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February 04, 2011
SportsFilter: The Friday 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.
Interesting inscription on Super Bowl headgear.
Not sure what's up with the North Texas thing. Whether that's a Jerry deal or a league deal.
Or maybe rcade and other NTSU alums pulled off a branding coup when we weren't looking.
Edit update: some SB merch features colors that have nothing to do with either team playing in the game. This item could easily be a - well, a Dallas Cowboy cap, I suppose. Got a Jones family smell to it. Dreams die hard.
posted by beaverboard at 08:16 AM on February 04, 2011
No NTSU grad here. It became UNT while I attended in the '80s.
Fans in Dunblane were terribly distraught when Andy Murray lost the Aussie Open final. Or something.
posted by rcade at 12:14 PM on February 04, 2011
There's a UNT and an NTSU??
posted by bender at 12:18 PM on February 04, 2011
Not sure what's up with the North Texas thing.
Apparently, they don't want to say it's in Arlington because no one would know what that means, or would think it was at the cemetery outside of Washington. I notice national sportscasts call it Dallas, but the stadium (including the previous one) has not been in Dallas in decades.
posted by graymatters at 12:19 PM on February 04, 2011
There's a UNT and an NTSU??
No. NTSU became UNT in 1988. The only thing that did not change to reflect the new name was our radio statio KNTU.
posted by rcade at 12:35 PM on February 04, 2011
The only thing that did not change to reflect the new name was our radio statio KNTU.
Hee hee .
posted by tommybiden at 12:53 PM on February 04, 2011
I have heard a rumor Rick Depietro is out 4-6 weeks with fractured facial bones suffered in his fight with Brent Johnson.
posted by Debo270 at 01:13 PM on February 04, 2011
On DiPietro, Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!1!!one!!!
In other hockey news, the NHL attempts to combat late-arriving crowds at NHL arenas
posted by MeatSaber at 01:28 PM on February 04, 2011
I do wonder if some of these fights are pre-arranged. I men the tale of the tape appearing on screen immediately.
I swear hockey gets more like wrestling every day...
GO PACKERS!
posted by Drood at 02:11 PM on February 04, 2011
Speaking of the Packers* ... has everyone made your Superbowl Pick 'Em predictions yet? If not, mosey on over to the Locker Room and get pickin'!
* See what I did there? Smooooth...
posted by hincandenza at 03:18 PM on February 04, 2011
The Greatest Invention Ever. Ever.
posted by MeatSaber at 03:43 PM on February 04, 2011
Falling ice and snow injures 6 at Cowboys Stadium, one critically.
posted by rcade at 04:46 PM on February 04, 2011
I do wonder if some of these fights are pre-arranged. I men the tale of the tape appearing on screen immediately.
The tale of the tape is something added by the web site that features NHL fights. It does not appear on the live broadcast. The thing between Campbell and Ott went back about 2 years, and last night was the first time they had played each other since. The next 2 bouts were simply boys being boys, while the 4th, later in the period and not shown in the linked clip, was the result of a Dallas player shooting the puck on goal well after a whistle -- a no no in the unwritten rules of conduct.
posted by Howard_T at 06:31 PM on February 04, 2011
One of the injured at Cowboys Stadium is listed as having a concussion...damn that football is getting dangerous.
Jones has to be going crazy over Mother Nature upstaging his game.
posted by dviking at 06:49 PM on February 04, 2011
LeBron James scores 51 as Heat slip by Magic