Earl O’Neill reports from the heart of the National Football League and explains why life is so much easier when you only ever wear black and white!
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NFL Week 10 – The Za’Darius Smith Cup
Earl O’Neill takes another tongue-in-cheek look at the crazy world of the NFL. Where do they come up with some of those players’ names?
NFL Week 9 – The Jack Campbell Cup
It’s halfway through the NFL season and an ideal stage for Earl O’Neill to reflect on the teams’ performances and progress so far.
NFL Week 4: The Jared Goff Cup
Earl O’Neill is fascinated by the intricacies of the plays in the NFL. He makes some interesting observations about player size when comparing the NFL with the AFL too.
NFL Week 3: The Amon-Ra St Brown Cup
Earl O’Neill considers all that is NFL with Week 3 of the season just completed. Earl takes look at the Carolina Panthers and their billionaire owner David Tepper.
NFL Week 2: The Aidan Hutchinson Cup
It’s week two of the NFL Season 2024 and our NFL expert Earl O’Neill keeps readers abreast of all that is happening this week in the NFL.
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 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 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.
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 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 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.