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TCisMYhero
April 13th, 2009, 05:06 PM
Nothing further. Move along.
TheValleyRaider
April 13th, 2009, 05:12 PM
The Hanson brothers would like a word with you...

http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/mrd/http:/farm1.static.flickr.com/25/52181147_3a2045b5f3.jpg/52181147_3a2045b5f3.jpg
JayJ79
April 13th, 2009, 05:20 PM
Baseball sucks more.
appmaj
April 13th, 2009, 05:23 PM
Nothing further. Move along.


I beg to differ...
appmaj
April 13th, 2009, 05:23 PM
Baseball sucks more.

I agree
UNHWildCats
April 13th, 2009, 06:01 PM
nothing sucks more...or better then a gay guy xlolxxlolxxlolxxlolxxlolxxlolx xsmiley_wixxsmiley_wixxsmiley_wixxsmiley_wix
UNCBears2010
April 13th, 2009, 06:37 PM
Baseball sucks more.

Go wash your mouth out with soap.
Gil Dobie
April 13th, 2009, 08:24 PM
Nothing further. Move along.

We love our little corn cobs in Iowa.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4GOwH6g-MAo/Rq9cTOwlOII/AAAAAAAABZQ/Oy9C6PY7AIo/s400/beachcorn+004.jpg
YaleFootballFan
April 13th, 2009, 08:37 PM
The Hanson brothers would like a word with you...

http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/mrd/http:/farm1.static.flickr.com/25/52181147_3a2045b5f3.jpg/52181147_3a2045b5f3.jpg

They brought their %&*#@ toys!
UNHWildCats
April 13th, 2009, 09:12 PM
ok fine since my previous post was found to be better left for a South Park episode or something how about this...


The Yankees Suck
minuteman65
April 13th, 2009, 10:40 PM
Hockey is a great, great ****ing sport. Try watching it sometime.
YaleFootballFan
April 13th, 2009, 11:11 PM
Hockey is a great, great ****ing sport. Try watching it sometime.

Yeah, what he said.
TCisMYhero
April 13th, 2009, 11:13 PM
Hockey is a great, great ****ing sport. Try watching it sometime.

I have. And I always wake up an hour later!
YaleFootballFan
April 13th, 2009, 11:47 PM
Hockey - where a #16 seed makes the Frozen Four (Bemidji State, 2009)

Basketball - where a #16 seed has never won a game.

For those of you that followed this year's NCAA Hockey Tournament you know how exciting it was from start to finish.

While much of America was watching UNC blowout MSU in basketball, some of us were watching this exciting championship game. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNQFW4lfEY)
grizband
April 13th, 2009, 11:50 PM
Hockey is a great, great ****ing sport. Try watching it sometime.


Yeah, what he said.
Or playing it, you will like it even more!
YaleFootballFan
April 13th, 2009, 11:58 PM
The amazing comeback. BU vs. Miami - 2009 NCAA Championship.

The final minute of regulation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldb-l1-AZj8&feature=channel_page)
tribe_pride
April 14th, 2009, 12:39 AM
Hockey - where a #16 seed makes the Frozen Four (Bemidji State, 2009)

Basketball - where a #16 seed has never won a game.

For those of you that followed this year's NCAA Hockey Tournament you know how exciting it was from start to finish.

While much of America was watching UNC blowout MSU in basketball, some of us were watching this exciting championship game. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNQFW4lfEY)

Little bit decieving there. The 16 seed was actually a 4 seed in their region. No different than a 4 beating a 1 in basketball. Don't get me wrong. I thought the Frozen Four and whole tourney was great but you have to compare apples to apples.
OhioHen
April 14th, 2009, 07:57 AM
Hockey = near-constant action
Baseball = near-constant NOTHING
89Hen
April 14th, 2009, 09:34 AM
Not much hockey in Iowa so you do have a good excuse. As for excitement, nothing beats playoff hockey.
Grizzaholic
April 14th, 2009, 09:39 AM
ok fine since my previous post was found to be better left for a South Park episode or something how about this...


The Yankees Suck


What did your post say before it was deleted?
Gil Dobie
April 14th, 2009, 09:44 AM
Hockey = near-constant action
Baseball = near-constant NOTHING

Sorry, I find constant action and intense competition in both sports, and many other sports. It's great to live in a country that offers so many options. xthumbsupx
Gil Dobie
April 14th, 2009, 09:45 AM
What did your post say before it was deleted?

Red Sox are 1 game behind the Yankees. :D
whitey
April 14th, 2009, 09:52 AM
This thread sucks. Nothing further. Move along.
UNHWildCats
April 14th, 2009, 10:12 AM
Red Sox are 1 game behind the Yankees. :D

who woulda thunk even after one week Boston and New York would be duking it out for.... last place xbawlingx
OhioHen
April 14th, 2009, 10:34 AM
Sorry, I find constant action and intense competition in both sports, and many other sports. It's great to live in a country that offers so many options. xthumbsupx

You find constant action in baseball? xconfusedx

A typical major league game is about seven minutes of action packed into three hours of actual clock time.
89Hen
April 14th, 2009, 10:43 AM
You find constant action in baseball? xconfusedx

A typical major league game is about seven minutes of action packed into three hours of actual clock time.
Agreed. See the Harry Kalas thread for my call of a baseball game.

