April 05, 2016

SportsFilter: The Tuesday 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.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 5 comments

Texas Barbecue on the menu for tonight's Champions Dinner at Augusta. Courtesy of Mr. Spieth.

I have no idea who's cooking it. If he flew it in from Austin, oak embers and all, it would be a brisket unlike any other.

posted by beaverboard at 06:18 PM on April 05, 2016

In the runup to the start of the NCAAW title game:

ESPN silent montage right after Mowins and Burke wondered aloud if Syracuse could pull off the "biggest upset in the history of college basketball" by downing U Conn:

Namath after Super Bowl III
1980 US Olympic hockey team v. USSR
Villanova beating Georgetown in 1985
Buster Douglas downing Mike Tyson

(No Roberta Vinci beating Serena Williams)

posted by beaverboard at 08:47 PM on April 05, 2016

They didn't include Balmain upsetting Souths in the 1969 Rugby League Grand Final?

I'm disappointed in you ESPN.

posted by owlhouse at 09:41 PM on April 05, 2016

No upset, no worries, Owlie. What a ridiculously dominant team!

posted by billsaysthis at 10:39 AM on April 06, 2016

Auriemma and Dailey are fabulous coaches and I'll be interested to see what they pull off next year with a non-star studded team.

Plus, hey, Geno's a Philly guy, and Dailey is from just a few exits north in NJ. You had Villanova on Monday night and these two last night, and the Sixers won to boot. Plus, the Phillies are only a game out of first place and Chip Kelly is a continent away, dicking around with the Kaepernick daytime drama.

Philadelphia, how are you going to handle all the good fortune?

posted by beaverboard at 12:16 PM on April 06, 2016

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