Soccer, Sports and Politics - Part Deux

I've seen it in the summer Olympics. Appreciate the endurance & toughness. But it's a hard watch.

 

Oh it’s boring as shit to watch.

At my high school during PE we’d get the occasional pool day when it was really hot, and they’d have us play gutterball, which was basically like water polo played across the width of the shallow end of the pool trying to get the ball in the opposing team’s side gutter. But it was more like an excuse to jump on top of people and try to dunk them under the water. I kinda doubt they play that anymore.

 

Court storming is stoopid. But looks like the Dookie Filipowsi went for a shove then twisted his ankle

I’m going to keep it a buck with yall, this looks like Kyle Filipowski stuck his foot out and tried to push and trip that student that stormed the court 🤷‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/jsLekfzquR

— Rollin’ Raiders 🏴‍☠️🌵 (@rollin_raiders) February 24, 2024

 

Was this before, during or after the game?

 

A week before

 

Sorry,couldn't click the tweet,I was laughing so hard when I saw the score my hands were shaking.

 

Not as funny as Virginny scoring 16 pts in the 1st half against UNC

 

Save them for big occasions. Maybe this qualifies; Wake has been bad for a while so maybe this is their first win over a top ten team in a while. But seriously, Duke has like 1 Final Four since 2015, they were I think ranked #10 coming into the game. Not really a big win guys, unless your standards are low.

 

Limit it to beating a #1. Then the #1 team can prepare for it.

 

Put your money where your legs are:

The man made a business decision. pic.twitter.com/gAfODYebGY

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) February 24, 2024

 

I wonder if he’ll actually collect. That seems very illegal. IANAL.

Like, the visiting team captain can take all his money and bet on a call of heads and (minus the vig) double his money. But that’s not gambling because gambling is about variables.

 

Likely guarding a nest but quick at the wheel for golfer dude

🐊😨 Florida golf just hits different

[Via: mattdevittweather/IG] pic.twitter.com/P6pugmiZ2Y

— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) February 25, 2024

 

Almost as crazy as the CFL

 

Rouge point, right?

 

lol it looked like the Duke player initiated the contact.

But yeah, court storming is dumb. At least this win meant something, but it seems like every other game where the home team wins there's a court invasion.

 

A glitch in the matrix:

La jugada FANTASMA del Superclásico

👀😱👻👻

pic.twitter.com/ExBKUXqMG2

— Ecuagol (@ECUAGOL) February 25, 2024

 

IIRC, there were two streakers, so both could claim that they didn't know about the other?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...12/super-bowl-streakers-arrested/72567315007/

 

Just looking at Wake's conference record (10-6), seems borderline for getting to the Big Dance. But they were 0-3 against the top 25. Not only is that bad in terms of # of wins, but its bad in terms of number of games played v top 25. They probably had no shot if they went 0-and-4 v t25 and 9-7 in the ACC. They may still fail to get in, but this seemed like a must have (or else win the ACC tourney).

It was a big win <and here comes the big caveat> by regular season college b-ball standards.

 

Wait, so let me get this straight:

Dook lost.
Their opponents' fans stormed the court, causing a dookie to get injured.


Why, exactly should we dislike ANYTHING about that?

If anything, all good and upstanding Americans should CELEBRATE a dook loss, dook getting beaten on national TV, and a dookie getting injured!


For my part, as I give zero shits about college sports, seeing some kid who may never make a dollar playing professionally getting injured in a postgame celebration is indeed a good thing.

 

I love a goal with an excellent buildup like that, they never win the awards but they should.

 

Oh wow one of my pet peeves. Co-sign

There should be separate awards for Goal of the Week/Month/Year and Shot of the W/M/Y.