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Title: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 11, 2010, 08:51:23 PM
They start tomorrow.

Downhill skiing begins on Sat.  :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: IassaFTots on February 11, 2010, 09:21:53 PM
They start tomorrow.

Downhill skiing begins on Sat.  :cheersmate:

I am so happy I have a dvr, so I can record what I miss. 
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: SilverOrchid on February 11, 2010, 10:43:52 PM
YAY, my time zone!
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Celtic Rose on February 11, 2010, 10:58:46 PM
I have a few friends coming over to watch the Olympic ceremonies and eat pizza :-D
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: SilverOrchid on February 12, 2010, 12:50:24 AM
I am broiling a juicy steak and perhaps some potatos.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: seabelle on February 13, 2010, 09:17:28 AM
Bummer to have opened the show with a tape of  the young luger's death run.  Wasn't expecting them to show him actually crashing.

Matt Lauer was totally annoying and ruined the parade of athletes by making it all about medals and politics ("Only Ireland separates Israel and Iran!").  Can't we just celebrate them being there !?  Ack.  NBC doesn't disappoint, lol.

Ok, here's my favorite  5 minutes of Olympics, in my lifetime anyhow............from the days when our hockey teams were scrappy college kids, not NHL All-Stars!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRALJyv86eY[/youtube]

Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Celtic Rose on February 13, 2010, 09:22:07 AM
Bummer to have opened the show with a tape of  the young luger's death run.  Wasn't expecting them to show him actually crashing.

Matt Lauer was totally annoying and ruined the parade of athletes by making it all about medals and politics ("Only Ireland separates Israel and Iran!").  Can't we just celebrate them being there !?  Ack.  NBC doesn't disappoint, lol.

Ok, here's my favorite  5 minutes of Olympics, in my lifetime anyhow............from the days when our hockey teams were scrappy college kids, not NHL All-Stars!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRALJyv86eY[/youtube]



I got so frustrated by him constantly talking over the official announcements  :whatever:  I also don't understand why they played it with such a time delay.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 13, 2010, 12:36:03 PM
They've got a weather delay until Monday on downhill skiing.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 13, 2010, 01:45:39 PM
Bring on the hockey!
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 13, 2010, 08:19:09 PM
Damn, I'm actually going to have to turn on PMSNBC to watch the US-Canada game on the 21st.  :censored:
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 14, 2010, 11:37:07 AM
Bring on the hockey!

The U.S. men play Wed. against the Swiss.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: seabelle on February 15, 2010, 05:52:37 PM
After the pairs figure skating short program, best we can finish is 10 & 14 ?  Final round tonight, maybe they'll skate well without the pressure.  But dang, we have the best figure skating program in the world, this is disappointing  :(
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: NHSparky on February 16, 2010, 11:18:10 AM
Man, they're not exactly putting their best foot forward so far, are they?  What's next--Whistler blows up?
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: seabelle on February 16, 2010, 07:57:45 PM
Watching the Westminster Dog Show, I can't take the Olympics, looks like NBC's USA channel can't either '/snork.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 18, 2010, 09:47:47 PM
U.S. hammering the medal count!
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: GOBUCKS on February 18, 2010, 11:03:16 PM
Wow! That American figure skater, Johnny something, is the most embarrassing flamer I've ever seen on network television. Faggier than Jon Heder's character in "Blades of Glory".

Makes Richard Simmons look like a pro wrestler.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: NHSparky on February 19, 2010, 08:16:47 AM
Wow! That American figure skater, Johnny something, is the most embarrassing flamer I've ever seen on network television. Faggier than Jon Heder's character in "Blades of Glory".

Makes Richard Simmons look like a pro wrestler.

Johnny Weir?  Yeah, he makes Clay Aiken look straight.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 19, 2010, 08:19:51 AM
Moving on...USA vs. Canada Sunday.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Toastedturningtidelegs on February 19, 2010, 09:07:08 AM
Bummer to have opened the show with a tape of  the young luger's death run.  Wasn't expecting them to show him actually crashing.

Matt Lauer was totally annoying and ruined the parade of athletes by making it all about medals and politics ("Only Ireland separates Israel and Iran!").  Can't we just celebrate them being there !?  Ack.  NBC doesn't disappoint, lol.

