THUD
dead Russian luger...check
malfunction during the torch lighting....check
mens downhill postponed because of a mushy slope....check
So far so good...
mushy slope....sounds dirty.
I'm curious: who really cares about the Olympics?
And I don't mean who on :CF cares. I don't care if you care. I want to know who out there actually gives a shtein about this circus.
The French
farg the farging french, jesus.
you asked.
the opening ceremonies made me wish i had some shrooms.
they made me wish i had some anthrax.
Lol, that's funny.
or you could just luge everyone.
This is definitely the worst olympics ever. Which is remarkable since they've all sucked since the original dream team.
my wife answered my question a few minutes ago: "I'm going to watch the Olympics for a while before I go to work."
I've never been a big fan of the Olympics but damn if it doesn't make you watch sports that you'd never give a F about the other 3 years 11 months in between. "farg yeah curling's on!"
curling is terrible. i think it's a game that was invented by janitors. i don't really care about the olympics, especially in the "usa usa" aspect except maybe when it comes to basketball. other than that, there's a few olympic sports i enjoy watching and that's mostly because they aren't everyday sports you can see here in the states.
for the winter games, i enjoy watching bob sledding, some figure skating and anything on skis.
summer games i mostly watch basketball and gymnastics
Olympics are not sports. Its entertainment programming. That's how the networks treat it.
Its intended and marketed at everyone from 10 year olds to sunmos diabetic racist grandmother.
I like speed skating. That shtein gets crazy sometimes...the short track stuff.
I also am female and love the drama that always surrounds ice skating. lol
Hockey and all skiing stuff (freestyle, jumping, downhill)
Summer is all about gymnastics, diving and swimming.
did anyone notice last night at the opening ceremonies all the african (and other warm weather) countries who were there had one athlete in the games and almost always they were an alpine skier
I didn't watch the OC, but I like watching some events. Same with the summer games. I like a few events here and there.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on February 13, 2010, 08:16:18 PM
I like speed skating. That shtein gets crazy sometimes...the short track stuff.
I also am female and love the drama that always surrounds ice skating. lol
Hockey and all skiing stuff (freestyle, jumping, downhill)
Summer is all about gymnastics, diving and swimming.
Speed skating is amazing. You just expect them to wipe out at every turn. The luge still freaks me out. After that horrific crash it is even more crazy.
Canadian women's hockey team beat Slovakia 18-0 (http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/ice-hockey--canada-crushes-slovakia-18-0-in-record-win_277240xC.html), but that wasn't the biggest score mentioned in the article...
QuoteDespite being outshot 67-9 Saturday, Slovakia knows what it feels like to be on the other end of a lopsided score - in one of their exhibition games leading up to the Olympics they beat Bulgaria 82-0 in Latvia.
ha...a goal every 44 seconds
i remember reading about that 82-0 game but didnt realize it was their national team...i thought it was some low rent league in eastern europe
Anyone have a video of the luger faceplanting into the post? I feel like I may be the only person not to have watched it yet..
from the dead in 2010 thread
Quote from: Munson on February 13, 2010, 03:33:19 AM
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/assetid=4d69df22-dc17-4356-8385-b075a080b00a.html#graphic+content+luge+crash+from+start
I tried that...all I get is a white screen
either you have to install something or nbc took the video down
you could probably find through the back alleys on youtube
i know when i tried playing it i needed to install silverlight or some crap like that. wouldn't be surprised if they took it down though. hell, i'm a bit shocked they put it up in the first place and kept it up for as long as they did.
same here, and then i installed it and i still had the white screen
other sites have it
Yup...googled "dead luger video" and there it was. Ouch.
looks painful but i doubt he felt it.
It's just that thud you hear when he hits. :-\
why didn't they just put an alligator pit and broken glass at that turn too
i can't help but wonder how many idiots out there, upon hearing the news "georgian luger dies in training accident" thought that it was an american.
i can see georgia from my front window
actually georgia will be right around the corner of the 2014 games in sochi
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 15, 2010, 03:37:13 PM
i can't help but wonder how many idiots out there, upon hearing the news "georgian luger dies in training accident" thought that it was an american.
Like the broad on The Amazing Race last night that thought they were going to China and they were really going to Chile.
surprised there are no pics of hot women in the games. get on that
I'm enjoying the olympics, there i said it
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 15, 2010, 08:06:27 PM
Like the broad on The Amazing Race last night that thought they were going to China and they were really going to Chile.
That blonde dumbass won $500K on Big Brother this past summer
Quote from: BigEd76 on February 16, 2010, 10:54:11 AM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 15, 2010, 08:06:27 PM
Like the broad on The Amazing Race last night that thought they were going to China and they were really going to Chile.
That blonde dumbass won $500K on Big Brother this past summer
No shtein? Its a toss up between who is dumber, her or the Iraq/South African/Ummm, uhhh Ms American broad.
And lol at Steve Smith screwing up.
SB, I'm enjoying them too. I watch every night.
Curling is hilarious.
great quality on the USA/Switzerland game on NBColympics.com. Crystal clear. :yay
all i want is for canada to lose. farg them.
Cherry Hill representing in the Olympics :)
Bobby Ryan 1 - Switzerland - 0
cherry hill?
are you trying to steal my jew crown from me?
I could be from israel and not take your jew crown from you
well good. cause its mine. ps i hope mike emerick dies in a plane crash with team canada.
what channel are the olympics on
hockey is on usa
Quote from: KDS on February 16, 2010, 03:49:29 PM
well good. cause its mine.
Get in line bitch. You're not officially a Jew till you become successful. Good luck in Browntown.
wow they really jam those Vick's ads in there, don't they
Quote from: Die-Hard on February 16, 2010, 03:54:44 PM
Quote from: KDS on February 16, 2010, 03:49:29 PM
well good. cause its mine.
Get in line bitch. You're not officially a Jew till you become successful. Good luck in Browntown.
wait you're a hooknose?
why didnt i know this.
Probably because I've never made a habit out of spewing my religious views on a football message board.
emerick really does make your ears bleed
but as bad as he is pierre maguire is that good
wow what a great rush and move
Quote from: Die-Hard on February 16, 2010, 03:58:18 PM
Probably because I've never made a habit out of spewing my religious views on a football message board.
ahhh
but you see that is point. if i cant mock religion what can i do?
anyway i expect club seats to a sixers game within the next 3 days. k thanks bye.
Quotebut you see that is point.
Its scary that you have dreams of being a legit journalist.
it is scary if i ever write something without editing it.
also switzerland sucks.
3-0
hey lil guy will all olympic hockey games be televised live and in full
Quote from: Die-Hard on February 16, 2010, 04:01:05 PM
Quotebut you see that is point.
Its scary that you have dreams of being a legit journalist.
Maybe he could pull it off in Kazakhstan talking like that
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Quote from: ice grillin you on February 16, 2010, 04:04:51 PM
hey lil guy will all olympic hockey games be televised live and in full
usa and probably canada
im pretty sure a lot of non-us hockey games will be on cnbc and msnbc which dont have hd channels in many markets. usa will have all us games i believe.
if they make the medal round i have to believe it will be on nbc no?
we just got msnbc in hi def last week which was incredible to me how long it was after cnn and fox news went hd
yea the gold medal game at least and maybe a weekend game or two
still dont have msnbc hd here but by saturday i wont have any hd at all
is there even television down there
telemundo y espn deportes
the USA jersey is tight
and for IGY
QuoteAll times are East Coast.
Tuesday:
3pm- USA vs Switzerland USA
7:30pm- Canada vs Norway CNBC
Midnight- Russia vs Latvia CNBC
Wednesday:
3pm- Finland vs Belarus MSNBC
7:30pm- Sweden vs Germany CNBC
Midnight- Czech Rep vs Slovakia CNBC
Thursday:
3pm- USA vs Norway USA
7:30pm- Canada vs Switzerland CNBC
Midnight- Russia vs Slovakia CNBC
Friday:
3pm- Sweden vs Belarus MSNBC
7:30pm- Czech Rep vs Latvia CNBC
Midnight- Finland vs Germany MSNBC
Saturday (the zesty games):
3pm- Norway vs Switzerland MSNBC
7:30pm- Slovakia vs Latvia MSNBC
Midnight- Belarus vs Germany MSNBC
Sunday (the good games):
3pm- Czech Rep vs Russia NBC
7:30pm- USA vs Canada MSNBC
Midnight- Sweden vs Finland MSNBC
I'd take Bobby Ryan in a heartbeat. For years the Flyers have tried to get him going back to when he was a kid pretty much and Bobby Clarke being his pseudo dad.
how the farg is the Canada hockey game in SD on DTV since they still dont have MSNBC HD, yet they have CNBC with farging curling in hd.
