"Team-Building Exercise" -- Sept. 20, 2024

[Cindy N]

Welp, I'm on the shore. I'll share my wayward journey after the puzzle closes. Needless to say, it made SOOOOOOO much sense!

[jimbo1]

Ashore.
A ballpark hotdog and a Coors, please.

[Steve_S]

I'd like a Guinness please - before we're out - expecting a big crowd this week!
Steve

[Franky_T]

Ashore. Another fun Zoom call.

[halseymac]

This NC Tar Heel is on the board. Beer me! This was a fun one!

[MaineMarge]

Ashore with a solo solve!
Feeling proud, since pretty much all of my football knowledge involves knowing what a football looks like..

[Grover]

Touchdown on the beach. No punting for me.

[Georgeall]

Off on a trip until Friday night... came back and landed ashore.

[JeanneC]

Ashore. Overthought it for awhile.
Weekend is mine!

[haydendog]

Ashore with help from @mattythewsjpuzzler.
Of course I made it much harder than it had to be and my husband actually had the answer written down(!) but it didn’t register.

[Bonnibel]

Not at all in my wheelhouse. Suddenly it dawned on me - success!

My hubby & I are attending the Los Angeles fundraising gala tomorrow for Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF), the leading global organization for advocacy and funding a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. My beautiful granddaughter was diagnosed last year at age 3. A very worthwhile charity!

breakthrought1d.org

Happy weekend everyone!

Cheers!

[scrabbler]

Thank goodness... I'm clambering onto the shore from my life raft, soaked to the skin. Still embarrassed to be late to the party, so I'll huddle by the fire with some hot tea for now, thank you.

I did guess the answer in a delirium while drifting, but I now have the click as well.

[Sloane]

Ashore!

[Plymouthrock]

I barely know what NFL stands for. When my husband told me theme I groaned. And yet, here I am. I’ll have that beer.

[Beth C]

Ashore.

[Wendy Walker]

Saturday Morning Report

On the Ship: altosax, katydid, and Susan Goldberg

Arriving on the happy shores of Muggle Beach (though there have been some rumblings about a few inconsistencies in this puzzle) are:

Dr. Tom
Gman
Schmeel
TheKater
JPMalone
Toby
Ann
Regfish7
Miki
PQ63
BrennerTJ
TeaJenny
HeyMikey
SamanthaA
SJM
Cjoloug1
CopperRiver
Nlobb
Girubato1
Alvibu67
NuYear68
Yoda66
HomerBuckle
Ben B
Birdbrain
Mattythewsjpuzzler
Acarl
Dho
Lyman
Franky_T
Chocoholic
Trey
Deb F
Beleaguered Castle
Libbypibby
Dancedad17
Char
C=64
Jrdad
Tom Shea
Al Laubenstein
Cindy N (who shared two great stories on Friday's Zoom call: one is how she became a football expert; two is her rabbit hole on this week’s puzzle)
Jimbo1
Steve_S
Halseymac
MaineMarge
Grover
Georgeall
JeanneC
Haydendog
Bonnibel
Scrabbler (who has reached shore with much relief after previously reporting being at sea)
Sloane
Plymouthrock
Beth C

[JoDave]

KAS 2 for me. I’m an idiot but ashore.

[BarbaraK]

I really don’t know why I can’t get this. I know a lot about football since it was my primary bonding mechanism with my son. But still, nothing.

I think that knowing a lot about the subject is often more hindrance than help with metas. When you know a lot, you can find rabbit holes everywhere. When you know almost nothing, you see one little thing that maybe rings a bell and tells you what to google. Which is how I found myself on shore.

[WDunbar]

On shore I think, although I feel there are some confounding elements that make this one less clean than others. Or maybe I just got it wrong... Anyway I'll take my beer whether I deserve it or not.

[Fogway]

Had the first step, but needed a nudge from Don to get to shore. Sticking with black coffee.