Topic: WE LIKE SPORTS (Read 577849 times)

valley_parade · « **Reply #1250 on:** 20 Oct 2010, 07:16 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 19 Oct 2010, 17:31

And then you go to America where you can walk down Main Street of Peoria, Illinois, and no one would know or care who you are.

Rooney's 24. He's not even eligible to play in MLS for another 8-10 years.

PSHOOOOO BIG WIN OVER THE CAPS LAST NIGHT, BRUINS!

I also got to see some dude from Vancouver be a total douchehole and try to attack a Minnesota fan for cheering for his team. Wicked classy, Canucks.

Yayniall · « **Reply #1251 on:** 20 Oct 2010, 11:36 »

Looks like Rooney's off to Liverpool, was at Anfield before and overhead Hodgson say "looks like Wayne's coming"
Didn't stay long after though because it started pissing it down.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #1252 on:** 20 Oct 2010, 21:12 »

oh my god that game nearly killed me but we are one win away from the world series

i love baseball so much right now you guys don't even know

Inlander · « **Reply #1253 on:** 20 Oct 2010, 22:06 »

I watched some of a game of baseball on T.V. last night. I couldn't really tell what was going on. There seemed to be two teams of guys in drab uniforms swinging and missing the ball a lot. Though I guess I can't really talk seeing as how I enjoy watching test cricket which is basically just five days of guys not even playing shots at all.

jwhouk · « **Reply #1254 on:** 20 Oct 2010, 22:43 »

Baseball is a lot closer to Twenty20 cricket than anything else. Except we talk about cutters and curveballs instead of googlies and slow pitches.

Josh Hamilton, however, would probably do well in Twenty20. Knocking it out for six every time would be a hoot.

jwhouk · « **Reply #1255 on:** 20 Oct 2010, 22:44 »

Quote from: Storm Rider on 20 Oct 2010, 21:12

oh my god that game nearly killed me but we are one win away from the world series

i love baseball so much right now you guys don't even know

Giants fan, hm? You realize you guys haven't won the World Series since the Truman administration?

scarred · « **Reply #1256 on:** 20 Oct 2010, 23:14 »

a Giants-Rangers WS would make me so happy

Storm Rider · « **Reply #1257 on:** 21 Oct 2010, 03:32 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 20 Oct 2010, 22:44

Quote from: Storm Rider on 20 Oct 2010, 21:12
oh my god that game nearly killed me but we are one win away from the world series

i love baseball so much right now you guys don't even know

Giants fan, hm? You realize you guys haven't won the World Series since the Truman administration?

Every streak's gotta end sometime. My dad will probably completely lose it if we can pull it off this year, he's been waiting his whole life.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1258 on:** 21 Oct 2010, 05:45 »

Aw man, I (and many people I know) know that feeling, Bryan.

The joys of being a Sox fan.

Darke · « **Reply #1259 on:** 21 Oct 2010, 07:38 »

Quote from: Yayniall on 20 Oct 2010, 11:36

Looks like Rooney's off to Liverpool, was at Anfield before and overhead Hodgson say "looks like Wayne's coming"
Didn't stay long after though because it started pissing it down.

Three times after initially hearing it and I am still not sick of this joke.

Alex C · « **Reply #1260 on:** 21 Oct 2010, 19:06 »

I hate how there's armchair football players around the country agreeing with James Harrison and calling NFL players soft for saying that maybe a guy shouldn't spear with his helmet. I don't think James Harrison is a dirty player, per se, since that's really not the point or the problem. The problem is football culture has a long history of negligence.

scarred · « **Reply #1261 on:** 21 Oct 2010, 20:05 »

Until it happens to Tom Brady, no one is safe.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1262 on:** 22 Oct 2010, 06:14 »

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=834922&sec=england&cc=5901

Wait, what?

Inlander · « **Reply #1263 on:** 22 Oct 2010, 21:25 »

I guess maybe his agent was trying to inflate his market value? In Australia at the moment it's not uncommon for rugby league players who are coming to the end of their contract to talk big about how they want to go and play rugby union in Europe for gazillions of dollars before miraculously resigning with their current team.

Alex C · « **Reply #1264 on:** 23 Oct 2010, 13:19 »

Quote from: scarred on 21 Oct 2010, 20:05

Until it happens to Tom Brady, no one is safe.

