The Football Outsiders Homage to TMQ Contest

Football Outsiders

Watch this weekend’s action. Then e-mail your best TMQ-like commentary to info-@-footballoutsiders.com. You can include:

  • Haikus
  • Sweet Play of the Week
  • Sour Play of the Week
  • Stat of the Week
  • Local Affiliates Programming Outrage of the Week
  • Tis Better to Have Rushed and Lost Than Never to Have Rushed At All
  • Stop Me Before I Blitz Again
  • Best and Worst Blocks
  • Best in a Lost Cause
  • Worst Pass-Wacky
  • Buck-Buck-Brawckkkkkkk
  • Maroon Zone
  • TMQ Insider Exclusive
  • Obscure College Score of the Week
  • New York Times Final-Score Score

Extra points go to references to:

  • TMQ’s Immutable Laws (Play Fake on First, Clang On First Bars Run On Second (even though we questioned that one), Kick Early Go For It Late (we question that one too), K2 Survival Gear Does Not Equal Victory)
  • TMQ team names like “Squared Sevens,” “Flaming Thumbtacks,” “Cleveland Oranges,” and “Chesapeake Region Indigenous Persons”
  • Football Gods
  • Star Trek
  • Cheerleader babes
  • Poor uniform choices
  • United States defense policy
  • Physics
  • The Democratic presidential candidates

Negative points go to references to:

  • Disney
  • Miramax
  • Quentin Tarantino