IC4: If we make it to IC5 Eddie will do the Numa Numa song for us

I'm gonna back up KDB just cos I can. My universities (Leeds and Manchester) have done a few things over the years...


...albeit not in a sporting sense.

 

Thanks,

I just don't think I will find the extra time for it - I certainly cannot take any more time off of work but thanks for the heads up. Will plan it on my next trip to Europe. This time would have been perfect for a match at the Bridge as I am flying into the wonderful airport of Heathrow.

 

Leeds Union at one time had the longest continuous bar in Europe. Plus I was in the Physics department there, which is world famous.

 

Greetings those on the West Coast, happy new yaer!~

 

Happy New Year fellas!! Early start on the Stella and Rum tonight. Relatively early bed time now. Where am I?

 

Cool beans, man. Good luck with that!

 

Just watched a movie called Sugar about a pitcher from the Dominican Republic. Follows his career starting as a player for some Dominican feeder type club for the Royals. Interesting movie. Figured some of the baseball/sports fans might like it.

 

With the new year just underway, here are a selection of stories we would like to read in 2010 but realize probably are unlikely ever to see the light of day.

JOHANNESBURG -- Former world champion France was knocked out of the World Cup today when South Africa scored a 1-0 victory on a late penalty kick following a hand ball call against French forward Thierry Henry. Television replays indicated that Henry had made no contact whatsoever with the ball.

LISBON -- A 20-year-old American youngster who has bounced from club to club in the U.S., Portugal and France while getting almost no playing time and earning indifferent reviews has sued a Portuguese writer who penned an unauthorized biography of the player. The book is titled "Freddy, Adieu."

DAMASCUS -- Jack Warner, the FIFA vice president who was taken hostage in Syria several weeks ago and held for ransom, has been released unharmed. The kidnappers apologized and said it had been a case of mistaken identity. They said they thought Warner was someone important.

LOS ANGELES -- Bob Bradley, coach of the U.S. men's national team, has asked Pia Sundhage, coach of the U.S. women's national team, to consider calling up his three daughters for the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany. Bradley's son, Michael, plays for the men's team, which is heading to the World Cup in South Africa this summer. "There's nothing Michael can do on a soccer field that my girls can't do just as well," U.S. Soccer quoted Bradley as saying.

TURIN -- A spokesman for Juventus said Saturday that the club's failure to win the Serie A title could be due to what he called "the increasing unwillingness of Italian referees to accept gratuities as they had done so unhesitatingly in the past."

FUNCHAL -- Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has bought his native island of Madeira and indicated that he plans to turn it into a theme park focusing on his career. Ronaldo, 24, already owns the world's largest collection of mirrors.

NEW YORK -- Major League Soccer today said it had signed the most significant player in its 15-year history and would pay the player a league-record salary, surpassing that of David Beckham. As per league policy, the identity of the player, the salary he will earn, the club he will join and the position he plays were not revealed.

BANGKOK -- The inclusion of goalkeeper Kosin Hathairatanakul, defender Rungsun Wivatchaichoke, midfielder Phitchitpong Choeichiu and forward Teerathep Winothai into the starting lineup for Thailand's national team Monday caused the country's play-by-play announcers to go on strike.

PARIS -- Zinedine Zidane, a World Cup winner with France in 1998 and runner-up in 2006, has told France Football magazine that he intends to help Algeria prepare for its first-round World Cup games against Slovenia, England and the United States. Zidane said the Desert Foxes "know how to use their feet," but he would teach them "how to use their head."

CHICAGO -- The board of directors of the USA Bid Committee to bring the FIFA World Cup to the United States in 2018 or 2022 met Monday and saw members Drew Carey and Henry Kissinger iron out their differences. Carey promised not to fall asleep again when Kissinger is talking, and Kissinger promised not to bomb Cambodia again.

PRETORIA -- In a last-minute switch brought about by the woeful record compiled by the national team in the two years leading up to the World Cup, South Africa will now be represented in the tournament by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

BRASILIA -- Lulu, the president of Brazil and no relation to the 1960s English pop singer, has decreed that the country can field only players with names consisting of four or fewer letters. As a result, starting for Brazil will be goalkeeper Doni (AS Roma); defenders Juan (AS Roma), Alex (Chelsea), Cris (Olympique Lyon) and Dede (Borussia Dortmund); midfielders Kaka (Real Madrid), Dudu (Olympiakos) and Melo (Juventus); and forwards Pato (AC Milan), Love (Palmeiras) and Jo (Everton).

LONDON -- England's World Cup hopes suffered a serious blow Tuesday when Coach Fabio Capello included goalkeeper David James on his 23-man roster for the tournament.

DURBAN -- Following the lead set by Japan in 2002, the South African government has denied Argentina Coach Diego Armando Maradona entry to the country because of his history of drug use. Argentina's players were said to be "unanimously in favor" of the decision.

LOS ANGELES -- The Fox Soccer Channel announced Wednesday that, in a reversal of previous policy, from now on it will employ only on-air commentators who know something about the sport.

CAPE TOWN -- Joseph "Sepp" Blatter, FIFA's ancient president, was recovering in a local hospital Friday from puncture wounds suffered in a fall from the tribune of honor at the city's World Cup stadium. In the tumble, Blatter was impaled on half a dozen vuvuzelas, the annoying plastic horns that he has long championed as being part of African soccer culture.

 

BCS TITLE SPOILER (highlight)

Texas has some fight in them. Started doing other things when they went down 24-6 with McCoy out.

 

Colt McCoy forever remembered as a pu$$y

 

Like say our own John Terry after a CL exit? Never had a problem with plyers getting emotional for losses or victories. No way Tebow never comes back into that game like McCoy though. Love him or hate him(not sure why anyone would) he woud do anything for his team

 

He didn't even give it a shot, you dont know what you can do until you get out there. Not everyone mans up when injured, see for example Tomlinson versus Rivers or how many QBs would have done what Leftwich did against E carolina?

Of course I am.

 

It's not always a question of will. If a muscle was torn or swollen and he didnt have full motion the coaches might have decided going with the backup would give their team more success. Without knowing the severity of his injury, its hard to say if he was a wuss or just physically unable to compete at that level. When J Cole got hurt he tried to come back on and play and ended up collapsing on the field. Sometimes your body can't do it.

 

Yeah I am not sure I agree with Snead either, especially since I do not think he is that good, but Alabama has so much of their team back it wont matter anyways, and they will never be able to compete with the constant top end recruiting of Florida, Bama, LSU, Tennessee, georgia. I am sure he will be rated higher than Tebow for for the draft though. It will be interested to see how far bradford falls from his projected no 1, before the injury.

Live in Gainesville.

 

I dont care who my team is, if they ended up with Clausen I'd gag.