People You’ve Never Heard Of – John Churchill Chase (Part 2)

In Part One, I covered John Churchill Chase's origins as a political and football cartoonist. In Part Two, I will introduce you to his professional football art and cover the rest of his history in New Orleans. Based on the popularity of his Tulane football programs, John Churchill Chase was contracted

People You’ve Never Heard Of – John Churchill Chase (Part 1)

When I was doing some research for a "Hope Clicks Eternal" Texans post, an image page brought the following program to my knowledge I thought, "pretty cool old program", so I set about researching the artist. That led to discovering a man named John Churchill Chase. Born in New Orleans, Chase graduated

Have Your Say: Results From Our 3rd Annual Commentist Survey

After many hours of number-crunching, with the finest analytical minds the world has to offer working tirelessly for weeks on end to interpret the findings... we have our results from the [DFO] Commentist Survey once again, folks! Be sure to check out our top-of-the-line, A1-caliber interactive pie charts for further info

Your “It’s A Matter Of Complete Indifference” Thursday Evening Open Thread

NFL News: FITTY'S BACK! He's due an $11 million base salary on the final year of his contract, so I'm guessing that helps make the decision. Also helping: the future golf career, based on his Pebble Beach Pro-Am victory last weekend. I don't know who'll be throwing him passes. The

Partying in the Underworld

It's a rainy Sunday noonish, and a man with a violin is finishing his teaching for the day. Yes, of course it's Senor Weaselo, who else would it be? Senor: All right, done for the day. Maybe I'll get a bagel and a haircut? His phone starts ringing and popping up on the

Hope Clicks Eternal – The Conference Championships

Or, "The Reasonableness of the Situation". Honestly, after how the games turned out, I was expecting far more vitriol than I found. The Jags were first up https://twitter.com/Jaguars/status/955218198630158336 and their fans took it...pretty well. But, because they were playing the Patriots, like clockwork the accusations started appearing and targeting specific people, along with replaying the

Your “Wearing White? They’re Not Virgins – They’re Whores!” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News: Because they can't wear hoods instead of helmets, the Patriots will wear white during The Big Game™ 12 of the last 13 Super Bowl winners have worn white The Pats are 3-0 in white at the Super Bowl; 2-2 in blue. The Eagles are 0-2 in green. ESPN

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy: Risky Endeavours Explained By “Risk”

Risk. Anyone over the age of 25 remembers this game. A child's game, but not a game just a child will play. Allow me to walk you through the process of how we got to this point. This is Barron Trump, Now, on the surface, he's a mild-mannered kid whose father just happens

Hope Clicks Eternal – The Wildcard Round

Before I go onto the seething that emerged this weekend, allow me to reflect back on what occured while I was enjoying Christmas break https://twitter.com/Ravens/status/947632999516065792 Wildcard weekend, brought to you by my friends at makers of    and The Wildcard weekend did not disappoint. It started with Andy Reid remembering in the second half that he

Your “Man, I’m Dreading The Offseason” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News: Someone made the Grumble Lord mad by asking about the ESPN piece on the alleged dissention in Cheattown. Funnier still, they asked if he was considering the vacant Giants position. He responded by saying he was absolutely coaching the Patriots in 2018. There aren't enough available moms in

Hope Clicks Eternal – The Oakland Raiders

Honestly, after watching the games this weekend, I really wanted to do the Chargers or the Seahawks. But the Dirt Clippers did themselves with the move to LA, and they both deserve their pain & are all-but-dead to this site, so I don't even want to cover their misery. The