Announcing Casual Hoya Fantasy World Cup Contest!
by wadetandy on Jun 8, 2010 11:42 AM EDT
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PrintBack in those post-Ohio, pre-Greg Monroe going pro days when we were all so mopey, stuffing our faces with double-stuff oreos and going through withdrawals, some of us who were not busy shamelessly promoting our friends' websites were talking World Cup in the comments of one thread or another. I tossed out the idea of doing a fantasy World Cup league for the summer and I had at least a few positive responses. So, without further ado, I am hereby throwing the gauntlet down and opening up the league to the casual masses.
Details after The Jump.
I have started a league called CasualHoya in the ESPN World Cup fantasy league. The rules for the league are here.
The good thing about the rules for this, as compared to March Madness pools, is that even once all of our well thought out predictions go wrong right away, we get to continually refine our team from the remaining players, week to week.
So sign up, join our league, and may the best team (Germany) win.
Soccer is fun!
Stay Casual, my friends.
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Wait
Is soccer teh one where the players can’t use their hands? Do we play that in America?
by itsallthatmatters on Jun 8, 2010 1:16 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, no one knows about soccer
That sounds right.
itsallthatmatters is a moron.
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by JGD on Jun 8, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I watched one of these "football" matches
It was the Italy-Brazil match that went to penalty kicks (sadly Baggio mullet not seen in photo) and was AWESOME for a 16 year old due to the Brazilian bikini and otherwise casual ladies. TROUBLE WAS THAT NO ONE ELSE IN AMERICA CARED AND HASN’T SINCE THEN.
According to the incomparable wikipedia internets tubes:
Association football, or soccer, has long been a mainstream sport in the United States. It is the most popular recreational sport for both boys and girls and has been so for more than 30 years.2 However, as a spectator sport it is exceeded in popularity by baseball, American football, ice hockey, basketball and NASCAR.
LordNick loves NASCAR and that’s all I need to say about that.
by itsallthatmatters on Jun 8, 2010 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Idiot
TV ratings dont equate to people knowing what it is. Every high school in America has a soccer team, therefore more than 10% of the American population knows what soccer is.
I WILL CRUSH YOU TALL MAN.
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by JGD on Jun 8, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Insanity
All high schools also teach algebra and geometry.
Do you think that 10% of the American population knows what those are?
by itsallthatmatters on Jun 8, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I think if you said to an American
Do you remember taking geometry? They’d say yes. Not asking them what an isoceles triangle is, just remember taking it.
If you asked that same American, do you remember soccer? They’d say yes. Not asking them to tell you the size of the box in front of the goal, just if they know what the sport is.
Your argument holds no merit.
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by JGD on Jun 8, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Let's take a representative sample of well informed sports fans
Say, the readers of the GLOBAL PHENOMENON.
In case you haven’t noticed, ONE person started this post and a grand total of FOUR others have commented. Do you really think our readers are so busy at work that they can’t comment on this incredibly witty interchange? (I’ll give the benefit of the doubt to SirHoya and Rocktavious who were outed earlier.)
Based on this scientifically selected sample size, no one in America (or the rest of the world) cares about soccer or football or whatever.
by itsallthatmatters on Jun 8, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Eat one
http://blogcritics.org/sports/article/unlike-the-scoring-world-cup-tv/
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by JGD on Jun 8, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
did you just link to an article saying that on average, 2.6 million people out of 300 million tuned into the world cup in america?
48 million HOUSEHOLDS tuned into the giants superbowl victory.
YIKES
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
The New Orleans Saints’ victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of “M-A-S-H” to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history
Casually.
so what you're saying is
over 33% of the US population watched the superbowl
less than 1% of the US population watched the world cup
JGD the worst at linking.
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Soccer...
is gaining in popularity in the US. With the explosion of cable television, which provides Americans with access to the EPL, Serie A, La Liga, and the Bundesliga (you know, good soccer, not the mediocre MLS) and immigration, soccer viewership in the US is growing.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will. - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Jun 8, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
im in
i felt like my mom picking ncaa tournament picks. danny is my favorite player. forgot what team he is on, the red one i think.
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
Completely agree
I like the team with those guys in that commercial
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by JGD on Jun 8, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
can someone please explain to me why FIFA allows the World Cup final to end in penalty kicks?
Casually.
cause otherwise it would end in a tie
this isnt little league
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
GOOGLE SOCCER WAG
I wish i was a pansy flopping euro
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
They live the best lives of any professional athlete
Now only if they could get the respect of itsallthatmatters, they’d be complete.
