New Year Resolutions 2019 – Three Quarter Time Update

ballsofsteelandfury - October 1, 2019September 28, 2019

As you may remember, I did a post at the beginning of the year outlining my goals for the year and encouraging you to create and achieve your own. I promised I would provide updates as the year went on. Since October is the start of the third quarter of the

Your Sexy Soccer Saturday and JV Football Week 4 Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - September 28, 2019September 27, 2019

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Teh Hippo needs a break this weekend, so I'm filling in with the DFO version of Saturday morning cartoons. Sadly, many of our younger readers may not remember a time when networks would actually show cartoons on Saturday mornings and kids would watch them with a cereal or snack

Balls on ASSignment: Thursday Night Football Review Week Four

ballsofsteelandfury - September 27, 2019September 26, 2019

Welcome back! Last night we had the NFL's attempt at scheduling a decent game on Thursday Night: the Green Bay Packers against the Philadelphia Eagles. It was actually successful! For those of you that stayed up with us and participated in the Live Blog, you witnessed the Packers battling the

Thirsty Thursday Weekend Fútbol Preview and EPL Pool Update – EPL Round 7

ballsofsteelandfury - September 26, 2019September 25, 2019

We are back! As you know, this is your weekly post to remind you to put the EPL tips in, tell you who is winning, and to give you the weekend's fútbol schedule so that you could plan your weekend activities accordingly. I am also using it to keep you up

Balls On Your… Michelada

ballsofsteelandfury - September 24, 2019September 21, 2019

Sharkbait's Friday Cocktail series is one of my favourite recurring posts on this site. In last week's installment, Moose brought up a brilliant idea, which I think Sharky will explore in an upcoming post. Namely, the idea was to explore a drink and all the different variations that

Balls on ASSignment: Thursday Night Football Review Week Three

ballsofsteelandfury - September 20, 2019September 21, 2019

Welcome back! Last night we had the Prototypical Thursday Night Football game. The one. The only. It could only be the Jacksonville Jaguars vs the Tennessee Titans. The game no one wants to watch on Thursday Night. For those of you that stayed up with us

Thirsty Thursday Weekend Fútbol Preview and EPL Pool Update – EPL Round 6

ballsofsteelandfury - September 19, 2019September 16, 2019

Balls on ASSignment: Thursday Night Football Review Week Two

ballsofsteelandfury - September 13, 2019September 12, 2019

Welcome back! Like the swallows to San Juan Capistrano, we return each year in the hope that Thursday Night Football will be better. Last night we got the Carolina Panthers against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a NFC South showdown that was delayed by lightning, degenerated into a political

Thirsty Thursday Weekend Fútbol Preview and EPL Pool Update – EPL Round 5

ballsofsteelandfury - September 12, 2019September 11, 2019

We are back! After a week off to deal with International games and friendlies, the real games are back for all the European leagues. As you know, this is your weekly post to remind you to put the EPL tips in, tell you who is winning, and to

Balls on ASSignment: Thursday Night Football Review Week One

ballsofsteelandfury - September 6, 2019September 6, 2019

So, that was a game last night, wasn't it? Contrary to popular opinion, that was a real football game that counted in the standings and not just another pre-season game that season-ticket holders were forced to pay full price for. For those of you that stayed up with us and

Thirsty Thursday Weekend Fútbol Preview and EPL Pool Update – EPL Round 4 (still!)

ballsofsteelandfury - September 5, 2019September 1, 2019

Good afternoon, everyone! Considering the overwhelming response to the first DFO EPL Tipping pool (22 members and counting!), we decided to create a new weekly post to remind you to put the EPL tips in, tell you who is winning, and to give you the weekend's fútbol schedule so that

Your College Football Week One Evening Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - August 31, 2019August 31, 2019

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Welcome back to Balls' Saturday Open Thread Madness (trademark pending)! Because I was born in Mexico and I like bugging Americans that don't like soccer, here is tonight's Liga MX schedule (all times Pacific and home teams listed first): 5:00 PM - Tigres UANL v León (Univision, TUDN) (Match of the Round