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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 10 weeks 4 days ago | officiating is bad |
officiating is bad |
| 11 weeks 1 day ago | eh |
A bit anticlimactic in the end. Milan hunkered down and defended and Arsenal seemed to move away from what was working in the first half. Van Percie will be thinking about his point blank chance for the equalizer against Abbiati, who was on the ground and came up huge in the end. 3-0 is your final. Milan are through. |
| 11 weeks 1 day ago | Holy crap |
RVP just blew a golden opportunity. |
| 11 weeks 2 days ago | Had to work late |
Had to work late and didn't catch the game. I just got in after hearing the result on the radio. After joyfully ululating, I couldn't help but think about the opportunities we missed to take the championship outright. Purdue comes to mind. So does Iowa. Oh well, we also won a lot of close games, and I'm sure the Buckeyes and Sparties are lamenting their winnable losses as well. It just would've been really nice not to have to share the title with those boobs. Enough being an asshole. This one is huge. Especially for the seniors. |
| 12 weeks 6 days ago | That video |
That video is quite amusing, but in defense of soccer, a lot of those floppers were cautioned or ejected for their theatrics (apparent in the video). I have long held that the only reason you see so much flopping in soccer is because, if you pull it off, it can give your team an incredible advantage on attack (free kick, penalty kick), or bail you out if you've lost possession in a dangerous area. In a sport with often limited scoring opportunites, and where possession is so important, these advantages can make all the difference. Another factor is that you have essentially one referee making the final call on fouls that occur across the length of a massive field of play (usually 120 x 70 yards or so). So, if there actually is illegal contact, some players will take a tumble or embellish to ensure the referee sees it and it is called. Referees are also easily swayed by the reactions on the field and emotions of the crowd, and players know this. When you see a player feigning injury, he is trying to get the offender carded, which can also give your team a huge advantage. Also, since the clock doesn't stop (for anything) in soccer, it is also a timewasting tactic. If all this turns you off to soccer, that is totally fine, but please don't call it soft (not that anyone did, but people do). If you actually watched a match, you'd see these guys take some pretty hard shots and tough it out for the full 90, with only a 15 minute breather. And also don't act like flopping doesn't occur in other sports, because it happens all the time in basketball, and increasingly in hockey. The only reason it's not to the same extent is because it doesn't provide the same advantage, but whenever it can provide that advantage, you will see it. |
| 16 weeks 6 days ago | Trey Burke |
Trey Burke is sweet. |
| 25 weeks 1 day ago | Don't say "no homo." It's |
Don't say "no homo." It's not cool. |
| 27 weeks 1 day ago | The O.J. thing |
The O.J. thing was quite different. There was no reasonable doubt; that was a classic case of jury nullification. That is unlikely to happen in this case. |
| 28 weeks 3 days ago | Exactly. |
Also, fwiw, I remember Denard having some lingering injuries as the season progressed last year. |
| 28 weeks 4 days ago | You |
...run a no-huddle spread offense. Wait, what? |
