JFG Nation, so many feels right now. DC, MD, VA, Hogwarts, and Narnia are in a state of winter emergency. Wisconsinites and Minnesotans who live in the area are scoffing at the impending blizzard. Supermarkets are being cleared of provisions. And ALL of this is distracting from the fact that this weekend is NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TIME!

This weekend’s games are straightforward: Patriots (-3) @ Denver, and Cardinals @ Panthers (-3). I’m not going to re-hash all the storylines that have been force fed to us by every single channel for the past week (Brady v. Manning! Uggs v. Papa Johns! And hey, Cam Newton threw that 12th man towel! Bruce Arians is a coin flip truther! Why is that Macklemore commercial with Russell Wilson so annoying?!) And I’m CERTAINLY not going to give my picks on the game because I have just been HORRIBLE at postseason bets.

(…..Patriots -3, UNDER 44.5, Cardinals +3, UNDER 47.5 I CAN’T STOP)

Instead I want to look at all the potential matchups we COULD be seeing in SB50, and rank them in order of annoying potential:

MOST ANNOYING: Patriots v. Panthers > Cam v. Brady! Whose smile is bigger? Can the SB Champions repeat? Will the Carolina Panthers actually run the ball on the 1-yard line instead of passing it into Malcolm Butler’s hands?

SECOND: Patriots v. Cardinals > Yes, I am hating on New England since I’m a lowly Bills fan. At least here we get a matchup we matchup we should’ve seen in January 2006 – Palmer never should have been injured and Brady never should have lost to Jake friggin Plummer.

NOT SO ANNOYING: Broncos v. Panthers > This is slightly annoying since I would expect the Panthers to give the Broncos the beat down, and I don’t know if I can watch another Super Bowl where Peyton Manning gets crushed and stumbles around like a Mortal Kombat character before a finishing move.

LEAST ANNOYING (to me): Broncos v. Cardinals > Hey, it’s appropriate that it’s Super Bowl 50, because both quarterbacks are 50 years old! Holy eff, though, Peyton Manning is 39, Carson Palmer is 36. I’M not that far off from either age, and they both look octogenarians. This REALLY would be a matchup we should have seen back in 2006…Palmer’s Bengals vs. Manning’s Colts. ….Apparently, I love living in the past.

Anyways, enjoy the weekend, stay safe in the snow, and let me know in the comments below which Super Bowl matchup YOU’RE hoping for!

Today’s junk food: New Hot & Spicy Cheez-It Grooves!!

New Hot & Spicy Cheez-It Grooves: The Money Shot

OH MAN, I love Cheez-It Grooves. I munch on their other two flavors, Zesty Ranch and White Cheddar, all the time. They also came out with a plain flavor not long ago, and now Sunshine has added these New Hot & Spicy Cheez-It Grooves to the flavor line!  WOOT WOOT.

Hot and Spicy is not a new flavor to Cheez-Its generally – the normal Hot and Spicy Cheez-It box usually has a Tabasco bottle on the front. Let’s do pics and then the review.

Opening the box of New Hot & Spicy Cheez-It Grooves, I sniffed and caught a slight vinegar-y tang burn of the nostrils. It was very very light…but there. Each cracker/chip was nice and orange/red, with specks of something to represent the fuego, I guess.

I munched on some of these New Hot & Spicy Cheez-It Grooves, and they were not surprisingly VERY VERY GOOD. Nothing new or mindblowing here if you’ve had Hot & Spicy regular Cheez-Its before – good cheddar flavor still, with an added slighty spicy burn. The flavor is definitely that of Tabasco – tangy, vinegar-y, tomato-y. That sharper flavor plus the cheese flavor worked really well on top of the very light and crispy cracker. Not too spicy at all, for me – it took several handfuls before my lips/tongue tingled at all.

Not an extensive review because they don’t need much more description. Good texture, Tabasco flavor, all that great Cheez-It taste. Solid snack. WHAT TOOK SO LONG, SUNSHINE?

PURCHASED AT: Giant, Van Ness, DC

COST: $3.00 on sale

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Sincerely,

Junk Food Guy