I set the DVR for the Oregon/Arizona State 3OT thriller, but screwed up how long past the scheduled end time to go, so I missed the conclusion. Based on how earlier Thursday night was, I am a bit leery as to what the weekend has in store. Nonetheless, here’s your lesser footy preview.
Want to wake up early on All Hallows Eve and laugh at two overrated, media fellated managers? NBCSN has Chelski and Liverpool for you at 8:45! The real action kicks off at 11, with good fixtures on NBCSN (4th place Manure against 7th place Palace) and USA (2nd place Arsenal – on goal differential behind top of the table Man City – against 12th place Swansea).
Swans are much like my side, Everton (free falling into 11th place in advnce of an 8:30 Sunday morning date with fuckin’ Sunderland). Two progressive clubs who expected much more, and are in danger of falling out of the Prem’s middle class entirely. It’s depressing as fuck, let me tell you. Roberto Martinez may be running out of ideas. As the squad returns to full health, he really needs it to catch fire against the soft part of the schedule, though that’s usually when the Blues lose focus. FUCK EVERYTHING.
You would think after such a crap slate last weekend, this JV NFL Saturday would be loaded for bear. And you would be wrong.
Ole Miss at Auburn (Noon, ESPN)
Sigh. I can only works with what I gots, people. Johnny Reb and War Eagle really is as good as it gets. Nebraska/Purdue is a national broadcast in the noon window. Let that fucking sink in for a minute.
Clemson at NC State (3:30, ABC/ESPN2)
Once every year or two, my wolven sort will pull a game out of its ass and either beat or scare the shit out of a team it has no business staying within 20 points of. I don’t believe today will be that game, but that’s a combination of (i) the ferver of the converted (as a prior believer that the Tiggers would “pull a Clemson”); (ii) my general pessimistic nature; and (iii) the fucking goddamned year/two years I’m having. Many neutral observers think the signs are there. State does have some raw materials to work with. But I have no fucking idea how they expect to slow down Clemson’s passing attack. The Wolfpack secondary is a sieve, to put it nicely.
Georgia vs. Florida (3:30, CBS)
They don’t like people calling it The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party anymore, but it’s the only reason to take notice of it. Well, that and the coeds, right Mr. Musberger?
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech (3:30, ESPN)
An actual game to watch when the first two make your eyes bleed. I wonder what the Pokes fans’ paddles do to Sterling Mallory Archer’s wee-wee. /no homo
Miami at Duke (7:00, ESPNU)
This is the world we now live in. Da U’s hoops team goes into Durham and wins all the time, even when they have an NIT squad, and the Devils ultimately cut down the nets in the real tourney. And the footy squad goes into Duke’s sad, 3/4 empty stadium…and they have virtually no shot. This was even funnier when I figured it was where Al Golden was gonna be fired.
Notre Dame at Temple (8:00, ABC)
/wanking motion
Stanford at Washington State (10:30, ESPN)
I’m actually quite intrigued by this matchup. Wazzu has been really interesting teevee viewing so far, and they’ve been winning, to boot. Stanford has recovered nicely after the early bedshitting against Northwestern (that gave make it snow so much false hope). The contrast in styles couldn’t be more vast. Fire up them DVRs!
Dear god, BC is looking like a group of fucktards.
Which of course means we will lose to them next week.
I need to buy gin and limes before that one.
Seagram’s Lime Twisted Gin.
Cut out da middle man.
Missed high tackle by NZL.
AUS have a legit gripe about the officiating.
“…his name is Sio and he’s coming off the field…”
AUS having their way in the second half.
Terrible kick. Practically went backwards.
Huge try to AUS.
Foley converts.
21-8 NZL
21-10 sorry.
It seems like the rolling maul is more common these days. When I was in ZA it seemed relatively rare.
We always rolled because we had shit backs outside the No. 10.
Careless pile driver penalty to NZL must surely result in an AUS try on the restart.
Yellow to boot.
Giant NZL clusterfuck leads to AUS pressure deep.
Officiating could be said to be biased against AUS.
Could be, but that pickup on the sideline looked like intentional offsides to me (on Aus).
But I’m biased against Australia.
So am I.
I’m confused. Why are they saying that the guy in the #2 jersey is Dez Bryant’s mother?
Breakaway try to NZL
Carter not automatic.
21-3 NZL
Is there a rugby version of the prevent defense?
Restart.
That Dan Lyle feller looks sorta….artificial.
FINALLY a try to NZL.
Carter with the tough conversion!
16-3 NZL halftime
TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blatant forward pass by NZL goes uncalled, subsequent penalty to NZL.
AUS rightfully pissed.
9-3
Yeah, I was laughing when I saw that live.
The DERP is strong with Joe Hart.
Stupid penalty to NZL.
Crap kick by AUS.
TO to NZL.
Crap kick by NZL.
Sound and fury, etc etc
High tackle penalty to AUS.
6-3 NZL
Mat The Cake in a spot of bother here.
wait, you have fucking jump balls, too? Is the stolen base part next?