Ok, here's my favorite  5 minutes of Olympics, in my lifetime anyhow............from the days when our hockey teams were scrappy college kids, not NHL All-Stars![youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRALJyv86eY[/youtube]


That was done because the Russians had been using professional players for many years and were pretty much taking the gold every Olympics....All it did was level the ice if you will. :-)
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: BlueStateSaint on February 19, 2010, 09:51:24 AM
Johnny Weir?  Yeah, he makes Clay Aiken look straight.

Yeah, he's a poofter, but PETA threatened him for Weir's use of real animal fur in his costumes.  He said that he'd switch, but then switched back.  The fact that he switched back to real fur (Arctic fox, I think) gets him points in my book.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 21, 2010, 04:32:42 PM
Bode Miller with the gold!

USA vs. Canada in about 1:10 min.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 21, 2010, 04:56:30 PM
USA vs. Canada in about 1:10 min.

Finally. Should be a good game. Sucks it's on MSNBC though.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 21, 2010, 07:22:49 PM
Up 2-1 at the end of the 1st.  :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 21, 2010, 07:34:36 PM
Up 2-1 at the end of the 1st.  :cheersmate:

 :censored:
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 21, 2010, 08:06:52 PM
Snuck another one by Brodeur! 3-2 at the end of the 2nd.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 21, 2010, 08:16:44 PM
Snuck another one by Brodeur! 3-2 at the end of the 2nd.

 :censored: again!

Thankfully I have plenty of beer and rum.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 21, 2010, 08:55:26 PM
5-3! USA, USA, USA!

Damn, Mike...Debbie Downer over here...you a Canuckistan fan or somethin'?
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Toastedturningtidelegs on February 22, 2010, 05:39:21 AM
5-3! USA, USA, USA!

Damn, Mike...Debbie Downer over here...you a Canuckistan fan or somethin'?
Boy! Canada is really choking! They have twice the talent of the U.S. They had a hard time with the Swiss the other day as well. Took a shootout to decide it! I have a feeling the Canadians think the gold is a foregone conclusion for them not good! They should not be having this hard of a time in the preliminaries!
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 24, 2010, 09:49:29 PM
Russia got beat down hard. Looks like the choking is over for the Canucks, for the moment anyways. Will be interested to see who they face in the next round, Slovakia or Sweden.  Just had to bench Marty and put Captain Lou in the crease.

And yes, I'm a Canuck fan, both in Olympic hockey and in real life. I'm strange.  :uhsure:
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: debk on February 24, 2010, 10:28:25 PM
Did anyone see the accident the German women bobsledders had?

Amazing neither one was hurt. Brakeman ejected out at 80+ mph, and the pilot went updise down on her head!!!
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: BlueStateSaint on February 25, 2010, 09:30:50 AM
Russia got beat down hard. Looks like the choking is over for the Canucks, for the moment anyways. Will be interested to see who they face in the next round, Slovakia or Sweden.  Just had to bench Marty and put Captain Lou in the crease.

And yes, I'm a Canuck fan, both in Olympic hockey and in real life. I'm strange.  :uhsure:

Looks like the Slovaks took it to the Swedes. 
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 25, 2010, 09:47:28 AM
Looks like the Slovaks took it to the Swedes. 

Fluke...looks like Canada is going to coast into the gold medal game.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 25, 2010, 01:15:48 PM
Fluke...looks like Canada is going to coast into the gold medal game.

Shocked the hell out of me. Glad I stayed up to watch. But I'd rather face Halak than Lundqvist. Going to be some good games tomorrow. Canada and US will end up playing for gold, unless something goes terribly wrong for one of them. Not sure who to claim there. Between Finland and Slovakia, I'd give the bronze to the Finns. Barely though.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 25, 2010, 07:03:41 PM
Watching women's hockey at the moment. Nothing else on...

I HATE watching this on PMSNBC. Every commercial break has Chrissy Matthews or Rachel Madcow or the like running their sucks in a self serving commercial. NBC blows.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 26, 2010, 01:30:54 PM
30 minutes
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 02:04:13 PM
Puck dropped. Finns win the face off. And we're on.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 02:07:20 PM
US draws first blood when Kiprusoff comes out way too far. Tried to play like Brodeur.  :lmao:

1-0 US off Ryan Malone.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 02:15:51 PM
2-0 US. PP goal by Zach Parise.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 02:19:02 PM
3-0 US. Eric Johnson with the goal.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 02:22:11 PM
4-0 US. Kane with the goal.

