Your “DFO Super Bowl Hate Week” Thursday Evening Open Thread

So, it's time to talk about the Demon King. Sorry. I meant Roger Goodell, not the monster that occupies his soul. I decided to save the League's shittiest shitweasel for tonight, because I wanted to attempt a special FJM/KSK-style takedown to his "State of the League" 45-minute address from Wednesday night, using what

Free Ballin’ Football Podcast: Superb Owl Edition

[Editor's Note: Bill from Free Ballin' asked for a guest bloggy-post to introduce  this week's episode, and he handed over the keys to Reverend Mayhem. God help them.] [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/305690620" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]   Men. MEN! It's the last week of the season! Normally, this is a time for us to

Your “DFO Super Bowl Hate Week” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

I was tempted to just type, "I HATE THE FUCKING PATRIOTS! forty times to just get to 200 words. But I forced myself to look at why, exactly, I hate the Patriots so, so much. So I tried to remember their history. Please forgive the length of the journey. It's hard

Celebrity Superb Owl Picks: Sean Spicer

COWARDLY MEDIA WHORE TRADING JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY FOR ACCESS: Good evening, and welcome to CNN. Tonight, we turn to a somewhat lighter topic than normal: picking the winner of the upcoming Super Bowl. With us tonight is professional faux-liberal doormat Alan  Colmes... COLMES: Thank you. I'm just so happy to be... WHORE: And

Your “DFO Super Bowl Hate Week” Monday Evening Open Thread

Welcome to a different week of open threads. One is not obliged to act a part, but it will be impossible to avoid joining in. In respect of the dystopian future that lies ahead, and the passing of John Hurt, I thought I would get DFO ahead of the curve and recognize this

CrimeBeat!: Giving Up the Gun Edition

[Note From The "Author": pursuant to a number of comments across multiple posts, CrimeBeat! will officially be a politics-free zone until things calm the fuck down. I trust that you are all (mostly) intelligent adults who understand the responsibility to keep yourselves informed and participate in the political process. I

Your “Ugh – Two (More) Weeks of that ‘PATS NATION!!’ Garbage?” Monday Evening Open Thread

NFL News: The most exciting Superb Owl week news so far is that Jim Tomsula has been hired by the [Redacteds] as their new D-line coach. the hobo has come home! I hope Big Daddy Drew keeps the "lifehacks" going. Dan Snyder is relieved he now has someone he can pay in

A Completely Neutral, Thorough Preview of the AFC Championship Game

WCS: Well, strangely enough, the Steelers are in the AFC Championship Game. Again. Oh, and it's against the Patriots. Again. This after being 4-5 at one point in November. They've since run off nine-straight wins, won the AFC North, and got through their first two playoff games. Mike Tomlin and

NFL Conference Championship Preview

НФЛ Конференция Чемпионат Превью Here at DFO, we are proud to be a multi-national worldly bunch.  We live in countries other than the United States, we were born in countries other than the US, and we have extensively traveled to countries other than the US.  What we have found is that

Semi-Instant Balls Thoughts – Divisional Day One

Well,  those were two games,  weren't they? So far,  this tourney has gone straight chalk.  Not one upset to be had and not one game within ten points. The funny part is that both Saturday games were close at the half, teasing us with the promise of actual entertaining second half football.

CrimeBeat!: Guess Who’s Rewatching Archer Edition

Oh men. MEN! Like fetuses (feti?) experiencing the uncomprehending trauma and struggle of their own nativity, we have been pushed and squeezed and squished until we passed through the birth  canal  of the regular season and emerged, cold and slimy, into the pitiless bright light of the playoffs. And like