OT: World Cup help for the Non-soccer fan
This was immensely helpful in my decision to root for Boise State! Er, I mean, Cameroon.
http://theunlikelyfan.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the link. Thoroughly enjoyed that.
I went to a game and kept asking people where the horses were. Oh wait, that's water polo.
Did you mean seahorses?
Eh, that's such a great article idea that had so much potential.
The guy ruined it by using almost exclusively NBA, NFL, and NCAA Basketball teams.
Seriously, comparing a team to the Cornell Basketball team? Couldn't you find anyone better in the MLB or NHL to compare them to?
There's only 3 things you need to know about the World Cup this year:
1. The Dutch
2. The Dutch
3. The Dutch
Will fail miserably?
Deutscher Fußball-Bund, even without Ballack they will make a run.
"There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch"
And that friends, is the first and last time I will quote Austin Powers. Unless the Dutch are ever brought up again
Hup Holland!
+1 for you!!
Dissapointed to see that van Nistelrooy won't be out there this summer. Not sure how much he has left, but it would have been fun to see him.
As much fun as poking fun at ND is, take away our 1997 title and we are a perfect fit for Uruguay as well, minus the catholism. Great article though, lots of fun to read.
USA! USA! USA!
Yep... That JUST happened!
His analysis of Portugal gave me a chuckle. To wit: "They prance and preen, but they’ve never won a damn thing, which is problematic since they are HORRIBLE losers."
to the Ivory Coast...my Dark horse team...but also pulling for the Dutch and Americans...
Watch out for Ghana. They were strong in '06 and the key parts from their U-20 squad that won the U-20 WC are on the senior squad now. They can make a ton of noise. As for the Dutch, I love watching them play since they are the only UEFA squad that will run and gun with anyone and have offensive skill only matched by Brazil, Argentina and Spain.
There are some pretty good analogies there. I LOL'd at the Uruguay and North Korea ones. There are a couple reaches (Denmark and Paraguay come to mind) but on the whole, pretty good.
I will cheer for Argentina and USA, and despise Uruguay.