Football’s Rasputin: The Jeff Fisher Mystery

Jeff Fisher, with records of 7-8-1, 7-9, 6-10, and now 7-9 will apparently be back to coach the St. Louis/Los Angeles/San Antonio/London/Kalamazoo/Wall Walla/Cucoumonga Rams next season. To put this into perspective, only two (count them:2!) coaches in NFL history have ever coached a game in a fifth season after starting

Stuck In the Wood Chip-per

The Eagles have released one Charles Edward "Chip" Kelly as head coach of the Philadelphia Iggles.  I think our next DFO Prediction ContestT should be where does Chip end up: Tennessee Titans, U of Texas, USC, or choose your own adventure. Anyhoo, so long Chip, we'll always remember you as

Goodbye, Kitchenette

Gawker has decided, in its INFINITE wisdom, to remove some of its subdomains and focus on the shitshow megacarnival that is the American political machine.  Not that they could have just kept Wonkette and done that, but whatever.  The real losers in this deal are the men and women losing

Hasta la Vista, Grantland

ESPN has officially killed their longform storytelling boutique site, and the inspiration for the greatest subdomain on the interwebs, the MMQB. http://espnmediazone.com/us/espn-statement-regarding-grantland/ While Simmons' departure certainly put Grantland on notice of cancellation, the news, coming the Friday before Halloween when they hoped we weren't looking, is still jarring.  Personally, I was always

Let’s Try This Again: Republican Debates Y’All!

Hey guys, some of you may remember the last Republican debates that we hosted here as an UNMITIGATED disaster.  Well, we're going to do a little better this time.  Come join us as we listen to: racists morons smart people who say dumb things misogynists anti-union lunatics one lady a full-sized oompa loompa a mob boss caricature a wealthy

The First Real Open Thread of the Season!

Holy crap, it's here.  We have ACTUAL, COUNTING FOOTBALL for the first time in roughly 10 quatrillion years.  We've been subjected to preseason football, Ballghazi, Spygate Redux, The assorted ongoing [*Redacted] s debacle, the goddamned Patriots being your returning champions, the preseason knee apocalypses of Jordy Nelson and Kelvin Benjamin, thousands