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November 26, 2009
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Maybe the refs will help the Lions win a holiday game today.
Like they did a few years back in the Lions - Steelers Turkey Day Classic.
The game went to overtime, the refs got the coin toss backward, refused to discuss their mistake or review it despite multiple on the spot complaints, and mistakenly awarded the toss to Detroit instead of Pittsburgh. The Lions elected to receive, then went down the field and kicked a FG to win it.
With all the miking and close-up camera work, it was surreal to watch that coin toss and realize that the Steelers were being jobbed on national TV and no one was doing anything about it. You could see from the way the refs responded to Bettis and others when they complained that the refs knew something was wrong, but they didn't want to deal with it.
I don't know why Cowher didn't go ballistic and start ripping the stadium apart.
posted by beaverboard at 07:13 AM on November 26, 2009
owlhouse, what do they do down under? Is there a day to stuff yourself till you yak, drink till you abuse your spouse, and nap after?
posted by smithnyiu at 09:30 AM on November 26, 2009
Bad news for our North Korean SportsFilter members: Kim Jong-Il has banned all World Cup soccer coverage aside from highlights of the North Korean team.
posted by rcade at 09:53 AM on November 26, 2009
If you are still watching football after that Stafford hit, here's a six-year-old who puts crushing hits on people.
posted by rcade at 10:29 AM on November 26, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American friends on SportsFilter.
Canada wins, we have Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October. ;-)
posted by tommybiden at 10:50 AM on November 26, 2009
That Kim Jong-Il is a knucklehead. Crazy crazy crazy knucklehead. I mean that's just turble. It's turble turble turble. What kind a control freak doesn't let those Korean kids watch a soccer game on the TV? Guy's a knucklehead. He's cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. He's nuttier than a PayDay bar.
Turble. Just turble.
I'd post a YouTube link to the Frank Caliendo Charles Barkley bit, but I'm blocked from YouTube on my work server :( But seriously, who hasn't seen it?
posted by Spitztengle at 11:53 AM on November 26, 2009
Speaking of our North Korean members, this is a striking picture of one of them weaving through the coloured placards,I'd like to think for a beer with pretzels and kimchi. (source)
posted by rumple at 12:17 PM on November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving is ruled by two very powerful f-words: "food" and "football." Nearly as old as the sport itself, the tradition of watching football on Thanksgiving began in 1876, when the newly formed American Intercollegiate Football Association held its first championship game. Less than a decade later, more than 5,000 club, college and high school football teams held games on Thanksgiving, with match-ups between Princeton and Yale drawing more than 40,000 fans out from their dining rooms. 1934 marked the first NFL game held on Thanksgiving when the Detroit Lions took on the Chicago Bears. The Lions have played on Thanksgiving ever since except, of course, when the team was called away to serve during World War
posted by Spitztengle at 01:13 PM on November 26, 2009
owlhouse, what do they do down under? Is there a day to stuff yourself till you yak, drink till you abuse your spouse, and nap after?
Not really, as we don't have an equivalent to Thanksgiving. We go to work as normal, while trying to surreptitiously follow the cricket score on the web. For us, Christmas Day is the one that involves turkeys, alcohol and familial dysfunction.
posted by owlhouse at 02:50 PM on November 26, 2009
For us, Christmas Day is the one that involves turkeys, alcohol and familial dysfunction.
America: We do the terribloe things more than you!
posted by billsaysthis at 04:14 PM on November 26, 2009
I have both Canadian and American blood, so I get TWO Thanksgivings and a Christmas.
Weedy - 1. Universe - 0.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 05:42 PM on November 26, 2009
The Blue Jays, hell bent on not paying Marco Scutaro, have signed Alex Gonzalez and John MacDonald to deals possibly worth 8.25M over the next two years. Their career batting averages are .247 and .238.
New boss, same as the old boss.
posted by dfleming at 05:54 PM on November 26, 2009
America: We do the terribloe things more than you!
Oh, I don't know. Christmas Eve at the ex's place was always interesting - watching to see who turned up helped you work out which of the in-laws was still in jail.
posted by owlhouse at 06:36 PM on November 26, 2009
Yay John McDonald! Now just let him play! Screw his batting average!
posted by wfrazerjr at 08:54 PM on November 26, 2009
I know this isn't a link dump, but:
I never endorse professional masturbation...
Stephen Colbert on cricket.
posted by owlhouse at 09:33 PM on November 26, 2009
Yay John McDonald! Now just let him play! Screw his batting average!
I just can't believe we're going through another period with an Alex Gonzalez who has a little pop, but will strike out all the time and play inconsistent defense. We already did that!
He should change his name to Manny Lee. I'd be all kinds of excited then.
posted by dfleming at 11:22 AM on November 27, 2009
Well played, dfleming.
posted by tommybiden at 12:36 PM on November 27, 2009
Yay John McDonald!
One of my binkies as well, the last Providence College baseball player in the major leagues.
posted by yerfatma at 11:25 AM on November 28, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving, Septics.