Reason #456 to hate soccer
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From: The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy on 21 Jun 2010 11:25 "unclejr" <watsona(a)kenyon.edu> wrote > If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team > will be the winner of a RANDOM draw. > > The athleticism involved in a random draw is simply AM-ZING! > The good news is that the odds of England scoring twice is > near absolute zero. < <I thought that this was going to be a post about diving. There's more diving in soccer than any other sport. --Tedward
From: The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy on 21 Jun 2010 11:27 "xyzzy" <xyzzy.dude(a)gmail.com> wrote > If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team > will be the winner of a RANDOM draw. > > The athleticism involved in a random draw is simply AM-ZING! > The good news is that the odds of England scoring twice is > near absolute zero. < <No less random than a shoot-out (IMO) Like free throws in basketball, shoutouts at least involve not choking. See Memphis, Calipari. --Tedward
From: xyzzy on 21 Jun 2010 11:38 On Jun 21, 11:25 am, "The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy" <e...(a)o.com> wrote: > "stephenj" <sjar...(a)cox.net> wrote > > >> If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team > >> will be the winner of a RANDOM draw. > > > to be fair, in our football, playoff tiebreakers (and we're basically > > talking about making the playoffs here) can boil down to a coin flip as > > well. > > > it's just that it is more likely here in the WC, because a 3-game schedule > > creates fewer opportunities than a 16-game scchedule for statistical > > distinctions (e.g., record within division, conference, etc.) before it > > boils down to that. > > Well then maybe the problem is the dumbass 3-game schedule. > Maybe even amature college baseball has an answer. > > --Tedward No draws?
From: nigel on 21 Jun 2010 12:11 unclejr wrote: > On Jun 21, 9:39 am, "The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy" <e...(a)o.com> > wrote: > >>If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team >>will be the winner of a RANDOM draw. >> >>The athleticism involved in a random draw is simply AM-ZING! >>The good news is that the odds of England scoring twice is >>near absolute zero. > > > I thought that this was going to be a post about diving. > > -Junior I thought this was going to be a post about 'Torchwood'.
From: Adam HS on 21 Jun 2010 13:03
The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy wrote: > "unclejr" <watsona(a)kenyon.edu> wrote > >> If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team >> will be the winner of a RANDOM draw. >> >> The athleticism involved in a random draw is simply AM-ZING! >> The good news is that the odds of England scoring twice is >> near absolute zero. > < > <I thought that this was going to be a post about diving. > > There's more diving in soccer than any other sport. > Really? More than in diving? |