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January 04, 2014
SportsFilter: The Saturday 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.
Still a little bit of magic in the FA Cup: Villa go down to Sheffield United, Leeds to Rochdale.
posted by etagloh at 12:58 PM on January 04, 2014
I was listening to Wednesday's game as the news kept coming in about Sheffield United's shocker. I wonder if you're allowed as a Wednesday fan to be happy about that upset, since these fan bases are generally Crazy Bama Mom about each other.
posted by rcade at 01:11 PM on January 04, 2014
Frank Reich and the Buffalo Bills say "Not a bad comeback, kid."
posted by grum@work at 08:13 PM on January 04, 2014
Well, that was a comeback. And a war of attrition in the one indoor game of the four.
I wonder if you're allowed as a Wednesday fan to be happy about that upset
You'd be more happy about Leeds getting beaten. Wednesday have a replay, but there's still the chance of a Sheffield derby in the fourth round.
posted by etagloh at 08:13 PM on January 04, 2014
I wonder if you're allowed as a Wednesday fan to be happy about that upset
It's been the highlight of the season at Hillsborough.
posted by owlhouse at 09:17 PM on January 04, 2014
Filled out a Boston Celtics season ticket holder survey on line recently. In it I indicated that I went back to about the 1952-1953 season in my fandom. Last night at the game one of the season ticket liaison reps came by my seat with a thank you gift. It was a montage of 4 black-and-white photographs of Celtics stars from the '50s and '60s. Among them was a photo taken at the Cincinnati Gardens around 1966 showing Boston's Tom "Satch" Sanders going up for a layup. What's great about the picture is the inclusion in the frame of the Royals' Jerry Lucas and Tom Hawkins, both greats of the game. It made my night.
posted by Howard_T at 09:27 PM on January 04, 2014
You should have indicated you started following the team in the late '90s: they would have added you to the bench as the 12th man.
posted by yerfatma at 10:54 AM on January 06, 2014
My favorite bowl season headline thus far:
"Aztecs Pound Buffalo in Potato Bowl"