World Cup Thread!

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 09:58

**** yeah motherfuckers!!!!!! Let's get ready to rumble!!!!!!! It's finally here.....

::vuvuzela noise::

by **Floyd Robertson** 2014-06-12, 10:13

I have nothing agains soccer if that's your thing, but I'm already weary from having it shoved in my face. This isn't about this thread, which I'll likely not visit again. It has more to do with Twitter now taking up a 1/4 of the page with updates, and all the other media that think it's important I should stay informed.

/rant

by RBW Spartan 2014-06-12, 10:14

I really enjoy the pageantry of soccer; but the sport itself is so mind blowingly boring.

by **DWags** 2014-06-12, 10:20

That reminds me, I have to count the # of hairs on my arm between my wrist and elbow.

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 10:25

Alright! Sounds like there is a LOT of excitement out there for the tournament. I'm glad all of you seem to be on board!!!

cheers

by **WBill** 2014-06-12, 10:27

The buildup is great, the crowds are fun to watch......the matches....zzzzz.

by **Turtleneck** 2014-06-12, 10:29

So excited. I can hardly contain myself. So damn excited to watch such an exciting sport.

by SpartanMikey 2014-06-12, 10:30

tTy wrote:Alright! Sounds like there is a LOT of excitement out there for the tournament. I'm glad all of you seem to be on board!!!

I'm on board and am certainly excited... I just knew before opening this, that it would be full of the old "soccer sucks" shit.

by **Giant Moose** 2014-06-12, 10:37

by **Phil McCrackin** 2014-06-12, 10:37

Floyd Robertson wrote:I have nothing agains soccer if that's your thing, but I'm already weary from having it shoved in my face. This isn't about this thread, which I'll likely not visit again. It has more to do with Twitter now taking up a 1/4 of the page with updates, and all the other media that think it's important I should stay informed.

/rant

by **Giant Moose** 2014-06-12, 10:40

tTy wrote:Alright! Sounds like there is a LOT of excitement out there for the tournament. I'm glad all of you seem to be on board!!!

I'm excited. The World Cup is much more entertaining than the NHL or NBA playoffs.

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 10:41

Giant Moose wrote:

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

cheers

by **Giant Moose** 2014-06-12, 10:41

The Twitter hashflags are actually kind of cool.

by Tyler Durden 2014-06-12, 10:41

Going to Vegas next week, pumped to catch a couple of game at the book.

by **Turtleneck** 2014-06-12, 10:42

Giant Moose wrote:
I'm excited. The World Cup is much more entertaining than the NHL or NBA playoffs.

This is incorrect and you are not entitled to your opinions.

by **Giant Moose** 2014-06-12, 10:47

What would be more shocking -- the U.S. winning their group this year or the Miracle on Ice?

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 10:47

Tyler Durden wrote:Going to Vegas next week, pumped to catch a couple of game at the book.

Is this FGT 03?

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 10:51

Has anyone come across a decent PDF of the schedules of matches that could be printed out and easily referenced? I have looked around a bit and everything I have found is the suck.

by **Phil McCrackin** 2014-06-12, 10:55

tTy wrote:Has anyone come across a decent PDF of the schedules of matches that could be printed out and easily referenced? I have looked around a bit and everything I have found is the suck.

http://www.iba.org.il/tenders/doc/DOC829343.pdf

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 10:56

Phil McCrackin wrote:

http://www.iba.org.il/tenders/doc/DOC829343.pdf

Yeah, that is the one I found and I don't = like it. **** it, maybe I'll just print it out and maybe it will grow on me.

Thanks brah!

by **Giant Moose** 2014-06-12, 10:59

tTy wrote:

Yeah, that is the one I found and I don't = like it. **** it, maybe I'll just print it out and maybe it will grow on me.

Thanks brah!

http://www.printyourbrackets.com/images/world-cup-group-schedule.pdf

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 11:06

Giant Moose wrote:

http://www.printyourbrackets.com/images/world-cup-group-schedule.pdf

Now we're talkin'. That one = looks more 'Merican to me = easier to read and right to the point. You the man, Moose!

by AvgMSUJoe 2014-06-12, 11:14

Giant Moose wrote:What would be more shocking -- the U.S. winning their group this year or the Miracle on Ice?

And this is the issue. We suck. Got no chance.