Womens curling just choked hard against Japan.
Canadians havn't scored yet. the God drew a penalty though
Pronger had one of his blasts redirected in, and God came within a ball hair of scoring on a rebound.
For some reason I'm watching mens curling right now and the fans are going nuts like it's the hockey games.
QuoteGood ol' trash-talking, Olympics style ...
February, 16, 2010Feb 168:25PM ET
By Pierre LeBrun
USA Defeats Switzerland, 3-1, In Hockey
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- I wrote Monday of Julien Sprunger's courageous comeback from a broken neck in May to play in these Olympic Games.
Although I don't think the hit was dirty, it was Team USA forward David Backes who drilled Sprunger in a game last spring in Switzerland. So, as the Swiss forward told ESPN.com Monday, Tuesday's game against Backes and the Americans was very emotional for him.
Well, I couldn't help but notice a run-in between the two players in the second period, which was followed later by Backes yelling something to Sprunger as he skated by the U.S. team.
"He said something to the effect of, 'I'll do it to you again if you want,'" Sprunger told ESPN.com, in French, after the 3-1 loss to Team USA.
Yikes.
Backes, a tough but fair player, quickly denied he said that to Sprunger.
"I think I told him to keep his head up when he was running around a little bit," Backes said.
The St. Louis Blues forward, who scored a gorgeous goal in Tuesday's opener, said he respected Sprunger and the type of game he played and certainly doesn't feel good about what happened in May.
"I was pretty distraught that it happened the first time. You don't ever want to hurt anybody," Backes said. "It was a hard, finished check. He's a good player, and I'm glad he's back on the ice. We had a good battle today, we had a few run-ins, but I don't think I would stoop that low to dig my fingers and pour salt in the wound."
Good ol' trash-talking, Olympics style.
the coach of shaun White after winning the gold. "go down there and StOMP that shtein" LOL at filters
nm
lindsey vonn, the female skier who won a gold medal yesterday would get it.
(http://www.intentionalfoul.com/images/lindseyvonn.jpg)
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(http://www.netnewspublisher.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Lindsey-Vonn-sm.jpg)
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she's not all world hot or anything, but i wouldn't mind throwing a batch of pecker snot in her direction.
Meh.
She talked about her bad leg alot but she was definitely skiing down the mountain on one leg
that leg injury was the biggest piece of propaganda since chris duhons rib
there literally was zero storylines heading into the games so NBC came up with the idea of that women either making up completely or greatly exaggerating a wittle boose on her shin
not only was there never a question whether she was gonna race there really was no doubt she was gonna win the gold
did you watch it though? Her right leg literally didnt have any pressure on it. I didnt give a shtein leading up to it, but it was real, and she won Gold thats all that matters. Team USA plays today at 3 against the Norwegians(OKT and Patrick Thoreson)
farg no i didnt watch it...its womens skiing
all i know is people were crashing left and right yet she dominated the course on one leg...riiiiiiiiight
dont believe the hype...dont...dont....dont believe the hype
USA!
the winter olympics are horrendous
I caught maybe one glimpse of it and it was the half-pipe--not because I even care about snowboarding but I enjoy the flips and shtein
but these other events..cmon now. yaaaay...you can ski fast down a hill, hit a double axel to josh groban, skate in a mini circle on over-sized blades, throw 3 guys in a sled and tell them to duck...and best of all brushing ice the fastest with a broomstick and getting excited about it...christ
Quote from: reese125 on February 18, 2010, 11:36:42 AM
the winter olympics are horrendous
I caught maybe one glimpse of it and it was the half-pipe--not because I even care about snowboarding but I enjoy the flips and shtein
but these other events..cmon now. yaaaay...you can ski fast down a hill, hit a double axel to josh groban, skate in a mini circle on over-sized blades, throw 3 guys in a sled and tell them to duck...and best of all brushing ice the fastest with a broomstick and getting excited about it...christ
You're a complete idiot if you think downhill skiing is bogus. And ice skating as well.
it's undoubtedly difficult for reese to ski with his foot in his mouth all the time.
skiing is indeed difficult...i could only dream of doing it...but that doesnt change the fact that its excruciatingly boring to watch
The crashes werent boring at all
Watching the chick crash immediately after leaving the gate had the ladyfriend and I rolling for a good 10 minutes last night.
i can youtube ski crashes
or sportscenter...i love skiing highlights...it consists of all the crashes then a four second highlite of whoever won the gold crossing the finish line into the sideways skid stop and double pole pump
Quote from: rjs246 on February 18, 2010, 01:33:54 PM
Watching the chick crash immediately after leaving the gate had the ladyfriend and I rolling for a good 10 minutes last night.
I can't seem to find a clip of it anywhere. If anyone finds it please post. Watching an Olympic level skier fall on her face within 3 seconds of starting her run was some good shtein.
ill get right on it
Fail. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMiwdgI86y8)
LOL
Quote from: PhillyGirl on February 18, 2010, 12:42:13 PM
Quote from: reese125 on February 18, 2010, 11:36:42 AM
the winter olympics are horrendous
I caught maybe one glimpse of it and it was the half-pipe--not because I even care about snowboarding but I enjoy the flips and shtein
but these other events..cmon now. yaaaay...you can ski fast down a hill, hit a double axel to josh groban, skate in a mini circle on over-sized blades, throw 3 guys in a sled and tell them to duck...and best of all brushing ice the fastest with a broomstick and getting excited about it...christ
You're a complete idiot if you think downhill skiing is bogus. And ice skating as well.
because youre still dreaming about brian boitano behind your husbands back I should care about skating--stop yourself
That might be the weakest post ever. And with you and Munson on the same board, thats saying a lot.
please girl--wrong tree
i can certainly understand people not having an interest in skiing or ice skating, however when it comes to the winter olympics, they are probably the 2 most legit sports in the entire winter games as both require insane amounts of coordination, balance, strength and endurance.
colin cowherd made a great point the other morning on his show and said that most of the winter games are about money and science and many of the sports rely too much on equipment rather than athletic ability for overall success. that's why you don't see poor(er) countries (african, jamacan, etc) succeeding alot in the winter games. it's not just because their climate doesn't provide adequate training conditions, but they also don't have the money to spend on all of the equipment needed to compete in winter events.
thus why IGY doesnt get down with the snow sports
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 18, 2010, 03:01:41 PM
i can certainly understand people not having an interest in skiing or ice skating, however when it comes to the winter olympics, they are probably the 2 most legit sports in the entire winter games as both require insane amounts of coordination, balance, strength and endurance.
colin cowherd made a great point the other morning on his show and said that most of the winter games are about money and science and many of the sports rely too much on equipment rather than athletic ability for overall success. that's why you don't see poor(er) countries (african, jamacan, etc) succeeding alot in the winter games. it's not just because their climate doesn't provide adequate training conditions, but they also don't have the money to spend on all of the equipment needed to compete in winter events.
of course they are hard as hell to do, so is synchronized swimming, but it doesnt excuse the fact that its boring as shtein to watch
Quote from: reese125 on February 18, 2010, 03:11:20 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 18, 2010, 03:01:41 PM
i can certainly understand people not having an interest in skiing or ice skating, however when it comes to the winter olympics, they are probably the 2 most legit sports in the entire winter games as both require insane amounts of coordination, balance, strength and endurance.
colin cowherd made a great point the other morning on his show and said that most of the winter games are about money and science and many of the sports rely too much on equipment rather than athletic ability for overall success. that's why you don't see poor(er) countries (african, jamacan, etc) succeeding alot in the winter games. it's not just because their climate doesn't provide adequate training conditions, but they also don't have the money to spend on all of the equipment needed to compete in winter events.
of course they are hard as hell to do, so is synchronized swimming, but it doesnt excuse the fact that its boring as shtein to watch
Basketball says "HELLLLLLLLLLLLLO!"
Quote from: PhillyGirl on February 18, 2010, 02:49:06 PM
That might be the weakest post ever. And with you and Munson on the same board, thats saying a lot.
it really was incredibly awful...way over the top gay joke that made no sense at all but still had way more sense than it did humor
god I feel horrible..Im sorry
That chick that won the silver yesterday in the women's downhill, Julia Mancuso, went to elementary school on Kauai and spends the off season on Maui. All makes sense now. Go Daddy!
