Almanac NFL: The 2023 Jim Caldwell Cup – Week 18

Earl O’Neill updates all the NFL news in Week 18, highlighting the Detroit Lions, and sacked coaches.

Almanac NFL: The 2023 Rodney Peete Cup – Week Fifteen

Earl O’Neill updates readers on the latest happenings in the NFL during Week 15, especially the Detroit Lions.

Almanac NFL – The 2023 Tim Boyle Cup: Week Thirteen

This week Earl O’Neill runs his eye over the roles of referees and coaches in the NFL. Complex? Yep! Confusing? Check! Sound familiar? Too right!

Almanac NFL – The 2023 Dan Orlovsky Cup: Week 12

If you want to compare football codes, at least do it from an informed perspective. Earl O’Neill exposes the ‘idiotic complaints against American football’.

Almanac NFL – The 2023 Scott Mitchell Cup: Week Eleven

In this week’s look at the NFL, Earl O’Neill takes a look at quarterbacks, the big money men of the game. But are they worth the huge salaries they attract?

Almanac NFL: The 2023 Jim Caldwell Cup – Week Ten

The glory days of the New England Patriots are a distant memory. Earl O’Neill explains what has gone wrong – and what might be next for the Pats.

Almanac NFL: The 2023 Lomas Brown Cup – Week Nine

We are now nine weeks into the NFL season. Earl O’Neill details his highlights from the weekend.

Almanac NFL: The 2023 Rod Marinelli Cup – Week Eight

Round 8 of the NFL season finds Earl O’Neill casting a critical eye over the Raiders

Almanac NFL – The 2023 Bobby Layne Cup: Week Seven

Earl O’Neill continues his coverage of the NFL. Today he explains his allegiance to the Detroit Lions. It’s not an easy gig!

Almanac NFL: The Joey Harrington Cup 2023 – Week 6

Earl O’Neill presents his thoughts on the progress of some of the new quarterback acquisitions and movements in the NFL.

Almanac NFL – The 2023 Dutch Clark Cup: Week Five

It’s just over a month into the NFL season. Earl thinks he’s got his finger on the pulse as he surveys the prospects of various teams.

Almanac NFL – The 2023 Lem Barney Cup: Week 4

How do you create an NFL franchise? Combine big bucks and a cluey brainstrust with a good quarterback and you’re well on the way. Earl O’Neill combs the record books to demonstrate how it works – or doesn’t, in some cases.

Almanac NFL – The Barry Sanders Cup: NFL Week Three

There’s no holding Earl back when it comes to his analysis of the early stages of this season’s American football landscape. Tell it like it is, Earl!

The 2020 Backroads Cup – Round 20

Earl O’Neill rolls down the windows and lets out the clutch on a Grand Tour of footy as it should have been played in Round 20 of the AFL season as God intended. His car radio has the round the grounds summary of the weekend’s footy scores brought to you by Hanley’s Agricultural Supplies for all your bulk fertiliser needs.

The 2020 Martha Graham Cup – Round 19

Earl O’Neill is on some heavy duty opiates for his joint pain. The result is a psychedelic imagining of making footy telecasts more creative and captivating through interpretive dance. Come for the LSD trip (Luke, Sandy and Dwayne) and stay for how Round 19 scores might have shaken out in a better world.

The 2020 Fred Smith Cup – Round 18

The good news is AFL is up to Round 18 in the season as God intended. And Earl O’Neill is organising the Grand Final entertainment this year. Name the band and read the weekend’s results. Bad news is Earl’s gone in the shockers just like his Monaros.

The 2020 Cool Dry Cup – Round 17

Earl O’Neill has joined the long term injury list but he managed to catch all the weekend’s games from the rehab mat. A comprehensive review of AFL Round 17 as God, Gillon and the original fixture intended (not in that order).

The 2020 First Amendment Cup – Round 16

Earl steers his mental jetliner into the turbulence of censorship opinion before returning to the clear air of fictional football. [Content warning – not for kids. Ed]

The 2020 Creme de Menthe Cup – Round 15

The end of June sees us 15 rounds into the AFL Season as God intended (and passed the match reports onto his son Earl). Club Presidents Kochie and Cochie have been fighting over the season’s spoils. Earl O’Neill has the inside story on how they sorted out their differences. [Another episode in Earl’s parallel, fictional footy season – Ed.]

The 2020 Jeff Beck Cup – Round 14

Take 5 footy fans, Earl O’Neill and Dave Brubeck bring you the AFL season as intended. Round 14 (whoever heard of Round 3 in June – ridiculous) sees the Tigers winning and the Bombers triumphing under new coach Rutten. Remember the good old days when you sacked the coach and not the season?