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AFL Beat 2026 – Season Preview!

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The AFL season starts this week with the "Opening Round" which the AFL has done for two years now and it's apparently here to stay. Oh, and this year, we have a WILD CARD! In the God Knows How Many years I've been actively following the AFL (not counting my

Ballsy’s Saturday Night World Cup Group Previews and Open Thread – Group H

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Again, a huge THANK YOU to Dok for fixing the Clone function! You can call it laziness. I prefer to call it efficiency. Either way, I can now crank these out and be ahead of the game. While Hippo may choose to ignore this year's tournament to be held in the

Ballsy’s World Cup Group Previews and Open Thread – Group L

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First off all, a huge THANK YOU to Dok for fixing the Clone function! You can call it laziness. I prefer to call it efficiency. Either way, I can now crank these out and be ahead of the game. While Hippo may choose to ignore this year's tournament to be held

Love Stinks, Offseason Sunday Etc. Etc.

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Hola beautiful gente. I read somewhere that if you write about your love, words will flow like a riverbed: continuously, along mushy or rocky edges. And in this time of solitude, unimpeded by pro fitbaw, I can’t help feeling overwhelmed by melancholy and yearning about In good times and bad, I

Saturday night open thread – No Clone edition

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So, the Clone function is borked and I can't use the same format as before. Therefore, you get a stripped-down version of the Open Thread. DO SOMETHING, CONGRESS!! Golf was fun today. It was fucking freezing at 6:30 AM, when we started, but it warmed up nicely as the day

2Pack’s Random Cortina-Milano 2026 Winter Olympic Games Thoughts and Relevant Recollections

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Hippo and Other Hippo are saving their pithiness FOAR Monday's Owl in review.  Fortunately, 2pack chipped in with the following, epic Olympics post.  Without further ado... *** Ciao Tutti. As a filler contribution to the Clubhouse while we await the Owl and dark times without No Fun League games for seven months,

Yet another Saturday Morning Hippo Substitute Open Thread

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Somewhere in California.... The Hippo is taking care of some Hippo business today, so you get me. This is meant to get you going until the games start today. First off, can we talk about how hilarious this is? IMG_3026 Hat tip to Redshirt for posting that. Not Zac Taylor is just

Your Saturday Morning Hippo Substitute Open Thread

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Somewhere in California.... The old man grumbled. He said to himself, "Wait. Was I supposed to do something tomorrow?" He muttered to himself, "Aww, shit! I think I promised to fill in on Saturday mornings now that Hippo is done with JV football and now that he apparently has decided he