Your “Wait, there’s no football today?” Saturday Morning Soccer Open Thread

As sad as it may seem,  there is only one game left in the NFL season and it is not today.  It's time to get used to life without the NFL. All is good, of course, because we not only have AFLW and AFL to look forward to but we still

DFO University – Gambling 4

Welcome students! WAKE UP WEASELO! Ok,  that's a little better.  Now,  today's topic is an Intro to Gambling. Pay attention as your future epic Vegas stories and fortunes may depend on this. Gambling can be subdivided into two major categories: Games of Chance and Games of Skill. The secrets to success are different

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2018 Season Kickoff!

Now that the NFL off-season is here, it's time to move on to worthier pursuits.  I speak, of course, of AFL, AFLW, and AFLX. Yes, AFLX.  This is a brand new game the AFL is trying out to see if it can capture the imagination of countries that don't play cricket

An Intro to DFO University

Good morning students! Flattery will get you a lot of places,  Ms. Spears,  but you'll need a lot more than THAT to get your degree! Ok,  see me after class. As for the rest of you,  look at the person to your left.   Now look at the person to your right.  Now pinch

Your “Dogfart Invades Europe 2” for Best Foreign Non-Feature AVN Awards Show Nominees

In the same general purple pulsating vein as Make it Snow's Oscars nominees preview,  I present to you this year's nominees for the AVN Awards. The winners will be announced this weekend at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas,  Nevada at a gala you can still buy tickets

Welcome to the DFO Off-season!!

Another NFL year is in the books,  but fear not,  dear reader,  for we have plenty of #content to keep you amused and occupied until this mad cycle begins again. All of your favourite off-season recurring features are BACK such as Yeah Right's Sunday Gravy,  RTD's Request Line,  my AFL Beat, 

Semi- Instantaneous Balls Thoughts

You may have noticed my absence most of this weekend.  I stopped watching after the Falcons blew a golden opportunity to beat the Eagles at their own place. This would be the theme of the weekend. In the DFO Insiders,  I had picked Atlanta,  New England,  Pittsburgh,  and New Orleans. If it

Your Yeah Right family Battle Royale Open Thread

We have DJ Taj and his New Orleans Saints going up against Yeah Right and his Minnesota Vikings for the right to go to the NFC Championship Game. Let's go to The Tale Of The Tape! Cooking skills: Advantage Yeah Right Writing while on unknown substances: Advantage DJ Taj QB: Advantage DJ Taj RB: Advantage

Your Saturday morning pre-NFL soccer thread

At the risk of having y'all say,  "Fuck,  Balls again?!?" and having it NOT be related to what you did a few hours ago, This time,  I'm filling in for Don T as he was originally scheduled to regale you with tales of La Liga legends EPL underdogs And other stuff But his doctor/curandero

TGISF – AWITM edition

Normally, you'd get TWBS back this week for your Sexy Friday goodness.  HOWEVAH, I begged and pleaded with him to let me do this one more time as I had an idea in mind.  He reluctantly said ok.  This may or may not have been influenced by the fact that I

LA Football Report – RAMMIT Postseason Edition

Here we are, back again, to take a look at football in LA this year. The regular season is over for all teams, so we have a good basis for comparison. Here is our final chart: As you can see, the college teams collectively outdrew the NFL teams on average attendance. 

Quotable Submissions – End of Regular Season 2017

Happy New Year to everyone!  This is your friendly neighborhood Balls here.  Our usual author, Blaxxy, had himself quite a New Year and is under the weather. Anywhoo, you get me this week. As I mentioned in the New Year Open Thread, one of my New Year resolutions is to look