random SPORTS thoughts

[Mudcat]

Coming up on one of the most prime possible periods in my sports fandom.

Got the Blue Jays, who I feel like will stay in the race through September and will have nothing but important games/series the whole month - then hopefully playoffs.

Got the World Cup of hockey. Coming on fast. Nothing bigger than that in my world. Canada fighting to defend our hockey honor.

NFL starting up. That's a distant 3rd in this equation but I do enjoy some NFL.


Lookit me, all into stuff. Go sports!

 

[reno cool]

yes, (besides the baseball stuff) I was even thinking of depositing into a sportsbook

 

[MrMonkey]

Rooting for the Vikings this year to do well! Bradford was hated ungodly (IMO unfairly) in Philly! Will find out how good he can be with a quality team behind him!

Marking down 10/23/16 on the calendar! Minny at Philly! Bradford vs Wentz!

 

[MrMonkey]

Wild looking new home!

 

[reno cool]

boy, that USbank logo is a beauty

 

[roguejuror]

texas tech and az state scored 71 pts in the first half, total was 80 or there about

 

[Mudcat]

I remember a wager on an NFL game where I had under 50 - and there were 49 points in the first half - but I ended up winning the bet.

But then again I have placed so many bets I've had just about every situation, winning and losing.

 

[MrMonkey]

 

[MrMonkey]

 

[mrquincy]

Go under 43 pts Niners vs Rams.

 

[Mudcat]

Four Paralympians finish their 1,500-metre race almost two seconds faster than the Olympic gold medallist.


Soooo, liiiike, what the fuck?

 

[Matty]

Paralympics 2016: 1500m champion ran faster than Olympic gold medallist because he couldn't see rivals

 

[eggs]

WOW. That is AMAZING.

 

[Mudcat]

So if those paralympians could have won the regular gold medal, then why aren't they on their regular national team? - and also, we need some rules for who qualifies as para. To be a paralympian, you should have something seriously wrong with you.

Like you should not be particularly competitive. You should be that guy that they let take a shot at the end of a high school basketball game - and players from the other team, get out of the way - and people start tearing up because it's such a touching gesture for the spunky towel boy who always has a smile and gives his all.

There were probably some really sweet "special" guise who could and should have been in that race instead of a bunch of world class athletes.

 

[Matty]

Muddy, my understanding is that if the paralympic athletes had competed with the regular athletes, they woulda gotten smoked. The latest Olympic 1500m was unusually slow because of a specific race dynamic/strategy that had everyone keep a slow pace until they got near the end. Every race is different.

Basically, the blind athletes who ran at 100% the whole way would've forced everyone else to run faster from the start, and the time woulda been much closer to the 3:28 world record (which is ~20 seconds faster than the fastest paralympic time.)

That's my understanding.

 

[Archie]

Yeah they run stupid and tactical in the mid distances for important races

So basically let's all jog in a big pack and jostle for position until there is 400 meters to go

Lame

 

[Mudcat]

I would have guessed that's what happened but still though, I want the paralympics to be for guise who have one leg like WAY longer than the other and maybe stop mid-race to look at a fluffy caterpillar.

 

[Matty]

Here you go Muddy, lane 2 for you... one leg WAY longer than the other, and no arms! Grab a box of tissues and start at the 1:24 mark: