Americans Watching The Footy

Why, yes, it's extremely easy for two brothers to string out a discussion of four games to nearly an hour. Opening Round did have a full slate's worth of storylines, though — from high attendance in NSW and QLD, to one ruck's domination and another's zaniness, and in between all that a comeback/collapse combination that we'll likely remember at season's end. Plus, Benjamin...

Um… wow. It's real footy time again, and I don't think we were expecting to go this deep — or dark. Four games, three recent finals rematches, two new coaches, one gimmicky Opening Round concept, and zero creativity left to finish a decent description. Sections 00:00 Intro 03:05 News, Everyone! 07:58 SYD v MEL 16:39 BRI v CAR 26:08 GC v RIC 40:17 GWS v COL 49:32 Main Characters / Conclusio...

It's the last part of our club-by-club breakdowns — and our first episode affected by a power outage! Some incredible coincidences occurred as we went through this session, and you'll take them all in as we give our takes on probably the juiciest sextet of teams in this three-episode arc.

In the middle episode of our team-by-team preview, we bestow a new nickname, bemoan bagpipes, and bring back the sound bite-heavy approach. Enjoy!

At long last, we are back to begin our third season! We start things out by returning to the familiar: team-by-team previews ahead of the upcoming season. We spin a wheel for random order, so stay tuned to find out when your club comes up!

We reach the end of this mini-series and our second season, with a good balance of respect for players' seasons and our typical American irreverence. This episode is dedicated firstly to Mark Keane, and secondly to the Kansas Jayhawks football team.

Our “Best by Number”… count-up (I guess that’s right) continues with the middle of the AFL number range — and as many sound bites as we’ve ever had in an episode. Benjamin counts two dozen different clips he’s added in post thanks to his and his brother’s tomfoolery. One more to go for this series and our second season!

Ethan is to blame for this ghastly title… but he's also the one who came up with this retrospective! Instead of typical, lifeless "year in review" drivel, we take a different approach to looking through the AFL for one last time in 2023. Merry Christmas!

We're back to break down the 2024 men's schedule! From "Opening Round" gripes to chances for unprecedented results, we got more excited for the season to come as this episode went along. We celebrate rivalry scheduling and WCE v BRI at long last, and try to understand other location oddities. …Oh yeah, and something about the Gather Round. Sections 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:01 Opening R...

Yup, that's the title, and you'll know why if you saw Port's Twitter! Ethan tried to shut himself out of the last three days of trade news, and it... sort of worked? He and Benjamin talk through all the moves, many revealed to him for the first time in this recording. Reactions galore!

It's the 69th episode of Season 2, and we're here to do a lot of things — including but not limited to celebrating American success! Mason Cox and Collingwood eked out a victory in the best Grand Final of our time knowing this amazing sport. We talk the game, the non-footy entertainment, and more extraneous material that fits into the general vicinity of our footy experience. And here'...

How can a preview of one game be nearly an hour long? Well, it isn't just a Grand Final preview. There's Brownlow night talk, list news, and our general stupidity along with a little bit of GF discussion. What can we say? It's a podcast — we go on tangents. Sections 00:00 Intro 02:30 Brownlow Night 15:27 News, Everyone! 30:32 Grand Final Preview 55:24 Conclusion

Yes, the title certainly describes the tAlMuDiC rItUaLs of Yom Kippur, which was ongoing as we recorded this episode, ahead of the Brownlow count. We take a look back not just to the prelims, but to the full seasons of the clubs who fell just one step short of the Grand Final. Sections 00:00 Intro / News 06:31 PF1: COL v GWS 21:45 GWS Postmortem 31:57 PF2: BRI v CAR 45:32 CAR Postmortem 55:52 Main...

We knock off another big milestone with the help of Springfield's most renowned actor! Both prelims are matchups we haven't seen since the first half of the season, so we put both games into perspective. Plus: postmortems for the Dees and Power, and various other pieces of news outside the final four. Sections 00:00 Intro 03:20 MEL Postmortem 15:17 PA Postmortem 28:19 News / Loose Ends 33:...

