Your post -AFL madness lazy Saturday open thread

ballsofsteelandfury - July 29, 2017July 29, 2017

Those of you that watched AFL last night/ this morning know what I'm talking about. This Round there have been gigantic upsets, thrilling last- minute finishes, and a heartbreak or two. Again, why are you not watching???? It is easy to stream on the Watch AFL app and then, if you have

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 18

ballsofsteelandfury - July 24, 2017July 24, 2017

We are getting closer and closer to the end of the Home and Away season and things are heating up. This week, someone else got 8 out of 9 on our tipping contest, the finals picture got muddled, and the fight to avoid the Wooden Spoon has a new contender!

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 17

ballsofsteelandfury - July 17, 2017July 17, 2017

Man, the action does not stop with this league! As always, the action was awesome on the field, but this week we also had action off the field. And the AFL again provided multiple reasons why it is run better than the NFL. Let's get right to it. Welcome to Balls

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 16

ballsofsteelandfury - July 10, 2017July 10, 2017

So, you know how I keep saying that this season is full of surprises and that you never know what's going to happen on any particular week? Follow me and I'll show you some real crazy shit. Crazy enough to make Donovan McNabb lose his mind. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 15

ballsofsteelandfury - July 3, 2017July 3, 2017

Don't let it ever be said that I don't care for you. Yes, I am currently in my underwear and either completely asleep or lounging around the house not doing a motherfucking thing thanks to my work supervisors letting me have the day off today. Yet, I toil in the DFO

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 14

ballsofsteelandfury - June 26, 2017June 26, 2017

So, this season has been pretty crazy, right? No way we get humongous upsets and last minute finishes, right? Yup, strap yourselves in. We're in for a bumpy ride. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We start in Adelaide, where the league-leading Crows were hosting the Hawthorn Hawks on Australian Thursday Night

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 13

ballsofsteelandfury - June 19, 2017June 19, 2017

We are at the halfway point, the dreaded byes are over, and we can finally make some definitive statements about this year's competition and the prospects for every team going forward. This is going to be fun. Let's dive in! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 13 Let's start things off

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 12

ballsofsteelandfury - June 12, 2017June 12, 2017

Ok, seriously, what the hell happened this week? You know what? I'm just going to tell you what happened and then we can go about our business. How does that sound? Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The Round started with an Australian Thursday Night Footy (Wednesday late night/Thursday morning for us

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 11

ballsofsteelandfury - June 5, 2017June 5, 2017

We're getting close to the halfway point and the dreaded byes have started, so this week's Beat is going to be a little abbreviated. How abbreviated? Six games in all instead of our usual nine. I know, I'm as disappointed as you are, but if we stick together, we'll make

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 10

ballsofsteelandfury - May 29, 2017May 28, 2017

As I mentioned mid-week, this week's Round is the Indigenous Round, which is meant to honor and recognize the contributions of Aboriginal people to Australian Football and to Australian culture in general. If you ever want to go down an interesting rabbithole, look up the history of Australia and its

Your 2017 Indigenous Round Guernseys!

ballsofsteelandfury - May 24, 2017May 23, 2017

Welcome to a special mid-week edition of the AFL Beat. The Indigenous Round is always one of my favorite Rounds as each team comes up with designs that reflect the culture of the Indigenous people of Australia in an effort to recognize the contributions that Indigenous people have made to

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 9

ballsofsteelandfury - May 22, 2017May 22, 2017

We are BACK! And now that our fun quest/saga has concluded nicely with the Goddess in my lovely arms, it is time for me to take over the mid-morning Monday timeslot (see, AFL Media? I can do alliteration too! Call me!). This week, the Cats stop playing like pussies, there was