JTOSL Podcast Episode 3: Turkey Talk

Our GI tracts still clogged with gravy, we analyze why the Lions weren't able to give the Packers as much trouble as they should have, why the Bears lost to a team that drafts kickers in the first round, and why the Vikings stink.  Looking ahead to the coming games, Tristan doesn't have that feeling, Josh is pessimistic, and Alex thinks Kyle Orton is a "golden god."

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I Didn't Realize that NFL stood for No Flaming Orange Cleats League

NFL Roger Goodell deputized the Lions secondary to ensnare Bennett to make sure he and his orange cleats did not escape justice.

It came through the wire this week that DJ Moore would be fined $15,000 for his retaliation against Matthew Stafford, during which Moore was ejected from the game. This was only 33% more than Earl Bennett was fined for the game, whose unconscionable crime was wearing sweet non-NFL regulation kicks for the second game in a row. One could imagine that if Bennett were to wear the shoes a third time, the fine would be equivalent to what Ndamukong Suh would receive if he snaps Cam Newton's neck this Sunday in the manner of Steven Segal in those Under Siege movies.

Some other things fifteen thousand bucks can get you after the jump:

Two Different Roads to 6-3.

The donnybrook that was liberally called a football game between the Bears and Lions last afternoon left both teams at 6-3. Both teams are tied in the NFC North and if the playoffs started today both teams would be in the wildcard spots. Then why is there such a bad taste in my mouth?

Believing Himself to be the Protagonist of Top Gun, Jim Schwartz Reports to the USS Carl Vinson

In San Diego today, both media and spectator alike were shocked by the arrival of Jim Schwartz and his Detroit Lions. Schwartz, having just made a disastrous crash landing on the deck of the regaled vessel in what appeared to be a crudely self-constructed F-14 made from items presumably gathered from behind Ford Field, emerged from the flames to say 'I heard a Michigan team is supposed to play some ball here tonight. Well, are you ready to play the most dangerous team in the sky?"

Nate Burleson, who like the rest of his teammates, arrived by charter plane was reached for comment. "I don't know man. We had Sportscenter on in the weight room and he caught the tail end of the pregame coverage and just went apeshit. He started shouting things like 'that's my sortie' and 'get me in the air'. What the hell is a sortie?" He later added, "You see that plane he flew in? He has like, two dozen of them. Made them all himself out of old lawnmower parts. He wanted us to be his wingmen. We were all like, hell no." 

Asked for Schwartz' response, Burleson shrugged. "He just looked me in the face, spat on the ground and said I was no Goose. I can't tell if that is an insult or a compliment."

Jim Schwartz tried to comfort the many wounded as the San Diego Police Department cuffed Schwartz and put in the back of the squad car by trying to break out a contrived effort for a group sing of "You Lost that Loving Feeling." Charges against the coach are still pending.

Since all the players of both Michigan State University and the University of North Carolina basketball teams were killed in the crash, the players of the Detroit Lions elected to play a shirtless game of volleyball in their stead.

J.T. O'Sullivan Lives - Episode 1

A new podcast is born today.  We discuss all the hippest happenings in the NFC North.  Why do we hate Jay Cutler?  Is Aaron Rodgers close to surpassing a certain former Packer QB in the hearts and minds of Packer Backers everywhere?  Are the Lions actually playing in the most important game of the week?
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Just press play and let our mellifluous blabberings envelop you.