Offseason Events

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 7

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Last week, I opened by referencing Temptation Island and showed a random picture of a movie called Number 96.  I am, quite frankly, surprised that no one commented on the Fox show, which was, for the time, quite unusual and titillating (he he).  Little did I know that the Number

Top-Heavy: How Vernon Hargreaves III and Ryan Kelly Determined the 2016 [DFO] Draft Contest Winner

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So, first, I'd like to thank everyone who took part in the inaugural [DFO] Draft Challenge, Pick Is In. I didn't watch any of the event (I was in Denver for a horrible-weather weekend where I was quite disappointed by the lack of public celebration for the Bronco's Super Bowl

AFC West Draft Roundtable Spectacularium!

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Welcome to DFO's initial Divisional Draft roundtable. Drinking an Abita Wrought Iron IPA and avoiding my family, I am King Hippo, representing the World Muthafuckin' Champion Donks. We also have world famous alternate Internet Dad (and Raiders fan) Rikki-Tikki-Deadly, plus the stomp stomp CLAP!! duo of Old School Zero and

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 6

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No trips for me this week, so we are back to our regular schedule. There is a LOT to talk about.  Remember that talk we had about Hawthorn?  Apparently somebody was paying attention.  The details behind that, our first 100+ point victory margin of the season, a new footballer to

Pick Is In – A [DFO] 2016 Draft Challenge LIVE Results Post

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So we've made it to the first major event of the 2016 NFL season, the first round of the draft is tonight! As we are reminded that coaches, general managers, and meddling owners are the real stars of this league, we will also use this event to be introduced to the latest class

Diary of a Panic Attack Pt. 1

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Sup, kiddos. I used to suffer from the occasional panic attack episodes (meaning 1-4 over the span of 2-3 days) every year, year and half growing up. I didn't know what they were, nor did my parents ever really see fit to have it looked into. It's not their fault; I

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Rounds 4 and 5

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In case you missed it, I was in Dallas last weekend visiting a friend and enjoying a lot of this: and this so I was in no state to write the AFL Beat.  Upon my return, work was crazy busy so my promised mid-week edition of the AFL Beat did not happen.

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 3

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I always enjoy the odd-numbered rounds more than the even-numbered ones.  I'm not sure why.  Around round three is where teams begin to differentiate themselves and you can start to tell who will be good, bad, really good, and really bad.  This glorious in-depth analysis you can't get anywhere else

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round Two

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After a thrilling Opening Round that saw both the defending regular season champion and the Grand Final champion go down in defeat, the big question this week was how would the losers react.  Would they bounce back to keep everyone in the competition fairly close or would we start to

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round One

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One of the things I love about this league is that it always brings you surprises.  Some are pleasant and some not, but it is not easy to predict what will happen week to week.  Maybe this is why the AFL has embraced gambling and has an online sportsbook as