QuoteJulia grew up in Lake Tahoe as the middle of three sisters, between older sister April and younger sister Sara. When she was five, her father, real estate developer Ciro Mancuso, was arrested and convicted of running a $140 million marijuana smuggling operation.[1] Her parents subsequently divorced in 1992, and her mother said that Julia "took everything out on the slopes."[1]
I think my wife has relatives on Kauai that have smoked $140M worth of pot since 1992.
Quote from: Don Ho on February 18, 2010, 03:56:28 PM
That chick that won the silver yesterday in the women's downhill, Julia Mancuso, went to elementary school on Kauai and spends the off season on Maui. All makes sense now. Go Daddy!
QuoteJulia grew up in Lake Tahoe as the middle of three sisters, between older sister April and younger sister Sara. When she was five, her father, real estate developer Ciro Mancuso, was arrested and convicted of running a $140 million marijuana smuggling operation.[1] Her parents subsequently divorced in 1992, and her mother said that Julia "took everything out on the slopes."[1]
I think my wife has relatives on Kauai that have smoked $140M worth of pot since 1992.
i think i'm going to Kauai with your wife next time im out there
It's easy for people who don't ski or don't have the interest in it to say how boring it is to watch. I kinda get it. They're wrong, though.
Lindsey Vonn's run yesterday was epic. She was basically skiing on one leg and was still faster than everyone on the hill. Amazing.
Didn't you hear? It's obvious the leg injury was a fake and the putting most of the weight on one leg was an optical illusion made up by NBC to drum up some interest in the Olympics.
I didn't realize Luca Sbisa was playing for Team Switzerland.
this Canada vs Switzerland game was crazy, went to a shoootout so far, Crosby of course just scored, but the Swiss were amazing
Bronze medalist Scotty Lago got sent home from Vancouver for these weak ass 'racy' pictures. What the farg is wrong with people?
(http://www.theskichannel.com/image/news/20100219_Scotty_Lago_400.jpg)
(http://www.theschoolsunited.com/community/christiansch/files/50/19/lg_Christianity101.jpg)
THIS GUY
jesus, thats retarded
why the farg is the us/canada game on MSNBC tonight? That's horseshtein. No HD for this????
MSNBCHD was just added about 2 weeks ago
It's astoundingly stupid, but then again, NBC is the same network whose executives thought putting Jay Leno on five nights a week in prime time was a good idea.
:-D
They're reasoning is so they dont have stoppages of play every 5 minutes so they can get their sponsors ad's in. So instead they'll put it on a network with the broadcasting clarity of me spooging on a window for 2 weeks straight and trying to view thru it. Well Done NBC, i hope Comcast cant buy you and you farging fail
Quote from: BigEd76 on February 21, 2010, 11:20:43 AM
MSNBCHD was just added about 2 weeks ago
Not for us, I am pretty sure.
channel 603 on Fios
i guess tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the miracle on ice. sportscenter did a nice little piece on it this morning but i'd imagine that's something that's almost impossible to farg up.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on February 21, 2010, 11:01:41 AM
why the farg is the us/canada game on MSNBC tonight? That's horseshtein. No HD for this????
NBC figures there will be a bigger audience for the ice dancing medal round.
Ice dancing.
They also have farging Curling on CNBC HD at that time. farging pathetic
Why does anyone care this much about high definition? 5 years ago tv was tv. Now all of a sudden it's worth having a stroke over if something isn't broadcast in HD? Settle down, monkeys.
Hockey in SD is useless, especially MSNBC's signal which may be the worst on tv.
That sucks. I guess you won't watch now.
i'll just look at HD porn instead
Curling is bocci ball on ice....that shtein's awesome.
um, not really.
a bocci ball is like 10x smaller than those giant hockey pucks is that they slide in curling.
once a bocci ball is tossed no one can do anything to alter it's course and speed.
bocci ball can be played anywhere and is great for family reunions and bbq
bocci is not an olympic sport, nor is should be.
bocci is horseshoes for whops. curling is for janitors who can't ice skate or play bocci.
its WOPS, WithOutPapers you dego
Ovechkin just wiped out Jagr
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 21, 2010, 04:08:13 PM
um, not really.
a bocci ball is like 10x smaller than those giant hockey pucks is that they slide in curling.
once a bocci ball is tossed no one can do anything to alter it's course and speed.
bocci ball can be played anywhere and is great for family reunions and bbq
bocci is not an olympic sport, nor is should be.
bocci is horseshoes for whops. curling is for janitors who can't ice skate or play bocci.
wow, talk about over analyzing.
Point of Bocci: get your bocci ball as close to the black ball as you can. If you have the closest, you get a point for each ball of yours that is closer than the opposing teams closest ball.
Point of curling: same. substitute "center" for "black ball" and "stone" for "bocci ball"
Of course there are rule differences and variations.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 21, 2010, 04:26:21 PM
its WOPS, WithOutPapers you dego
i know what it means jitbag. and every time i've ever seen it, it's always been with an h for WitHOut Papers you stupid farging cracker
Quote from: Munson on February 21, 2010, 04:58:02 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 21, 2010, 04:08:13 PM
um, not really.
a bocci ball is like 10x smaller than those giant hockey pucks is that they slide in curling.
once a bocci ball is tossed no one can do anything to alter it's course and speed.
bocci ball can be played anywhere and is great for family reunions and bbq
bocci is not an olympic sport, nor is should be.
bocci is horseshoes for whops. curling is for janitors who can't ice skate or play bocci.
wow, talk about over analyzing.
Point of Bocci: get your bocci ball as close to the black ball as you can. If you have the closest, you get a point for each ball of yours that is closer than the opposing teams closest ball.
Point of curling: same. substitute "center" for "black ball" and "stone" for "bocci ball"
Of course there are rule differences and variations.
not really over analyzing anything. there are similarities in the scoring methods, that's about it. but the fundamentals of the game are drastically different. not to mention that 1 is slow and unwatchable and the other is a great way to spend a sunny afternoon with friends and family.
neither has any business being an olympic sport. the fact that someone can actually win a gold medal in curling seriously takes away from the significance in winning an olympic gold.
(http://www.kaigani.com/feverishmind/uploaded_images/curling-731148.jpg)
how long before sports with motors are permitted in the olympics? i mean it has to happen eventually doesnt it?
I wanna see Travis Pastrana with a gold medal.
Quote from: rjs246 on February 21, 2010, 03:15:09 PM
Why does anyone care this much about high definition? 5 years ago tv was tv. Now all of a sudden it's worth having a stroke over if something isn't broadcast in HD? Settle down, monkeys.
i love hd as much as the next guy but i couldnt agree more...shtein the eagle bar i go to in dc doesnt have the games on hd....and this is a meaningless hockey game
and the reason its on msnbc is because they wanna get that brand name out there to as many people as possible...everyone already knows what nbc is....and the ad time is already sold...nbc could put the game on palladia at this point and it wouldnt effect their bottom line
When I'm going to a bar, it's because they do have HD, being as I don't have it at home and watch TV on an ancient 50" bigger than my recliner TV.
I don't give a shtein, IGY....any other sport its fine.
USA vs. Canada HOCKEY needs to be in HD. NBC farged up big time on this, as per the usual.
I can actually watch Olympic hockey, looks like a sport instead of a back alley brawl.
Quote from: shorebird on February 21, 2010, 07:55:46 PM
I can't actually watch Olympic hockey, looks like bitch ass soccer on ice.
This game is incredible.
agreed.
USA needed to score on one of those 2 PPs because Canada will get a make up call sooner or later and score on it.
America Farg Yeah! What a game!
That was like the best call ever by Emrick. He's great.
Emerick is a corksucker, but wow, what a game. No HD, but the game was better than it was even better than billed. Loved the Canadians diving all over the place at the end of the game. USA USA USA
Quote from: PhillyGirl on February 21, 2010, 07:53:27 PMUSA vs. Canada HOCKEY needs to be in HD.
It was. For half the country, I guess...
U.S.A. fargers
@ easy
like 10-20 mil probably have msnbc hd. almost 90 mil have msnbc. why they didnt put this on usa (which has full hd penetration haha that term) i can not figure out. igy's reason might be right.
but it didnt matter for me. im stealing someones internet. im in an empty apartment with no furniture or bed. im sleeping on the floor tonight. so alone, so cold, so well hung....
When did the Olmypics thread turn into the 2 truths, 1 lie game?
