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This anniversary wasn't on a scheduled year for Copa America to be played. It's played every four years, with 2015 being the last played. It's here for a few reason. They brought in CONCACAF teams, it was planned pretty quickly as far as tournaments go and the US has the infrastructure to sustain it. It almost was a no go as a lot of the South American confederations were caught up in that bribery scandal and this tournament was part of that but it's still going ahead.
Time to start a new thread?
I want to like him and I think he did an excellent job in his first few years on the job, including the World Cup which was incredible.
But....
We lost to fucking Jamaica last year in a major tournament, and followed it up by losing to Panama in pk's. Then we blew it in the Confederations cup playoff with Mexico.
I really want Klinsmann to have success with US soccer, but based on last year's results I'm not sure you can say performance is trending in the right direction. The Copa is his one chance to prove that wrong.
Wales lift the European Championship trophy.
Fucking. This.
I'm tired of the Klinnsman hate. Dude has revitalized US Soccer. Yes, his endless tinkering with shapes and personnel can get tiresome, but the man has found a way to make us successful. The youth programs have taken major strides, there's ever increasing interest in the sport, and we've had tangible success under him. I'd love to see him still be at the helm when the US wins the World Cup on home soil in 2022 or 26.
Here is my question. Would they use the Chesapeake Expressway or build a new roadway altogether?
The delusional UT fans seem to think the '90's was a high water mark for them (Ask MoD). Personally, I don't so any remarks I make about it are purely in jest. No solid VT fan wants to revise that history!
I know exactly zero about soccer, but forever when I hear Messi I will be reminded of this video.
Agreed, this was click bait central. The actual article itself wasn't even halfway decent. So they threw out click bait to a POS piece. Thus far, and I am not even a fan, Deadspin has been the most pointed while also on point.. A lot of the national media wants to put out hot takes on what this means for CFB in general. Save that for a month from now, in the meantime focus on what does this mean happened to and what can Baylor do in the future to protect the 10+ victims of sexual and physical assault.
The report was a summary of the findings. I'm not saying they put rose-colored glasses on it (because that would mean things were even worse and more disturbing), but the full truth of responsible parties at Baylor are still in the dark. I'm 100% for protecting victim identity, but the administration is not a victim, they are either culpable or some perhaps innocent; either way, private institution or not, that deserves to be made public for the best interest of Baylor moving forward and programs across the country learning how things can get so F'ed up once you cross certain thresholds.
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I see the scene at the Vale where she builds Winterfell in the snow as prophetic. In the end she will be the Lady of Winterfell and rebuild the castle.
It's kind of sickening that ESPN has an article headlined as Briles firing "A mark of a new era in college football"
I didn't link because, screw ESPN, but that tells you all you need to know. Acknowledging sexual misconduct and victims of assault is a "new era" in the sport? Jesus...
I'd say the recent news about JoePa's knowledge of Sandusky's sexual abuse in 1976 makes the Penn State situation worse. The thought of a university allowing that kind of behavior to go on for over three decades is hard to comprehend, especially when the institution was led by someone as iconic and well-respected as Joe Paterno.
I never had much of an opinion on Art Briles, but I wouldn't have trusted him with my children in the way I would've trusted Joe Paterno.
With that being said every name I mentioned above is a scumbag and a fraud.
I think the time period these occurred should be part of the consideration on this topic. It is astonishing listening to talk radio and hearing stories of there being people in Waco that heard this stuff was going on, but we're always surprised no real charges or discipline saw the light of day. I just don't understand how this took so long to get more media attention. Not placing blame, it is just that the time lag is so long.
Naively, I thought we lived in a somewhat post- 'program comes before all else' society, learning all of this seems to set us back 30 years.
I keep wondering what all of this "Tennessee in the 90's" crap is about.
It is almost turning into a revisionist history type thing with this thread. Nebraska was undoubtedly the "team of the 90's", with 3 undefeated seasons, 3 national championships, 2 one loss seasons, and two bowl game victories over...hmmm...you guessed it...Tennessee.
WTH? "Tennessee glory days of the 90's"?
I'm you believe the most recent reports about the Penn St thing, there are more similarities than differences. Pretty much everyone in the football program knew and most of the Athletic Department knew as well. When one is the victims went to the authorities, he and his parents got a personal call from Paterno berating them for going to the authorities and pressuring them into dropping charges.
Both are terrible.
I'd say at least the same.
What happened at PSU was as terrible a situation as you can have. Innocent kids being molested and it being covered by a small cabal of powerful men.
What happened at Baylor is also about as terrible a situation as you can have, with the added caveat that the people in power actually retaliated against the victim or allowed the retaliation to occur.
Both cases are an example of football becoming bigger than anything else. PSU ended up getting off easy ultimately from a football standpoint. Baylor's program deserves everything that's coming to them
Or sell way more tickets than we have capacity for.
I wish it did, but it doesn't lol. This is their year (again).
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# | Captain America: Civil War (or Avengers 3: Civil War sans Hulk, Thor and Quicksilver)#ALLTHESPOILERS They received permission to use the riff in the song. It worked well. Then, when the song blew up, the Stones (or the label, not sure which) decided they wanted in on it and claimed they used it "too much", which to me is the argumentative equivalent of "just the tip". To be clear, there was no "ripping off".
Velvet Morning is my personal favorite track off of that album, but Drugs Don't Work is probably number two.
Also, are you implying that the Rolling Stones are the greatest band of all time? I mean, that's a debate for another thread, but...I'm curious as to your argument, while acknowledging this is a completely subjective topic. And whilst I will say without shame that Stone Temple Pilots are my favorite band, I still have trouble accepting that anyone but The Beatles are the greatest band of all time, simply down to the sheer volume of great songs they put out and the influence they had on so much of what came after them.
/braces for dismissive, anti-Beatles rants
I think Baylor is a little worse because unlike PSU where there were only a few people coming forward about allegations you have an entire system taking action against victims coming forward.
If anything I think we're going to see a trend toward smaller stadiums. I suspect Lane Stadium is right-sized for the future.
So, I'm trying to get excited about this, but I'm having trouble, for a couple of reasons.
1. No game in DC or Baltimore. Don't get me wrong, Philly's great (saw the U.S. play Turkey there before the 2010 World Cup...the halftime games between 8 year olds was only time I've ever seen grown adults yelling and cursing at small children and then get applauded by those around them) but with the tons of people in this area from South American and Latin America, and a fanbase that has pretty reliably turned out at RFK for the Men's National Team, seems like we got screwed.
2. I can't focus on anything else so close to watching Wales lift the European Championship trophy.
Better chance than England.