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  1. Napoleon

    Euro 2024

    I have mentioned it before, but it all comes down to the first three letters- F O X The company promotes characters over the story. That’s why Lalas is still with us. He is someone that people have an opinion about rather than a person that people don’t think about.
  2. Napoleon

    Euro 2024

    Just like the USMNT vs Jamaica’s B-Team in the Nations League semifinal in Austin. Greg & Gareth exchange brilliant strategies… …and are the laughingstocks of their respective sides of the Atlantic.
  3. Napoleon

    Longhorn Network

    So… 🤷‍♂️ This is for: 1) Practice for people in RTF. 2) Promoting the school. 3) Giving parents & alums to follow activities at the school. Who gives a shit if the ad is $15 or $1.50?
  4. < < DOINK !! > > Paredes 🇦🇷 banks his PK off the inside of the right post and it banked off to the left side and ARG couldn’t put the rebound in. Today is Paredes birthday.
  5. For those of us without FS2, the Canada 🇨🇦 v 🇨🇱 Chile match is on UniMas.
  6. Napoleon

    Longhorn Network

    The new LHN should show the top UT Club teams… Men’s Soccer Lacrosse Rugby Gymnastics Men’s Crew (Is there still a Women’s Crew club team?) …and stuff like that. They should also have student films and other shit coming out of the RTF school.
  7. Napoleon

    Euro 2024

    There wasn’t any “home cooking”. Also, the USA isn’t “hosting” The Copa so much as the stadiums being used are located in the USA CONMEBOL is most definitely “hosting” this tournament. Can’t tell if you’re kidding or not. But just in case you’re not… The offsides call preceded Haverts yanking down #8. That means that the Havertz foul never happened… just like the goal didn’t happen. That’s how the rules of soccer work. /#mansplain
  8. Napoleon

    Euro 2024

    This was just moments before Havertz yanked him to the ground by his shoulders and he was lining up a shot on goal. Bummer for the Danes.
  9. Napoleon

    Euro 2024

    Ummm… the Premier League is a collection of skilled and unskilled English players along with most of the top talent from around the world due their TV deal. Italy is a collection of Italians (good and bad) plus bargains from around Europe (mostly the former communist countries) and a smattering from outside Europe, with the benefit of most Argentines, Brazilians, and Uruguayans being able to get an EU passport to count as a euro.
  10. This is the video that I always think of. Screaming “PUTO!” is just cultural in Mexico. Even in the upper middle classes.
  11. Napoleon

    Euro 2024

    Why do you think USMNT players can play so well in that league? Italy should have given Gareth Southgate a winner‘s medal 🥇 for his role in reigning in his squad after taking the lead early in the final. With most managers, England ends up “coming home” (staying home) with the trophy. 🏆 But England had Southgate calling the shots and Italy was the beneficiary.
  12. Max Bretos was saying that Colombia was paying $1,100 for a $100 bet on them to win the whole thing about 4 or 5 days out. I told my gambling friend to hop on that a day or two before the tournament and it had dropped to $1,000 per $100 bet. Hopefully he went with it.
  13. Two managers who are Srgentines are being penalized for being tardy. 😳 Ummmm… “we” are ALWAYS late to shit. That’s why I felt at home from the day I landed.
  14. It would suck to be a tournament director for a tournament held the week before a major and watch players quit in the quarterfinals because they feel like they’ve gotten what they needed out of the tournament.
  15. I didn’t think that Mexico would make it out of their group and… …I felt that it was more likely that: A) The USMNT would not make it out of its group. …than… B) It would be for the USMNT to make it to the semifinal.
  16. No one has FS2 ? I don’t have it, but I thought that someone would. I accidentally fell asleep for a couple of hours or I may have looked for the game on the interwebs or in Spanish.
  17. Napoleon

    USMNT 2024

    My concern is that Uruguay will rest most of its starting lineup and the USA could possibly match what Panama does. I would not have thought that before seeing that Uruguay beat Bolivia 5-0 and waited until the 83’ (2 subs), 86’ (2 subs), and 89’ (1 sub) before using all their subs. They waited until they were up 4-0 before making subs. Uruguay has 6 pts & +6 GD. -The can draw & win the group. -They can lose to the U.S. by 1 or 2 goals and still win the group. If the U.S. wins, Panama has to win by a 2 goal margin MORE than the U.S. wins by, and they have to do it WITHOUT their Side Show Robertito field general.
  18. Napoleon

    USMNT 2024

    That arena had roughly 60,000 people in it (tickets sold?) for a 6pm kickoff so that it could be finished before a presidential debate in an election year. I don’t think that the capacity of that stadium is 120,000. Also, this is CONMEBOL’s tournament! US Soccer & CONCACAF have no say in the scheduling. It doesn’t help that even the USA’s soccer fans are clueless.
  19. Dude! He did it for club AND country!! Club Sammich: Then later he was just getting a bite of some Italian, because he was starving in Brazil’s World Cup. After taking a tour of Camp Nou (in 2017), you could pay to take a photo next to a green player cutout and then they would impose the player of your choice onto the player. I chose Suarez and then I acted like I was about to chomp into him for the photo. 😁 Love that “Ouch!-Oh!” gaucho.
  20. Ref abuse…
  21. Playing well and looking "fit".
  22. 1) I'm wrong. 2) I'm nuts. ...yet... 3) The referee agreed with the VAR refs when deciding NO FUE UN PENAL. ...which means... 4) I am right.
  23. Where is the ball being kicked? A) Towards the end line? B) Towards midfield?
  24. Regarding Ecuador handball not called a PENAL! 1) Yes the ball hit his hand. 2) The hands were up in a natural position when you are lounging to get a foot on the ball. You raise your hands to counterbalance the leg. 3) The ball was kicked AWAY from goal and TOWARDS midfield. 4) (a) The hand was brought in towards his body while (b) The player turned his upper body to protect his face from getting smashed by the ball. 5) There was zero intent to play the ball with his hand, solely an effort not to get killed as a ball was getting cleared OUT of the box from close range. 6) PKs are almost never given when a player is touched while taking the ball AWAY FROM THE GOAL & HEADING OUT OF THE BOX. No PK was the correct call. Maurice Edu and Dr. Joe sounded like idiots for not even contemplating the things I mentioned. Nacho Tots =
  25. Most people I know who went to Texas know about nothing about Texas baseball. Only a a few friends probably even know that there has been a coaching change. I couldn’t have told you the name of the Texas coach or A&M’s coach a month ago, but I did remember that TCU’s coach went to A&M within the last 5 to 7 years. 🤷‍♂️ I know more now and think that it’s funny, but this is barely a sigh on the national sports scene. Full Disclosure: I am also nose deep in all of the Euro & Copa America soccer going on right now while keeping an eye on the grass court tennis season leading up to Wimbledon. Before that I was all about the Stars & Mavericks and the ladies softballers up until they lost to OU in the WCWS.
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