The Swamp

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I am fine with soccer going hipster and drawing a crowd that can't kick the ball but can scream like crazy, but it is interesting to see who makes those environments. Interesting that you call people that don't play a sport "hipster" not exactly sure how many fans of other sports actually...

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For the very reason you've brought up. The NCAA has a running clock that counts down to the end. It's absolute bullshit. All a team has to do is just keep kicking the ball out of bounds and stall and there's nothing the opposing team can do. With the end of the game in the refs hands, you can't jus...

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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/17/usa-ghana-jozy-altidore-michael-bradley?CMP=twt_gu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This is REALLY good analysis, particularly how it explains the issues around Bradley yesterday. It also explains why all the Beasley bashing is ...

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I think it's bullshit that the time still runs while you're celebrating a goal. If you go up at 87 minutes, why wouldn't you fall to the ground and pretend you can't move while the rest of your team piles on top of you? The ref is supposed to take that into account when adding time on to the end. T...

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Most of it has been said, so I'll just inject this thought: I've been closely following the US since 1980. Sam's Army, Project Mayhem... multiple games in multiple cities. I've "believed" in this team, irrationally, for most of my life. But if you had told me at any point along the way, th...

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So... wow. That was an absolute debacle from the center ref. There have been studies done, in the context of soccer, that show what is natural and what is not when a player is tripped, grabbed, shoved, whatever... One of the absolute baseline and fundamental "tells" is the archer bow. http...

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Knowing very little about whether or not Donovan was still good enough, that last part made sense. If you didn't think he would take well to not playing and see this as a developmental trip more than a real chance to win, its logical. Apropos of nothing, it was announced today that Landon will prov...

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The turf at the Manaus stadium "is in bad shape". USA plays Portugal there on June 22, after the English play Italy. Adjust your bets accordingly. I would generally guess that bad playing conditions would level the playing field and make the teams more equal, by reducing the top players' ...

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Another question: Was leaving Landon Donovan off the US team a good decision based on deteriorating skills and age, or was there more to it than that? Depends on who you ask. Personally, I don't think LD was going to be the difference between the team making the next round or not. So it didn't make...

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Ghana is terrible. African soccer in general is terrible. I watched the final round African qualifiers, unwatchable. The US were unfortunate to lose to them in their timezone on their continent 4 years ago. This time they have to come to our timezone. Seriously if the US loses to Ghana, they've reg...

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Gross.

(None of these girls have progressed past awkward as hell tween stage.)

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My daughter just turned 14 this weekend. She had a party out at a restaurant on Sunday and about 2 dozen girls attended. Each one of them was wearing shorts that would've been deemed totally unacceptable 10 years ago. I don't know how or when it happened, but barely covering the cleft is the new nor...

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Hey Brian Do you root for or against Michigan and MState? I don't remember your sympathies regarding the big 10 (+ 1 + Nebraska + Rutgers). You forgot Poland*!!! * - Maryland has long been considered the Poland of the ACC. Apropos of nothing, Kenny Smith was talking about State after the UConn game...

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I was a little surprised that game stayed so close, frankly. What a weird game. What a strange season (MI). Stauskas would be a fool to come back, but I really wonder what kind of advice Robinson is receiving. I'm sure he's tired of trying to match-up against 4's, but I'm just not sure he's ready fo...

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* - do athletes at FCS schools, etc. get paid off now? Of course they do, though likely not at any level that's going to great a competitive imbalance like you see with schools like LSU and Alabama where kickbacks, payoffs, etc. are ingrained as a way of life This goes all the way down to D3... sch...

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Rex - Many folks are pontificating that it is headed in that direction, but the drivers are the big football conferences.

So, same result, but certainly not something the NCAA wants.

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So, here's a thing: Do any of you guys use foot to bring the seat down on the toilet. A LOT of folks do that here at work, and the only reason I bring it up. IT'S REALLY FUCKING LOUD! If you are in a bathroom and you produce a loud noise, keep in mind that sound is super amplified by all the tile. D...

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I love how Michigan and the NCAA held Chris Webber up as an example of a bad guy: officially forfeited all the accomplishments of the Fab Five, took down banners of those teams, returned tournament money, and banned him for 10 years BUT they're all to happy to have him sport his old Michigan jersey...

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What was the flag for? Looked clean to me. There's nothing better than popping a goalie! 2014 NFHS rule change. Rule 5-3-5 stipulates that a body check that targets a player in a defenseless position is illegal and specifies a minimum two- to three-minute non releasable penalty for this violation. ...

