That Scattered Thursday Night Open Thread

Hey, it’s almost the weekend! One more day to slog through-and if you don’t punch a co-worker you’re free and clear. Punch that dick in your mind, it’ll feel better.

Is there anything really going on? My bet is ‘no’ but let’s take a gander.

-Justin Fields, he’s just so sick and tired of all this trade talk and wants it to be over with. Well Justin, all you have to do to avoid it is to turn off the TV, radio, your phone and cut off contact with friends and family. Just hide in a dark closet for the next, oh, three or four months and you’ll have peace and quiet. He insists that he wants to be a Bear, despite the fact that Chicago hasn’t had a franchise QB since the 40’s. Your odds of succeeding in this league increase the further away you travel from The City of Big Shoulders. (no wonder Hippo hates that town)

-College Basketball Update: Rick Pitino insists that his childish tantrum was justified and that he didn’t call anyone on the team out. Knowing what we know about him now, I’m glad that Jim Boeheim forced him to travel and scout a player during his honeymoon.

-More College Basketball: The Fightin’ Horatio’s, who had battled long and hard to grab the overall #1 spot, were blown out by Creighton. Was it a trap game? Nope. It was just another road game against a Top 25 opponent. You see, UCONN has lost 21(!) straight road games against ranked teams. That’s…impressive in it’s own way.

-Do You Believe in Anniversaries?: It was 44 years ago today that a less than cromulent bunch of college kids under the guidance of Kurt Russell squeaked out a W over the Soviets. Where were you? Not watching the game, I’m sure. But I was watching it for you on about 20 screens because my mother had dragged me to a furniture store for some reason. It was so hard to wrap my brain around what was happening-the kids sticking with The Other Big Red Machine. Did the Cincy Reds get the nickname first? No one will ever know…

-Now. Do We Have Your Attention?: The Canadian Women’s Soccer Team (defending Olympic Gold Medalists, motherfucker) are suing past and present board members of Canada Soccer for incompetence, basically. The popularity of women’s soccer in Canada has exploded since they were robbed by refs in the 2012 Olympics (yeah, I will never let this go) and not a single team member has benefited in a commensurate way. Respectful inquiries into the business of Canada Soccer have been met with total silence. So, here we go. At some point this deserves a stand-alone thread but perhaps not just yet.

Where were you during momentous events? Sports or otherwise.