Champions League Lesser Footy! 13 February Fixtures Roundtable

King Hippo - February 13, 2018February 12, 2018

King Hippo: I have been chosen to kick off festivities, which means you will get the simplest of formatting. Lucky youse. *** Manchester City @ FC Basel (2:45 EST, FS2) King Hippo: Easy preview first - teh snuff film. FC Basel ain't even in first in the goddamned Swiss League this season, whilst Man City is

Your “Wait, there’s no football today?” Saturday Morning Soccer Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - February 3, 2018January 29, 2018

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As sad as it may seem, there is only one game left in the NFL season and it is not today. It's time to get used to life without the NFL. All is good, of course, because we not only have AFLW and AFL to look forward to but we still

Your Yeah Right family Battle Royale Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - January 14, 2018January 14, 2018

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We have DJ Taj and his New Orleans Saints going up against Yeah Right and his Minnesota Vikings for the right to go to the NFC Championship Game. Let's go to The Tale Of The Tape! Cooking skills: Advantage Yeah Right Writing while on unknown substances: Advantage DJ Taj QB: Advantage DJ Taj RB: Advantage

Your “Not” Lesser Footy Saturday Morning Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - December 16, 2017December 16, 2017

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As you may remember from last week, our resident Evertonian, King Hippo, is in recovery after the shock of the hiring of Samuel "Fat Sam" Allardyce as Everton's manager. Not knowing the history of this asshole, I did some cursory Wikipedia research and found out exactly why Hippo hates him so. Consider

The Definitive Top Ten Monster Energy Drinks aka NASCAR season review

ballsofsteelandfury - November 24, 2017November 22, 2017

For those of you that are rednecks, Mexicans, or fellow racing aficionados, this will be old news. However, for those of you that look down on us NASCAR fans, I'll be recapping this year's Monster Energy Cup season's top drivers/moments whilst at the same time giving you the definitive top

ICYMI: The Official DFO Guide to Other Sports

ballsofsteelandfury - November 15, 2017November 15, 2017

Editor's Note: The following post was first run on Valentine's Day of this year. No, we're not insane and we do not think today is Valentine's Day. But the nature of the information contained herein happens to again be topical. Also, there might be a quiz later. ******* Yes, this is a

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Preliminary Finals

ballsofsteelandfury - September 25, 2017September 24, 2017

It's always a bit weird when your team gets eliminated from the championship hunt, isn't it? I mean, there are still games left to be played, in my case one, but a little air has been let out of the tires. Call it the Finals refractory period, if you will.

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Finals Bye Week edition

ballsofsteelandfury - September 4, 2017September 3, 2017

There were no games this weekend since the AFL instituted a bye last year between the last Round of the Home and Away season and the first week of Finals. However, there was a lot of action on and off the field. I will also review my preseason predictions

25 Questions About…

ballsofsteelandfury - September 1, 2017September 1, 2017

this I am speaking, of course, about the Bay Area. It's that mass of land in the north of my beautiful state that is home to mostly disgusting hairy hippy hipster no-good wine-swilling cheese-eating holier-than-thou arrogant assholes. And most of them support this piece of shit team: This here is your ALTERNATE

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 22

ballsofsteelandfury - August 21, 2017August 21, 2017

There is one week left and we are still not sure who among a few teams will make the Eight. It's so nice that it comes down to the final week, isn't it? Who got eliminated, who clinched, and who is in limbo? READ ON! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 21

ballsofsteelandfury - August 14, 2017August 14, 2017

You know, every once in a while something happens that melts my cynical dark heart and gives me joy. This weekend brought me two of those things. Only one is AFL-related. The other was that I was able to get a parking spot ON THE STREET literally five feet from

25 Questions About…

ballsofsteelandfury - July 6, 2017July 5, 2017

This Of course, I mean amateur photography. In case you've living in a tree the last 50 years, here's the full sketch: Now, I've noticed that we have a lot of awesome photographers here in the DFO stable. Over the holiday, I was impressed with the fireworks photos posted by Brick and