I can't believe that PG and Seabiscuit missed that game. Sucks to be them.
i had it in HD and didnt watch it.....BOOM!
the hype for what was literally a meaningless game borders on sickening...i also agree with shore...i just cant get into olympic hockey...
put usa in the gold medal game and i watch some of it
Quote from: rjs246 on February 22, 2010, 05:18:54 AM
I can't believe that PG and Seabiscuit missed that game. Sucks to be them.
ha
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 22, 2010, 05:30:02 AM
i had it in HD and didnt watch it.....BOOM!
the hype for what was literally a meaningless game borders on sickening...i also agree with Munson...i just cant get into olympic hockey...
put usa in the gold medal game and i watch some of it
Quote from: rjs246 on February 22, 2010, 05:18:54 AM
I can't believe that PG and Seabiscuit missed that game. Sucks to be them.
ha
I never once said I wasn't going to watch it. I just said it sucked that it wasn't in HD. If they want to get more hockey fans, what better way to do it than HD Olympics USA vs Canada.
to be a little more precise...it wasnt in HD for you....cause millions and millions of people did get it in hd
i had it in HD and it was great game
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Quote from: ice grillin you on February 22, 2010, 08:00:14 AM
to be a little more precise...it wasnt in HD for you....cause millions and millions of people did get it in hd
like the little guy said, maybe 10 million people get MSNBC in HD so far, and that may be high.
Every bar on Earth had that game in HD. Sack up, fruitcakes.
Also - that might have been the best hockey game I've ever seen. Ryan Miller had the game of his life last night. Just incredible.
Rome you're too old to understand this, but i'll try. Where i live, Comcast/DTV dont have MSNBC HD. The issue i have, and that many other people had was why the farg they put hte game on MSNBC which doesnt have HD all around. Meanwhile they had Curling in HD on CNBC. Christ, there were Chicago Tribune/NYTimes articles about this, and yet you fargers dont get it. Well done. Miller was beyond amazing, Rafalski is the new Brian Leech
everyone gets it....1% of the population cares....big difference
again it was a meaningless hockey game
the friggin miracle on ice wasnt even on live television and the world survived
barely
if you go back three pages i already complained about the game being shown on a cable channel. well, not really complained so much as mocked nbc's unbelievably stupid decision not to broadcast it on the main channel.
and honestly, too old? that's getting as tired as the m/a nonsense...
can you imagine being old and MA....consider yourself lucky
that was the first hockey game i've watched from beginning to end all year and there's no chance i see a better game this year.
I'm havas I'm from maryland give me flyers coyotes I want that not epic hockey thank you
i need some rooting interest to really be into it...and i like the flyers ten millions times more than i like team usa who i couldnt care less about
and its not great hockey....it might be great theater if youre into that flag waving stuff...but the hockey is rag tag...as is expected since these teams got thrown into a blender approx 72 hrs ago then poured onto the ice where they are expected to play great hockey?....not gonna happen
The guy who doesn't watch olympic hockey and has no idea what he's talking about telling everyone who does how bad it is, when last night was an amazing game both jinoistically AND from a hockey fan's persepctive. How can you not love this guy?
its hilarious, as Matty said, easily the best game in years, and IGY is sticking to his guns that Olympic hockey sucks. Every game has been good so far, shtein Norway vs Switzerland was great.
i flip to it and try to watch but its so bad...look i understand people loving the olympics for what it is...its not my cup of tea but whatever...but dont try and say this is great hockey cause its not even close...if that game last night was flyers pens in the playoffs no one would be saying a word today...
its all about the underdog americans beating the canadian machine...and i get that and totally understand it...its why people like matty who dont watch hockey get into this...its why 72 year old women from arkansas watch...the GAMES might be great to some but the HOCKEY isnt
now the canada cup was classic hockey...that shtein was unreal
IGY saying it sucks...Check
IGY Going with It used to be better..check
Attack on MA...check. well done
Where's MDS?
Thanks to Sweden shutting out Finland late last night, USA is the #1 seed in the tournament and gets the winner of Switzerland/Belarus while Canada has to face Russia in the quarterfinals, so one of those teams is guaranteed to leave without a medal. ha
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 22, 2010, 11:08:34 AM
IGY saying it sucks...Check
IGY Going with It used to be better..check
Attack on MA...check. well done
its bad hockey...because youre to young to remember great hockey is not a fault of mine
didnt attack MA just pointing out the appeal of the olympics and to say that because the attraction of the event is great does not make the play great....its similar to the ncaa tourney now...the event is much better than the actually play
i like hockey and will watch flyers games when i can but rarely set aside time to watch an entire game from beginning to end like i did last night. and lol at calling the us-canada all star teams rag tag hockey.
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 22, 2010, 11:16:08 AM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 22, 2010, 11:08:34 AM
IGY saying it sucks...Check
IGY Going with It used to be better..check
Attack on MA...check. well done
its bad hockey...because youre to young to remember great hockey is not a fault of mine
didnt attack MA just pointing out the appeal of the olympics and to say that because the attraction of the event is great does not make the play great....its similar to the ncaa tourney now...the event is much better than the actually play
Sorry i'm not 30 yet. I tried being born earlier because things were better, but my parents didnt listen
Quote from: phattymatty on February 22, 2010, 11:17:11 AM
i like hockey and will watch flyers games when i can but rarely set aside time to watch an entire game from beginning to end like i did last night. and lol at calling the us-canada all star teams rag tag hockey.
you cant in a couple days just toss together an entire team and expect great hockey...then on top of that you had all these guys just play a first half nhl schedule that had 60 games crammed into four months....its just not a recipe that allows for great play
what it can lead to is a great tournament...its why the swiss can take the canadians to a shootout and america can beat canada
and that's not fun to watch why?
oh for many people its tremendous fun...its like a mini version of the world cup...which is another event i could care less about but people love...altho the world cup i assume has great soccer being played...i wouldnt know
its not fun for me cause i have no rooting interest...its not part of a larger season that includes divisions and standings and stuff...in the end i just dont give a farg about any result in this whole tournament...really the only thing i want is for ovechkin to become paralyzed but im not gonna watch the games for that
if the us makes the gold medal game and theres nothing better to watch im sure ill tune in to some or most of it
whatever commie.
USA!! USA!! USA!!
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speaking of olympic hockey and i hate the guy...but how does mike emerick so flawlessly announce these games when like russia is playing czech or two random euro teams...not only does he have to mentally match all these players numbers with names but he also has to know how to pronounce them all and he has to learn all this in a short period of time...and he does like hes doing devils-flyers...its amazing to me
i'm pretty sure eddie olczyk called the game "tremendously tremendous" at one point.
Quote from: phattymatty on February 22, 2010, 12:22:59 PM
i'm pretty sure eddie olczyk called the game "tremendously tremendous" at one point.
Ha! He definitely did.
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 22, 2010, 11:16:08 AM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 22, 2010, 11:08:34 AM
IGY saying it sucks...Check
IGY Going with It used to be better..check
Attack on MA...check. well done
its bad hockey...because youre to young to remember great hockey is not a fault of mine
didnt attack MA just pointing out the appeal of the olympics and to say that because the attraction of the event is great does not make the play great....its similar to the ncaa tourney now...the event is much better than the actually play
i'm 41 and do remember old time hockey and last night was a great game. it had just as much to do with the game as it did with the event and it will only get better.
i get it though, you don't like it. that's fine but i question why you spend so much time on a message board trying to explain your opinion on something you could care less about, its very contradicitive and seems unproductive.
so much time...ha
ive made about five posts on it that took a total of 90 seconds...which is less than you did on tiger
if you only knew how much time i have
four posts and 85 seconds too much.
you need to put more effort into dismantling munson IMO. 8)
I heard the tremendous thing and thought to myself... jesus dude, put the rum & coke down and switch to beer...
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crack kills
that's unfortunate.
chuggy ordered a dozen
I get the feeling igy doesn't really like sports and only watches to let out his anger on teams and players that have wronged him and to antagonize other people with his love of the bcs and the fact that he chose watching a 30 year old basketball game over canada/usa
Also he's slowly catching up on rome as the boards resident old cranly guy who longs for The Good Old Days.
you dont even like or know anything about hockey....you ARE that 56 year old housewife in sioux falls
Quote from: KDS on February 22, 2010, 02:11:01 PM
I get the feeling igy doesn't really like sports and only watches to let out his anger on teams and players that have wronged him and to antagonize other people with his love of the bcs and the fact that he chose watching a 30 year old basketball game over canada/usa
Also he's slowly catching up on rome as the boards resident old cranly guy who longs for The Good Old Days.