That's the one thing I agree with guys like Chris Harris about. There's a definite double standard in place, especially if the offensive player is a star. I remember in one of Adrian Peterson's first preseason games he went out of his way at the end of a running play to make contact with his helmet when a guy was coming in to force him out of bounds. It was one of those plays where you could hear their helmets crash loud and clear, but Peterson's a running back so the announcers responded by furiously masturbating.

scarred · « **Reply #1265 on:** 23 Oct 2010, 19:58 »

Waking up early tomorrow to catch ~~the Bears~~ Jay Cutler getting flattened by the Redskins. Why do I do this to myself.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #1266 on:** 23 Oct 2010, 21:43 »

THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT

THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT

jwhouk · « **Reply #1267 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 02:57 »

Giants vs. Rangers in the World Series.

Rangers already established as favorites, but Giants have just found ways to win this post-season.

Alex C · « **Reply #1268 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 12:55 »

I'm starting to get bummed out now because the Bears have a million turnovers but are still in the game. The Mike Martz pouty face is maybe even more delightful than Cutler's though, so I guess I can live with any outcome.

Alex C · « **Reply #1269 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 13:01 »

Oh wait, nevermind, another pick.

scarred · « **Reply #1270 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 15:24 »

Slept through my alarm in apathy, wore my Cutler jersey around town but I'm scared to watch the recap.

Stoked for Vikings-Packers tonight, though. And what the hell happened to Drew Brees? Is the Cutler Curse spreading?

Alex C · « **Reply #1271 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 16:12 »

Just skip the recap. You had 5 possessions that ended in turnovers in a row.

Alex C · « **Reply #1272 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 16:19 »

I just looked at the boxscores and the Oakland Raiders have 59 points. Wut?

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #1273 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 16:37 »

Since when do the raiders win anything? Ever? Or at all?

...

And what the hell happened to that Saints?

scarred · « **Reply #1274 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 16:52 »

Raiders bead San Diego, too. But that one was close. 59-14, even in today's league, is still a little

Alex C · « **Reply #1275 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 19:50 »

If we lose by 4 points after Shiancoe got robbed I'm going to end up killing an official.

scarred · « **Reply #1276 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 20:32 »

hahahaha oh god Favre isn't going to be alive in a few weeks.

Alex C · « **Reply #1277 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 20:34 »

Eh, the way things are going I almost expect Cutler's career to end first.

scarred · « **Reply #1278 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 20:54 »

hey now, Cutler found his strategy to avoid immediate death: just pitch it to the other team. Favre tried his best but you can't beat J-Cutty when it comes to awesome pickerceptions.

Alex C · « **Reply #1279 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 21:09 »

It's just a body language issue, I guess. He looks like he's going to snap one of these days (Mentally or physically, take your pick.) I don't even really blame him. If he was Rich Gannon or Jake Plummer the screaming in the huddle would have started a couple weeks ago.

scarred · « **Reply #1280 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 21:11 »

Well, given our schedule, which turns a little nightmarish after Buffalo, I wouldn't be surprised.

jwhouk · « **Reply #1281 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 21:20 »

Fah-vruh's last toss at Lambeau = INCOMPLETE.

Now the big question: does he get sat by Childress or by Roger Goodell?

Dazed · « **Reply #1282 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 21:27 »

Seriously though DeAngelo Hall was Cutler's 2nd leading receiver for the game. That's laughably awful even for a Bears QB.

I'm a bit worried by how the Pats almost threw away an easy win today though, game was about 10000x closer than it should have been given the ridiculous turnovers San Diego handed us in the first half.

Alex C · « **Reply #1283 on:** 24 Oct 2010, 21:43 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 24 Oct 2010, 21:20

Fah-vruh's last toss at Lambeau = INCOMPLETE.

Now the big question: does he get sat by Childress or by Roger Goodell?

Neither, probably? Sterger keeps refusing to comment and the alternative is Tarvaris Jackson.

jwhouk · « **Reply #1284 on:** 25 Oct 2010, 06:34 »

Oh! Daddy! PLEEEEASSSEEEEE?

(Drools at the thought of Tavaris Jackson throwing INT's and INC's...)

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #1285 on:** 25 Oct 2010, 07:17 »

Quote from: Dazed on 24 Oct 2010, 21:27

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I'm a bit worried by how the Pats almost threw away an easy win today though, game was about 10000x closer than it should have been given the ridiculous turnovers San Diego handed us in the first half.

