Boots on the Ground Down Under, the Third and Final Installment

BrettFavresColonoscopy - September 21, 2023September 21, 2023

When we last left off in recapping my sporting adventures in Oz, I had followed up BOTGs for GWS vs Sydney and RSA vs NED with another Women's World Cup match and my first ever trip to the MCG. Which leaves (checks notes) another WWC match and one last AFL

Your “Boots on the Ground 2: Australian Boogaloo” Tuesday Night Open Thread

BrettFavresColonoscopy - September 12, 2023September 12, 2023

Rev is off tonight. I'm sure it's completely unrelated to last night's tilt featuring his wooly mammals and their LOLjob. That was worth any monkey paw tomfoolery, though. As you may have heard, A-A-Ron's achilles is indeed torn, meaning he is out for the whole season. I'll try and limit my

Are You Ready For Some Football and Boots on the Ground?

BrettFavresColonoscopy - September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

Picture originally from here, modified expertly by me Are you ready for some football? Want to be specific about which kind? Because I have been at a LOT of football games these past few weeks, none of them of the "gridiron" variety. And virtually every minute of it was fucking awesome.

Your “Sir Doug Nicholls Round Recap Redux” Thursday Night Open Thread

BrettFavresColonoscopy - June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

Good evening and Happy June. I'm writing this well in advance because today marks ten years since Lady BFC and I went on our first date, and if I'm in the DFO clubhouse typing away instead of celebrating, something has gone horribly wrong. Speaking of things going horribly wrong, the reason

Your “Sir Doug Nicholls Round AFL Recap” Thursday Night Open Thread

BrettFavresColonoscopy - May 25, 2023May 24, 2023

Evening. Five posts in one month from this guy? I guess you all can't get rid of me. This past weekend was the AFL's Sir Doug Nicholls Round, and while you may recognize that term from Balls's previous writeups, I thought maybe tonight I could do an homage to BeerGuyRob and

Not-So-Instant BFC Thoughts (on Aussie Footy)

BrettFavresColonoscopy - March 21, 2023April 6, 2023

Did you get that thing I didn't send you? Consider this an alternative "AFL Beat" that will mainly focus on the games I watched/tracked this weekend (and I make no promises of doing this on the reg). Keep in mind that I watch these games post hoc on the WatchAFL app,

Your “IT’S HAPPENING” 2023 Aussie Footy Preview and Thursday Night Open Thread

DFOing Good

BrettFavresColonoscopy - March 16, 2023March 16, 2023

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Banner Photo Credit: GWS Giants Homepage I don't know how Irish you are, but if you wanted to celebrate drinking as much as possible, wouldn't you pair up the kickoff of the Australian Football League season with St. Patrick's Day? Because that's what is happening TODAY/started this morning and continues into

David Chao’s Hollywood Upstairs Medical College Info Pamphlet 17: Blubbering Away The Pain

The Maestro - April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

Good morning. I have the medical reports requested for your NFL Draft preparation; my only caveat is that you don't ask how I managed to acquire this information. Remember: cash remains king, and silence says just as much as your Tweets. What I can tell you is this: I think

Farewell, Sweet Prince: World Cup Day 13

Wakezilla - June 26, 2018June 26, 2018

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Good morning! Thank you for coming. I hope you had your cup of Joe and are ready for some intense lesser footy action. Group C and D will finish their group play today. As I was on my way home from work yesterday, I began reflecting on which World Cups I

Coach Carroll’s Weird Mysteries: The Somerton Man

The Maestro - February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

Olympics, Olympics, Olympics. Looks like it's cold as shit in Korea right now. After months of cloud and fog and dampness in the Pacific Northwest, I'm not about to go gallivanting over to Asia right now to ask the Chinese what they know about 9/11. I need to warm up

Historical Badasses: Moondyne Joe

Historical Badasses

The Maestro - March 9, 2017March 8, 2017

In Australia, everything can kill you. From the animals, to the plants, to the very ground itself, there's danger aplenty on the entire continent. The earliest settlers had to be 1) fearless, 2) crazy or 3) extremely unlucky in order to end up on the island in the first place;