02-20-2014, 05:21 PM
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What's more boring than the college football offseason?
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(This post was last modified: 02-20-2014, 10:38 PM by CowboyIndian.)
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02-20-2014, 08:35 PM
One of my best friends is Uruguayan, so at least I'll have a team to cheer for when we lose. :-[
I pick the home team, but wouldn't be surprised if either of its neighbors win.
I pick the home team, but wouldn't be surprised if either of its neighbors win.
02-20-2014, 09:12 PM
Yeah, the ladies in my family have a soft spot for D. Forlan as well, Yvonne....
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Man, I loved Uruguay last time around, even though they were pretty hated.
Yet another hand of God....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQyOt7L0LZo
Man, I loved Uruguay last time around, even though they were pretty hated.
Yet another hand of God....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQyOt7L0LZo
Yeah, the ladies in my family have a soft spot for D. Forlan as well, Yvonne....
Man, I loved Uruguay last time around, even though they were pretty hated.
Yet another hand of God....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQyOt7L0LZo
Man, I loved Uruguay last time around, even though they were pretty hated.
Yet another hand of God....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQyOt7L0LZo
02-20-2014, 09:52 PM
Who says football isn't the Beautiful Game?
Interestingly, I watched the Uruguay-Ghana game with my Uruguayan friend's son, whose father happens to be Argentine. Somehow, that Hand of God game didn't feel nearly as painful as the first.
Interestingly, I watched the Uruguay-Ghana game with my Uruguayan friend's son, whose father happens to be Argentine. Somehow, that Hand of God game didn't feel nearly as painful as the first.
02-20-2014, 10:02 PM
The World Cup should be fascinating, if only to see idiot savant Jurgen Klinsmann at work. (YOU ESS EHH YOU ESS EHH YOU ESS EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH).
The World Cup should be fascinating, if only to see idiot savant Jurgen Klinsmann at work. (YOU ESS EHH YOU ESS EHH YOU ESS EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH).
02-20-2014, 10:36 PM
OK...you all screwed this thread up beyond repair. I'm taking my link and going home.
OK...you all screwed this thread up beyond repair. I'm taking my link and going home.
02-20-2014, 10:39 PM
(02-20-2014, 10:02 PM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:The World Cup should be fascinating, if only to see idiot savant Jurgen Klinsmann at work. (YOU ESS EHH YOU ESS EHH YOU ESS EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH).
Well, if Klinsmann could help see his home country off, I wouldn't cry.
(02-20-2014, 10:02 PM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:The World Cup should be fascinating, if only to see idiot savant Jurgen Klinsmann at work. (YOU ESS EHH YOU ESS EHH YOU ESS EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH).
Well, if Klinsmann could help see his home country off, I wouldn't cry.
02-20-2014, 10:53 PM
(02-20-2014, 10:36 PM)CowboyIndian link Wrote:OK...you all screwed this thread up beyond repair. I'm taking my link and going home.
Impressive. I wasn't able to take back my "This Andrew Luck cat is full of fail" and "Johnny D. Will Take Us to the Final Four in Four Years" threads when I saw they weren't going along as planned....
(02-20-2014, 10:36 PM)CowboyIndian link Wrote:OK...you all screwed this thread up beyond repair. I'm taking my link and going home.
Impressive. I wasn't able to take back my "This Andrew Luck cat is full of fail" and "Johnny D. Will Take Us to the Final Four in Four Years" threads when I saw they weren't going along as planned....
02-20-2014, 11:00 PM
I think JK is at least open to the idea of figuring out how to actually use and develop midfield players, and we are slowly developing a crop of them who might have an impact in 4-8 years. Still haven't figured out what style of play we want to have.Â
For those of us who like the sport, it's been a wonderful slow ride since 1994. Damn. 20 years.
For those of us who like the sport, it's been a wonderful slow ride since 1994. Damn. 20 years.
I think JK is at least open to the idea of figuring out how to actually use and develop midfield players, and we are slowly developing a crop of them who might have an impact in 4-8 years. Still haven't figured out what style of play we want to have.Â
For those of us who like the sport, it's been a wonderful slow ride since 1994. Damn. 20 years.
For those of us who like the sport, it's been a wonderful slow ride since 1994. Damn. 20 years.
