Your “Aww, Not Him Again?” Hate Week Thursday Evening Open Thread

Welcome to Day 4 of [DFO] Hate Week, where it appears we have come across a perennial topic of this-here exercise - Tom Brady, burgeoning oligarch. Given tonight's topic, there was only one real choice for tonight's theme song, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbnm-0r3suM We all saw the NFC Championship game last week, and we all heard

Your “I Only Wish For Peace & Harmony” Wednesday Evening Hate Week Open Thread

Welcome, one and all, to Day 3 of Hate Week, where I go off on the changing nature of the fan experience, and its consequences for the greater society. Today's thread is brought to you by Metallica, because fuck yeah! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu5RT-3Kk08 Also, here's a special "hello" to all the Jeffrey Epstein & Traci

“It’s Not Just The Age of Consent” – Your Tuesday Night Hate Week Open Thread

Good evening everyone, and welcome to Day 2 of [DFO] Hate Week, brought to you tonight by the number 18 https://dai.ly/x8n6raq I write this post as a follower of an 18-game football league. As The Maestro is better able to explain, the CFL has had an 18-game schedule since 1986.  This results in

“What’s Old Is Stupid Again” – Your Monday Night DFO Hate Week Open Thread

Welcome, one and all, to another edition of [DFO] Hate Week, an annual tradition not unlike Festivus where we take aspects of the game we all enjoy and express our dissatisfaction at certain aspects of it. I'm your host for most of the week, Beerguyrob, and together we will walk hand-in-hand setting

“How Did I Do At The Job I Did?” – A [DFO] Season Preview Review

Hey everyone, It’s your old pal Beerguy, back again ahead of the annual DFO Hate Week to start possibly a new tradition in order to feed the #ContentMonster - the season-ending review of the previews. It’s also a good chance to laugh at ourselves because unless you picked RAMMIT, there was little

“Soar, You Mighty Wing’d Beasts” – The Falcons at their Bye

Look - can I be honest here for a second? A Week 5 bye is hardly something to measure a team against unless they are 4-0 or 0-4. The Falcons at 2-2 are the worst kind of temperate because of how they got here: Week 1 - lost to the Bucs by

“Is Gary Bettman Dead Yet?” – A Spiteful NHL Season Preview Open Thread

Hi everyone, It's your old pal Beerguyrob, once again here to show why October is the best sports month as, in conjunction with the NFL, and MLB, it's time to rejoice and push that parlay because the NHL is back in town. With that in mind, and before all of you destroy your devices

“Will CBP Let Me In, or Will ICE Send Me Home?” – a Seahawks Season Preview

Hi again, As the resident [DFO] Seahawks season ticket holder, I thought I'd preview the season by letting you know how much fun it's going to be attending games this season. The Border Now, you may have heard that there's a bit of a shakeup at the land crossings, because of all the

“False Evidence Appearing Real” – An Atlanta Falcons Season Preview

Well, here we are again. Welcome, everyone, to the Atlanta Falcons, Having covered the Falcons for [DFO] since 2018, I've decided the time has come for an intervention. No other kind of bankruptcy is like this one. Following the Falcons, now become the rapacious creditor, bleeds me of all self-sufficiency and