrone-Only if you are a Bears or Seahawks fan.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Which you are Erooster.
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EroosterMajor Leaguer
840 days ago
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SS - That would be Seahawks. Since 1976. One of the "Original Raiders Haters".
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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That's what I meant.
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EroosterMajor Leaguer
840 days ago
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Yep, I know.
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Which you are Erooster. My 1000th comment.
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RomiezzoLegend
840 days ago
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Congrats on being the 25th person to reach the milestone. This 1000 comment is gonna be like the 500 home run club in real life cuz you a lot more people are gonna make it there soon...
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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True, but when Grossman is the QB, I'll take the wins whereever they come from. Now/... where is my wine? LOL
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Until he screws up in the playoffs.
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EroosterMajor Leaguer
840 days ago
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True, so true. Do you think we can dig up McMahon?
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Yeah, once you yank the beer away.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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touche.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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OK guys, this was a lot of fun but I am off to work on a post for my site now. Catch ya later!!!!!
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SSreportersLegend
840 days ago
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Good night.
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EroosterMajor Leaguer
840 days ago
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C-Ya
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
840 days ago
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Over 130 comments. And Armchair has changed forever... and for the better.
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
840 days ago
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awwwww thanks!
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RomiezzoLegend
840 days ago
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AND she's still on!! Yes!!
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RomiezzoLegend
840 days ago
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Who needs ESPN when you've got ArmChair to do all of the announcing for you? The only thing we need to do is to somehow type things that aren't biased..
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Brendan.CanneyDiv-I Stud
840 days ago
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When hell freezes over?
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RomiezzoLegend
840 days ago
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Yeah, tell me about it...
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NejoshiDiv-I Stud
840 days ago
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Wow, 139 comments... I'm impressed
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Yakob878MVP
839 days ago
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madden 08 comes out at mid night i can not wait !
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InsanMajor Leaguer
839 days ago
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I think we all know why your living room is "ungodly hot".
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
839 days ago
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Only ungodly hot due to west facing windows and no a/c in a hot hot hot and humid heatwave in L.A. lol
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Silencer76AAA-er
839 days ago
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lol I know that feeling, was flipping 102 here today before the heat index, which pushed it up to about 108. Leaves me asking myself, why the hell did I move here again?
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GridironGoddessJV Squad
839 days ago
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Midnight now and flipping over 80 inside with air and 3 fans going. Grrrr. I love summer but whomever the genius builders were that decided people in Los Angeles didn't need air conditioning need to have their heads examined. lol
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Yakob878MVP
839 days ago
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i hate madden as an anouncer he points out the obvious to much
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