Has It Been That Long…? Open Thread

Hey there kids, it’s your Absent Stepfather, Darkest Timeline Zach Morris.  I was looking back fondly at the earlier days of this wonder site of dreams and wishes, and saw that the All-Star Game last season was our very first live blog here.  It really got me thinking about what we’re doing here, and why.

When this site was created, I never actually intended it to be a replacement for KSK.  It was a place where people who didn’t want to put up with the Nat Turners of the world could go to write our own posts and keep out the riff-raff.  It functioned that way at first, as a kind of on-the-side project.

When KSK kerploded after the season, we had a couple of options.  We could let all of you disenfranchised weirdos go off and make dick jokes and post boob gifs on other sites, or we could expand the site here to allow everyone a fun place to hang out.

And so, Football To The Groin was born.  (Wait, we called it WHAT?) We definitely experienced some growing pains, and have had our share of issues, like any startup.  We’ve also done all of this without asking you guys for money, or using ads to pay for server space or site upgrades.  I think it’s important to keep this site as an independent beast, and somewhere that you are proud to go.

All of this is due to the friendships that I developed at KSK, and I would never disparage the authors and creators at KSK by saying that we’re better.  We’re DIFFERENT.  This isn’t a job for any of us.  It’s a passion project that we keep afloat because we want it to succeed.

So here’s to another year of dick jokery.  Thank you guys and gals for sticking with us.  We’re going to upgrade the look of the site soon and we’ll keep trying to improve the place as we go to help make this the friendliest, most accepting football dick joke blog on the interwebz.  Tell your friends, bring your neighbors, and let’s make this year the year Door Flies Open blows up!

(Then, maybe I can sell the joint.)