Watched Pique handball two or three times in the penalty box in earlier matches, all with his hands out to his sides, instead of behind his back, so pretty happy it got called finally. Generally didn't like the way Spain played. Glad they're out.
At a full sprint, ball coming from behind you at a severe angle....tap it with your knee, down to your foot on the same leg, which flicks it forward, all before it touches the ground. Then fire a rocket to the far corner of the net with a guy on your hip the whole time.
That was awesome.
OSU is one of the many, many teams that MUST go undefeated to get into the playoff. UT, OU, Bama, SEC #2, etc. can lose a game and still get in. Because college football has an oligarchy thing going on.
If you're OSU or one of the other 110 schools (out of 129) that aren't part of the 'traditional power' inner circle, then you learn to be satisfied with 10 win seasons and the rare, secondary BCS bowl invite. College football has the worst playoff system of any significant sport in the world, so non-traditional powers have to define 'big game' differently.
Crazy ending. I didn't have a rooting interest going in, but thought Iran had a few crucial calls go against them The handball penalty at the end kind of made up for it. And they did have a chance to win it...just missed.
British commentators and post game group were showing their favoritism toward the end, I thought. The post game group was irate that Portugal/Ronaldo almost got left out.
Iran and Morocco both put good teams/sides on the field. Not as much talent gap as I thought there'd be between those four teams.
This is an objectively ignorant statement that smells of personal bitterness. I'm guessing you have a grudge, had a bad experience, or just haven't traveled much. Most university towns (in the south) are smallish towns with a school in the middle. They're pretty fun on gamedays, but the rest of the year, its like every other smallish town in America....you need to know how to entertain yourself.
That said, agree with 'Okie State'. After you graduate, there's really no reason to stay, unless you want to raise your family in the lifestyle provided by a smallish (50k population) southern town.
Don't know if this is where this goes...but OrangePower.com deletes/censors anything you post about Mike Holder that doesn't paint him as 'our glorious leader.'
OSU just renewed AD Mike Holder's contract though 2021...a few days after Holder got his name on the ESPN news ticker telling the public that he would recruit better if he had Gundy's job. And one year after hiring a guy to hire a basketball coach after he'd run off our existing, high profile coach. Could Gundy recruit better? Sure he could. So could everybody. Does your boss need to show up on the CBS/ESPN news ticker telling everyone he could do your job better than you? Uh...no. That's how you run another coach off.
Would not be surprised if Holder's renewal sends Gundy to another school in the next year or two. At which point, I'll just start rooting for that school instead of OSU. Gundy has his flaws, but he's the best coach OSU has ever had. While Holder is an absolute narcissist that has destroyed the once proud basketball program and appears dead set on running off the most successful coach in OSU football history.
If that happens, OSU is going to get what it deserves and I'm going to find another school to root for.
Agreed. Its not the flopping, so much as the committed LYING about it. Flop away if you want...you risk getting left behind by the play. But laying on the field and waiting for medical attention when everyone in the world knows you didn't even get touched is bad for the game. I did see a team, can't remember who it was, use the old magic spray on a shin guard a couple days ago. Pretty hilarious, really. What could you possibly be spraying on his shin guard?
Maybe VAR will help that a little. Sounds like more penalty kicks in this world cup, than any before, so maybe VAR will change the game...make 'faking out the ref' less effective.
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Has any team ever just played through all contact? Like, a coach says, 'this match, maybe we don't fall to the ground unless we actually lose our balance...this match, we just keep playing through contact'.
I feel like a team with that approach (if equally matched talentwise) would dominate. If nothing else, it'd surprise the other team who expects them to flop.
Pretending to be hurt is what has kept me from getting completely into soccer. I absolutely love the world cup. I think it's my favorite 'world championship' in all of sports...
but good god, watching grown men roll around on the ground every time they get touched is such a buzz kill.
If you scroll down a little, you get the fox broadcast, on that same page. ITV stream went down for me too. They usually get it back up, but...you do have the back up lower on the page.
I use chrome and it seems to play without any kind of installs. Been using it for the entirety of the tournament and I've just been clicking the play button. So far, it's been super stable with good resolution, so felt comfortable sharing it.
They were champions the year before, and it took a miracle for them not to repeat...i think most would agree they were the best team in the league, and KD just lost to them.
If Lebron joined them, it would be very similar. Except, yeah, he'd have to play for less money.
Would it tarnish Lebrons legacy, if he joined the Warriors next year...and won 2-3 more rings?
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What if he took the league minimum salary? I mean, he's got money...and he would win more rings, which is how everyone measures him compared to Jordan/others.