02-20-2014, 11:07 PM
The day the US beat Brazil ended up being one of the worst days of my life, and it had nothing to do with what was going on on the pitch. I was a passenger in the first of three car accidents I'd suffer. It was in a Southern California city called Los Osos. (Should have known better than to go there. ???)
The day the US beat Brazil ended up being one of the worst days of my life, and it had nothing to do with what was going on on the pitch. I was a passenger in the first of three car accidents I'd suffer. It was in a Southern California city called Los Osos. (Should have known better than to go there. ???)
02-21-2014, 08:15 AM
(02-20-2014, 11:00 PM)oman link Wrote:I think JK is at least open to the idea of figuring out how to actually use and develop midfield players, and we are slowly developing a crop of them who might have an impact in 4-8 years. Still haven't figured out what style of play we want to have. .
All I know is, I'm somehow looking at a situation where I have to root for Eddie Johnson for both club and country. I'm not sure how this occurred, but I'm not happy with it.
(02-20-2014, 11:00 PM)oman link Wrote:I think JK is at least open to the idea of figuring out how to actually use and develop midfield players, and we are slowly developing a crop of them who might have an impact in 4-8 years. Still haven't figured out what style of play we want to have. .
All I know is, I'm somehow looking at a situation where I have to root for Eddie Johnson for both club and country. I'm not sure how this occurred, but I'm not happy with it.
02-21-2014, 09:33 AM
I think it may be no coincidence that, given the title of this thread, a discussion of soccer has broken out. Sorry, just have never gotten into it much. There are some sports, hockey for instance, that I have to see live in order to get enthused. It is true that among the greatest experiences I have ever had watching a sports event was the Mexico/Italy World Cup Match at RFK Stadium. The athleticism of the players is jaw-dropping!
"It's not what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you think you know that just isn't so."
Mark Twain
I think it may be no coincidence that, given the title of this thread, a discussion of soccer has broken out. Sorry, just have never gotten into it much. There are some sports, hockey for instance, that I have to see live in order to get enthused. It is true that among the greatest experiences I have ever had watching a sports event was the Mexico/Italy World Cup Match at RFK Stadium. The athleticism of the players is jaw-dropping!
"It's not what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you think you know that just isn't so."
Mark Twain
02-21-2014, 10:20 AM
(02-21-2014, 08:15 AM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:All I know is, I'm somehow looking at a situation where I have to root for Eddie Johnson for both club and country. I'm not sure how this occurred, but I'm not happy with it.
Heh. There is no satisfactory response to this gripe.Â
(02-21-2014, 08:15 AM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:All I know is, I'm somehow looking at a situation where I have to root for Eddie Johnson for both club and country. I'm not sure how this occurred, but I'm not happy with it.
Heh. There is no satisfactory response to this gripe.Â
02-21-2014, 12:03 PM
To bring the discussion back to Stanford (sort of)...
In 1984 I attended a Summer Olympics soccer match between Brazil and West Germany at Stanford Stadium. The Brazilian fans were awesome with their party-throughout-the-match. At the half, they had some traditionally costumed dancers from Brazil and Germany. The crowd cheered the samba and booed the liederhosen, which must explain why Brazil won.
I know that they had some World Cup matches at the old Stanford Stadium twenty years ago, but I guess the new stadium would not be an option for future World Cups/Olympics with its limited seating?
In 1984 I attended a Summer Olympics soccer match between Brazil and West Germany at Stanford Stadium. The Brazilian fans were awesome with their party-throughout-the-match. At the half, they had some traditionally costumed dancers from Brazil and Germany. The crowd cheered the samba and booed the liederhosen, which must explain why Brazil won.
I know that they had some World Cup matches at the old Stanford Stadium twenty years ago, but I guess the new stadium would not be an option for future World Cups/Olympics with its limited seating?
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
To bring the discussion back to Stanford (sort of)...
In 1984 I attended a Summer Olympics soccer match between Brazil and West Germany at Stanford Stadium. The Brazilian fans were awesome with their party-throughout-the-match. At the half, they had some traditionally costumed dancers from Brazil and Germany. The crowd cheered the samba and booed the liederhosen, which must explain why Brazil won.
I know that they had some World Cup matches at the old Stanford Stadium twenty years ago, but I guess the new stadium would not be an option for future World Cups/Olympics with its limited seating?