You mean the good old days when we never won anything?
Yeah, miss those terribly.
Clown.
@ igy
which is exactly my point. you claim to like hockey and as a fan of the sport i cant see why you wouldnt want to watch that game. im not a fan and i wanted to. in fact the game, which was hidden on msnbc, got better ratings than game 7 of the cup finals (8.1 mil to be exact, over 10 mil in canada which i believe makes it the highest rated event ever for them and really kind of funny that they lost to a country that likes arena football better). that says it all right there. the 56 year old ladies in sioux falls were watching skiing on nbc. so it was people who like the sport and finally had a reason to watch it. and actually looked hard to find it on a freaking left wing news channel.
@ rome
what? its a term like The Way Things Used To Be is. like there is no difference between the canada cup and olympic hockey other than the absence of commies which to be fair made it 1000000x better.
leave it to the temple journalism grad to offer unsolicited lessons in cliches.
Quote from: KDS on February 22, 2010, 06:32:27 PM
there is no difference between the canada cup and olympic hockey other than the absence of commies which to be fair made it 1000000x better.
one of the most wrong things youve ever said
and i like the nhl not hockey
does that mean you don't like hockey?
only if its the nhl
basically i like the four major american professional sports leagues college bball college football and tiger woods
everthing else can pretty much go to hell
just out of curiosity (and i don't like hockey one way or the other) what's the difference between watching olympic hockey and the nhl, especially since nhl players compete? are the rules different in olympic competition?
the rules are essentially the same but the main differences are that olympic hockey doesnt have season or a team from philadelphia and half the participants would rather be club hopping in prague than be playing hockey
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 22, 2010, 08:37:09 PMand i like the nhl not hockey
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Quote from: ice grillin you on February 22, 2010, 09:04:49 PM
the rules are essentially the same but the main differences are that olympic hockey doesnt have season or a team from philadelphia
so if philly never had a hockey team, would you care at all about the nhl?
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and half the participants would rather be club hopping in prague than be playing hockey
i'd imagine that could be said for pretty much any occupation.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 22, 2010, 09:12:56 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 22, 2010, 09:04:49 PM
the rules are essentially the same but the main differences are that olympic hockey doesnt have season or a team from philadelphia
so if philly never had a hockey team, would you care at all about the nhl?
i suspect theres a chance i wouldnt...but cant say for sure
Olympic hockey has way more national pride but otherwise it's a bunch of exhibition games with prizes. I get what igs is saying about not liking all hockey though (I don't care about Frozen Four or any of those independent Canadian junior leagues or anything and I'm not the only one), but it's that way for all sports. MLB fans usually don't care about college or minor league baseball, and there's about 20 people that watched the UFL......
international competition > everything else outside of epic rivalry games
problem is only 2 events (olympic hockey and world cup) are the top of the mount for their sport. the world baseball classic will never work for a variety of reasons, and as of now a the usa basketball program is untouchable and too dominant. and no one else plays football.
so thats why you see increased interest for those 2 events cause they beat any nhl game, regular season or playoff, and any soccer game, mls or champions league.
yeah i dont give a shtein about international competition....and soccer is for chain smoking skinny jean wearing kids from bonn
I thought it was for kids of rich white yuppies and mexicans.
In Soviet Georgia born and raised,
On the Ice Luge is where I spent most of my days
Chilling out, luging, relaxing all cool
Taking Russian hostages inside a school
When a couple of Reds, they were up to no good
Drove Russian tanks into my neighborhood
One separatist movement and my mom got scared,
And said "Your going to Vancouver to catch mad air"
I waited for my start and when it came near
The course said "Fast" and had a concrete barrier
If anything I could say, that this track was rare
But I thought nah, forget it, Nodar, catch air
I slid up to turn number seven or eight
And i yelled to my trainer "comrade, its hard to Steer"
Flew into a wall and i was finally there
Killed myself while trying to catch mad air.
on lyrics alone, 5/10. but if i sing it with an accent in my head it jumps up to a 7.
apparently an Israeli brother-sister ice dancing team got pretty porno-y together while skating to the schindlers list soundtrack last night.
hot
Quote from: phattymatty on February 23, 2010, 10:25:31 AM
apparently an Israeli brother-sister ice dancing team got pretty porno-y together while skating to the schindlers list soundtrack last night.
am i wrong for getting a stiffy from this ?
hell no. i haven't been able to get out from behind my desk since i first read it.
Quote from: sean_sec227 on February 23, 2010, 12:51:28 PM
Quote from: phattymatty on February 23, 2010, 10:25:31 AM
apparently an Israeli brother-sister ice dancing team got pretty porno-y together while skating to the schindlers list soundtrack last night.
am i wrong for getting a stiffy from this ?
matty's a handsome guy, so no...
usa q finals game moved to nbc @ 3
but it will be shown on tape delay on the west coast because the 12-3 time belongs to the affiliates
but if it was on msnbc, like originally slated, everyone would be mad
god does nbc suck
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 23, 2010, 05:07:44 AM
yeah i dont give a shtein about international competition....and soccer is for chain smoking skinny jean wearing kids from bonn
Soccer is for all the Hoydas that can't, won't, or are too scared to play football.
Quote from: KDS on February 23, 2010, 07:31:40 PM
usa q finals game moved to nbc @ 3
but it will be shown on tape delay on the west coast because the 12-3 time belongs to the affiliates
but if it was on msnbc, like originally slated, everyone would be mad
god does nbc suck
yeah, if it was USA Live then its a win for them, but they need that NBC letterhead next to the score
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omg, lol
Kesler and Brown out there for USA is fun to watch, two players that you just hate playing against, now on the same line
hockey on a tv smaller than my cork = awful
i'm watching on a 65inch, in hd a little bit different. Hiller is playing great. USA has had some great chances, so has Switzerland. Sbisa looked like he broke a finger or 3 blocking a shot early, he hasnt been back for the swiss
fairly awesome effort again today. they dominated in every respect except the score. the swiss goalie saved their asses about 100 times today.
god i hope ovechkin destroys those snow humping, ice fisting canadiens tonight. not only to shove it to an undeserving leaf-obsessed nation of pasty white french people, but to cause igys already dark and anger-infested soul another crushing blow of ridiculous, unnecessary hate.
i dont care if he wins....i care if he stays healthy
if the us makes the gold medal game against ussr ill fully be rooting for AO to light up the usa so fraudulant little bitches like yourself and the rest of MA suffer...you people who once every four years drape a blood stained flag around a temporary love of a sport you hate are pathetic
I'm actually not sure who's more pathetic in this scenario.
The jingoistic fraud fan.
Or the person rooting against the US out of pure spite for a demographic of their own country.
It's neck and neck at this point. I'm sure by the time this thread wraps up we'll be no closer to a clear winner.
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 24, 2010, 06:47:40 PM
i dont care if he wins....i care if he stays healthy
if the us makes the gold medal game against ussr ill fully be rooting for AO to light up the usa so fraudulant little bitches like yourself and the rest of MA suffer...you people who once every four years drape a blood stained flag around a temporary love of a sport you hate are pathetic
i wont suffer and no one in MA will. this tournament has been fun and its been great hockey. the fact is its unquestioned better hockey than what we see in the nhl and more entertaining than your basic red wings/oilers game. the nhl sucks. they have 20 games and 10-15 teams too many. they have like 2 interesting players. hockey is a great sport and decent on hd and it deserves better. and thats where the olympics come in.
also let us once again revel in the utter hatred and anger stored in your cholesterol filled heart for things that no rational person would ever get remotely irked about.
I love everything about this team so far. They play their guts out from start to finish. The goaltending has been unbelievable. The offense has been opportunistic and fairly competent considering the level of opponents they've dispatched. The defense has been outstanding. On and on it goes...
Not quite sure why anyone would find any reason to hate them but whatever floats it, I guess.
