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    Quote Originally Posted by JBHuskers View Post
    I probably haven't watched 30 minutes total of this.
    I haven't turned it on at all.

    My over-the-air TV is terrible; I'm not sure that I can even pick up NBC. And now that they're putting the streaming content behind a service provider wall, I'm locked out.

    Which is ok, I guess. I like watching some of the events. However, coverage of the games has changed so much over the last 20 years, with NBC relentlessly targeting women. It seems like it's wall to wall figure skating in the winter games and wall to wall gymnastics during the summer games. And then the endless 'human interest' stuff... Look, I'm sorry, but I don't care that Sven's dad died when he was 4. I just want to watch the Super G. I don't need the back story to enjoy a sporting event.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steelerfan View Post
    The women will probably win silver in hockey. Typically, they struggle with Canada but beat everyone else by 5 to 15 goals.

    Besides, Men's Hockey is all that matters. The rest of the Winter Games is, well, Michael Sam.
    Well, true, they did beat Switzerland, or Sweden, or whoever it was 9-0 the other day. Don't know what their problem with Canada is, but they were not good today. Final score may have ended up 3-2 (that second goal coming with a pulled goalie), but the way Canada was shooting, without some lucky as hell stops by the US goalie, it easily could have been 5-2.

    As for the rest of the Olympics, I just haven't been that impressed with the US athletes. Even in the events we're expected to take gold in (a couple of the skiing events, ski jumping and snowboarding, we've done poorly. Shaun White couldn't even medal at all yesterday in half-pipe, which he was apparently the favorite for gold.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes View Post
    Don't know what their problem with Canada is
    Um, it's Canada. And hockey.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steelerfan View Post
    Um, it's Canada. And hockey.
    Yeah, well we're 'Murica damnit! Canada is just America's top hat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes View Post
    Yeah, well we're 'Murica damnit! Canada is just America's top hat.
    True.

    But it's still hockey. And Canada.

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    Damn, did the US and Slovakia men's hockey teams get a group discount deal on their jerseys? US men with blue shoulders, a red stripe and then the rest all white with a simple shield on the front. Slovakia men with white shoulders, a red stripe and then the rest all blue with a simple shield on the front. Complete inverse of each other in jersey colors with the same jersey style.

    I feel like I'm watching a team USA hockey practice right now with such similar jerseys.

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    Good start in Men's Hockey, for USA. I watched Finland (glad to see Jokinen and Maata score) last night, then watched USA destroy Slovakia while Russia was recorded (good to see Malkin score).

    Gonna run a few errands now and then come back and watch Canada and Norway. I love Olympic Hockey.

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    Those not watching the Olympic, you're missing the excitement...




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    This is not specific to the Olympics but I just heard it during the Canada-Norway hockey game.

    You have to be a real asshole/douche bag/mega fucking dork to reply "Day-O" to the PA "Day-O", when some shitstain arena music guy plays that *** "daylight come and I want to go home" song. Fucking lame.

    Seriously. You hear "Day-O" over the PA so you reply "Day-O"? Do you have a big, dumbass grin on your face when you do it? That is fucking ***.

    /rant

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    So apparently all the athletes in the Olympic village were given 35 condoms upon arrival...

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaymo76 View Post
    So apparently all the athletes in the Olympic village were given 35 condoms upon arrival...
    That's pretty much the norm.

    You get done with your events in the first week (especially if your events are already entirely completed in the first week and you have nothing at all in the second week), it's orgy city down in the Athlete Village. Where else can you hook up with a different chick or guy from an entirely different country every night (or more than one each night)?

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    I'm looking forward to the USA-Russia hockey game in the morning as well as Canada-Finland on Sunday.

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    USA @ Commies has just started looks pretty even early.

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    GOAL! Commies

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    STUPID penalty by the Commies bites them in the ass 1-1.

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    Another power play goal 2-1 USA

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    Power play goal Commies 2-2.

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    Collapse in the 3rd period by the Americans.

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    WOW Russians got jobbed on that one should have counted.

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    Apparently the goal was knocked off the line slightly so no goal which apparently is a difference between NHL and International rules.

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