11-17-2017, 06:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-17-2017, 06:32 PM by Viking_Guy.)
Some interesting games. Lots going to PKs.
The game between $C and Baylor, I couldn't decide who I wanted to lose more - primal loathing for the Toejams warring against wanting the Pac-12 to do well and liking their coach McAlpine, or wanting the entire Baylor athletic department to collapse into a oleaginous mass of oozing rubble. In this case, $c obliged.
Baylor's ursines gifted them a 1-0 lead late in the game, when a ball rolling across the field at about 35 yards out was cleared to the sideline by a defender. A Troyenne went after it, but everyone assumed she was just going to retrieve it for a throw-in, and the defense started to reset. Instead, she stopped it right on the sideline, turned, dribbled in about 10 yards with no defender near here, and launched a cross to the back post. Baylor, having completely relaxed in anticipation of a throw-in, left their center back 1 v 2, and the unmarked $C player popped in about a 4 yard header with little problem. The defense all started yelling at one another.
But it got better. $C, with litlle time left, was trying to score a second goal driving into the penalty area. Two hard shoves by defenders brought no whistle, and Baylor cleared the ball upfield, where an $C midfielder tried to one touch the ball back into the box and pushed it out to the left. A Baylor player, with the tired defense not really chasing very hard, launched a 40 yard bomb and hit the crossbar. In the ensuing scramble, the Bayers scored the tying goal - with all of about 15 seconds left on the clock.
In OT, Baylor hit the bar in the opening 10 seconds, but most of the period was dominated by $C, who hit the crossbar late in OT2. It went to PKs - and $C missed their first three spot kicks; Baylor converted 3 of their 4, and won out.
So I guess Baylor is the lesser of two weevils.
Colorado fought gamely, but UNC was just too strong. 1-0 Tarheels.
Other matches pretty much straight chalk.
VG
The game between $C and Baylor, I couldn't decide who I wanted to lose more - primal loathing for the Toejams warring against wanting the Pac-12 to do well and liking their coach McAlpine, or wanting the entire Baylor athletic department to collapse into a oleaginous mass of oozing rubble. In this case, $c obliged.
Baylor's ursines gifted them a 1-0 lead late in the game, when a ball rolling across the field at about 35 yards out was cleared to the sideline by a defender. A Troyenne went after it, but everyone assumed she was just going to retrieve it for a throw-in, and the defense started to reset. Instead, she stopped it right on the sideline, turned, dribbled in about 10 yards with no defender near here, and launched a cross to the back post. Baylor, having completely relaxed in anticipation of a throw-in, left their center back 1 v 2, and the unmarked $C player popped in about a 4 yard header with little problem. The defense all started yelling at one another.
But it got better. $C, with litlle time left, was trying to score a second goal driving into the penalty area. Two hard shoves by defenders brought no whistle, and Baylor cleared the ball upfield, where an $C midfielder tried to one touch the ball back into the box and pushed it out to the left. A Baylor player, with the tired defense not really chasing very hard, launched a 40 yard bomb and hit the crossbar. In the ensuing scramble, the Bayers scored the tying goal - with all of about 15 seconds left on the clock.
In OT, Baylor hit the bar in the opening 10 seconds, but most of the period was dominated by $C, who hit the crossbar late in OT2. It went to PKs - and $C missed their first three spot kicks; Baylor converted 3 of their 4, and won out.
So I guess Baylor is the lesser of two weevils.
Colorado fought gamely, but UNC was just too strong. 1-0 Tarheels.
Other matches pretty much straight chalk.
VG