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  1. alincoln

    USWNT 2021

    Pretty wild game that either team could have won in both regular and stoppage time. Vlatko made some tough decisions in benching Morgan, Rapinoe, Press and Lavelle but they were justified by the result. Naeher let in a soft goal for the Dutch second and more than made up for it with her performance on PKs. Her save on Miedema in particular was world class. Aside from Sweden, the Dutch were probably the toughest matchup for the US in the tournament and we should be more comfortable against Canada. A win against Canada and the USWNT will be in its 6 final in the last 7 major tournaments (08, 12, 20 Olympics and 11, 15 and 19 WC). Japan is second with 3 appearances.
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    USMNT 2021

    Inside the stadium.
  3. I've never heard of an elite gymnast dying or becoming a paraplegic as a result of an accident in competition. I'm sure it has happened but I seriously doubt it has happened as regularly as in auto racing before the safety era. As for Honnold, he is dead if he falls. Gymnasts fall every day and the vast majority aren't injured at all much less dead.
  4. Because they add very little revenue but increase costs. Why would existing PAC schools agree to reduced distributions and increased travel costs and time? PAC expansion into the Big 12 only made sense when Texas and OU were involved.
  5. The cost to manufacture an "oxy" pill is less using fentanyl as the active ingredient. The cartels sloppily use the same pill presses to produce "valium" and "xanax" that they use for "oxy" and the cross-contamination is killing people who have no tolerance to opiates.
  6. There is no reason for the other Power 5 conferences to add any of the remaining Big 12 schools at this time. Baylor has no chance to ever join another Power 5 conference and KSU is likely similarly fucked. The Pac represents the only alternative Power 5 option for Tech, TCU and Okie State and all would dilute existing revenue. There is no reason for the Pac to add any of them in the near term. If circumstances develop such that the Pac needs to add schools, each would be available at the time of the Pac's choosing. Iowa State and WVU are in the same position vis a vis the BIG and ACC, respectively. No need to take them now but they are options when and if they are needed by those conferences. KU basketball provides them with two possible landing spots in the BIG and ACC and perhaps they could play them off against one another to obtain an invite but basketball alone probably doesn't move the needle enough. An expanded Big 12 including some smattering of shit strikes me as the most likely solution until the Great Shakeup occurs.
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    EPL 2021-22

    Last season was the first time that the top-4 (City, United, Liverpool, Chelsea) remained the same as the previous season since the glory days of the original Big 4 in the late 2000s (United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal) when the top 4 stayed the same for 4 seasons in a row (2005-2009). This was the era when the EPL placed 3 teams in the CL SFs three years in a row. The current UK top-4 odds have United at -350 to finish in the Top-4 (Liverpool and Chelsea are generally -400 and City are at least -1667) while Leicester is next shortest at +450. I can't recall the last time there was this much perceived separation between the Top-4 and everyone else going into the season.
  8. We have to keep gen pop living in fear of various bogeymen (Islamists among us for the Rs and domestic terrorists for the Ds) to maintain/increase agency budgets and impose a broader surveillance/police state.
  9. There are plenty of examples of more egregious FBI entrapment of 18 year old ISIS and Al Qaeda fanbois but this is straight from the FBI playbook only applied to the preferred target of the party currently controlling the federal government. https://theintercept.com/2017/09/03/the-fbi-pressured-a-lonely-young-man-into-a-bomb-plot-he-tried-to-back-out-now-hes-serving-life-in-prison/ https://theintercept.com/2015/02/26/fbi-manufacture-plots-terrorism-isis-grave-threats/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/16/fbi-entrapment-fake-terror-plots
  10. Boone Pickens is dead and so is the Big 12. The pokes are completely fucked but it does take some time to move beyond the denial stage.
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    USWNT 2021

    USWNT got ripped to shreds by Sweden 3-0. The USSF needs to regain control of the team from the players and move on from the over 30 players who refuse to jump off the gravy train that they incessantly whine about. The roster is stunningly old with only 2 players under the age of 26 and 11 over 30. This group has been incredibly successful but they aren't entitled to a spot on the team. A completely new coach (preferably a Euro) and staff will be required to implement a new direction with an overhauled roster. The talent depth in the US is insane but they get almost no chances at the international level because the members of the old guard never miss an international game (even the most irrelevant friendlies) because unlike the men they rely almost exclusively on the USWNT for publicity and income.
  12. Jordan is elite again per the advanced metrics. Data golf ranks him 4th in the world behind only Rahm, Xander and Morikawa.
  13. No reason for a US or Western Europe World Cup to not generate a profit for the hosts. USA 94 and Germany 2006 certainly did.
  14. Rahm is now World No. 1. 14 of the top 20 are American including Jordan who entered the Top 20 at 14 after starting the year at 82. Only 4 Euros in Top 20 (Rahm 1, Hovland 11, Hatton 12 and McIlroy 15). McIlroy hasn't been ranked this low since 2009 during his initial ascent up the rankings. Ryder Cup is just what he needs!
  15. This course blows. Bottom of the barrel us and British open courses this year
  16. "Drove the ball great. Love my driver." lulz
  17. I think he intended to turn upfield but his first touch was awful. Dude is nowhere near international level
  18. The black male murder rate in the U.S. is almost as bad as the worst rates in the world (consistently in the high 30s per 100,000) and is getting worse. The murder rate for the rest of the population is close to that of Eastern Europe. The Asian murder rate approximates Western Europe.
  19. historic tournament Southgate is the biggest pussy in the history of international football ma management. Twellman is the worst color commentator in the history of international football.
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