Soccer, Sports and Politics - Part Deux

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  1. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Some of the hits from that era were perfectly fine ear candy. But there was never anything about the music of the Hager era that made me want to hear deep cuts. OTOH, I still occasionally go back to DLR-era albums. That era is just aging better, IMHO.
     
  2. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
     
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  3. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If only somebody would create a thread dedicated to discussing music. ;)
     
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  4. Val1

    Val1 Member+

    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    As an ACC fan, I am really enjoying watching Florida State implode on the gridiron.

    Sweet, sweet schadenfreude...
     
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  5. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    If you're truly an ACC fan, as opposed to a fan of one ACC program, you need FSU. You don't have anyone else to represent you. Clemson's done. Miami? We'll see. Otherwise, it'll just be another "See you in March" season for the conference.

    FSU'll be in one of the two football conferences soon enough..
     
  6. Val1

    Val1 Member+

    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    No, they won't. Not this way, not as a stand-alone. They can't join the B1G10, they're not accredited. The SEC doesn't want them encroaching on Florida. They could try the Big 12, but that's a like kind exchange to the other also-ran Power 4 conference.

    College football seems to me to a bubble right now. If House gets re-negotiated so that all the little guys don't have to bear the $1 billion payout, that bubble could burst.

    I actually want FSU to stay. They've got the best women's soccer program since Anson Dorrance's pomp, an equally great softball program, and their men's hoops team is always a fun watch.

    I'm a believer that folks ought to be where they want to be, so by extension, that includes universities. So, let them pay the $500 or $600 million and they can go on their merry little way.
     
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  7. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Didn't even know that Memphis played football. :ROFLMAO:
     
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  8. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    They have no accreditation??? That can't be true.
     
  9. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    My childhood friend nickname is Memphis or Memp because he was a big boy and one friend called him the fullback out of Memphis St.
     
  10. Val1

    Val1 Member+

    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Not by the Association of American Universities, which is more exclusive than the Southern College Accreditation Council (something like that.) AAU only has something like 85 member institutions IIRC and 17 of those are in the Big 10. Only school missing out is Nebraska, which as an independent and potentially waaay bigger get than FSU, so it was allowed entry. From what I've read, Big 10 president's value that AAU accreditation more now than they did in the 90s.
     
  11. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Oh, my. No wonder they win titles only once a decade or so...
     
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  12. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
  13. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    If that had been MLS, Europeans would have had 50 million jokes.
     
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  14. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Even the supporters of clubs in such illustrious leagues as those in Denmark and Greece? That's what cracks me up- minnow UEFA leagues talking shit because they're in the same continent with Spain, Italy and England. I mean, they DO have single table and theoretical* access to the UEFA Champions League, so there's that.

    *was it Fener who got screwed out of a berth because UEFA, allegedly full of football knowledge, was too irresponsible to draft a rule that makes the defending champion part of the draw BEFORE Liverpool won the CL in 2006 while showing fifth or sixth in the Prem?
     
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  15. Wut?o_O
    We invented it. :cool:We have the best worst misses in the world.
     
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  16. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    I think he knew the instant that he hit it, it was a miss.
     
  17. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    I have to Google this story.
     
  18. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    It was Fener or Panathinaikos, I'm almost sure. Some big fish in a small puddle league- they probably win their league every other season or so, but still. I know they're in Turkey and Greece respectively, but they're the two that come to mind. The excuse was "Oh, they were paid handsomely for being removed from the draw/they weren't going to win anyway..."
     
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  19. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    with 2 minutes to go in the first half, the wide receivers for my Panthers have the same number of receptions as tackles. 1.
    It was Everton.
     
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  20. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This was a technique issue. The easier finish was with his inside foot. I’m guessing the player is a lefty, afraid to use his right, thus he was always prone to drag it wide since he used his left.
     
  21. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Okay, so they ended up doing the switch at the league level. I recall the original discussion revolved around taking a crap team out of the draw from somewhere other than England. I could have sworn it was Fener.
     
  22. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    my undergrad college’s football team is 0-3 on the season. They have yet to force the opposition to punt in any of those games.

    But don’t worry. They’re giving up an average of 60 points a game, so their return specialists are getting plenty of real game experience on kickoffs.
     
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  23. M

    M Member+

    Feb 18, 2000
    Via Ventisette
    Derby County v Cardiff City. To make it even more amusing the miss was apparently against his old team.
     
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  24. Gambling debts?:cautious:
     
  25. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    Is there a Welsh League or is it all merged with the Premier League? Swansea and Cardiff are in the English Premier League and I guess so too Wrexham
     

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