Non-Hockey Sports Thread VII

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Wabit

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Chacin does not have his "A" stuff today. If he can grind through the lineup twice it'll be a win for MKE.
 

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Tomorrow will be a crazy sports day too. Premier League in the morning, college football, Wild, Gopher hockey, baseball playoffs, Loons.

Love it!

You're way more into soccer than I am. Do people watch the Gophers football games or is it just something to have on the tv for noise?
 

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You're way more into soccer than I am. Do people watch the Gophers football games or is it just something to have on the tv for noise?
Soccer is honestly becoming one of my favorite sports. It might even take over the NFL for me, eventually. Probably not college football, though.

And yes, people (like me) subject themselves to Gopher football. It's a good way to keep your ego in check. A nice little beatdown every once in a while builds character.

That said... "Who hates Iowa?! WE HATE IOWA!"
 
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Soccer is honestly becoming one of my favorite sports. It might even take over the NFL for me, eventually. Probably not college football, though.

And yes, people (like me) subject themselves to Gopher football. It's a good way to keep your ego in check. A nice little beatdown every once in a while builds character.

That said... "Who hates Iowa?! WE HATE IOWA!"

Don't get me wrong; I grew up watching UW pre-Alverez years; so I watched plenty of bad UW games. But that was just par for the course: GB sucked, Bucks sucked, Brewers were okay(?), and the Badgers were bad at everything. Winning was a foreign concept for WI sports. :ha:

Now I won't watch the bad teams, unless there is nothing else on and the weather says stay inside.
 

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Brewers win 4-0. It was 1-0 going into the bottom of 8 and very close game.

Rockies bats of been silent for 3 games now.
 

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Don't get me wrong; I grew up watching UW pre-Alverez years; so I watched plenty of bad UW games. But that was just par for the course: GB sucked, Bucks sucked, Brewers were okay(?), and the Badgers were bad at everything. Winning was a foreign concept for WI sports. :ha:

Now I won't watch the bad teams, unless there is nothing else on and the weather says stay inside.
Badgers were not bad at everything. The hockey team used to be the big event on campus for a long, long time. Then the 1990’s and 2000’s happened. Barry Alvarez turned the football team into what it is today. Bo Ryan ran one of the best basketball programs for over a decade. Now the hockey team can’t seem figure out what an NCAA tournament bid is let alone compete for championships. Oh how the times have changed.
 

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Badgers were not bad at everything. The hockey team used to be the big event on campus for a long, long time. Then the 1990’s and 2000’s happened. Barry Alvarez turned the football team into what it is today. Bo Ryan ran one of the best basketball programs for over a decade. Now the hockey team can’t seem figure out what an NCAA tournament bid is let alone compete for championships. Oh how the times have changed.

Meh Badgers hockey wasn't really on tv in the 80's, neither was women's BB and they had decent teams too. Stu Jackson coaching and Finely were the first decent Men's BB team in 40+ years. It was cool for me because my high school pep-band got to play the Men's BB games when UW band followed the football team to their bowl games. Dick Bennett really laid the foundation for Bo Ryan.

I'm old enough to remember watching a couple of Badger baseball games before they shut that sport's program down, but not old enough to remember more than images the '82 WS.
 

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Don't get me wrong; I grew up watching UW pre-Alverez years; so I watched plenty of bad UW games. But that was just par for the course: GB sucked, Bucks sucked, Brewers were okay(?), and the Badgers were bad at everything. Winning was a foreign concept for WI sports. :ha:

Now I won't watch the bad teams, unless there is nothing else on and the weather says stay inside.
The Gophers are just a necessity for me. I was born into it, and it's my alma mater.

Sometimes I feel like a masochist subjecting myself to all that failure :laugh:
 

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Playoff coverage of sports always brings out some interesting factoids. For instance, I had no idea that Kratz (Brewers 2nd catcher) had played for 30 different minor league teams (I knew about the 7 MLB teams) over his career.
 

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Man U v. Newcastle. Which manager gets fired first, Mourinho or Benitez?
 

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I don't remember the last time I saw a balk in the Playoffs that brought in a run.
 

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How in the f is that a touchdown? Never worth watching this bought out crap if they can call that
 
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