Quote from: KDS on February 24, 2010, 07:12:42 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 24, 2010, 06:47:40 PM
i dont care if he wins....i care if he stays healthy
if the us makes the gold medal game against ussr ill fully be rooting for AO to light up the usa so fraudulant little bitches like yourself and the rest of MA suffer...you people who once every four years drape a blood stained flag around a temporary love of a sport you hate are pathetic
i wont suffer and no one in MA will. this tournament has been fun and its been great hockey. the fact is its unquestioned better hockey than what we see in the nhl and more entertaining than your basic red wings/oilers game. the nhl sucks. they have 20 games and 10-15 teams too many. they have like 2 interesting players. hockey is a great sport and decent on hd and it deserves better. and thats where the olympics come in.
also let us once again revel in the utter hatred and anger stored in your cholesterol filled heart for things that no rational person would ever get remotely irked about.
you hate hockey...everyone knows it and has commented on it one time or another...this is the case no matter how hard you try and usa it up over the next few days
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 24, 2010, 03:45:54 PM
i'm watching on a 65inch, in hd a little bit different. Hiller is playing great. USA has had some great chances, so has Switzerland. Sbisa looked like he broke a finger or 3 blocking a shot early, he hasnt been back for the swiss
Ahhhhh, go pick your brother up at the airport.
I want Jennifer Lopez stories!!
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 24, 2010, 07:45:51 PM
Quote from: KDS on February 24, 2010, 07:12:42 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 24, 2010, 06:47:40 PM
i dont care if he wins....i care if he stays healthy
if the us makes the gold medal game against ussr ill fully be rooting for AO to light up the usa so fraudulant little bitches like yourself and the rest of MA suffer...you people who once every four years drape a blood stained flag around a temporary love of a sport you hate are pathetic
i wont suffer and no one in MA will. this tournament has been fun and its been great hockey. the fact is its unquestioned better hockey than what we see in the nhl and more entertaining than your basic red wings/oilers game. the nhl sucks. they have 20 games and 10-15 teams too many. they have like 2 interesting players. hockey is a great sport and decent on hd and it deserves better. and thats where the olympics come in.
also let us once again revel in the utter hatred and anger stored in your cholesterol filled heart for things that no rational person would ever get remotely irked about.
you hate hockey...everyone knows it and has commented on it one time or another...this is the case no matter how hard you try and usa it up over the next few days
right. i hate hockey. you know my thoughts better than i do. go watch weather data you stupid nerd. you SUCK at fantasy sports. bwahaha.
lol...sorry you hate all hockey except for a two week period every four years...what was i thinking
i'm confused. does the little guy like hockey now?
my utter hatred of the nhl gets confused with my general basic interest of the sport.
i dont hate the game, i hate the league. olympic hockey = great. world juniors, college = passable. nhl if they got rid of bettman, 10 teams and 20 games = goat.
one reason Olympic hockey is better: less fighting. that means more skating more passing more better
the only thing i like about olympic hockey is that every 4 years i get a 2 week break from the nhl. hockey, in all forms, is unwatchable for me pretty much until playoff/stanley cup time and if the flyers are in then i'll dust off a flyers jersey and support the home team. that's about as far as i go.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 24, 2010, 08:48:08 PM
i'm confused. does the little guy like hockey now?
until sunday....unless youre counting his high interest in the "world juniors"
Quote from: Diomedes on February 24, 2010, 08:55:57 PM
one reason Olympic hockey is better: less fighting. that means more skating more passing more better
its has no fighting not less....of course the nhl has less than one fight per game so really there is no tangible difference
in theory the olympics should be better hockey because its the best players...unfortunately that gets cancelled out by the fact that the players are worn out by the time they get there and have very little time to practice together...plus the inclusion of countries like germany who arent as good as a minor league hockey team
when it comes down to it the olympic hockey is only better than the nhl if you get into the patriotism thing...it gives you a huge rooting interest which is fun
no fighting? hell, I might tune in
god forbid people should support their country. you essentially revolve your entire existence around 4 teams most people a. dont know exist and b. dont give a shtein about. yet its stupid for people to casually root for a hockey team from their own country while you twiddle thumbs, counting the days until the flyers take on the lslanders for the 30th time this year or get an exciting once-every-three years matchup with the dallas stars.
btw fridays game is set for 3 and will be live on nbc in the entire country plus online. i assume its the same for the medal round game. and it only took them 2 weeks to figure that out.
Quote from: KDS on February 24, 2010, 09:21:09 PMgod forbid people should support their country.
you gotta admit, it's kind of silly.
yea, especially for someone who makes 90k a year of tax payer $ to post race-bating comments on eagles message boards.
Great effort there Russia. More time for clubbin
if you wanna support your country go right ahead...nothing wrong with that if its your thing...im simply saying that is what is behind you liking olympic hockey
i agree with the lil guy though. This Olympic product is 1million times better than what the NHL has to offer. The reffing has been better, the play has been better, and the presentation minus NBC's continual fargups has been better than what VS produces on a weekly basis.
There's less thuggery and more skill involved. Add hyper-patriotism to the mix and you're going to have a better product than the NHL.
I love the Flyers and will watch them whenever they're on, but when the U.S. is playing well in these tournaments there's nothing better in the hockey world.
lol...why would you even compare a two week tournament to an 84 game regular season...thats like saying the stanley cup finals are so much better than the nhl regular season
same thing with the skill and "thuggery"...you have 90% eurotrash playing in a tournament where physicality is frowned upon...what do you think is going to happen
again tho the skill is overrated...its better than the nhl cause it doesnt have nhl 3rd and fourth lines involved but its not nearly as high as people think it is...people dont even watch the games but are like pavlov dogs and just robotically repeat how epically high the play is in the tourney...shtein before it even starts people are like olympic hockey is so skilled...newsflash: no it isnt
and if you dont like thuggery i suggest you pack your cowbell move the hague put on your lily gaudette boots mock neck turtle nordic sweater and viking hat and root on some skillful europeans
this is what happens when iggy can't talk about ice dancing.
I want Vikingstad on the flyers, also, IGY have you even watched a game yet since your opinion is so informed
ive watched parts of every game of the tournament that havent been on during the day...ive yet to watch a full game as its to painful
it's painful for the cave people to see the sun
caucus mountain representative fo sho
defending champ Sweden got knocked out last night
US/Finland and Canada/Slovakia tomorrow
how epic would a canada/us final be? oh sweet lord. it would easily be the highest rated hockey game in history. but i guess igy will be busy fingering ed sniders icehole, waiting for the flyers to play the canucks in mid june when its 95 degrees outside and only a handful of white people care.
it's nice to see todd emerging from igy's immense cyber-shadow.
so wait, am i understanding this correctly, iggy is giving out free prosate exams ?
Quote from: sean_sec227 on February 25, 2010, 12:36:58 PM
so wait, am i understanding this correctly, iggy is giving out free prosate exams ?
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Quote from: KDS on February 25, 2010, 12:04:12 PM
how epic would a canada/us final be? oh sweet lord. it would easily be the highest rated hockey game in history. but i guess igy will be busy fingering ed sniders icehole, waiting for the flyers to play the canucks in mid june when its 95 degrees outside and only a handful of white people care.
i dont care about tv ratings...if i did id watch american idol...luckily i watch what i enjoy not what i think im supposed to or what other robots tell me is good
flyers on tv are better than anything in the world except the sixers eagles and phillies
Chickenshtein. (http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/25/olympics.bobsled.driver.quits/index.html?hpt=C1)
are luge and bobsled run on the same track
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 25, 2010, 12:55:46 PM
Quote from: KDS on February 25, 2010, 12:04:12 PM
how epic would a canada/us final be? oh sweet lord. it would easily be the highest rated hockey game in history. but i guess igy will be busy fingering ed sniders icehole, waiting for the flyers to play the canucks in mid june when its 95 degrees outside and only a handful of white people care.
i dont care about tv ratings...if i did id watch american idol...luckily i watch what i enjoy not what i think im supposed to or what other robots tell me is good
flyers on tv are better than anything in the world except the sixers eagles and phillies
the fact that its going to get like 15 mil viewers doesnt make me any more or less inclined to watch, its just interesting to point out that a sport that attracts little to no attention can creep up on any non-football sports numbers.
and notice how its not being done in june when the hurricanes face off with the lightning on versus
me giving you a reach around would get like a five share if it was broadcast within the olympics
they got 8 million for a game on msnbc that was at the same time as ice dancing.
old white women eat up the olympics like its a church pamphlet but they arent gonna sit for 3 hours and watch a friggin hockey game.
sure there are...and even if ice dancing syphons off some of them they are more than made up for by the tons of male non hockey fans who will watch it because its olympics
but put the canada cup or the world junior championships on in the us and its gets 342 viewers
even sarge will watch a us gold medal game
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 25, 2010, 03:00:59 PM
even sarge will watch a us gold medal game
doubtful. I'll probably be watching the ice dancing finals at the vee eff dubya
I love me some Canader cups and WJC's
And they are on in the US, NHL Network.
