Your “Anyone but France” Championship Sunday Morning Open Thread

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Wakezilla - July 10, 2016July 10, 2016

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Happy Sabbath! There are a lot of important sporting events happening this morning. Before we begin, did you see this weird Madden glitch catch on Friday? Maple NFL is so crazy. Here's what's on the menu: 1) Wimbledon Final: 5 AM PST. TSN, ESPN Canada's Milos Raonic vs Scotland's Andy Murray: The UK

Your “Portugal/Wales” Wednesday Morning Open thread

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Wakezilla - July 6, 2016

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Good morning! Before we get into sports, I just wanted to quickly vent. Today is day three of the Summer boot camp classes that I'm teaching at an educational center. It has been an aggravating shit show so far. Here are some things that have rubbed me the wrong way: A) Prior to

Your “Wales vs Belgium/Free Agent Frenzy” Friday Morning Open thread

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Wakezilla - July 1, 2016

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Sorry for the interruption buddies, but, I would like to wish all you mother Canuckers out there a Happy Canada Day! Please rise for Canada's official national anthem. Here's a quick history lesson of how Canada came about: After numerous drunken conferences--our Fathers of Confederation loved to get hammered so much that Sir

Why no one cares about Poland vs. Portugal

Beerguyrob - June 30, 2016June 30, 2016

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This is an actual headline from globeandmail.com, Canada's "national" newspaper, in case you wanted to know why our soccer team doesn't feel like succeeding anytime soon. It's actually not a bad article, and makes some valid points about why the teams involved could make this game punishingly unwatchable. But it's

Your Group E and Group F Matchday 3 Preview– Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Wakezilla - June 22, 2016June 22, 2016

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Good morning! I have Wednesday off and my wife generously bought me a couple of bottles of Hungarian wine to watch the Hungary/Portugal match. Hungary actually makes pretty good wine. They're known more for their dessert wine, but, their regular wine is also quite nice. Now that I know Hungary has

Your Group C and Group D Matchday 3 Preview– Tuesday Morning Open Thread

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Wakezilla - June 21, 2016June 21, 2016

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Good morning everyone. Before I get started, I just found out that I have been invited to speak at a Refugee conference in Poland. That's pretty super! I can't wait to go over there and stuff myself with all those beefy Polish sausages. They look so delicious, I won't be able

Need a team to cheer for at the Euros? Root for Hungary: The Ultimate Underdogs!

Wakezilla - June 14, 2016June 14, 2016

FIFA Ranking: 20 Manager: Bernd Storck Special Move: Curses Odds of winning: 200:1 The most you should wager on them: $20. . . Think about how smart you'll sound if they go on a run! From Soccer Powerhouse to Lesser Footy's International version of the Factory of Sadness Fans of Hungarian soccer have waited thirty years

DFO Euro 2016 Preview – Italy

Senor Weaselo - June 13, 2016

As I hope we all know because we're smarter than average bears here, Italy is that country in southern Europe that looks like a giant boot. So naturally they'd be pretty decent at the kicking sport, with four World Cups (last in 2006) and a European championship to their name.

DFO Euro 2016 Preview – Turkey

Senor Weaselo - June 12, 2016June 12, 2016

Sorry I'm late with this, hoped I'd have it up by their first game. Anyway, here are my thoughts on the Turkish team aka the Crescent-Stars, ranked 18th in the FIFA rankings and playing Croatia (lost 1-0), Spain, and the Czech Republic in Group D: Fuck 'em.

Euro 2016 Preview: Portugal

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Wakezilla - June 11, 2016June 11, 2016

I'm going to let you in on a hidden talent I have-- I can correctly identify all the flags of the world. The origins of this talent began in grade 3 when I signed out a book that had every flag in the world (at that time) and a paragraph

Euro 2106 Preview – Ukraine

theeWeeBabySeamus - June 11, 2016June 11, 2016

OK, fair warning.... As any of you who read my Brasil preview already knows, I don't know squat about Brasil footy. As god is my witness, I know even less about Ukraine footy. Now I know that sounds impossible, but I swear it's true. The good news is that this time

Euro 2016 Preview–Romania

Senor Weaselo - June 10, 2016June 10, 2016

Oh shit, I better get started on the Euro posts I said I might do. Let's see when the first match is… this afternoon? And Romania's playing in the opener? Well I better get this done now! For the geographically lacking folks/everyone who gets confused by all the eastern European countries, Romania