Inshallah – A Very Special 9/11 Footballing Evening Thread

I didn't learn much today, that shouldn't already be glaringly obvious: Don't bet on Tennessee. For the love of Christ, don't bet on Illinois. Maybe don't bet on JV NFL, like, at all?? Ronaldo can still excel as a flat track bully. Arsenal will not go pointless for the 2021-22 season/ So

A Very Special Footballing 9/11 Thread

Guten morgen, y'all.  I hope Santa brought everyone what they wanted this year.  20 years is apparently the fuckloads of leftover Murrikan high-tech weaponry aanniversary.  NEVAR stop learnin! Lesser Footy comes back from its dumbass international break, with Spurs and rebuilding Palace leading things off (7:30, NBCSN).  If early fixtures are

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Finals Week 2

Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We've eliminated two more teams. Which ones were they? Let's see what happened. *** AFL 2021 Finals Week 2 Recaps Geelong Cats 103 - 68 GWS Giants It was a much different performance this week from the Cats than last week. The same could be said for

Saturday JV-palooza Open Thread (Part One)

Sadly, we are on international break, so there is no Lesser Footy to discuss.  No Lesser Footy of any consequence, anyway.  Good thing the teevee folks managed to fanagle a strong Week One slate.  Among the fixtures Hippo suggests watching: Paedo State (+5.5) at Wisconsin (Noon, Fox) Walking penis James Franklin is

JV NFL Opening(ish) Night! Open Thread

The tevee fuckadoos called last Saturday "Week Zero" - even though the results count (sorry, Cornfuckers).  So in a technical sense (the best kind of right!) tonight is Week 1 kickoff.  You have some halfway decent fixtures! Temple (+14) at Rutgers (6:30, BTN) Y'all remember I called (and wagered) the ML for

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Finals Week 1

Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We've eliminated two teams. Which ones were they? Let's see what happened. *** AFL 2021 Finals Week 1 Recaps Port Adelaide Power 86 - 43 Geelong Cats I woke up early for work and turned on the game just to see that Geelong was getting its ass kicked.

Saturday Smorgasboard Lesser Footy (and one JV Offering!) Open Thread

Supporters across the Premiership anxiously wait, as deadline day (1 Sept) approaches.  For some, it's wondering if Santa will arrive and/or how much cool new shit they get.  For others (cough, cough, Everton) it's praying The Grinch doesn't take away everything.  Including the will to live. But first, we got fixtures

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Week 23

Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We've gotten to the end of the Home and Away Season! Finals start this week. Let's see what happened. *** AFL 2021 Season Week 23 Recaps Western Bulldogs 64 - 66 Port Adelaide Power This was the first of many crazy and exciting games this weekend. Port