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Here's the bottom line: We have a B squad capable of winning the Gold Cup, in pretty convincing fashion. We have more depth than we've ever had in our player pool. We are not, and probably won't be in my lifetime, a team that can trot out a C team end expect results against most teams from Europe or...

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If anyone is worried about Brooks and/or Onyewu even being on the squad in Brazil, they are clearly envisioning some kind of catastrophe befalling our A, B and C squads. And I feel sorry for that person (because it's clearly a crazy, lone person). Because that's no way to live life, man. (To this po...

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I haven't seen the game... which says a bit about how much importance I think you should place on this result. It is a weird, experimental batch of players, it's in Europe, an already suspect overall defensive unit plucked two of the more wobbly/wonky guys to "shore up the middle." I know ...

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Let's play the stubhub.com game!!! I'll just focus on games I care about, so do your own damn "research" if you don't like the games I picked. Bowl Name, Teams Playing, Cheapest Ticket Available, Remaining batch (keeping in mind that this is the batch on Stub Hub, who knows if this include...

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Taken as a stand alone, it was fucking hilarious. But any of my coaches had gone public with that kind of shit, forget about me playing hard or trusting the guy again. I'm transferring ASAP. I agree with Hemphill... Bitch move to do that publicly, and he comes off as unhinged. It's pretty damn early...

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I really don't understand why they have these finals in places where there's a strong likelihood of crappy weather. It's one thing to have the Frozen Four in Tampa. But Columbus, Philly... Why?

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I've been a curmudgeon on this issue for 20 years, so I don't really have any problem saying there are too many bowls and the corporate sponsorships further adds to the cheapening/sullying of the traditions of the game. As I've gotten older, and college football has increasingly become a semi-profes...

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Yeah, we had something kind of/sort of go down like that in Dupont Circle in DC last time we got a good snow dump. Huge snowball fight, and pelting of cars, only one of them happened to contain a plain clothes police dude. He flipped out, got out of his unmarked car and I believe pulled out his gun....

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You know, a fun game is to try and put yourselves in the shoes of another team's fan base. If you are Portugal, you've got to be in serious WTF mode right now. 2010 their group was Brazil, Ivory Coast and North Korea. Now they get this draw. Granted, I'm pretty sure they were in a really easy group ...

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The other thing I'd point out about the draw is that the top half (A-D) is ridiculous compared to the bottom half.

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The heat will be more of a concern than the travel. The only night match in Group G is USA-Ghana at 7pm All other matches are at 1pm or 4pm. The last two simultenous group matches will be at 1pm in scorching heat. Well, frankly, that's HUGE. That's the one game where the heat is going to be decided...

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* According to Grant Wahl (who someone on here inexplicably doesn't like, I forget who), the US got the worst travel schedule of all 32 teams. I'm not sure how he did that math, but the fact that we're in the NE part of the country, in the jungle, is not good for us. Yes, both teams play in the same...

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The Sybian wrote:Just a couple of years ago, I thought Canadian soccer was on the verge of being competitive for a World Cup slot. What happened?

Yeah, WTF? I was just going to type the same thing.

I mean, the women's side sure seems to be on the rise...

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That's exactly what I was bitching about up-thread. This shit is tiresome.

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And once again, significant pieces of false/bad information get picked up and promulgated online and by the media. Very early on they were talking about 2, maybe 3 shooters. Where did that come from? Do the media just listen to police scanners and then just put that shit out live? At some point, peo...

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Randomly came across this on YouTube. Some of Mike Tyson's early fights. Damn was he impressive. My favorites are Michael Johnson (the third one, I think) and Marvis Frazier (son of Joe Frazier). http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e5sAs_1Fzlo As impressive as he was... Wow. ...

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Coaching my 5 year old this year and the sponsor name sucked (Concord Township, really?). Our color is purple so I thought something regal. Monarchs came up and they all were like "Yeah!" so we are named for a butterfly. I think we are the only team with an actual nickname and not going b...

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The Korean gymnast first pitch would be impressive if they threw the ball as part of the spinning, flipping motion. It's moderately impressive, I guess, that they have the arm strength to get the ball to the plate. But there are a ton of folks that can do variations of that type of somersault. Grant...

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not the right thread, but there's also talk about splitting off the money making D1 schools from the scrubs... a lot of the BCS-level schools are hinting at things like paying players, and I think this licensing stuff will eventually factor in (as suggested by Icepenis.)

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Hard to see fouls like that when you have your head up your ass. That is the kind of play that FIFA/CONCACAF needs to do post game video review and suspensions/fines. Start making these countries pay when they're players start getting thuggish. This foul is kind of similar to the one on Terrence Bo...

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