The Chargers really were surprisingly creative in finding new ways to lose the football. Really, objectively speaking, it was amazing. That game should have ended 40-20 instead of 23-20.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1286 on:** 25 Oct 2010, 08:49 »

Quote from: Storm Rider on 23 Oct 2010, 21:43

THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT

THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT

And sadly enough, Bobby Thomson died earlier this year.

jwhouk · « **Reply #1287 on:** 25 Oct 2010, 15:24 »

Even sadder, the Giants lost the World Series after that win. (Why DID Dressen bring in Branca, anyways?)

scarred · « **Reply #1288 on:** 25 Oct 2010, 16:42 »

Today is one of those rare days when I'm rooting for the New York Giants. Seeing the Cowboys fall to 1-5 is too delicious an opportunity to pass up.

scarred · « **Reply #1289 on:** 25 Oct 2010, 20:53 »

It couldn't have happened to a more mediocre player.

I mean, seriously. For all the press/glowing endorsements Romo gets, you'd think he'd at least have won a playoff game in his career.

Dazed · « **Reply #1290 on:** 25 Oct 2010, 21:28 »

And then the next game he got picked once and fumbled 3 times. The dude is seriously not anywhere close to the top-flight quarterback he's often talked about as. I'd take someone like Chad Henne or Matt Schaub over him any day of the week, and especially on Sunday.

Alex C · « **Reply #1291 on:** 25 Oct 2010, 23:27 »

I wish Tarvaris Jackson was good. I've met him before and he seems like a nice guy and the whole way he's been jerked around with the ongoing Brett Favre saga is one of the more underrated shitty subplots going in football. Having to prepare like you're going to be the starter for two seasons in a row while answering media questions about how your teammates flew down to Mississippi to beg a 40 year old to come back is sort of a raw deal. On the bright side, I guess he's still getting paid and unlike half the other QBs in the NFL he may not end up getting horribly maimed by the Giants this year, so he's got that going for him.

jwhouk · « **Reply #1292 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 01:29 »

I can think of a few people who can relate to what Tavarius is going through.

Ty Detmer
Mark Brunell
Steve Bono
Kurt Warner
Doug Pederson
Matt Hasselbeck
Craig Nall
J.T. O'Sullivan
Aaron Rodgers
Brad Smith

Alex C · « **Reply #1293 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 07:39 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 26 Oct 2010, 01:29

List.

I think some those guys can relate to an extent, but the media circus that comes with Favre territory makes this one a li'l worse than usual. There were local media guys who basically asked questions like "So, clearly your teammates want Favre and the fan base is terrified of the idea of you starting. How does that affect your preparation as the first man on the depth chart?". It sucks that a guy like Pederson never really got a legit chance as a starter, but he never really had an openly hostile fan base to deal with after having once been groomed as the starter either. Rodgers has the most obvious connection with the whole thing, but he at least looks like he'll be good enough to take it out on the rest of the league for the next 8 or 9 years. Besides, in a way this may have rather ended up helping out Rodger's relationship with the fans a bit, since he put up with a lot of bullshit on his way to starting and people seem to appreciate that. Remember that he could have ended up more like Steve "Will Never Be Joe Montana" Young.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #1294 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 08:10 »

Quote from: tender on 26 Oct 2010, 03:52

I'd have taken a healthy Tony Romo over them any day of the week.

this has become funny after yesterday's events

jwhouk · « **Reply #1295 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 08:47 »

In case you didn't notice, Alex, that list was the one of pretty much every backup QB that ended up having to go elsewhere to start or get any significant playing time.

Alex C · « **Reply #1296 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 11:54 »

I dunno if you'd call Pederson's truly significant. That was a straight up "You're here to take a season's worth of hits before we throw Donovan to the wolves," situation. Anyway, I'm just saying I generally feel bad for that kinda player and Jackson's situation has been more of a roller coaster ride than most.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1297 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 14:12 »

I'm calling it. Chicharito Hernandez is the new Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

jwhouk · « **Reply #1298 on:** 26 Oct 2010, 19:39 »

<--- Clueless American, sorry.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1299 on:** 27 Oct 2010, 05:53 »

Just because you're American doesn't mean you can't like soccer.

I do! and I'm from here!

(Ole Gunnar Solskjaer used to play for Man United, and was basically a super substitute/savior. Chicharito came over from Mexico this summer and is doing the same thing)

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