Month: May 2016

Your “Catching You Up On Things” Tuesday Open Thread

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That was a fun weekend. Road trip! Whale watching! Five-pin bowling & birthday cake! Captain America! I hope Memorial Day holds as much promise for American DFO Commentists. ENOUGH YAMMERING! Onto the stories. NFL News out of the Charlotte meetings: the owners agreed to the proposed instant-replay changes. To wit: "The Replay Official and

Copa America Centenario Preview – Group C – Mexico

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Mexico is the place of my birth.  It is a beautiful country full of beautiful beaches with lavish resorts, important archaeological sites, amazing food, and a perenially underachieving National Soccer team that is guaranteed to make it out of the Group Phase of every World Cup and lose the first elimination game.  El

Your “This Was A Surprise?” Monday Open Thread

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FYI: As one of DFO's official "Noticers of esoterica", it's my job to point out that DFO reached 1500 posts this weekend. And the wizard behind post 1500? Balls, with the AFL Beat. Well done all around. The Jags pre-season highlights just keep coming: Shaq Thompson was involved in a head-on

Copa America Centenario Preview – Group C – Panama

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Before anything, click play on this: The Canaleros, which is a nickname that sounds dirtier than it is (it means The Canal People), arrive to Copa America Centenario with pretty much the same squad that they have used for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.  The full roster is here: The head coach

Angry Dad – Who is this bastard?

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They fucked up. Yup, the Gods of DFO decided to let me write a regular post. There’s no going back now. Like Hunter Thompson wrote, “Buy the ticket, take the ride.” So what’s this ride about? Angry Dad is about my experiences as a middle aged father of three living in a world

Offseason Diversions: Euro 2016 and Copa América Centenario Open POSTS and Thread

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Mandatory minicamps start by mid-June. In the meantime, IT’S THE EURO AND COPA CENTENARIO! The U.S.A is hosting the Copa and already teams are dissing the travel arrangements. Are you gonna take this from invading Peter Kings? Many are leftists. Or are WE, COMMENTISTS, GONNA POST SOMETHING ABOUT IT!1!1 As humans, the

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 9

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Collingwood beat us last year in a game they shouldn't have.  They were coming off a big victory last week and we were feeling good about ourselves after winning the Patrick Dangerfield Bowl.  It was a recipe for disaster.  Oh well.  My disappointment, other people's disappointments, a new AFL footballer to