My buddy's bro works for a company that does advertising for the NHL. Apparently Team USA's jersey is beyond impossible to get, something like 200 were made by Nike, and my boy is getting one. Probably getting Kane or Parise. I hate the Devils, but Parise is just a stud.
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 25, 2010, 03:00:59 PM
sure there are...and even if ice dancing syphons off some of them they are more than made up for by the tons of male non hockey fans who will watch it because its olympics
but put the canada cup or the world junior championships on in the us and its gets 342 viewers
even sarge will watch a us gold medal game
exactly
so shouldnt that signal that the only good form of hockey we are exposed to is this random 2 week tourney?
no, it simply signals that a lot of people who normally couldn't give a shtein about hockey will watch the olympic team because it makes them feel all patriotic and shtein.
i'm patriotic enough as it is. don't need to watch hockey simply for the sake of trying to feel better about this country.
not really. im not watching it because im patriotic, im watching it for the same reason i would watch a late round flyers playoff game but not ones involving any other team. thats the way people think about hockey.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 25, 2010, 05:29:17 PM
no, it simply signals that a lot of people who normally couldn't give a shtein about hockey will watch the olympic team because it makes them feel all patriotic and shtein.
i'm patriotic enough as it is. don't need to watch hockey simply for the sake of trying to feel better about this country.
jesus how hard is this to understand
for god sakes curling gets good ratings in the olympics
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/24/eurotrash-mike-milbury-ca_n_476043.html
first time milbury ever said anything worth repeating.
i've really enjoyed he and JR going back and forth during this tournament. good television.
heard this on cowherd's show this morning...
there was a german speed skater who didn't qualify to race in the 1500m (i think) but was made an alternate so that in the event that another skater (from any country) drops out of the race, he could step in. about an hour before the race, some italian dude dropped out for some reason and when officials tried to get in touch with the german guy, his cell phone was turned off and went straight to voicemail. he finally got the message about 17 minutes before start time and was therefore unable to get to the track in time.
how sickening is this "controversy" over the canadian womens team drinking beer and champagne on the ice after winning the gold
i dont know what angers me more that this is an actual story or that canada apologized
For real?
What kind of sissy shtein is that?
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 26, 2010, 01:15:49 PMhow sickening is this "controversy" over the canadian womens team drinking beer and champagne on the ice after winning the gold
I'm outraged! So ANGRY!!
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 26, 2010, 01:55:31 PM
For real?
What kind of sissy shtein is that?
yeah they have still photos of them drinking on the ice AFTER the arena was all cleared...not that it would have been a deal if people were still there but the only people there was the team and some arena workers...one of which i guess took some pics...and now espn is showing them like they are some kind of GOTCHA pictures
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 26, 2010, 01:15:49 PM
how sickening is this "controversy" over the canadian womens team drinking beer and champagne on the ice after winning the gold
i dont know what angers me more that this is an actual story or that canada apologized
how angry are you ?
Kiprusoff passes the puck right to Ryan Malone, giving him a wide open net. 1-0 USA
Trying to do a Hextall imitation.
Fail.
Quote from: sean_sec227 on February 26, 2010, 02:52:23 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 26, 2010, 01:15:49 PM
how sickening is this "controversy" over the canadian womens team drinking beer and champagne on the ice after winning the gold
i dont know what angers me more that this is an actual story or that canada apologized
how angry are you ?
you dont want him to answer that
though he has shoveled 60 feet of snow this winter so some part of him is strangely at peace. also im wearing shorts and a t shirt now.
2-0. This is over if Miller is Miller...
Quote from: KDS on February 26, 2010, 03:14:20 PM
Quote from: sean_sec227 on February 26, 2010, 02:52:23 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 26, 2010, 01:15:49 PM
how sickening is this "controversy" over the canadian womens team drinking beer and champagne on the ice after winning the gold
i dont know what angers me more that this is an actual story or that canada apologized
how angry are you ?
you dont want him to answer that
though he has shoveled 60 feet of snow this winter so some part of him is strangely at peace. also im wearing shorts and a t shirt now.
:o
wow they are doing work
this one's over
haha you pasty white finish dorks
farg YOU BACK TO YOUR IGLOOS
be nice to take out finland.
4-0 ten minutes in. Kiprusoff pulled
Now 5-0
lol its a finish blood bath
sunday is gonna be monumental
niiiiiiiiice. can't wait for sunday !
6-0 :-D
WTF ? are the fins playing with an empty net ?
need i remind you people the ducks blew a 9-0 3rd period lead in the first game of d3 the mighty ducks so this aint over ok
damn you don't jinx it !
Quote from: KDS on February 26, 2010, 03:31:05 PM
need i remind you people the ducks blew a 9-0 3rd period lead in the first game of d3 the mighty ducks so this aint over ok
Get Emilio to Vancouver right now!
Holy crap. 6-0. I had the sound off as i was on a conference call. Big US contingent? I assume the arena is full of Canadian fans. See a shtein load of red.
Its a shtein load of quiet in there once the USA jumped out to what it did. There's a good bit of US fans there, but the Canadians there cant even boo the US players now.
Olympic hockey sucks
even for a semi final this game sounds like great competitive olympic hockey...the question is...is there any other kind
This game is finnished.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 26, 2010, 03:46:04 PM
Its a shtein load of quiet in there once the USA jumped out to what it did. There's a good bit of US fans there, but the Canadians there cant even boo the US players now.
Olympic hockey sucks
Shouldn't you be packing? Please send photos.
Quote from: Don Ho on February 26, 2010, 03:55:14 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 26, 2010, 03:46:04 PM
Its a shtein load of quiet in there once the USA jumped out to what it did. There's a good bit of US fans there, but the Canadians there cant even boo the US players now.
Olympic hockey sucks
Shouldn't you be packing? Please send photos.
all done, just waiting a bit to go drop my dog off. My parents got Ryan hammered yesterday by the time we got over there. Looks like we'll at least get out of here, a bit dicey to get the bro in yesterday
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 26, 2010, 03:51:34 PM
even for a semi final this game sounds like great competitive olympic hockey...the question is...is there any other kind
this game is infinitely better than and more watchable than any non-flyers playoff game ever
Finland breaks the shutout with a few minutes left and the Canadian fans go nuts
Quote from: KDS on February 26, 2010, 04:45:54 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 26, 2010, 03:51:34 PM
even for a semi final this game sounds like great competitive olympic hockey...the question is...is there any other kind
this game is infinitely better than and more watchable than any non-flyers playoff game ever
youve never seen a flyers game but if you had you would know that flyers caps from earlier this year was infintely better than any game in this olympics...and thats just one game
hell the dallas atlanta nba game right now is better than anything this olympics has had to offer
i cant remember the last time ive watched a regular season game but i do watch most playoff games, or least most parts of them. and yes, good bball destroys good hockey.
with that said i think we can end this discussion by saying that you are fat
phat
Looks like it will be USA vs Canada rematch.
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and then he was all...
"I won the 8th medal of my career the next day"
Speed skating is like playing offensive line. Just like you can call holding on every play you could call interference during every race.
Those blades they skate on are mind boggling.
spped skating is like fly fishing.....no one cares
^^^^^
middle american taking offense to a fly fishing joke
Not taking offense, just pointing out fact. Not to mention I'm as far from middle america as you can get without getting wet. Which proves that you are an ignorant racist who groups people and labels them becuause of your meaningless opinions based on nothing more than geography, political party, or skin color.
shallow havas.
Five hours twenty minutes and counting...
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you knew this was gonna happen when usa was saying "if we lose we have a silver medal, which is awesome!"
wow
2 all
f yea....Parise scores with 30 seconds left. Sudden death for the gold medal
holy farg that was awesome
unbelievably exciting. unbelievably intense.
in short, everything that makes the game awesome.
One thing I'm 100% sure of is that Cindy won't score a goal in OT.
utter, utter classic of a game
so its 4 on 4 for 20 minute periods until someone scores? wow.
lol - roenick was just describing the action on parise's goal, they tossed it to commercial, but before they switched they caught him fist-pumping and saying, "yesssssssssss..."
:-D
Quote from: King Cole on February 28, 2010, 05:33:45 PM
One thing I'm 100% sure of is that Cindy won't score a goal in OT.
nice call you fvcking jackass.
shtein.
death to cole
lololololo cole does it again
Kiss of death Cole.