Is Kipper finally going out?
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 02:26:42 PM
5-0 US. Patrick Kane with #2 on Finland's backup Niklas Backstrom.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 02:27:28 PM
6-0 US. Paul Statsny with the goal. 2 goals in 15 seconds for the US.

This is a blowout.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 26, 2010, 02:28:47 PM
Wow, this is a textbook 1st Period.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on February 26, 2010, 02:31:05 PM
6-0 US. Paul Statsny with the goal. 2 goals in 15 seconds for the US.

This is a blowout.

Holy crap!  This is an ass-whooping.  I guess there was no let-down.  Bring on the Canadians!
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 02:36:33 PM
Wow, this is a textbook 1st Period.

The Finns can't hold onto a puck to save their lives. They've folded faster than the Russians.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 03:25:56 PM
End of the 2nd. Still 6-0.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on February 26, 2010, 03:31:59 PM
End of the 2nd. Still 6-0.

I won't make it in time to watch, but what channel is it on?  MSNBC or CNBC?
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 03:34:32 PM
I won't make it in time to watch, but what channel is it on?  MSNBC or CNBC?

NBC. They decided to stop getting spanked for putting it on cable and switched to broadcast instead.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 26, 2010, 03:48:34 PM
F*cking Finns...bastards take a cheap shot every chance they get.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 03:52:15 PM
F*cking Finns...bastards take a cheap shot every chance they get.

Orpik wanted his pound of flesh, too. Nice save by Miller there.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 03:55:13 PM
Miller pulled. Tim Thomas taking his place.

Miller's been crazy awesome this series.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 03:59:03 PM
Bobby Ryan took a puck to the head. Dropped like a sack of potatoes but managed to get up quick and get to the bench.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 04:03:18 PM
6-1 Finland. Score by Antti Miettinen.

Finns finally get on the board.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 04:12:13 PM
6-1 final score. US to the gold and Finland to bronze round.

Canada and Slovakia play 9:30 tonight.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 26, 2010, 04:14:00 PM
6-1 final score. US to the gold and Finland to bronze round.

Canada and Slovakia play 9:30 tonight.

8:30 CST.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 26, 2010, 04:15:05 PM
Orpik wanted his pound of flesh, too. Nice save by Miller there.

Someone needs to put their skate up Saku Koivu and #32's asses.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 04:22:46 PM
Someone needs to put their skate up Saku Koivu and #32's asses.

Hopefully it's Demo and the Slovaks.  :uhsure:
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 07:45:47 PM
Puck drops in 45 minutes.  :hyper:

On CNBC.  :bs:
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 08:55:03 PM
Canada draws first blood.

1-0 Canada. Patrick Marleau with the score.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 08:59:34 PM
2-0 Canada. Morrow with the goal.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 09:48:24 PM
3-0 Canada. Ryan Getzlaf with the PP goal.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 10:26:17 PM
3-1 Slovakia. Didn't see who got it, but it was on a delayed penalty against Canada.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 10:32:10 PM
3-2 Slovakia. Goal by Michal Handzus.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 26, 2010, 10:44:12 PM
3-2 Canada for the win.

Bronze round tomorrow between Finland and Slovakia.

Gold round on Sunday with US and Canada.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Lacarnut on February 26, 2010, 11:22:33 PM
The hockey games the last couple of nights have been great. US is going to have a tough time beating the Canadians.
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 28, 2010, 02:03:37 PM
Finally. Game of the games. Got beer and pizza and ready to go. About 10 minutes.

Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 28, 2010, 09:00:44 PM
Bah! Anybody else but Crosby... :banghead:
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: Mike220 on February 28, 2010, 09:41:24 PM
Bah! Anybody else but Crosby... :banghead:

I know. Wish Lou hadn't let in that goal on Parise. That way Sindey wouldn't be the golden boy.  :censored:
Title: Re: Vancouver Olympics Thread
Post by: BlueStateSaint on March 01, 2010, 05:09:25 AM
I know. Wish Lou hadn't let in that goal on Parise. That way Sindey wouldn't be the golden boy.  :censored:

Jeremy Roenick pointed out something that I'd like to know the answer to, as well--how did two US forwards get behind Niedermayer?