It’s called a lineout.
But functionally…totes a jumpball. This is quite entertaining, but I feel like I’m on acid.
NZL so sloppy.
Should be ahead by at least 6.
Not even a yellow.
Fuck. That. Noise.
Much like ice footbaw, it’s hard for me to tell the dirty from the legal violence
Channel flipping update – the Palace/Manure game is still fucking terrible, and scoreless.
Blatant dirty shit by AUS. Business as usual.
Should be a red card.
And NZL kills the ball.
So much for that.
AUS still not clearing the breakdown.
Weak penalty to AUS, NZL going for the try.
How do you prepare for a career in rugby? Pub brawls?
All Blacks very careless with the ball so far.
The quality of the tackling gives me a tingly feeling.
it IS nice how they are allowed to hit one another
Big mistake by the All Blacks fullback leads to Australia penalty.
3-3.
I feel like an elderly French woman watching her first NFL game.
The only thing deader than ASU’s season is the name on the back of their jerseys.
ALL TEH LIKES!!!!
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Every play is the Stanford band play, but it never ends and with occasional punting and place kicking thrown in. Interesting.
Here we go…
I’m assuming these really hate one another?
They all hate each other, but above all everyone hates England.
Just like futbol.
aprapos of nothing, I just fucking love this:
Kevin Friend is a fucking horrible referee.
Going to piggyback the RWC final onto this thread since:
1. I don’t want to step on Hippo’s post
~> See 1. above
Should be incredible. Go All Blacks.
A bunch of really good Halloween stuff is coming, too.
Is the All Blacks (no ofence) game at least getting live teevee stateside for the final?
Coverage starts on NBC at noon.
Arsene Wenger always looks like he has to poop.
Happy Halloween from Charlotte McKinney
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DE-REK-JE-TER
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Charlotte is fucking Stephen Dorff, whose biggest movie role was when she was 5.
More like FAPPY Halloween, amirite?!
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I want HER on my footy side.
“You’re playing Center.”
HAHAHAHAHA, racist John Terry is a terrible fucking player now, too.
Not that I can ever be happy about a Redshite goal or win, but The Special One getting fired midseason would be pretty delicious.
I’m very new at this stuff but I’ve already learned to loathe Jose Morinho, or however they’ll spell it on his upcoming unemployment check.
He would commission a line of cologne based on the scent of his own farts, if he hasn’t already. That kind of guy.
This is his Karma for is actions trying to pry John Stones away from Everton. He didn’t get his way, and really acted like a spoiled fucking brat. So entited and sure he would get his way that he didn’t have a Plan B in the transfer window, and they are totally fucked at the back. LOVE IT!
Think Portuguese Belichick.
I would be so happy if that were to happen. The players clearly hate him and want to get him gone.
Being an EPL referee has got to be the world’s most terrifying job, and I’m including “Chinese coal miner” on that list.
The poor fuckers working at the local Publix were in costume this morning. Another reason to root for the coming bloody revolution.
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I’m watching a Canuck-made movie about a marine biologist searching for an artifact that is protected by a giant squid. Why? Because chicks in bikinis, that’s why.
Channel pleez?
Name of the movie?
It was called Deadly Water-looks like it was filmed in British Columbia.
I will not be saying so elsewhere, at least not with as much clarity. But I do expect the Tiggers to woodshed us today. Maybe not the caliber of the one daU got, but I think we don’t stay within the spread.
Today will not be that once every couple years out of fucking nowhere Herculean Wolven gridiron effort.
sad but true – this is the converse of the Wake Forest “State has to lose BECAUSE REASONS” game. We gon get wrecked.
When I was a freshman, Purdue still gave free game admission to all students, and they still couldn’t come close to filling the stands. I remember one game looking into the stands and thinking my high school had better attendance.
I guess that’s what happens when Jeff George throws you over for Illinois, and your starting QB is also your punter.
So yeah, I think I’m gonna watch Nebraska-Purdue and laugh my ass off at my memories.
NC State tickets were always free to students, but we had to line up to get them in advance. Would only run out for the important games (Holes/FSU footbaw, Holes/Duke basketbaw) because we never really any good when I was there. Apparently during the Valvano years (sobs for a few hours) you had to camp out overnight for ANY conference hoops game.
I had a work buddy Purdue grad who explained them as the NC State of Indiana, and said that raising his kids to be Boilermakers fans (as he was) would be akin to child abuse.
Indeed. I camped out often.
February of ’85 (I think…coulda been ’86) I slept in an an ice storm on a fold out lawn chair under about 3 or 4 sleeping bags just outside the doors of Reynolds. No tent. Woke up with a sheet of ice on top. But the treez wuz perty.
Tix behind Heels’ bench for that one. We rode Deano unmerciful the full 40. These days, we’d get an escort out of PNC for some of the shit we talked.
Man, that was fun.
I camped out twice during my 4 years. Once it snowed, the other time it set a record low. My timing has always been fucking awesome.
Fortunately, this was before they started banning the trash can fires.