In 1984 I attended a Summer Olympics soccer match between Brazil and West Germany at Stanford Stadium. The Brazilian fans were awesome with their party-throughout-the-match. At the half, they had some traditionally costumed dancers from Brazil and Germany. The crowd cheered the samba and booed the liederhosen, which must explain why Brazil won.
I know that they had some World Cup matches at the old Stanford Stadium twenty years ago, but I guess the new stadium would not be an option for future World Cups/Olympics with its limited seating?
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
02-21-2014, 12:07 PM
(02-21-2014, 12:03 PM)Papa John link Wrote:I know that they had some World Cup matches at the old Stanford Stadium twenty years ago, but I guess the new stadium would not be an option for future World Cups/Olympics with its limited seating?
I believe it was in the mix when the U.S. bid for the '18 and '22 World Cups. However, the Santa Clara 49ers stadium would probably be more likely to garner any big-time soccer matches.
New Stanford Stadium is also a great stadium for soccer. I saw a Chelsea-Club America friendly there a few years back; John Terry won the match with a vicious header off of a corner.
(02-21-2014, 12:03 PM)Papa John link Wrote:I know that they had some World Cup matches at the old Stanford Stadium twenty years ago, but I guess the new stadium would not be an option for future World Cups/Olympics with its limited seating?
I believe it was in the mix when the U.S. bid for the '18 and '22 World Cups. However, the Santa Clara 49ers stadium would probably be more likely to garner any big-time soccer matches.
New Stanford Stadium is also a great stadium for soccer. I saw a Chelsea-Club America friendly there a few years back; John Terry won the match with a vicious header off of a corner.
02-21-2014, 12:42 PM
When I read the title of this thread, I thought that the answer was going to be "Stanford men's basketball vs. USC." It was painful to watch the 1st half of that game. The Pac 12 Network broadcasters showed no halftime highlights because they could not find any. Soccer would be more compelling.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
When I read the title of this thread, I thought that the answer was going to be "Stanford men's basketball vs. USC." It was painful to watch the 1st half of that game. The Pac 12 Network broadcasters showed no halftime highlights because they could not find any. Soccer would be more compelling.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
02-21-2014, 01:24 PM
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Or maybe I don't understand this thread?
Yeah, I just stare at my desk, but it looks like I'm working .I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work. Peter Gibbons
02-21-2014, 05:41 PM
Audaces fortuna iuvat
Audaces fortuna iuvat
02-21-2014, 05:43 PM
(02-21-2014, 12:03 PM)Papa John link Wrote:To bring the discussion back to Stanford (sort of)...
In 1984 I attended a Summer Olympics soccer match between Brazil and West Germany at Stanford Stadium. The Brazilian fans were awesome with their party-throughout-the-match. At the half, they had some traditionally costumed dancers from Brazil and Germany. The crowd cheered the samba and booed the liederhosen, which must explain why Brazil won.
I know that they had some World Cup matches at the old Stanford Stadium twenty years ago, but I guess the new stadium would not be an option for future World Cups/Olympics with its limited seating?
In 1984, the Brazilian supporters stayed in Los Gatos. Could they party? Yeah, I guess so. A very popular local tavern in Los Gatos is C. B. Hannegan's. the Brazilians went there to party on the first night there, and Hannegan's ran out of booze...at 9:30 p.m.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
(02-21-2014, 12:03 PM)Papa John link Wrote:To bring the discussion back to Stanford (sort of)...
In 1984 I attended a Summer Olympics soccer match between Brazil and West Germany at Stanford Stadium. The Brazilian fans were awesome with their party-throughout-the-match. At the half, they had some traditionally costumed dancers from Brazil and Germany. The crowd cheered the samba and booed the liederhosen, which must explain why Brazil won.
I know that they had some World Cup matches at the old Stanford Stadium twenty years ago, but I guess the new stadium would not be an option for future World Cups/Olympics with its limited seating?
In 1984, the Brazilian supporters stayed in Los Gatos. Could they party? Yeah, I guess so. A very popular local tavern in Los Gatos is C. B. Hannegan's. the Brazilians went there to party on the first night there, and Hannegan's ran out of booze...at 9:30 p.m.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
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