Saturday Preliminaries Thread

Everton have been playing dreadful footy since the calendar flipped to 2024, but hey - at least I caught wind of another beautiful woman (Giulia Bould, of BBC Merseyside) who shares my Toffees life sentence.  At least we've built ample character these last few years! And thank Mother of Fuck, we

AFL Beat 2024 – Round 2

I think the new format worked last week. Let's give it another go! *** The Ladder *** The Results *** The Highlights https://youtu.be/svwenEyEo6A?si=sPVEF4A6hRrh4iSF https://youtu.be/Pe4HxYSN2NY?si=T_MW_ZPsx42gA6CL https://youtu.be/MISYy9MWixE?si=qBcEHRowaNWr2zhH https://youtu.be/Xs6ICp2BAn4?si=MMfrk87bMWusGwvw https://youtu.be/SdqPLPl8UZ4?si=mMXm1SAM8iJbXD-v https://youtu.be/8dQ7U7rHkAw?si=mJno-XPtSIOq0KPc https://youtu.be/2Z969r5fTdc?si=iMMyIICVXjb2wa8a https://youtu.be/8IXnNZJwwys?si=Riys4g0BaH0NoZiU *** Next Round's Schedule *** Footy Tipping Contest *** Notes and Comments I'm now shocked that the defending champion Collingwood Magpies is 0-3 to start the year. That's the defending champion! Oh you know they're under the pump now. On the other

Evening Hoopsball Thread

I am not watching, but Scotchy's work ethic called and the content monster shall not rest.  So you get the below half-assedry! 10MW Colorado State (+2.5) v. 7MW Texas (6:50, TNT) I feel like this is an animal-fondler Derby.  One knows all the Texas jokes already, but have you BEEN to Fort

AFL Beat 2024 – Round 1

I'm going to try a new format this year. Let's see if it works. *** The Ladder *** The Results *** The Highlights https://youtu.be/kCKRQhsS42g?si=TIlsFvD02hhjGWM6 https://youtu.be/6yQqqv8kmYQ?si=wY9dEhDRbZcHsgHH https://youtu.be/f_2MsFf6l6g?si=VgX7KspT2AJLwD-P https://youtu.be/mD8BjL5rVss?si=5HajLz5G_pvv-90x https://youtu.be/ZXaf5cgsCUs?si=JdxvCgQru7fif_Ox https://youtu.be/d7XH2Qml_No?si=M82q2JbzAD0zK6C6 https://youtu.be/k5hUqt32fP4?si=7NEDgxSbADwMIiY- https://youtu.be/1nZ62rvWwBM?si=cn4U0DfYyeEBcVeo https://youtu.be/VN3asThoLoE?si=-QlqewJXqVNXbO2P https://youtu.be/ok9ZQwastw4?si=laKu5gAFAnFcpzf1 https://youtu.be/0_7nPEuFy5k?si=E6oMaZfSd6q1y-Nc https://youtu.be/HUe5BlsUzss?si=6R2WATYxPVfAkQYb https://youtu.be/gpv_E1zjyG8?si=d7zhDmCXn8Ee9lPz *** Next Round's Schedule *** Footy Tipping Contest *** Notes and Comments I don't think anyone would have guessed that the defending champion Collingwood Magpies would be 0-2 to start the year. That's a huge surprise to me. Hippo take

Saturday Morning Rant

I am a fairly tolerant mammal.  I think pluralism is vital, and have no interest in everyone thinking or believing the same, from religion to politics to sportsball. But you don't get to believe there are no other planets, that the earth is flat, or that polio's return would be good for

Balls metaphorically shoots Franz Ferdinand

I write this fully knowing the consequences. I apologize in advance for the blood about to be shed. However, I've held my tongue long enough. I'm only doing this for the good of society. Here goes: Girl Scout Cookies are tasteless saturated fat guilt bombs that prey on the weak and

A Thursday Afternoon Carpenter Existential Experience!

Greetings, hola, guten tag, ni how, and yadda yadda. I swear the month of February exists only to mess with people's sense of time, space, and perception. 2024 is already six weeks old, we never really had winter in Yinzburgh, and I can't tell if the days are getting longer (sort

Your “How the Hell Is it Mardi Gras?” Open Night Chatty-Chat

Seriously. T-Swift can'y even stand yet after post-Owl celebrations her and Travis have been doing, and it's friggin' Lent tomorrow. On Valentine's Day! Anyway, it's Mardi Gras tonight, so NAWLINS had to have been weirder than normal this past weekend/week. I'm grew up Catholic, and now generously describe myself as "lapsed" at