It's hard enough to follow the Tigers lately. I don't need this headache.

by AvgMSUJoe 2014-06-12, 11:17

AND I agree with all of this. Nut punch to the dbags... World Cup Thread! Bp5B_y2CcAAPbZA

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2014-06-12, 11:19

I'll watch for entertainment and root for the US but other than that I don't really care. But still fun to watch.

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 11:20

AvgMSUJoe wrote:AND I agree with all of this. Nut punch to the dbags...

Good thing I only refer to it as soccer or futbol.

by Tyler Durden 2014-06-12, 11:24

tTy wrote:

Is this FGT 03?

As sure as Jimmy ran out of wet towels for his blown-out asshole a dozen or so years ago, yes, it's me.

by JEK 2014-06-12, 11:26

When does this shit start already? I've been hearing about it for three weeks. It's gotten more hype than the Super Bowl.

by **InTenSity** 2014-06-12, 11:27

Giant Moose wrote:What would be more shocking -- the U.S. winning their group this year or the Miracle on Ice?

I'm going to go with winning the group. I appreciate what the hockey team did, but maybe I just can't grasp how enormous that was. I'm not even sure the US is supposed to win a game in their group.

by **InTenSity** 2014-06-12, 11:28

I wonder if they'll televise the riots, or if you'll have to find them online in other places. #YAN

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 11:37

Pretty good USMNT discussion here...

Since They're Down There Anyway, The USMutantNinjaTurtles Minus Well Win.

by MJ 2014-06-12, 11:38

The greatest event in sports.

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 11:41

Group G Preview

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 11:43

This one is pretty sweet...

Interactive predictoring tool thingy for odds and stuff of advancing and winning and sucking balls and risking death upon failing miserably and returning to your backward ass fucked up country and getting murdered (eg: "thanks for the own goal, Escobar World Cup Thread! 3836498553

" and etc....

by **Phil McCrackin** 2014-06-12, 11:44

InTenSity wrote:I wonder if they'll televise the riots, or if you'll have to find them online in other places. #YAN

If Brazil wins, it'll be non-stop partying in the streets and politicians will be praised for bringing the WC to Brazil.
If Brazil loses, there will be massive rioting and everyone will be blaming the government for wasting all that money.

I'm sure CNN/Fox News/MSNBC will have you covered either way.

by **Rocinante** 2014-06-12, 11:45

So is Fifa as corrupt as the IOC? Is this why they hold the biggest event in soccer in a city that is rioting?

by **MiamiSpartan** 2014-06-12, 12:00

Rocinante wrote:So is Fifa as corrupt as the IOC? Is this why they hold the biggest event in soccer in a city that is rioting?

FIFA makes the IOC look like choir boys.

They're holding it several cities. But no, that's not why they're corrupt.

The fact that the next two World Cups are in Russia, and then especially Qatar, are examples of how corrupt they are.

by **tTy** 2014-06-12, 12:03

MiamiSpartan wrote:
FIFA makes the IOC look like choir boys.

They're holding it several cities. But no, that's not why they're corrupt.

The fact that the next two World Cups are in Russia, and then especially Qatar, are examples of how corrupt they are.

MAYBE Qatar, at this point..... Just sayin.....

by **MiamiSpartan** 2014-06-12, 12:11

tTy wrote:

MAYBE Qatar, at this point..... Just sayin.....

True. I should have said that the next two World Cups were AWARDED to those countries. There's still hope that the corruption over Qatar will cause it to be nixed and moved elsewhere.

by **MiamiSpartan** 2014-06-12, 12:19

I was going to start a World Cup thread today, but got tied up with work, so I was glad to see that tTy beat me to it. There's a good WC thread on tRCMB (about the only good thread going over there), but tSwill needed one, too. Let the haters get it out of their system.

The World Cup is the greatest sporting spectacle in the world. It's kind of like the Super Bowl being played 64 times over the course of a month, in terms of the worldwide interest and grandeur surrounding every match. Hats off to ESPN for such extensive coverage. I know that will annoy some of you, but fucking deal with it. It's only a month every 4 years that it's rammed down your throats. ESPN won't be doing that so much in 4 years, as it will be on FOX then.

Unfortunately, the World Cup does often provide ammo for the soccer haters, because there is so much pressure on the teams that the games are often far more defensive than you see in the various domestic leagues around the world.

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