Americans Watching The Footy

Ethan and Benjamin Kassel
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Americans Watching The Footy

Their love of the footy born during the COVID pandemic, brothers Ethan and Benjamin Kassel combine to bring you their perspective on Australia's game from across the Pacific.

  1. 2025 Premiere: "Not Interested in Castrating Some Bulls?" AFL and More

    JAN 16

    2025 Premiere: "Not Interested in Castrating Some Bulls?" AFL and More

    We're back for our fourth season! This premiere runs the gamut, beginning with Benjamin's footy-bet-turned-ridiculous walk and going through all sorts of Australian and American sporting matters.

    57 min
  2. 2024 AFL No Offseason: "The Religion of Good Footy"

    12/04/2024

    2024 AFL No Offseason: "The Religion of Good Footy"

    We're back — and in person too! Time to talk draft, offseason odds and ends, and a surprising development regarding a horse.

    49 min
  3. 2025 AFL Fixture Focus: "Throwing Hands"

    11/18/2024

    2025 AFL Fixture Focus: "Throwing Hands"

    We tear open the fixture and rip North a new one for gifting their Western opponents home games.  Note a couple particularly easy schedules for Victorian clubs, as well as the new bye structure.

    55 min
  4. 2024 AFL No Offseason: "His Name is REEF"

    11/09/2024

    2024 AFL No Offseason: "His Name is REEF"

    Footy doesn't stop, so why should we? Between the women's season, men's list news, and various other talking points, we aren't just filling the air here.

    53 min
  5. 2024 AFL Trade Period Recap: "Where's My LCOEMWE?"

    10/17/2024

    2024 AFL Trade Period Recap: "Where's My LCOEMWE?"

    Our favorite word from this time last year was nowhere to be seen, but plenty of trade action still transpired — eventually. Find out how much Ethan was able to hide from it all in his second annual footy darkness retreat!

    58 min
  6. 2024 AFL Grand Final Recap: "OTHER COACHES HATE HIM"

    10/02/2024

    2024 AFL Grand Final Recap: "OTHER COACHES HATE HIM"

    With no fewer than 23 simple tricks, Chris Fagan transformed his Lions from 0–3 to premiers! We had very different Grand Final viewing experiences, so that helped feed into our game breakdowns. We also send off the 2024 men's season with postmortems of the last two clubs. Sections 00:00 Intro 01:43 GF: SYD v BRI 27:49 Postmortem: SYD 37:31 Postmortem: BRI 48:26 News / Conclusion

    54 min
  7. 2024 AFL Grand Final Preview: "Bogan Wines"

    09/27/2024

    2024 AFL Grand Final Preview: "Bogan Wines"

    It's state v state and chaos v control as the grand final approaches. Victorians may see it's 125 years in the making, but it's honestly got a much longer story than that. Plus, we look back on the prelim losers and hash out some Brownlow discourse. Sections 00:00 Intro 14:51 Postmortem: PA 27:37 Postmortem: GEE 37:04 GF: SYD v BRI 55:12 Main Characters / Conclusion

    58 min
  8. AFL: America's Brownlow Night 2024

    09/25/2024

    AFL: America's Brownlow Night 2024

    In which two California brothers rank the top 3 players of each and every AFL game in 2024. Yes, we really did this — and it's much faster and better paced than whatever the "real" Brownlow was the night before. Watch on YouTube: Full voting data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZNJKIEZW70Uqi1AwgVmvJNVpDPQeY-mxL7Gr25iy8qs/edit?gid=0#gid=0

    1h 29m
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Their love of the footy born during the COVID pandemic, brothers Ethan and Benjamin Kassel combine to bring you their perspective on Australia's game from across the Pacific.

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  • Creator
    Ethan and Benjamin Kassel
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    219
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Ethan and Benjamin Kassel
  • Show Website
    Americans Watching The Footy

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