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by JGD on Jun 8, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
welcome back to the blog
are you done celebrating your blue devil’s ncaa tournament victory?
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Not yet
Such an exciting victory.
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by JGD on Jun 8, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
basketball AND lacrosse!
you must be in
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
every legitimate sports championship ends with a spectacular celebration after one of the teams scores a winning goal/run/basket, not some ‘ooh, we’re so tired let’s play penalty kicks so WE DON’T HAVE TO RUN ANYMORE and then let’s go hang out with our hot girlfriends’.
wait.
Casually.
penalty kicks end in a winning goal or winning save
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
THERE’S NO WAY YOU CAN JUSTIFY THE WORLD CUP ENDING IN PENALTY KICKS, AND I’M GOING TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS JUST TO PROVE IT
Casually.
more exciting
every kick matters
every second matters
every moment matters
everything matters
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Only one final has ever ended that way.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will. - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Jun 8, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s not like they don’t go to over time first. There’s plenty of time to end the game before PKs.
PKs are incredibly exciting. The most pressure ever. If you’ve never been involved in PKs you don’t know what you’re talking about. Why is there a problem with ending in PKs. What’s wrong with it?
because victory isnt determined by a coin flip
THAT, MY FRIEND, IS THE SIGN OF A TRUE SPORT
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Why doesn’t the Stanley Cup end in a shootout?
Why doesn’t the World series end in a homerun derby?
Why doesn’t the NBA Finals end in a free throw shooting contest?
Why did WrestleMania end with The Undertaker winning AGAIN?
Casually.
stanley cup should end in a shoot out
hitting home runs isnt the only way to score in baseball – favors certain teams
shooting free throws isnt only way to score in basketball – favors certain teams
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah i never got why a shoot out is acceptable for other times during the year, but all of a sudden it’s a no go.
I’d be fine if the NHL said ok after 3 OTs we go to shoot out.
With the new soccer over time rules you play almost an entire new game’s worth of over time before goign to PKs. It’s not like they only play 5 minutes of over time then go to PKs. You have 60 more minutes to decide the game.
It’s also a lot more difficult to score in soccer than it is in baseball or basketball so games that go on forever are less likely than in soccer where teams could play 0-0 for days if someone didn’t step in. And baseball has the advantage of requiring very little running so playing very long games doesn’t really affect anything since 9/10s of the game is standing around.
by hoyasincebirth on Jun 8, 2010 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
long games take toll on pitching though...
baseball apologist here
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
true but you can keep bringing on new pitchers but you only get 3 subs in soccer. I mean you have at least what 10 pitchers on a roster?
by hoyasincebirth on Jun 8, 2010 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
baseball games can definitely go on for longer than soccer matches. when arms get tired, runs score and games end
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah they can because baseball hasn’t realized what soccer has, that no one wants to stay around that long so they developed a way to end games instead of going on forever. Hell 75% of people don’t stay at a regulation baseball game from first pitch to final out. The people who don’t leave early arrive late.
by hoyasincebirth on Jun 8, 2010 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
people leave so many reasons
the first of which is that beer is shut off after 7th. doesnt matter to baseball teams, people still pay to come…
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Jun 8, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't like...
ending the game in pks, but pks are damn tense. You live and die with each one.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will. - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Jun 8, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
soccer's great
i also like it when the flopping euros hold their heads after each missed scoring chance as if they were SO CLOSE to scoring a goal, as if the chance was SO GOOD that they CAN’T BELIEVE they missed the shot.
Casually.
Yes...
because no one has ever taken a dive in hockey or oversold a foul in basketball.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will. - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Jun 8, 2010 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
You proved..
my point.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will. - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Jun 9, 2010 6:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Would be awesome if the Hoyas held their heads like that after each missed shot
as if they were SO CLOSE to scoring a basket, as if the chance was SO GOOD that they CAN’T BELIEVE they missed the shot.
Casually.
Casual Soccer stadium tour
Google comes through for JGD and his 12 friends to show them the soccer universe
by itsallthatmatters on Jun 9, 2010 9:33 AM EDT reply actions
How is soccer being decided by PKs...
any worse and less exciting than the Super Bowl being decided by a FG? Personally, I’m not a big fan of PKs and would rather they grant team extra subs in OT, and since the starters were dead-locked, let the bench decide the game. But PKs are still a more satisfying finish that winning a coinflip, moving the ball 40 yds, chip-in for the win by the least athletic player on the squad.
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