It’s Hall of Fame Weekend™ in the NFL, and they always celebrate this by playing – gasp, ARRRRRRRRGH!!!!! – a real, live football game.
Funny how that happens, hm?
Therefore, the first PFW of the year…
MERLIN, KORRIOTH, OZY, T-BONE, K’HADIBAK’H:  YEAH, YEAHHHHH?!?!?!?!?
…starts…
MERLIN, KORRIOTH, OZY, T-BONE, K’HADIBAK’H:  Awwwwwwww!!!!
…launches…
MERLIN, KORRIOTH, OZY, T-BONE, K’HADIBAK’H:  @)@($@!@$%()@!#)(!@$_(@_####!!!!!!!
LSIK&T:  Do I have  to?
MERLIN, KORRIOTH, OZY, T-BONE, K’HADIBAK’H:  Pleeeeeeeeeeeze?
LSIK&T:    Oh, alright.
…kicks off…
MERLIN, KORRIOTH, OZY, T-BONE, K’HADIBAK’H:  COORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! 
(Well, they are  a pretty good crew.  Why not toss ’em a bone once in a while?)
…kicks off with the Hall of Fame Game™ in Canton, Ohio, between the Warshington Deadskins  and the Indianhapless Dolts.
MERLIN:  Dolts???
LSIK&T:  Peyton’s still hurt and won’t play.
MERLIN:  Ah.  Dolts it is, then.
This will be the one-and-probably-only time we see much of Jim Sorgi in a starting role this year – but Marvin Harrison is back and healthy, so it might not make too much of a difference.
This will also be the first time we see former Miami defensive end Jason Taylor in the maroon-and-American cheese, so I’m looking for Washington to have the upper hand defensively.  Skins will probably win without too much trouble – the Indy offense doesn’t do squat when Peyton’s not running it.
As for you guys’ next question – “Spats, if it doesn’t involve one of your teams, why blog about it?” – the answer to that is because it’s football, and real, live football hasn’t been played in a while, so that’s  what makes it perfect.
Neener, neener.
We’re back Monday for the recap.  And I’ll probably have something to say about Brett Favre, too.
If I still care much about that soap opera by then.
And I don’t give much of a flying fuck about it now.
Eh.
(H/T to the Humble DevilDog.)
Damn – wish I could’ve tried something like this with Steffi.
MERLIN:  Or Yolly.
KORRIOTH:  Or Ana.
OZY MCCOOL:  Or…
LSIK&T (interrupting):  No.  Hell, no.  She reads this blog, I’ll have you know.
OZY MCCOOL:  Eeep.
LSIK&T:  She’s been through enough, and you will not pile on, is that clear, Lieutenant???
OZY MCCOOL:  (ulp) Uh, aye, sir.
Sorry, D.  He got carried away a bit.