Official 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Thread | Page 12

Feb 18, 2010 at 8:31 PM

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JustinMT
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Poor Gretchen

Props to the Aussie Torah Bright though!

Feb 19, 2010 at 9:47 AM

#167

ads_2006
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anyone know where to catch the highlights from the game

not the daily recap s**t on nbc either

Feb 19, 2010 at 9:54 AM

#168

ads_2006
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wow the russians go down

no nabby in net though

biggest problem was the goal production for russia

Feb 19, 2010 at 5:36 PM

#169

NinerFan1979
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I will give the American athletes this. They have an unwavering bravado that almost doesn't allow them to fail. Even when they shouldn't win a medal they do.

As always with Canadian athletes they always seem to falter when the pressure is on. I guess it goes hand in hand with our way of not being too cocky. When it comes to athletics though you need that cockiness.

Feb 19, 2010 at 5:40 PM

#170

SoCold
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want

Feb 19, 2010 at 5:40 PM

#171

toeknee
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Originally posted by NinerFan1979:
I will give the American athletes this. They have an unwavering bravado that almost doesn't allow them to fail. Even when they shouldn't win a medal they do.

As always with Canadian athletes they always seem to falter when the pressure is on. I guess it goes hand in hand with our way of not being too cocky. When it comes to athletics though you need that cockiness.

man you need cockiness for life

Feb 19, 2010 at 5:46 PM

#172

NinerFan1979
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Originally posted by teeohh:
Originally posted by NinerFan1979:
I will give the American athletes this. They have an unwavering bravado that almost doesn't allow them to fail. Even when they shouldn't win a medal they do.

As always with Canadian athletes they always seem to falter when the pressure is on. I guess it goes hand in hand with our way of not being too cocky. When it comes to athletics though you need that cockiness.

man you need cockiness for life

I don't know for life, but definitely for an athlete. I am tired of watching Canadian athletes who are suppose to medal come up short.

Feb 19, 2010 at 5:49 PM

#173

NinerFan1979
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This is pretty funny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Own_the_Podium_–_2010

Read the last section about 2010 results.

I for one have never advocated increased government spending for things such as athletics since I never put much stock into how we perform on a international level. Just never meant much to me if we won or did.

However, since we increased funding and they are still coming up short I am a little upset.

Feb 19, 2010 at 5:50 PM

#174

NinerFan1979
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Originally posted by 9erfan4life:

want

Ugly.

Feb 19, 2010 at 5:55 PM

#175

SunDevilNiner79
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So I'm looking over the hockey standings and man did Russia losing to Slovakia potentially shake things up.

If Czech beats Russia, Russia will then be a 7 or possibly 8 seed going into single elimination games. If that happens, and Russia wins the first single elimination game, they will then face either the #1 or #2 seed, and loser of that games gets no medals.

So bottom line: If Russia loses to Czech on Sunday, there will be one nightmare match up in the Quarterfinals.

Feb 19, 2010 at 6:03 PM

#176