PLUS, time outs and stalling completely suck in almost every other sport. In basketball if the action heats up too much, somebody calls time out. In baseball if the pitcher is struggling the catcher, followed by the pitching coach, followed by the manager will take turns coming out to the mound to talk about it. Soccer has to be the worst at this as teams can milk the clock like nobodys business. Even football have too many time outs.

In hockey, when the clock is winding down, there are no time outs, there are no spiked balls, there are no faking an injury....
TCisMYhero
April 14th, 2009, 11:17 AM
This thread sucks. Nothing further. Move along.

Your life sucks. Canadian. xlolx
whitey
April 14th, 2009, 11:24 AM
Your life sucks. Canadian. xlolx

You're from Iowa. xlolx

/end thread
WWII
April 14th, 2009, 11:34 AM
Not much hockey in Iowa so you do have a good excuse. As for excitement, nothing beats playoff hockey.

That is the truth!
appmaj
April 14th, 2009, 11:59 AM
I dont know anything about this "college" hockey...
Grizalltheway
April 14th, 2009, 12:05 PM
Agreed. See the Harry Kalas thread for my call of a baseball game.

PLUS, time outs and stalling completely suck in almost every other sport. In basketball if the action heats up too much, somebody calls time out. In baseball if the pitcher is struggling the catcher, followed by the pitching coach, followed by the manager will take turns coming out to the mound to talk about it. Soccer has to be the worst at this as teams can milk the clock like nobodys business. Even football have too many time outs.

In hockey, when the clock is winding down, there are no time outs, there are no spiked balls, there are no faking an injury....

Soccer is also one of the easiest sports to lose possession in, so if you get a lead and try to just sit on it, you'll open yourself up to counter attacks.
89Hen
April 14th, 2009, 12:11 PM
Soccer is also one of the easiest sports to lose possession in, so if you get a lead and try to just sit on it, you'll open yourself up to counter attacks.
I was really talking about the crap they pull where a player goes down with a cramp (menstrual) or they pick up the ball for a throw in, then put it down so a guy from 80 yards away can jog over to take it, or they get in the way of a free kick so the ref has to tell them to back up... no a little more, no a little more... soccer is easily the sport that allows the most unsportsmanlike behavior IMO. :(
UNH_Alum_In_CT
April 14th, 2009, 12:16 PM
Not much hockey in Iowa so you do have a good excuse. As for excitement, nothing beats playoff hockey.

Iowa might not be an ice hockey hotbed, but it's not a total void either. There are some high school teams and there are at least two teams in the USHL, Des Moines and Waterloo. Quite a few kids have come out of that Waterloo program into the UNH program. BTW, Waterloo is the town next to Cedar Falls, home of UNI.
TCisMYhero
April 14th, 2009, 12:53 PM
Iowa might not be an ice hockey hotbed, but it's not a total void either. There are some high school teams and there are at least two teams in the USHL, Des Moines and Waterloo. Quite a few kids have come out of that Waterloo program into the UNH program. BTW, Waterloo is the town next to Cedar Falls, home of UNI.

And sadly enough, these high school kids draw on average more people than our upper mid-major collegiate basketball program. Why?


http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/28/beer.jpg
JayJ79
April 14th, 2009, 03:29 PM
And sadly enough, these high school kids draw on average more people than our upper mid-major collegiate basketball program. Why?


http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/28/beer.jpg

and because basketball sucks too.


Thank God for football!
YaleFootballFan
April 14th, 2009, 09:12 PM
Little bit decieving there. The 16 seed was actually a 4 seed in their region. No different than a 4 beating a 1 in basketball. Don't get me wrong. I thought the Frozen Four and whole tourney was great but you have to compare apples to apples.

Going by the Pairwise Rankings, Bemidji State was the lowest of the four #4 seeds, which made them the overall #16 seed in the tournament.
tribe_pride
April 14th, 2009, 09:48 PM
Going by the Pairwise Rankings, Bemidji State was the lowest of the four #4 seeds, which made them the overall #16 seed in the tournament.

I am not disagreeing with you on that. You were saying before that a #16 seed has never won in the NCAA basketball tourney game before. If you are calling Bemidji State a #16 overall seed than you will have to call the worst # 4 seed in the basketball tournament a 16 seed too and they have obviously won before.

When Villanova won it all, they were an 8 Seed which means they were somewhere between a 29-32 overall seed in the tourney. George Mason in 2006 was an 11 seed when they reached the Final Four which means somewhere between a 41 and 44 overall seed made the Final Four.

Don't get me wrong. This year's hockey tourney was more exciting than the basketball tournament and was a really exciting one this year. I just meant you were trying to compare apples and oranges.
FargoBison
April 14th, 2009, 09:50 PM
Going by the Pairwise Rankings, Bemidji State was the lowest of the four #4 seeds, which made them the overall #16 seed in the tournament.

There is so much more parity in hockey and the difference in budgets isn't nearly so drastic, lets just say the playing field is a lot more level between the best seed and the worst. College basketball and college hockey are two very different worlds.