In the vein of the NBC football commentator: "Now here's a podcast where the title makes fun of me!" The second week of finals delivered, in our opinion, higher-quality footy than the first. Whether it was the close Friday affair or a GIANT burst from stoppage on Saturday, the better teams rose to the occasion. We also pay tribute to snakes, punters in America… and one of the greates...

Given the postmortems we do for dead teams, it makes sense that our episodes can get somewhat… macabre. Don't let your neighborhood necrophiliac anywhere near our examinations of St Kilda and Sydney, before we analyze the lists and speculate on matchups and key areas in both of this weekend's semi-finals. Sections 00:00 Intro 02:05 SYD Postmortem 13:10 STK Postmortem 29:23 SF1: MEL v CAR 4...

Finals Week 1 had the enviable task of living up to last year's quartet… and it didn't accomplish that. What it did give us, though, was a plethora of talking points regarding selection, defensive depth, and old men yelling at clouds — or are those goal songs? Regardless, we don't waste time and get right into the footy in this episode, so we hope you enjoy! Sections 00:00 Intro 04:16...

Happy finals! We preview the four Week 1 fixtures with both brevity and irreverence, as should always be done. We also touch on Aussie punters in American football (including a Gryan Miers connection), bending the 15m bounce rule, and… the Zoidberg of the AFL? Sections 00:00 Intro / Rapid Fire 12:19 QF1: COL v MEL 22:00 EF1: CAR v SYD 33:31 EF2: STK v GWS 44:00 QF2: BRI v PA 52:33 Conclusion / Mai...

Finals are around the corner, which means 10 clubs basically get disregarded by the media aside from list and trade news. We don't think that's right, so in this two-part endeavor, we give each non-finalist side a postmortem for their 2023 campaign. This is part 2 of 2, so if your club isn't discussed here, look back at the first half of "So You Didn't Crack the 8" for th...

Finals are around the corner, which means 10 clubs basically get disregarded by the media aside from list and trade news. We don't think that's right, so in this two-part endeavor, we give each non-finalist side a postmortem for their 2023 campaign. This is part 1 of 2, so if your club isn't discussed here, look for the second half of "So You Didn't Crack the 8" soon!

After 207 games, we have our 8… and as he's writing this description, Benjamin remains surprised by who nabbed the final spot! While no games were down to the wire, Round 24 was a culmination of the past 6 months of AFL drama, and it had enough twists and turns to make us do some double-takes. Join us as we take a look back at this final nine-game slate, from Souv kicking an anti-tank bag to a...

Yes, drama remains for the final home-and-away round! We'll see how much of it gets preserved for the three Sunday fixtures, though. Friday sees a massive venue streak continue, while most of Saturday's games revolve around tanking and family. Then there's the Bulldogs' do-or-die trip down the highway — if they can come away with a rare result, the top-8 tension will persist throug...

What do you get when you cross Luke Combs, a shirtless bloke, retirements, and terrible goal umpiring, among many other things? You get Round 23! Deven Robertson aside, the drama didn't come from the 1st v 2nd matchup on Friday — rather, we got a heavy dose of it Saturday, with final-gamers taking hangers and the missed call heard 'round the country. Then Sunday happened… and the Bulldogs...

Round 23 is a curious case — a penultimate weekend with just a single dead rubber, even though the top 2 face each other! The pack for spots 5 through 8 remains extremely tight, and the last three games on Saturday will have the most say toward final-round scenarios. Join us as we discuss 1v1s, play styles, tiny towns, and Thai restaurants. Sections 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:00 COL v BRI 0:09:27 RIC v NM...

Round 22's drama came in spurts, from questionable goals on Friday to the "umpire's call" of "umpire's calls" on Saturday and a Tasmanian upset on Sunday. The footy may have taken a backseat on a national scale — and we celebrate the Matildas alongside everyone in Australia — but with the finals race becoming more desperate, some clubs are in much more peril of miss...