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September 09, 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.
Flash mob hakas have sprung up all over New Zealand on the opening day of the Rugby World Cup.
posted by JJ at 07:58 AM on September 09, 2011
No. 30 on the Packers should get an assist for Randall Cobb's touchdown return.
posted by rcade at 11:43 AM on September 09, 2011
How is Gary Cook smart enough to get hired as CEO of Man City and stupid enough to send a silly, nasty email that cost him his job? I mean, he was a senior exec at Nike prior to leading the Citizens.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:43 AM on September 09, 2011
That Saints-Pack game last night was a doozy. If the Saints had taken better advantage of their short-yardage opportunities (particularly the fourth down play on which they got stuffed and, of course, the last play of the game), the punditry might be talking today about the potent NO offense and porous GB defense rather than the other way around. For all of the (deserved) hit pieces on the Saints defense today, they did get some stops in the second-half, limiting GB to one second-half offensive TD. I think in the case of this game, the short offseason was probably to the advantage of two well-tuned offenses with very few personnel changes. If the Saints can work on some of their defensive deficiencies, these two teams could well meet again in the NFC championship game (although the Eagles surely will have something to say about that); as it stands, the Saints should be able to get to 10 wins and at least a wild card simply by winning shootouts against lesser teams than the Packers.
posted by holden at 12:34 PM on September 09, 2011
Man Utd have written to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl with condolences.