Great game.
All that's left now is to wish that Richards or Pronger would go up to crosby and shove his gold medal down his farging throat.
NBC spent the last half hour doing closeups of Crosby.
It's their wet dream come true.
so what movie was igs watching during this game?
Crosby: "Everyone saw the way the game is supposed to be played the last couple weeks"....as in the bare minimum physicality.
I hate him more than any athlete right now.
I like the excitement and shtein of the Olympic games but hockey without the physical aspect is just not hockey.
the wire
munson - what the hell are you talking about? that game was extremely physical. there was banging all over the place. good solid intense action all over the ice. what was missing was the thuggery which the nhl can do without.
He was talking about the whole tourny in general. The only reason why the USA/Canada game had that much hitting is because it was played between all NHLers, and that's how hockey's supposed to be played.
the game drew a bigger audience than any world series game since 04, any nba finals since 98 and was only beaten by the national championship and of course the nfl.
wow. and again, i doubt the 65 year old ladies in sioux falls who eat the olympics up sat through a 3+ hour hockey game.
Quote from: KDS on March 01, 2010, 01:27:41 PM
the game drew a bigger audience than any world series game since 04, any nba finals since 98 and was only beaten by the national championship and of course the nfl.
wow. and again, i doubt the 65 year old ladies in sioux falls who eat the olympics up sat through a 3+ hour hockey game.
of course they did...but they watch for the american flag...not the high level of hockey being played...i didnt watch it but im sure colorado detroit last night was just as good if not a better game than usa canada just without the hype pomp and pagentry
sundays game was no different than non football fans watching the superbowl every year...or why a lot of people will watch the world cup this summer who dont watch a lick of soccer any other time
i have a hard time believing that a significant number of americans tune into the world cup just because it's the world cup. the super bowl, yes. world cup, no farging way. at least with the super bowl, there's production value to it outside of the game itself. there's the (now mostly lame) commercials, the half time show and a lot of, as you said, hype and pagentry.
the world cup has none of that. maybe there is if you go in person but def not for the tv audience.
btw....i could be totally wrong on this as i've never actually tuned into a world cup game on tv. for all i know, there could be nekkid bitches oiling themselves up and making out in a giant tub of jello for every transition to and from commercial breaks.
The World Cup is bigger than you know. It might not be important to non-Latino/Hispanic Americans....but it is the biggest tournament that segment of Americans and ask Budweiser or Miller or Univision how big it is.
It's a cool farging thing to go watch at a bar...particularly an English Pub or something like that...hot bitches wearing jerseys of all kinds (usually brazil)...and lots of drinking and a good time. Highly recommend it...the U.S. has a decent team...so go root for them...while checking out the eye candy.
Quote from: hbionic on March 02, 2010, 11:35:30 AM
The World Cup is bigger than you know. It might not be important to non-Latino/Hispanic Americans....but it is the biggest tournament that segment of Americans and ask Budweiser or Miller or Univision how big it is.
on a world wide scale, yeah the world cup is probably the biggest sporting event each year.....or at least ranks in the top 3. the world loves soccer. the us doesn't and my commentary was us oriented. yeah, i know that the hispanic community loves them some futbol, but i would imagine that if you take the entire country into consideration, soccer probably just barely cracks the top 10.
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It's a cool farging thing to go watch at a bar...particularly an English Pub or something like that...hot bitches wearing jerseys of all kinds (usually brazil)...and lots of drinking and a good time. Highly recommend it...the U.S. has a decent team...so go root for them...while checking out the eye candy.
meh, i can go to plenty of bars that won't subject me to the awfulness that is soccer and still find plenty of eye candy in them. and even if the bar's full of ugly bitches, i can most certainly drink until they start looking good if i so desire.
go to a bar during the world cup and youll run into a significant number of people who will tell you they arent really into soccer but watch the world cup...and im not talking about soccer bars they are crazy packed with soccer lovers...but just your average bar like a fridays or even a local bar that normally would never have soccer on will be showing world cup
the legion >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. fridays
they both suck...but fridays long island ice teas are usually money
result = slight advantage fridays
legion bartenders will make a lit per your specifications and will charge you a buck fitty for it.
and they'll do it without putting soccer on the teevee.
result = legion giving fridays a cleveland steamer
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 02, 2010, 07:47:01 AM
Quote from: KDS on March 01, 2010, 01:27:41 PM
the game drew a bigger audience than any world series game since 04, any nba finals since 98 and was only beaten by the national championship and of course the nfl.
wow. and again, i doubt the 65 year old ladies in sioux falls who eat the olympics up sat through a 3+ hour hockey game.
of course they did...but they watch for the american flag...not the high level of hockey being played...i didnt watch it but im sure colorado detroit last night was just as good if not a better game than usa canada just without the hype pomp and pagentry
sundays game was no different than non football fans watching the superbowl every year...or why a lot of people will watch the world cup this summer who dont watch a lick of soccer any other time
no sir. it was people like me who will only watch their local team in a big playoff game. because thats the only time we can possibly get into hockey with the nhl being the cesspool that it is.
soccer is a bit of a different beast. the world cup is the biggest tourney obviously and everything pales in comparison to it. mls is getting slightly better but its still a double a league and premiere league is on at 2 in the afternoon and 8 in the morning. so its tough to check the games out on top of seriously getting into an english league.
farg Crosby.
Quote from: KDS on March 02, 2010, 01:37:58 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 02, 2010, 07:47:01 AM
Quote from: KDS on March 01, 2010, 01:27:41 PM
the game drew a bigger audience than any world series game since 04, any nba finals since 98 and was only beaten by the national championship and of course the nfl.
wow. and again, i doubt the 65 year old ladies in sioux falls who eat the olympics up sat through a 3+ hour hockey game.
of course they did...but they watch for the american flag...not the high level of hockey being played...i didnt watch it but im sure colorado detroit last night was just as good if not a better game than usa canada just without the hype pomp and pagentry
sundays game was no different than non football fans watching the superbowl every year...or why a lot of people will watch the world cup this summer who dont watch a lick of soccer any other time
no sir. it was people like me who will only watch their local team in a big playoff game. because thats the only time we can possibly get into hockey with the nhl being the cesspool that it is.
soccer is a bit of a different beast. the world cup is the biggest tourney obviously and everything pales in comparison to it. mls is getting slightly better but its still a double a league and premiere league is on at 2 in the afternoon and 8 in the morning. so its tough to check the games out on top of seriously getting into an english league.
lets be real...you watched the us-canada game because it was going to get a strong TV share
if that was the case wouldnt i watch american idol and csi?
they arent a once every four year major sporting event
and i have no doubt youd watch the last episode ever of csi just because tv guide told you to
no and no
i would have watched usa vs. anyone and some of canada vs. russia. thats it, thats the list.
watched this in PR, and yelled at Canadians while watching. Cole needs to really die a firey death. We throw it around a lot jokingly, but he really needs to die in a hellfire screaming to make the world a better place i'm sure of it, at the very least the internets.
And Munson, i think what Crosby was alluding to was that the "REFS" let them play the game. There really wasnt all that ticky tacky shtein that goes on every game and the refs feel they have to get involved. These refs though some NHL, realized they players were the game not the rules. Holy shtein.
Didn't Bettman threaten to fire all the refs if they didn't thoroughly enforce all the new rules even through the playoffs after the lockout?
I think he did.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on March 04, 2010, 11:32:25 PM
watched this in PR, and yelled at Canadians while watching. Cole needs to really die a firey death. We throw it around a lot jokingly, but he really needs to die in a hellfire screaming to make the world a better place i'm sure of it, at the very least the internets.
And Munson, i think what Crosby was alluding to was that the "REFS" let them play the game. There really wasnt all that ticky tacky shtein that goes on every game and the refs feel they have to get involved. These refs though some NHL, realized they players were the game not the rules. Holy shtein.
if that's what he meant, I agree. But either way he's still a big giant soppy wet bleeding vagina and I hope he tears both knees up this year.
Quote from: mpmcgraw on March 05, 2010, 12:47:18 AM
Didn't Bettman threaten to fire all the refs if they didn't thoroughly enforce all the new rules even through the playoffs after the lockout?
I think he did.
yeah, he and Campbell have all but forced out the older guys who refused to change how they call the game. See this year Kerry Fraser being forced to retire. The best part is how great the olympics were with minimal penalties, and then you go into the nhl games, and you see 10 penalties called. Well done Gary
LOL
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